Frontier Daze#5

Predpriimchivyy Plemyannik,

Your adventures in exploration korabli have inspired me to make more time in Heron. I have friend in current corp who make much locations of wormholes, and so I make use of them now and then. This weekend, his locating work save me from being lost on deeper Null space.

I take Heron out, and first check out his marked wormhole to Scalding Pass, hacked one relic site with much better derm'o than similar site in safe space, then came back through hole to deposit at home station. Fast, easy. Then, I go excited and take small stack of Noise-5 Needlejack filaments, put in Heron, and promptly get lost in Null space. Much lost.

First Noise-5 take me to Venal, and nobody in system. Nice. I scan many signatures, find many interesnyy data sites, and hack as best I can while I watch local for other pilots. The data sites systems many harder in Null space, so I lose a few cans, but manage to get a few loots for taking home. I scan and scan, but find few wormholes, and none connecting to other known space areas. I gate a few systems, until I find more people who try to find me to send me home hard way. Since no finding wormhole home, I use more filament.

Next one take me to Deklein, more deeper in Null space. I scan more, find more data sites, and hack with mixed victory. I win some, lose some. Still not see many pilots, only finding occasional Ishtar on scans, and still no good wormholes home. I gate through a few systems, many data sites, almost no wormholes. I use again filament to try luck elsewhere.

Now am in Branch, even farther away from safe space than before. Scan more, hack more, now praying for wormhole that never comes. Gate more, see more Ishtars, and eventually gate into system with another standing fleet, looking for your dyadya. Time for another filament.

Scalding Pass! I started day's adventures here, and I am only nine gates away from wormhole my friend found earlier. I not stop to hack much data sites I scan, only scan for other wormholes, in case first one close up. I gate careful, lucky no find gate camp along way, and get my exit back to The Citadel.

I get home after 5 hours with modest loots, but also finished AIR program for Exploration (all Null regions I visited and sites I hacked made difference), and now have modnyy SKINs for exploration ships.

As you find, relic sites in safe space waste of time, but data sites many better. Hacking skills more important the lower security space, so learn lessons and use better modules before going out. I was just in T1 ship, modules, and hacks were difficult in spots, lost many cans worth more than what I did bring home.

I still work on research for your Jaguar, but 0-4 so far on making blueprint. I keep at it, next will be Buzzard for me, and Cheetah for you.

My brother has been getting ships blown up while flying with fleet for makhinatsii, but he showing up on kills, and having fun. I am sure you will hear about it when he has time to tell you.

Don't get lost,

Dyadya K