Entry 002: [Expedition Update]

LOCATION: Bakewell Point, Pallaeni System, Independent Territory, Inner Orion Spur
REPORT TYPE: Log/Update

Captain's Log.
Yeah, definitely starting every log like that now, great thinking Tarth.

Er, Captain's Log. We have arrived safely in the Pallaeni System with minimal incident. We had a minor run-in with some pirates that seemed (according to their comms chatter which Adam managed to pick up) to be after the medical supplies that we were carrying to Pallaeni, but we narrowly avoided interdiction due to some clever flying on my part and some clever systems manipulation on the part of my crew. The encounter shook us all up a bit, seeing as we weren't expecting any combat en route to the expedition waypoint, but you never know with Anarchic systems. At least no civilian ships nearby were attacked.

Upon arriving in the Pallaeni System, we scouted around a bit, gathering what map data we could before interfacing with the nav beacon of the system to update the old data we were carrying. I also took us on an experimental pass by Brook's Point, the approximate meeting location for the expedition launch. I didn't realize security would be so high around a simple science probe, and may or may not have incurred a fine by flying too close to it. Luckily, nothing that would prohibit me from returning to a station to pay it off. Pallaeni A 1, the planet the Point is located on, is much smaller than I anticipated, and I turned out to be a bit rusty in my planetary approaches. No harm no foul though.

After checking out Brook's Point, we decided to set up at Bakewell Point, an orbital station above Pallaeni A 1, which provided a convenient spot to use as a temporary home while the preparations for the Expedition continue, mostly on our part. While docked, Adam and his team of engineers (they're definitely his engineers now) made some upgrades to our FSD and thrusters, increasing our warp speed, jump range, and normal thruster capacity. How he managed it, I have no idea. Engineering was only a minor at TSCA for me, I don't have any idea how he does some of the things he does. I'm lucky to have him along.


Coming into the system also brought us in range to be able to better pick up the Distant Radio 3305 frequency, which members of the Distant Worlds Expedition created to provide some entertainment, information, and music during the lengthy expedition. For the sake of record keepers,[ the frequency for Distant Radio can be found here.]