I found a system where no one had discovered the worlds as of yet. The stars were discovered by another commander, but they apparently did not scan the 14 planetary bodies.

Still on my way to the Rosette Nebula.

The first load of tritium for the day has been collected; 163 tons.

Now I am saying goodbye to the Seagull Nebula. I am aiming for Kepler's Crest region for charting and exploration on the south-east rim of the galaxy.

I will be passing through the Rosette Nebula on the way. It will probably be a good place to stop for fuel as nebula's have lots of stars.

I am preparing to leave the Seagull Nebula. So the first order of business is to refuel the carrier.

I found a nice tritium hotspot on the ring of a gas giant in Seagull Sector JH-V c2-1. The first trip there brought home 149 tons of tritium.

My second trip over, the first rock I tackled had three subsurface deposits (SSD). This netted me about 25 tons of tritium.

The second rock had four SSD's. Very rich SSD's. This one asteroid used the remainder of my subsurface displacement missiles (about 80 of them) and the SSD's still had tritium remaining. I've never mined a rock like this before!

The rest of this trip was spent locating yellow rocks on the pulse wave scanner, checking them with a prospector limpet then either laser mining or collecting surface deposits. I returned to the carrier with 169 tons of tritium.

All in all, a good day for mining!

Exploration of the Seagull Nebula is proceeding much as I expected. Every system I've jumped into has been discovered by other commanders before me.

However, I have achieved several first to map accolades.

More importantly, I found a few tritium hot spots I can use to refuel Callbase Capricorn.

I reached the Seagull Nebula last night. It was an uneventful trip, even with the carrier coming along.

I have found it surprisingly easy to manage the carrier. I have my Anaconda mining ship on board; when the carrier is low on fuel, I take Miner '49er out, scout the nearby systems for a planet with a ring and spend a few hours mining tritium. Miner '49er can carry 192 tons of tritium and the carrier only uses 145 for a maximum range jump.

Today, it's get the Asp Explorer out and begin exploring this beautiful nebula!

I arrived at Orion Nebula, only to find myself next door to the Orion Nebula Tourist Centre, which I visited almost two years ago. The systems around here have been extensively explored. I guess Orion Nebula is a popular destination for commanders.

It's funny how, despite the fact that we've only explored 0.04% of the systems in the galaxy, I can head out in a random direction, for a random distance, and I will hit systems all ready visited!

Anyway, I am moving on to Seagull Nebula, some 2600 LY from Orion. Probably going to find it explored, but it's worth a look.

Deep space travel with a fleet carrier is pretty slow, especially compared to my Asp Explorer. I could have gotten over here in far less time. However, the carrier is a lot more comfortable and it's nice to have a base nearby no matter where you go.

About two weeks ago, I bought a fleet carrier and named it Callbase Capricorn. I bought it for the purpose of taking it out into the far reaches of the galaxy to do exploration. The carrier gives me a way to keep the ship repaired and to sell my data, without having to make my way back to the bubble and risk losing the data.

Today I decided to start with a short trip; out to the Orion Nebula. I don't think I've ever been there, it will only take 3 or 4 jumps with the carrier and gives me a chance to learn what it's like to make a long trip with the carrier. One thing you need to learn to live with is, the fleet carriers are thirsty ships! I've made two jumps so far and both times it used close to 150 tons of fuel.

I've been scouting the areas surrounding my carrier jump points. I found some ringed planets in Flame Sector NX-U c2-2 and two of them have tritium hot spots.

Captain's Log: supplemental

I am happy to report that the first planet's hotspots are rich with tritium.

Here are the ships I have tested today.

Viper Mk III 6:43 Asp Scout 5:05 Vulture 6:03 Diamodback Scout 4:42

So the Asp Scout now holds the record for the fastest trip time, while the Eagle remains at being the slowest.

Today I started comparing the travel speeds of the various ships I own. I'm doing this mostly to experience each ship in VR. VR makes Elite Dangerous really awesome, especially for how it looks like you're truly sitting in the cockpit.

Each ship has most of its modules D rated to reduce mass and increase jump range. The ships then have the FSD's engineered to level 2. You can look at my fleet to see what their jump ranges look like.

The route I am using is Jameson Memorial in Shinrarta Dezhra to Daedelus in Sol. The way I work it is to auto launch the ship from Jameson Memorial, wait for that to finish and for the ship to come to a complete stop. I then hit the stop watch and slam the throttle forward! The stop watch runs until the moment the ship is on the pad and gets locked down.

How fast a ship can make the run depends mostly on its jump range, of course. But there are other factors involved: how quickly they cool down after fuel scooping; how fast the FSD charges; how quickly they can travel from Sol to Daedelus; how quickly they can turn to align with Daedelus.

Here are the ships and their times (mins:secs) that I did today:

Sidewinder 6:45 Hauler 5:28 Adder 5:31 Eagle 7:02 Dolphin 5:59 Type-6 5:21 Keelback 5:39 Imp. Eagle 6:41

More to come!

Today I purchased a Faulcon Delacey Krait Mk II.

That means I now own one of every ship available on the market! Including a Drake Class Fleet Carrier named Callbase Capricorn.