On May 23, 3301, CMDR Kelly Eldridge, who had been exploring deep in the galaxy, took the following photo of what she described as "the strangest gas giant I've seen so far."

The only known photo of this body at the time, in 3301.

She would continue on to finish her expedition, however, she vanished soon after she returned to inhabited space. Unfortunately, at the time she didn't realize the significance of her discovery, and she didn't note down which system she found it in. With CMDR Kelly Eldridge's disappearance, the only clues that remained were the single picture she took, and a short diary she kept of her expedition.

Explorers would soon go on to discover more of the rare and elusive green gas giants, but the location of the first one had been lost. Many tried to locate it again, but to no avail.

Seven years later, the Independent Explorers Association (IEA), a dedicated group of explorers, launched the At the Eldritch Gate expedition inviting anyone adventurous enough to join the quest to recover this piece of lost history.

Based on the short entries in CMDR Kelly Eldridge's diary, more than 250 explorers, from 16 participating organizations, scoured the galaxy looking for the exact places she had been to. Breakthroughs came when Commanders have found some of the finds she noted down and picked up her trail. Once the expedition had some estimates about her general route on which she made her discovery, the positions of the stars and dust clouds in her photo were used to finally rediscover the lost green gas giant.

A month later, these investigations bore fruit, when on the evening of 3308/08/16, CMDR Orange! rediscovered the planet in the Shaulai DL-P d5-274 system:

Eldritch Gate's Lost Treasure, in 3308.

For more details on how exactly the discovery was made, please see CMDR Orange!'s detailed account.

On September 2, 3308, GalNet ran an article about the discovery: "Remarkable ‘Lost Planet' Rediscovered"

On May 23, 3301, CMDR Kelly Eldridge, who had been exploring deep in the galaxy, took the following photo of what she described as "the strangest gas giant I've seen so far."

The only known photo of this body at the time, in 3301.

She would continue on to finish her expedition, however, she vanished soon after she returned to inhabited space. Unfortunately, at the time she didn't realize the significance of her discovery, and she didn't note down which system she found it in. With CMDR Kelly Eldridge's disappearance, the only clues that remained were the single picture she took, and a short diary she kept of her expedition.

Explorers would soon go on to discover more of the rare and elusive green gas giants, but the location of the first one had been lost. Many tried to locate it again, but to no avail.

Seven years later, the Independent Explorers Association (IEA), a dedicated group of explorers, launched the At the Eldritch Gate expedition inviting anyone adventurous enough to join the quest to recover this piece of lost history.

Based on the short entries in CMDR Kelly Eldridge's diary, more than 250 explorers, from 16 participating organizations, scoured the galaxy looking for the exact places she had been to. Breakthroughs came when Commanders have found some of the finds she noted down and picked up her trail. Once the expedition had some estimates about her general route on which she made her discovery, the positions of the stars and dust clouds in her photo were used to finally rediscover the lost green gas giant.

A month later, these investigations bore fruit, when on the evening of 3308/08/16, CMDR Orange! rediscovered the planet in the Shaulai DL-P d5-274 system:

Eldritch Gate's Lost Treasure, in 3308.

For more details on how exactly the discovery was made, please see CMDR Orange!'s detailed account.

On September 2, 3308, GalNet ran an article about the discovery: "Remarkable ‘Lost Planet' Rediscovered"