How Big is a boxel?
09 Nov 2021Green Delta 11
How big is a Boxel?
9 November 3307
Ooscs Briae XD-K d8-19
I have been flying in this Galaxy for a some time now. Until this week I have only explored star systems while on my way to somewhere. Over the last ten days I have traveled to a remote corner of the ED Galaxy and have begun to search a specific area of space. Ellen is the primary motivator of this little expedition. Also the hope of a free Fleet Carrier at its conclusion is also a part of my overall motivation. With that I can retire to a beech on an Earth Like World, far from government entanglements.
One of the questions I have about the structure of our galaxy is.... How big is a boxel? What is a boxel is also a good question to answer.
Enter my friend Tyy'sun Eson who introduced me to boxels. He talked of containers and such. Mass values and the like. He also informed me of an application called the Elite Dangerous Journal Processor.
This application is far more than something to help you create journal entries. It is actually a few different applications rolled into one. Have you used the Neutron Router? If you are in VR you have to go back and fourth to copy the next system on your route and paste it into the galaxy map. Takes time.
But using the Route Helper section of the EDJP (Elite Dangerous Journal Processor) the app will automatically place the next system in your neutron route into the clipboard of your PC. If you are in VR then you can use Voice attack to put that system into your galaxy map using a voice command. Jumping from neutron system to neutron system just becomes a whole lot less awkward.
When you arrive in your search area the Boxel Survey portion of the app will find out all of those cool little systems in your box and place them into a route which then puts each successive system into the clipboard automatically.
And that is about as far as I have gone with the EDJP app. I believe it is produced by the IGAL (Intergalactic Astronomical Union) people and I am grateful for their hard work.
So, over the next few days or weeks I am going to explore one small part of our galaxy. I wonder what I shall find.