CMDRs LOG 3303 Nov. 20 0500 hrs.

I have successfully reached Jaques Station. Repairs are underway on my ship, and a fresh load of supplies is being brought aboard. Now that I have an idea as to the requirements needed for exploration, I have decided that my next course shall be a run around the edge of the galaxy. I have ample time to make it to Beagle Point, and from there I will continue my route. On my way home I will take a pass through the Formidine Rift. My pay out on data was substantial, and out paced others in my group. I know parts of my remainING journey will definitely see my route planner set to economy mode, simply for the increased number of systems visited. I plan to keep the cartographers back home busy for some time with all the data I will be bringing back. Lastly I almost managed to reach the Elite rank for exploration. It will be a pleasure to go see the founders world when I get home.

CMDRs LOG 3303 Nov. 19 0500 hrs.

The last few days have been an adventure for sure. I attempted to land on a world with stunning blue canyons and a gravity field of 2.83G. It did not go well. 100m above the surface I attempted to lower down and land only for the ship to drop like a rock. After repairs were made to the hI'll, I continued on to Colonia. There I met up with CMDR Stephen, and visited the beacon. I then dropped down below the galactic plain about 1000LY at an odd angle. During this drop I found a world that had over 3G of surface gravity and attempted to land. It was a success and I took my desert scarab out for a spin to gather some materials. After the drop I have plotted course for Colonia, filtering for a preference of F type stars in hopes of finding more ELWs. I also found the time to perform a neutron star boosted jump of 201LY. Its hard to believe that those jump ranges were thought of as impossible only a few years ago. To end the night off I did indeed find a third ELW. more land mass than the last two and with a far more temperate climate. Picture enclosed for your viewing pleasure.

CMDR's LOG 3303 Nov. 14 0300 hrs.

The last 2 days have been really cool. I managed to find a system with a Wolf-Rayet primary star. Much to my suprise, when I dropped in it was two, nearly identical, long period orbit Wolf-Rayets with no other stellar bodies in the system. Not even a day later I manage to find a Herbig Star system. Now I have never seen Wolf-Rayets or Herbig Stars before, and it got much weirder when I dropped into the Herbig Star system. It was a trinary system with two times 2.7 solar mass BLUE T Tauri stars in the system. What a sight, three pre-main sequence stars with 2 of them being super rare blue types yet to fully ignite. I obviously need yo touch up on my astronomical theory courses as I had no idea about Herbig Stars. Who knows what else I have yet to see out here. Im currently a few thousand light years from Sagittarius A*, where CMDR Stephen and I plan to meet up for a bit before I head to Colonia. Were barely into the expedition and most of us are over half way to the destination. The two CMDRs that we are a bit worried about are already at Beagle Point... and they seem to be just... sitting there. Mysterious fellows, them two. Even with the meet up at Beagle Point being so far out, I probably won't head home immediately after. Situations in the bubble are getting even worse, and humanity may need the information us explorers find. I must admit that one of the revelations gleamed from an old INRA base intrigues me as an explorer. Thargoid wormhole technology could revolutionize deep space exploration. If the range is as vast as I imagine, I could see exploration becoming a day trip. Imagine, a CMDR is given the task of charting a region. He takes a wormhole there, and then uses his FSD to jump to as many systems as possible, charting everything. I don't envy the men and women fighting the Thargoids.  I was hyperdicted by one once. Scary stuff.

CMDR's LOG 3303 Nov. 11 0600hrs.

Another productive day out here.  I reached my first waypoint, only to discover that the area had already been thoroughly charted.  I set course for my next waypoint shortly thereafter; A nebula called MYNOAW AA-A H23. Along the way I found my second ELW of the expedition. While this one has larger land masses, the humidity is high enough to register from space. Still, with some adjustment I could see it being an excellent place to live. I also found several neutron stars and even a black hole that caught me by suprise. That last one caused further damage to my power plant, and while it shoes no issues right now, I will be stopping off at Colonia after I pass through Sagittarius A* next week. This will provide an opportunity to turn in some data, and resupply some items. On a side note, CMDR PStephen has already had to make a detour to Eagles Nest to repair and resupply. Some early mistakes and... negligence left him in need of repairs. Many of the Commanders in this 'Distant Friends Epedition' are first time explorers, so hopefully these are mealy some kinks to be worked out and some lessons to be learned.

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CMDR's LOG 3303 Nov. 10 0700 GMT

Its been a productive shift. Several more water and ammonia world's have been added to the cartographic databanks; as well as the first ELW of the expedition. Nitrogen oxygen atmosphere with a standard temperature and a stable CO2 level and 0.8G at sea level. I did a closer fly by and was able to find that some 80% of the surface is covered by water and most of the land masses stay around the size of Texas or smaller is chains of islands. This of course points to heavy subsurface geological activity, but it also makes for some amazing beaches. I made sure several of the best beaches in the most temperate areas were tagged. There were another two exclusion zone incidents today. The ship is holding up well however, with the most damaged module being the AFMS. The powere plant seems to be holding steady at 96% as it has for the last two days. Were also down a few limpet, but with over 60 remaining in the cargo hold I don't see us running into trouble before our lay over in Colonia. As for our position, we're about 1500LY from our first waypoint. My plans for tomorrow involve making it to the waypoint, and barring another explorer having surveyed the area, I will. I do hope it's untouched as it is a gorgeous view even from 1500LY away.

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CMDR's LOG 3303 Nov. 9 0500hrs GMT

I have been averaging approximately 4000LY per day of my travels so far. Unfortunately I have yet to find an ELW in my travels; despite having found 3 Ammonia Worlds, a plethora of water worlds, several valuable gas giants and about 50 teraforming candidate world's. The ship is holding together well, though I must note a few slip ups have lead to field repairs and the use of a heat sink already. I am starting to wish I had brought materials for extra heat sinks. On a side note, CMDR Newtron has become concerned regarding no less than two of the expedition members. One of whom he is fairly certain is a known 'stream sniper.' Wait out for further intel and investigation. For now, I continue into my own unknown.

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CMDR's Mission LOG 3303 November 7th, 1045hrs GMT

I and 37 other Commanders have embarked on a long journey together. The expedition organizer one CMDR Newton Darkslyder has embarked on theseveral journeys before and assures us of the safety of this mission. For me it is the first of these sorts of missions I have had the pleasure of participating in, and I am looking forward to the experience. My first way point is a stellar remnant nebula some 12K LY from SOL called CLOOKUIA AA-A H35 that has a red dwarf almost perfectly in the centre of the nebula. As for the main purpose of this expedition, exploration. I'm only a hundred or so LY from the bubble and am already finding unexplored world's. I may have to limit my scans to points of interest like ELW's and teraformables. For now I journey into my own unknown.

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