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Niceygy's avatar
Niceygy

I have recently followed the Colonia Bridge all the way to Colonia, and there are some beautiful systems along the way!

https://embed.bsky.app/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Fniceygy.net%2Fpost%2F3lb3m52fbpk2b

My favorite is Rohini, the place where I made my first billion through exobio! Eudemon Anchorage is now my "home away from home" and is near a good few nebula.

https://embed.bsky.app/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Fniceygy.net%2Fpost%2F3larljwcd6c2t

This one was taken at CB-16 (Omega Sector PD-S b4-0) just outside the Asteroid station "Omega Mining Operation". If you look carefully you can spot my Mandalay :D

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FireyToad

Oevasy SG-Y d0 or Ishum's Reach as it's also known, is a system in The Abyss region. It is one of the most remote discovered star systems in the Milky Way galaxy, at a distance of 65,647.34 LY from Sol

A jump of 82.68 ly is needed to get to Ishum's Reach, one jump of 66.32 ly, and multiple jumps ranging from 37.80 ly to 56.14 ly; in addition, every waypoint contains a star that can be fuel-scooped. Ships that are incapable of achieving at least 82.68 ly even with the use of FSD Injections cannot travel to Oevasy SG-Y d0.

Oevasy SG-Y d0 was first discovered by CMDR Sam Ishum on June 2, 3302.

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Alex SinclairMod
FireyToad

Thanks FireyToad - we'll require photo or video of the system too if you're going to win a prize.

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mastercesspit
https://twitter.com/mastercesspit/status/1860792831377608860

a picture says a thousand words, hope it doesn't disqualify me, lol

apart from being one of the most beautiful vista's i've found in my many years of the game, it is the most profitable core site also.

the drawback is it's 480ly from the edge of the bubble, so a carrier is necessary if you want to do core mining bulk.

have fun 07

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Alex SinclairMod
mastercesspit

Hi mastercesspit a could you send us a little more detail about the system, please? What makes it so beautiful?

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mastercesspit
Alex Sinclair

i discovered early in the game that trade in the bubble while profitable was time consuming and ai pirates even more so, after i got a carrier from the painite boom, i spent much time surveying systems outside the bubble, looking for double overlaps of platinum preferably, and having made my first 8 billion mining, a densely populated ring like that with nothing but core sites, double, triple, even quadruple overlaps, with cores it's good to have a same mat overlap, but it doesn't matter so much, there's just more core asteroids, and that site is very productive, and only 10 or so LY from my double platinum site, so, to me, and any miner, that is very beautiful

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mastercesspit
Alex Sinclair

thanks for the question, i do tend to go on a bit sometimes so i like to keep my submissions brief, discussions not so much, lol

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mastercesspit

Aha, you're very welcome to go on a bit 😊 Thanks for the extra info; I've awarded your entry now!

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mastercesspit
Alex Sinclair

thanks

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XCezor

We all love nice views and watching beautiful planets, but Elite has also deep lore, where not every history is considered with a happy ending.

If you don't read lore too much, you may wonder why a starport in Shinrarta Dezhra is named "Jameson Memorial", well... it's a monument of a skilled in combat and exploration Commander, who was defending humanity during the First Thargoid War. He was betrayed by the organization that hired him to deal the final blow to the enemy.

Commander John Jameson, a fellow Pilots Federation independent pilot, was sent by Intergalactic Naval Reserve Arm (INRA) on a one-way mission during the First Thargoid War. His mission was to spread a biological weapon, mycoid, on a Thargoid "hive ship", probably similar to today's known Titan, but that hasn't been yet confirmed.

CMDR Jameson launched missile armed with mycoid, and the result was rather positive, despite the fact that he didn't knew all its effects. Mycoid was supposed to disable the hive ships hyperdrive systems, but it also started to deal horrific damage to the Thargoids themselves, killing many in the result.

To prevent Jameson from telling the truth about additional effects of the mycoid, INRA installed earlier on his ship, Cobra MkIII "JJ-386", a program, that would disable its systems after success of his mission. Commander John Jameson crashed on a planet 1 B, in HIP 12099 system. Although the ships crash site was found by CMDR Robbie Junior on November 25, 3303 (around 152 years later), the body of John Jameson was never officially found...

I think the HIP 12099 system is worth visiting to pay tribute to the fallen Commander John Jameson, as a sign of respect. I know Elite is just a game, but some games are more than just graphics, set of missions and unique mechanics. Games like Elite have very extensive history that may sometimes tug at the heartstrings and make you feel that the world around is not as simple as it may seem at first.

https://twitter.com/XCezorr/status/1860719004588871839

mastercesspit's avatar
mastercesspit
XCezor

you can fill up on some g5 and g4 encoded by scanning the beacons and relogging, done it many times.

have fun 07

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Alec_Turner

In September 3303 I created a forum thread titled "The most beautiful system in the galaxy?". Over seven years later and I think I probably still stand by that. The system in question is "BD-12 1172" in the Spirograph nebula and it's vibrant colour palette of reds, purples and greens is quite extraordinary and well worth spending some time in to find and appreciate the very best views.

Here's a selection of images taken from that original visit:

And here's the forum thread:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-most-beautiful-system-in-the-galaxy.375086/https://twitter.com/alecturner/status/1860643337318912360

LiquidMorkite's avatar
LiquidMorkite
Alec_Turner

Beautiful, is that a T6 or a Keelback?

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Alec_Turner
LiquidMorkite

Type 6

CMDR_Oso's avatar
CMDR_Oso
Alec_Turner

That's a gorgeous system, now on my list.
Thank you for sharing Alec.

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CMDR_Oso

I humbly suggest Pleione system, within the Pleiades Nebula.
I visited it very early on in my Elite days and was blown away. It has a bit of everything for a budding CMDR, bright eyed and looking for experiences. And yet, even as a CMDR who's been across the Galaxy, I still pilgrimage here and remember the early days. Pleione's offerings:

  • It's beautiful

  • It's close to the Bubble (~400LY from Sol)

  • The Squirrel Bar is an installation you can practice your flight around and has many cool 'scannables', some are quite amusing!

  • Stargazer is a rare 'Asteroid base' category starport

  • Thargoids are resident within Pleione, but are pretty passive, excellent for CMDRs first anti-Xeno moments.

    https://twitter.com/CmdrOso/status/1860167101891404039

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MrT
https://twitter.com/miketuppen/status/1860132115016482829

No bucket list would be complete without mentioning Sagittarius A as an unmissable system to visit. Sagittarius A is smack bang in the centre of the Milky Way galaxy and contains a Super Massive black hole, as pictured above. It's worth going there even if it's just to say that you've been to the centre of our galaxy.

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Block9
https://twitter.com/r66680314/status/1859944203587096753

The stellar system that I want to feature is HIP 63835. The system has three black hole: one orbiting its main star and two a little further away. The two of them together are a sight for sore eyes It also boasts an extraordinary assortment of stars.

I suspect a lot of Commanders have been in the HIP 63835 system over previous visits, as it's not too far from Sol. This one is also perfect for some of the top 40 systems that you need to visit, primarily due to how close it is. It is an even more accessible, worthwhile stop on any sail-through as you do not need a high-range ship to arrive at it. :)

*The photos have been slightly brightened to make the black holes more visible. The brightness was increased by 30% solely for better visibility

https://twitter.com/r66680314/status/1859944107118051458

*This text was translated using an AI-powered

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CMDR_nailz_
https://twitter.com/Cmdr_nailz_/status/1859934708597219543

HIP 104643 is my submission for this list. Not too far from the bubble, present in this system are 3 stars. The main body with its string of planets, some rocky, some gas giants, body B, a black hole, and the third sun AB 1, with its own string of rocky and gas giant planets, and vast rings, quite possibly the widest and most visible rings in the game, the rings alone make HIP 104643 worth a visit.

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Matt G
https://twitter.com/CMDR_MattG/status/1859913879540916631

My submission is Graea Hypue AL-X d1-48.

Body 1 a in this system is the moon of a ringed gas giant. It has an oxygen atmosphere and is so close to it's parent that the gas giant has an angular diameter of over 25° making it appear as a huge orb in the sky. Also, because the moon is highly inclined at over 60°, the rings take up an even higher proportion of the sky. If that wasn't enough, the body has Bacterium and Brain Trees present along with highly active water geysers. All these things combined make for some truly spectacular panoramas.

I submitted this last year to the Galactic Exploration Catalog, and it is one of the highest rated POIs in the catalog.

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Block9
Matt G

wow very nice

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AndyRice

Introducing the Little White Giant: AE Aquarii

This system actually exists in the real universe and is classified as a "Cataclysmic Variable Binary Star." You can search for a precise definition of this type of celestial body on Wikipedia. Simply put, it is a binary star system consisting of a white dwarf and a regular star. The two stars are so close to each other that the regular star's mass is drawn toward the white dwarf and transferred due to the latter's intense gravitational pull.

This phenomenon should create a spectacular sight, featuring a mass transfer stream between the two stars and a large accretion disk around the white dwarf (somewhat reminiscent of Gargantua in Interstellar). Unfortunately, the game engine cannot simulate these effects.

However, the white dwarf in this system is incorrectly represented as a Class A main-sequence star in the game, with a radius of only 0.01 solar radii and a mass of 0.6289 solar masses. This leads to a rather strange visual experience since Class A stars are typically large and bright. Here, the so-called Class A star is too small to be displayed accurately. This is clearly a bug, but the system is still worth visiting.

https://twitter.com/Andyrice_0726/status/1859910784408768852

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Block9
AndyRice

I've already marked this one for next time! I want to record a video there

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AndyRice
Block9

Great! Remember to check out how the star looks like lol. I see p2 with my PC with ultra graphics setting and p3 with my steam deck with almost all low setting. I’m wondering if it’s the graphic setting that caused the buggy view😂

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Block9
AndyRice

Well... I'll go there later to check lol

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