Diamondback Scout to Beagle Point

With a fresh coat of paint my Diamondback Scout, DSV-25 Berenices, is ready for its voyage.

It's a long way to Hutton Orbital, fortunately Yuri and Valentina (bobble-heads) kept me company.

Approach to Hutton Orbital

Landed at Hutton Orbital

Picking up the Hutton Mug #forthemug

Leaving Hutton Orbital behind.

Approach to Lave Station.

Landed at Lave Station.

Picking up some Lavian Brandy.

Next stop, Colonia!

First of many neutron stars along the way.

This high metal world had some massive ice caps.

First undiscovered water world on the journey and it had a very nice ring system.

Seems like a caramel and fudge ice cream scoop!

This is fine.

I liked this ring system for having an bright, thin ring sandwiched between two fainter rings.

I always seem to find Albulum Gourd Molluscs

Gather to me minions!

Triple hot star system. Thankfully Berenices runs cold.

A dim star hosted this water world that seems like it's a few AU away from being an ice world.

Basking in the glow of an undiscovered O-class star.

Always a treat to find an undiscovered neutron star on the way to Colonia.

Even bigger treat to find an undiscovered black hole!

Almost looks like a disproportional snowman.

The stars were getting thicker as I crept closer to Colonia, finding this brownish water world near-by.

JEB?! Better scan for crash sites.

Landed at Arcanonn's Legacy to say hi to my squad. #canonnscience

After visiting my squad I stopped by Dove Enigma for repairs and a visit.

Landed at Dove Enigma.

Approach to Jaques Station. Almost got jumped by a pirate outside the station.

Landed at Jaques Station for refit.

Saying goodbye to the last I'll see of Humanity in awhile.

Next stop, Beagle Point!

Getting a lot of luck finding these water worlds. Here's another with an impressive ring system.

While frightening I like finding undiscovered white dwarves. I refuse to boost with them though.

This undiscovered S-class carbon star had EXACTLY 1.0000 solar masses and was EXACTLY 30.0000 solar radii. Odd to see something so perfect.

Finding undiscovered black holes in the thicker star fields can lead to some nice lensing effects.

While this nebula had been previously discovered I wanted to take a peak inside.

These cream/gray and beige/gold gas giants are some of my favorites.

How did this star survive its partner becoming a black hole? Makes for some nice views though.

I liked the look of this brown banded gas giant with reflective icy rings.

I see these high metal worlds with the gray/brown texture with some spots of color. When atmospheric landings are a thing I'd like to see what the surface is like up close.

As the stars thinned out I found this stormy water world.

Another discovered planetary nebula but I had to stop and take this picture. Just don't stare too long, you don't know what it staring back.

A different view of the nebula that the previous image showed lensed by the black hole.

This white dwarf was burning very brightly in the void.

I had some luck finding gas giants orbiting close enough to their host neutron stars that the cone was still visible.

First undiscovered Earth-like followed closely by...

... an undisocvered ammonia world! Took awhile to run into these.

Another grey/gold gas giant.

This gas giant was orbiting even close then the last one I found!

It's a bit dim but I thought the white cloud band on this otherwise dark gas giant was interesting enough to stop by and take a look at.

I'm always a fan of binary star systems with two different star classes. If multi-source lighting becomes a thing these could be very interesting.

So this is the Abyss.

Into the breach!

This multicolored gas giant had both rocky and icy rings.

Is that a star or a cooked gas giant? (It's a star)

Made it through the Abyss, last jump to Beagle Point!

IT'S HAPPENING!

Made it to Beagle Point in a DIamondback Scout all while carrying my cargo! What a journey it was!

Now that I made it to Beagle, I abandoned the mug...

... and the brandy to the void.

One ton of Hutton Mugs floats alongside one ton of Lavian Brandy.

Goodbye to the Hutton Mugs...

... and the Lavian Brandy, my libations.

To all those still on patrol in the black, enjoy a warm mug of brandy on me.

Home is a long way away.

But our next stop is Sag A*!

Jumping to the next system, the mugs and brandy left behind.

What a stormy ice world.

Love the yellow/gold splotch with the dark grey surrounding. Yellow 13's moon?

Starrise!

Loved these multi-colored rings on the ice world!

Finally ran into another very detailed ammonia world.

While these binary Earth likes were already discovered I think this is the first time I've seen binary Earth-likes.

A white as snow gas giant with some metal and rocky rings.

This water world was almost frozen over!

X marks the spot.

After jumping mindlessly I suddenly found myself out of fuel.

CMDR Zibadian (yes that one, check the Inara records if you don't know who) answered my call to the fuel rats, flying several hours to reach me.

We chatted for a bit as two explorers of the void, happy to see another friendly face out in the black.

As we said our goodbyes and aileron-rolled Zibadian set off some "fireworks" to celebrate the successful rescue, ending my first (and hopefully only) call to the Fuel Rats. Godspeed Zibadian and Godspeed Fuel Rats o7

A brown/grey atmospheric world with some orange spots, maybe volcanic activity or a recent impact?

These two ringed worlds were orbiting very close to one another.

A trio of ringed gas giant in close proximity.

Something about this blue and white gas giant drew me to it.

While rare there are still some undiscovered black holes on the way back to the core.

This was a first for me. I found this ammonia world...

... and this water world...

... AND this Earth-like world all in the same undiscovered system! The Three Kings.

Basking in fire...

... and in ice

This (discovered) planetary nebula shined a teal light on Berenices

The close proximity of this black hole with its sister stars and the lensing of one of the Magellanic Cloud lead to this ghostly image.

Thought this was a nice picture of Berenices

Made it to Explorer's Anchorage.

Landed at Explorer's Anchorage.

Last time I'll see humanity for awhile on my way back to the bubble.

I made it to Sagittarius A*, the super-massive black hole at the galaxy's core!

Next stop, Shinrarta Dezhra.

This water world was as close to a "blue marble" as I've seen out there. Came with its own ring system.

This cloudy ammonia world had a lovely stripped icy ring.

White and milk chocolate gas giant anyone?

Is this gas giant blue with white clouds or white with blue clouds?

Beautiful binary pair.

Didn't see many phenomena this trip, these crystals were a welecome sight.

Stopped by HR 6164, better known as "The View".

I was worried this Tourist Installation was inside the neutron star's exclusion zone. Got my heart rate going.

Landed next to the tourist beacon at The View. And wow, what a View! The View looks great from here! These puns doing anything for you?

Stuck the landing!

The light is a bit dim here but I could swear this gas giant had some glowing parts to it.

Jameson Memorial, home sweet home.

Always a busy station, had to fly carefully.

The paint is a little worse for wear but Berenices took the journey like a champ! It was an honor to fly this ship there and back again.

SovereignWinter and Berenices, signing off. Yuri and Valentina thank you for joining us!

2020.05.17 - 2020.06.10; 1,772 jumps; 161754.89 light years.