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I think we just had a "general hint", by Michael Brookes, at least about the SAP8 if not the UA :D

Do you remember The Dark Wheel and Raxxla? We've talked about it some days ago...

Here we go:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=50320&page=20&p=2566545&viewfull=1#post2566545

"We did look at a story involving Raxxla, but felt that was a story that should be played out in game rather than as a novel."
M.B.

!!!!!!!!!


Holy .

Im with you guys, all this near on has to be linked to the 3 pairs of CGs.

fingers crossed
 
If a UA is in space and no CMDR is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

I suppose testing when the UA is near one body while the ship is near another is next to impossible.

The UA knows the name of the planet, even if the ship does not know.

Does it make a sound? Probably not.
 
I have not looked at the dates scientifically, but anecdotally, there seems to be 1 UA for each medical CG (generally). Whether this means 1 per CG, 1 per Outbreak (latest is 1 Outbreak with 3 CGs) I am not so sure. I was of the opinion that each was specific, and once destroyed could not be replaced, but I am currently not quite so sure on that, they may be available to respawn once destroyed.

As the number of available UA increases, I would be happy to accept that the chance of finding one also increases.

If the UA is link to outbreak that would explain why they are so exceedingly rare, the last thing Frontier would what is thousands of outbreaks, which would happen if they were common.

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I think we just had a "general hint", by Michael Brookes, at least about the SAP8 if not the UA :D

Do you remember The Dark Wheel and Raxxla? We've talked about it some days ago...

Here we go:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=50320&page=20&p=2566545&viewfull=1#post2566545

"We did look at a story involving Raxxla, but felt that was a story that should be played out in game rather than as a novel."
M.B.

!!!!!!!!!


Well that make sense given all the clues hinting towards Raxxla that is currently in the game via way of missions descriptions. Raxxla I thought was control by elite humans pilots, why would the secret to its location be hidden in a UA.
 
I'm not really sure why these medical outbreak CGs are being associated with the UA?

The Systems in question (20 OPHIUCHI, DAJOAR, ELEU) haven't had UA Spawns, nor have they been taken there AFAIK (not before the CG anyway)?

I mean, if FD wanted to give us a clue of a connection, surely they'd pick one of the several systems we HAVE taken it to? Sorry, I might be missing something, but I'm not buying it, and if it IS a clue is a rubbish one. There's no more a tangible link to them than there is to Thargoids? What am I missing?

The Au clair de la Lune (By the light of the moon) is a nice idea, I can hear similarity in the Flute interpretation, but not in the original 'isolated' recording (but I can hear the morseyness). Again, sorry, not buying that one either for the same reason. It would have to be clearer than that to actually be recognisably Au clair de la Lune; there are certainly other tunes that are also similar enough to be, well, similar e.g. Moon river, blue moon, dark side of the moon. There's surely no connection. ;)

No objection to trying it out of course, at least its not destructive and its another place off the list. Only a few hundred billion left, we'll get there in the end.
 
If the UA is link to outbreak that would explain why they are so exceedingly rare, the last thing Frontier would what is thousands of outbreaks, which would happen if they were common. -
I am not suggesting that us finding a UA causes an outbreak, but that an new UA is only available to spawn after an outbreak occurs. Note the total lack of any UA sightings after 1.3 dropped, until they reintroduced CGs, and 1 was found almost immediately. Also that once the latest outbreak occurred, several were discovered within 48 hours. In between, no reported sightings.
 
I'm just amazed that Mr Tree found one so quickly. I wonder... wishblend has found a couple as well, hasn't she? Perhaps only some CMDRs can find them. I wonder what all the finders have in common.

Omg, I just realized, CMDR Branch : Mr Tree

Tree Branch

Well that's one mystery solved today.
 
Remember that SAP8 was added before the Morse was discovered. The fact that the Morse was discovered without the help of SAP8 is not FDs fault. It only shows that the new stuf is there to help us.

I will try to convince you of the Leviathan connection as well.
Later :)

^^ Can't wait ;)

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If a UA is in space and no CMDR is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

I suppose testing when the UA is near one body while the ship is near another is next to impossible.

Echoing Eagle5 - made of win!

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The UA knows the name of the planet, even if the ship does not know.

Does it make a sound? Probably not.

This is a really crucial, and slightly spooky, point for me. That is the behaviour of a scanner - but a scanner feeds its results into a ship's computer. The purpose of this Morse is not to do that, clearly... Perhaps part of kind of a space-faring 'swarm' of UA-like objects? No - the thing hates hard vacuum, it wouldn't degrade if that was the case.
 
When I get one, I will just sell it to Leonard Nimoy station, that is the only real clue I can see. I will laugh when people have worked so hard on the morse code and it turns out to be as simple as just turn it in. (If someone has already sold one to that station please do tell.)
 
The Morse code, combined with the dying sounds remind me of One by Metallica

[video=youtube_share;EzgGTTtR0kc]https://youtu.be/EzgGTTtR0kc[/video]

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When I get one, I will just sell it to Leonard Nimoy station, that is the only real clue I can see. I will laugh when people have worked so hard on the morse code and it turns out to be as simple as just turn it in. (If someone has already sold one to that station please do tell.)

As far I know, this has not been tested.
 
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I'm not really sure why these medical outbreak CGs are being associated with the UA?

The Systems in question (20 OPHIUCHI, DAJOAR, ELEU) haven't had UA Spawns, nor have they been taken there AFAIK (not before the CG anyway)?

I mean, if FD wanted to give us a clue of a connection, surely they'd pick one of the several systems we HAVE taken it to? Sorry, I might be missing something, but I'm not buying it, and if it IS a clue is a rubbish one. There's no more a tangible link to them than there is to Thargoids? What am I missing?

The Au clair de la Lune (By the light of the moon) is a nice idea, I can hear similarity in the Flute interpretation, but not in the original 'isolated' recording (but I can hear the morseyness). Again, sorry, not buying that one either for the same reason. It would have to be clearer than that to actually be recognisably Au clair de la Lune; there are certainly other tunes that are also similar enough to be, well, similar e.g. Moon river, blue moon, dark side of the moon. There's surely no connection. ;)

No objection to trying it out of course, at least its not destructive and its another place off the list. Only a few hundred billion left, we'll get there in the end.

100% back this reasoning - said similar things myself a couple of times - in terms of space geography, there just isn't a link.

No harm in trying - but bear in mind a UA has been taken to a plague system to no effect.

As for Au Clair De Lune; yeah, not convinced - but an easy test to cross off.
 
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A little funny question about storage: How do you go about that?

I mean, you cant change ships with something in the hold and you cant really do much else WITH the UA in the hold since you have to keep a sharp eye on degradation.

So, how do you store it? Or do you simply cease all other activities?
 
You cease doing all other activities while you are the Custodian, until you hand it over to the next. And so it goes.

Yes, like the "sacred fire" bearer, in the dawn of mankind, or better, like Frodo and his "burden" :)

By the way, I like the "UA is dying" theory, all those sounds it emits: Howling, Purrs as heart beating like, accelerating, how in the end it explodes with a unique animation...
Perhaps it's waiting for help, that's why it's transmitting its current position...
I don't think btw that "conventional" medicines will do. I think she's needing some other thing... or just to be taken to someone who can heal it...
 
I like the "UA is dying" thing too. It was one of my drifting off to sleep thoughts last night. And CG's around the outbreak are requiring lots of medicines... but I agree that it's unlikely to be so simple as dumping medicine canisters near it.
 
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