I have left Explorer's Anchorage. I am heading to area's unknown to me. I have been to Beagle Point from the bubble through Sag. A then back to Sag. A. From there to Tir and then back to Sag. A. But I have never been from one side to the other so I am heading westward basically. I will be moving through the 3kpc arm so let's see how that goes, shall we? I may try some new travel tactics as well that I will share in later log entries, it depends whether they work or not. Only time will tell.

The first planet I camped out at after I left Explorer's Anchorage, I had a really rough landing and I lost 1% of my hull. That irritated me to say the least but, I'm not going to lose any sleep or activate my AFMU over it. What I need to do is stop boosting a second time when approaching planets when going in for exobiology runs.. I'm NOT in a hurry. It's a stupid habit that I need to break before it breaks me. I don't know why I always seem to be in a hurry to get to the surface when I approach a new planet.

Something that has recently come to my attention is the Wolf-Rayet star. I just today put it in my active search list. I never realized the rarity of this star type. I would really like to discover one out in the black and put my name on it just as much as a green gas giant now.

OK, I think I'll have a beer and relax before I turn in for the night. I have a few more jumps ahead of me tomorrow and hopefully more exobiology to discover and catalog.

CMDR Bullet out.

I have almost made it to Explorer's Anchorage. I was going to make the journey all the way on this go but I decided not to push it. I'm not in a hurry and I am trying to get in as much exobiology as possible. Fortunately this planet had one life sign so I stopped here for the night. I quickly found three samples and called it quits. I generally won't stop at a planet with only one biological life sign unless I plan to camp there for the night. My unwritten rule is, I stop only for three or more life signs.

So, tomorrow I have roughly 25 or so more jumps to Explorer's Anchorage. I am looking forward to seeing how much data I have collected. I won't speculate to heavily but I am hoping for somewhere between half a billion and one billion credits. If that is the case I believe I can justify the lease price of a carrier and simply maintain and upkeep it by doing monthly exploration runs. I will then discover a tritium rich system somewhere and park the carrier there, get the new mining vessel and fill the hold with tritium over time. Then transfer my fleet to the carrier and be done with the Bubble. Long term, I think a system colony with station will be my ultimate goal eventually. I'll need a Panther Clipper for that task but I'm not there yet.

Sorry to say there is no beautiful vista on this planet for my viewing pleasure so, a quick meal with a bottle of beer and some videos, then some much needed shut eye. Until tomorrow..

CMDR Bullet out..

I'd rather not do that again as twice was just about enough. The first time was intriguing but doing it a second time was nerve racking. I will only do it again if someone pays me to or if I absolutely have to.. And what do you know someone DOES pay me, VISTA GENOMICS. And they pay pretty good too. They don't even have to twist my arm so I guess I'll be doing it again. Universal Cartographics is kind of icing on the cake, the system data pays for the little things like ship damages, internal repairs, keeping the paint fresh. The small stuff. A guy could make an honest living doing this stuff..

When surveying non-sequence stars, I'd have to say that white dwarf stars are the worst because of their huge exclusion zones. If you aren't paying attention, you'll cross it and then you're screwed.. Sure you can spend a half hour or so boosting to get far enough away from the star for your heat to drop enough so as not to damage your FSD but most pilots don't want to waste their time doing that, no.. They want to get the hell outa there. So, hit the FSD and fry everything.. And if you survive, you can limp back to a station or a carrier for repairs, if you're lucky.

Neutron stars and white dwarfs sure look nice though. I dropped out of supercruise for 5 minutes just to have some coffee and to admire the long, slow whispy tail of a neutron star I had just discovered. It looked so tranquil and serene yet it is so deadly in nature. Quite the contrast. I was hoping to find a planet with a moon close to a neutron star so I could camp for the night and watch it but no luck there. I'm sure there are several out there, somewhere, just waiting to be found, just not by me this time..

Tomorrow I will continue my journey to Explorer's Anchorage with these new data banks of exobiology and cartography. Maybe I will make another billion, who knows? There will be many stops along the way before I get there.

CMDR Bullet out.

I have made it to the Tir system finally. I made it a point to not fly directly to Colonia before turning in my data just to be different. On my way here from the Huginn, I passed through an area extremely rich in undiscovered neutron stars and white dwarfs. To be honest, it was a little un-nerving.. This area may need to be surveyed by yours truly.

This log entry will be quick with an addendum to follow after a good night of rest. I am looking forward to turning in this new batch of exploration/exobiology data in the morning.

Addendum: Well, after a good night of rest and a hearty breakfast, I visited Vista Genomics and turned in all my cartographic data. All told I pocketed almost 1.43 billion CR total with the majority of that coming from the exobiology data. Let me tell you, exploration pays AND I got my Elite V in Explorer rank.

So now, I am heading back out to that area with the neutron stars and white dwarfs AND quite a few black holes as well.. Let's see what this will bring.

CMDR Bullet out..

I have left Explorer's Anchorage. I have sold all my exploration data and what little exobiology data I had. All my data banks are empty. I honestly thought I had more but it turns out I didn't. In any event the total earned credits came to what I had figured it would which was about a billion credits. My next stop will be at the DSS carrier Huginn on my way to Colonia. I should reach it today or tomorrow. I am also stopping more frequently to collect exobiology samples as they do accumulate quite a few credits for 'First Footfall' worlds, which is all I am encountering.

I have veered off the beaten path by several hundred LY on my way to Colonia so as not to visit any previously visited worlds. I think that was a good move as so far I have done alright. I suspect the closer I get to Colonia, that will change however.

I have also been thinking about Distant Worlds Three.. I would like to go but there will be an awful lot of Commanders going. I can't see how it won't turn out to be a giant cluster phuck.. I also suspect that some commanders will sneak their carriers along when that is strictly forbidden in the rules for DW3. The DW3 project will be providing no less than 4 carriers to support the mission as it is so there is absolutely no need for any DW3 participant to bring their own carrier on this expedition. Oh well, I still have some time to ponder attending the expedition, we'll see.

Alright, that is about it for now. I'd like to make it to the Huginn.

Addendum: Well, I made it to the DSS Huginn about 2 hours after this original log entry. Like the rest of the DSS carriers I have visited, their services have all been closed save one or two except for the very basics like refuel/repair/rearm, including a hefty tariff. It's well worth it though. I'll be getting another good night's rest tonight before the slog to Colonia tomorrow. I may streatch the trip into two days however just to get a bit more exobiological data.. Still thinking about a carrier.

CMDR Bullet out.

Today I arrived at the DSS Ronin. The Ronin is another carrier in a network of carriers spread throughout the galaxy. I am grateful for their existence. I wish I had taken advantage of them on my way out to Beagle point but I wasn't aware of them until recently due to a certain CMDR named Orin Vex. If I hadn't watched his video flight logs, I wouldn't have learned of the network of carriers spread throughout the galaxy. Most of the services are disabled on this and all of the DSSA carriers I suspect but come January 2026, when Distant Worlds 3 gets under way, I wouldn't doubt they will all be up and running at full capacity for the mass of Distant World 3 explorers heading their way.

Explorer's Anchorage and the center of the galaxy are a mere few thousand LY from my current position now. I am currently poised to arrive tomorrow. I have a lot of data to sell. I am guessing it will be close to half a billion all total between cartographic and biological data combined. Ask me if I'll be arriving at Explorer's Anchorage in open play. This will be interesting if nothing else. By the way, the answer is, no.

Alright, I'm going to get a good night's rest and head out early. Just a few thousand LY to the center and a lot of worlds to be discovered still between here and there as well as a lot of exobiology to be discovered as well before I turn it all in.

CMDR Bullet out..

Well that was short lived.. I don't know why but I just felt like putting the hammer down. Maybe I'm getting a little home sick. I made it all the way to the DSSA Fleet carrier Hayholt in the Aiphaitt AA-A H7 system. The Hayholt and the DSSA Pegasus which I visited before this one were both basically the same, pretty much dead inside only offering basic refuel/repair/rearm and Vista Genomics. All other services were suspended. EDAstrometrics, (edastro.com) says otherwise but hey, I understand how updating websites go.. Perhaps they will reopen when Distant Worlds 3 begins in January of 2026. I may fly out here just to see but I won't be participating in the expedition, at least I don't think I will.

So, there is one more DSSA carrier between me and Sag.A and that is The Ronin. The Ronin is in Phipoea WK-E D12 - 1374 a few thousand LY from the center. I should be there tomorrow or the next day. It depends if I'm in an exploration mood or a hammer down mood. Even though I traveled a lot of distance today, I still made many, many stops to do exobio. I just didn't do everything, just the money makers and then moved on only stopping for planets with 4 or more bio signatures. Still there were a ton. I wonder how much data I have now..

I'd still like to know if a fleet carrier is in my future too. Is one really worth it? Park one out near Sag.A and explore. How much would it cost to move one to Sag.A? How much per month does it cost for upkeep? so many questions. Oh well something to sleep on..

CMDR Bullet out..

I am making my way back to Sag.A slowly. I am not in a hurry at all. Slowly collecting data, doing minimal exobiology and moving on to the next star system. I plot my routes in 7 to 8 star system jumps, have a look at the galaxy map, and then plot the next group of 7 or 8. I do this 4 or 5 times and then call it a day.

I haven't decided if I am going to use a neutron star boost or not. I have allowed them into the route planner but I have not encountered one as of yet. I suppose I will.

I also plan to utilize any DSSA carriers that I may encounter to effect repairs if I happen to fly within a few hundred light years of one. I won't deviate more than 500 light years unless my ship is in dire need but at the time of this log, the hull and all systems on board are at 100%. Integrity is another story.

OK, that's about it for now.. Camping out on an icy world for the night.

CMDR Bullet out..

From the center of the galaxy, I pushed my way toward the Ceeckia sector. Once there and having visited the galaxy edge known as Beagle Point and seen what lies beyond, I have now turned my Mandalay around and I am now going home. Home is where all my other ships are, I think.. Where is home really? I can move my ships to where ever I want really. I can move them all to Colonia or I can move them all to Sol. I can move them all to the center of the galaxy if I want to. I have the credits. It's actually not a bad idea really but it's not where the "people" are really. There should be a 'Neutron Highway' from Explorers Anchorage to the Bubble like there is from the Bubble to Colonia, but I digress.

I also found a few of the star systems that CMDR Kamzel stopped at in his travels to Beagle Point but what was then the star system known as Ceeckia ZQ-L c34-0. That was definitely a highlight of my trip to be sure.

I am just slowly, with purpose, heading to Explorers Anchorage, to sell this new round of data I am collecting and then I will consider leasing a fleet carrier for a while. Perhaps build out a system of my own to house my fleet and then ditch the carrier until I may need one again in the future for a one man expedition of my own done in style, so to say..

CMDR Bullet out.

Well, I thought I was going to head back to Frey but, that's not exactly what happened. I kind of turned toward the center of the galaxy and wouldn't you know it, I wound up at Explorer's Anchorage with another ton of exploration and exo data, So in I went and sold it all and hung out for a few before I took off to have a look at the local attraction, Sagittarius A. Wow is all I can say about that thing. I suppose anyone that has any explorer blood in them has to visit Sag. A at least once in their lifetime. They ought to sell a decal for your ship here or at least at E.A.

So after a day or two of resting at E.A. I got this crazy idea of what if I just kept on exploring for a while? I don't have any other obligations, really. CMDR Tuzo kicked my ass out of the Ghost Legion a month ago for no reason after being in Ghost Legion for nearly a decade and then added me BACK into the Ghost Legion as a lowly freaking RECRUIT a week later. That was kind of a crappy move if you ask me. And now as of this writing, I don't even see my name on the roster as a recruit so, I believe I am just going to join another squadron that is more exploration oriented and leave the Ghost Legion behind when I return to the bubble eventually.

That's it for now, Bullet out..