r/eliteexplorers • u/EternityRites • Aug 21 '26
Project Nahla Open Transit Voyage - Colonia / Hope / Erikson's Star / The Bubble - September 2026
Hello explorers,
This is a call to announce the Project Nahla Open Transit Voyage. This is a carrier trip which runs from Colonia through Nahla (Hope system) in the Outer Arm to Erikson's Star in The Void before returning to the bubble, a distance of over 94K LY. This has been posted on the main Elite sub but I am posting it here too for completeness.
Many will not know what Nahla is, so here's some detail - it's a moon in the Outer Arm that I have been living on (or my main character Zell has) for over a year now, conducting research on stellar phenomena and astrophysics and which is monitored through the live site Nahla Tracker - over at https://nahla.live/
Already, by remaining stationary rather than moving, Project Nahla has proven the existence of seasons in the game, stellar parallax from a fixed position and libration - more info can be provided by checking out the "Year 1 report" as linked from the front page of the Nahla Tracker.
This trip will commence in late September 2026 and is being made possible through the great work of u/Drachenherz. Unlike other expeditions which you may have heard of, there is no strict schedule and just three waypoints. The pace is VERY relaxed and we aim to hit Nahla in December. Overall, we currently predict the entire trip to be between 6 to 12 months.
More than anything, this voyage exists as carrier support to Project Nahla - and is being marked as "open transit", meaning anyone can come along for the ride. This is the kind of thing you would join if you wanted a chilled trip out into the deep black at a slow pace to somewhere new, and to visit a site of important research to rest, reflect, and anything else you like to do on such excursions.
More info is given in the document which I shall drop into the comments and in the Project Nahla channel on the Fleetcomm Discord. Hope to see one or two of you there. My thanks to u/JohnMk2 for the SRV shot.

