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Two sources of delight make Panda’s Legacy Hub base noteworthy. First is the presence of an alpha-class Explorer-type ship, wrecked in the deep desert, marked by a floating communication station […]
Two sources of delight make Panda’s Legacy Hub base noteworthy. First is the presence of an alpha-class Explorer-type ship, wrecked in the deep desert, marked by a floating communication station indicating an ancient topography. Another comm station marks where a beta-class Hauler-type shipwreck used to be, but the ship is either long-gone or long-buried thanks to the v1.3 update. The second oddity is the Sentinel trapped in the botany bay of the base, something I have never before encountered.
Eslachlan Kayham
Legacy Hub
System: [HUB-V-158] Todoroki
Base Name: Panda’s
Player: pandapoopie1
Type: “Supercritical” planet
Weather: Reactive Rain
Sentinels: Average
Flora: Generous. According to the Discoveries log, 26 common plant species have been discovered. Most of the planet is carpeted with cacti.
Fauna: Bountiful. Also based on the Discoveries log, 13/13 animal species have been recorded.
Economy: Metal Processing // Medium Supply
Dominant Lifeform: Vy’keen
Conflict Level: Stable
Planet Base Coordinates: 0469:0081:0D6D:0128
Portal Coordinates: pie bird face dragonfly pie face balloon ship tree tent ship hexagon
Resources (according to the log): Fungal Mold, Aluminum, Copper, Heridium.
Exterior Temp: Range between 76.5 F, 6.0 Rad, 9.7 Tox (day) and 90.1 F, 6.6 Rad, 5.7 Tox (night)
Storms: Twice daily with extreme radiation (9.7 Rads).
Length of Day: 1 real-time minute = 45 minutes on Eslachlan Kayham. 32 real-time minutes = 1 day on Eslachlan Kayham.
Sunrise: 0400
Sunset: 2000
Circumference: ca. 10:30 minutes (630 seconds) at 4756u/s = 2,996,280u or ca. 2,996ku
Diameter: ca. 954ku
Volume 4.55 x 108 u = 455,000,000u
The Earth’s moon has a circumference of: 10,921km (or nearly 4x that of Eslachlan Kayham).
Mountainous and rocky, full of animals (some aggressive), Eslachlan Kayham’s landscape is dominated by gigantic (15 m) purple flowers and clusters of desert-like vegetation. Stunted trees with purple leaves cluster together in patches of windblown desert grasses interspersed with tiny mushrooms. Occasional tall mushrooms dot the mountainsides.
16 Waypoints discovered between December 10, 2016 and September 6, 2017.
2 on December 10, 2016 by AndyKrycek
1 on February 16, 2017 by Evilalthalus
1 on March 22, 2017 by AndyKrycek
1 on March 24, 2017 by AndyKrycek
1 on March 26, 2017 by AndyKrycek
1 on April 23, 2017 by ThunorEse
1 on August 11, 2017 by AndyKrycek
6 on August 27, 2017 by pandapoopie1
2 on September 6, 2017 by pandapoopie1
Oriented roughly north-south, Panda’s base is a simple, two-level farm. To the south, geobays for the three types of exocraft are immediately outside the single landing pad connected to the upper level. The base is double-stacked with the core base unit at the bottom, topped by a round room, both opening onto long corridors to a two-level hydroponic farm.
The lower level hosts a Trade Terminal (“H/94G-Y96”) and three aisles between rows of plants. From west-east:
Row 1: 9 Star Brambles and one empty hydroponic tray
Row 2: 12 Star Brambles
Row 3: 12 Echinocactus
Row 4: 12 Frostwort
Row 5: 12 Solar Vines
The upper level contains two aisles. From west-east:
Row 1: 12 empty hydroponic trays
Row 2: 1 Coprite Flower, 5 Mordite Roots, and 6 Fungal Clusters
Row 3: 6 Frostwort and 6 Solar Vines
During my June 9, 2018, visit, a Sentinel flying droid was trapped in the upper level and flew between the rows of produce.
On the morning of June 9, 2018, no communication stations appeared even though several had been reported via Syn1334. Online Services were active. However later that day nine comm stations appeared in five locations across the planet. One marked a rare, alpha-class 29-slot Explorer ship, which I repaired and now use as my primary vessel.
| No. | Color | Placed By | Text | Note |
| 1 | Blue w green trim | pandapoopie1 | Enjoy your riches HiddenJewAgenda | |
| 2 | Orange | HiddenJewAgenda | Home of the hidden panda show | |
| 3a | Orange | ThunorEse | Hi interlopers 😀 I didn’t see the bird | Buried c. 30 m |
| 3b | Blue w orange trim | AndyKrycek | Look out for Ida. 2.25m bird species | Buried c. 20 m |
| 4a | Yellow w black trim | Bo)nd)ck_Sa1nt_7 | I’ll tickle your Panda | Portal |
| 4b | Orange | gupu101 | Portal Waypoint | Portal |
| 4c | Orange | MGShaun | Visited by AGT Commander Rann | Portal |
| 5 | Orange | Unknown | 19 A | Ball suspended over a Crashed Ship (A-class explorer worth 9.9M) |
| 6 | Orange | Unknown | B 29 Hauler | No ship present. Ball suspended. |
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