Unknown Artefact (or artifact) Community Thread - The Canonn

[mrtree]

There are certain modules that are going to make the acquisition of a UA more easy. Has anyone posted up a 'suggested UA hunter' build, say on E: D Shipyard?

I posted my build early on in the thread. It was something akin to http://edshipyard.com/#/L=707,7u57u54yH3RO0_g0_g3wU,2-6Q4s4s2C4s3m5A,7Pc7fO9qI03w03w2UI

Benefits were speed/maneuverability/shield-tankiness/able to land everywhere (small pad). Any ship that can equip roughly a similar way should be fine.

 

[woodhouse]

This means that we only ever hear 60-70% of the "bitstream" that comprises the purring, which, in itself, means that there isn't any data to be gleaned as the "designers" of the device would surely make sure that the data was receivable rather than having a significant portion of it blanked out.

I don't know about that. FD are the designers, and it could simply be a bug they're not paying attention to, or for all we know something that is not triggered in the dev's specific sound settings.
In Supercruise, different parts of the audio mix are still pushing each other to the background...

 

[Seon]

How does one find the UAs, if people don't mind me asking?

 

[QorbeQ]

I don't know about that. FD are the designers, and it could simply be a bug they're not paying attention to, or for all we know something that is not triggered in the dev's specific sound settings.
In Supercruise, different parts of the audio mix are still pushing each other to the background...

Ok, let's say (for arguments sake) that the obvious fading in and out of the purring is accidental and that they've not fixed it by now because #reasons.

That still doesn't address: extremely rare object in the first place; very low data rate needing much capture; unknown encoding; no pattern or obvious repetition; no start marker for fading in and out stream; different results for every viewer and every deployment. It's just too complex to mean anything.

 

[LordZoltan]

Hi,

Have been thinking - a dangerous pursuit - with regards to the encoding scheme of the binary sequences deduced from the purrs.

I realise the difficulty in deciding what encoding scheme to use but then I thought how the purrs reminded me of the warbling sound used by old teleprinter radio which used Murray-Baudot Code. It basically uses something 5 bit encoded binary to encode letters.

The code can be found here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudot_code

Who wants to have a go at seeing if the binary sequence pops out anything sensible? or could someone pass me a binary string.

Note - You will have to make a decision as to whether the most significant bit (MSB) is on the left or the right.

Thought it might be worth a try.

So...

Using a French site (http://www.dcode.fr/baudot-code) that seems to have a reasonable decoder for this encoding scheme...

Leaving out the 6th purr in #3, simply because it doesn't fit ( )...

IA2 MSB: HBWPI
BAUDOT MSB: UZKCB
IA1 MSB: UZKCB
IA1 LSB: SKZWI
BAUDOT LSB: SKZWI
IA2 LSB: SWBFN

Leaving the 6th in, and then reading the 'bits' consecutively across #3, #4 and #5, gives us a trailing bit (not good), and starts adding control characters and accented characters (, CR, and capital 'e' acute).

So, at least based on my dataset, (not sure about Kulin's), this gives nothing

Ah well - nice thought. Back to square 0 on the purrs!

 

[IronmanG]

Has anyone tried Shazam

 

[QorbeQ]

We've tried analysing the purrs for baudot, morse, 7 and 8 bit ascii, alphanumeric, weighted character analysis, both normal and inverted, and assuming msb and lsb.

We've rot-13'd, Vigniere'd and ciphered it all to death and got absolutely nowhere.

I was really sure the purrs were "it" way back when, but now - given all my recent reasoning about the sheer complexity of what we're suggesting, I'm striking it off my personal list and have accepted that it's either location-based (triggering something) or condition based (correct things with/around it).

 

[Wishblend]

How does one find the UAs, if people don't mind me asking?

Check the wiki on the first post for instructions ect.

 

[Zenith]

How does one find the UAs, if people don't mind me asking?

You need to jump into a Strong Signal Source in Deep Space in a system like 109 Virginis or Timocani. You're looking for a Federal (or Imperial) Navy fleet with a T9, a couple of Anacondas and maybe a couple of other ships. The T9 will be complaining over local comms about something strange, module damage and similar comments. THAT is the sign you've found the right convoy.

Now you either wait for the T9's cargo hatch to decay and drop the Unknown Artefact, or help it out with targeting the cargo hatch.

 

[bartmoss]

radio which used Murray-Baudot Code. It basically uses something 5 bit encoded binary to encode letters.

The code can be found here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudot_code

I tried it, it didn't seem to work.

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The other obvious one to try is ASCII - a nice 7 bit code

Not sure if this has been tried either, if I had a binary string - I'd give it a go.

Of course it has been tried. No dice.

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well, usually if there is a 0 at the beginning, it is simply "left out", this could also explain why some strings are longer than others.
for example if they would basically consist of 8 bit, but the first two are 0 - then only 6 are left and noted.

Some of the sequences start with 0. Why would some leading zeroes be left out, but not all? And since it has no effect on the actual binary 'number', I don't see how it would make a difference anyway.

 

[bitstorm]

There are certain modules that are going to make the acquisition of a UA more easy. Has anyone posted up a 'suggested UA hunter' build, say on E: D Shipyard?

Using this currently http://coriolis.io/outfit/imperial_...0201546b6q.Iw18UA==.IwBhrSu0g===?bn=UA Seeker filled with limpets.

I was using a big ship but found getting at the cargo hatch a bit tricky.

 

[Smoky]

Using this currently http://coriolis.io/outfit/imperial_...0201546b6q.Iw18UA==.IwBhrSu0g===?bn=UA Seeker filled with limpets.

I was using a big ship but found getting at the cargo hatch a bit tricky.

hey thats almost the same build i use for... um.. cargo redistribution. yeah, lets call it that.

 

[Phaser]

Yes, it could be related. But what kind of history could they talk about? Humanity being too curious and getting a bloody nose as result? Attacking the thargoids without provocation, resulting in an all-out war? There are so many examples.

"history repeating itself" could mean this-


From the Galnet newsfeed 12th July - The birth of an empire.

The system of Achenar was chosen for the outdoor world orbiting one of its gas giants, already capable of supporting human life, now known as Capitol. There was already life on the planet and though Duval didn’t know it at the time, one of the few known sentient species watched their landings.

Back then, life was known to be plentiful throughout the galaxy, though it wasn’t appreciated how rare sentient life was. Before long the species was made extinct by the settlers, mainly through imported bateria. Much later, this extinction would later be used as a pretext for Federal intervention in the system.


In 2324 Federal forces attempted to invade Achenar, with the pretext of causing the alien extinction, but also because of Achenar’s refusal to join the Federation. It was the conclusion of this war which resulted in the birth of the second of humanity’s great power blocs, and cemented Henson’s position as a powerful leader of his people.

 

[bitstorm]

Hmmm. So perhaps the morse *is* the only thing to discover. Indicating it is actually of human origin, despite it being disguised as alien tech. And perhaps there is nothing else to discover.

 

[Phaser]

And also for me IT IS alien, or at very least hybrid Alien/Human tech..........

It does look alien, but its look is best described as being bio-mechanical which is probably a clue in itself.

 

[Lazerus Artificial]

We should try turning it off and on again...shooting it with a Pulse Disruptor for example
(just kidding)

maybe its simpy nothing that we should translate?
btw, just as a question, i bet you have tried that allready...do you know these radios in portal?
there was an easteregg, where you could decode the "sound" of them on specific locations and translate it into a picture, there it formed the valve-head guy then.

 

[Han_Zen]

So I was playing around with the Mayan theory ... What if it is a Long Count Date ?

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I assumed that it was a numerical short hand following the pattern of a long count date ( minus the glyphs) ... I got a date in 1770 BC which could be a first contact date ? Interestingly - 1770 BC was when Hammurabi developed his "Laws". Was really hoping for a future date ... sort of a countdown (like independence day). Oh well.

This Long count date is very clever. Dates fits much better than coordinates, because it is a positive integers only.

Some things don't quite align. That could be artistic freedom or it could simply be upside down. Both the tablets have the same number (13) in the bottom. Turn it and it looks similar to the intro. glyph.

My biggest question is the symbol you have as 8 k'atun. I don't think it is 8. It does not fit with the way 13 is writen.

I think it is a 4. I'm not positive, but I lean in that direction.
The reason is that these number usually have 4 columms. If you want to write 4 it is ••••

On the UA there is only 3 columms. This means that you can't write 4, 9, 14 or 19 unless you have an alternative method.

I hope you keep looking at this. I think this very much in the spirit of the game.

I think you may have struck gold

 

[nilreb]

It does look alien, but its look is best described as being bio-mechanical which is probably a clue in itself.

Or a decoy/bait for Aliens and/or stupid CMDR's ... (like me)

We salute you!

P.S.
Why not ask the friendly developer that has posted in old thread as the UA finally was found?
There is a Q&A topic now ...

 

[CashewCraft]

Hey guys, first post here, just thought I'll put this idea here: Has anybody taken the color codes for the glow during the whale noises? Try taking 2 of these in different systems, maybe there is some some kind of tiny difference in color we can't see?

We should try turning it off and on again...shooting it with a Pulse Disruptor for example
(just kidding)

maybe its simpy nothing that we should translate?
btw, just as a question, i bet you have tried that allready...do you know these radios in portal?
there was an easteregg, where you could decode the "sound" of them on specific locations and translate it into a picture, there it formed the valve-head guy then.

I already popped one recording through a spectrogram. Nothing of interest popped up for either logarithmic or linear.

 

[rizal72]

Hmmm. So perhaps the morse *is* the only thing to discover. Indicating it is actually of human origin, despite it being disguised as alien tech. And perhaps there is nothing else to discover.

Well, there is that mysterious constant looping sound I'm talking about all day, that is audible only close to the UA, but it seems no one is caring about... And it is not the distorted voices you usually ear near stations, no.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=162998&page=138&p=2544416&viewfull=1#post2544416