Hawking's Gap, Again
05 Feb 2020Pisodeuorrior
I just realized this is the fourth time I fly though Hawking's Gap.Every time I have been here, however, I have crossed it along its shorter dimension, whereas this time my route has lead me to travel it lenghtwise.
It's funny how galactic sectors seem to have their specific feature (when they have one), that stops the moment you cross their border.
In Dryman's point I must have scanned at least a hundred Notable Stellar Phenomena.
The vast majority of them turned out being Peduncle Trees of some kind. However, right before the border with Hawking's Gap, I came across three Lagrange Clouds, which was a first for me.
The Notable Stellar Phenomena signals have stopped showing on my scanner the moment I crossed into Hawking's Gap, which to be honest hasn't been something to write home about so far.
I've found a below average number of interesting planets, zero biological signals and zero anomalies.
The only two bodies worthy of note were a Water World that orbited fairly close to its sun, and a pretty Ammonia World that sported a nice set of rings.
I am now almost at the end of the sector, near the point where I change my course and turn South.
I will cross the Orion Spur and get to the Perseus Arm, my next milestone roughly 10000 light years away.
That's when I'll decide whether I'm done with this trip and turn back home, or take a long detour. I'll think about it later.