DISTANT WORLDS 2 - DAY 20 - TEENY, TINY WORLD
01 Feb 2019Zak Starfall
Galactic stardate 01FEB3305Having had what may be our last night in civilised surroundings at Eudaemon Anchorage, we headed out to search out more of the galaxy's treasures.
Today's destination in Flyiedgiae QN-T d3-17 was Quantum World, and as reported it was indeed very small, only 137km in diameter.
unfortunately, due to it's orbital position and the low reflected light from the parent star, our visual records were underwhelming, but they are recorded here for completeness.
In fact the whole planetary system around the gas giant AB 1 consisted of very small planets, none larger than 200km diameter, but Quantum World was the smallest.
The surface showed an unusually large range of colourations, including what we first thought might be lava rivers and lakes. We were slightly disappointed to discover that not to be the case when we dropped out of orbit - it was in fact just bright colouration of the bedrock, but it was definitely unusual to see such a variance in colours on one planet, especially such a small one.
I took the opportunity to take the fighter out for a spin in the low gravity, while Cathy continued our surveying aboard Star Reaper.
I have to admit I do like the way this fighter handles especially without Flight Assist activated, and the styling is slowly beginning to grow on me.
This one could be a 'keeper'.
Last day of this leg of DW2 tomorrow, hopefully. We'll rendezvous with the rest of the fleet at the Conflux Delta camp ready for the next leg to WP4.
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