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These are the adventures of CMDR Cardboard Jason

[cmdr-cardboard-jason]

Last night on twitch.tv/cardboard_jason we took long exposures and stacked them, of Gamma Cygni/Sadr, M 13, M 57, and the Mooooon. Hopefully we do it again tonight if weather permits, or later if not!

Done with a Dwarf 3 from Dwarflabs, off my east-facing balcony in Chicago.

[riez-n-shine]

"CHRONICLES OF A COWARDLY CMDR"

The following is a transcript of the Audio Log of CMDR E-KBLD

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-->> 'C04CC' LOGSCRIPT 002

-->> DATE: ERROR

-->> SYTM: GONGALI

-->> STN: CURIE DEPOT

>> ok so

>> after sitting at this station for a bit and living out of my Sidewinder i have decided to start a small hydroponics plant tower in the living quarters because

>> i am SICK of nutriant bars

>> nutriant bars are free and keep me calorically stable but they taste AWEFUL

>> the plant tower currently has small chilies and what i think might be peanuts?

>> but while walking around CURIE DEPOT i tried my best to keep informed which has prooved rather easy since Apex Interstellar have had a GalNet feed at their service desk running at almost all hours

>> which is how i learned that the Lhou Mans system is dealing with... um... Lady Zi and her random crap?

>> not enough details

>> but Zorgon Peterson seems to have taken the crisis as an opportunity to mass release their new Lynx Highliner

>> really good looking ship and Perterson seems to want to build goodwill with the public because they had this coupon system for the Highliner

>> "FREE SHIP" coupon i was handed by... a rather over enthusiastic PR person let me get the Highliner for free actually

>> some of the module slots are permanently installed as passanger cabins tho

>> which is fine by me i'm more interested in this 'easily defensible' claim they keep making in reference to the number of hardpoints on this thing

[space-queen]

QUIT UPLOADING AI PICTURES OF OUTER SPACE, YOU STUPID FUCKS.

[cmdr-cardboard-jason]

Trail through the Heavens?

I'll be meandering towards Waypoint 13 again today and seeing what we see; later, though, we'll be joining friends for a little R&R and playing FFXIV's newest patch: TRAIL TO THE HEAVENS from the cockpit. Stay tuned!

www.twitch.tv/cardboard_jason

[cmdr-cardboard-jason]

Sailing through the galaxy again!

Streaming more exploration through our galaxy in Elite: Dangerous, pondering some mysteries, and petting the cats!

www.twitch.tv/cardboard_jason

Today's mission: slingshotting through the Syrenthis Verge at WAYPOINT 12 and continuing on towards WAYPOINT 13 of the DISTANT WORLDS 3 expedition. This waypoint brings us in close proximity to several ancient outposts  created by the GUARDIANS. Is this related to the strange frame encoded in Fleetcomm's latest dispatch? We'll have to get closer to find out...

[cmdr-cardboard-jason]

Playing games in the cockpit on Twitch!

Streaming from the cockpit today! Vampire Crawlers, Slay the Spire 2, yappin', whatever! www.twitch.tv/cardboard_jason

[cmdr-cardboard-jason]

Going live on Twitch in Elite: Dangerous!

First time as affiliate! Heading out towards the next waypoint on Distant Worlds 3- with special guest CMDR Nazgulbane! www.twitch.tv/cardboard_jason

[synnthamonsugar]

The pilot -> astronaut pipeline makes complete sense but is also funny to me. There's a secret second sky and if you get good enough at doing sky you can do space.

[nasa]

Welcome to the Far Side of the Moon

A crescent Earth sets behind the Moon.

On April 6, 2026, the Artemis II astronauts flew around the Moon, observing the far side – which we never see on Earth thanks to tidal locking – with their own eyes and with cameras.

See more of the Moon:

A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon’s horizon.

Earth setting behind the Moon as seen by the Artemis II crew. Over half the left side of the image is filled by the gray lunar surface, pocked with craters.

A close view of the Moon. Jagged circles of craters dot the gray surface, fading to dark on the left side of the image.

A close view of the edge of the Moon. Jagged circles of craters dot the dark gray lunar surface, which arcs across the image.

A close-up view of the Moon, filling most of the frame. Along the left side of the image, the terminator divides the illuminated and darkened sides of the Moon.

A close-up view of the Moon, filling most of the frame. Along the left side of the image, the terminator divides the illuminated and darkened sides of the Moon.

Earth just as it set behind the Moon, as seen by the Artemis II crew. The dark gray surface of the Moon, pocked with craters, arcs from the bottom left corner of the image to the top right.

Check out more photos from the lunar flyby, including astronaut selfies and the solar eclipse only they experienced.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

[inertial-impact]

Kestrel Mk II, fitted for exploration. With no large weapons, engineered modules and an FSD booster, it has a 45ly jump range.

Like most small ships, it's great at landing in rough terrain. It has strong shields which are great for surviving high-speed collisions.

If you like exploring in small ships like the Viper Mk IV or Hauler, you should give the Kestrel a try when it leaves early access.

[cmdr-cardboard-jason]

The hardest part of making an Explorestrel has been being on DW3 and scrambling for any pinned blueprints and modules yoinked from ships that some poor fool flew to the Fimbulthul for me. I am just shy of this jump range though, except I couldn’t bear to slot smaller shields so I only have a size 4 booster. Also I kept the guns because I have a sick fascination with getting blown up by DistantGanks every now and then.

[cmdr-cardboard-jason]

CMDR’s Log: 21 March 3012

Nearing another edge of the galaxy, the Cardboard Cassowary has made another… interesting landing in the pursuit of exobiology. The paint can’t get too much more scratched up, and with AFMUs & limpets aplenty, it wasn’t a long stop to gather up the bacterium informen.

[unfunny-trans-girl]

Distant Worlds 3

Commander's Log // Entry 13 // 14 Mar 3312

The noises are getting more distinct and more frequent, it sounds almost like... birdsong?

I also managed to disembark to take some samples and photographs, it was really scary, and I never let my Mandalay out of my sight, so that she could watch over me. Perhaps it's a good thing I did though because what is this? Why is there a plant that looks like this???

Can I even show this here???? Image is below the cut, this is the most yonic thing I've ever seen.

[cmdr-cardboard-jason]

Sometimes they get excited and say hello, too.

[aenslem]

STAR TREK: VOYAGER || Life Line

[cmdr-cardboard-jason]

Okay but this song is actually a great ST:VOY song, in hindsight.

[cardboardjason]

This song is too real and nobody is ready for it; except, we're all SO ready for it that even I can feel it in the depths of my tiny icy shriveled heart of coal and obsidian.

She has an excellent demo recording of her song (Bored) on Bandcamp, and i reeaaally hope it's on the album she's working on this year.

[cmdr-cardboard-jason]

You can often find me in my ship's cockpit, listening to thousand-year-old song on repeat, wondering if they were okay back in 2026 and knowing no, no they were not.

[cmdr-cardboard-jason]

A lone soul on distant world.

(Actually there were like 20 other people nearby but CMDR @nazgulbane consented to posing briefly with the galaxy behind them, while everyone else was down the hill.

[stephanemiroux]

Yesssssss, we love to see it.

[cmdr-cardboard-jason]

o7 captain my captain.