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Current ship:
Material Mule II [ER-13C]
(Imperial Cutter)
 
Member since:
Apr 22, 2019
 
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Systems visited:
22,053
Systems discovered first:
11,753
 
Balance:
22,108,720,263 Cr
3305-05-11 ### 19. Leg: Pru AESCS XR-J C22-77 (Deep Space) --- Skaudai CH-B d14-54 (Deep Space)

Visited Systems: 59

Highlights: Doomed Waters, Rusty Net, Garmany’s Treasure, Collection of Wonders

Today was going to be a busy day. First item on the list was Doomed Waters (Pru Aescs YV-E d11-170) which has a huge red MS arrival star. Its end is close (in astronomical terms) dooming everything in the system including the three Water Worlds. Not tomorrow though, a few million years are still left before the supernova will ignite.

Next another planetary nebula heated by a neutron star, Rusty Net (Skaude AL-X e1-28) with a beautiful red and green criss-cross. To fully appreciate the name it is best to head to a neighbouring system only 1.2 ly away, which makes the nebula look like a large coloured fishing net.

But before I arrived there my computer informed me that I had now entered the Inner Scutum-Centaurus Arm and left the Inner Orion Spur. From a travel point of view that happened to me already once I had crossed the Sagittarius Gap and entered the Scutum-Sagittarii Conflux, but I guess the cartographic delineations follow a slightly different system. In any case my Codex is going wild since it has started confirming the presence of the according types of phenomena. And that is what the Codex is all about, to confirm our initial assumption that our galaxy looks and works the same wherever we go. An assumption easy to make, but it is reassuring that the laws of physics are the same wherever we go and thus the are universally applicable.

Enough philosophy, though especially the next point of interest was a prime example of confirming the universal law of physics, a system called Collection of Wonders (Skaude AA-A h294). And what a collection it is (and I quite EDSM here): “Two black holes, a ringed M class star, a ringed white dwarf, and a ringed neutron star. The M class star is one of the largest known stellar bodies containing a ring system. A tourist beacon is set up near the M class star.” I had forgotten about the fact that tourist beacon also means other ships, except in this case it was not only some sightseeing ships, but also a lonely pirate. Before I even knew what was happening this guy had scanned me. Fortunately enough the only “cargo” I had were two limpets for emergency repair purposes which deemed the pirate as worthless and he took off with disappointment.

Before he changed his mind I took off myself (pictures were taken already) towards Sacaqawea Space Port with the Skaudai Nebula? clearly pointing the way. But it was getting late, so I made another stop for the night before I actually hit the station. That would be my first goal for tomorrow.

3305-05-10 ### 18. Leg: Eaembie GD-F c13-0 (Deep Space) --- Pru AESCS XR-J C22-77 (Deep Space)

Visited Systems: 35

Highlights: System with 2 WW (1 terra-formable), 1 AW and 1 ELW

It’s been a long day and I stopped the system before Doomed Waters. Tomorrow I will take a look at it with fresh energy. Apart from the number of jumps I had to get there the main hold up was a system that I wanted to map a much as possible since it not only held two Water Worlds (one of them terra-formable), but also an Ammonia World and an Earth-like World. A little gem in my travels so far. It contained two stars, the bodies belonging to A were fully mapped by me, the bodies belonging to B (Icy Bodies only and 300,000 ls away) only scanned with the FSS Analysis Mode. Nevertheless it took a decent amount of time to get everything done.

3305-05-09 ### 17. Leg: Nyeajaae UF-M d8-43 (Deep Space) --- Eaembie GD-F c13-0 (Deep Space)

Visited Systems: 45

Highlights: Helium View, Roche's Waltz, Space Molluscs

My first target for the day was Helium View (Nyeajaae WQ-C d13-19) which hosts a ringed Earth-like World in close neighbourhood to a ringed helium gas giant creating an unusual binary orbit of the two.

Next on to Eaembie RT-Q d5-0, also known as Roche's Waltz, because of the high-mass high metal content world inside the exclusion zone of the central White Dwarf. The close orbit makes them appear to do an eternal dance because it takes the planet only two hours for the orbit. It's a striking visual appearance, but the planet is so far within the exclusion zone, it cannot be probed. And just before one arrives there are a few systems with neutron stars as well.

The system is already some distance "below" the galactic plane making the sky black at least in the direction one is heading. Which makes it weird when doing direction changes because there is no visual feedback that you are actualling turning except for the target indicator. I also had to be careful because of the neutron stars and the white dwarf there was no opportunity to refuel and I had to make sure that I had at least enough fuel to backtrack to the last fuel star, since there were not many stars around to begin with. It was therefore perhaps unsurprising that my route plotter had problems to calculate a route to my next goal, even though it shouldn't have. The resolution was to fly to next scoopable star, refuel there, which made me feel better and the route plotter became happy, too.

Next POI on the list is Doomed Waters, but that's some way off, so it is going to take a while. I started the journey and jumped a few systems, found some Albulum Gourd Molluscs along the way, and then called it a day.

3305-05-08 ### 16. Leg: Eagle Sector IR-W d1-117 - Eagle's Landing (Planetary Outpost) --- Some Sightseeing --- Nyeajaae UF-M d8-43 (Deep Space)

Visited Systems: 56

Highlights: Omega Nebula, Al-Qūhī Oasis, Metal Crystals, Anemones, Rohini

I left Eagle's Landing early in the morning, payed a brief visit to the central star of the Omega Nebula and then carried on to a very famous system, Nyeajeau XF-T c5-9, also know as Al-Qūhī Oasis. And when you arrive there it becomes obvious why this system is like an oasis in the deep space desert. Three Earth-like Worlds close together in a tidal lock like emeralds in the sky, and a Water World not far off. On one side one wishes that humans would come here and settle, on the other side one wishes it just stays untouched.

Instead of heading directly to Rohini I decided to stay on the same level as the oasis system until I would arrivee "under" Rohine and then go "up". The reward were a number of first discoveries, a system with Flavium and Prasinum Metallic Crystals, as well as a system with a nice ringed Metal-rich Body hosting Blatteum Bioluminescent Anemones illuminated by the close class A star.

Then on to Rohini which offers a fully fledged space station called Eudaemon Anchorage. Since I had all my outfitting and paint shop done at Omega Mining Operation I just did the necessary repairs and went on my way again. The next few legs will include a few well-known points of interest, some of them a bit off the straight path to Sacaqawea Space Port, which is already a few thousand light years away. So it will take probably three to four days to actually get there. But those days should provide to be very exciting, indeed.

3305-05-07 ### 15. Leg: NGC 6629 Sector BQ-Y d22 (Deep Space) --- Eagle Sector IR-W d1-117 - Eagle's Landing (Planetary Outpost)

Visited Systems: 25

Highlights: NGC 6629, Space Potatoes, Eagle's Landing

First agenda item today was NGC 6629, a very nice nebula, where blue and purple gas surround the central Wolf-Rayet star. Not much else to see there except for a solitary gas giant some distance off. Then a quick visit to the stellar phenomenon call Solid Mineral Spheres. They sure look like potatoes but are much bigger, of course, bigger than my ship, thus quite impressive.

From there I headed towards the Eagle Nebula. In fact, at the end of this leg there was the rather unusual opportunity to select from two bases, either the mentioned Eagle's Landing located on firm ground or the Eagle Sector Secure Facility (Asteroid Base) in a nearby system. I chose the first one, simply the second one sounded too depressing, even for something as cool as an Asteroid Base. So there.

3305-05-06 ### 14. Leg: Omega Sector VE-Q b5-15 - Omega Mining Operation (Asteroid Base) --- Sightseeing Roundtrip --- NGC 6629 Sector BQ-Y d22 (Deep Space)

Visited Systems: 43

Highlights: Black Treasure, PW2010 Supercluster, Anaia, Omega Nebula

Today another sightseeing trip was scheduled around the base. First target was Black Treasure, a black hole within a blue nebula. It was as beautiful as promised and thus it was no surprise that some tourist carrying space ships were also there (even though not expected by me). Almost equally impressive was a system I came through on my way there, since it held not less than four Water Worlds.

I then dived into the PW2010 Supercluster in style by using only B and O type stars to get to PW2010 210, the systems which is basically right in the center of it. Not only does it contain a number of brown dwarfs all surrounded by metal-rich bodies as moons, but also two class A stars, one of them of the supergiant variant.

Looping back towards the base I visited the Gria Drye OC-B d1-211 system, commonly known as Anaia, which is famous for its ringed earth-like world with the Omega Nebula and PW2010 as backdrop.

And finally a brief visit of Omega Sector PD-S b4-0, the central system of the Omega Nebula with its blue, red and purple clouds.

All this was done in good time, so when I was back at the base I reconsidered and did not want to stay for another night, but rather move on. However, after careful consideration of the distances ahead of me I came to the conclusion that I hade to give up, at least for the moment, my approach of using economic path plotting. That would keep me in deep space for longer than I was prepared to accept yet. Fast path it was therefore from Omega Mining Operation to Eagle's Landing (in nice proximity to yet another nebula, namely the Eagle Nebula). On the other hand that allowed me to make a little detour via NGC 6629 and the neighbouring system NGC 6629 SECTOR SU-O B6-3, which is known for a curious stellar phenomenon called Solid Mineral Spheres, or as most people call them, Space Potatoes ;-) I stopped at the system before NGC 6629 for the night so I could enjoy both of them with fresh energy the next day.

3305-05-05 ### 13. Leg: Bleia Dryiae PU-E c28-32 (Deep Space) --- Omega Sector VE-Q b5-15 - Omega Mining Operation (Asteroid Base)

Visited Systems: 82

Highlights: Ringed Water World, Omega Mining Operation, PW2010 Supercluster, Omega Nebula

The progress today was good and I did reach the Omega Mining Operation Asteroid Base in decent time. I found quite a few Water Worlds on the way, one of them stood out by having nice rings. The approach to the base itself was again (similar to Amundsen Terminal) accompanied by the presence of the PW2010 Supercluster, which sprinkles the sky with dozens of class A and B stars like a blanket studded with diamonds. It is clear that I will spend another day with sightseeing before I move on, since the base itself also sits in the Omega Nebula (again similar to Amundsen Terminal). And there is at least one know black hole in the area (called Black Treasure) worth visiting. I might even find another one when checking out PW2010, who knows.

The base itself is surprisingly well equipped, it not only has repair facilities but also an Outfitting shop. This meant that the hardware retrofit I was informed about at Mammon Monitoring Facility could be done. In the end I did get, as promised, an extra class 1 slot. This got me thinking and I eventually decided to take advantage of it and not only add a Repair Limpet Controller, but also a second AFMU. Both measures should make my ship fairly self-sufficient in terms of repair, at least for the majority of cases, even though my jump range took a light hight. But once I venture deeper into space, very likely once I have reached Colonia, those additions would make me feel better. And I could test them out properly until then.

To complement those changes I had them add some additional antennas and give the ship a new paint shop, which she desperately needed. She looks gorgeous now and I look forward for my round trip tomorrow.

3305-05-04 ### 12. Leg: Trifid Sector IR-W d1-52 - Observation Post Epsilon (Asteroid Base) --- Bleia Dryiae PU-E c28-32 (Deep Space)

Visited Systems: 86

Highlights: Viride Lagrange Cloud, Metallic Crystals, Bark Mounds

I am on my way now to Omega Mining Operation, again a distance which can be done in a couple of days even with my economic approach. I had one system with a Viride Lagrange Cloud containing Prasinum Metallic Crystals. Another system with lots of Bark Mounds. Both of them are meanwhile a common sight for me, always a nice break in the routine when checking those signals out, but nothing too exciting any more. Let's see what tomorrow brings and whether I can reach the base already or not.

3305-05-03 ### 11. Leg: Bleia Dryiae VG-F c14-16 (Deep Space) --- Trifid Sector IR-W d1-52 - Observation Post Epsilon (Asteroid Base)

Visited Systems: 99

Highlights: Ringed Water World, Trifid Nebula

Despite some trouble with the FSS today, which I only can explain as aftermath of the software upgrade, I made some good progress. One highlight was a ringed Water World and not only that it was also the closest planet to the local star there. Not something you encounter often.

I did press on though since I wanted to reach the Observation Post today if somehow possible. I did come through a system with two Water Worlds and an Earth-like World shortyl before I got there, which was a nice surprise. By this time I was rather close to the station and the Trifid Nebula was dominating the sky. As it turned out, it is one of those nebulas which look more impressive from the outside than when you are at the central star, mainly because it impresses more through shape and different contrast rather than colour.

But the wonderful ringed and almost white gas giant, lit up by the class A star only 122 ls away, in front of the purple greyish nebula creates a beautiful composition. Especially when you realise that it is those ringes where you are headed for the station. After a quick stop there I made a brief visit to the central star, but as I said above, it actually looks nicer from some distance. So I returned for the night to the Observation Post to continue my journy tomorrow well rested.

3305-05-02 ### 10. Leg: Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10 - Amundsen Terminal (Planetary Outpost) --- Bleia Dryiae VG-F c14-16 (Deep Space)

Visited Systems: 39

Highlights: Bark Mounds

The next station is only about 750 ly away, fairly short compared to the distances so far and much shorter to what follows after that. Back to economic path planning this ammounts to 135 jumps, 39 of which I managed to get done before I called it quits for the night (I got out of port a bit late).

I did encounter one system which was rather interesting, because it not only had Bark Mounds, but also two Water Worlds and even one Earth-like World. Not much else though for the rest of the leg.