Colonia journey mats collection
02 Jul 2021Jetcar
To prepare myself for the journey to Colonia, I decided to go with a full load of minerals. After getting rid of all my high grade mats and in the process putting myself in the position of having ALL THE MATS, I headed out to Outotz LS-K d8-3 B 5 a for some Yttrium. I had to take a nap after arriving at the moon as none of the sites were in the star light and I hate collecting in the dark. Luckily African Bee has some very comfortable sleeping quarters as I mistakenly parked CATHARINA next to star A, which is over 300 00Ls from the moon and I was not going back.
Managed to get a site that was in twilight but on a very steep slope. This was not problem for the SRV and my collection went smoothly and I was soon done and heading back for the next site.
Next stop was Outotz HD-J d9-3 B 8 D for some Antimony. Got here the same day and could get to work immediately as there was a site in the light. Met another commander, Iron Solo, doing the same. The meeting was cordial and friendly and I wish him luck with his collecting. He was heading for some Yttrium.
Met a Russian Commander while gathering Polonium, CMDR Fintor666. It was his first time gathering mats and had a hard time. He couldn't understand to target the cluster to break them off. I hope he comes right soon, he seemed frustrated. But it is difficult explaining what to do through the chat channels.
The atmosphere at HIP 36601 C 1 d was great for some Ruthenium collecting.
Collecting Tellurium on HIP 36601 C 3 b proved to be very dangerous. My SRV got so stuck that I had to self destruct to continue. Fortunately African Bee holds two SRV's and I could finish filling my hold with that juicy mats.
HIP 36601 C 5 a proved too dangerous to collect all the mats that I planned. After losing the first SRV on C 3 b I didn't want to take the chance and cut my collection short, only getting about 55% of the Technetium that I planned to get. But seeing as I have a full load of ALL the other mats, not only the high grade ones, I think I can let this one go. I am itching to start my journey to Colonia and I am ready now.
