Day 25 – finishing Cache in one day!

So I’ve printed out my map of Cache and started the journey. First stop was:

0-5TN1

There wasn’t anything of interest really, except for a Territorial Claim Unit. Since I’d never seen one before, I decided to go check it out and take a photo.

Now I know what one looks like!

• U-QMOA – nothing of interest

E1W-TB

There were a couple of Russians in this system being silent, as well as a landmark, a Pilfered Gurista Outpost.

The Gurista approach to piracy is often purely about the bottom line. Whenever the Guristas capture an area, they immediately set about the task of pilfering anything of value. Every last gun emplacement and technological artifact is salvaged, melted down, or sold on the black market. This process continues on every day as Guristas squads roam the State and beyond looking for easy profits.

There was some interesting energy arcing around that debris there. I’m surprised no one had tried salvaging it yet. Maybe it was too dangerous or something.

I didn’t care, so I moved on.

• LMM7-L – nothing of interest
• 2-2EWC – nothing of interest

995-3G

Close to a dozen very quiet SOLAR FLEET guys came into this system after me and hung out for a while. I wasn’t sure if they were looking for me, but I thought I’d keep my head down. I flew to a nearby planet and found an Infrastructure Hub that I thought I’d take a couple of photos of, since I’ve never seen one of those before either!

• Q-UEN6 – nothing of interest

In the early days of its independence, the fledgling Caldari State sought to expand all throughout the New Eden cluster. This era saw many intense bidding wars between private firms for newly scouted star systems; every so often, the owner would be bankrupted by the investment before they could get a return. These half-finished and abandoned projects are now nothing more than litter along the space lanes of the mighty State.

After thousands of years among the stars, the space lanes of New Eden have become littered with countless abandoned ships. The twisted and gnarled hulls of these empty vessels float silently, offering up no explanation as to their lonely fate.

The expansion of the Federation’s values is a cause that throughout Federation history has been met with mixed support and varied interpretations by each newly elected administration. Across the Federation’s borders and beyond, many of these outposts and settlements are now neglected and cast off, having come and gone as quickly as the politicians who built them.

The depths of space are home to all kinds of cosmic anomalies, from concentrations of electromagnetic disturbance to dense clouds of rare gas. These types of areas are valued for the scientific knowledge they could impart. Though they are often dangerous, these phenomena are also the subject of frequent research expeditions.

The expansion of the Federation’s values is a cause that throughout Federation history has been met with mixed support and varied interpretations by each newly elected administration. Across the Federation’s borders and beyond, many of these outposts and settlements are now neglected and cast off, having come and gone as quickly as the politicians who built them.

It looks like this one was deserted because someone let loose a huge fart! It just hung around, so everyone up and left….

That’s my theory.

• JZ-B5Y – nothing of interest
• NIF-JE – nothing of interest
• BTLH-I – nothing of interest
• 0LY-W1 – nothing of interest
• U930-A – nothing of interest

4YO-QK

(It’s only when I came back through this system a second time that I saw the landmark. I really need to be more diligent about that….)

Pilfered Gurista Outpost

The Gurista approach to piracy is often purely about the bottom line. Whenever the Guristas capture an area, they immediately set about the task of pilfering anything of value. Every last gun emplacement and technological artifact is salvaged, melted down, or sold on the black market. This process continues on every day as Guristas squads roam the State and beyond looking for easy profits.

• LJ-RJK – nothing of interest

REGION: INSMOTHER

3-0FYP

After such a long day’s journey, I finally left Cache and entered Insmother.

I have to say, that was pretty amazing, travelling around an entire region in just one day, taking photos of interesting sights and landmarks, and not crashing into any asteroids.

If only I could find a station to dock at, and my crew and I could party!  But that might have to wait until we hit NPC space again. Ah well….

It was refreshing to find someone in this system who actually spoke. Here’s a shout-out to James Harmstridge, the first talkative SOLAR pilot I’ve met yet. Hi there! It’s a pleasure to chat with you.

I was pleased that he confirmed what I suspected – that they were talking about me in their intel channel as they monitored my progress. Very cool! I wish I could have been a fly on the wall of their intel room, I would have loved to have known what they were talking about as they watched me travel the region.

I told him I was editing the post before uploading, but really, I didn’t want him to know I was at the landmark here, taking photos. It wouldn’t be a good look having the Solar Fleet guys gate crashing my photo session!

Although, that could be good for a few photos too….

Deserted Gallente Outpost

The expansion of the Federation’s values is a cause that throughout Federation history has been met with mixed support and varied interpretations by each newly elected administration. Across the Federation’s borders and beyond, many of these outposts and settlements are now neglected and cast off, having come and gone as quickly as the politicians who built them.

I had to check my maps just to make sure I hadn’t gone back to the last deserted Gallente outpost, ’cause this one looked exactly like the last one!  It’s amazing how in space everything looks the same….

And now, I’m going to rest here in Insmother and get some sleep before continuing the journey.

See you tomorrow!