What shall i say. I started slow, did some jobs here and there. But that wasn't interesting enough.
So i set exploring the vast void as the goal.

I packed nothing but alot of food, a fuelscoop, a SRV which i had to figure out how to drive myself, some odd music and the only goal in mind, to reach out to where ever i want. So i just travelled and travelled. I thought it was a real bad decision to just jump out, reach for such distance.
But who would've thought that jumping from one system to another with only like 20ly to reach a destination of ~8000ly away would be much more amazing than running cargo from A to B and from B to A.
I went to the Witch Head Nebula which is now part of a Thargoid-Comback.. I'm glad they didn't show up back then when i was enjoying the view there.
After that i headed straight further to the Running Man Nebula next to Orion Nebula, in front of Barnard's Loop. Or as i still call that region 'A thousand Suns', because there a dozen of stars forming a big line through Orion and Running Man Nebula.
It was astonishing, just beautiful seeing those Nebulae in front of the very eye and the planets they keep as secrets.
Long weeks after exploring that region, i found myself back in the bubble selling my exploration data with the next thing in mind. The opposite direction from where i went before, so i went for NGC 6357. Another stunning Nebula. I wish i took photos to make some postcards out of them all.

After all in that one year or so of self-finding in the void i found myself at a Bar in Kings, where i met.. a good Squadron as it seemed, somewhat unorganized and in war fighting for something.
That fucking fire in their hearts though, a squadron one only could dream of, and it turned out they seem to think the same about.. me.. .
Would i be ready to begin something new? Turned out.. Yes, yes i was.