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Unknown Artefact (or artifact) Community Thread - The Canonn
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One more insane (lore) idea to toss on the pyre. https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/04-MAY-3301 talks about "As such, all potential artefact hunters are advised to travel as part of a wing in case of module failure." (I don't remember if that was part of the original player-submitted text)
I'm dubious about Sap 8, since it was added in a later update & I kinda want to believe this could've been solved in 1.2. But 1.2 *was* the Wings update.
Then Halsey's wing (Starflight One - https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/2d0472c6f8e7eee1966acb1f542cfb6a6689f379) were flung out of hyperspace when her battlecruiser's jump failed.
Perhaps being in a wing is critical to this? I'd be willing to test this one if some other commanders would be willing to wing up & slave their drives to mine.
I'm dubious about Sap 8, since it was added in a later update & I kinda want to believe this could've been solved in 1.2. But 1.2 *was* the Wings update.
Then Halsey's wing (Starflight One - https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/2d0472c6f8e7eee1966acb1f542cfb6a6689f379) were flung out of hyperspace when her battlecruiser's jump failed.
Perhaps being in a wing is critical to this? I'd be willing to test this one if some other commanders would be willing to wing up & slave their drives to mine.
I like this current idea of flying in a wing to test the UA. If Starship One did disappear due to a UA being on board, then a wing might actually get us somewhere and we might even find Starship One. I wish you guys the best of luck and if there's any way I can help, I'll be more than happy to lend a hand.
That is plausible. Full wing of 4 - where and when
Ratking15, Whishblend and RedWizzard did some tests in a wing of 3.
I don't know if they jumped with their drives slaved.
I can be there to help tomorrow (CMDR Branch). I'll only have 3 cargo space though, so we'll need at least another person.
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That is plausible. Full wing of 4 - where and when
How about 20:00 in-game time tomorrow, right after the Sap-8 test? Either HIP 43688 (only outposts - where the Sap-8 is happening) or I can travel to Timocani. CMDR Branch in-game, always taking friend requests. Alternatively, I can do closer to 02:00 in-game (6 hours later).
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Damn, well, that'd put the kibosh on that. Probably not worth it then.
I can do tomorrow if you want.
I am in an Anaconda though so likely to be using cargo limpets. I use them quite a bit and have not seen any issue with losing items, perhaps it's a Cobra issue only.
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Yes to both.
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I still say it hasn't been destroyed, just jumped / shifted a long way out.
Power surge in fsd sends ship further?
I wing jumped with my target nav locked to ratking.
Ratking had the ua at that time.
Question would be, should the ua be in one of the following ships or leading the wing?
Also, super cruise or normal space for the fsd jumps?
I haven't had much to say, but I have been watching.
I have a feeling that we are, as someone else said, overthinking this.
I'm reminded of the scene in the Lord of the Rings where the party is trying to persuade some great stone door to open, and using all sorts of complex spells to no effect until someone realizes that the inscription they saw did not say "speak friend and enter"...it said "SAY friend and enter". All they had to do was say "friend: in Dwarvish.
My point is that I wonder if we have missed/misinterpreted something really really simple. After all - if these things were designed to be useful (or inimical) to humans, they should NOT be hard to use....we shouldn't have to do a series of complex mathematical transformations.
Maybe - for instance - it is worth going through a list of spoken words/phrases. Hello/wake/speak/start/open/friend/etc/etc/etc. I'm sure others would have many more suggestions.
Do the Thargoids have a language? Do we know any of it?
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I have a feeling that we are, as someone else said, overthinking this.
I'm reminded of the scene in the Lord of the Rings where the party is trying to persuade some great stone door to open, and using all sorts of complex spells to no effect until someone realizes that the inscription they saw did not say "speak friend and enter"...it said "SAY friend and enter". All they had to do was say "friend: in Dwarvish.
My point is that I wonder if we have missed/misinterpreted something really really simple. After all - if these things were designed to be useful (or inimical) to humans, they should NOT be hard to use....we shouldn't have to do a series of complex mathematical transformations.
Maybe - for instance - it is worth going through a list of spoken words/phrases. Hello/wake/speak/start/open/friend/etc/etc/etc. I'm sure others would have many more suggestions.
Do the Thargoids have a language? Do we know any of it?
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They have an octal system which implies the ability to do base-8 math. If you consider that potentially math itself is a language I'd say yes, though chances are they may have an actual "language".
Does anyone know the old dos commands.
I am thinking about possible text coms with a ua if you target it in space.
The few I remember are
Format
Run
Load
Help
Dir = (list directory)
I can't remember if there is a batch command to be used before them.
I bring this up as if it is not related to the thargoids, maybe it is an off shoot of old earth tech.
Anyway, it's something else to test.
I've been googling thargoid language - it seems that neither them nor us can work out each others language. So forget using words....how about a really simple sequence of light flashes? Not morse because that implies that they understand our language. how about blink pause blink blink wait for a response. In any number system except binary, the response should be blink blink blink....
"Does anyone know the old dos commands."
here is a list......http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm
You have to run "cmd" first to get into a dos box.
After that I'd suggest Dir first to see whats there, or maybe Dir C: If you see a .exe file, type its full name. Or maybe run *.exe would do something. or run *.bat or *.com or look for a .txt file. How about run help.txt.
Actually I rather like the idea that all we have to do is run the help file....
or send F1 to it - thats the old keyboard shortcut for "help"
here is a list......http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm
You have to run "cmd" first to get into a dos box.
After that I'd suggest Dir first to see whats there, or maybe Dir C: If you see a .exe file, type its full name. Or maybe run *.exe would do something. or run *.bat or *.com or look for a .txt file. How about run help.txt.
Actually I rather like the idea that all we have to do is run the help file....
or send F1 to it - thats the old keyboard shortcut for "help"
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I f it turns out to be that simple, it would be funny.
I know I'm armchairing this one, I set off on a long journey a while back and am not in a position, literally, to come back and give hands on help; so I think whatever experiments those who own a UA want to carry out then they should fill their boots. Until we know what it 'is for', there are likely no silly ideas.
Apart from binary, that is!
So, just to add something to the earlier idea: if it's a little space station - then perhaps we need to find a way to send a docking request
Apart from binary, that is!
So, just to add something to the earlier idea: if it's a little space station - then perhaps we need to find a way to send a docking request
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Evil as the devs. are they have probably put it on F0, like on the BBC.
Thats a pretty cool idea. Would be nice to see if the UA reacts to such text command in any way. I have not read about a test where this has been done.
I still remember being very upset when I typed in FDDQD and FDKFA into chat and did not get god mode or all the weapons .... Maybe someone should tell the UA - Klatu Burada Nicto ... or however that is spelled.
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