LOG: 3 August 3305
03 Aug 2019Markandy12
We have begun are long journey back to The Bubble.I managed to get a blueprint from Marsha Hicks. She was more than gracious. It will come in handy when looking for Void Opal or Painite sites back home. Make the trip a little quicker by reducing the mass.
I decided to strip down the Stardust to make the return journey a little easier. Before, with the fighter bay and the SRV bay with four SRVs, The Stardust was only able to make it about 44LY jumps. The fighter bay was mostly a luxury. It was fun finding little canyons and racing through them. The extra SRVs were mostly if one broke or got destroyed. In my whole trip to the Core, never lost a one.
So, in order to save time, reduce the number of jumps home, I have basically reduced the Stardust into a hollow metal shell with barely enough power to run.
Shields are down to 3C grade, no SRVs or SLFs, The power plant, which was an 8A is now a 3A. Most of my modules are offline while in flight. While it is little less relaxing, fearing that just trying to run the coffee maker will cause the ship to short out, it has increased our jump range substantially. We now nearly 64LY range, giving the Stardust 250LYs with a supercharged jump.
I have plotted the route through our computer, using every neutron star within range, it should get us back into Bubble Space in about 113 jumps as opposed to the nearly 275. So about a reduction in half.
Currently, we are in the system Boeph MD-A d14-995, we are about 3.5KLY from Colonia, only about 19KLYs to go. Are final destination will be Shinrarta Dezhra, the system controlled by the Pilot's Federation. While making my way to Sagittarius A*, I dropped off my exploration data at Explorer's Anchorage. I managed to secure enough data to be awarded my Elite Rank. I plan to make Jameson Memorial my new home base. I hear it has every ship and module available. Should be decent enough to outfit a python for some mining. Reese and I agree, we need to get our reserves of credits up.
Once we get enough cash, I think I might head out to some Guardian sites and farm for tech blueprints.
Anyway, that is about 99 jumps from now, so I will be signing off for the time being.
CMDR Mariah, signing off.