Pilots Trade Network - Pt. 1Fortune. Adventure. The last two years have been a quiet recess since the completion of the Distant Worlds II Expedition in 3305. With nearly a billion credits in exploration data alone, I soon landed a cushy job in Shinrarta Dezhra working as a consultant...
Back to the bubbleReturning to the bubble was like waking from a coma. Months of deep space travel as part of the Distant Worlds II Expedition had affected me more than I thought. The backwater planet I stopped at for maintenance felt like a metropolis. I sorely needed...
WK7: Colonia We've arrived. Colonia is a system of only four hundred fifty thousand, but I haven't seen civilization since we've embarked back in January. When we first arrived at Jaques Station, I had almost forgotten how to dock. Explorers returning from the...
WK5: Critical System Crashes at Planet Surface We arrived at Phrio Byoe DX-S d4-786 on May 25, 3305, 11:44:58 PM. High metal content planet B 6 was discovered 242,031 ls from the star 786 A. EDSM estimated a surface scan value of 1,708,506 cr. The USNS Chicago set course for B 6 to map the planet's...
WK4: GRU FLYI PO-Y D1-4The USNS Chicago arrived at waypoint 3 on May 18, 3305 at 0626 UGT, waypoint 4 on May 22st, 3305 at 0254 UGT, and waypoint 5 on May 25, 3305 at 0612 UGT. We are now two weeks ahead of our original proposed schedule. To realign our schedule we are moving...
WK3: Unintended Ship Acceleration After Hyperspace JumpWe arrived at waypoint 2 well ahead of schedule. Our estimated arrival date was May 18th, but we arrived four days ahead of schedule on Tuesday, May 14th. We experienced one safety event over the past two weeks. A control issue with the throttle occurred...
WK2: SKUEQIAE JG-W C18-0Last week, we planned and estimated our nine week journey toward Colonia. This morning at 0426 we arrived at the first waypoint: SKUEQIAE JG-W C18-0. The journey toward waypoint 1 took us through the Abyss and into the Formorian Frontier. Most planets...
WK1: Returning Home - Galaxy Navigation & Long Range Route PlanningWith the Distant Worlds 2 expedition complete, thousands of Commanders are now charting their own way home, or for the more daring, onward. The crew of the USNS Chicago however has made plans to head toward Colonia. The reason is two fold. First, we...
WP12: BEAGLE POINT PT. 2On May 1st, 3305 at 0434 the USNS Chicago, 7BT-DW, Roster #8729, arrived at Beagle Point completing the Distant Worlds II Expedition. Jan 13, 3305 - May 1, 3305. The final leg of the journey to Beagle Point tested the limits of the Chicago. Last...
WP12: Beagle Point Pt. 1Beagle Point. The final stop on our journey across the galaxy. The commanders I met at Luna's Shadow stayed up late trading stories of the strangest things they've ever seen, stories of death narrowly avoided time and time again. All were extremely...
