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So, I basically had to call in every favor that I was owed by anyone ever, but the Tunguska was finally rebuilt. So I took her on her first actual exploration voyage, to Galileo, and scanned the clouds there to determine their composition and the damage they might incur to a trade convoy needing to escape from pirates. They're mostly dark matter, and they'll certainly eat away at a ship's hull relatively quickly, just like strong radiation or certain parts of the Omega Walker Nebula might, but a ship with armor should stand a good chance inside of them. Not like we go to those systems often, but it never hurts to know.
Then I found a jump hole, which was kinda unexpected. I went through, and, uh. Don't go through any jumpholes you find in Galileo. I was greeted by a large contingent of Liberty Rogues, and it seems they even have their own destroyers. Uploading the logs of my trip there. n/img/core/passcke$543gd]#2(89Đ¹/kzenonAAAA1/guncams/tiff/IWs09.avr¹ n/img/core/passcke$543gd]#2(89Đ¹/kzenonAAAA1/guncams/tiff/IWs09.avr¹ n/img/core/passcke$543gd]#2(89Đ¹/kzenonAAAA1/guncams/tiff/IWs09.avr¹ n/img/core/passcke$543gd]#2(89Đ¹/kzenonAAAA1/guncams/tiff/IWs09.avr¹ n/img/core/passcke$543gd]#2(89Đ¹/kzenonAAAA1/guncams/tiff/IWs09.avr¹
The last picture is one I took of the system on the other side of the one I entered from Galileo. The station in view there is apparently called Freeport 14, and one of the Zoners onboard told me that the system was known as Yukon — I had just come from Cassini. No other bases in that system. She also told me where the Alberta jump hole was in that system, and I made my way back through Alberta into Ontario and California, then to Magellan, where I moored the Tunguska with Freeport 4.
She'll be back in Tau once she gets repaired... again... and hopefully on to discover more things. I don't think Yukon or Cassini are on any of the Guild's starcharts, so I took the liberty of adding them to the Guild's databases. Cassini was full of asteroid fields, but I didn't get the time to scan and see if there was any ore in them. Yukon was pretty much barren.
On another note, Samuel, the Gallic junkers are permitted to fly the Vache, if you read the restrictions on their Standardized Identification papers, which surprisingly use the same format as Sirian ones. Stopping any Vaches that come through and checking their idents and registrations is my new priority in Tau-23, I'll be sure to turn back anyone that didn't buy their ore from the Guild.