CMDR Eldrich Thames Logbook, Entry #25, February 26, 3306
26 Feb 2020Eldrich Thames
The Colonia Galleon Project has started!The first step of it, at least…
And by far the most annoying and time-consuming step of the whole plan: filling my cargo hold with all those shiny, often tasty, frequently gross Rare Goods - I mean, who in his right mind would even consider taking a sip of coffee that spent some time inside an animal’s digestive tract? Rich people with no better things to spend their Credits on, I guess.
I have a detailed shopping list/cargo manifest for the project, by the way. Anyone is free to check it out at the following Galnet address:
Colonia Galleon Project - Cargo Manifest
My original intentions for this project was to carry at least one ton of every single Rare available in the Bubble - 139 out of 140 in existence, according to my research. But then I decided to skip those that have legality issues in certain jurisdictions, mainly to avoid the risk of getting fined for carrying them (if the project is successful, perhaps I will go with the original plan in the future).
This filtering out reduced my shopping list to just 106 Rares - and I’m using the term just quite liberally here. Some of the items are still considered illegal in some places, but I don’t think I’ll have any issues arriving at Jaques with them - unless Jaques is a prison colony or a Federal Theocracy, that is.
Since some of the Rares on the list are sold in markets located at outposts where the Urca is simply too fat to dock, I jumped into Greedy Grouse to visit those places first. This tour included my first ever visit to the (in)famous Hutton Orbital. For the Mug, indeed! The videos I watched while flying there were good, by the way.
As of this log entry, I’ve successfully visited every outpost on the list, so I returned to Ali Ring to switch back to the Urca and continue my remaining shopping runs in her. Once I have filled the cargo hold, I’ll head to Abraham Lincoln in Sol, which will be the official departure point of my trip to Colonia.
I will keep a detailed travel log as well, including as many statistics as I can - particularly the number of interdictions I’ll definitely suffer along the way.
But the trip to Colonia is only half the project. Once there I’ll buy as many units of the only Rare sold over there - Jaques Quinential Still - as I’m allowed to, plus any other valuables I find over there - maybe I’ll mine some stuff as well. I’ll also get on the good side of a couple Engineers over there to finish upgrading the Urca.
Once all that’s done, I’ll return to Sol, using a different route. The reason is that this will also be an exploration trip as well, since I’ve never been to Colonia before. So besides the trading profits, I’ll make some exploration money - and credit for my Elite explorer rank - on the side as well.
I want to finish this logbook entry by reminding any readers that I transmit my travels live on Twitch, and have presence in popular social media sites as well; my signature contains the relevant handles, should you you wish to check them out.
CMDR Thames signing out!