So! We finally come to it! The “Great Expedition” or, in Del Boy Trotter’s wonderful French, “Les Voyages De La Lovely Jubbly (et de ses amis)!” or, “The Voyages of the Lovely Jubbly (and her friends)!”
If you’ve never explored in a Hauler, I can heartily recommend it! As I’ve found out with Cmdr Leeya Geddy and the Rush Fleet’s Hauler The Working Man, it is an absolute delight to fly, especially nipping around searching for biologicals. It can land easily and anywhere, even in some of the rockiest terrain. Of course, it’s far better with engineering and with a fully engineered top boost speed in excess of 600m/s is a great canyon runner too. Somehow I’ve managed to fit everything I need in this wonderful little exploration ship, inlcuding an FSD booster, SRV bay, shields, fuel scoop, and a detailed surface scanner!
Of course, I won’t be exploring exclusively in her, The Lovely Jubbly will be bringing a lot of her friends which I’ll be swapping out from time to time as we slowly inch our way thoughout the Galaxy!
The El-ahrairah’s Request.
My beloved Asp Explorer. I’ve had her for years. Learned how to core mine in this ship. She is very dear to me indeed! But, she needs a rest so it will be a while before I get her out again.
The Red Hare.
My Krait Mk II. Engineered purely for combat I needed her to help win wars for Colonia council and hunt notorious pirates for bounty vouchers. Mel Brandon rather likes those. Not much use out in the Black except she has a fighter bay and I do like to have a fighter handy when exploring. I can always lighten her loadout and refit her as more of an explorer, once I’m done fighting.
The Delanderby.
Mainly for mining, and for transporting Tritium to the Esmerelda Weatherwax when I’m in a position to buy some.
The Hrairoo.
I coudn’t leave her behind. I just couldn’t. I’m not sure I really need a DBX with everything else I’m taking but…no…
I love this ship. Dearly. It’s why I named it so.
The Waves Of Hanajima.
What can I say? She’s a Krait Phantom for Braben’s sake! I took my first major expedition in her. She’s also a ratship and, well, you never know.
The Brenda Zephyr.
How could I leave dear old Brenda Behind? That trip I took half way across the galaxy to meet up with Picard is full of such lovely memories. Huge jump range with an extra fuel tank and all the bells and whistles so I can leave the carrier behind when I want to venture deep into sparse starfields.
The Palamino.
I’ll be visiting a fair few black holes I expect! Plus I might go for quite a few long voyages in her. I’ve fully engineered her now and I’ve managed to squeeze everything I need in there.
I’m really looking forward to spending quality time with her.
The Silver Machine.
My super fast exploration Imperial Courier. Great fun to explore in but can get a little hot while fuel scooping. Probably the most beautiful ship in the fleet; I always get a warm, fuzzy feeling when returning to her after a long soujourn out in the SRV – of which she has two! A Scarab called Brock and a Scorpion called Kilmister.
The Freddled Gruntbuggly.
My Type 9. If I fancy a change when it’s mining time, I can take Grunty. But she’s not really engineered for mining. Out in the black it’s ok but if I mined in her near civilization she’d get blown to bits. Paper thin armour, engineered thrusters and modules as light as can be.
She’s a Canyon Cow Racer!
The Samus Aran.
My Imperial Clipper. I have never explored in a Clipper, and I’ve always wanted to. Samus is serious fun to fly so I’ll be testing her exploration potential soon!
So! Without further ado, the Great Expedition will begin! Travelling along with my Fleet Carrier the Esmerelda Weatherwax, I hope we all have marvellous adventures and make astounding discoveries!
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