I finally made it to Explorer's Anchorage today. The station was bustling with ships coming and going, I felt good inside. It was nice to see humanity once again. First things first, taking care of my baby, the Lonestar. She is in need of a little attention so off to the mechanical wizards to perform their magic. I booked a hotel and grabbed my overnight bag and headed off to get my room. Everything happened so smoothly like they know what they are doing around here, I like that. A pilot could get used to this treatment real fast, but an explorer knows better, or he'd be just a pilot.

I'll cash in my cartographic data and exobiological data tomorrow. I am looking forward to seeing what that brings in. I doubt it will finally bring my bank account to over thirty billion, but I guess I'll see. In any event, my end goal is a carrier, and they are available in Colonia. The next leg on this trip is colonia where I'm sure to reach the thirty billion mark. It is there where I will purchase the new mining vessel to go with the carrier. After that, exploration will take on a new twist with a mobile base of operations. A brand-new chapter if you will.

Enough daydreaming for now, time to end this log.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today was a short day of exploration. I visited only eight star systems which included two black holes and one neutron star. One of the black holes had been previously discovered, everything else was first discovered by me. I did manage to find nine exobiologicals spread over two different worlds including the moon I am camped on tonight. This moon has five exobiology signals that I found before I set up camp for the night. It's a very dark world as in very low illumination. I'm not sure if it is the star and low illumination or the distance of this planet and its moons from the star but I really don't care for it, and I am looking forward to leaving tomorrow.

This moon had Frutexa and Fungoida both growing up in the mountains, so I enjoyed tracking those down in the Scarab. The Cactoida, Bacterium and Tussock were all easy pickings down on the plains so no worries there. Since this moon has such low illumination, finding the exobiology has been a bit of a challenge and I did discover that I passed up several patches of Frutexa while looking for Frutexa as I was heading back to my ship because they were that difficult to see in the low visibility of this moon.

That's all for this log entry. Time to get cleaned up, have some dinner and relax for a while.

CMDR Bullet out..

Wow, today I got a lot of star cataloging done along with just a little exobiology as well. It was a well-rounded day overall. To be honest, it really didn't take very long either coming in at just under five hours. That's not too bad for a workday. I was able to catalog five neutron stars, one Herbig, and two Wolf-Rayet stars, plus pick up exo all along the way. And no black holes.. That's a great day in my book.

I'm camped on a rather big moon of a gas giant. It has nearly a quarter G of gravitational force. Riding around in the Scarab was rather bouncy and hard on my back while chasing down the two exobiologicals on this world this afternoon. Of course, the two exos were bacterium and fonticula but hey, it's money in the bank so it's all good and they really didn't take long at all to find, forty minutes tops.

Dinner is going to be simple tonight after the three S's. After dinner a couple beers and a movie maybe then pass out until morning. It starts all over again in the morning.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today I made sixteen jumps toward Sag. A and found quite a few exobiologicals but not a record or anything like that. I suppose you could say it was a typical day for me, it just wasn't as long as they usually are. It feels good to keep moving on though, to keep blazing a new trail, to go and see what has never been seen before, that's what keeps me going.

I only encountered two black holes today, one of which dropped me right out of supercruise. That woke me up, and fast! I'm not sure why but I was staring right at an event horizon in all its glory. I quickly did an about face and boosted a few times, then went back into supercruise with no difficulties. I only encountered one neutron star today and the rest were typical main sequence stars.

Just a typical average day in the life of an explorer, but I love it. Here's to pressing onward. Let's see what tomorrow brings.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today I made only eleven jumps toward Sag. A. Perhaps I am easing up a bit too much? That depends on how one looks at it I suppose. I am still chasing stars rather than chasing exobiology yet, I am still finding an abundance of exobiology along the way. Today I found three black holes, two of which had been previously discovered and four neutron stars of which only one had been previously discovered. The remaining four were common main sequence stars such as the one that graces the system I am camped in tonight, Wepooe TN-U b19-57, which is an M class star. The moon I'm camped on is A 8 d which has two exobiological signatures on it, Bacterium and Fonticula. Hardly worth writing home about but it was first footfall so the money will be good, as usual.

As far as exobiology goes, I found six worlds out of eleven with life. one had six forms, one had five, four had two including this moon I am camped on. I had fun tracking down my favorite exo today which is Frutexa. I love racing around in the mountains in the Scarab. And as usual I nearly got skunked trying to find my dreaded Osseus a few worlds back, I really don't like Osseus. The rest of the exo was pretty much straight forward to locate however, sometimes Fungoida gives me a challenge. I'll take that challenge because more often than not, it's up in the mountains like Frutexa.

That's about it for the logbook. Time to get cleaned up, then dinner and a movie.

CMDR Bullet out..

After yesterday's extremely full day, I decided to take it easy today. I only made fourteen jumps before calling it a day on this moon of a high metal content planet. There were six exobiology signals present which I tracked down before I called it an early day. I also made stops on three worlds that only had two exobiology signatures which isn't like me but one of them paid off as it had Stratum Tectonicas. Being a first footfall world, that will pay out quite well.

Of the fourteen jumps today, I encountered two neutron stars however, one had previously been discovered. That is no problem with me. I also discovered another black hole with quite a few bodies in it including several landable planets orbiting a scoopable K type star just 1800 LS away. That about does it for the interesting stars for today's travels, the rest were typical K, G and M type stars.

After dinner I'm going to watch a movie and make some popcorn with plenty of butter and break out one of my Vernors ginger sodas. I'll probably pass out during the movie, maybe not. In any event, tomorrow will be here before I know it. Until then.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today was an amazing day out in the black for me. I made thirty jumps total and visited quite a few neutron stars, ten in total. I also visited two black holes and one Herbig star. One of the black holes had a companion neutron star as well.

As far as exobiology is concerned, today was a stellar day for me. I picked up over thirty samples from seven different worlds today. That ought to keep them busy for a while over at Vista Genomics. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's samples, hopefully I'll do as well as I did today.

I've also been watching some video feeds in regard to the new mining vessel that's come out recently. Wow, can that thing work some magic on asteroids. Combine that T-11 with a carrier and there's nowhere a carrier or fleet carrier couldn't go within the galaxy. Will something like this affect my decision on leasing a carrier? Your darn right it would. Something else to think about now.

I've made camp on the smallest moon I think I've ever come across before. It has a radius of only 166 km, and its gravity is only .04 g. The record for smallest planet is 137 km. If you are nearby and want to check out an extremely small moon, it's Scheau Flyi QT-H d10-7140 B 2 a. Alright then, that'll do it for this log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today was a relatively short day of jumps but a long day of exobiology. A lot of time spent planet side means my back is aching right now. I spent a good amount of time in the scorpion hunting down fungoida and frutexa and whatever else I could find. Again, I'm not complaining, it's just part of the vocation. I did find some very interesting exobiology today and enjoyed every minute of that experience. The moon I spent the night on tonight had eight exobiological signals which I tracked down before camping out for the night.

The time today I spent heading to Sag. A was interesting as well. I encountered three black holes and one neutron star system among the fourteen jumps I made. In one of the black hole systems however, there were two other bodies. One neutron star and one white dwarf and nothing more, that system was Kyloarph EG-Y g2016. Such a beautiful yet deadly system. The only neutron star system I jumped into today had no less than sixty-seven bodies in it. I think that's a personal record for me.

Alright, I've got to get cleaned up and eat before rest and taking on what tomorrow has in store for me. That will do it for this log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

I've finally settled my course on Sag. A, the center of it all. Once again, the solitude of space and stars surrounds me stopping only for exobiological signals. I love the peace of traveling through and between star systems, there's nothing else like it. Once in a while I will drop into a gas giant ring and just rocket through the asteroids just for the thrill of it. It's quite fun and exhilarating. It adds a bit of variety to the trip.

Of the 17 jumps I made today, three were neutron stars, one of which had been previously discovered and two of the jumps revealed black holes. One of the black holes had been previously discovered. And yes, black holes still make the hair on my neck stand up! I am still relatively close to Tir so I suspect as I get further away, everything I find will be a 'first discovery' for me until I begin to near Sag. A. Once I see that everything is a first discovery, I'll begin to route economical jumps a bit more often to try and maximize profits for this trip, at least that's the plan anyway.

I am camped on Kyloarph IO-H D10-4154 3D. It's the fourth moon of a gas giant with six exobiological signatures. It took an hour and a half to locate them which wasn't too bad all. I rather enjoyed it actually.

That about covers the logistics of today's events now it's time for dinner and relaxation. I'm looking forward to tomorrow once again.

CMDR Bullet out..

I am currently about 1600LY from Tir. I am once again heading back to the center of the galaxy. These runs are just too lucrative to pass up and with all the carriers along the way, repairs are easy if I get into trouble. I'm not giving up on the idea of getting my own carrier, I just don't need one with so many throughout the galaxy. I want my own carrier but, I also want to be able to maintain it and keep it full of tritium as well as carry my fleet. I am also thinking of downsizing my fleet as I don't really use some of them any more really but, it's difficult as many memories have been made in them over the years. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

The new mining ship looks really good right now, in fact, the perfect addition to any carrier or fleet carrier for tritium mining out in the black. What a great time for Lakon to introduce this incredible task specific ship to us spacefarers. It's ability to quickly and efficiently blast through ice and rock asteroids is just incredible. It certainly appears to me to have done its part to help shrink the size of the galaxy.

I am currently resting on Eol Prou NM-S c18-45 A 1 b. This moon has five exobiological life signs which I located and scanned before I retired for the evening. They didn't take long to find and were actually kind of fun to locate. Among them was my personal favorite, Frutexa. Fortunately, all the exobiologicals were relatively close to one another so it didn't take long to locate them all.

I'll enjoy a good breakfast before I make my way toward the center once again. I plan to cover some good distance tomorrow. Hopefully there will be some good exobiology along the way.

CMDR Bullet out..