An Oasis of Space Around My Body!
14 Aug 2018Chris Birch
Birch Log - 21:00 14 August 3304To my amazement I made it to Eagle's Landing in just a couple of days. The Neutron Star Highway in this segment was pretty fantastic.
One of the things I saw coming in I'm hoping I can get some help with. Toward the end of the trip to the Eagle Nebula - perhaps within the last 150 light years - I saw a very distinct open star cluster. I photographed it here,
and also photographed it as a background to the planet BYUA EUQ GR-W D1-89 1.
I'd like to identify the cluster. It wasn't notated on any maps or charts I have access to.
Do any of my fellow explorers know the name of this open star cluster?While when I got to Eagle's Landing no one said to me, "We could be gone in a week" like they did at Amundsen Terminal, I found even less at Eagle's Landing than I did at Amundsen Terminal. Translate this to mean, "no taccos!"
Maybe it's because I was born on a space station, but I've never quite been entirely happy on a planet or planetary base. After I did some needed repairs and resupply I decided to move onwards nearly immediately. I mean, without the taccos, what was the point in staying, right? I charted a course to Eudaemon Anchorage, a station on the Blue Star Line. I knew nothing about it. What was another 700 light years after 7000? I lept back into the Black.
In due course - it was about 20 jumps - I got to the Rohini system.
I was shocked! I expected an outpost station - total bare bones! I was confronted by an Ocellus Starport and elsewhere in the system an outpost station and a Bulk Cargo Ship. Upon docking, Eudaemon Anchorage not only had repair and resupply facilties, but a full shipyard and outfitting. I felt like I was in the bloody Bubble again! And it was a station! I was back to having space all around me again! Felt good.
I may be doing a bit of exploring in this system alone. It really has turned out to be an oasis of sorts.