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Ok, so people have sped the sound up and noticed it makes pulses that sound kinda like a trombone. That got my attention, because trombone-like noises are often a sign that you're still too slow - the sound of brass instruments is a rasp or stutter, because of how you press your lips together to play them. That sort of stutter is also what you get when you slow sound down a long way digitally - something to do with spreading a sound that's represented as time slices over too much time.

Anyway, my point is... has anyone noticed that the "trombone" sound is gradually getting more high-pitched? Speed it up about eight or ten times (I think), past where it sounds like trombones, until it's little "pip"-type noises. I notice two things: first, the "pips" get gradually higher, and second, the background noise is kinda smooth and synth-y.
 
then how did the UA learn the other letters of the Alphabet? :D and how id it know which letters each beep corresponds to?

... --- ... / ... --- ... / ... --- ... / - .... .. ... / .. ... / - .... . / ... - .- .-. .-.. .. -. . .-. / .- -. - .- .-. . ... / --- ..- - / --- ..-. / ... .. .-. .. ..- ... .-.-.- / .-- . / .... .- ...- . / . -..- .--. . .-. .. . -. -.-. . -.. / .- / -- .- .--- --- .-. / -.. .-. .. ...- . / -- .- .-.. ..-. ..- -. -.-. - .. --- -. / .- -. -.. / -- .. ... .--- ..- -- .--. .-.-.- / .-. . --.- ..- .. .-. . / .- ... ... .. ... - .- -. -.-. . / ..-. .-. --- -- / .- -. -.-- / -. . .- .-. -... -.-- / ...- . ... ... . .-.. .-.-.- / -- . ... ... .- --. . / .-. . .--. . .- - ... .-.-.- / ... --- ... / ... --- ... / ... --- ...

Or something similar. ;-)

Once they made contact with the (very smart) aliens, they taught them. Or the aliens figured it out.
 
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There is something else in the audio, its not the purrs, howls or the chittering. It looks like morse, there is some kind of structure but i cannot interpret it. If its morse it is modified some way (not the way the chittering differs from plain morse, at least thats consistent :( ) It cant be noise, its present on all recordings and it stays when sap 8 is (theorized to be) "clearing up" the audio from the UA. I tried making a picture of the spectrum but its clearly audible. There are obvious highs and lows but some of them sound warped/odd. My theory is that the odd ones are some kinds of "doublets" or "triplets", but i cannot figure it out.

Anyone got an idea of how to interpret or have done some work on these?

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Very Interesting, I'm sticking to Audacity for the moment (mainly because I'm a complete noob' and I could be described with that image:
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) but yeah, there is a pattern here.


EDIT: I have yet another theory to add. The purrs don't seem to disappear, but they may be replaced by the sounds the containers make. I'm probably wrong, I have to save and listen to the audio of the test with 8 SAP8s to check.
 
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There is something else in the audio, its not the purrs, howls or the chittering. It looks like morse, there is some kind of structure but i cannot interpret it. If its morse it is modified some way (not the way the chittering differs from plain morse, at least thats consistent :( ) It cant be noise, its present on all recordings and it stays when sap 8 is (theorized to be) "clearing up" the audio from the UA. I tried making a picture of the spectrum but its clearly audible. There are obvious highs and lows but some of them sound warped/odd. My theory is that the odd ones are some kinds of "doublets" or "triplets", but i cannot figure it out.

Anyone got an idea of how to interpret or have done some work on these?

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First thing I notice is the repeats (marked and colour coded)
 
But generally, by the time we were flying around in space as a race, we did not communicate using Morse. Only very specific things did by that time. I don't think it would have been as widespread or common as you think. Even the Federal Blink Code in the lore was done with ship lights, not radio IIRC. In which case the old probes, old Morse transmissions picked up from Earth, or perhaps a Federal Blink Code transmission would seem to be the three most likely and common sources by the time humanity was spacefaring.

It stil used on nav beacons.

If you want to talk to a hyper intelligent dolphin, Morse it a good choice because the dolphin will be physically able to answer in the same language.

The same goes for xenos. English is tricky to use if you are not physically similar to a human.

The UA has also learned quite a few human names for stellar bodys and stations. If it's not hacking the ship data base when it's in the cargo hold, it has quite fresh data.
It even works on brand new stations I think.
 
... --- ... / ... --- ... / ... --- ... / - .... .. ... / .. ... / - .... . / ... - .- .-. .-.. .. -. . .-. / .- -. - .- .-. . ... / --- ..- - / --- ..-. / ... .. .-. .. ..- ... .-.-.- / .-- . / .... .- ...- . / . -..- .--. . .-. .. . -. -.-. . -.. / .- / -- .- .--- --- .-. / -.. .-. .. ...- . / -- .- .-.. ..-. ..- -. -.-. - .. --- -. / .- -. -.. / -- .. ... .--- ..- -- .--. .-.-.- / .-. . --.- ..- .. .-. . / .- ... ... .. ... - .- -. -.-. . / ..-. .-. --- -- / .- -. -.-- / -. . .- .-. -... -.-- / ...- . ... ... . .-.. .-.-.- / -- . ... ... .- --. . / .-. . .--. . .- - ... .-.-.- / ... --- ... / ... --- ... / ... --- ...

Or something similar. ;-)

Once they made contact with the (very smart) aliens, they taught them. Or the aliens figured it out.

Antares is not the only ship that may be out there.
A lot of hyperspace capable probes were sent out, generation ships, ships with frozen crews, bubble ships and The Heart of Darkness could all be out there.

Edit: and what the hell hapened to all the AIs?
 
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We have whales on Earth, so did we get any joy from recordings of Earth or other experiments?

And why is it whale?
Thargoids are insect, we are human, none of us speak whale.
 
Thanks, but I'm 10,000LY out in the Formidine Rift, not sure I could help much - although that would be an interesting test if it was a system to system beacon!

I think you should likely start small with two systems next to each other. ;-)

Hi Tried with my Wing man, No effect, no extra beacon nothing in contacts or comms
 
Antares is not the only ship that may be out there.
A lot of hyperspace capable probes were sent out, generation ships, ships with frozen crews, bubble ships and The Heart of Darkness could all be out there.

Edit: and what the hell hapened to all the AIs?

Not to mention the clones.

But Antares has been the only ship we have repeatedly been hit over the head with in Galnet. Personally I don't think there is a UA-Antares link, but just wanted to bring it up again while we were focusing (loosely) on Morse.

Edit: Apparently all the AIs have been dumbed down for use remotely piloting your ship in orbit in Horizons.
 
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I'll be heading to Bast now. Sorry for the delay, if it can be called a delay lol

About the wings thing someone got going. The T9 is heavily defended and I think the wings are only supposed to encourage teamplay during getting one of these UAs.

Random thing we haven't analyzed yet: Why does the cloud blur things out? What if it makes us see things that weren't there the first time we looked?

How does one join the scientist private group and get access to the special tinfoil hat?

Are you people in open play or did the private group forget to invite me?
Daily random idea: What if these are Antares's FSDs?
 
Very Interesting, I'm sticking to Audacity for the moment (mainly because I'm a complete noob' and I could be described with that image: ) but yeah, there is a pattern here.


EDIT: I have yet another theory to add. The purrs don't seem to disappear, but they may be replaced by the sounds the containers make. I'm probably wrong, I have to save and listen to the audio of the test with 8 SAP8s to check.

The picture was a screenshot from audacity, im new to the sound engineering thing aswell.
You are right about the purrs pitching up and not "disappearing" :)

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First thing I notice is the repeats (marked and colour coded)

Yes, they repeat. As letters would in a text, that is why i think it may be morse. There is definitely some kind of structure
 
Hi Tried with my Wing man, No effect, no extra beacon nothing in contacts or comms

Oh well, was worth a shot - thanks. And here I was looking forward to a quick return by winging up with you. ;-)

At least we can scratch that one off the list. Next!

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We have whales on Earth, so did we get any joy from recordings of Earth or other experiments?

And why is it whale?
Thargoids are insect, we are human, none of us speak whale.

Ask Carl Sagan, he's the one who put it on the Golden Disc audio on Voyager 1 and 2, and in the Greetings section no less as the only animal representative (personally I thought it should have been dolphin, or Border Collie). Unfortunately he's dead though.
 
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Back on page 493 and reading through.......been on early shift.....
too tired to think straight but keep seeing mis jumps..New way to travel....

Question, has a UA bearer ever tried to FSD a considerable distance, one which is outside their allowed jump range.
ok this doesn't follow any logic or morse, but isn't costly to test and is incredibly simple, even if not supported in anyway.

Oh and can I retract my " clue, look into work cloud "
as from the original " succeed or not it will unlock " has an extra c, sorry my mistuk.
 
I haven't received the 2nd lot of names, only the first lot......I think.

Kerrash has said we've started going the right way with a theory in the last UA thread but then we diverted or stopped on it. Also yes it has been tried and reported I thought on the wiki about outfitting it............

any idea what the 'right way' was ?

assuming the audio is the key, and we know the audio gives us the closest celestial body in morse, what if there is a place where that would not match? that would be a good finding.
(could be something like a 'hidden' planet, that was hidden by changing the name... raxxla comes to mind, but just to underline the idea)
 
I believe there are more whale (and dolphin?) sounds on the actual disc, this is just from the Greetings portion of the disc. Whales were the only animals included on that apparently. Edit: So again the question, were the whale greetings on the in-game audio for the two Voyager probes?

If anyone has a link to the full (real) golden disc audio, please post it here - there were only various snippets the last time I went poking around the NASA Voyager site. Same for the in-game probe audio greetings message if anyone has it.

Actually, the entire gold disk is posted on soundcloud. This was done just a couple of weeks ago by Nasa. https://soundcloud.com/nasa
(Timocani tinfoil hat on: Nasa is also involved in the plot and this was the hint we were promised).
 
We have whales on Earth, so did we get any joy from recordings of Earth or other experiments?

And why is it whale?
Thargoids are insect, we are human, none of us speak whale.

I don't get it either. There are whale hints in the Wings trailer and the UA sounds seem to be made up of calls from several different whale species.

However the UA does not look whale at all. It looks reptie/amphibian/insectoid, mixed with mechanical bits. It has the light features of of deep water squid/Vampire squid. This is very similar. Both the lights on the UA and the glowing particles it sends out.

What sounds like a whale, looks like a turtle and lights up like a squid?

On top of that it has seashell marks and corodes ships.

There is a lot of sea and little direction.

Edit: Nothing on the Earth test.
 
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