Deep in Tenebrae
28 Nov 2020Pisodeuorrior
I let the Wandering Star lead me to Tenebrae.I had been here only once before, during my (uh, second to last?) expedition.
I'm quite fond of this region, as I had travelled this far on a whim and ended up doing the full trip of the Outer Arms after it.
Back then I had gone as far as Magellan's Star, whereas now I decided to spare myself the difficult navigation through the sparse stars of the end of the Arm and just stop at the furthest DSSA Carrier this side of the Galaxy.
The DSSA Deus Vult! (the exclamation point is part of her name) sits about 3000 light years from the last star of the Perseus Arm, and like many others I've recently visited her commander picked the rings of a body in the system.
Since I've been quite lazy as of recent, at least as far as explorers go, I docked at the DSSA Deus Vult!, took a couple of screenshots and then undocked to fly back to the Wandering Star.
It's when I turned around that I noticed the DSSA Deus Vult! is not deployed in just an ordinary ringed planet, but she enjoys quite an extraordinary view from both sides.
On her broad side there's a gas giant with two sets of rings (one of which is enormous), which at the time was setting below the rings of her main planet.
I had completely missed that in my haste.
Leaving the DSSA Deus Vult! was a significant moment of my journey, as it was time to turn back South and spinward, finally pointing straight home and end this part of the expedition.
I have still four DSSA Carriers to visit before this phase is finished, but the next big stop is the Bubble. I look forward to it this time.
The next one on the way was the DSSA Cheetah Labs, which is deployed exactly on the border between Tenebrae and Lyra's Song.
And I really mean EXACTLY.
Like the DSSA The Helix, she orbits the main, bright, white star of the system.
I don't know why but they're my favourite.
So, according to my math my fuel is about 3-4 thousand years short of the amount needed to get back home.
Luckily I have been in touch with Commander Factabulous Minimum of the DSSA Gam Nine in Lyra's Song, which has plenty to spare.
So that's where I'm going next.