Taking a Jaunt Back to Jaques
30 Aug 2016S. O'Brien
Date: 29/08/3302Location: Preae Aewsy PD-I d10-45
Now that I've finally made it back to The Bubble and turned in a good portion of my data, I've finally reached the rank of Ranger in the Pilot's Federation for exploration. To celebrate, I'm buying me a new ship upgrade. An Lacht Siúil II is my new Asp Explorer, fit to make the Jaunt way easier than it was in the Asp Scout.
The additional range provided by the 5A FSD, the faster scooping speed of the 6C Scoop, and all the additional slots I didn't have before land me with a 30 LY jump ship when laden with 32 tonnes of robotics. Once I had tested that everything was running right, and the cargo was secure in the hold of course, I set out on the road towards Jaques once more.
Thankfully I brought along an SRV this time (those additional slots weren't left open that's for sure) 'cause I ran into some of the coolest moons on the way out. The one up there was only 0.04 Earth-Masses. That low gravity and it's proximity to a gas giant had it chock full of craters and ravines to play in. Some of the best solo racing runs I've had so far too. I did run into an issue with one particular blue-yellow moon that had some super rough terrain. I couldn't land anywhere without considerable effort, and once I did I couldn't get the SRV unjammed from under the ship! Even leaving the place I clipped the edge of a crater and tore off 18% of my hull!
Such a rough start to the trip...
Thankfully I made record time to my halfway point today. Preae Aewsy PD-I d10-45 was suggested to me by my friend Alesia in the CCN. Her description of this ELW with rings just couldn't be ignored. Once I got there, and saw this place, I had to get a picture.
-S.
P.S. With three days left in the Colonia Initiative I might not make it back in time. Either I bee-line it back with the goods or stop by a few nebula on the way back to contribute to the CCN Explorer's wing. We'll see what I run into.