This is the fourth time I've flown out to Semotus Beacon, also known as Ishum's Reach or Salomé's Reach. This time Oevasy SG-Y d0 B 8 e was the furthest body from the Bubble.

I've been here twice before as Cmdr Werdna. The first time was on a shake-down cruise in my exploration Anaconda back in 2017. The second was in my exploration Beluga as part of the Distant Worlds 2 expedition in 2019. The little Asp Explorer I flew on Distant Worlds 1 did not have the jump range to make it out here. I'm not sure that any ship of the Distant Worlds 1 era would have had the range.

The last visit was as my alt, Miriel Byrde in 2023.

The third waypoint is Beagle Point with the official meetup on Beagle Point 2 at -59.57/-112.52. For the previous two Distant Worlds expeditions this was the final destination. This time we've arrived after only three weeks! It's been a very different expedition. It would have been lots of hard travelling if it wasn't for the Caspian Explorer. For some commanders it's been a bit of an unpleasant surprise although this is the first Distant Worlds expedition where the organisers have made available official fleet carriers.

After finding the missing carrier, logs were found indicating a T9 ship had been able to launch from the stricken carrier. Signal analysis provided some clues, but it wasn't until the search area was narrowed down to within 100Ly of Nyauthou WL-J d10-10 that success was achieved.

Many commanders got together and started a co-ordinated search, myself among them, but it was Cmdr Mobius1Ace just looking randomly who found the wreckage on Nyauthou TI-R c21-4 1 at -21.6731/131.1223 within only about 2.5 hours.

Many commanders quickly gathered at the site.

There isn't much left of it! Just a scannable data core that reads:

The wreckage is decrepit, but it is unclear what has devoured sections of it since arriving here. Half of the hull has dissolved into what appears to be a mixture of metals, polymers and residual elements which glisten in starlight.

When I logged on tonight I discovered that the Lost DSSA Carrier had been found in the Pyriveae EC-K b41-3 system. That was only 1800Ly away, so a lazy few jumps later I arrived.

Just a few jumps later I arrived at WP2: Thuecheae MT-Q e5-8 (The Seldowitch Nebula).

Naturally, these always look best from the closest nearby system:

I will probably explore nearby systems looking for first footfall biological scans. In the Caspian Explorer, "nearby" could be quite a way!

The second POI was Truechoae FL-P b5-8 B 1 (Tartarus’s Inferno), a world orbiting less than 2Ls from its parent star.

It's hot, but not as hot as Skardee 1!

I took the opportunity to get out in the SRV for a bit and fill up the Tungsten and Vanadium buckets. Plus a little Zirconium.

First stop tonight was Truechoae KP-D d13-8 where planet 2 a "Iris Sunrise" was identified as an interesting place to visit. It didn't seem very interesting to me. The rings were very thin and free of dust.

Of greater interest was the fact that the Cannon EDMC plugin identified planet 5 b as having 4 unscanned biologicals. The tubus is worthwhile, but the tussock, stratum and bacterium are not.

Last stop for the night was Pro Broae HR-N e6-21 (Broae Nebula), taking 12 jumps since the last nebula.

Only two more POIs tomorrow night before arriving at WP2.

It only took 12 jumps to get to Preia Byoea VU-X e1-42 (The Astral Shroud Nebula).

Next is Pro Broae HR-N e6-21 (Broae Nebula).

38 jumps later I arrived at Auphails QI-B e12 (Viruna) which is a black hole in the center of a small planetary nebula. The best view is from the nearby Auphails AX-Y b6-6 system.

Next stop is Preia Byoea VU-X e1-42 (The Astral Shroud Nebula).