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EPOC 6011:972.148 - P0012_P1_0005,5

P0012_P1_0005 (2861861;4944696;-1946066) P06:

EPOC 6011:972.148 - Although the excavations have taken quite a long time to finish, they were definitely worth it. I have found a mysterious cube of unknown material. Maybe my ship's computer will shed some light on its structure. It is definitely of Felisian origin, because I can recognize a familiar writing system. After I have cleaned its surface a bit I could read the word EPOC and the number 113242 which I believe is an EPOC value written in Felisian thus its decimal value is 4197. A 4197! It's over 1800 EPOCS old! That is surely quite a discovery. I wonder what else may be engraved or encoded in it. I hope for some clues about pyramids or the missing Felisians' whereabouts.
If any of you, fellow explorers, are reading this and have found a similar objects, please let me know using the interface below this entry - any piece of information is valuable.
I like this quiet place here, but since I have done everything I had planned for this survey I shall be going now. I have to pack my things quickly, because sandstorm is coming and my camp won't hold it much longer under this planet's environmental conditions. There is a lot of radio interference coming out from that mysterious ancient Felisian cube artifact I found. When I get back on board my ship I will have to carry out a research using Stardrifter's very sophisticated radiowave transmission analysis devices.

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EPOC 6011:962.716 - P0012_P1_0005,4

P0012_P1_0005 (2861861;4944696;-1946066) P06:

EPOC 6011:962.716 - All but one of these readings were product of a scanner malfunction. The sand must have gotten into the device. Somehow. Harsh weather, water, high pressure (as well as vacuum), enormous gravity and whatnot protection... yeah, right. Nevermind. 
What is important is that I have managed to fix it for now and after I have climbed up the nearby hill for a better range, I could isolate one strong signal from the background noise of the planet itself. I have made some calculations and additional readings and I got a quite precise location of its source. It should be somewhere around SRC 339.56:-10.-42. I'd better prepare some heavy equipment, because I have come to conclusion after having analyzed the equations that the source may be located somewhere underground.


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While climbing up the hill,
I was getting stronger reading.

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After having measured the signal
from various locations,
I became pretty much sure
of its source location.

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Bang! The signal is coming
from the foot of this mountain.

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A quick glimpse at distant hills
before starting the excavation.



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EPOC 6011:962.715 - P0012_P1_0005,3

P0012_P1_0005 (2861861;4944696;-1946066) P06:

EPOC 6011:962.715 - Not until the sun had shone above the horizon did I realise how wonderful the dunes looked like. The sand looks really nice in sunlight and thanks for my visor's filters I can admire its beauty without the risk of damaging my sight. On the horizon I can see some smaller structures as well as some bigger dunes and hills. My scanner shows something in range, unfortunately, without any precise coords so I think I will have to climb up nearby hill for increased accuracy and range. Strange is that the signature is unique. I mean, I haven't encountered this type of readings before. I may assume in this situation that it doesn't show a pyramid-like structure, but actually - something else. But what?
Another thing is that I wonder why the temperature is not much higher than it was at night, actually, it is nearly the same. If any fellow Felisian who is knowledgeable of the physics behind the planetary atmospheric models could explain that to me I should be really grateful. Please use the comment interface below and your response will be transmitted directly to my stardrifter's computer as well as posted under this post for the future explorer's reference.
My supplies are in good condition and I have enough quantity of them to stay there for some more time, however, I can't say the same about my camp. Right now it is more like a sand cave than a camp, which is because my supports and fabrics are really sturdy and instead of collapsing under the massive amount of sand they are still holding out quite well but everything has its own endurance and under this weight it will probably collapse faster than I run out of supplies and I have already noticed quite a few bends and fractures here and there.


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This is how my LZ on P0012_P1_0005 looks like
 in the daytime.

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My trusty Surface Capsule and the nearby
sand dunes.

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A quick shot made while scouting the area
near my LZ.



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EPOC 6011:962.360 - P0012_P1_0005,2

P0012_P1_0005 (2861861;4944696;-1946066) P06:

I have landed on the surface on EPOC 6011:962.360. The pressure was around 1.172ATM and the temperature was about -269C. Quite cold. I wonder if it gets any warmer during the daytime. Surface gravity on this world is 1.069FG.
My LZ coords are LQ 339:056 and right now I'm standing on a sandy desert in a middle of nowhere. I have set up a camp near my surface capsule, because I'm not getting back to my ship anytime soon and I have just enough supplies to stay there for medii.
In the distance I can see almost indistinguishable silhouettes of a sand dunes. Sand is everywhere and it gets everywhere - I have set up my camp just a while long ago and it is already full of it. For a moment, I have thought of leaving it there as it is and going back to my ship to wait for a day to come and get some sleep, but I abandoned this idea after I saw the beautiful nightsky here. There are countless stars visible in every direction! Some of them are low on the horizon playing with the dunes' silhouettes while the others are located considerably higher on a celestial sphere looking at this place from above. There are also myriads of stars in between the horizon area and the zenith. It is so beautiful! Another thing that struck be when I got there was the complete silence. It is so calm and quiet here. I'm feeling as if I were the only one on this planet... and probably I am, because my scanners didn't find any signs of life there. Instead, I have got multiple readings of various structures similar to these pyramid-like ones I have seen before on other worlds. Right now I can distinguish some similarities to the pyramids on the horizon line, but I won't check them now - they can be just about anything and it is too dark to conduct any area survey anyway, so I have to wait until the morning comes.
My perimeter sensors are almost set, just a few more, then calibration and I can finally take some rest. I can't wait to check my surroundings during the daytime. I wonder what are these readings - some of them were classified as pyramid-like structures with probability ratio of 96%, some of them at 70% and many other got an 'unknown object' label. 'Unknown object'...

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Beautiful nightsky over
P0012_P1_0005's desert.

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Sand dunes at LQ 339:065 are just amazing.



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EPOC 6011:961.597 - P0012_P1_0005,1

P0012_P1_0005 (2861861;4944696;-1946066) P06:

On EPOC 6011:961.597 I have started exploration of this quartz world. I have high hopes for what I may encounter on its surface, since most (probably all, just an assumption) have the pyramids built on their surfaces. P0012_P1_0005 has 000:132:480 period of rotation and 234:324:448 period of revolution. From orbit it looks just like any other quartz world - some hills, mountains, craters, canyons, valleys and ravines. I doubt there is any water so I'd better pack some supplies before descending to the surface.
This planet has a very nice ring of RAD: 0.083808 and TLT: 0.100670 (data gathered by RINGS module from the Department of Astrocartography).

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Closing in to P0012_P1_0005.

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This photo shows P0012_P1_0005's beautiful
rings system as well as P0012 star.



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EPOC 6011:959.939 - P0003_P1_0003,15

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

I have entered this planet's orbit once again.

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EPOC 6011:944.331 - P0010_P1_0004,2

P0010_P1_0004 (1463718;3828347;-479620) P03:

EPOC 6011:944.331 - I finished taking photos of its ring.

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EPOC 6011:944.330 - P0010_P1_0004,1

P0010_P1_0004 (1463718;3828347;-479620) P03:

I found this planet on EPOC 6011:944.330. It has many moons, two of which are made of quartz. I will investigate them further after I take photos of this world's ring. This planet has 000:132:840 period of rotation and 031:263:214 period of revolution. It is large and not consistent, covered with dense clouds.

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EPOC 6011:942.275 - P0003_P1_0003,14

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

EPOC 6011:942.275, LQ 105:095 - It was night when I arrived there. The place is completely dark! What a wonderful nightsky with myriads of stars visible with naked eye! I could sit and admire the view for hours. So many stars, most of them have planets, planets sometimes have moons. Some of stars have also companion stars. And there are many star classes too, from S00 to S11! Feltyrion galaxy is truly amazing with its diversity and immensity. There can also be life on some of them, similar to what I have seen or maybe something very different. There is so much to learn and explore. The day I won this ship on a lottery was the best day of my life and it defined my way of living. Not to mention it gave me an opportunity to fresh start... I have to go. I have much to explore out there.

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EPOC 6011:942.274 - P0003_P1_0003,13

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

EPOC 6011:942.274 - Looking at this feature from orbit and thinking about what I have seen on the surface in areas surrounding this bright ring I can say that this might not be because of a big crater itself, but more the color of soil. There are many craters and mountains along the bright ring, but they don't seem to be big enought to be visible from space. Of course there is one more option - it could be a crater that big with smaller craters on it and the whole structure could only be seen from the orbit. Okay, one more stop on this planet and I will continue my deep space journey.

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EPOC 6011:942.273 - P0003_P1_0003,12

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

EPOC 6011:942.273 - At LQ 337:059 I found some impressive mountains! They were near my LZ and they were massive. I managed to climb up to the top and I took some photos of stunning view from there. Checking this area was worthy the time. Later I went to inspect a smooth hill nearby. When I climbed up the hill turned out to be an edge of a crater. There is something on a horizon! It looks like a big mountain or something. I'm going to check this out now! From inside this crater mountains near my LZ could be seen because of their height and proximity to the edge. When I got near that mountain, I could only take photos, because it was out of range from my LZ.

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EPOC 6011:942.272 - P0003_P1_0003,11

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

EPOC 6011:942.272, LQ 337:058 - There was nothing interesting.

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EPOC 6011:942.271 - P0003_P1_0003,10

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

EPOC 6011:942.271, LQ 340:061 - Near my LZ there is nice mountain at SRC 340.61:10.21. It looks impressive and has breathtaking view from the top. I took photos for reference. There is also mountain range nearby, which I will check now. When I arrived at place and climbed to top of that range I realised that it is not quite a mountain range, but actually a crater and I was standing on its edge. I took some photos of it.

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EPOC 6011:942.270 - P0003_P1_0003,9

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

EPOC 6011:942.270, LQ 337:061 - This area is in a middle of that crater-like feature visible from space. It is just a hilly terrain.

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EPOC 6011:942.227 - P0003_P1_0003,8

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

EPOC 6011:942.227 - I found endless boring plains region at LQ 225:079.

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EPOC 6011:942.180 - P0003_P1_0003,7

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

EPOC 6011:942.180 - LQ 035:100, what I found here was a mountain range eroded in a way that it has really sharp edges.

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EPOC 6011:942.176 - P0003_P1_0003,6

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

EPOC 6011:942.176 - Despite the fact it was day-time the area at LQ 105:095 was almost completely dark! I wonder how the place would look like at night. I will have to check that before I leave this planet's orbit in search for more quartz worlds to conduct my research on pyramid-like structures - their position, types and to state whether they are positioned in pattern or randomly. I landed at the edge of enormous crater. I took some photos of my surroundings for reference, because it is quite hard to describe what is it like here.

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EPOC 6011:941.889 - P0003_P1_0003,5

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

EPOC 6011:941.889 - I arrived at LQ 249:102, but the journey wasn't worth it. There is nothing special just some highlands and hilly terrain. Probably that feature on northern hemisphere will be quite similar.
Later on EPOC 6011:941.889 - I was right, landing at LQ 143:042 revealed very similar hilly terrain mixed with highlands. Waste of time. I hope that another feature which is still under cover of the night will be more interesting, because it looks like some kind of a crater.

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EPOC 6011:941.888 - P0003_P1_0003,4

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

EPOC 6011:941.888 - I have noticed one interesting feature near the south pole. I will check it now. It resembles the one that is located on the northern hemisphere.

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EPOC 6011:941.886 - P0003_P1_0003,3

P0003_P1_0003 (2587880;4607324;-2263235) P02:

EPOC 6011:941.886 - Some of the features I wanted to check are currently under cover of the night, so I will have to wait until they are illuminated by the sun rays. This planet has also quite distinct polar regions, which could be also worth exploring. After I check the aforesaid features I will plot my course to polar regions. Probably I will encounter there nothing more than just a plain flat icy desert, but you never know.

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