LAUNCH: 7PM UTC Sunday 4th. Meet at Lee Relay in Phekda. Private Group: Fleetcomm.

Expedition Premise

Route and Launch

Ships

Ranking in terms of being preferred for the expedition

Resources

WAYPOINTS

Note: These waypoints are just target systems. None of them have been scouted out for this expedition, although its possible some of them have already been visited by others. The job of the first people to arrive in the waypoint regions is to scout out suitable places to act as bases of operations. Ideally low G planets with good views. Once someone has identified a good landing place, run it by me or the group via Discord and we will post it to the Discord channel and forums so others can locate it easily. Be sure to identify a good landing spot and provide coordinates as well.

[video=youtube;Sd5ZLJWQmss]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5ZLJWQmss[/video]Lacking a medium range exploration already being planned for post beta of 3.0, decided to kick one off myself. And it being me, its part of the Silly Ships series. I'm far from good at organizing these things, so if anyone wants to step up and help coordinate, then by all means do so.The aim is to go out and take a look at the new planet textures coming in 3.0 and have a bit of a trip to Colonia (which i still haven't been to).Because this is a convoy, we should be carrying something, so, for those who want to keep with the theme, we are taking rare goods to Colonia, where they will sell for a load of space bucks... well, they would if logic came into their pricing... so, its more symbolic than anything.See below.We will be setting off from Lee Relay in Phekda.We will not go the direct route to Colonia, instead we will head down the Orion-Cygnus arm. Once parallel with the Festival Grounds we will make the crossing to the Colonia region. Those who enjoy seeing nebulae will see some nice sights here due to the high concentration of nebulae.Exact date of launch will be decided closer to the time. However, no earlier than 1 week after beta finishes (historically, connectivity to the servers can be pretty bad for the first few days or week after launch due to load and bugs).Its not a race and we want time to take in the sights. 1000LY/day will probably be the pace. So we are perhaps looking at a month maximum to reach Colonia.When we reach Colonia it will be considered the end of the expedition. At which point some people might choose to travel back together, perhaps through the direct route. Some might elect to stay in Colonia or explore further. Some might choose the purchase sidewinder and explode method and select the respawn at start location option. Whatever floats your boat. Just remember to turn in your exploration data if you choose to explode your way back to the bubble.Fleetcomm is the preferred mode for the expedition. If you don't have access, be sure to request. However, people can travel in whatever mode they prefer.Being Silly Ships a theme for the ships is normal. Nobody is required to fly the specified ships, but its nice if people do.As this has a Convoy theme, Lakon is the king of the day, specifically the Type-X ships.Rank 1: Lakon trade ships: Type 6, Keelback, Type 7, Type 9, Type 10 (ok, last one is questionable as a trade ship, but its new and it is just a beefed up Type 9).Rank 2: Other ships that can be considered trade ships, eg: HaulerRank 3: Other Lakon ships.Rank 4: Whatever you want.This thread obviouslySilly Ships channel on the Fleetcomms discord (join if not a member, expedition chit chat will largely take place here): https://discordapp.com/invite/0hKG2qb9ODixa7Iz Sign up sheet!!! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1o5yb3OyG6JSAZXs61nJIB7I32TanZOYOsHft6LzPnWA/edit?usp=sharing Hope to see you out in the black!Publishing waypoints. Wayponts 1 to 4 are all approx 5000 LY apart. Waypoint 5 is a bit shorter and Waypoint 6 is also shorter and our target, Colonia.Timing for the expedition is 1 WP per week.WAYPOINT 1: AUCOTHS KO-F D12-51Probably still in the region where we will regularly find visited systems. This is a 3 star system with a primary A type.WAYPOINT 2: PYRALEA VE-X D2-56Another 3 star system with an A type primary.WAYPOINT 3: FLYAI EAESCS NY-Y D1-178Single star system, F type. We are now 15.6k LY from Sol.WAYPOINT 4: STUELOO QZ-D D13-45 star system with an A type primary. This is the last stop along the arm before we start the crossing on Colonia.WAYPOINT 5: IOWHAIH XI-K D8-93Binary F type system in the heart of the Festival grounds. Take your time here to visit some of the surrounding nebulae.WAYPOINT 6: ColoniaWe meet here for the end of the expedition, at Jacques.Estimated travel time, 6 weeks.