I've been playing ED for about 18 months now. Nearly all of that has been in Solo, but read about this group on Reddit. It sounds like a good place to meet likeminded commanders, so have just applied to join the Eurasia and Factions groups.
I am just old enough to remember the original Elite, but not quite old enough to have played it. Currently on a pilgrimage to Sag A* and Beagle Point, and wanted to have the chance of meeting other friendly explorers on my journey. I should've visited when I was last in Colonia, but only had a 35ly jump range at the time. My engineered AspX is making things much easier!
My commander has a personal narrative involving a lineage of interstellar religious hermits hence all of my ships are named after various archangels, but I'll write more about that on Inara.
See some of you around, hopefully.
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