You Can't Go Home Again

Hey all.

I kind of fell asleep at the helm there for a little while but luckily the ship parked itself in a stable orbit when I got close enough to Matar. I was finally c lose enough my tracking sensors couldn't ignore the planet and I finally could get some good shots.



It was quite a trip heading on down the way and it took me a few day to get all the right pictures. Still it was worth it. They say all journeys should begin from home. But of course it's not quite the same. I'm not sitting down there on the Matar steppe. But not everything about being a capsuleer was supposed to be easy.

Besides it is an incredible view. It's quite interesting as the planet gets closer and closer.


When I finally got close enough, I could move into an orbital position and look for home. Sorry for the cramped look with all the snapshots but I am honestly excited to be home in a way. I spent all my time looking up at the stars, but that didn't mean I forgot what I was standing on.

I imagine I'll return to Matar many times during my journey. We always need a place to pause and reflect, to take things into perspective. Perhaps Matar will be that place...perhaps somewhere else will take it in the future. But for now...this is where I can turn to.

It's not quite the family holo sampling of home you'd expect...but right there below is where I grew up, on the edge of the mountains in the Matar steppes just outside the industrial areas further west. It was a wonderful place to grow up...but limiting. Though the industrial areas weren't for me either. I can hardly stand Minmatar station XD. Way too gritty.


But there is is...that tiny speck of light. I can't access satellite footage from here sadly. But maybe some other time I'll be able to get a feed and show you specifically. For now...I can dance around orbit....in the stars for myself finally.


there's not too much else to see from this distance ^^. I'm unfortunately having some trouble with my recording systems too and can't get a decent video of Matar in rotation. A whole day lost on that, but that's how it goes sometimes. For a brief time I was home even in this inconsequential way and was glad. Now the true dream is to move on and explore further.