Entry 23: Veil Expedition Meetup
28 Mar 2020Worldbuilder92
Current System: New Yembo, Unity StationVeil Expedition Day 1
We began the first leg of our expedition to the Western Veil today. We all agreed to start near the New Yembo system; Nirakoji had me scout out potential starting systems for our expedition, and Unity Station in New Yembo was the closest station to the Veil. Not to mention the planets here are loaded with raw materials as well as bountiful data: there's 10 metal-rich planets and a water world, in this one system!
I had arrived in the system last night, but I fell asleep while mining on the first planet, so I was a bit late to the meetup. I was incredibly nervous... this was my first time actually meeting most of our fleet in person. Thankfully, it went much better than expected. We spent a little time arranging our ships for the group shot you see above, and that was its own hassle. Cmdr Kilovian (the Asp Explorer) kept getting bored and pulling small spins and flips while waiting for the photo. It was so funny, cuz I think we all know how hard it is to take a photo and someone keeps fidgeting. lol!
After the group photo, we all docked at Unity Station and met up to introduce ourselves and discuss how we would proceed. It made me so happy to learn that Siara, the Cmdr who rescued me in the Pleiades, did indeed join our group after meeting her! She and her DBX are joining the expedition, as well as a few newer recruits. The newest member of the fleet, Cmdr PathOwOgen (the Imp. Eagle), had alot of questions to ask us; they seemed particularly eager to see a Thargoid in person, they had next to no idea what they were. I shared some of my experiences with them, and we talked about what to name their new Eagle and about my plans to travel to Colonia. I also decided to give the Mobula a new paint job, at their advice; now my ship looks alot sleeker and fancier~
We've all agreed to start near the New Yembo system, and slowly work our way towards the Western Veil, meeting up at controlled checkpoints. Currently waiting for the first checkpoint from Nira, and in the meantime I'm gonna look for some pizza here on the station.