Excelsior!
21 Oct 2019Dante Cortez
I returned to civilization, and I can't say I'm especially impressed with it.OK, maybe that's not fair. I was able to sell off enough collected data to nearly triple my net worth, which isn't a bad thing. And I not only made money on, I discovered many systems and planets - at rough count maybe 200? Maybe more? - which are all tagged with my name. I didn't map every world, but I did get some interesting ones. And now...
Well now I'm setting out pretty much right away. I had such a good time faffing around the Witch Head Nebula, that I decided to aim for another nebula in a different direction. Since mammalian body parts seem to be the fashion in nebulae these days, it's the Elephant's Trunk Nebula for me! I've plotted out a 2400 LY course that will get me there in 80 or so jumps. I'm hoping that the trip out and back* will net me some more discoveries.
So I'm sitting here on a station called Ostrander Colony, in a system called HIP 110094, out beyond the edge of the Bubble. For the course I've plotted, this is the last place to get a shower, a hot meal, and a bed to sleep in. Tomorrow, we ride!
*If I come right back. I'm considering heading for the next sector out. "Elysian Shore" sounds nice, doesn't it?