Into the Black III
31 Dec 2021SirPuma
Personal Log, Galactic Date 12.31.3307I successfully completed the first leg of my exploration trip out into the black. After leaving the Farsight station in the Heart Nebula, I headed out to RS Persei. I heard it was big. Holy Moses, BIG is an understatement. Not quite as big as Betelgeuse, but close. Trying to get a scan of the planetary bodies took a lot of flying to get around this behemoth. Two planets, no atmos, easy landing. So I picked A1, of course. Why not land as close to the supergiant as I can.
Wow, A1 is right in the auto refueling range of the star. Of course you know I had to do it. I just had to zip up my suit and step outside my ship. Galnet was indicating someone else had done it. Guess some of us stick jockeys just aren't that bright. To say it was hot would be another massive understatement. I think I cooked some meat. After a few seconds outside the protection of my ship (and air con) I'd had enough and gritting my teeth I charged back into the ship and straight to the aid station. Fortunately I regularly take my Iodine pills to keep that pesky radiation at bay.
After cooking myself I made my way to the Formidine Rift abandoned settlement sights. They are creepy ghost towns and the flight logs left behind by some of the expedition flight crew are sad and spooky. It seems something out here drove them to Space MaDnEsS. I guess if my ship were experiencing strange power fluctuations and system malfunctions then suddenly blowing up, I'd go a bit crazy too. Not that I'm not already crazy, I mean, I am heading out into the black, ... by myself, ... in a stripped down Asp Explorer, ... with no weapons.
On the upside Angela (the neighbor girl taking care of my cat) sent me a photo over the Galnet messaging system. She's treating him with whip cream. I'm going to get home to a very fat and spoiled cat.
Now I'm off to find the edge of the galaxy.
Marcus Apollo St Martin-Sepert AKA Sir Puma