Broken Patch

Broken Patch is forward operating base on Hurston in the Stanton system. It sits at 32.9 degrees suedlich latitude and -151.5 degrees longitude, 2.4 km above ground.

Day and night on Hurston

A full day on Hurston lasts 2 hours 29 minutes, and roughly half of that is daylight. In Stanton and Pyro every body lies in one plane with no axial tilt — so there are no seasons, and the daylight phase is the same length everywhere. The directory below works out in real time when the sun is up at Broken Patch.

Approach

The nearest quantum point on Hurston is HDMS-Oparei. From there it is 475.9 km on the shortest route (great circle) or 477.2 km on a fixed compass heading of 32.6 degrees. At 250 m/s and 2 km altitude that works out to roughly 32 minutes of flight time. The great circle is shorter but needs constant correction; on the rhumb line you hold one heading.

Orbital markers

Distances from Broken Patch to the six orbital markers. It works the other way round too: read those numbers off your HUD and you can work out exactly where you are.

Mining on Hurston

Ship mining on Hurston turns up: Aluminium, Tin, Ouratite, Quantanium. The deposits were gathered by players; CIG adjusts the rates with every patch.

Sun position now

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