Journey Through the Outer Orion Spur
05 Oct 2020FiveStringJeff
Terrorist attacks, a dead prince, war with an engineer... I couldn't think of a better time to be away from the Bubble. I certainly have no love for the Empire, and were I in the mood, I'd probably fight for Liz Ryder - because who in their right mind would buy the official story about her launching a terror attack against the Empire!? But all things considered, I think my time is much better spent out in the black. So I've plotted a journey through the Outer Orion Spur. My first destination is the Eta Carina Nebula. It's about 9,000 ly from Sol. Once I cross from the Inner Orion Spur to the Outer, I'm flying in what seems like virgin space. Maybe one of every 10 systems has been discovered. Honking, scanning, and mapping have become second nature, so I've begun looking for interesting bodies. Today, I discovered two HMC planets orbiting each other at a distance of only 25 Mm. In turn, these two planets (as well as a few others) were orbiting a binary system of one M and one L class star. It made for a beautiful picture - but my pictures aren't uploading correctly!
Eta Carina is 68 jumps away. I hope my console figures out the picture thing by then. This is a beautiful trip that I don't want to forget.