Another one: In the Vargerson system orbiting the planet Miranda II is the Coriolis Station Browncoat Refuge a reference to the classic Sci Fi TV show Firefly

I spent the last 2 years almost exclusively fighting Thargoids across the Bubble from Titan Taranis to Cocijo. Rescuing terrified civilians from burning stations, fighting furious battles above burning settlements and orbital stations. Driving the enemy from invaded systems through the dark months when all seemed lost, to the first flickers of hope as victory piled upon victory.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe (hehe couldn't resist) but with the war for now at least seemingly over, my battle scarred soul yearned to get away from it all so recently I took my fleet carrier GSS Mildly Amused Roger out to the Musca Dark region on a combined exploration and mining expedition.

There is nothing quite as peaceful as drifting through ring systems watching the light change as the ancient asteroids slowly tumble through eternity. If you have a mind for it there is still very good money to be made, while the glory days of the Void Opal Rush may be long gone a ton of Painite will still bring in up to a healthy 500 thousand Crs.

After an extended period in the cockpit sometimes there is a need to feel solid ground beneath your feet. I love the wonder of exploring worlds that have never been seen by another human being while gathering data and scanning exotic alien biological species potentially worth millions when handed in to Vista Genomics.

and finally while there are no riches to be made from this, the more suicidally inclined enjoy the thrill of Icy Water Geyser Jumping although I would strongly recommend you cash in any exploration or biological data before attempting this activity as the survival rate is somewhat low.

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I'm the first to admit that I'm not a great ED combat photographer, sadly combat brings out my inner berserker and I end up screaming abuse at the screen and slamming my HOTAS around and it's only when I barrel roll through the debris of my final target that I suddenly realise that I've completely forgotten to capture any video or screenshots of the battle.

If the following submission does not meet the requirements then I fully understand. The screen shot below was taken just after I arrived at Hutton Orbital to take part in the battle for it's liberation near the end of the recent Thargoid War. I had just flown 0.22 ly, surviving 25+ Thargoid interdictions and hadn't had a coffee for over an hour so I wasn't in the mood for anymore of their bullshit. As you can hopefully see the battle is in full swing and my AX ship GSS Josephus A. Miller is lining up for an attack run.

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Ah yes, the day I learned how important timing is when I decided to try use my newly added Improved Jump Assist modification on my suit to beat my recalled ship to the landing pad of a Settlement I was....ahem liberating materials from. While I technically won the race sadly I did so from beneath the landing gear of my DBX

The Culprit GSS Long Jump Silver....

What's my best/favourite Ship name, where to start. I love personalising my Elite Dangerous ships and choosing/finding exactly the right name is a huge part of that process. If I had to list my top 4 favourites it would look something like this:

My AX medium fighter a Krait Mk II - GSS Kraitee Sackhoff Ship ID: 5TRBUK in honour of the actress who played Starbuck in the reboot of Battlestar Galactica

Then there is my trusty exploration DBX GSS Long Jump Silver Ship ID:ARGH01 I have spent several thousand of my 7500+ hours exploring the Black with this wonderful little ship. She has served me very well.

Up next my Imperial Cutter GSS DEATH OF RATS Ship ID: 33K33K In honour of one of my favourite authors the incomparable Sir Terry Pratchett

One of my favourite TV shows and the character Wash provided inspiration in naming my Type 6 Transporter GSS A Brick On The Wind Ship ID: FR3FLY

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I've been playing in the Elite Universe since 1986. I remember hunching over a 12 inch Black & White portable TV mashing the rubber keys of my beloved Spectrum computer trying to dock with a spinning wireframe Coriolis station like it was just yesterday and I have been hooked ever since.

I've played Elite, Frontier: Elite II and Frontier: First Encounters. I continued playing them through much of the wilderness years when rumour after rumour of a new Elite game always seemed to end in disappointment. Shortly after 2010 my life took a turn and I spent several years without a computer or console and was out of touch with gaming and so missed the Kickstarter announcement of Elite Dangerous.

In 2018 I bought an Xbox and discovered the game, I will never forget my first flight, guiding my little Sidewinder GSS Crimson Waltz out through the letterbox and past the toast rack, the roar of other players ships arriving and departing, the feeling of being a part of a living breathing galaxy. After 2 years on the Xbox I bought a PC and the first game I bought was another copy of Elite Dangerous.

After 6 years and over 7500 hours of gameplay I still play virtually every day and have no plans on stopping there are over 400 billion stars to explore and only a fraction of them have been visited even after 10 years. My Fleet Carrier GSS Mildly Amused Roger has a lot of work yet to do. Why do I play it? Elite Dangerous is my second home, my refuge from the pressures of real life. When people ask I tell them I have 2 jobs and my second one is a space ship Commander.

• As a member of the exclusive Icey Water Geyser Jumping Survivors Club I took the shot at an altitude of 14.9 Km from the ahem...''Cockpit'' of my trusty SRV Binkey

Commanders Log – October 3rd 3310

Today I was on a routine AXI patrol out of Borrego's Vision when I detected a NHSS (Threat 4) approx. 23Ls from the station. I jumped into the region in my AX Chieftain, GSS Josephus A. Miller, deployed hardpoints and launched my XG7 Trident fighter. Apart from the wreckage of some poor bastards ship the area appeared empty. A scan didn't detect any activity and no visible wakes. As my finger hovered over the retract hardpoints button my Xeno scanner lit up and the space all around me exploded with Witchspace entry portals. As the Caustic Missile alert blared, I hit boost and spun the ship to get some distance from them and figure out what I was facing.

I ordered the fighter to engage at will and tried to make sense of the readings on my scanner. 4.....5....6........7 targets, I cursed at the time it took to twirl through the ident algorithms until finally the first target resolved into a Regenerator Class Thargoid Scout, temporarily separated from the rest of its group as my fighter led them away in pursuit. Still having no idea what the rest of the targets were I knew at least that I had precious little time to try and even the fight. I swung around and tagged the target with my long range beam, closed to 2 klicks, boosted straight at him opening up with my 4 AX multi's. I was rewarded with a cloud of debris as the AX shells struck home. As we roared around each other I managed to clip him each pass until it finally erupted in an expanding caustic cloud, which I only avoided by wrenching back the stick and boosting the hell out of there.

About 5 klicks away my fighter was taking damage in a web of weapons fire and thruster wakes, I tapped through the targets and managed to identify the remaining ships as 2 Inciter and 4 Marauder Class scouts. With their attention firmly on my fighter I got within 500m of the first Inciter undetected and hit it with everything I had. It lurched sideways, rolled and tried to accelerate away with me right on its tail, AX bullets tearing into its hull. I was now the center of attention and with missile warnings blaring in my ears, I didn't hear its death squeal and ploughed right through its caustic explosion taking damage. My ship shuddered as at least 2 missiles hit and a wave of energy bursts battered my shields. I boosted away and assessed the damage shields at 60% and hull at 92%

My pilot announced ''We've lost the fighter Commander'', things were not looking good. The remaining Inciter was ahead and coming straight towards me. I lined it up dead center in the crosshairs and pressed both triggers. Nothing happened, the multis were reloading and only the weaker beam laser fired. My knuckles whitened as I jammed the throttle forward, wrenched the stick back and punched the boost as a wave of energy bursts slammed into me, shields at 40%. I knew that if I didn't end this fast, I was toast so I throttled back, pitched the stick forward and used the boost to come in right behind the scout as it screamed past beneath me. The cannon shells tore it to pieces at point blank range and there was no way to avoid the explosion.

The rest of the action is a bit of a blur to be honest, I remember launching another fighter, without the speed boosts the Inciters gave them and the regen from the Regenerator the Marauders were slower and easier to take out. I made it back to Borrego's Vision with no shields and 46% hull damage, the post action shakes are so bad now that it's hard to drink this Rum without spilling most of it down the front of my flight suit, but I made it back. Barely!!