A new commander (changed from Xbox to PC) Actually this commander is older than my Xbox one.
I had to redo all my engineer progress and really get back into things again. Once i got the materials I needed to get my DBX back up to par, I decided to take a little journey and test it out.
Having made it to the rank of Baron in the Empire, I decided it was time to set off on some more explorations. My goal is Duke in the empire so I can get a sweet sweet ride. However I need money for that first.
Turned in some exploration data to the tune of 50 million, Already thinking about going back out into the dark for more exploration. But I might enjoy civilization for a bit and grind some Empire rank. Currently one rank away from Elite in exploration.
Dec 3310, Thargoid threat appears to be gone and I have made it back to the bubble. Toyed around with pledging to a Power play power, but ultimately decided to take up Exobiology with my exploration instead. Almost blew my ship up landing on a planet, well looking for some bacteria, Found out my DBX can bounce off the surface of a planet and only lose 66% of it Hull…Fun 16 jumps back to the bubble for repairs. Worth it as that planet gave me $8 million and the repairs cost $2k.
Some more exploration and exobiology. The exobiology part is kind of fun, Driving around in the SRV trying to find stuff. The first footfall bonus makes it worth it. I think Im sitting on $250 mil just from Exobiology alone this run.
But for whatever reason every system I jumped to has been discovered. Kind of odd since we have only discovered like .001 of the galaxy. Oh well plotting a 13 jump course to see if I can get into some undiscovered systems.
Finishing off this run, Decided to come back into the bubble and reattack in a different direction. Not sure which way yet, but there is definitely money to be had in exploring and exobiology. Might actually pick up a Type 8 and a Krait Phantom while I’m in the bubble, Maybe even a laser mining phyton.
Did some shopping around the bubble, Which also had me grinding mats for FSD engineering. Still got 2 more ships to buy, A laser mining Phyton and a Krait Phantom. The build for my phantom is only available on power play strong holds and Jameson Memorial. So the Krait might have to wait a bit.
As I alluded to above my DBX has seen its last exploration jump. Its a good ship but it was time to upgrade.
I give you Orion’s Tranquility, A Mandalay with a 63.7 LY jump range.
Also picked up a freighter, I give you Luna’s Opportunity, A Type 8 with a 39.7 LY and 352T of cargo space. Also The advanced docking computer is amazing!!!
Out into the black we go! I hate the jump out but enjoy it once I get there.
Found a system undiscovered with 2 planets with biology worth exploring. One had 3 different types and the other had 5. Spent time gathering that data. Then just started doing random jumps that pull be further and further away from the bubble, Currently parked on a world in the Ploea Eurl QO-P d6-2 system that has 7 biological signals.
Out exploring, More geological than biological today, but still fun. Had some beautiful shots.
The one with the ring world was a surprise, That planet had a twin and they orbited each other, I logged out for dinner and logged back into to see the ring world. Made finding geological stuff more fun.
