I've decided to make my way towards a stellar nursery in the Norma Arm. There are a lot of interesting pre-main sequence stars there that I have yet to see for myself, so it seems like an excellent opportunity to see some sights.

I found a few interesting things along the way, though. In Gru Hypue FN-F C26-32, the first four planets are all water worlds - the most I have seen in a single system, and all within 2 AU of the main star. Additionally, several systems have had incredibly diverse life, including three separate systems with two planets supporting six unique species.

I hope my path to the Norma Arm stays this interesting. I love exploring so much.

CMDR Kalia Andromache Makhno

Shortly after earning my wings back in March of 3307, I became fascinated with the mysteries hidden in the deep blackness of space. I yearned to get lost in the void, making my mark as an explorer and travelling through systems previously unseen by human eyes. I'm a Pioneer Explorer now, and I've decided to start recording my findings in a log.

Let's start with a bizarre coincidence here in the system Gru Hypue ND-S d4-26. Bodies 4d, 4e, and 4f, orbiting the brown dwarf at the fourth position in the solar system, are remarkably similar. Each one has a pure ammonium atmosphere, a surface pressure between 320-340 Pa, a mass of .02-.03 earth masses, and each is 91.05% rock and 8.95% metal. The strangest part, however, is the life forms found on each planet. All three of these planets are home to the yellow variety of Bacterium Alcyoneum, the green variety of Cactoida Lapis, and the lime variety of Osseus Spiralis. I would expect each planet to have similar species due to their physical similarities, but the matching color varieties is a bit... eerie.

How did life emerge in this system? How are these bodies so similar in every statistic? Were these three little planets once the same celestial body, broken into three by some cosmic disaster? These are mysteries I will likely never solve, but the possibilities make my thoughts race - and encourage me to keep going in my little Diamondback, ever further into the black.

CMDR Kalia Andromache Makhno