Why start is from Bilfrost?

No special reason. Just that lately some players and friends of Hamster's Cave did missions there :-)

A very beautiful nebula.

Part of the supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop, the 'West' Veil Nebula is a long blue and pink collection of gas. Due to the unique appearance, it has also been called "Witch's Broom", "Finger of God" and "Filamentary Nebula"

Cupid's Arrow is a tourist beacon at the edge of the NGC 7822 Nebula.

As described by the tourist beacon: "The beautiful NGC 7822 nebula is pierced by a line of O-stars - therefore it has been compared to Cupid's arrow piercing a heart." The reference photo is taken from nearby system NGC 7822 Sector KC-V c2-2.

Drawing the Arrow

Part of the IC 1805 cluster, this system is swarming with stellar objects.

The high-mass O-type is in a nested binary pair with no less than three different black holes ranging from 9.4 to 31.3 solar masses. What really makes this system stand out are the five K-class stars and nine M-class stars, including one with a rare ring system.

From the surface of one of the landable planets these stars will appear to flitter and fly across the sky during their orbits, giving the appearance of a field of fireflies.

A solitary Black Hole sat deep within it's own planetary nebula of hot blue gas, situated just below the IC 1805 Cluster.

Two prominent nebula in the Cassiopeia constellation, approx. 7,800 LYs from Sol and situated on the far fringe of the Perseus arm and right on the very near edge of the Formidine Rift. Approaching from the opposite side, these two nebulae act as a beacon of light and colour to intrepid explorers returning from across the Rift.

They are very well surveyed and the Soul Nebula contains a radio source named W5, although its exact location remains unclear as of 3303. The Soul Nebula is also named IC 1848 and the Heart Nebula is named IC 1805 (which may be confusing due to the IC 1805 Cluster). All objects are thought to be part of a giant molecular cloud within what is called the Cassiopeia Superbubble.

Formidine Rift Alpha Site

An Unregistered Comms Beacon can be found in orbit of Eafots EU-R c4-1 A.

Known to transmit the following at 00 minutes past the hour.

An abandoned settlement can be found on the nearby planet Eafots EU-R c4-1 C 2 at -34.2070, -77.6690.

Around the settlement there are six Settlement Comms Log Uplink points, scanning them gives background to the reason for its abandonment..

Formidine Rift Beta Site

An Unregistered Comms Beacon can be found in orbit of Eafots LZ-H b10-0 D.

Known to transmit the following at 15 minutes past the hour.

The system name in the beacon appears to be an error and should be interpreted as LZ-H rather than the IZ-H given, since it’s the system the beacon is in.

An abandoned settlement can be found on the nearby planet Eafots LZ-H b10-0 D 1 at -23.0615, -174.8785.

Around the settlement there are six Settlement Comms Log Uplink points, scanning them gives background to the reason for its abandonment...

Formidine Rift Delta Site

An Unregistered Comms Beacon can be found in orbit of Eafots GL-Y e2 1.

Known to transmit the following at 00 minutes past the hour.

An abandoned settlement can be found on the nearby planet Eafots GL-Y e2 6 at 21.2752, 19.066).

Around the settlement there are six Settlement Comms Log Uplink points, scanning them gives background to the reason for its abandonment...

Formidine Rift Gamma Site

An Unregistered Comms Beacon can be found in orbit of Eafots RA-G B11-0 3.

Known to transmit the following at 00 minutes past the hour.

An abandoned settlement can be found on the nearby planet Eafots RA-G B11-0 3 at -17.8739, -76.052.

Around the settlement there are six Settlement Comms Log Uplink points, scanning them gives background to the reason for its abandonment...

An abandoned megaship named The Zurara is in orbit of the planet Syreadiae JX-F c0 1.

Clues to the location of The Zurara were published on Galnet Galactic News on 17 Apr 3303 by a group known as The Hamsters.

Each line of the rhyme revealed the name of a mythical figure, the first letters of which spelled out the system name, and the name Rebecca.

Starting from the stern of the ship and working forwards, a series of four Ship Log Uplink points can be located along the hull.

Deploy your ships hardpoints and use the onboard Data Link Scanner within 200m of each post to scan them and retrieve the logs.

In addition to the next, each log is accompanied by an audio recording...

A visually striking emission nebula, approx. 7,200 LYs from Sol across the Orio-Persean Gap and along the Perseus arm.

Why to finish in Arouca?

Arouca was a base system of some players of Hamster's Cave during some time, and if not many ties are kept at least you can try the delicious Arouca Conventual Sweets, made by the The monastic orders of Arouca.

Each come with a personalised blessing :-)