UA Mystery Thread 3: The Canonn

Vingtetun · Aug 17, 2015

bitstorm said:
Poeple have seen no commonalities, they might not have looked to the level of detail you suggest though, maybe collate and add in the data?

They have been sighted in Federal, Imperial and Independent systems.

It's said they appear in "deep space" only, but that could just be a self-full filling prophecy sort of thing, someone thought that once, so that's where everyone looks, so that's where they're all now found etc...

For me the Bast link was just that there was a high SSS rate, which could just have been down to it being increased due to the plague CG. Also a lot of people were at Bast hence bigger chance of a sighting, so people descended on it and again more sightings, again these things are almost self-fulfilling. Someone thinks there may be a link, so people go there, so a few UAs are found, which then reinforces the link, when in reality there may be none.

The trouble is the rarity combined with the RNG makes it incredibly difficult to prove anything as regards a spawning pattern. All you can do really is find an instance that does not match currently thought criteria for finding a UA, but who is going to spend 100 hours camping somewhere where it's thought a UA probably won't spawn? And then at what point do you decide they cannot spawn there? 2 weeks? Even 3 weeks is not enough. =(

Fair points. I'm away from my gaming machine again at the moment, so can only turn the grey matter on to the info on here!

Might it be worth giving those commanders harvesting/catching them a quick "sheet of information to submit" that may or may not help. Those with game access may be able to use the galmap to fill in some of the blanks:

System name:
Nearest Celestial Body:
Body Type/Class: (Sun/Class or Planet/Earthlike etc):
Distance from arrival point star:

In fact, to get this info, one would not necessarily need to get the object, just note the convoy carrying it?

Han_Zen · Aug 17, 2015

nikos said:
Do we have a link for this, before converting the rumour to an urban myth?

Here is a link on Khepera (the god): http://www.egyptianmyths.net/khepera.htm

I don't have a system view of the Khepera system, but I have been there and checked it.
It's a 'pre-discovered' system. Just check the Galaxy map. Its all there.

RedWizzard · Aug 17, 2015

bitstorm said:
Well just to say, if there's no suggestions of what to do out here with a UA. I'll start the 2700Ly trip back from "Trifid of the North" to populated space after work, maybe via Barnard's Star or something.

Also, off topic, my X52 pro is arriving today. =)

http://images10.newegg.com/ProductImageCompressAll300/26-102-004-02.jpg

You'll love it. Once you go HOTAS you never go back.

nikos · Aug 17, 2015

Han_Zen said:
Here is a link on Khepera (the god): http://www.egyptianmyths.net/khepera.htm

I don't have a system view of the Khepera system, but I have been there and checked it.
It's a 'pre-discovered' system. Just check the Galaxy map. Its all there.

Apologies, I meant do we have a link to the fact that the exploration vehicle is called "scarab".

Han_Zen · Aug 17, 2015

nikos said:
Apologies, I meant do we have a link to the fact that the exploration vehicle is called "scarab".

Aha. That's easy: https://www.elitedangerous.com/en/horizons

Cmdr Delmonte[VR] · Aug 17, 2015

Scarab

nikos said:
Apologies, I meant do we have a link to the fact that the exploration vehicle is called "scarab".

http://www.pcgamer.com/planetary-landings-are-coming-to-elite-dangerous-this-year/

Here's one and FD have said we have until Planetary Landings before the story will move on regardless......

Edit : 2nd one http://vrfocus.com/archives/19722/elite-dangerous-horizons-add-on-announced/

LordZoltan · Aug 17, 2015

If we were to assume that the story moving on in Horizons is specifically linked to planetary landings - then one might also expect to find other objects that perhaps link to the UA on planetary surfaces when Horizons drops - I'm sure that's what we're all thinking, right?

So... The thing we're missing now - location? Or perhaps origin (not just celestial origin, but the species; if alien)?

But what will unlock? Argh!

Han_Zen · Aug 17, 2015

LordZoltan said:
If we were to assume that the story moving on in Horizons is specifically linked to planetary landings - then one might also expect to find other objects that perhaps link to the UA on planetary surfaces when Horizons drops - I'm sure that's what we're all thinking, right?

So... The thing we're missing now - location? Or perhaps origin (not just celestial origin, but the species; if alien)?

But what will unlock? Argh!

I think we will have to wait for Horizons to find the absolute 'source' of the UAs.

I also think we have found the right section of space with the Pleiades. Maybe even the source system withe HR 1185.

I believe that the seven symbols on the head of the UA represents the Pleiades.
They are the seven sisters/seven Hathors.

Acus · Aug 17, 2015

I suppose it was mentioned before but at this point - over 1000 pages of 2 topics

i just dont believe i can find info about my idea.
So we have those purrs - 5 or 6 every cycle- low and high. There are max two highs or two lows in the row, we can predict that always after two highs will be one low. and after two lows high purr. This gives us info that frequencies high/low are not random and perhaps store some information.

At this point my only idea is that purrs goes in pairs low/high or high/low , two higs or two lows can ocure only between pairs.

LordZoltan · Aug 17, 2015

Han_Zen said:
I think we will have to wait for Horizons to find the absolute 'source' of the UAs.

I also think we have found the right section of space with the Pleiades. Maybe even the source system withe HR 1185.

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I believe that the seven symbols on the head of the UA represents the Pleiades.
They are the seven sisters/seven Hathors.

Bit of a coincidence isn't it...

bitstorm · Aug 17, 2015

Acus said:
At this point my only idea is that purrs goes in pairs low/high or high/low , two higs or two lows can ocure only between pairs.

Heh aye. =)

It would seem odd to encode a binary state in 2 bits though, hmm.

ArmoredMeat · Aug 17, 2015

Do we know if this was able to be solved prior 1.3? If so that would eliminate the SAP 8s and anything we been trying that was part of 1.3

Patau82 · Aug 17, 2015

LordZoltan said:
Bit of a coincidence isn't it...

hang on let me make sure my tinfoil hat is on properly, what about the little sad face at the top what does that represent?

MarktJones · Aug 17, 2015

Patau82 said:
hang on let me make sure my tinfoil hat is on properly, what about the little sad face at the top what does that represent?

That's represents everyone involved in this thread.

insanephoton · Aug 17, 2015

So the story will move on once planetary landings drops regardless of progress made. Anyone else thinking huge black monolith on the moon?

Ok just a few wild suggestions without much serious thought. There is the old trope 'Take me to your leader', have we tried taking UA to faction capitals yet? Or maybe the Founders World?
If we go back to the 2001 theme both the Moon and Jupiter are important. Throwing out a few word sat random to see if they mean anything to anyone: Clavius (the moon base where the monolith was found) Heywood R. Floyd, David Bowman, Frank Poole, Discovery One, HAL 9000, Daisy Bell.

Han_Zen · Aug 17, 2015

Patau82 said:
hang on let me make sure my tinfoil hat is on properly, what about the little sad face at the top what does that represent?

I've been asking that since the first thread

and I still have no idea.

I also wonder what this is?

Cody · Aug 17, 2015

insanephoton said:
If we go back to the 2001 theme both the Moon and Jupiter are important.

In the 2001 novel, it's Saturn, not Jupiter!

Sigon · Aug 17, 2015

Patau82 said:
hang on let me make sure my tinfoil hat is on properly, what about the little sad face at the top what does that represent?

That's Xaaxl, the sad Thargoid that didn't get his own star in the Pleiades. But he'll get his revenge yet!

Acus · Aug 17, 2015

bitstorm said:
Heh aye. =)

It would seem odd to encode a binary state in 2 bits though, hmm.

Yupp.. Maybe its not binary.... also my theroy is crap if section starts with 2 lows/highs, but Why two in the row max ?.....

CMDR Gerakis · Aug 17, 2015

mrtree said:
Tonight's testing:

* Bast (because it was requested a week or so ago) - https://youtu.be/8pcqPNamGqg
* Argent's Claim (in Alioth, the Argent's Quest link) - https://youtu.be/cHt5du0iXww
* Heike Tea - https://youtu.be/vEBRobD9qr4
* Chaff launched at the UA - https://youtu.be/z0NQw0RoVbw
* And the big test, Antares - http://youtu.be/PH6otkxPzTs

No solutions here, but more things off the list.

Hey Mrtree

would you mind testing this at it if not done already: frame shift wake scanner?