Stage 5 concludes the Distant Worlds 1 route with waypoint 21, 22 and 23 covering the final 23,807.77LY.
Waypoint 21/23: Qautheia BA-A e0 (8,657.40LY)
Original expedition arrival date: 21/03/3302
Meetup location: A 1 A
The Roncevaux Crossing. Point at which a 25.8 LY range Cobra Mk III (The Roncevaux) successfully crossed the eastern edge of the Abyss into the outer galactic arm regions.
Travellers attempting to reach the most distant suns using shorter ranged craft than an unengineered Asp (36LYs) were advised to begin their journey across the Abyss at QAUTHEIA BA-A E0 and plot a route to EICTACH VJ-L B14-0 on the near fringe of the outer arm.
Waypoint 22/23: Cheae Eurl AA-A e0 (5,139.84LY)
Original expedition arrival date: 25/03/3302
Meetup location: 7
The Sublustris Beacon. Situated on the far edge of the ‘southeastern’ part of the Abyss, this system acts as a 61,000 LY distance marker and a navigational waypoint for starships heading out to the galactic rim from the Roncevaux Crossing. It is almost exactly 10,000 LYs to Beagle Point from this beacon star system.
Waypoint 23/23: Beagle Point (10,010.53LY)
Original expedition arrival date: 02/04/3302
Meetup location: 2
And we arrive!
The main fleet arrived at Beagle Point (originally Ceeckia ZQ-L c24-0) on the 2nd April 3302.
At 65,279 LYs from Sol, Beagle Point was one of the most distant star systems a Commander could reach prior to the Jumponium and Engineering eras.
571 commanders of the 1,153 registered confirmed that they had reached Beagle Point. 2nd April to 10th April marked the start of the Beagle Point Week.
On 5th June 3302, the FGE fleet arrived. The closing ceremony was staged with formation flying, including the missing man formation to honour the fallen who never made it to Beagle Point.
In recognition of the star systems historic importance, Ceeckia ZQ-L c24-0 was officially designated “Beagle Point” by Universal Cartographics (Frontier Developments) on May 26th 3302.
Make sure to read the system information in the Galaxy Map.
It was rumoured that Salomé had been travelling with the expedition. During the Beagle Point week (the week long party when the expedition concluded), Salomé revealed herself and her entourage of Children of Raxxla members after having a meeting. She warned that the data we carried was important and should be wary of who we give it to. This was shown live on a Frontier Dev livestream and led directly in to the Elite: Premonition story that revolved around the Formidine Rift. CMDR Erimus also has a video containing the message from Salomé.
And that is where Distant Worlds 1 ends!