Day Six

 Benzia Onum, Haginema V System

Before I could craft the battery and extra solar panel for my power grid setup, I needed some more materials. While farming I got this little surprise. Just about pooped my suit!

I got my power grid for the main base teleporter all set up. Two panels and a battery linked to the teleporter, with more than enough power to keep it running day and night for easy access to other locations.

 I improved the structure of the base, making it a little bigger and adding some nice glass windows. There is a lot more to come on this site. I was lucky enough to get a nice paradise planet to call home and I am going to build a really cool base as I get more blueprints.

The next order of business was to fire up the signal beacon and access the first set of drop pod coordinates. The plan is to use all of them here on Benzia, even if it takes a while, since it is a resource rich world. I have everything I need to complete the upgrades for my suit readily available. 

Its going to be a pretty long flight to reach the drop pod, and I am not opposed to exploring a bit along the way. My first discovery is this giant Gek obelisk site.

     

I liked this rock formation. Really neat looking.

Threading the needle in my shuttle.

Close call with a freighter jumping into my flight path!

I found one of those holographic comm towers, the first I've seen here on Benzia.

The caves on Benzia are really pretty.

I was wondering when I might find the big oceans that I've seen from orbit. What a view!

Drop pod located, and unlocking the upgrade was pretty easy. Metal plating, carbon nanotubes, and some chromatic metal was all I needed to supply. 

A trade outpost! I built a small base (literally a one room shack) with a teleporter and solar power (no battery) for easy access. I'm told this is a great way to get a look at a lot of different ships that you might like to acquire. This port was fairly busy!

More beautiful ocean views as I fly toward the location of a minor settlement that I got from a waypoint beacon on the way to the drop pod.

Holyyyyyyyyyyy cow what is this massive base?! Something called a Celestial Archive. There is all kinds of stuff here, including a merchant selling upgrades, coordinates for treasure sites AND a place to turn that treasure in for big money loot. I almost flew right past it in the dark but I caught a glimpse of the massive tower and had to investigate!

Apparently you can claim the land these structures are on as a base, even build on them! So naturally I have claimed this Celestial Archive area as a new base, and immediately put a teleporter and solar panel here. I do not want to lose track of this location. I hope I find more of these on other worlds!!! What a discovery, and a totally random, from the air sighting, too!

The sunrises on this world are really something. Beautiful!

After finding that HUGE base and claiming it for myself, I pushed on to the minor settlement without anymore stops, and picked up more drop pod data from the merchant there. I have quite a few of them to use with my signal beacon now. Should be able to add 3 more slots or so to my suit. I also have some distress signals to investigate, the planetary chart for the archeological sites, and I need to go hit up a copper deposit or two to top up on that material. Pretty much I like to keep a good supply of all the essential stuff, and then the next most important is the stuff for making and powering my teleporters. To keep it simple, I just farm the base material and use my portable refiner to make whatever else. It doesn't take much time and saves space!