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== History == | == History == | ||
=== Distant Stars === | === Distant Stars === | ||
HD 76133, nestled in the M67 star cluster, had been chosen by the Distant Stars Expedition's organisers as the endpoint of the journey because of its remoteness, vistas, and one other unique quality: because conventional [[ships]] can only achieve the necessary 220 ly jump range and travel to the system with the aid of [[ | HD 76133, nestled in the M67 star cluster, had been chosen by the Distant Stars Expedition's organisers as the endpoint of the journey because of its remoteness, vistas, and one other unique quality: because conventional [[ships]] can only achieve the necessary 220 ly jump range and travel to the system with the aid of [[FSD Supercharging]], and HD 76133 lacks a neutron star itself, the trip is generally one way. Upon arriving in the system on January 29, 3303 and formally concluding the expedition, the pilots deliberately scuttled their ships by crashing them into the surface of HD 76133 1 C since they lacked the jump range needed to leave the system. The wreckage of their ships form the Anaconda Graveyard.<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/355013-Newsletter-176?p=5573824</ref><ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/299902-Distant-Stars-Unfound-Origins-a-Distant-Worlds-saga-expedition/page85</ref> | ||
=== First Fleet Carrier rescue === | === First Fleet Carrier rescue === | ||