Unknown Artefact (or artifact) Community Thread - The Canonn

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simulacrae

simulacrae
For reference - Here is a copy of the Original "Have you listened to them" conversation from the Soontill/Regor Thread


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Originally Posted by Arcanonn
Can you give any more info on "Unkown arifacts" the only reference I could find in a hurry was something on Reddit about them being Pirate orientated content added in 1.2?
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Originally Posted by Tinman
It's basically just some "salvage" you can find in certain rare USS.


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Just gave them as an example...maybe that's it maybe it's something else.
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Originally Posted by Michael Brookes
Have you listened to them?

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Earthman

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I must admit that this is all very intriguing and I find it very hard to shake from my mind :eek::eek:

3 things seem to be quite consistent since the UA first appeared:

1: they destroy ship modules, eventually resulting in escape via the cargo hatch.
2: they decay in space seemingly to the point of destruction.
3: the latest evidence suggests that they transmit their location.

Questions raised by the above:
Why do they destroy ship modules and is escape simply because of cargo hatch damage or is it intentional?
Why do they decay in space, or this this simply a game mechanic?
Why are they transmitting their location (if it's proved correct)?

Now I don't have the answers but I am drawn to the "transmitting their location" bit as this suggests some sort of scanning device.

Just my musings and maybe a poke towards more focussed discussion :D
 

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Earthman said:
1: they destroy ship modules, eventually resulting in escape via the cargo hatch.
2: they decay in space seemingly to the point of destruction.
3: the latest evidence suggests that they transmit their location.
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Assuming they decay in space (as opposed to "decay when scooped up and dropped" or "decay when transported away from their original location"), where were they found beforehand? Obviously they weren't found floating in space.
 

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Dr.Evanzan

Dr.Evanzan
bitstorm said:
Are you sure?

I've just taken a ship to Seega Port, sat right next to the tower and recorded, I can't hear any chittering here, at least I cannot hear what I think we are saying is morse in the other recordings.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pdrt0vqt3cyj2ax/seega_port_local.mp3?dl=0
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I'm not sure, no, but this was the perceived wisdom from the last thread - I've not heard it myself.
In any case, QorbeQ confirmed it was a recording of the chittering that was used for the decoding so my point (about background noise) is moot.

Wishblend said:
Here are my Morse Code testing areas for you to look over to see if the ua is identifying nearby objects.

Area 1

http://www.twitch.tv/wishblend/c/6912482

Area 2

http://www.twitch.tv/wishblend/c/6912729

Area 3

http://www.twitch.tv/wishblend/c/6912882

There are plenty of locations in those three areas, let us know what you all find :)
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Thank you Wishblend, I'll take a look (or, indeed, listen) to these when I get a chance and see if I can extract the relevant chitterings.
 

QorbeQ

QorbeQ
Wishblend said:
Here are my Morse Code testing areas for you to look over to see if the ua is identifying nearby objects.

Area 1

http://www.twitch.tv/wishblend/c/6912482

Area 2

http://www.twitch.tv/wishblend/c/6912729

Area 3

http://www.twitch.tv/wishblend/c/6912882

There are plenty of locations in those three areas, let us know what you all find :)
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The best method for me is to write out the morse sequence you're expecting, then listen to several iterations to get your ear in. Once you're locked into it, you get it no trouble. The skill is in hearing it automatically without knowing what it was and I've never done enough morse work to get it like that - I can pick out some letters, then listen again to pick out the others around it.

Some easy ones to listen out for in the chittering are R (dit dah dit) K (dah dit dah) and C (dah dit dah dit) because of the way the UA audio comes out - ordinarily you'd listen for things like S (dit dit dit) but the variance in tone and dot/dash length throws me.

In test area 2, the section labelled "WARKUSHANUI 1 A Star" produces chittering of WARKUSHANUI A in morse (no numeral).

EDIT: Listen to "WARKUSHANUI A 2" in test area 2. Once the main part of the name is done, there's a pause, then a clear dit dah (A), then another pause, then a really clear dit dit dah dah dah (2).
 
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Wishblend

Wishblend
Yes I accidentally added the 1 for the star in area 2, I did add that line of text after the star bit but you might have missed it.

The star for area 2 is ( WARKUSHANUI A )
 

Yaffle

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Yaffle
simulacrae said:
Can we get the Artefact spelled correctly :)
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Don't start that again!

Artefact and artifact are both correct. While Artefact is the proper (UK) way, and makes more sense etymologically I drew some flack for that spelling, and changed to the US one.
 

Arcanonn

Arcanonn
Yaffle said:
Don't start that again!

Artefact and artifact are both correct. While Artefact is the proper (UK) way, and makes more sense etymologically I drew some flack for that spelling, and changed to the US one.
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Well we created the language but they created the spell checkers.....it could go either way ;)

Let's just bare in mind that what we do know is that the UA is of UK in origin. :D
 
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