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George E. Rolf, CEO
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The outskirts of the Dodge Asteroid Field. Nothing of note here, save for these tiny violet motes of energy. I'm not sure what they might be; they seem harmless enough, but my vessel's sensors can't seem to pinpoint their composition.
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Discovery:
Sector B1
Dodge Asteroid Field (NW)
Centre (X: -43083 // Y: 0 // Z: -58737)
Comments:
Lots of and lots of rocks. The field is not overly dense; no snubcraft should have too much issue traversing it, smaller transports should be able to do much the same as well.
Whether there's anything of value in them is a question for specialised survey equipment.
The derelict of a Liberty Navy fighter... a Defender, I think. The extent of the damage makes it hard to pinpoint any specific detail apart from the name; when I found it, it was already in the state depicted in the video feed. Cockpit destroyed, wings blasted off (or picked apart), weaponry and engines forcibly disassembled... I'm not sure if it was the work of a particularly angry Junker or a particularly angry pirate, but this is the sorry result.
I could spot a faint trail of wreckage leading this way from SSW; it may have fled here, trying to escape its pursuers, and in so doing, missed the jump hole to Pennsylvania.
Only a few klicks W would have done it... unfortunate.
A glacial planetoid of modest diameter, on the far orbit of the nearby gas giant Topeka. Considering the eccentric trajectory this celestial body follows and its mass, it appears it was once a planet of its own before being dragged far enough into its gravity well.
The temperatures are very rigid, going from roughly -120 °C to -7 *C, making habitation a daunting prospect.
The site of a major battle; one in which the Insurgency did not have the upper hand, clearly, despite the presence of a capital ship of theirs and the complexity of the station itself (two biodomes, multiple depots, docking bays and mooring fixtures, the communications satellite).
The damage sustained is significant, with no section virtually left unscathed save for some depots, and the cruiser broke in half.
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Discovery:
Sector E1
Open Space
Centre (X: 9510 // Y: 19 // Z: -58660)
Comments:
Nothing here, although a voluminous violet nebula is now well within visual range. Too dense to see through it from this distance, however.
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Discovery:
Sector F1
Open Space
Centre (X: 24937 // Y: 0 // Z: -58110)
Comments:
Closer now, but still nothing to see... yet. The motes of light do appear to have the same hue and vibrancy as the inside of the nebula, interestingly.
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Discovery:
Sector G1
Open Space
Centre (X: 41968 // Y: -1 // Z: -58718)
Comments:
More of the same...
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Discovery:
Sector H1
Open Space
Centre (X: 59332// Y: 0 // Z: -60890)
Comments:
The eastern edge of the sector. Deep space past here, and I can't see anything notable out theree.
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Starfliers Cartography Report on the Kansas System Charting completed by Halpert Kennedy flying the '\S/'CEV-Pulsar
Surveying was concentrated to sectors Foxtrot 4 to Hotel 6
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Discovery:
Zone
Overland Park Asteroid Field
Foxtrot 4 to Hotel 6
Comments:
Asteroids, within another cloud. Guess I can get some flight practice in for the races.
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Discovery:
Zone
Smoky Hill Nebula
Foxtrot 5 to Hotel 6
Comments:
Oohhh.... smokey. Hey, that's part of the name! Nice.
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Discovery:
Accessway
Collapsed Jump Hole
Foxtrot 6
Comments:
Usually you see these things from clicks away! Goddamn Smokey nebula covering this up.
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Discovery:
Wreck
Pirate Transport
Foxtrot 4
Comments:
Liberty fucking Rogues. At least this one won't shoot me.
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Discovery:
Wreck
Jamaica
Golf 6
Comments:
A teeny weeny Junker ship. First time I've seen one of these guys out in the middle of nowhere.
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Discovery:
Wreck
Leander
Hotel 6
Comments:
I'm gonna call this guy John Smith. Registry doesn't tell me who this is, so I'll make one up for 'em.
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Discovery:
Wreck
Fat Beetle
Hotel 5
Comments:
Well now, S.O.S signal, and they gave some RV co-ords. Wonder where they wanted to meet.
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Discovery:
Wreck
Clumsy Juggler
Hotel 5
Comments:
For a bunch of pirates, the name "Ryan" isn't scary whatsoever. Pick a better name.
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Discovery:
Other
Asteroid Trail
Foxtrot 5 to Hotel 5
Comments:
Little trail going through the field. Nav systems have trouble picking them out.
Name:Weatherly, James Registered Vessel: '\S/CEV-Cyllene', Series D "Dromedary" Freighter Rank: Starflier Position: System Cartographer/Mathematician
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Orbital Cartography Report on the Kansas System Charting completed by James Weatherly flying the '\S/'CEV-Cyllene
Report was compiled on 10/ 09 / 834AS
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Discovery:
Stellar Body
Planet Topeka
Delta/Echo - 2
Comments:
A lovely tourquiore gas giant with a light ring composed of water deposits. Presense of teal/tourquiore indicates light diffractions of water(as evident via the rings), methane and likely a mix of ammonia.
Estimates would place average temperatures at -123C
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Discovery:
Stellar Body
Planet Wichita
Charlie - 5
Comments:
A potentially colonizable world, if the given challenges of its moon be overcome. Records show week-long periods of tidal surges flooding over swathes of islands at a time.
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Discovery:
Stellar Body
Olathe
Delta - 1
Comments:
Orbits Planet Topeka
Currently the Ice Moon of Planet Topeka. Previous designation was a planetary system complete with moons.
These moons were eventually succumbed to the system's tidal forces. Fragments both falling into Topeka (perhaps explaining it relatively high core-mass given standard formation of Gas Giants), and forming Topeka's Ice Rings.
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Discovery:
Stellar Body
Colby
Charlie - 6
Comments:
Orbits Planet Wichita
Representing 41% of it's planets mass, this moon demonstrates considerable tidal forces against Planet Wichita.
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Discovery:
Stellar Body
Medium Green Sun
Delta - 4
Comments:
Type F4 size and luminosity
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Discovery:
Stellar Body
Medium Blue Sun
Solar Center - Delta/Echo - 4/5
Comments:
Type F4 size and luminosity. Close enough to its sister this could classify as a binary system. Could exacerbate the already instable orbits of Topeka and Olathe.
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Discovery:
Wreck
Fremantle Base w/ "Jacks"
Alpha - 4/5
Comments:
Base: Fremantle Character's comment of the solar
Ships: Humble Bee, Nugget, Old Rascal
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Discovery:
Wreck
Bounty Hunters - Wescotts Squad
Alpha - 4/5
Comments:
Squad Identifiers: 3, 7, and 8
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Discovery:
Wreck
Battle for Fort Riley
Alpha/Beta - 5
Liberty Contingent:
Four LN Gunboats
Three LN Cruisers
Two LN Heavy Fighter
One LN Battlecruiser
Insurgency Contingent
Two Blackmarket LN Gunboats
Three Insurgency Cruisers
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Discovery:
Wreck
Battle around Planet Wichita
Charlie - 5
Liberty Contingent:
One LN Gunboats
Three LN Heavy Fighter
Two LN Battlecruisers
Insurgency Contingent:
One Insurgency Cruisers
Breaking up into the orbit of Wichita
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Discovery:
Wreck
Mulvane Wreck
Delta - 1/2
Comments:
One Insurgency Cruiser
Bio-Sphere shows signs of greenery still. It is unclear if the vegatation is merely flash-frozen when exposed to vacuum
However, the resistance to unshielded solar radition is notable and may warrant further study.
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Discovery:
Installation
Communication Satalite
Delta - 1/2
Comments:
Unknown creator and manufactuer in close proxity to the Mulvane Wreck. Still in-transmission. Undamaged.
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Discovery:
Wreck
Fancy
Echo - 5
Comments:
Traitor to the "Jacks". Their boat was welded into the rock free floating within the Sun's Gravity Well. Evidence of melted rock, and blast fragments
A mining array is seen bolted onto one of the wings of the vessel.
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Discovery:
Baxter-Class Anomaly
Collapsed Jump Hole
Foxtrot/Golf- 6
Comments:
Previously connecting Kansas to Texas. Likely in relative stablility prior to the Texas Incident of 500. Hmm...the dark matter radition isn't as high here in Kansas as it is at the Texas epicenter.
I wonder if it's possible to perform a study and retrospective given the evidence on this 'other' side of the hole in relative safety. Must discuss further...
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Discovery:
Other
Far Flung Asteriod
Out of local system
Comments:
Set adrift from the gravity swing of Planet Wichita and it's moon Colby. This asteriod sits not 10 clicks away from an array of weapons platforms.
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Discovery:
Hazard
Uknown
Out of local system
Comments:
Hypothesis: Concentrated Dark Matter
These pockets seem to deteriorate matter and space at the same time. Much like the affects of an event horizon where an object's descent seems to slow to nothing; so too does this field increase the 'resistance' of transitioning through space. Once the horizon is crossed, catastophic damage is immediate.
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Discovery:
Other
Hallowed Asteriod Entrance
Out of local system
Comments:
Asteriod with a hastily carved out center. Likely through liberal use of explosives and the mining arm of "Fancy's" boat.
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Discovery:
Other
Alan B. Wescott & Jack the Lesser
Out of local system
Comments:
The last stand of Alan B. Wescott and Jack the Lesser. Leaders of both respective factions
Name:Weatherly, James Registered Vessel: '\S/CEV-BlueShift', R1 "Dragur" Edge World Freighter Rank: Starflier Position: System Cartographer/Mathematician
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Orbital Cartography Report on the Kansas System: Sectors A6, A-H7, and supplemental Charting completed by James Weatherly flying the '\S/'CEV-BlueShift
Report was compiled on 05 / 11 / 834AS
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Discovery:
Name: Sector A6
Type: Arkansas Ice Asteroid Field
Comments: Interior of the Arkansas Ice Field. Location near previous scouted Jump Hole to Vespucci, making it a lucrative waystop for ice collection.
Comments: Note the high presence of dead vessels within the BattleField. Risk is noted to be low for any retrieval expeditions
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Discovery:
Name: Sector A7
Type: Open Space
Comments: Outskirts of the Arkansas Ice Fields, nearby to Vespucci Jump Hole
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Discovery:
Name: Sector B7
Type: Open Space
Comments: Section nearby a wreck, noted below. Just on the outskirts of Arkansas Ice Field
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Discovery:
Name: Demeter
Type: Wreck
Location: Sector B7
Comments: A poor soul who met their end at the end of a Tachyon Gun. I hope whatever cargo they were determined to keep was worth it.
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Discovery:
Name: Sector C7
Type: Zone
Comments: Arkansas Ice Asteroid Field
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Discovery:
Name: Sector D7
Type: Zone
Comments: Arkansas Ice Asteroid Field
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Discovery:
Name: Sector E7
Type: Open Space
Comments: Nice view of the 1st of two suns in this binary system. Juxtaposed against this purple/blue nebula and Planet Wichita
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Discovery:
Name: Sector F7
Type: Open Space
Comments: Nearby to a pocket of Dark Matter split from the larger Smoky Hill Nebula. Deep scans show no materials, asteroids, or wrecks within this small pocket
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Discovery:
Name: Sector G7
Type: Zone
Comments: Small overlap of the Overland Park Asteroid Field. Further afield is the dusk cloud of the Smoky Hill Nebula (Dark Matter)
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Discovery:
Name: Mosley
Type: Wreck
Location: Section G7
Comments: Wreck of a Rogue vessel, taken long ago by some forgotten dogfight.
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Discovery:
Name: Sector H7
Type: Open Space
Comments: Open Space next to the Overland Asteroid Field
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Discovery:
Name: Sector F2
Type: Baxter Anomaly
Location: Turtle Creek Nebula
Comments: This is the second time I've seen this Neutral Entity. It appears both as a guardian and the key to ancient answers hidden here
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Discovery:
Name: Sector F to G-6
Type: Baxter Anomaly
Location: Smoky Hill Nebula
Comments: This
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Discovery:
Name: Sector G
Type: Wreck
Location: Abandoned Base - Fortaleza
Comments: Wreck of an abandoned Base when the Insurgency was overrun. No life supports, all gates locked. Would require a physical team to either unlock this base. Given the speed at which this base was emptied, there are likely stores of information as this place was not scuttled. Re-establishment of the base is possible as it shows no Dark Matter damage from the nearby cloud.
Name:Weatherly, James Registered Vessel: '\S/CEV-BlueShift', R1 "Dragur" Edge World Freighter Rank: Starflier Position: System Cartographer/Mathematician
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Orbital Cartography Report on the Kansas System: Sectors A6, A-H7, and supplemental Charting completed by James Weatherly flying the '\S/'CEV-BlueShift
Report was compiled on 05 / 11 / 834AS
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Discovery:
Name: Sector A8
Type: Open Space
Comments: Local Navigation edge of the system. Scans show nothing further a-field.
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Discovery:
Name: Sector B8
Type: Open Space
Comments: This Sector lies 12 KiloMeters away from the Arkansas Ice Fields. Plenty of open space, with nearby access to the Vespucci Jump Hole.
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Discovery:
Name: Sector C8
Type: Open Space
Comments: This nav centre lies only 4 Kilometers away from the Ice Fields. Note that at this edge, the Ice Fields lay 2.5 Kilometers above standard nav plane.
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Discovery:
Name: Sector D8
Type: Open Space
Comments: This view provides easy access to the Ice Fields, while avoiding potential drift of the Dark Matter clouds within the Smoky Hill Nebula.
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Discovery:
Name: Sector E8
Type: Open Space
Comments: Open space with moderate distance from both Dark matter and Ice Asteroids. Suitable for large installations as drift of both hazards into Sector E8 are unlikely.
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Discovery:
Name: Sector F8
Type: Open Space
Comments: Here we approach pocket off-shoot of the Smoky Hill Nebula. Trajectory estimates shows the Dark Matter pocket will pass from Sector F7 to F8 within the next decade. Jump Advisory Warning: Category 2
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Discovery:
Name: Sector G8
Type: Open Space
Comments: Dead Z-axis Centre of the Smokey Hill Nebula and Overland Park Asteroid field. The overall shape can be obsersed
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Discovery:
Name: Sector H8
Type: Open Space
Comments: System Edge of Nav charts. Here one can carefully observe several large asteroids which have have been far-flung from this system's centre.