(5,755 hours) - Phase 14 - 46.8k LY, 1k jumps & 14.6k scans
08 Oct 2020Evolution
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The overall mission can be found here.
The log is structured into the following sections:
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| The Plan |
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Phase 14 was travelling back to the bubble on a very scenic route and broken into the stages below, whilst working out which stations to visit for selling the remaining data.
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| Phase 14 |
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This phase has taken 70 hours effort since the Phase 13 update.
At the start of the phase, the data value not yet handed in from all the phases was sitting at 2,397,154,999. Of course, as Phase 14 progressed, there would be more data added. The final amount is shown near the end of the log in the 'Progress stats' section.
Stage 1 started from Colonia in the LYCANTHROPE system, where a course was plotted to BOEPPY DS-M B10-0 at 136 jumps / 6,762.48LY (heading in the opposite direction from the core).
The route for Stage 1 was set to leave the Inner Scutum-Centaurus Arm and head to the middle of the Orion-Cygnus Arm region.
With 50 jumps done (86 left), Viatorem arrived at MYLAIFAA UA-V C3-75. There hadn’t been many interesting planets but there were a lot of nebulae in the area. Here was a Gas giant with a very thin ring and three of the nebulae in the background, where I retired to my cabin for the night:
On the 31st jump (57 left) of the next day, the system EEPHAIK MO-Q D5-54 was reached. It contained a metal rich body with surface signals. One of the signals was found in a crater at the terminator line, which was revealed to contain Sulphur Dioxide gas vents:
From leaving EORGH FLYOAE EY-E B14-4 on the 38th jump and going to EORGH FLYOAE KB-W D2-32, the route transitioned from the Inner-Scutum-Centaurus Arm to the Orion-Cygnus Arm region.
The target destination BOEPPY DS-M B10 was reached, next to the Boeppy Nebula. From this angle, the nebula resembled butterfly wings. It was a nice reminder that I was on my way home (albeit, indirectly).
From there, 2 economical routes would be taken to travel around the outside of the nebula. The first mini route consisted of 14 jumps to the target BOEPPY UE-Y D1-17.
BOEPPY VK-U C4-8 was discovered on the 9th jump. The system contained 47 bodies including this Gas giant with water-based life:
Only 1 jump later in the system BOEPP VB-N B10-2, it had 4 suns and no planets but I thought two of the stars looked nice, set against the backdrop of the nebula:
BOEPPY UE-Y D1-17 was reached at the end of the mini route and there were 2 planets worth mapping: a terraformable HM planet and a WW, where I called it a night. The second mini route was plotted to bring me around the other side of the nebula the next day, which was 15 jumps / 128.91LY to BOEPPY NU-Z B3-2.
On the 9th jump of the next day, the system BOEPPY QY-Z D19-3 was reached, which had already been visited and scanned but nothing was mapped. There were 4 planets worth mapping which were valued at 4,903,778 credits.
3 jumps later, BOEPPY KD-Y C2-3 was discovered and had 2 planets to map. From this position, the Boeppy Nebula appeared to have a lighter centre with thick black clouds surrounding it. The contrast looked nice behind one of the terraformable worlds, set against the galactic plane.
The target BOEPPY NU-Z B3-2 was reached and Stage 1 was complete, economical routes were then disabled. Stage 2's destination was plotted for the Zejoo Nebula at far border of the Orion-Cygnus Arm and Temple region. The route was 83 jumps / 4,121.23LY to ZEJOO JF-L B55-0.
54 left / 29 jumps in, Viatorem reached the STUELA NQ-B D14-91 system which had 3 planets to map. 2 were terraformable and there was also a ringed Ammonia world there, where I stayed for the night.
STUELA EE-F D12-65 was 3 jumps in and had a Metal rich body 11LS from the star, with Sulphur Dioxide Fumaroles at the surface:
16 jumps later, the STUELA IL-S C6-12 system had 6 terraformable planets worth mapping, valued at 8.9m credits:
System CLOOKOAE FC-J D10-90 was reached after 13 more jumps. It had a beautiful terraformable HM world to map, which is shown here:
17 jumps later, there were only 5 jumps left and the nebula was already showing clearly, so I stopped off for the night in the system CLOOKOAE CV-B C2-15:
3 jumps in, system ZEJOO TM-H B57-1 had a valuable WW worth 3m credits:
Viatorem arrived at ZEJOO JF-L B55-0 after 3 more jumps. From there, economic routes were enabled and a course was plotted part-way around the outside of the Zejoo nebula, to ZEJOO WS-O B53-6 at 23 jumps / 97.54LY.
An Earth Like world was found on the 15th jump (8 left), in the ZEJOO YD-I C26-21. The Zejoo nebula had a perfect gap to capture the EL slotted in:
The target ZEJOO WS-O B53-6 was discovered and found to have 1 terraformable HM planet to map. From there a second economical mini route was plotted to ZEJOO ZR-R B51-0 at 22 jumps / 115.85LY.
With 8 jumps left (14 done), ZEJOO AZ-H C26-5 was reached. It had already been scanned but luckily, none of the 4 high valued terraformable planets had. What made it strange was that a rather worthless single planet had been mapped at star B. The value of mapping the four planets came to 5,754,116 credits and planet A2 is shown below:
Viatorem arrived at the target ZEJOO ZR-R B51-0 then Stage 2 of the Phase was complete, it was time to say goodbye to the Zejoo nebula. Economical routes were disabled and a course was set for 16 jumps / 775.80KY to the PRA EAEWSY CG-I B53-1 system as the Stage 3 target.
Stage 3's route crossed into Temple, heading downwards on the galactic plane to reach the Pha Eaewsy nebula. On only the 2nd jump, the route transitioned from Orion-Cygnus Arm to the Temple region.
PRA EAEWSY CG-I B53-1 was reached and more systems which had been previously visited were starting to show up. The system was still almost 20k LY from Sol so I expected that to increase as the journey went onward. Economical routes were enabled again and a mini route plotted to PHA EAEWSY SD-D C27-8 at 4 jumps / 53.15LY.
I got to PHA EAEWSY SD-D C27-8 and hadn't seen any interesting planets to report, but the Pha Eaewsy nebula looked nice. A second mini route was set to PHA EAEWSY UL-C D13-14 at 5 jumps / 44.32LY.
After reaching PHA EAEWSY UL-C D13-14, economical routes were disabled again and it was time to press on towards the next stage's target. A course was set for DEHOAE QN-B B17-0 at 46 jumps / 2,145.54LY.
Stage 4 was to travel via the Dehoae nebula on route to the Thraikai nebula on the border with Vulcan Gate region of the Perseus Arm.
29 jumps left / 17 done, a terraformable HM planet was discovered in the ZEJOO RH-U D3-1 system, which didn't have an atmosphere. It was the first of its kind that I'd seen in the Temple region:
At the half way point with 23 jumps done and 23 left, the system DEHOAE BI-B C1-3 had a Metal Rich planet 393.51LS from the star, containing geological and biological surface signals. Viatorem was taken to a biological signal first. The SRV was deployed and driven through blue illuminated Roseum Bioluminescent Anemone:
Secondly, a geological site was visited inside a deep crater and the signal was found to be Sulphur Dioxide gas vents:
I arrived at the target DEHOAE QN-B B17-0 and felt like the view of the nebula was well worth the effort for its intricate pattern. Also, if you look at the right of the image, it looks a lot like a bird! Like the butterfly earlier, this was another nice reminder that I was headed home.
Rather than use two sets of economical mini routes around that nebula, firstly, 2 standard jumps covering 87.82LY were done to DEHOAE FA-H B14-0 instead. Then one set of economical jumps was plotted for DEHOAE TS=K B12-0 at 7 jumps / 77LY.
There weren't any notable places found on those jumps and after they were completed, the end of Stage 4's target was selected as THRAIKAI DK-X B31-0. Fastest route jumps were enabled again and the new destination was 54 jumps / 2,529.65LY.
| In case you had missed it mentioned in earlier logs, nearly the entire journey around the Galaxy has been with the FSD Booster off and carrying 64 repair limpets to limit jump range as much as possible. |
The next part wasn't started at that point as it was late, so Viatorem's engines were shut down for the night:
The first 7 jumps in a row had nothing but stars. I was in the area of space called The Fallows and it was really living up to its name. As the route continued, nearly every system had nothing to scan.
5 jumps later, the PROO HYPOO OO-F D12-14 system had an Ammonia world worth mapping that is shown below, overlooking the Pha Eaewsy nebula I'd recently left:
23 more jumps in (35 done / 19 left), system PRIELI DQ-Y D15 had a MR and GG worth mapping but instead of flying 16k LS to map the GG, a lower value HM planet was the one that caught my attention. It was a yellowish planet with a nice set of rings, as shown below:
2 jumps away, THRAIKAI GT-W C16-1 was very remote, with the next nearest system 21LY away. Planet 1 was a terraformable WW which was very lucky as the system had been visited by other CMDRs but no one had been to map it:
Viatorem arrived at the target THRAIKAI DK-X B31-0. Travel routes were switched to economical and a course was set for THRAIKAI YF-N D7-2 at 5 jumps / 63.22LY.
THRAIKAI YF-N D7-2 was reached and nothing notable was seen in the previous systems. This system though, had 2 terraformable HM planets. As they'd already been mapped, the ship was flown to planet 3 (the better looking of the two), as is shown below:
From there, the 2nd mini route was plotted for THRAIKAI OZ-D C13-0 at just 3 jumps / 44.87LY. Those systems didn't have anything of interest either. Again, proving why this area is called The Fallows!
Seeing as there was a long way until reaching the Heart and Soul Nebulae in Stage 6 - still in the target system, I flew over 29k LS to try mapping planets of star B, to hopefully find something of interest. Luckily, planet B1 had Iron Magma Lava spouts overlooking the Thraikai nebula and Stage 4 was then complete:
Next, fastest routes were enabled and the next target was set for FOJEAU AG-T B6-1 at 103 jumps / 4,695.83LY. The course for Stage 5 crossed into the 3rd galactic arm of Phase 14 and into the middle of Vulcans Gate at the border with Elysian Shore.
The first jump to THRAIKAI UZ-O D6-6 transitioned from the Temple region to Vulcan Gate (of the Perseus Arm).
An Earth Like world was discovered on the 8th jump to THRAIKAI QJ-O C7-1:
Another EL world was discovered only 19 jumps later in the BYOOE EUHN KW-P C2D-1 system:
44 jumps further into the route (71 done / 32 left), the BLAEA EUHN DW-T C4-3 system was reached. The system had 2 terraformable HM planets to map, including this one:
Viatorem arrived at the Stage 5 target FOJEAU AG-T B6-1, where twin rocky worlds were discovered with geological surface signals. Here are Silicate Vapour Gas Vents on planet A2, overlooking planet A3.
The next stage was the largest point-to-point segment of the entire phase. A course was set to EAFOTS OS-W B43-1 at 292 jumps / 14,016.89LY. Reaching there would be almost a 3-year anniversary since my last visit (12th Oct 17).
| I won’t need to make detours to get allied with any asteroid bases when I reach there as they were already done in 2017. |
Stage 6 left the Temple region and then followed the Perseus Arm through Elysian Shore to revisit the Heart and Soul Nebulae (from 3 years ago).
A ringed water world was found at FOJEE ZQ-C C6 on the 5th jump, where I decided to relax and call it a night.
Jump 4 of the next day at CHRAUFA GW-G B54-3 was the last system in Vulcan Gate and crossed into the Elysian Shore region on jump 5 to CHRAUFA MH-F C26-3.
| As the journey progressed the next day, I was glad that I'd chosen to travel to the far galactic arm and they were nearly all unexplored system. As there were so many things to scan and as they were things I'd seen throughout the journey, I ploughed on without feeling the need to record specific systems. |
One system near the end of the day was RIDGOO DZ-A D64 on jump 91, which had a metal rich world. Surprisingly, this was the first of its kind that I'd seen in that region.
With 184 jumps left and 100 jumps done that day, it felt like a good round number to call it a night. As you can see below, I'd made good progress from the previous section but there was still a long way to go for Stage 6:
Twin terraformable worlds were discovered in the system WREDGO KE-R C5-13 the following day on the 27th jump:
22 more jumps in (49th of the day), Viatorem reached PREOU THOI PD-J D9-8. The system had 4 planets to map: 2 terraformable HM worlds, a WW and most importantly, the 3rd EL of the phase. The EL looked like a tropical paradise so the ship was taken into the exosphere for a closer view:
33 jumps further (82nd of the day), system JEGIO JO-X C15-2 was discovered and contained 2 terraformable worlds (a WW and HM), along with the 2nd EL world of the day. This one had a lot more landmass than the other EL and wasn't as brightly illuminated by its star, although the equatorial region was still arid, as can be seen by some of the discoloured land and the hurricane below:
After 29 jumps, the system GLUFEE WQ-D D12-21 was reached and had a WW orbiting star C. Although it was 42,579.51LS from the main star, I travelled out there to map the planet and rest there for the night. I'd made great progress with the day's effort so the Heart and Soul nebulae would definitely be on the list the next day.
A Gas giant with Ammonia based life was discovered on the following day, which colours matched its rings really well. The system was GLUFEE EP-R D4-52 on the 24th jump:
Viatorem arrived at the target EAFOTS OS-W B43-1 and both nebulae filled the view (Heart is on the left, Soul on the right).
| Luckily so far, only 3 of the systems from the stage had been explored before. Onwards from there though, I was aware that there would be a very few systems already visited (based on my journey 3 years ago to the area). |
A course was set cutting round the side of the Heart and Soul nebulae to HYPOAE AIN VY-D B26-1 at 11 jumps / 483LY:
The mini route was completed but there was almost nothing except icy bodies and stars, so definitely not worth noting! Economical routes were then enabled and a course was set for SOUL SECTOR BF-Z BO at 11 jumps / 108.85LY.
6 jumps into the mini route, there had only been more ice worlds and stars. I had almost lost hope that I would find anything of interest until I reached SOUL SECTOR YJ-A C8. The system had already been scanned but nothing was mapped and there was a terraformable HM world, a terraformable rocky world and an Earth like world! Being the first to map the 3 planets earned 5,437,889 credits. The HM planet is shown below:
The EL is shown here:
The end of the mini route was reached and it was finally time to plot the final route for home, after 216,164.38LY travelling around the galaxy. The route filter was changed to unvisited systems and a course was set to Shinrarta Dezhra at 231 jumps / 7,593.31LY.
| The unvisited systems filter was used for two reasons - so I didn't revisit anywhere I'd already been (especially when the bubble is reached) and also, so the route took a different path than countless other people who had been using the scoopable star filter, meaning a lot more new systems would be discovered. |
Stage 7 left Elysian Shore, travelling via Sanguineous Rim to the Inner Orion Spur and the bubble.
On the 3rd jump, a very white looking HM terraformable world was found in the system HYPOAE AIN UV-U C16-10:
7 jumps later, the system HYPOAE AIN ZA-F D11-70 had 2 terraformable HM planets which had been scanned but not yet mapped, including this one:
In the system IC 1848 SECTOR YF-J B24-5 and on the 101st jump / 130 left, a small detour was taken of 6 jumps / 263.90LY to see the Sagan Class Tourist Ship in IC 1805 SECTOR AV-O C6-6.
That was the only revisited system from 3 years ago as it was one of my favourite locations I'd ever visited. When I arrived, I was very disappointed to see the megaship had gone. However, I headed down to the surface of a planet (next to where the ship used to be) and captured an image of the 3 nebula there:
Before leaving, an image was captured of the planetary nebula from space and then a reverse course of 6 jumps / 263.49LY was plotted to re-join the main route line at IC 1848 SECTOR YF-J B24-1.
Luckily, the last system (IC 1848 SECTOR YF-J B24-1) hadn't been discovered before, unlike nearly all of the recent systems. The system had a HM planet only 7.24LS from the star, which orbited the star in only 1.1 day. It was incredibly small with only 0.0005 Earth masses and had geological surface signals.
The ship was taken down to find somewhere to spend the final night and a deep canyon was explored, where I discovered the surface signals of Iron Magma Lava Spouts:
After a good rest, a course was set again for Shinrarta Dezhra which was 1 jump less at 129 covering 6,290.77LY. It was time to head back into space and get back home.
39 jumps in, the HEGUA HF-R D4-119 system was discovered and contained a remarkable Metal Rich planet. The planet orbited its star only 11.2LS away, had 1.72x Earth Masses, atmosphere of metallic Vapour, temp of 5,373K (almost as hot as the surface temp of Earths Sun @ 5,778k) and the densest atmosphere I'd ever seen, at 5,106,801 atmospheric pressures!
On the 81st jump, OUTORST TX-L D7-13 was the last system of the region Elysian Shore, transitioning into Sanguineous Rim for a brief segment on the next jump to OUTORST DH-U B30-0.
With 85 jumps done / 44 left, the system OUTORST AT-S C17-3 had a very strange Ice world. Its temp was 535k which is 2.6x hotter than the temperature of boiling water at 1 atmospheric pressure, but the boiling point of water is much higher on that world due to its 67,535.73 atmospheric pressures, making it an ice world hot enough to melt tin (compared to the temperature needed on Earth).
Only 5 jumps later (9 jumps after arriving at Sanguineous Rim) in the system OUTOPPS XV-E D11-21, the course transitioned into the Inner Orion Spur with the jump to system OUTOPPS AY-H C23-0.
25 jumps left (104 done), an unmapped terraformable HM planet was discovered in the system WREDGUIA HT-K B8-0 orbiting Stars B and C (all shown below). The distances were only 32LS from the brown dwarf (star C) and 38LS from the Red dwarf (star B):
With 24 more jumps completed, it was time for the final jump home:
After over 5 months away, over 650 hours effort travelling 239,930.41LY around the galaxy, Viatorem was finally back:
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| Progress Stats |
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The progress values for Phase 14 were:
Combining the totals from the 14 Phases gives the overall progress of:
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| Route |
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This section shows the route I'd taken via ED Discovery
Shown just for Phase 14:
Shown for Phases 1-14:
Shown for the circle of Shinrarta Dezhra to Shinrarta Dezhra:
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| The plan ahead |
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Whilst covering this massive phase, analysis was done for Phase 15 to find factions and my reputation with them for who to sell the exploration data to. The nearest 1,000 stations were compared around Shinrarta Dezhra.
Preparation to do that:
Scoping out which stations to visit:
.Scoping out how many will be needed:
If you'd like a version of the factions spreadsheet for the bubble and Colonia, feel free to take a copy for yourself o7. To easily find your own rep status, delete mine and simply click the EDSM column where you'll be able to get your personal rep there
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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