In Schadgae YT-R c4-0, this is what I call close friends. The first two planets orbit a point between them, less than 1 ls apart.

Well, I decided to just slack off for a few days and lay about the ship (carrier). Quite the luxury while out in the black. Back to the scouting though.

• Schadgae ZU-P c5-0 5 three tritium hotspots
• No tritium here, but Schadgae ST-R c4-0 is a first for me. This system has 2 stars and 13 planetary bodies, all of which are high metal content! Plus various asteroid clusters. If it wasn't so far from Sol, I'd sell this data to a mining corp.
• Schadgae ZT-R c4-0 ABCD2, one hotspot
• Schadgae ZT-R c4-0 ABCD4, one hotspot
• Schadgae LB-O c6-0 4, one hotspot
• Schadgae LB-O c6-0 5, one hotspot
• Schadgae FH-B b27-0 3, 3 hotspots
• Schadgae FH-B b27-0 5, 2 hotspots

Commander's Log, August 4, 3306.

As is my habit while on deep space exploration, I have landed the ship for the night.

I am making a trip of 33 jumps from my carrier into Kepler's Crest. Here are the systems/planets where I have found tritium fuel:

• Schadgae VF-D b26-0 P3(1), P4(1)
• Schadgae YU-P c5-0 ABC3(1), ABC5(1), ABC7(5)

The second system listed was my destination. So let's update the statistics:

• Systems Scanned: 83
• Systems With Tritium: 14
• Percentage Found: 16.9%

Conclusion; being closer to the galactic rim certainly reduces the possibility of finding planets with rings.

This corner where three galactic regions meet has been too thoroughly visited. I need to find my own space.

With that goal in mind, I am going to look for a place to explore. I will be leaving Callbase Capricorn in Schadgae RZ-V b29-0 for the time being. I'll be using Nebula Asp to head out to a range of 500 LY, exploring along the route. If I keep running into occupied systems, I'll shift course and explore in a rough circle around the carrier, staying near to 500 LY from it, until I find an unexplored area. Then, while I begin charting that area, I can have Callbase Capricorn jump into the neighbourhood to "catch up" with me.

Before leaving, I wanted to top up the carrier's fuel tank, which only required 80 tons of fuel. I headed out to the hotspot I reported a few days ago. It only took 5 or 6 rocks to mine 80 tons of tritium. The fuel mining is pretty darn good out here, boys and girls!

Here's a shot of where I was mining this morning:

The system Schadgae RZ-V b29-0 has two planets, numbers 1 and 3, with one tritium hotspot each.

Statistics Update: 50 scanned, 11 with hotspots, 22%

I find myself in an area that has been explored. I will quickly refuel Callbase Capricorn then move on to a different area.

We have arrived at Schadgae TE-Y c14-0, which is as close to the centre of the intersection of the three borders as I think I can get. This system is actually in Kepler's Crest.

Not surprising, the system was previously discovered. However, the commander did not map the water world, so I snagged the first to map for it (and 800,000 CR in the process).

Tomorrow, I will examine how thoroughly this area has been explored, then I may decide to relocate. Perhaps I will go up or down to the galactic plane as most commanders seem to stick to the plane.

Callbase Capricorn has arrived at Schadgae DP-J b50-0, now 7,688.88 LY from Shinrarta Dezhra.

This system has 11 bodies; 1 stellar, 2 rocky ice and 8 icy, no rings (no tritium).

We are very close to the border we are aiming for; approximately 526 LY. In one jump, we'll be within the orange line on the galactic map representing the border, which includes some of the Schadgae systems. Once there, I will check my distance to systems within the three galactic regions bordering that area as I would like to do exploration within all three.

Supplemental:

I have scanned a total of 10 systems here. Not only are there no planets with rings, but most of the systems don't even have planets. My advice to other commanders; if your carrier is almost empty on fuel, don't jump into this area. If you need to pass through here, get the fuel tank full then jump here. That way, you know you can continue on despite not refuelling.

Statistics Update: 46 systems scanned, 10 with hotspots, 21.7%.

Which is what I am going to do! We are at 89% fuel capacity, so we are good to go. The next jump of just under 480 LY puts me on the border between Sanguineous Rim, Kepler's Crest and Elysian Shore.

We completed a jump to Pheia Aewsy DR-F b11-2, a system with 22 bodies; 1 stellar, 8 giants and their satellites.

I headed out to scan the 8 giants, all of which had rings. I have literally hit the jackpot here! There are 12 tritium hotspots here.

• Planet 2; 1
• Planet 3; 3
• Planet 4; 5
• Planet 5; 1
• Planet 6; 2

And here he is, planet 4, the proud owner of five tritium hotspots!

A view of the third planet while mining for tritium.

For the second time, the system I jumped into has a ring with tritium hotspots; three of them to be precise.

Pheia Aewsy ZR-S b31-0 has 44 bodies total; 1 stellar and 43 planetary, including one water world.

Consider we are close to where I wish to set up a base of operations and begin in depth charting, I am not going to scan the usual 10 systems at this location. I will refuel Callbase Capricorn and we will move on.