We have finally returned to Federation space!
11 Jul 2017NickTheGrey
During the last leg of the return voyage it occurred to me that in order to reach my base of ops in the Okinura system that I'd be passing through a number of populated systems. Since many of these systems are previous destinations for me, I remember them as places to avoid. Not wishing to risk all of the data that I'd accrued, I decided it would be better to find a suitable Federation system on the edge of the Bubble and head there instead.Only one of the systems I checked looked reasonable: The Segovan system, located around 100LY closer to the edge of the Bubble than Okinura and boasting a large landing pad station a very short distance from the star. Perfect.
Once there I began to sell my exploration data. I was betting on a hopeful 20MCr payout as I had only scanned every astronomical object in the first two 1000LY legs of the journey. I was mildly - and gratefully! - surprised that the data was worth just over 56MCr as well as:
- Reaching 59% Pioneer
- Reaching 100% Allied to the Federation
First thing on my agenda was module upgrades. I selected a few and headed out to see some old Engineer friends. Armed with a number of Engineered modules, I've set out to Luyten's Star to gain reputation with Sirius Corporation and gain access to some more Engineers.
For the time being then I am basing myself out of Ashby City station and am working on increasing my reputation to gain a permit for the Sirius system.
As a sidenote, on my way to Luyten's Star I was interdicted twice. The first was against a Viper MkIV which ended when he disengaged and ran. The second was successfully evaded.
Though I survived the encounters, they have highlighted issues with the ship's current configuration in a combat situation.