What is Distant Stars?
Let me tell you about a star cluster called M67 Elysium, also designated NGC 2682 – the oldest open star cluster in the Messier catalogue. It’s a cluster of stars that is approximately 3000 LYs from Sol. It is home to many stars that are very similar to our G2V class sun, and are about the same age. Because it is close, for many many years, astronomers thought that our sun was probably born there, and was ejected. Astronomers think most stars are born in clusters like these. A paper has come out that surmises that this is actually extremely unlikely, but I like to think that it is still possible.
Our mission is to visit this once impossible to visit cluster.
With the neutron star hyper-jump range of 240+ LYs, we can now reach this elusive star cluster. Thanks to ‘FSD boost’ – which damages your FSD drive by as much as 10% each jump, we can now hyper-jump further than ever before.
So with this in mind, a large number of commanders have grouped together to form a huge flotilla that will jump into the cluster and map the stars on EDSM.
How do we get there ?
Below is the route we will take and what hyper jumps we will need to perform.
| Date/Time | Waypoint |
Name |
Ref. System |
POI Notes |
| 0 | Star Anise | Aries Dark Region XU-O b6-3 | Location of the first hyperdiction by aliens (Jan 5 3303). Optional visit en-route to Maia. | |
| Jan 15th 18:00 Gametime | 1 | Obsidian Orbital | Maia | Distant Stars launch site. |
| 2 | Burnell’s Pulsar | PSR J0751+1807 | Scientific POI. Optional visit en-route to Hades Edge. | |
| Jan 15th 19:30 Gametime | 3 | Hades Edge | HD 49368 | Basecamp 1 is located on Planet 2 (landing guide here). High G Warning! (2.05 G). |
| Jan 15th 21:00 Gametime | 4 | The Cancri Climb | Outotch LJ-P d6-0 | Beginning of the Cancri Climb. J2 Jumponium boost required for next waypoint jump – 71.5ly |
| 5 | DSE WP 5 | Outotch JO-P d6-0 | Part of the Cancri Climb. J1 or J2 Jumponium boost required for next waypoint jump – 68.7ly | |
| 6 | DSE WP 6 | Outotch JO-P d6-1 | Part of the Cancri Climb – 37.7ly | |
| 7 | DSE WP 7 | Outotch HT-P d6-0 | Part of the Cancri Climb. J2 Jumponium boost required for next waypoint jump – 78.6ly | |
| 8 | DSE WP 8 | Outotch FY-P d6-0 | Part of the Cancri Climb. J2 Jumponium boost required for next waypoint jump – 73.5ly* | |
| 9 | DSE WP 9 (Neutron Star) | Outotch DD-Q d6-0 | Part of the Cancri Climb. Neutron Supercharge required for next waypoint jump – 194.97ly | |
| 10 | DSE WP 10 (White Dwarf) | Outotch WG-S d5-0 | Part of the Cancri Climb. White Dwarf Supercharge required for next waypoint jump – 61.92ly | |
| Jan 15th 22:00 Gametime | 11 | Point Decision (Neutron Star) | Outotch SA-U d4-0 | End of the Cancri Climb. Neutron Supercharge required – the point of no return – 219.18ly |
| Jan 15th 22:30 Gametime | 12 | AH Cancri | AH Cancri | J3 Jumponium boost required. Basecamp 2 is located on a planet within this system. |
| Jan 15th – 29th DSE Survey | 13 | Elysium (The Cancri Cluster) | 2MASS J08513244+1147523 | 14 day survey of the Cancri Star Cluster begins. |
| Jan 29th 18:00 Gametime | 14 | Elysium’s Rest | HD 76133 | J3 Jumponium boost required. Basecamp 3 is located on a planet within this system. |
SRV Tribute to Eugene Cernan
Eugene Andrew “Gene” Cernan, was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot.
Born: 14 March 1934, Bellwood, Illinois, United States
Died: 16 January 2017, Houston, Texas, United States
Space missions: Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17
