Chapter 5 - Almost there - more Guardian sites
06 Apr 2021Rsimpson500
I'm getting close now, I can feel it. Just one more Guardian location left to find from my father's notes. I set off from the Bubble a week ago, after helping Canonn defend its systems from rival minor factions. I tried my new Canonn-support Python and Corvette and had some fun too. I set off on 31 March but after reaching Mammon I realised I could hitch a ride back to the Bubble with a Canonn carrier that's currently on a scientific expedition. So I headed back to Shinrarta Dezhra and quickly threw together a tritium-mining AspX for later transfer to the carrier. Want to make sure I can pay my way!
After that I set off again, making quick progress away from the Bubble. My plan is to visit the three groups of Guardian sites towards the Core, ending up in the Gallipolis. After that my journey will become one of scientific discovery and adventure, heading on towards Beagle Point and rendezvousing with the Canonn Cruise somewhere nearby.
I'm currently 15,000LY from the Bubble and have found two of the Ruin sites my father visited. I had no idea he'd travelled so far and found so much. His logs show he must have visited a site in the Blaa Hypai sector which I thoroughly explored and mapped. I found a large amount of Pattern Epsilon data, which will come in useful for that last fighter, as well as mountains of other data for unlocking more Guardian tech. The site itself was interesting, being on a dusty-red planet for a change, as well as being in bright daylight:
My father was certainly here - his logs suggest he headed onwards towards the Core, so that's where I headed next. Thanks to the invaluable data from Canonn's Project ATHENA I was able to focus in on the three newly discovered sites at Graea Hypue. To my joy I managed to find another site from his logs! This one was really atmospheric, lit by a bright A-class star which was right on the horizon, so that the data terminal sites were half-lit and half in shadow:
After this there's just one more site he visited before his last expedition. I'm heading on next to the Gallipolis in the hope of finding it there. If I find it, that should hopefully lead me to find the location of his last search area and then, I hope, to find where he vanished.