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A biologist searching for biological organisms at the edge of the bubble

Leaving the Fleet Carrier with the Diamondback Explorer in the HIP 42532 system

https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855014039417458766

I arrive at the HIP 46720 system Planet 9 D, an untouched planet with 4 biologies

https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855014520319840493

I scan the planet to find out what kind of biology it has. The scanner shows me that there are four types of biology

Bacteria

https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855014767070470349

Stratun

https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855014864009240767

Frutexa

https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855014949392666663

Tusoc

https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855015047979798882

Being on the surface of the planet, I start looking for biological samples

Image of “Bacteria Aurasus - Lime”

https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855016249773723878https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855016294405279773

Image of “Stratum Excutitus - Emerald”

https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855016428522426403https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855016458868167113

Image of “Frutexa Acus - Green”

https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855016544473907695https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855016582948196769

Image of “Tusoc Serrati - Yellow”

https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855016697788277224https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855016731749548469

Having obtained the biological samples, we conclude this task by selling the data in “Vista Genomics” of any station

https://twitter.com/USCSS141477/status/1855016810115940379

(Translated for Google translator)

Dydo's avatar

Expedition log entry no. 89.965-exby


System: BLUA EAEC QN-T D3-169 (Primary Star: Neutron Star)

  • First Discovered by CMDR Jockshunter


Planet: AB 2 D (Moon)

  • First Mapped by CMDR Sylphychatillon

  • Fist Footfall: N/A

  • Earth Masses: 0.0652

  • Radius: 3,469Km

  • Gravity: 0.22G

  • Surface Temp: 107K (-166ºC)

  • Average Temp: 53K-104K (-220ºC-169ºC)

  • Surface Pressure: 0.04 ATM

  • Composition: 82.0% Ice; 16.4% Rock; 1.6% Metal

  • Volcanism: No Volcanism

  • Atmosphere: 100% Argon

  • Orbital Period: 5.8 D


Date: 9 Nov. 3310 - 01:34:01 AM


Greetings, Commanders. I was, once again, traveling the Neutron Star Highway, and in one of the Neutron star systems where I stopped to refuel at the secondary star, I noticed some landable, atmosphere-bearing moons that had already been mapped but without any landing records, orbiting a Class III Gas Giant.

Being curious as I am, I scanned with the FSS and spotted this moon with three biological signals, and the most intriguing detail: an Argon atmosphere, relatively rare compared to those with Ammonia or Sulfur. Despite needing to move on with my journey, I couldn’t let an opportunity like this slip by.

https://twitter.com/DydoJustAbout/status/1855246964708794482

As I approached, I noticed the beauty of the planetoid, as blue as the object it orbited. My scan confirmed the rare opportunity: a plant from the Electricae family! And in my case, they could only be Electricae pluma, and here’s why:

These rare specimens only thrive on worlds with atmospheres of Helium, Neon, or Argon, on icy planets that orbit Type A stars with a luminosity class of V or higher, Neutron Stars, or White Dwarfs. This conditions need to be fullfilled all at once... My case was even rarer! The planet orbited the boundary between an M-type star and a Neutron star. Life truly never ceases to amaze us. What a day to be alive!

https://twitter.com/DydoJustAbout/status/1855246973256744992

Well, now it was time to get a closer look. Sometimes, I forget how beautiful planets with this kind of atmosphere are. Just look at the view I had from my Mandalay. And there they were, just as expected!

https://twitter.com/DydoJustAbout/status/1855246982941421857

With the First Footfall confirmed, I began the manual search for different specimens to ensure the genetic diversity of the sample. I confess I was surprised by the sheer amount of life I found - the planet was “infested”! I thought I would have to search much harder, considering the inhospitable and eccentric conditions of this encounter.

https://twitter.com/DydoJustAbout/status/1855246991799865389

As an exobiologist/explorer, of course, I wouldn’t leave the other species on the planet without the attention they deserved. After finishing the sampling of Electricae pluma (Red), I moved on to the less rare Fonticuluae campestris (Sage) and Bacterium vesicula (Red).

https://twitter.com/DydoJustAbout/status/1855247001119596829

For the record, here is the collected data on the integrated Universal Cartographics system, with the First Footfall and Organic Information log.

https://twitter.com/DydoJustAbout/status/1855247010388918538

But this discoveries wasn’t over yet. Intrigued by the rare configuration I found, I decided to investigate the planetary system a bit more, as there were five other moons there. And this is where, besides capturing a beautiful photo of the Gas Giant (which, by the way, has Pristine Reserves of Monazite and Painite in its rings), I had a pleasant surprise: moons A and B were orbiting each other at an incredible tiny distance of 6.4 Mm!

One is completely white (AB 2 A), and the other completely black (AB 2 B), almost the same size (Radius difference = 209 Km), as if it were some kind of signal of balance here, as if it were a sign meant for me - who took the time to pay attention to a system already scanned and often ignored by other explorers in search of something uniquely theirs (which is totally understandable).

I had to see this up close, and the result is below (these two close bright dots southeast to the planet are the 2 mentioned moons).

https://twitter.com/DydoJustAbout/status/1855247022552490163

Despite finding only geological signals, which don’t interest me as much, I felt compelled to land on AB 2 B to capture this moment (another First Footfall, but I don’t think it’s worth recording it here).

The image says it all, but I’ll reiterate: o7 CMDRs.


End of Expedition log entry no. 89.965-exby

AndyRice's avatar

"In Search of Our New Home"

Current system: BOEPH BA-P D6-131
Distance from Sol: 18,033.34 light-years
Distance to destination (Colonia): 3,970.91 light-years

I think I can call this set of photos "Heaven and Hell."

When I activated the full-spectrum scanner, a shiver ran down my spine. A fluctuation appeared on the frequency band slightly to the right, indicating a terrestrial planet. This was the first time during my journey of over 10,000 light-years that I discovered a terrestrial planet in an unexplored system.

Further scanning revealed that the planet's environment was astonishingly good: an atmospheric composition nearly identical to Earth's and a comfortable average temperature. The only downside was that its pressure and gravity were slightly low, but this did not prevent the environment from being highly favorable for humans. A visual inspection from orbit showed that the planet's surface was already covered in green, suggesting that the native plants on this planet also "disliked" green light (or perhaps the game developers were just being lazy).

This planet was located in a stable binary star system, which also contained a rocky planet and a metal-rich planet marked as terraformable by the system. I noted this system in my bookmarks as "A New Home," as it was indeed an ideal new home.

In contrast, there was a hellishly hot planet.

In another system, once the system scanner was charged, I glanced at the stellar composition. This system had five stars, all main-sequence stars: two A-type, one F-type, one K-type, and one M-type. The two A-type stars orbited each other very closely.

Additionally, the scanner picked up another planetary signal. However, when I aimed the scanner at the other three stars, I found nothing. Looking around, I finally found the planet orbiting the A-type binary stars.

A-type main-sequence stars are young and scorching, mercilessly burning any celestial bodies that dare approach them. Unfortunately, this poor planet was only 0.09 AU away from its star.

Under the relentless blaze of the binary suns, the planet's surface temperature reached a terrifying 4,816K, close to that of the Sun’s surface. At such a temperature, silicon on the planet’s surface existed in gaseous form, contributing to the dense atmosphere. The surface pressure, about 21,000 standard atmospheres, created an out-of-control greenhouse effect, which in turn maintained the planet's furnace-like temperature. This process was similar to what happened on Venus in the Solar System, but far more severe.

In one direction, the stars seemed to grow denser. I think I was beginning to enter the inner region of the galactic ring.

Keep moving forward; frame shift drive engaged.

https://twitter.com/Andyrice_0726/status/1855267671048102214https://twitter.com/Andyrice_0726/status/1855267801600070035

https://twitter.com/Andyrice_0726/status/1855267867307938001

XCezor's avatar

Nebulae And Their Treasures

Nebulae are clouds of dust and gas. Right now we, humans can observe them only through telescopes, but in Elite Dangerous, we can discover what lies inside them. Here's my trip to North America and Pelican Nebulae. I'll show you what have I found!

If you want to visit those nice-looking plants below, here's the system and planet:
North America Sector JH-V C2-13, planet 5.

North America isn't very rich of planets with organic life. I've spent a couple of minutes before I have found anything than bacterium. But I wasn't expecting Electricae and Fonticuluas on the same planet here.

https://twitter.com/XCezorr/status/1855269556291313725https://twitter.com/XCezorr/status/1855269754841243952

Block9's avatar

''a poor exobiologist looking for some change''

https://twitter.com/r66680314/status/1856016425543995651
  • This planet was full of organic life and one of them is the fungoida setisis

https://twitter.com/r66680314/status/1856018112203616605
  • let's look at another somewhat intriguing species Clypeus Lacrimam

https://twitter.com/r66680314/status/1856018904445075498
  • In this other image we see a yellowish species of Cactoida vermis

https://twitter.com/r66680314/status/1856019648359133489
  • This incredible species of Virgin Tussock left me enchanted, it reminded me of a savanna or something like that.

https://twitter.com/r66680314/status/1856020427413283078
  • I was returning to my ship when I noticed that underneath my ship there was a beautiful species of Bacterium Cerbrus.

https://twitter.com/r66680314/status/1856021385144836429
  • a beautiful species of the green color of Stratum really incredible

https://twitter.com/r66680314/status/1856021953867592053https://twitter.com/r66680314/status/1856023099726061920

This is the planetary system where I took all the photos. On the planet HIP 15084 ABC 1D, you'll find an incredible diversity of organic life forms.

CI

Exploring star systems and searching for exobiology on the way to the EOR AOC AA-A H70 nebula.

Every journey into the vastness of space begins with the most important thing, namely the selection of the final waypoint.

https://twitter.com/CMDR_INKVI/status/1856244042402517152

When you arrive in a system that is thousands if not tens of thousands of light years away from the bubble, you explore it trying to find what you set out for.

https://twitter.com/CMDR_INKVI/status/1856245763736502332

Finding a system with a large number of planetary bodies is a joy, because you might find what you're looking for there.

https://twitter.com/CMDR_INKVI/status/1856248043172978730

And having found the planet you check it out to see if it has what you came for.

https://twitter.com/CMDR_INKVI/status/1856250075216851401

And once you find it, you land on the planet and start collecting samples.

https://twitter.com/CMDR_INKVI/status/1856251969414840609

Gather everything you need and enjoy the views from a planet where you are ONE, realizing that there is not a single living soul for hundreds of light years away.

https://twitter.com/CMDR_INKVI/status/1856254996859212262

You go onward, striving into the distance toward that very nebula.

https://twitter.com/CMDR_INKVI/status/1856256666020335889

(Translated with DeepL.com)

CMDR_M's avatar

ExoBiology PhotoEssay

Intro: Here follows a collection of photographs of ExoBiology species, from each known genus, from scanning & sampling my way to Exobiology Elite V over the past 3 years :]


Osseus species grow a single thick stalk from which emerges a wide, broadly circular, pitted endoskeleton. This structure is designed to dramatically increase the surface area of the organism, facilitating chemical capture and chemosynthesis on its catalytically active surface.
[From In-Game Description ]

https://twitter.com/m_cmdr_m/status/1856035492866994380

Fungoida live deep inside a planetary substrate. They share similar morphology to fungi but are not saprophytic, instead their mycelial body drives its metabolism through chemosynthetic and thermosynthetic processes. Some fungoida exhibit bioluminescent behaviours as a part of a metabolic process involved in the breakdown of accumulated toxins.
[From In-Game Description ]

https://twitter.com/m_cmdr_m/status/1856042666695278687

Anemones: despite their name, these organic structures more closely resemble the shells of sea urchins.
[From In-Game Description ]

https://twitter.com/m_cmdr_m/status/1856700900187803727

Fonticulua are photosynthetic colony organisms found exclusively on ice worlds, where they have embraced the surrounding frozen material as a form of protection. As the fonticulus develop they melt ice from around them, absorbing the liquid through tiny cellular pores and passing it to the colony's reproductive edge. Frond structures create a wide flat space that expose internal photosynthetic cells to as much light as possible.
[From In-Game Description ]

https://twitter.com/m_cmdr_m/status/1856706395350937962

Electricae are found exclusively on extremely cold ice worlds in the vicinity of frozen lakes. The visible tips can be observed protruding from the ice, often near fissures where it is thinnest. The surface structure exists to provide a connection point to the atmosphere, which in turn creates a point of potential electrical difference. A by-product of this is the bioluminescent display that runs through the organism.
[From In-Game Description ]

https://twitter.com/m_cmdr_m/status/1856735567603511546

Alex Sinclair's avatar

CMDR_M - excellent screenshots, but don't forget the text part of the photoessay. Please update your entry before the deadline if you want to be eligible for a prize. o7

CMDR_M's avatar

Thanks, will do - also quite a few more pics coming as i sort through my file!

…is it possible to submit a PDF btw? i might be able to do a proper layout/booklet, time permitting.

Alex Sinclair's avatar

CMDR_M that sounds like it could be very cool. The answer is 'yes, kind of.'

- We don't have a way to attach files, so it'd need to be a link to a place the PDF is hosted online (somewhere safe and secure).
- We would still need you to authenticate the images via social media and share them in your reward submission, as you have already done here.
- Ideally, as well as the PDF link and the social media post, you'd copy-paste the contents of the PDF into your reward submission, so it can be judged on-platform. Though granted, that's not always going to be possible, and we're lenient when it's not. For example, one of my favourite ever reward entries was this one, in which AlexGoesTheWorld created an entire fictional travel agency website.

As with that one, if we like what we saw, we'd be sure to include a link to your PDF or equivalent in any curated content we produced from this reward.

MQC's avatar

BIOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION FOR THE UTOPIA KNOWLEDGE DATA SOURCE

COMMANDER MQC - LOG #1

Based at Henkel Station in the Chamo System, Commander MQC sets out on a first expedition to collect exobiology data.

https://twitter.com/MaquinaMQC/status/1856669324108247201
  • Target system - COL 285 SECTOR IA-Z B29-3 (R: 297.232 / l: 354.461 / b: 18.227)

  • Target body - COL 285 SECTOR IA-Z B29-3 A 1 B (Icy body - Thin Argon)

Successful exploration and scanning of the target body with 2 biological signals found:

https://twitter.com/MaquinaMQC/status/1856669393821856081

The descent to the surface confirms the tenuous Argon atmosphere:

https://twitter.com/MaquinaMQC/status/1856669478597054671

First Exobiology registry - Fonticulua Campestris Amethyst:

https://twitter.com/MaquinaMQC/status/1856669543805923746

Second Exobiology registry - Bacterium Vesicula Cyan:

https://twitter.com/MaquinaMQC/status/1856669601846727084

The data collected will be delivered back to the Chamo system, to the minor faction New Chamo Free, under the mantle of Pranav Antal and for the purpose of enriching the source of galactic knowledge throughout Utopia.

For the sake of the Galaxy and a better tomorrow!

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