Canonn Challenge Entry 3: Campaign for the Exploration Gold
04 Dec 2020Scopelx
During my previous sojourn in Colonia, a fellow Canonn explorer by the name of SovereignWinter sent out a call to gather and store exploration data for the upcoming exploration season. He believed that with squadron's combined efforts and the considerable amount of data he had amassed, Canonn could contend for the trophy. To support this goal, I had not sold any of the data I had accrued during my previous 65,000 light-years of travel. But the season was soon coming to end. It was time to return to make the 50,000 light-year journey to the Bubble and engratiate myself with Li Yong-Rui. LYR is well-known to grossly overpay for such data from his supporters, up to three times the typical asking price and well worth the inconvenience of a few cargo runs. My accumulated data eventually sold in Kalak for just over 9 billion credits, contributing to Canonn's first gold medal-winning season and allowing me to finance a veritable fleet of exploration vessels. The following report contains one example of each of the new Canonn challenge items I scanned while traveling from the DSSA Nest in Mare Somnia to the Bubble.Rubicundum Lagrange Cloud
System: Eock Prau OR-K b22-0
I stopped to rest and repair at the DSSA Bougainville, stationed in the Eock Bluae Nebula. It was while performing scans of the surrounding systems that I discovered this beautiful red Lagrange cloud, the first colored Lagrange cloud of any kind I had ever seen. And it certainly did not disappoint.
Viride Lagrange Cloud
System: Eock Prau TI-T d3-0
I happened across this cloud shortly after. Unfortunately, this system had been visited once before and was not a unique discovery of my own. It was stunning nonetheless, even if I must go out to find one of my own someday.
Luteolum Lagrange Cloud
System: Eock Prau VY-N b21-0
Much like the previous entry, this cloud had been visited once before. But the number of undiscovered systems in close proximity to the nebula gives me confidence in my ability to be the first human in a multitude of colored Lagrange clouds in the future.
Amphora Plant
System: Floadaea MU-F d11-0
I must admit I yelled in triumph the first time I discovered a population of these elusive plants. And the three times after that. Found in only a handful of regions on the eastern side of the galaxy, amphoras have fairly stringent criteria that must be met before they will grow. A volcanically active, airless, metal-rich body with a Class A star and one of several possible life-bearing worlds present in-system are all necessary to provide an environment conducive to amphora growth.