Hello and welcome dear viewers, fellow Casuals.
You are watching PrimetimeCasual and this
- is Destination Sol.
It has been a long, very long time since I
saw my last nebula.
In fact, it probably was before reaching Beagle
Point that I visited and properly explored
one.
All the more reason to be excited about finally
arriving at the Pueliae Nebula, then.
Apart from being hard to pronounce, this is
a rather standard, small emission nebula that
shines in a beautiful pinkish and dark purple
hue.
I have been waiting for this opportunity,
though.
Being a rather smallish nebula, I took my
time to jump into all systems within and scan
for signs of biological activity.
As you may remember, I am still looking to
find more anemones, and those are usually
found within nebulae, on metallic or heavy
metal content planets.
Specifically those orbiting O-, B- and A-class
stars.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to distinguish
from different types of biological POIs from
orbit, so you really have to visit all of
them - as even on a single planet there could
be multiple different types present.
Just assuming from the first one you find
that the others are of the same type could
be a great mistake.
Still.
Even after a solid two of three hours of mapping
out planets, I was unable to find what I was
looking for.
I found a few large fields of bark mounds,
though, which - while nice in themselves - are
not quite as impressive as the bioluminescence
of anemones would have been.
My next stop will be a planet ominously called
"The Siren" - a planet close to the star and
with a surface gravity of 4.01g.
It will be hard to resist the temptation and
get a little bit of Speedbowl practice in.
After all, Speedbowl 3 is coming!
More on that in the question and answers after
the slideshow.
And here we are.
Just two questions today, but they are good
ones.
If you want *your* question answered, simply
put it into the comments below and I will
do my best to answer it in the next episode.
Buckyball veteran Alec Turner has an age old
question:
"What does SVD THIRTY-NINE stand for?"
Why don't you ask about ONE to THIRTY-EIGHT?
To make it short, SVD is my personal prefix
for Science Vessel in Deepspace.
Whereas Thirty-Nine is the title of a queen
song about a ship full of pioneers "sailing"
out into the milky way to find new worlds.
You really should listen to it sometime, it's
a true classic in my opinion, and sums up
perfectly what it is like being an explorer
in Elite.
Among many others, CMDR Buur asks:
"When can we expect more information about
Speedbowl 3?"
Excellent.
Speedbowl 3 has been announced with the trailer
linked below, for the 9th and 10th of November.
Keep an eye on this channel and on my Twitter
to get more information - an official forum
announcement should be ready next week as
well!
It will be grand!
We will push physics and the nerves of Air
Traffic Control to the very limits.
And on that hypersonic bombshell, it is time
to end the episode.
See you next time and - fly safe!
