Man that QA response. "Working as intended" is the correct answer.
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UA Mystery Thread 3: The Canonn
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Man that QA response. "Working as intended" is the correct answer.
Perhaps they are watching you out there, far beyond the current confines of inhabited space
"Ah, yes, Reapers."
This kinda got ninja'd by MB, but I'll post anyway.
Just a word of both caution, and encouragement: towards the end of thread 1 we were despondent that the UA had resisted all forms of analysis; then an earlier idea about the morse gained traction and was proven.
Then toward the end of thread 2, despondency ensued again because nothing new was found and there weren't enough UAs to go around for testing. Then an XBox player discovered free-floating UAs, and now they're being picked up reasonably regularly.
We must not underestimate these 'discoveries' - and must maintain our positivity as much as possible. If there's something else to discover there's every chance we will, so long as we keep at it. I'd like to see the Pleiades scoured as much as possible for weird things. Also I echo Wishblend et al: remember the Morse when drawing the Thargoid link - there's either a human influence in the UA, or it's alien, but meant specifically for humans - those are the only real options. There's still potentially more than a whiff of a conspiracy about this whole thing, either human-driven or not; which could lead to quite an interesting set of future stories.
We now pretty much know that even if we don't reach the full conclusion of the UA mystery in its current form, something will likely happen to effect the next part of the mystery. It would be great to do it before then, of course, but if we don't, at least we know there's more to look forward to, and the Canonn (and other player groupings) will hopefully have a long future.
The fact that MB himself acknowledges that this is the kind of thing he wants more of in the game, also, is in line with what a lot of us have been saying. The thing is, if you're gonna do it, it has to be done right, and the mention of future tools etc is an acknowledgement that the current universe they have is not cut out for it. But they're making, or more likely already QAing, the tools - which will hopefully mean we will get what we want. Some of the developing stories on Galnet are enticing (not least SS1 disappearance), plus this UA story, so I think there'll be quite a few rabbit holes down which we will all be able to go
Just a word of both caution, and encouragement: towards the end of thread 1 we were despondent that the UA had resisted all forms of analysis; then an earlier idea about the morse gained traction and was proven.
Then toward the end of thread 2, despondency ensued again because nothing new was found and there weren't enough UAs to go around for testing. Then an XBox player discovered free-floating UAs, and now they're being picked up reasonably regularly.
We must not underestimate these 'discoveries' - and must maintain our positivity as much as possible. If there's something else to discover there's every chance we will, so long as we keep at it. I'd like to see the Pleiades scoured as much as possible for weird things. Also I echo Wishblend et al: remember the Morse when drawing the Thargoid link - there's either a human influence in the UA, or it's alien, but meant specifically for humans - those are the only real options. There's still potentially more than a whiff of a conspiracy about this whole thing, either human-driven or not; which could lead to quite an interesting set of future stories.
We now pretty much know that even if we don't reach the full conclusion of the UA mystery in its current form, something will likely happen to effect the next part of the mystery. It would be great to do it before then, of course, but if we don't, at least we know there's more to look forward to, and the Canonn (and other player groupings) will hopefully have a long future.
The fact that MB himself acknowledges that this is the kind of thing he wants more of in the game, also, is in line with what a lot of us have been saying. The thing is, if you're gonna do it, it has to be done right, and the mention of future tools etc is an acknowledgement that the current universe they have is not cut out for it. But they're making, or more likely already QAing, the tools - which will hopefully mean we will get what we want
. Some of the developing stories on Galnet are enticing (not least SS1 disappearance), plus this UA story, so I think there'll be quite a few rabbit holes down which we will all be able to go
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Another thing about galnet if someone has forgotten (like me) how it works now:
Much as I admire your positivity, mine is burnt out. There is a balance to be struck between grindy stumbling in the dark and discoveries/rewards. Right now there is almost zero in the latter category.
Yeah I totally get that.
It's how I felt about trading after two solid weeks. And bounty hunting. So I changed what I was doing to release the monotony.
If I was out there schlepping about for, or even with, UAs day after day I'd probably have given up by now. But look - we've got people returning to this in just the past couple of days, and will people will leave too.
I'm just trying to keep morale ticking along, when sitting here in a drab office or exploring so far away, it's all I can do!
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Any chance you could elaborate on these aspects at all, Mr. Brookes, whether there is something specifically we need to try with the UA or if it's something else in-game that is related but does not require possession of the UA? Thank you for taking the time to visit us here.
But look - we've got people returning to this in just the past couple of days, and will people will leave too.
I'm just trying to keep morale ticking along
I understand that, but if there is nothing at the end of the road of this mystery (and I do not mean the deus ex machina of 1.4) we are simply inviting them to grind and grind.
I'm happy to see that my post on the CG thread got partially answered here. So it will be possible to find SS1 in one of these new PoIs.
One more thing: Sell the UA in Alioth!
So it will be possible to find SS1 in one of these new PoIs.One more thing: Sell the UA in Alioth!
I'll post as I go through galnet messages mentioning "Unknown Artefact".
User Made News:
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/07-MAY-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/04-MAY-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/20-MAY-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/10-JUL-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/23-MAY-3301
FDEV Made News: 0
And that's it for global galnet news mentioning words "Unknown" and "Artefact" together
User Made News:
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/07-MAY-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/04-MAY-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/20-MAY-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/10-JUL-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/23-MAY-3301
FDEV Made News: 0
And that's it for global galnet news mentioning words "Unknown" and "Artefact" together
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Need more context.
Is it flavour text in one of the new books, not connected to the plot?
Is it something from FFE Journals? If so, would like to see the whole text.
etc.
So I was able to retrieve my screenshots and conduct the analysis of the bodies in HR 1172 and HR 1185. And although there are some similarities, it does not look like there is anything special connecting both of these systems. The most obvious is: both are binary b-type stars (not even the same class of type-B star) - but that's it. The bodies inside could be found anywhere. On a closer look it seems the planets inside are quite different when compared to the planets of the other system. I think this is a dead end and it's just the "region" (near the Pleiades or just afar from civilisation) that triggers the UAs being here.
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A Public exhibition that will cover the history of the pyramids, from the premise that they are ancient burial tombs built in alignment with various constellations, akin to many other burial sites from other stone and bronze age cultures, to more modern theories about x y & z most likely ranging from Occult views as Energy collectors to Ancient Astronaut views as Star ship landing pads.
Sounds like the discovery channel
It's from the journals. The article is about the recomstrucrion of the great pyramide in Giza.
Article is: Raising the king.
It's just the wording of the sentence tha struc me odd.
I was wrong about the above. Moving Jacques' station and new stations/outposts will continue to require a client-side update:
I thought they had given up on this
Sounds like they have interesting plans. Personally I didn't see much point in a moving station unless I could actually watch it jump or arrive.
Same thing for keyword "alien":
User Made News:
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/14-JUN-3301
FDEV Made News:
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/18-MAY-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/28-MAY-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/12-JUL-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/27-MAY-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/10-FEB-3301
and that's it for keyword "alien" on global galnet news
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Miscellaneous category:
FDEV made news:
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/14-JUL-3301 (three-pronged structure at the ‘head’ of the phage-like organism) - it's right next to a user made news mentioning "bloody aliens"
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Are we all aware of the Orion Correlation Theory? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_correlation_theory
I'm sure you are, Han_Zen - indeed it might have already been mentioned.
Worth reading the 'criticisms' section on that page, though. There's a couple of showstoppers for me - not least the fact that the proposers of the original theory had to flip the three pyramids vertically to make it fit, and that when the pyramids were built the stars would likely have had different relative positions. But of course, there are rebuttals to those rebuttals, so who really knows...
Just a thought, though. It's not like FD could arbitrate on a theory in a work of fiction is it.
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And when you start reading up on this kind of thing, with the whole Progenitor race theories (I.e. that the ancient Egyptians believed humanity to have been borne of the stars etc), it does frame those comments on Galnet about Soontill Relics, that was FD originated, a little differently. Mention of looking to our past to understand how those relics related to known Thargoid tech (and trying to find human fakery in case they weren't real relics), or something like that.
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