I'm just about to head off on a long voyage across the galaxy, so I thought I'd head out to see the newly discovered Barnacle Forest before I leave.

It's located on Hyades Sector AQ-Y d81 C 2 at 9.2924/-153.9815.

From above it sort of resembles a crop circle.

There are lots of red glowing Scavengers floating about and the Barnacles glow green. Combine that with the swampy mist hanging over the site and it feels quite foreboding.

I was flying out in the general area of the Pleiades and found a destroyed Federation Convoy in the Delphi system.

A Farragut battle cruiser and many other ships. Lots of damage from some sort of corrosive goop. The Thargoids are getting more aggressive.

WP11 is on NGC 6820 Sector PD-S b4-6 7 d a at -51/78.

NGC 6820 was overhead and its red colour contrasted against the icy blue of the planet surface.

From looking at my logs, it appears I arrived here 2 nights before the intended final meetup. The night after I arrived, I left, 1 night before the meetup. I suspect I felt that it wasn't right to participate in just the final meetup after missing all the other ones.

On the way back to the bubble, I became the first commander to discover the Earth-Like World of Chraufao OG-Y b55-1 A 7.

WP10 is on Crescent Sector HR-W d1-28 A 2 at 16.0/-49. The Crescent Nebula was huge in the sky and was the only thing providing light on the otherwise dark surface. My chromed DBX reflected this and almost glowed red itself.

The lack of ambient light really made the dust clouds of our galaxy stand out in the sky.

WP9 is on Lan 111 9 a at 33.6/116.2.

The system is lit by an O-class blue-white star. These stars always add an other-worldly hue to the environment.

The meetup body (9 a) shares a barycenter with 9 b. That body was just barely visible on the horizon when I logged off for the night. When I logged back on the next morning, it had risen.

WP8 is on Blue Flash Sector GW-W c1-0 4 a at -84/75.7. The Blue Flash Nebula was visible when I arrived.

In the other direction, the galaxy was just rising (or setting) on the horizon.

WP7 is on Ring Sector NI-S b4-0 6 a at 67.2/176.7. It's a ringed body and the rings can be seen on the horizon at the meetup site.

This system is the closest it is possible to get to the Ring Nebula.

The Blinking Nebula was clearly visible in the sky above WP6 on Blinking Sector PD-S b4-0 2 a at -69.32/-97.45.

It's an icy world, so not much fun to drive on, even if I had the time.

Today is a Saturday, and so I have more time than usual for travelling. I should be able to get a few waypoints in today.

First stop is WP5 on Veil West Sector DL-Y d68 D 4 e at -80.1/147.46.

The nearby Veil Nebula West is one of the prettier nebulas in the game, with the pink and blue clouds together.

WP4 is on LBN 623 Sector FW-W d1-100 6 a at 75.93/89.

There was a nice view of the nearby LBN 623 Nebula.

The was the end of my second day travelling.