CVnII-Expedition

CVnII-Expedition == Goal and Mission: == Reaching CVnII, Establishing Union foothold,conduct survey, find traces of Y'All activity and make contact with local sentients for information exchange

Mission Details
Auspice: Union Science Council - Explorer Corps Expedition Lead: Captain Bernie Bluewall - Union Spatial Navy - Science Lead: Dr. Anong Na Chiangmai (New Siam ) Authority: Union Spatial Navy == Equipment: ==

5 Cheng Ho Battleships - Ship yard modified for extended reach, fuel capacity and ease of Core exchange and maintenance. 50 CHOPER - Heavy duty All Environment Flyers 20 HERMES suits 200 LRPs 80 GalNet Repeater Buoys 2  Planetary Base Kits 5  All Medium Refineries 200 Construction Robots, Type EN Tradesman 20  Surface Survey Robots - Type SII-SSR "VASCO"

The expedition went underway on the 5th of January 4962 OTT. from Ross Ship Yards.

Progress

 * Went underway on 01/05/4962
 * Reached first 5000 LY mark on Apr. 28 4962, Wednesday
 * Made 29 stops consecutivley. Exchanged Cores and serviced Engines 27 times.
 * Remained 5 days at each stop location (150 days)
 * Deployed 64 GalNet repeaters (two at each stop)
 * Discovered 2 Dark Objects[1] in Deep Space between galaxies
 * Surveyed Intergalactic space between galaxies of the Local Group
 * Conducted several Deep space experiments including particle counts and mass detection
 * Arrived at CVnII on January 1st, 4970 OTT reaching the first star system associated to CVnII.
 * System surveyed and named Hevelius, system (named after a pre astro Terran Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius )
 * The survey work continued for another 5 years until 4975 OTT.
 * Of the five ships two begun the trip back and returned to Ross 128 on March, 6th 4981 concluding the
 * CVnII-Expedition(mission) successfully.

The ships
USS Brandeos --- returned 4981 USS Bundalero -- returned 4981 USS Bethoria --- remained USS Bader -- remained USS Brazen - remained