Just about to leave WP4 (CD-39 6137 2 a at 19.89/-125.84) for WP5.

When I first arrive, the gas giant the world orbits was visible above the landing zone.

The mountain peaks next to the LZ demanded climbing, and the low gravity obliged!

20.0823/-125.2657 is the peak closest to the LZ, although there is a higher peak a little further away that I also climbed.

For some reason I didn't see very many other commanders at this meetup.

The WP3 meetup was on HIP 38064 4 at -69.83/-129.73. I arrived a bit early and visited the tourist beacon.

As you can see, the system star is a class-O, which creates a stark blue-white light. The meetup planet itself is quite close to the star and has rings. It also has a relatively high gravity, 3.13G. While not super-high, care should still be taken on approach and landing.

There were quite a few commanders at the meetup and the view of the system star through the rings was beautiful.

Next up was WP2 on Trapezium Sector CG-X d1-18 ABC 2 c a at -12.55/-61.23.

I arrived the night before the actual meetup. Messier 78 was visible.

The landing zone is up on top of an ice ridge.

If it was a rocky or HMC world I'd have no problems driving the SRV up or down, but on icy worlds there is just so little traction.

I arrived at WP1 a few hours later, but decided to head to Witch Head Sector HW-W c1-3 for some prospecting and logged off for the night there.

The next evening, I decided to return to the WP1 meetup site one day early and see if anyone was there. The meetup site is on HIP 23759 9 a at 9.02/-142.41 and several commanders were already there.

The nearby gas giant was just on the horizon - always a good place for a photo.

The next night was the official meetup night, but I decided I needed to tweak my livery a bit and so headed to the nearest station with outfitting, the Orion Nebula Tourist Centre:

I then returned to the WP1 meetup.

This time the gas giant was fully lit, with the Witch Head Nebula behind it.

I knew I wouldn't quite make the start of the Small Worlds Expedition 3, and have arrived at WP0 on T Tauri A 1 a at -72.14/99.26 one day late.

Of course, my Anaconda wasn't suitable for this expedition so I switched to my Cobra Mk 4 already somewhat fitted out for exploration and headed off after a livery change.

I arrived at about lunch time, stopped for some screenshots and a meal break, then immediately set off for WP1.

The Children of Raxxla Listening Post Alpha is on IC 1848 Sector IS-T d3-29 A 3 a at -7.38/-125.87. There is nothing actually there on the surface, but at the time I arrived the nearby ringed landable HMC world was low in the sky.

Base Camp is an asteroid station not too far from the Formidine Rift.

It was in shadow when I visited, but that only served to emphasise the station lighting and the red nebula against the dark of the rock.

This is my first station since Colonia! I sold off enough exploration data to ally with the controlling faction. I'll do the same when I visit the Farsight Expedition Base that is only a few jumps away.

Almost back to the bubble. I don't think I'm going to quite make the launch of the Small Worlds Expedition 3, but I won't be too far off. I'm currently checking out the Formidine Rift Abandoned Settlements.

The Alpha site is on Eafots EU-R c4-1 C 2 at -34.20/-77.66.

It would be quite spooky, except for some reason NPC ships keep on spawning above the base?

The Beta site is on Eafots LZ-H b10-0 D 1 at -23.08/-174.89.

The Gamma site is on Eafots RA-G b11-0 3 at -17.8739/-76.052.

The Delta site is on Eafots GL-Y e2 6 at 21.2752/19.066.

Anyway, I've got the rest of tonight and tomorrow night to get back to the bubble!

Tonight I got as far as Phrio Phoe MP-E d12-11. This is the Beta listening post constructed by the Children of Raxxla. I landed on A 5 b for the night (5.5937/37.7132).

The large dot on the horizon to the left of the galaxy is the Bubble Nebula. I'm not going to have time to go out there for a look this trip, it's going to have to be some other time.

The Zurara megaship is from the abandoned Dynasty Expedition.

It's a long way out. I've still got some way to get to the Formidine Rift and the abandoned settlements there.