CMDR PAUSANIAS - THE SHIP OF THE MIND EXPEDITION - DAY 92
09 Nov 2020Pausanias
FURTHER THAN EVER BEFOREHi Cmdrs,
Today I have surpassed the furthest distance I’ve ever been out in the black in six years. I have been to Colonia and other points of the Galaxy Map but never further than 26,885 from Sol and the Start, tonight I’m 26,963 away from them and every jump I do now will push that number higher still.
From the Carrier I plotted the next set of jumps for it and then set off in the Cutter on the chase, 24 jumps to reach The Carl Sagan.
After just one jump I found a system with loads of ringed planets again but only one had icy rings, an Ammonia World, fortunately there was a Tritium hotspot around it so I went in and quite quickly mined 266 tons. This is me as I left the area.
A few more jumps in and I found this High Metal Content planet, I’ve found something similar before, what impresses me is the ‘black’ seas on these planets together with the cloud base and very often polar ice caps.
Not a lot happened after that, jump and scan, jump and scan, until I reached The Carl Sagan and handed in just 9,000,000 of exploration data. I then re-programmed the Navigation Computer for the next jump and sent it on.
It’s 26 jumps to get to it again.
Miraculously it happened again, first jump there was a Tritium hotspot! The only difference was that there was only ONE icy ringed planet in this system and when I mapped it there was only ONE hotspot, and it was a Tritium one, result!
I have mined just over 100 tons before calling it a day. I’ve moved the Cutter just outside the rings and shut down all but essential systems for the night.
I’ll finish the mining tomorrow and carry on with the onward journey. This is the ring I’m in at the moment.
Total Carrier jump distance since 10th August: 36,500 ltyrs - (Personal note: 69 jumps on 2 Nov)
Total Ship jump so far: 63,879
Total planets Level 3 scanned: 24,453
Total exploration data: 618,000,000 credits
Total systems with my name on: 3402
The Cutter is now 26,963 ltyrs away from Sol!
Distance to Beagle Point: 46,863 ltyrs
The adventure continues . . .
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