September 27 3305

Today I charted 3 systems:

Meamoea AQ-Y c16-1 
Meamoea AQ-Y c16-2
Meamoea AQ-Y c16-3

The ship is running smoothly, albeit looking a little rough around the edges.

  

September 25 3305

My charting of the Meamoea AQ-Y systems continues.

Today I scanned and mapped:
     Meamoea AQ-Y e0 and Meamoea AQ-Y e1
     Meamoea AQ-Y f0
     Meamoea AQ-Y c0 and c1 
     Meamoea AQ-Y c16-0

Here's an interesting thing:  there are no systems numbered c1 to c15.  It jumps from c0 to c16.  I have no idea why.  You'll have to ask the astronomers!

As I was jumping around, I arrived in Meamoea ZU-G b13-0 and spotted a notable stellar phenomon (which is how my scanners identify biologic objects in space).  It was a group of pods floating in the ring of a gas giant.

Arrived at  Meamoea AQ-Y c16-0 and camped on 1 after mapping the system.

September 23 3305

After making a few jumps on the way towards the outer edge, I found an area where there were no signs of previous explorers.  So for the rest of the day, I explored the ten systems which are included in the Meamoea AQ-Y d set (d0 to d9). 

Nothing extraodinary was discovered.  Mostly gas giants and icy bodies.  I found one metal rich world and one or two systems had white dwarf stars as their primaries.

I am now 33,157.28 LY from home.

September 23 3305

Today I started to explore this nebula.  I checked four systems at random and all four were previously visited by other commanders.  Which isn't surprising.  This is a large, prominant nebula and anyone coming out to this end of the galaxy is likely to visit it!

So, a new plan.  I am going to go as far out on the edge of the galaxy as I can.  I'll explore the very rim and slowly make my way back towards the bubble. 

*Later this same day.*

I noticed that there is a region on the edge of the galaxy called Tenebrae.  It is completely devoid of stars.  I find it odd to have a section of space marked off as a region of a galaxy, yet there are no stars there.

In my wanderings I found some peduncle trees and went in for some close up photos of them.  The first one has my ship parked about 50 metres from the tree, to show the scale of these things.  They must be about 200 metres across.

 

September 22 3305

Today I arrived at my goal!  It was an interesting trip.  I found several water worlds, but, more importantly I found an earth-like world!  Yes, it had been previously scanned and mapped by another explorer, but it will still get me 1 to 3 million credits.  I had hoped to find several earth-like worlds on my trip out here and earlier today, thought I was going to come up empty handed.  Luck of the draw!

I forgot to mention yesterday that I have crossed into the region known as Dryman's Point.

But, other exciting news.  I found two systems with biological life in them.  The first system had clouds of viride peduncle trees in two locations.

The next system had three clouds, but I only visited one.  This cloud was different from others I have seen in the past 9 months of exploration, in that it had three different life forms in it; candidum peduncle pods, rebelium peduncle trees and rebeum metallic crystals.  I've seen the crystals in other systems, today was the first time I had seen the trees or the pods.  I didn't see any candidum peduncle trees here, so I assume they release the pods, die and then the pods create new trees.  But I'm not a xeno-biologist so I am just guessing.

 I continued on towards the nebula.  At a range of 204 LY I took this photo of it.  This was 4 jumps away from my destination.  My next jump brought me to a neutron star.  I used it to supercharge my FSD and finished the trip in 1 more jump instead of 3.

Found an interesting looking icy body to park on for the night.  It has mountains as well as craters, some interesting soil colours and half of the sky is filled with the nebula.

This brings me to the end of my flight out to this region.  Below are some images from my galaxy map, showing you where I am in relation to the bubble (the area occupied by the human race, denoted by the markers in the distance) and the centre of the galaxy.  I am 32,834.49 LY from home.  The next time I head out, I will begin exploring this nebula to see what I can find!

September 21, 3305

Jumped my way over to Greou Phio EA-P c22-6, a distance of 3,797.14 LY (56 jumps).

Not much of interest along the route today.  A lot of systems that were just stars, no planets.  Many that had planets only had icy bodies (and they aren't worth scanning).  I did find one ammonia planet, which someone else had discovered before me.

Shinrarta Dezhra is now 28,788.94 LY away and my destination, Eock Prau OV-V b16-0 is 4,279.23 LY away.  Which means I can reach that in about 2 to 2 1/2 hours of flying.

September 20 3305

I made my way to Nueloi EG-I b57-0, a distance of 4,2253.54 LY (70 jumps).  Only found 1 water world today and nothing much else of interest.

Made my base camp on the first moon of the first gas giant.