RIMWARD EXPLORATION - Stardate 3302-08-10
10 Jan 2016Ramses Overdark
Galathea took me to the planet surface, landing was a delicated procedure but gone smooth.But the buggy ride was dificult. Low grav made little bumps in the surface catapult the buggy very high.
Tracking up slopes were a nightmare. Once you stop for any reason , restarting movement makes the buggy go back, more than once it fliped back and I got a very damaged buggy , its hull droping to 45% after only 2 "falls".
Ok , each fall was , what , 100 - 150 mts.....
Gosh, need to take more precautions , will go back to the starport , make some repair and get back here.
need practice , cannot fall like that in a far away planet. Could be my death.
I return to a more flat zone, call Galathea back.
What a beautifull vision , my baby coming back to me.
The autopilot make a very good landing , probably better than mine.....
I manuver my battered buggy inside hangar bay and walk back to the cockpit.
Engines online, thrusters online. Hatches secured. Safety protocols engaged.
Up we go!!!!
Lets go baby , lift your beautifull ass from this dusty planet.
Few minutes later were at orbital heights , speeding up to 3/4 impulse speeds.
A small correction in course and we are going back to the starport.
Half an hour latter I drop from impulse and the dock is just there, big block in the void....
Requested landing permission , control granted and told me I got a message when was outside.
Strange.... was not expecting any contact.
Well , lets dock first.
End of log.