Long Journey is Long
27 Jun 2020Dante Cortez
I'm close. So close. 25 jumps away from my ultimate destination in Eta Carinae. Finally get to see some of these Guardian ruins I've heard so much about.Of course, then I'll have to figure out where to go next. There are a couple of very prominent star clusters that I can see, but I imagine they've been pretty well picked over by now. Nothing new to discover. Same with the stars in and around the Eta Carina nebula, I'm sure. I'm already finding systems that are registered as previously discovered.
There are a couple of DSSA fleet carriers not too far from where I will be (OK, thousands of light years, but I've just come 7500 ly; no big deal), so I may point my nose toward one of those and see what I can find along the way. Sell my data and then pick a new direction.
When I was a Sagan Centre, I realized that, um, I don't really miss other people. I thought it would be great to get back to humanity, talk to people in real time, look at faces that weren't the reflection of my own in the cockpit glass. But nah, not really. Oh don't get me wrong. I didn't not like talking to people - the bartender in that lounge was nice enough - but I am really pretty content being out here on my own. I don't answer to anyone, and I'm not responsible for anybody but myself. That's my definition of freedom, I guess.
And this galaxy is SO. DAMNED. BIG. I look at my maps and the Bubble seems so small and cramped. Most of humanity is jammed into that tiny little volume of space. How can people stand to stay in that little area all their lives, especially when the frame shift drive can take them... anywhere? That just seems insane to me.
But maybe I'm the crazy one.