More preparations for Valkyrja Deep Space Exploration mission
20 Jan 2023PaxAndromeda
Today was more preparation for the deep space exploration mission planned for February 18th. After a recalculation of the Tritium required for the journey, it was determined that the carrier needed more than the initial estimate of 15,000 Tritium. In fact, the actual needed amount is closer to 20,000.If no capacity is offloaded from the carrier, the initial leg will take 10,430 Tritium. Accounting for the used Tritium, the return leg will take 9,380 Tritium. Thus, the total required for the journey is 19,810.
As a result, FHX-L3Z Freya's Grace needed to be emptied of all cargo capacity not dedicated to services. This reverts the loading of module packs from the previous log entry and removes all of the auxiliary equipment stored on the carrier. This was accomplished by jumping to Veroandi and selling the module packs, returning several hundred million to the carrier's balance.
After the carrier was sufficiently emptied, a jump was made to LHS 6309 to purchase necessary tritium from Fontana Horizons. A total of 18,730 units of Tritium are now loaded into the storage and additional 1,000 in the Tritium depot on Freya's Grace, totaling 19,730 Tritium.
The total amount of tritium loaded on the carrier is only 80 short of the required 19,810 tons. Thus, Commander Kate Scarlett and I will load a total of 788 Tritium onto our Type 9 cargo vessels to offset this (fleet carrier jump calculations only account for the carrier's capacity, not commander assets). If we keep this tritium onboard our vessels for the duration of the jumps, we will save 265 Tritium, easily covering the remainder of the fuel requirements for the journey.
After fully loading the carrier to the brim with Tritium, I initiated a jump back to our home system of Kamadhenu. The jump was incredibly picturesque with Kamadhenu I appearing on her bow.
Going forward today, I will continue to run calculations and plans for the journey.