Ex A Log, entry 01: Thras
14 Aug 2016Lothal Vanderheim
It took me some time, but I made my new plans a reality:
This is my new ship. The Imperial Cutter Heleophryne Regis.
It took me even longer to visit various of those obscure, hidden so-called engineers to change this ship to my specifications. My madness-trip with my old Anaconda has taught me to not blindly trust technology. This time, I'm going out with a ship where I and a dozen other people have scoured every part to make sure everything is in working condition.
This modded ship has almost twice the range of a normal Cutter, by the way. Light-weight mass mods for the weapons and shields, an overcharged power plant so I could install a size smaller than necessary. The thruster went through some clean drive tuning to make them run cooler, to offset the slightly higher heat generation by my overcharged plant. Even the power distributor is custom-made: Smaller and lighter then usual, but re-wired to work better with the Cutter's engines.
All in all I'm proud of my little exploration cruiser. By now, when I'm writing this entry, I've relocated my ship to the strange system of Thras, at the border of human space. From here on I'll soon launch to my first goal: Reaching Jaques' station 20k light years from here.