A welcome at Exporer's Anchorage
15 Jun 2019Tredwell
I think I can honestly say that I was a little startled to see so much activity on the radar screen as I neared Explorer's Anchorage spaceport. For the last three months I had only seen stars and planets; not one NPC ship in sight. I quickly re-activated the powered down docking computer and requested docking, desperately trying to recall the procedures for a safe landing inside the base. Once inside I made a mental note of my current assets and headed for the Universal Cartographics sector. One hour and 52 screens later I had earned 217,890,677 credits. It was time to celebrate, however, the newly built station offers little in the way of comfort and amenities. I returned to the galaxy map and began plotting a route to Colonia. Twenty-four hours later I left the station, struggling to clear Mass Locked. There was a loud bang and the screen in front of me changed - I was in the middle of an Interdiction and I had no idea what to do. Somehow I won the battle for the escape vector and was free. I reflected on the income from the cartographic sales that could so easily have been lost.