(5,513 hours) - Phase 8 - The Conduit to Izanami
29 Aug 2020Evolution
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The overall mission can be found here.
The log is structured into the following sections:
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| Phase 8 |
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This phase has taken 19 hours effort since the Phase 7 update.
Phase 8 was to continue towards the core in the same direction as shown in the previous log. It was starting from the Conduit, going through the Outer Orion-Perseus Conflux and then into the Izanami region. Leaving DSSA Unicorns Rest at MYOANGEIA AT-U D2-244 and heading to VEGNAE YY-S D3-1413 was 108 jumps / 5,449.61LY excluding detours. In addition to that, some nebulae and interesting locations from the Galactic Mapping Project (GMP) will be visited en-route.
14 jumps in, the system PLOOE FRAAE BL-A B41-5 was reached. The largest planet (at 2.95x Earth) was a beautiful water world with rings:
17 jumps later, The Conduit region was left and the route transitioned into the Outer Orion-Perseus Conflux region.
After 6 more jumps, Viatorem arrived in PRAEI FLEE PE-G C24-14 which contained 2 metal rich worlds worth mapping. Both planets were only 15LS from their star and both of their surface temperatures were 1,036k. I stopped off at the twin worlds to call it a night:
The next day, there was an interesting HM planet found after 7 jumps, in the system: ORAEI FLEE IB-W C15-31:
13 more jumps into the route, a terraformable HM planet and an Earth Like world were discovered in the PRAEI FLEE LF-T B3-11 system. The EL was only 47.82LS from the star and can be seen below:
In the system PLAE AOB EL-B C13-44, and on the 36th jump of the day, a small detour of 6 jumps / 279.23LY was taken to GREETHIA SS-U E2-48 - the GMP location for Lapislazuli Nebula. The system contained a blue supernova remnant nebula and Neutron star at its core, which can be seen below:
After visiting Lapislazuli Nebula, a reverse route was taken to bring the course back into line with the main route, heading to PLAE AOB PH-Z B27-20 at 6 jumps / 278.85LY away.
From being back on the main course, there were 34 jumps / 1,690.68LY to the end of phase destination - EGNAE YY-S D3-1413.
9 jumps in (57th of the day) and at the system PLAE AOB KM-W D1-83, there were various valuable planets discovered orbiting the 3rd star. They included this moon overlooking the Segnao nebula that I'll be visiting in the next phase:
7 jumps later, the system VEGNAE II-B D13-556 was reached, which again, had various planets to map including the one below. You'll see there were a vast amount more stars showing here, although I was still 16k LY outside of Sag A.
It was at that point where the first stage of the second detour was plotted to VEGENEIA BF-R E4-735 (9 Jumps / 460.76LY), heading towards the Vegneia nebula for stage 2. The system is a GMP location named Segnao Starburst (Segnao-2) - a second star cluster of the Segnao nebula (shown 2nd above) and where I'll be visiting in the next phase.
VEGNAE ZK-P E5-1691 was only 2 jumps later and the system was very unique. It had 3 metal rich bodies to map and the last 4 planets were super-Earth lava worlds. The first metal rich planet map revealed geological and biological signals so Viatorem was flown down to investigate the 2.35G world:
I was glad I'd landed there as the life forms were glowing and looked very interesting, set against the dense background of bright stars. The SRV was deployed and the lifeforms were revealed to be Blatteum Bioluminescent Anemones, before returning to the ship to spend the night at the site:
The following day, the rest of the metal rich planets were mapped and one of the massive HM planets furthest out shown below. From the image, you might assume it shows ice but in fact, those were lava lakes in the middle and the temperature was 2,844K, Mass was 37x Earth and pressure was 110,013.59 even though it was 6,234.35LS from the main star:
VEGENEIA BF-R E4-735 was reached for stage 1 after 7 jumps and Segnao Starburst (Segnao-2) was seen up close in all its glory:
The system also contained 4 worthwhile mapping planets 73k LS from the Neutron star and two hadn't been mapped before. Viatorem was flown over to map all the bodies. Planet D4 can be seen in front of the next destination below:
A course of 4 jumps / 164.55LY was then plotted to the system VEGNEIA ZO-I D9-3 for stage 2 of the detour. The Vegneia nebula was considerably bigger than I thought it would be:
In the next system VEGNEIA BF-R E4-1476, another metal rich planet with biological and geological surface signals was discovered. Here is a site overlooking the nebula:
Viatorem arrived at VEGNEIA ZO-I D9-3 and an economical route inside the nebula was plotted for 9 jumps / 52.33LY to VEGNEIA FQ-G D10-23. On only the first jump to VEGNEIA ZO-I D9-465, a ringed terraformable HM planet was found which hadn't been mapped before:
System VEGNEIA BK-I D9-406 was reached after 3 more jumps and there were a variety of planets worth mapping. 2 terraformable HM planets (unmapped before), a Water World, an Ammonia world and an Earth Like. The EL can be seen below:
The economical route to VEGNEIA FQ-G D10-23 was completed and a valuable metal rich lava world was discovered, which can be seen below. Next, a mini route was taken to bring the course back into line with the main route. The new destination was VEGNAE PP-H A106-1 at 12 jumps / 584.68LY away.
I arrived at the system VEGNAE EC-D D12-791 and was back on the line for the main course. The end of phase 8A target VEGNAE YY-S D3-1413 was re-plotted, being 17 jumps / 871.50LY.
System VEGNAE TJ-I D9-502 had Sulphur Dioxide Gas Vents found on the edge of a metal rich planet's cliff, after 8 jumps:
Another 2 jumps later in the VEGNAE PD-K D8-1505 system, a third detour was plotted to visit the GMP location 'Scroll of Thoth'. The new mini route was 5 jumps / 223.90LY.
Viatorem arrived at 'Scroll of Thoth' which was a supernova remnant black hole, giving the system a very a green appearance. Here is the black hole aligned with gravitation lensing over the Segnao Nebula, giving them the similarity of an eye:
There were also two unmapped Gas giants in the system so I took the honour of mapping one of them. The planet below was an incredibly dark Gas giant with water-based life and 987.93x Earth masses. Luckily due to the green background, the Gas giant contrasted well alongside the Segnau Nebula. A reverse mini route was then plotted to VEGNAE YY-S D3-1413 - of 5 jumps / 226.84LY.
A terrafomable High Metal and Water world (shown below), plus a standard WW were discovered in the target system VEGNAE YY-S D3-1413. From there, the end of Phase target was only 10 jumps / 466.42LY.
On the second jump, a ringed ammonia world with no atmosphere was found. I don't think I'd ever seen one without an atmosphere before. The next jump was transitioning away from the Outer Orion-Perseus Conflux and into the Izanami region.
I arrived at the end of Phase 8 destination VEGNAE YY-S D3-1413, which contained 3 Terraformable HM metals to map. Two of them can be seen below. I stopped off there for a break, to gather the data I'd recorded and to send the datastream back home of the travels from the phase.
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| Progress Stats |
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The progress values for Phase 8 were:
Combining the totals from the 8 Phases gives the overall progress of:
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| Route |
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This section shows the route I'd taken via EDSM
Shown just for Phase 8:
Shown for Phases 1-8:
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| The plan ahead |
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Phase 9 will be to visit the Segnao nebula first, the Pleedgoe Nebulae, then the Phleedgoea nebula in the Izanami region. After that, I'll head to the Inner Orion-Perseus Conflux.
The next phases will still be heading towards the core from an approx 300 degree angle (with Sol being at 180).
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| Ship details |
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Exploration ships are usually as light as possible which sacrifices some usage when they reach their destination.
Although Viatorem is an exploration ship, it can also be used for other aspects as well. Some features of Viatorem include:
The ship description and full information can be found on INARA here and Coriolis here
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Thank you for having a read through. Feel free to give me a shout if you have any comments or questions.
Stay safe and fly safe.
o7, Evo