It was just one of those kind of days. They don't happen often but, they happen none the less. So, you just go with the flow and take the punches as best you can. I'm not going to elaborate here but I'll just say I didn't make my desired distance I wanted to make today. I'll try for tomorrow and see what happens.

Todays trip report is simply six jumps total into all main sequence star systems. We're parked at a moon that orbits a ringed gas giant. The system is Xeehia DT-O B52-0 and the planet we are parked at is 2 A. That is all for the log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

I am continuing to make my way back to the bubble at a consistent pace. I would like to travel at least two thousand light years a day, but exobiology usually prevents that from happening, well, that and mining Tritium. As per the usual routine, I travel ahead of the carrier in one of my ships, usually the Mandalay, and locate a suitable star system to call the carrier forward to. Usually, this system will have a gas giant in it that has a ring with either Tritium or high value metals or minerals that can be collected either for the carrier's fuel tank or for later sale when I reach civilized space within the bubble.

I find great enjoyment in both the search for new star system and the trigger time of mining in ring systems of gas giants. That and locating exobiology planet side are all very enjoyable activities to do and enjoy by this pilot. Being out in the black certainly has its perks for those that love certain dangers and challenges that don't come to people through experiencing just everyday life. I'm not sure it's a trait someone can simply learn, I think you have to be born with it.

The trip report is as follows, I made twenty-one jumps today. Of those twenty-one jumps, thirteen jumps were into main sequence star systems, seven jumps were into white dwarf star systems, and one was into a neutron star system. I traveled a total of fourteen hundred and five light years, and the carrier made a total of three jumps. It is currently parked around Blua Hypoi OZ-W D2-8 planet 2 A. Planet 2 has a ring with a Tritium hotspot in its ring that I will mine today and tomorrow for both Tritium and some LTD's. That will do it for this log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

I've made so many carrier jumps in the last few days that the carrier fuel tank has gone a little low on Tritium by my standards. Resting at four hundred tons I felt that I should get some tritium back in the tank before we press on toward the bubble once again. So, I went exploring onward and after ten jumps, I ended up in the system Kuekuia MS-X c3-1. This system has a gas giant with a ring that contains a single tritium hotspot, planet ABC 1. The gas giant also has a single moon orbiting, and it is ABC 1 A. I called the carrier forward and waited for her to arrive. Fifteen minutes later I was dumping the cartographic data and exobio data and loading up on limpets to do a little mining.

I headed to the tritium hotspot in bright starlight and dropped in to a white spinning wonderland. I immediately began deploying prospectors and found rich Tritium deposits in every one in three rocks. I quickly filled up the cargo hold and returned to the carrier. One run for today is all I am worth. I'm pretty tired. I'll do another run or two tomorrow.

The trip report is as follows, Of the ten jumps I made today, I jumped into ten main sequence star systems. Two exobio found on two different worlds for a total of four discovered total. Bacterium and Fonticula on each. Not too exciting and that's fine with me. That's a wrap.

CMDR Bullet out..

I traveled fifteen hundred light years today, I am happy about that. I got a much later start than I wanted to get today and I did stop for a few exobiological discoveries, but I made good forward progress today none the less. The exobiology was nothing special, but it still counts in my book, and it still pays the bills. I plan to do the same thing tomorrow but maybe an extra five hundred light years for a total of two thousand in a day. That would be great progress for this commander. I am currently about fourteen thousand light years from the bubble.

One side note: I went to install an abrasion blaster in the T-11 for some core mining and discovered that I don't have any available in outfitting on the carrier. It looks like I'll have to wait until I'm back in the bubble before I can learn to core mine properly because I am not going to use the mining volley repeater on an exploded asteroid. That being said, the mining volley repeater works just fine to extract all the tritium or whatever metal or mineral I require to stockpile in the carrier, enough said.

The day's trip report is as follows, I made twenty-five jumps today. Of those twenty-five jumps, eighteen jumps were into main sequence star systems. Six jumps were into white dwarf star systems, and one jump was into a neutron star system. I am currently in the star system Kuekuia PW-G b29-0 and the carrier is parked in orbit around the planet AB 3 A. There is one exobio signature on the planet below, but I doubt I will go look for it tomorrow. I'm sure it's just a simple bacterium. That will do it for this log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

I got a really late start on my day today. I had a lot of paperwork to catch up on, and I couldn't let it get any more backed up as it was so, I just slogged through it and then I put in about five hundred light years toward the end of the afternoon with the Mandalay. There is an exo highlight though that I'll get to later in the report. Once I reached about five hundred light years distance, I called the carrier forward to the system Blaa Phreia CS-R d5-35 which is where I am currently in. The carrier is orbiting the planet 6 A which has one exobio signature on it, a bacterium which I promptly located and sampled. It is in this system that I chose to end the day's journey.

I chose this particular planet to end today's journey for a couple of reasons, the first is because it's quick money in the bank, hopefully. And the second is, there is the off chance that the exobio is a more rare, one off find like Stratum Tectonicas. Well, I was pleasantly surprised and am happy to report that the latter was the case in this event. Well it wasn't on this planet but a few jumps back in the system Blaa Phreia GW-V B34-1 planet 3, there grows Fonticulua Segmentatus on a Neon atmosphere world which falls just below Stratum Tectonicas on the Vista Genomics Price List. As far as I can remember, this is the first time I've ever seen or sampled this particular species of Fonticulua before, and on a first footfall world makes this discovery quite fortuitous.

My trip report is as follows, I made seven jumps today, four were into main sequence star systems, one was into a neutron star system and two were into white dwarf star systems. Tomorrow I will try to make more distance toward the bubble as I have finally cleared my desk of this monotonous paperwork. That should conclude this log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

I made quite a bigger step toward the bubble today than I did yesterday in fact, I almost doubled the distance I traveled yesterday, almost.. I'd like to do the same thing tomorrow, we'll see how that plays out. I have a lot of paperwork that keeps stacking up and I'm finding no time to get through it, so I need to set aside some time soon.

Today's trip report is as follows, I made twenty-nine jumps. twenty-one of those jumps were into main sequence star systems with no problems or issues. Five jumps were into white dwarf star systems and three were into neutron star systems. Once again, the Mandalay performed flawlessly, and all systems are nominal. I really love the Mandalay and her flight characteristics, She's a good ship. The carrier made four jumps to catch up to me, and we are parked in orbit around Blua Phrua XA-Q c21-10 planet 2 A where there is a single exobiological signature. I may go down to find it just for the hell of it before I continue my journey back to the bubble, we'll see. That will do it for this log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today I took a big step toward my goal of reaching the bubble. I also managed to pick up a couple exobiologicals in the process including a Stratum Tectonicas which was pretty darn lucky if you ask me. Along with an exo-curricular activity I also made time to mine about one hundred and fifty tons of Tritium for the carrier which made three jumps today for a total of nine hundred and fifty-nine light years. I am going to try to keep this pace up for a week or so, maybe longer and see if I can't get my ass back to the bubble in short order. I have things I'd like to accomplish when I get there, and I'd like to get there sooner rather than later.

The trip report reads as follows, I made nineteen jumps in the Mandalay today, within those jumps, I encountered fifteen main sequence star systems and four white dwarf star systems and covered nearly one thousand lightyears distance with the carrier in tow. I could just jump the carrier two thousand lightyears an hour in theory, but I would then miss out on all the carto and exo discoveries.

Tomorrow I will try for another one thousand light years in the direction of the bubble and see how it goes. Who knows, I may try for fifteen hundred if all goes well, I'm feeling rather optimistic at this point.

CMDR Bullet out..

I decided not to backtrack but rather to continue onward, glitch be damned. I suppose these things are just going to occur from time to time. Fortunately, it's not a regular thing. Anyway, I think I have scratched the 'mining itch' I've had lately, at least for a little while anyway. I feel like I should start to make some distance runs now so that is what I will do starting tomorrow and get back to routine. I'd really like to get back to the bubble.

The trip report reads as follows, I encountered one black hole and one white dwarf star system, that is all. Hopefully tomorrow's will be a bit lengthier.

That should wrap up this log entry, another one short and to the point.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today I did a few jumps in the Mandalay after I got some more trigger time in the T-11 mining Platinum and Painite and various other precious metals and minerals. I didn't go too far mind you, nothing over the top or anything just 200 light years or slightly less. I actually don't know because my flight computer suffered another 'glitch', shall we say. This is the second time that I can remember that that my flight data file has been corrupt. Oh well, perhaps I can figure out my distance tomorrow with a backtrack or something. I'll make that decision tomorrow.

Nothing really more to report other than that and with no data to share I'll just end the log entry here.

CMDR Bullet out..

I Hopped into the Mandalay today to scout ahead for some mine worthy rings as I was tired of being trolled in the last systems ring hotspots. I made three jumps when I came across a system that had a gas giant with a nice ring with Platinum and Painite hotspots as well as other high-grade minerals so, I decided to call the carrier forward to this new system. The system I am now in is Eord Flyoo CR-V E2-309. There is only one gas giant in this system, and it has two rings and six moons. I had the carrier park around the first moon or what is typically called the A moon.

Once it arrived, I quickly stowed the Mandalay and jumped aboard the T-11 or Icy Mike as I call him, loaded up on limpets and headed out to one of the Platinum hot spots that I discovered in the Mandalay. Well, sure enough, there was Platinum and Painite, Osmium, Gold and Silver. Needless to say, I'll be back tomorrow for some more and I also believe I will attempt to blow up a few rocks as well because I have never done that before like I have stated in a previous log entry. I'll need to fit the Abrasion blaster before I do that however so I must plan ahead, and I need to probably watch a few tutorials first as well. Just thinking out loud. Anyway, all this mining has got me fired up and I haven't enjoyed mining this much in many years. What I am really going to need is a Panther Clipper when I get back to the bubble!

That should do it for this log entry. I'm starving and I'd sure like a drink or two.

CMDR Bullet out..