Project Destiny
Project Destiny was an exploration voyage launched by the Post Terran Mining Corporation PTMC, the goal of the project was to be the first Empire to reach the center of the galaxy. A goal which had never been attained before, although there was an effort undertaken in Universe Two but the Empire in question never made it to the center.
This all was accomplished before the introduction of Warp Drives and a bigger Galaxy. At this time it was unsure whether there was anything to discover at the center. Supermassive Black Holes were not added into the game, but it was believed that there might have been something there being kept secret by Haxus.
The trip is believed to have begun somewhere around Sector (308,0,0)
Planning Stages
When Universe Three began there were rumors circulating around that another attempt was going to be launched to reach the center of the Galaxy. The PTMC leadership were contemplating attempting such a voyage but it never got very far.
That is until Thor took up the project and designed the ship codenamed "Destiny" that would be used in this endeavor. The ship launched January 17th Year 1 of Universe Three and would arrive at it's destination on Feb 18th Year 1.
The Destiny
The ship was designed at a time where the design studio grid was much larger, it boasted a garage bay that could store 6 Motorcycles, 4 SUVs and 5 APCs along with a lander ship docked inside that could load vehicles in for planetary landing. (The Destiny was much too large to land on planets and be able to take off again)The lander craft could carry 1 SUV and 1 APC at the same time.
On the opposite side of the ship was a large fighter bay which had 12 Fighters. Another feature of the ship was the 9 Puddle Jumper Class scout ships docked on top of the ship.
The design of the ship also boasted a large forward facing lounge so you could sit back relax, grab a drink from the fully stocked bar and look at the beautiful sea of stars as the ship hurtled towards the core. Unfortunately this was before you could play games on the lounge tables otherwise many a party would have been held there during the trip.
The Trip
We departed on Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:26 am EST. It took the ship 22 minutes to get up to light speed.
We got stopped by limbo. The entire ship was sent into limbo. Nobody could get on. It was on Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:12 pm EST It got stuck at 307,0,0.
So it was sent back to the capital by Haxus and we tried again on Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:44 pm EST.
Things went relatively smoothly after that. We had one close call during the early days. Thor was online at the time and when he looked out the window, he saw a system and he could even see the wormholes. Midway through the flight, some of the ships were being hit with meteors, but Thor had brought some supplies to do some manual repairs. Near the end, there was 2 times when I saw distant stars deadahead so I just altered course by a milimeter of a degree'.
I had tried this once back in the day, but I kept getting stopped randomly even when there was no helmsman. It turns out that the ship stops whenever the server resets. We had to get the ship going several times during the flight.
But in the end, we made it and all ships survived. I was expecting to find the superwormholes and I was expecting them to look green, but alas, there was nothing there.