UA Mystery Thread 3: The Canonn

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Cmdr Delmonte[VR]

Cmdr Delmonte[VR]
Out in HR 1185 now .... could do with 2 more Cmds to make a wing of 4... testing to see if SSS spawn rate increases. In Mobius group
 
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Snafu Manchu

Snafu Manchu
Atinus said:
Assuming some degree of persistence on the server for rare events such as unknown artefacts, perhaps what is happening is the convoy retrieves the artefact, and then they jump to an adjacent, uninhabited system. From there, the Type 9 drops out of supercruise, experiences mechanical failure, and out pops the artefact, where it remains.

Are you speculating or has this happened before? I swear I read a post where someone followed the convoy and found the T9 on its own and subsequently scooped the UA whilst the T9 crew cried in the distance. I'm a newcomer to these discussions so I'm a little hazy with the facts.

I've noticed this behavior by Hafnium convoys in the HIP 30130 and Azaleach systems. They always seem to jump to the same uninhabited system. So, if HIP 30130 and/or Azaleach are places where the right kind of convoy will spawn, perhaps where I should be searching is that nearby system...
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Maybe. How long can these convoys be followed around for? I like the spy hard angle here, because they've got to be going somewhere surely?
 

glynie

glynie
You know, I've said it many times before: We need more recordings. I've checked out the pulses pretty closely, and they're not entirely random, there are repeating segments within them. Seems to me that we just need more recordings until we have enough of it that it can all be pieced together.
 

Kyp Shard

Kyp Shard
clavain said:
Also, there are a heck of a lot of T Tauri stars in HR 1185 - wondering if that might be significant somehow?
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Unable to rep you, so have a biscuit

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Sigon said:
I spend a few hours in Maia, nothing then. But not nearly the 12-15 hours that Allitnil spend.
I've also been hopping around in the Pleiades to do both exploration and jump in any SSS I found, but nothing special yet. So far, HR 1185 is still the only place they have been found in the wild. Don't know how much time people have spend in the other systems.

Also, regarding Diamondback as an armed explorer, wonder if that was introduced to entice players to check SSSes while out exploring.
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I guess Maia can't be ruled out then, on account of not enough time spent. But thanks for the info.

I reckon so, re the DBX
 

John Stoutbeard

John Stoutbeard
Cmd Delmonte said:
Out in HR 1185 now .... could do with 2 more Cmds to make a wing of 4... testing to see if SSS spawn rate increases. In Mobius group
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Did that yesterday for about 3 hours, wing of 4.
SSS are individual. No increased spawn rate.

Besides, with a UA in cargo, we flew out in a wing of 3, back as a wing of 4, all the way up to 109 Virginis.
Nothing to report while being in a wing of 4, even with damaged FSD.
 
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Szyslak22

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If anyone is feeling adventurous and wants to know if the black holes have anything to do with UA spawning, try out HIP 63835. It has 3 black holes, two of them very close together. I was exploring the system before we really knew much about the UAs, and there were SSS spawning between the 2 black holes. With an exploring setup I was too nervous to jump in them. I mentioned this system in the first thread, and it was dismissed as just another system within 500 ly of civilization with random SS spawns. That might still be the case, or it might be a source for the Empire UA convoys.

Now that the UAs have been found free floating, I really want to go back and camp on those two black holes to see what the SSS have in them. Unfortunately I'm 13k ly away. If no one figures this mystery out in the next few weeks, I'll be going there.
 

clavain

clavain
Cmd Delmonte said:
Out in HR 1185 now .... could do with 2 more Cmds to make a wing of 4... testing to see if SSS spawn rate increases. In Mobius group
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I'm there, in Mobius, but must be in a different instance. Just finishing some scans around the Black Hole, then have to logoff to get the dog out to the lake for an hour or so, but will be back on later this evening if you are around. Sigon, Timsk and Macros the Black were all just here, not sure if they are still around.
 

Kyp Shard

Kyp Shard
Panzertard said:
Out in HR 1185 now .... could do with 2 more Cmds to make a wing of 4... testing to see if SSS spawn rate increases. In Mobius group
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Did that yesterday for about 3 hours, wing of 4.
SSS are individual. No increased spawn rate.

Besides, we flew back as a wing, all the way up to 109 Virginis.
Nothing to report whiel being in a wing of 4, even with damaged FSD.
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Yep, I think hunting in wings just means more eyes which equals quicker rate of finding signals, which is useful
 

Topgear201

Topgear201
Szyslak22 said:
If anyone is feeling adventurous and wants to know if the black holes have anything to do with UA spawning, try out HIP 63835. It has 3 black holes, two of them very close together. I was exploring the system before we really knew much about the UAs, and there were SSS spawning between the 2 black holes. With an exploring setup I was too nervous to jump in them. I mentioned this system in the first thread, and it was dismissed as just another system within 500 ly of civilization with random SS spawns. That might still be the case, or it might be a source for the Empire UA convoys.

Now that the UAs have been found free floating, I really want to go back and camp on those two black holes to see what the SSS have in them. Unfortunately I'm 13k ly away. If no one figures this mystery out in the next few weeks, I'll be going there.
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I am up for searching there but i have to give up something i might go there.
 

Han_Zen

Han_Zen
Julio Montega said:
Hmm when i think of your theory with all the "scarabs" it could be a hatchery right?

Otherwise i see a sarcophagus here, and a big hint to an egyptian theory i share with "IandIRedeye".
Some things better stay wrapped in trusty tinfoil.
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Mumification is said to be an attempt to mimic the scarab pupae to ensure rebirth.
 

LordZoltan

LordZoltan
I'd suggest the seven sisters systems themselves as being worth investigating, with UA (for location drop tests) and/or further SSS scavenging:

Pleione
Atlas
Alcyone
Merope
Maia
Electra
Taygeta

Maia has already been scavenged somewhat by some here, but there others might be worth considering.

I also suggested earlier a concerted effort to try and gather 7 UAs together to see if anything happens. Just to test the '7' bit of this to the limit (further to Han_Zen's post earlier today - calling out the seven stripes that comprise the scarab-like pattern as being possibly indicative of a link to the Pleiades; which I quite like).

Would be an interesting scoop fest!
 

Kyp Shard

Kyp Shard
clavain said:
Also, there are a heck of a lot of T Tauri stars in HR 1185 - wondering if that might be significant somehow?
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T Tauri stars are very young stars in the process of gravitational contraction....

[TINFOIL HAT]

Perhaps the UA has somehow interrupted this process and caused the black hole in HR 1185. A black hole maker bot.

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Kyp Shard

Kyp Shard
MacrosTheBlack said:
The Objects Of HR 1185
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That's great, thanks

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LordZoltan said:
I'd suggest the seven sisters systems themselves as being worth investigating, with UA (for location drop tests) and/or further SSS scavenging:

Pleione
Atlas
Alcyone
Merope
Maia
Electra
Taygeta

Maia has already been scavenged somewhat by some here, but there others might be worth considering.
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I second this.

PS> you made me jealous with your whiskyfest last night- THERE'S NO WHISKY IN MY HOUSE :0
 

Peter Stark

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Panzertard said:
Did that yesterday for about 3 hours, wing of 4.
SSS are individual. No increased spawn rate.

Besides, with a UA in cargo, we flew out in a wing of 3, back as a wing of 4, all the way up to 109 Virginis.
Nothing to report while being in a wing of 4, even with damaged FSD.
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There now - CMDR Peter Stark
Feel free to add me.

Got so far plenty of pirate fights, no convoys.

Addendum - 15y Glenlivet & 18y Glenfiddich

Addendum2 - Following this since Soontil thread. This escalated crazily.
 
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