a: parched with heat especially of the sun : HOT
// torrid sands
b: giving off intense heat : SCORCHING
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/torrid
De-throttled from the hyperspace jump into a ripple of light that kick started a visual display, matched only by that, put on by the drop into Sagittarius A*. Which was not surprising as The Great Annihilator, is the next largest blackhole in the galaxy after Sagittarius A*.
I sat in awe of this colossal, haunting singularity. Waiting deep in thought for some philosophical enlightenment to wash over me.
All I could think about was the metal and rock body with ammonia atmosphere, I had skipped over in ATHAIP PK-B B47-14 on the way here. Scanners said there were biologicals, maybe I should go back.
My attention turned to my local scans, two fleet carriers sat in orbit around The Annihilator. If anything was going to happen to lose my exploration data, it would be here. I plotted a course over to [FCOC] La Cucaracha. I would log and sell my data there.
After a long and drawn-out discussion with Love Austin, over the peculiarities of the Universal Gartographics’ data logging system, she directed me to take a trip and check out the nearby T Tauri stars orbiting Great Annihilator B.
Not a huge distance away, but long enough to be a pain without cruise assist at 160,137ls. I will have to remember to transfer the cruise assist over from the Gaston-Leroux when I next dock with Luna.
Great Annihilator B is accompanied by two sets of binary stars, B 1 was large and yellowish with a smaller red, B 2 was larger still, this time white and again orbited by a smaller red star. After a short stop at Great Annihilator B, I headed over to B 2. Figured it was time to take some photos, not so long ago a challenge was set by the head of our explorers club. Take photos of our ships in front or with white stars. After dropping from super cruise I sent the camera drone out.
So… the ship’s temperature had crept above safe operating levels, I certainly did not notice the navigation console smoking. It was not until it started sparking that my interest was peaked. I’d have to check my shots afterwards and deal with the pressing issue of the ship’s fever.
A quick flip and burn to get away from the source of the problem, my photographic subject. I pointed the Hiraeth back towards the Great Annihilator once more and engaged the frame shift drive. While we were on route I would address the burning issue of, well burning.
Returning to the main star of the show, I dropped out of super cruise to scan the tourist beacon. Setting off once more to get a closer look at the Annihilator in all its reverence.
Well, it was inevitable while taking images that I would fall into the exclusion zone of the biggest blackhole in the galaxy, that’s not the galactic core. Before I was sautéed I locked onto the nearest system and jumped out of there, popping a heatsink off in the process due to the once again, increasingly torrid conditions The Hiraeth had to endure.
The Javi Times 