 1 The 'Oh so important" loadout for the long journey. I asked around in Forums before departing and some claimed I 'needed' the A6 Fuel Scoop, but I disagree. C6 was faaaaar more affordable and still did a decent job. Some say the Shield generator is a waste, but I kind of wanted that extra insurance. |
 2 I had a general idea in what direction I wanted to go. |
 3 The Musca Dark region is... Dark |
 4 So on a long journey, you tend to look at the less ordinary stuff. This was the first of thousands of bodies I examined... Orbits look crazy tight IMO. |
 5 Double planets are common in ED, here we have a bunch of bodies crammed together. |
 6 As you can see in the texture detail of each surface, ye we are close to both, its not just an illusion. Crazy tight orbits here... |
 7 Right about here, I realized they locked up the 'external cam' which I came to use extensively in my screenshots. |
 8 And more.. |
 9 Whenever you visit a system, look for class 4 ringed giants, theyu are usually worth a visit. |
 10 Nice view... |
 11 As I said. Class 4 ringed iants are often spectacular. |
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 13 And my little ship... |
 14 Hyyypeeerspaaacee... Oh wait, wrong franchise... |
 15 Red planet. |
 16 If you go an a long journey without the advanced scanner, you are crazy. Anyhoo, keep an eye at top right of the screen when you run your scanner. Some systems contain a lot of stuff. 49 bodies is not bad, but I'm sure we'll find more... |
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 19 Behold, a ringed planet and sunlight coming from behind. Enough said.. |
 20 Getting creative with the angles.. |
 21 That ring looks weird, its almost like a giant man made cosmic freeway ;-) |
 22 That's a lot of ring segments.. |
 23 Looks odd, another tight orbit and the Sun in the back. |
 24 Ah yes, the good old Milky Way is with you all the way... |
 25 Crazy orbits create some sort of grid pattern.. |
 26 Waterworld.. No not that crappy Costner flick, a planet covered with water. |
 27 Lonely Planet (TM) |
 28 Zzzzz.zzzZZZzzzzz... |
 29 Look, a ringed moon. |
 30 Impressive ringed gas giant... |
 31 There's beauty in dem dar rings.. |
 32 Look at the size of that thing.. |
 33 I'm now over 1000 ly from 'home'. |
 34 "You're here" |
 35 Lot's of jump options... |
 36 Look, ALL planets have rings. |
 37 Another impressive Class 4 giant with a massive ring system. |
 38 Yea, more rings! |
 39 A thousand lane freeway.. |
 40 Getting close to the rocks here... |
 41 It goes on... |
 42 And on... |
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 44 Ahh, another one in the background (top right). |
 45 Holy crap, look at that thing.. |
 46 Vertical view.. |
 47 Upside down.. or.. is it? |
 48 Behold, a brown planet. |
 49 Let's take a closer look... |
 50 Funny looking rings.. |
 51 The Milky Way in the background.. |
 52 Alignment.. |
 53 That's nice variation among the stars.. |
 54 What can I say, they like ringed planets here ;-) |
 55 Ghostly apparition... |
 56 Weird orbits, look at the bunch of planets that orbit a common center of gravity, yet stars on each side also have their "own" planets. |
 57 Occlusion.. |
 58 The region of the galaxy I came to refer to as "Shit-space" bacause of the incredibly boring systems that all looked like this. |
 59 Are those orbits... staring at me... or have I been in space for too long? ;-) |
 60 Sigh... |
 61 Weee, only 41 mins of exciting space travel at 140c ;-) |
 62 Another typical "Shit-space (TM)" system. No, you don't waste time on exploring these... At least you can scoop some fuel from those boring stars. |
 63 Yes, it goes on lie this... |
 64 Are those planets, or am I watching a game of galactic Pool? |
 65 Entering the Blu" region... |
 66 Now I'm approx 1700 ly from home. |
 67 Seems I've cleared "Shit-space", now this look a bit more interesting.. |
 68 Wonders of the galaxy indeed. This looks wonderfully weird. |
 69 More rings. |
 70 Me and my ship.. And the rings... And the star... |
 71 My trusty old Asp Explorer looking good. |
 72 The Zebra planet. |
 73 Rings are fascinating. |
 74 Majestic |
 75 Groovy |
 76 Nice looking planet. |
 77 Keep an eye at the Stats Tab (exploration). It keeps track of the number of systems you visited and the types of scans you do. Here I still have a long way to go. |
 78 Time to zoom out the old galaxy map and see where the hell I am. |
 79 Never miss a chance to check out a ringed, back-lit planet ;-) |
 80 Exterior view... |
 81 Shiny rings.. |
 82 Let's take a closer look at those rings.. |
 83 My eyes! Who color-matched this one? |
 84 Flaming hot.. |
 85 Floating there quietly in the night.. |
 86 Mostly transparent rings.. |
 87 OMG I know now what that is, it's the ghost of "Clippy". |
 88 Oh boy.... |
 89 Wow, what a set of interesting planets you got there.. |
 90 I'm going in! |
 91 Hmm, I wonder if I can fly between them... |
 92 Let's do this! |
 93 What's going on there.. Half-assed algorithms out here? Even Moons look the same as the planets. |
 94 At least exploration will be quick and painless.. |
 95 No, I'm not going there... |
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 97 Maximum Warp. Engage! |
 98 Looks like an atmosphere around that planet. |
 99 I see clouds. |
 100 You better not be in a hurry if you wanna go all in on exploration. Systems lite this will take a lot of time to finish off. |
 101 Not the most common system type in the galaxy... |
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 103 Awfully tight orbits, don't you think? |
