On May 6th 3305, Commander THEWANDERER - part of the Distant Worlds 2 expedition - wrote and published an extensive story about the Galactic Mapping Project. His efforts to highlight the work done by the Galactic Mapping Project over the last 4 years are recognized by this Point of Interest, discovered by him.

• Orbital body: 1 A

In THEWANDERER's words: 'The Storyteller’s Fire is a small planet sitting just outside the edge of a wide, icy ring deep inside the otherwise barren Styx. Approaching the planet involves a long, beautiful descent along the edge of that ring system. On the way in, the massive frozen disk initially fans across the sky, filling the canopy with millions of rapidly spinning chunks of ice and rock. Then, just before the landing, the ring winks out, nearly disappearing as it’s viewed edge-on.

Down on the surface below is a geological site filled with dozens of brightly glowing iron magma vents. On the dark side of the planet they look every bit like the campfire I built years ago just outside Eagle Cave. The planet itself is forever locked in place. Like our Moon, it always shows the same face, to the gas giant that it orbits.

Landing at The Storyteller’s Fire, it’s possible to see the light of the next day just a few kilometers away on the horizon. I think it would make a wonderful rest stop for other Commanders: A place to land, exit their ships after a long journey, and swap stories around the campfire.'

Photo by Commander THEWANDERER