Returning to normal operations.
22 Jan 2020Kris Afron
It is interesting and exciting heading off into the black for a time. There are definite benefits to it as well, the grind of hitting systems, scanning, using the FSS and then the mapping of interesting planets generates a steady increase in credits. There's (usually) no-one there to interdict or otherwise disturb you. Some of the views are really spectacular as well.But it is always a relief to get back to civilisation and normality.
So following my recent expedition to the Formidine Rift (and a few pretty nebulae) picking up some missions at Sol was the plan.
Ah, but the plans of mice and men! The missions they had at Galileo didn't rock my boat at all. I'd done some passenger ferrying in the past which is a suitable alternative.
My module store had some passenger cabins so I pulled my Python Haven't A Clue out of dock and refitted a large economy cabin and took a sight-seeing mission. Actually it was kind of fun, it got me to a few places that I'd not thought of visiting and I learned a few things about them too. This was just like exploring, and i was getting well paid for it and I could do the usual system honking and get paid for that as well. I'm pretty sure that my passengers didn't mind too much about getting close up views of a planet or two while I mapped them - adding even more profit to the journey. I could get used to this.
A dedicated passenger liner would be a useful addition to my fleet, so i headed off to Shinrarta Dezhra and picked up and fitted out a nice Saud Kruger Orca. I put luxury cabins into it on the basis that they could only be fitted to Saud Kruger vessels so that I could attract the kind of clients that would pay for the luxury.
I named her A View Of Immensity.
So far I think that this has been a good move. I'm making upward of 5 mil Cr per trip and visiting about three systems that I've not seen before and meeting some interesting touristy type people. Who-ever though that i'd be a cruise liner captain some day.
And it only leaves me to say,
A View Of Immensity is probably in the top 1% of liners out there.
CMDR Kris Afron signing off. Fly adventurously commanders.