I figured Freebird (my freeagle) was cheapest to transport out here, much more so than my miner. And I had my fill of mining after meeting Selene Jean's initial mining quota.

So I've been bounty hunting. Made 4.2M Cr so far, putting me in the top 25%.

I just fixed my ship ID plate to "4P5-DW". I don't know how I misread the designation the first time.

And I have pictures below with the wrong ID...

Two days ago I arrived at the first waypoint of the journey. That’s kind of early, but at least I cashed out my exploration and codex data. I’m now 18% “pioneer”, on my way to “elite”. That also allied me with the controlling faction at the Omega Mining Operation.

On the way there I flew through The PW2010 sector. It was full young blue-white stars along with black holes and neutron stars. Sometimes multiple of those latter ones, quite rare and quite valuable. There were lots of metal body worlds there, something I had never seen before. I scanned as many of these systems in this sector as I could.

Being so early at Omega, I took a quick jaunt over to the Trifid nebula and back. Netted almost 4M more credits and a bump to 19%. I had figured if I ranked up 7% a week, I’d be elite on return from this 15 week journey. So I’m way ahead of schedule.

Maybe I’ll try to pick up another 1% with another flight. Or maybe I’ll map the whole system; it’s worth 450K already. But lazing about until the next waypoint is announced seems attractive too. We’ll see.

Beautiful red nebula, viewed from Traikaae YK-K b26-0.

Nice view in NGC 6530 WFI 16706. Finding this vantage point also gave me an opportunity to try out E.D.I.S.O.N..

The star system is a green system, but I have 6 maximum power FSD boosts available and light-years to go, so I didn't stop to harvest any materials.

Made it out to The View in HR 6164. It has an amazing magnetar, a fast-spinning neutron star. I wish the tourist beacon wasn't so ridiculously close.

The planet is about 3g's too. Been a while since I landed on a high-g world. One errant bounce due to control mishap then a gentle touchdown. In hindsight, it was a good thing I picked up a 3D shield generator.

Encountered an earth-like world on the way to The View at PRAEA EUQ LY-Q C18-23 A 7. This is the first one I've ever discovered.

(Gah! There's that wrong ID plate again; I'm "4P5-DW"...)

These photos were taken on launch day!

Brook's Point

My ship, the Starlight Tracer

Wouldn't you know it, I screwed up my ID plate. I'm actually "4P5-DW" (#6221). Doh!

Launch at the tourist beacon

Two co-captains. Sort of. Couldn't decide which I want to use. For exploration, lean slightly more towards the female avatar.

I’m not sure he likes the color of the SRV. She does, though.