I spent some of week 10 seeking out more Notable Stellar Phenomena, but was thwarted from scanning one particular item by a bug. The Composition Scanner wouldn't log the Cobalteum Rhizome Pods I found in a couple of systems. I opened a bug report with the developer Frontier, for what …

In week 9 I took up the fleet carrier commander’s invitation to seek out the many rare “Notable Stellar Phenomena” present out at this 40,000+ light year distance from the start of our trip near the center of the human inhabited portion of the galaxy. Lagrange clouds hide …

The most common biological is bacteria, of course, and here’s an example of one well hidden variant. It’s not as bad as dark bacteria on very dimly lit worlds far from their stars, but it was pretty tough to find. Taken on Bya Thae HR-W c1-1 3.

Bleached …