The Pha Free Mapping Expedition Fleet
17 Sep 2022Randalph Roddleton
With me on the expedition will be a fleet of 6 ships, each having their own role to play.TFS Cori Celesti
TFS Cori Celesti is an Anaconda engineered for speed. WIth a 74.39ly jump range, she'll be my ship of choice should I need to make any emergency trips back to Colonia.
On previous expeditions, she took me all the way to Systae Free AA-A h1 (Peak), once the highest system accessible to CMDRs before Fleet Carriers. I believe I was the second CMDR to ever visit that system.
TFS Lu Tze's Broom
TFS Lu Tze's Broom is a Krait Phantom fully kitted out for long-distance space exploration. She'll be the main ship that I will use to make initial scans of each system. She's a very well-travelled explorer, with over 140kly on the clock.
TFS Small Gods
TFS Small Gods started life as an engineering support ship, with her agility and size making her extremely capable at collecting engineering materials. However, where she really shines is with Exobiology. She is extremely maneouverable and small in size, making her able to land virtually anywhere on the planet surface to enable the scanning of exobiology samples. She also has a reasonable jump range, making her a capable short-range exploration vehicle.
TFS The Fifth Elephant
For a long time, TFS The Fifth Elephant was my personal flagship and bore the name TFS The Great A'Tuin. However, she has now been re-purposed for an important role: a laser mining support ship, in the event that I need to mine tritium out in the deep black.
TFS The Smoking GNU
The second Imperial Cutter in my fleet, TFS The Smoking GNU is a high capacity cargo ship, and will primarily be used to transfer tritium supplies to and from TFCS The Great A'tuin
TFS Sapient Pearwood
TFS Sapient Pearwood holds a special place in my heart, as she was paid for by the proceeds of my first great exploration trip, and for a long time served as my flagship. She is largely on this expedition thanks to nostalgia, but her official role is to act as a cargo ship with the capacity to land on medium pads.