I made thirty-five jumps today in hopes of finding a system with a planet with an icy ring that contained tritium. I had no such luck. I am not by any means running out of tritium, but I like to stay topped up. I'm sure tomorrow I will have better luck. I used the Cobra MK 5 again today. Tomorrow I will probably use the Mandalay.

In today's discoveries, I stumbled upon a nice water world and a beautiful earth-like world, two really nice systems. Both systems brought in a substantial bonus at Universal Cartographics. I also discovered two worlds each with Stratum Cucumisis growing on them. That particular genus of Stratum pays slightly less than Tectonicas. I also sampled and collected two examples of Bacterium Cerbrus for Vista Genomics to get into. All in all, the combined credit takes for the day came to just under two hundred million credits. It was a long day but not a bad one by any means.

That's about it for this log entry. I returned safe and sound and now I am hungry and dirty and would like to clean up and then relax with a drink.

CMDR Bullet out..

I continued my exploration in the Cobra MK 5 today. Such a wonderful ship to head out into the black with. With just over forty light years jump range, she can cover distances in good time if need be and utilizing neutron jumps, can cover vast distances quite handily. And have I mentioned she is quite nimble and can land damn near anywhere? All the traits of a darn decent exploration vessel, if you ask me. I could even take this ship out comfortably on an expedition if I really wanted to, and I may just do that.

For the business end of this log entry, I made twenty-six jumps today with my last jump ending in the system Brambe OT-P d6-62. This is an S-type star system. S-Type stars are giant stars with a roughly equal amount of Carbon and Oxygen in their atmosphere. I also discovered fourteen other main sequence star systems along with eight neutron star systems two white dwarf star systems and one black hole system. All star systems found were first discoveries by me. I moved the carrier forward to Brambe OT-P d6-62 and docked to upload all my data once it arrived.

Along with the cartographic data, I sampled and collected exobiological data from seven sources on three planets including a Stratum Cucumisis which brought in a remarkable 81,014,000cr. Not too shabby I'd say.

Now it's time to get cleaned up and eat and get some much needed rest. I'll end the log entry here.

CMDR Bullet out..

I didn't go blowing up asteroids today like I thought I was going to. I wanted to but, I don't know the first thing about it, so I figured I'd need to study up before I try tackling that adventure. I'm really looking forward to it though. What I ended up doing today is more of the same thing I'm good at which is exploration. I kept it to a minimum though, discovering only eleven main sequence star systems and less than a dozen exobiological life forms. All total, about four hundred million credits combined total between the two.

The last system I ended up in was one that was discovered by a CMDR Hardy. It is a black hole system. Only one planet indicated there was exobio in this black hole system and that was planet B2B So, I called the carrier forward to this planet and while I waited for it to get here, I located the exobio on the planet. Well, one of the exobios anyway.. I could not locate any bacterium anywhere. This planet is very dark, and I had absolutely no luck locating the bacterium. I'll try again tomorrow but it may get the best of me.

One nice thing about this situation is that CMDR Hardy didn't even bother to look for the exobio on this planet, so I got first footfall. Go figure. I will follow up in the next log entry, until then I'm ready for dinner and then a couple of drinks.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today indeed I used the Cobra MK5 to do a bit of exploration and what a great time I had. I am going to use it again tomorrow and probably the next day as well. In keeping with the DeLacey/Cobra tradition, the MK5 version of this ship is a good all arounder at everything you throw at it, but it doesn't quite excel at any one thing, yet it is an outstanding explorer. I'm afraid to say though, it would need the support of a station or a carrier after too long without an AFMU and repair limpet controller.

I visited eleven star systems in the Cobra MK5 today, ten main sequence star systems and one white dwarf star system. I am currently aboard the carrier which is parked in orbit around the second planet of the white dwarf system, that system and planet is Eoch Proo IY-Y d1-257 2A.

I also did some mining in the T-11 today too as the carrier was down to eight hundred tons of tritium and I felt like doing a little mining rather than so much jumping and exploration today. There is one tritium hot spot in the ring of planet two, so I made my way there. As I mentioned in a previous log entry, getting a little trigger time is needed once in a while and is also a nice stress reliever I've found. Asteroid go boom is the next thing I'd like to tackle and is the one thing I've never done yet. I still can't believe that. Perhaps I'll try doing that tomorrow rather than more exploration just to change things up a bit. Now that sounds like a plan, but I'll decide tomorrow.

CMDR Bullet out..

I went exploring for another day in the Sidey just because it was quite a bit of fun yesterday. She really can land damn near anywhere, I just wish she got a bit better fuel economy. Oh well, it's give and take, after all, she is a really small ship, and compromises have to be made somewhere. Actually, having a smaller fuel tank isn't really so bad, I can still jump over two hundred light years on one tank of fuel with this baby as it is! I'm not complaining! Couple that with a neutron boost and who knows how far I could go? I just don't have An AFMU on board, so I'll be staying away from neutron boosts unless I really need to use them.

My trip report is as follows, I made eight jumps total today into all previously undiscovered star systems. Six were main sequence star systems, one was a neutron star system, and one was a white dwarf star system, all chosen by the nav computer. The final system for the day was a white dwarf system, Spoihaae BF-X d2-623. This system has 41 bodies in it but only one body had two exobiological signatures present. I scanned the body and called my carrier forward to orbit while I tracked down the exobio. After my carrier arrived, I headed back to upload my data, get cleaned up and eat and then relax in the lounge for a bit.

I really enjoyed using the Sidewinder these last two days and I'm glad I brought her along. I'll be using her a lot more often I think but I want to use my other ships I brought along as well. I think I'll use the Cobra MK 5 next.

CMDR Bullet out..

Part 1 of 2.

I felt like taking out the Sidewinder today. I named her Patty, and this little ship has been outfitted for exploration and is capable of nearly twenty-five lightyear jumps with a full tank. I have no idea how far she'll go with a neutron boost to be honest. I should give it a try sometime. In any event, I did fourteen jumps with her today and enjoyed the time I spent in the small cockpit remembering the beginning a long, long time ago.. She's now outfitted with an SRV bay and a Guardian FSD booster, no weapons, stripped and fitted for exploration. And one thing I have to say, she can land damn near anywhere. I love that!

At the end of the day, I ended up in a system that has two worlds with five exobiological signatures each on them. I hunted down all five on one world and then called the carrier forward to the system. Tomorrow I will round up the remaining five on the other world. The system I am currently in is Spoihaae LW-Q c7-3 and my carrier is in orbit around planet 1 C.

Of the fourteen jumps I made today, I discovered nothing but main sequence star systems. Kind of a nice break from being greeted by a huge white dwarf exclusion zone or the distortion of a black hole with the evasive maneuvers that follow. Well, that should wrap up the first half of my log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today was a good day of cartography and exobiology. The back is feeling good as new and all seems OK from here, and I'll take that any day. I had a nice time in the Cobra MK 3 as well today jetting about the Cosmos. I love that ship and the memories I have in it. It is performing well for me in the roll as an explorer. It really is a Jack of all trades.

So, I made a modest twenty-two jumps today, but I also spent a fair amount of time planet side hunting exobiology as well. Four worlds yielded exobio for me today including one that had Stratum Tectonicas. That was a big win I was looking for that made this nearly a two hundred million credit day. So, like I said, I made twenty-two jumps, sixteen of them were main sequence star systems, three were neutron star systems and three were white dwarf star systems and all chosen by the nav computer.

I moved the carrier up to the last system I explored, scanned and cataloged, Spoihaae YU-J c11-16, and the planet it is orbiting is ABC 1 B. While I waited for the carrier to arrive, I did a little mountain climbing in the SRV. That was thrilling although the terrain was a little rough, my back was complaining. No worries though, it's all good as I did a lot of flying in the SRV too.. Once I got the message that the carrier had arrived in system, I made my way back down the mountain and loaded back up into the Cobra. From there, it's off I went to the carrier to turn in my data, then for a quick shower and some dinner and a few drinks in the Pilot's lounge. It all starts over tomorrow.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today's exploration venture was cut short due to a very painful back ache I've been suffering with all day. I thank my lucky stars I only discovered only one exobiological today. Climbing in and out of the SRV all day would have killed me. I actually thought the exo was going to be Stratum, but it turned out to be Bacterium. Fortunately for me it turned out to be Bacterium Cerbrus. On a first footfall world at five times value that turned out to bring in 8,449,000cr which was worth landing for.

Well, I traveled almost three hundred seventy-seven lightyears today before I just couldn't take the pain any longer. I called the carrier forward and waited for it to arrive. After it arrived, I made way to her safety zone and then docked. Once docked, I headed to the lounge for my favorite drink and then off to bed without even eating something.

The star report is as follows, I made thirteen jumps, eight were main sequence systems, three were neutron star systems and two were white dwarf systems. All but one white dwarf system were first discoveries by me, and all done in the Mandalay.

In the morning, I hope I'll be feeling better. I don't usually suffer from back aches in fact it's rare I get them. I'm sure I'll be alright tomorrow.

CMDR Bullet out..

There is a discrepancy in my flight log today and while it says I made twenty-one jumps, I am going to say I only made twenty today. The first jump is recorded as being a little over eighty-nine lightyears, my Mandalay is not capable of eighty without running at half tank of fuel or using jumponium. So that first jump was impossible for my ship without jumponium, and I didn't use any jumponium and I never run at half a tank, ever unless circumstances force me to..

I did discover fifteen main sequence star systems, two neutron star systems and three white dwarf systems today. I moved the carrier forward to a nice main sequence star system with a pretty blue gas giant that has a big ring with a large tritium hotspot in it too. I parked the carrier around the planet's A moon and then mined two hundred tons of tritium to bring the carrier's reserve up to 98%.

On top of all that I managed to discover eight exobiologicals that I turned in the data to Vista Genomics as well. It was a pretty busy day all in all. Time to get cleaned up and some food in me. That's it for this log entry.

CMDR Bullet out..

Today was an average day of exploration with a minimal amount of exobiology done. That being said, I still made a couple hundred million credits at Vista Genomics when I returned with the data. I made twenty-five jumps in all today. Quite a few jumps if you ask me and I only found exobiology on two worlds out of all those jumps.

Today's jumps consisted of seventeen main sequence star systems, three brown dwarf star systems, two neutron star systems and three white dwarf systems. Once again, I called the carrier forward into a white dwarf system, Dryooe Prooe LM-C d62, and parked around the first planet, A 1. This is the last system I surveyed today. I used the Mandalay also. She is such a nimble and reliable ship.

My thoughts are moving toward the bubble lately though. I am seriously considering a run to the bubble to visit some engineers and possibly move the carrier closer to the bubble as well. I haven't worked out the logistics of the plan yet but, I will share them as they formulate here in my logbook. Enough for now, time to get cleaned up and eat, relax and have a drink.

CMDR Bullet out.