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To Colonia! – Final Entry
I have arrived at the Jaques Station in Colonia, and the eighteen-month journey is finally over. The legs with dates are in the table below. The Cobra lost 65 % of its paintwork, and my exploration rank increased from Surveyor to Ranger.
My ship had a meagre ~26 light-years jump range. Upgrading to a Diamondback Explorer or Asp Explorer would have shortened the trip, and I should have enabled the jet-cone boost from the beginning. Visiting all Blue Star Line, and Colonia Connection systems led to some detours, but in exchange, I was able to collect more exploration data. Next time I will probably only visit the stations to save time.
| Station | System | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillary Depot | Blu Thua AI-A c14-10 | 10.3.3304 | |
| Amundsen Terminal | Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10 | 17.3.3304 | |
| Eagle’s Landing | Eagle Sector IR-W d1-117 | 31.3.3304 | |
| Eudaemon Anchorage | Rohini | 15.4.3304 | Removed Planetary Vehicle Hangar to increase jump range. |
| Sacaqawea Space Port | Skaudai CH-B d14-34 | 25.7.3304 | |
| Gagarin Gate | Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31 | 30.12.3304 | Started using the neutron star jet-cone boost. |
| Caravanserai | Gandharvi | 16.9.3305 | Installed Advanced Docking Computer. |
| Polo Harbour | Boewnst KS-S c20-959 | 21.9.3305 | |
| Vihara Gate | Kashyapa | 21.9.3305 | Installed Super Cruise Assist. |
| Jaques Station | Colonia | 22.9.3305 |
All posts in the “To Colonia!” series:
- To Colonia! – Final Entry
- To Colonia! – Part 8
- To Colonia! – Part 7
- To Colonia! – Part 6
- To Colonia! – Part 5
- To Colonia! – Part 4
- To Colonia! – Part 3
- To Colonia! – Part 2
- To Colonia!
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To Colonia! – Part 8
Polo Harbour 
Polo Harbour approach 
Vihara Gate exit 
Vihara Gate entry
I managed to increase the pace and reached Polo Harbour in Boewnst KS-S c20-959 system and Vihara Gate in Kashyapa system on the same day.
All posts in the “To Colonia!” series:
- To Colonia! – Final Entry
- To Colonia! – Part 8
- To Colonia! – Part 7
- To Colonia! – Part 6
- To Colonia! – Part 5
- To Colonia! – Part 4
- To Colonia! – Part 3
- To Colonia! – Part 2
- To Colonia!
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To Colonia! – Part 7
Only two stops left after docking at Caravanserai in Gandharvi system.
All posts in the “To Colonia!” series:
- To Colonia! – Final Entry
- To Colonia! – Part 8
- To Colonia! – Part 7
- To Colonia! – Part 6
- To Colonia! – Part 5
- To Colonia! – Part 4
- To Colonia! – Part 3
- To Colonia! – Part 2
- To Colonia!
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To Colonia! – Part 6
This finish gets closer as another leg of the journey ended at Gagarin Gate in Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31 system.
All posts in the “To Colonia!” series:
- To Colonia! – Final Entry
- To Colonia! – Part 8
- To Colonia! – Part 7
- To Colonia! – Part 6
- To Colonia! – Part 5
- To Colonia! – Part 4
- To Colonia! – Part 3
- To Colonia! – Part 2
- To Colonia!
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To Colonia! – Part 5
I am past Sacaqawea Space Port in Skaudai CH-B d14-34 system now, which means half of the trip is done. It is starting to feel it was a stupid idea to try to get to Colonia. Just jumping from system to system is not really interesting gameplay and exploring the planets would slow me even more.
The journey continues. Do not ask how. Ask why.
All posts in the “To Colonia!” series:
- To Colonia! – Final Entry
- To Colonia! – Part 8
- To Colonia! – Part 7
- To Colonia! – Part 6
- To Colonia! – Part 5
- To Colonia! – Part 4
- To Colonia! – Part 3
- To Colonia! – Part 2
- To Colonia!
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To Colonia! – Part 4
The journey to Colonia is taking much more time anticipated, but I have finally passed the Eudaemon Anchorage in Rohini system. It is the first station on the route, and I took advantage of the outfitting services to shed some weight from my Cobra.
All posts in the “To Colonia!” series:
- To Colonia! – Final Entry
- To Colonia! – Part 8
- To Colonia! – Part 7
- To Colonia! – Part 6
- To Colonia! – Part 5
- To Colonia! – Part 4
- To Colonia! – Part 3
- To Colonia! – Part 2
- To Colonia!
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To Colonia! – Part 3
Technical difficulties (severe server connection issues) delayed the third leg of the journey to Colonia, and I arrived at Eagle’s Landing in Eagle Sector IR-W d1-117 system one week behind schedule. There were more brown dwarfs on the plotted route, and I had to perform several corrections to find fuel stars.
Already late, I abstained from taking a closer look at the systems and only snatched a couple of detailed scans on the fly. Since fast travel is more important for the journey than exploration, I am thinking of getting rid of the so far unused vehicle hangar at the next station with outfitting services to increase the jump range a bit.
All posts in the “To Colonia!” series:
- To Colonia! – Final Entry
- To Colonia! – Part 8
- To Colonia! – Part 7
- To Colonia! – Part 6
- To Colonia! – Part 5
- To Colonia! – Part 4
- To Colonia! – Part 3
- To Colonia! – Part 2
- To Colonia!
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To Colonia! – Part 2
I have arrived at Amundsen Terminal in Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10 system and completed the second leg of the journey on time. The route went through a brown dwarf field, but I got through with minimal course corrections.
Regardless of the goal to get to Colonia fast, I stopped to perform surface scans in an unexplored system to get some first discovered credits. I am tempted to explore more on the way, but so far the systems have been pretty dull, and I do not want unnecessary delays.
All posts in the “To Colonia!” series:
- To Colonia! – Final Entry
- To Colonia! – Part 8
- To Colonia! – Part 7
- To Colonia! – Part 6
- To Colonia! – Part 5
- To Colonia! – Part 4
- To Colonia! – Part 3
- To Colonia! – Part 2
- To Colonia!
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