Long Drive II, Entry 4. Many nights...
13 Feb 2016James T Bagg
Dec 11, 3301Start time: 2152
System: GLAUDGAA QR-W B56-3
2215: Scanned Terraforming Candidate(TC) High Metal Content World(HMCW)
2250: Another TC HMCW
2252: A wreckage, 4009ly from Wolf 1301.
2254: 59 objects in this system!
--First 4 planets are close enough to the star to be scanned while I scoop.
--A Water World with life!
2316: Another wreckage, 4062ly
2331: Gas Giant(GG) with water life!
2341: Posing for a picture, hit by an asteroid. 97% hull.
December 12
0005: Binary TC High Metal Content Worlds.
0007: Water World with life and it’s a TC.
0115: 3 TC HMCW, two of which are binary.
0129: Pretty neat trinary stars to drop in on.
0130: Game crash. Tonight's leg of travel over.
Dec 22, 3301
Start time: 1602
System: GLUDGAA WX-A B27-3
1637: Entered orbital cruise for the first time, around a moon, with success. I am not dead.
1643: GG with water based life.
1720: 52 objects in this system. 16 planets.
--1727: GG with ammonia based life.
--1728: HMCW with water atmosphere, TC.
--1736: GG with water life.
1758: GG with water life.
1800: system with,
--1803: TC
--1806: Water World binary with a TC HMCW.
--1809: another TC HMCW.
1822: Game crash. Leg over.
Dec 25, 3301
Start time: 2104
System: GLUDGAA AT-U C2-7
4886ly distance from start. I don’t know if that is traveled or straight line distance.2
I am in the central meat of the Perseus Arm. I figure I will turn in to follow the arm around the galaxy and towards the core. Will now head into the general direction of the Heart and Soul nebulae.
--Remember to check fuel tanks at B3-6
2128 TC HMCW
2136 Water World and it is TC.
--There is a hurricane!
2146 TC HMCW
2218 GG with water based life.
2221 Binary TC Water World.
--This system has 3 water worlds but only the above 2 are TC.
2305 Two GGs with Water based life!
2312 Super shiny rings.
2318 TC Water World.
2329 Game crash. Push over.
Dec 28, 3301
Start time: 2221
GLUDGAA AJ-T B3-8
2235: Wreckage, 4,980ly out.
2311: GG with water life.
--2315 (same system) A GG with ammonia life.
1146: TC HMCW.
December 29
0006 GG with water life
0008 (same system) GG with ammonia life
0023 Water world with life but it is not a TC.
0034 TC HMCW.
--0040 (same system) Water World
0110 Nap time. Leg over.
Jan 16, 3302 A new year.
Start time: 1903
GLUDGAA CL-Y D41 B
Picture of a Blue-White star with Milky Way in background.
1920: Milky Way.
1922: Have I made a mistake? Is this trip just too ambitious for me? Should I cut in towards Sagittarius A* instead of continuing as planned, taking the long road down the Perseus Arm?
1941: I've decided I'm not scanning everything anymore. Interesting things and a body or two to leave my name on the system. I’ve been out here a long time, I think.
2028: Sometimes my map malfunctions.
2041: TC Water World.
2047: Flew too close to a star while looking at the galaxy map; knocked out of supercruise. Hull at 95%.
2133: Found a TC WW in binary orbit with a TC HMCW.
My lazy, furry crew are pretty much useless. Four legs and no thumbs.
2210: I popped another heat sink on accident. That's three I've wasted.
10:23: I see a bunch of atmospheres in this system...
10:24: Game crash. Leg over.
Jan 17, 3302
Start time: 1856
System: GLUDGOI GF-A D54 6
1857: WW, ammonia atmosphere but carbon life.
1936: TC HMCW
1956: The systems' names have changed. Now in HYPUAE territory.
2007: Dropped in on a good looking trinary star system.
2113: GG with water life.
2213: GG with water life.
2216: Game crash. Snack time.
Restart time: 2254
System: HYPOU AIM EM-G B52-5
2323: GG with water life
2329: Found Y-type dwarf star orbiting with the planets. It has very impressive rings.
2345: Closer to the Heart and Soul nebulae.
January 18
000: A pink GG.
0032: TC WW found.
--0036: Another TC WW in same system.
0049: Game crash.
Jan 18, 3302
Start time: 1845
System: HYPOU AIM HO-G C24-19
1920: Pretty picture with a white GG, Milky Way, and the H&S nebulae.
2034: game crash/restart
System: HYPOU AIM QU-Q B46-2
Binary stars.
2108: Discovered a TC Water World that is the moon of a HMCW.
--2118: Another TC Water World in the system
2202: salvageable wreckage. TWO WRECKAGES!
of wreckage markers. 
of position on galaxy map. 2227: Neutron star. Hull at 94%.
2230: Leg over.
Jan 19, 3302
Start time: 1810
System: HYPOAE AIN EQ-G D 10-86
The Aronnax II
The H&S nebulae. Less than 1000Ly away.
1845: Ringed GG with a ringed moon.
That’s not a planet, it’s a ringed y-type brown dwarf star.
1910: Navi-computer malfunction; did not display body exclusion boundary, letting me fly too close to a star. Hull at 93%.
1951: Stars 7Ls apart.
Heart & Soul Nebulae.
2033: Game crash.
Restart time: 2100, Back at it.
System: HYPOAE AIN YN-N B34-0
Distance to Sol.
Distance to Wolf 1301, home.
2116: Dropped into a discovered but unexplored system. I am now inside the Soul sector.
2120: system discovered but unexplored. I AM IN THE NEBULAE!
--2125: GG with ammonia life.
--2126: Another GG with ammonia life
2130: discovered system.
2135: switching to econ route.
2200: Starting trip to Heart Nebula.
Navi-computer is displaying star boundaries again.
2214: Exiting Soul Nebula.
--2219: Is that a WW… nope.
2250: Nebula, Milky Way, and a star
2300: Leg over. Logging off. Girlfriend food run.
Jan 21, 3302
Start time: 2045
System: HEART SECTOR DQ-Y C8
Two dwarfs eclipsing.
of Heart Nebula. 
of Nebula against core. 2115: Center of Heart Nebula reached. Time to continue down the long Perseus highway.
2127: Heart nebulae exited.
2128: Another wreckage. Wait, it's actually the wreckage of two hulls! One Imperial the other the other what looks to be a Federal Drop/Gunship/Assault Ship type. 8 screenshots. 7,450ly from Wolf.
2249: Water World. The star was discovered but most of the planets were undiscovered with no Commander name attached.
2301: Back in uncharted space.
2311: TC WW
2325: Dropped in on closely packed binary stars.
--Just three K-type stars in this system.
2355: Damn. Middle of nowhere, somebody has already been here.
2356: This system too. Curious. Here in the middle of nowhere.
January 22
0025: Water World.
0031: Game crash.
Jan 22, 3302
Start time: 1946
System: GLUDGOE AT-U C2-7
1950: Bubble Nebula is 2,000Ly away...
2010: Water World
--2020: HMCW. Looked earth like. Not earth enough.
2115: Binary TC HMCWs.
It’s small but planet rise is there.
2135: TC HMCW
2140: TC WW, featureless.
2156 Two screenshots towards home, Wolf 1301.
In cockpit.
Outside ship.
2216: Game crash.
Jan 22, 3302
Start time: 1147, back at it.
System: GLUDGOE YX-O B33-1
2357: Giant snowball.
2359: GG with water life.
January 23
0040: 1,100Ly away, I clearly see the Bubble Nebula.
0053: TC HMCW and TC WW binary.
--0104: Another TC WW.
Bubble in background.
0107: Game crash. More interesting planets in system.
January 24, 3302
Time: 1837
System: GLUDGOE SH-Z C27-10 (same system game crashed in last night)
1855: This system has another binary TC water world and TC HMCW.
From the HMCW.
1902: Another TC HMCW
Continuing to Bubble.
2000: Break
Restart: 2045
System: HEGOI XP-P C5-14
2056: 2 TC HMCWs both have very thick cloud cover. Screenshot of one of them,
2107: Dropped in facing 2 binary stars, in a 5 star system.
<br />2110: Another wreckage. <br />
<br />An Asp? <br />
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<br />7,165ly from Wolf. RIP, explorer.<br />As I approach Bubble I'm getting closer to home. <br />2201: TC HMCW <br />2225: Changing course for better photo opportunity of Bubble. <br />2247: Game crash. <br /><br />Jan 24, 3302 <br />Start time: 2317 <br />System: BUBBLE SECTOR DL-X B1-5 <br />Picture of Bubble against the core. 45ly out. <br />
<br />2330: Edge of Bubble. <br />
<br />2335: 7,063ly from Wolf. <br />
<br />From within cockpit. <br />2337: 
<br />Outside ship towards home, the human bubble. <br />Time to turn away from home. <br />
<br />How far I've come; how far I haven't. <br />2343: Leaving Bubble. <br />January 25<br />0001: Pictures, binary stars with Bubble Nebula in background. <br />
<br />In cockpit. <br />
<br />Outside cockpit<br />0017: Bubble Nebula rise over HMCW. <br />
<br />Nebula Rise. <br />0034: TC WW. <br />
<br />0056: GG with ammonia- life. <br />0101: game crash.<br /><br />Jan 25, 3302<br />Start time: 2251 <br />System: HEGOEA SM-F B52-4 <br />2314: I'm glad humans have invented faster than light communications so I can chat with EXO from way out here... <br />2326: An ammonia world, ringed, with life. <br />
<br />--The rings are so dense. <br />
<br />Above rings.<br />--Screenshots from within rings. <br />
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<br />--Oh yeah! This planet is right next to the star. <br />
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<br />The Aronnax II. <br />January 26<br />0013: 
<br />Done for tonight. <br /><br />Feb 8, 3302<br />Start time: 000 <br />System: PRO THAA PA-A D77 <br />8,108ly from home. <br />0019: HMCW TC <br />0030: Done. Short leg. <br /><br />Feb 8, 3302<br />Start time: 2202 <br />System: PRO THAA LT-W B1-4 <br />8,170ly from Wolf 1301 <br />I just now noticed the NGC 7538 nebula. It is small and not perpendicular to where I want to go, will skip. <br />THRAIKAI AA-A H3 nebula might be an interesting way point. Though it is centered above the void between the Perseus and the Sagittarius Arms. But, I could them turn towards the core for a cornucopia of nebula. I’d join into the Sagittarius Arm right where the Orion spur splits off. Hmm... <br />2219: 11,800+ly from THRAIKAI <br />2226: I’ve changed my mind. Heading to the core; I’ve been out here too long. TRAIKEOU AA-A H2 nebula, here I come. 7,000ly. <br />
<br />Galaxy map and new way point.<br />2250: GG with water life.<br />2305: binary TC HMCW <br />2308: TC WW. This world has an odd color, maybe caused by its atmosphere which is 78% ammonia. <br />
<br />2345: "Where is the star in this sys...? OH GEEZ! It's a neutron star!" Discovered already by another Commander, of course. <br />2358: Game crash.[/img][/img]