Incoming Transmission!
22 Jan 2017Maschil_Crane
I received a strange message on my comms today. A group was requesting that I destroy a power-grid at an outpost on Ledyard Beacon to prevent an outbreak. Theyve offered over 400k CR so I'll gladly take the mission. This was my first planetary landing since academy as well as my first time maneuvering an SRV on a planets surface.Coming up to the outpost I was unsure how well these guys were outfitted so I decided to land about 2km away from the target. My landing went smooth. Better than I expected to be honest. I enjoyed jackin the SRV around and I even did a couple of flips since it was a low grav planet. Most people dont ever get to see a planets surface up close and this is something I get to look forward to on a regular basis. I am so grateful for how privileged I am.
The mission went well. I rolled right in and disabled the generator without too much resistance. Time to head back to Lienward station in the Dijkstra system to collect my reward.
Im sitting pretty now if I might say so myself. At least according to my standards. 1 more class A module and Cultivated Crane 1.0 is a fully class A ship. I never would have thought when I was looking up at the stars back home as a kid that I would one day be travelling amongst them like all the CMDRs I idolized. Like my father. I know he would be proud of me. Uncle Zed too. I cant wait to get back home and tell mom about all my adventures.
The best thing about today was... The fact that I caught everything on my dashcam. I got footage of it all. I had a little hiccup with my transmitter. During the fire fight I think the satellite on my rover must have gotten tagged, but it only interfered with the transmission for a second. Other than that it's a real solid production. Im so happy I got my first planetary landing & rover mission on cam so I can archive it. I can show this stuff to my kids later down the line. I will definitely be keeping a lot more footage from now on. Believe that.
CMDR Crane out.