Logbook: 31 Mar 3302
31 Mar 2016Extremofire
Commander's Log. Text. Galactic date: 31 Mar 3302 17:18After a couple weeks of vicious military work delaying my expedition, I have found our Emperor to be in good standing, and with a content heart, I've made it back to Kamadhenu, where my vessel Oculus lies, aching to taste the vast emptiness of the great expanse. Having filed the appropriate departure documents in my short respites between covert operations in Hudson territory this week, I'm sitting in the station now waiting to leave; there was a short delay of 45 minutes for my departure.
Shajn is bustling as always, having a flourishing military society. As I sit here in the starport halls, I'm watching countless happy military families with their proud soldiers clad in purple and black dress board shuttles to travel to their homes on the planet, and the few lone commanders walking to their landing pad to bring more heat to the Feds. I silently wish them all well. I know the fight, and I know the fight will be fought well.
I was pacing around the vast halls, and I find a viewport. Looking down at the shiny blue sphere, I see the defined line between day and night, with the land shrouded in darkness punctuated by spiders of light. I'm both saddened by the idea that I won't see such a civilization for a while, and excited by the prospect that I could stumble across another civilization.
I guess I could elaborate on my flight plan. Obviously this expedition is geared towards pure discovery. I'm hoping to discover AT LEAST 400 systems. Ambitious, I know. It gets worse... I plan on visiting the Bluae sectors in the Intermediate 4th Quadrant, then changing heading to pass through the Norma Arm expanse. I'll make a close pass to Sag A*, and then continue onto the Lower 1st Quadrant. I then plan to change heading to the Sagittarius Arm ("behind" Sag A*) to around the Upper 4th Quadrant, and then plot a course to Sag A*, hitting it on the way back.This is a >100,000 LY expedition and I hope it turns out well.
Oh! There's the call. Time to board... Here goes. Wish me well!
For the Empire!