HOT WINGS: GNOSIS
28 May 2019Commander-Wingnut
Commander Wingnut's Exploration Log
Ship: Asp Explorer "The Busted Flush"
Tail No.: HOTDOG
Mission Brief; Contact has been made with a new life-form in the Hieronymus Delta sector, which is well outside the Inner Orion Spur.
We are sending you to confirm your fellow Trucker's contact for Canonn Interstellar Research Group. This will not be a short trip, Commander.
The first waypoint on your route will be the Eagle Sector Secure Facility, a prison ship in the Eagle Nebula.
This is the only available stopover en route to Colonia, your second waypoint.
Colonia, as you know, is 22,000 light-years from Sol, and beyond her, human settlements will become very dispersed. Suffice it to say, once you're ready to leave that system - you will be completely on your own.
Help is not coming anytime soon, Commander, so stay safe out there.
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PAGE ONE: En route to Eagle Sector Secure Facility
PAGE ONE, ADDENDUM A: Following is appended exploration footage of Commander Wingnut at an unidentified Thargoid Surface Site. Although at this time equipped with an SRV, it is clear that he is not quite welcome among the natives.
PAGE ONE, ADDENDUM B: Following is appended an encounter with various Crystalline Structures and what appears to be a Type Q08 Anomaly. Although the anomalies themselves are not outright hostile, their unusual properties cause unexpected interference in the ship's systems.
Following touchdown at the Eagle Sector Secure Facility, Commander Wingnut immediately broadcasts a EXPLAB* to Canonn's Megaship, "The Gnosis". These EXPLAB's are immediately disseminated both to Canonn and Hutton strictly for their operational value.
* EXPLAB: Exploration Abstract. A not-for-trade method of exchanging navigational data. While this information may turn out to be of great use within a faction, it is not considered Universal Cartographics tender and has no monetary value until the EXPLODATA report itself is released. EXPLAB's are often transmitted in an excrypted, highly compressed video format as sampled in this Log Entry.
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PAGE TWO: En route to Sacaqawea Space Port
Upon successfully reaching Eagle Sector Secure Facility, Wingnut manages to square himself through a tense standoff with an unlikely clone army he'd long since forgotten about.
Story on that another day.
Upon leaving the Eagle Nebula in a hurry, he departs in the general direction of Colonia, along the high-speed shipping lanes known as the Neutron Highway. A flash message from Canonn alerts him of some interesting reports coming from the nearby Skauldi Nebula, which happens to be along the way.
He'll need to cross over to the other side of the Highway, but FTLR signals suggest the presence of a tiny planetary spaceport in the middle of the dark cloud where he can stage from.
HOTDOG diverts towards the faint radio chatter of the Sacaqawea Space Port.
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Current E3*: 96,489,810 Cr
*E3 = Estimated EXPLAB Extrapolation - a rough guess at the value of Wingnut's exploration data to this point, later verified through Universal Cartographics at serviced starports.
WARNING: This data will be lost in the event of your ship's destruction. To prevent loss of exploration data, pilots are reminded to trade it in at any authorized UC agent at their earliest opportunity.
*E3 = Estimated EXPLAB Extrapolation - a rough guess at the value of Wingnut's exploration data to this point, later verified through Universal Cartographics at serviced starports.
WARNING: This data will be lost in the event of your ship's destruction. To prevent loss of exploration data, pilots are reminded to trade it in at any authorized UC agent at their earliest opportunity.
PAGE TWO, ADDENDUM A: Wingnut goes skydiving - but someone forgot to bring the planet. Lagrange Clouds, Mineraloid Structures, and planetary ring systems all come together in this EXPLAB as the Commander begins to explore the Skauldi Nebula from Sacaqawea.