NGC 2818, or Hen 2-23, is a planetary nebula around a Wolf-Rayet star, well above the galactic plane. It was named the Glorious Nebula, when Saud Kruger placed a Tourist Beacon on one of the moons here. Soon after, requests by passengers on mission boards appeared, among the many destinations on offer, this system got some special attention... as being notoriously difficult to reach at the time.

While the system is 8,500 ly away from Sol, it's 1,300 ly above the galactic plane, in an area somewhat sparse with stars. Before engineered Frame Shift Drives became available, the only way to reach this system was with synthesized boosts... and preferably not too many passenger cabins weighing the ship down.

Commanders who took on tourists used to think that because thus system is relatively close to Sol (when compared to many other destinations which were significantly farther away), taking missions here would be rather easy. As they neared their destination though, many of them realized too late that either they didn't have enough materials to synthesize the necessary boosts, or their ship's jump range was too low even when boosted. Thus, they had to turn back, their missions having been doomed to failure.

Because of this, explorers soon warned other explorers not to take on passengers on long distance tours to the Glorious Nebula.
However, once increased jump ranges were available, the ascent became significantly easier - although it still presented at least a small bit of difficulty.

As for the contents of this location: the system itself doesn't have many bodies left in it. Two brown dwarf stars orbit the main star, and a Class V Gas Giant orbits the first dwarf. It has two tiny Metal Rich moons of its own. It is the first one, body 1 a a, that houses the Tourist Beacon in this system.

However, one needn't drive or walk to the beacon, as they can scan it from above in their ship as well. This is the automated message that the beacon broadcasts:

Tourist Spot 0260

A rare Wolf-Rayet star within a glorious nebula is an amazing sight recommended by Commander A lot.

Note that the message is mistaken, the system was discovered by CMDR Alot.

It's not possible to get a good view of the planetary from other systems close by, as the nearest one is 47 ly away. At that distance, it's rather difficult to make out the cloud.

NGC 2818, or Hen 2-23, is a planetary nebula around a Wolf-Rayet star, well above the galactic plane. It was named the Glorious Nebula, when Saud Kruger placed a Tourist Beacon on one of the moons here. Soon after, requests by passengers on mission boards appeared, among the many destinations on offer, this system got some special attention... as being notoriously difficult to reach at the time.

While the system is 8,500 ly away from Sol, it's 1,300 ly above the galactic plane, in an area somewhat sparse with stars. Before engineered Frame Shift Drives became available, the only way to reach this system was with synthesized boosts... and preferably not too many passenger cabins weighing the ship down.

Commanders who took on tourists used to think that because thus system is relatively close to Sol (when compared to many other destinations which were significantly farther away), taking missions here would be rather easy. As they neared their destination though, many of them realized too late that either they didn't have enough materials to synthesize the necessary boosts, or their ship's jump range was too low even when boosted. Thus, they had to turn back, their missions having been doomed to failure.

Because of this, explorers soon warned other explorers not to take on passengers on long distance tours to the Glorious Nebula.
However, once increased jump ranges were available, the ascent became significantly easier - although it still presented at least a small bit of difficulty.

As for the contents of this location: the system itself doesn't have many bodies left in it. Two brown dwarf stars orbit the main star, and a Class V Gas Giant orbits the first dwarf. It has two tiny Metal Rich moons of its own. It is the first one, body 1 a a, that houses the Tourist Beacon in this system.

However, one needn't drive or walk to the beacon, as they can scan it from above in their ship as well. This is the automated message that the beacon broadcasts:

Tourist Spot 0260

A rare Wolf-Rayet star within a glorious nebula is an amazing sight recommended by Commander A lot.

Note that the message is mistaken, the system was discovered by CMDR Alot.

It's not possible to get a good view of the planetary from other systems close by, as the nearest one is 47 ly away. At that distance, it's rather difficult to make out the cloud.