Entry 007: [Underway Again]

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

Captain's Log.
The Avenger is now space-worthy again! Outfitted with a new-and-improved FSD drive and a fuel scoop to match, the Avenger's range is now functionally infinite. It's nice to know that we don't have to rely on stations and ports to refuel and can just skim over a star or two on the way to recharge our engines. Fuel scooping can be dangerous, but only if you're not paying attention. Or if you get to close to the star. With all of our new modules, repairs, and updates, we're finally ready to head to the first stop on our way to The Omega Nebula: Shapely 1. 

None of the crew really know much about Shapely, other than that it has been marked as a point of interest in many manuals, and nearly every exploratory flight that passes nearby has made a stop there for scientific reasons or simply to take a look around. Hopefully, we'll find some of what makes this system interesting too. 

With the Avenger being repaired, the crew (Keve specifically) are turning their mind back to scientific discovery as part of the Geology and Organics Department. Dropping into systems and mapping planets is what Keve's good at, and we're all excited to see what discoveries we can make in the future. 

In other news, the crew we left in Pallaeni have joined the Pallaeni General Co. militia, and have been hunting down pirates in the system and a few neighboring systems and trying to figure out why the attacks have been happening. Adam's team is apparently spending their time examining ships that come in for repairs from pirate attacks, analyzing the types of weapons that these fighters have, and scanning the space around known attacks in the hopes of finding wreckage from their ships. So far their efforts have turned up nothing usable, but there's always hope. 

Though shaken from our own encounter with pirates, the crew of the Avenger and I are optimistic about our future exploits as part of the Distant Worlds expedition and are excited to see more of the galaxy we call home. 

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