UA Mystery thread 4 - The Canonn
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Sorry to repeat the question guys, but I haven't seen it answered yet. Can we get information on the loadout of both T7s that the UA didn't react to? Is it possible the behaviour is not triggered by the T7, but by something in the ship loadout? It may be that it's not the T7s themselves, but something they had in common, like that they both had Advanced Discovery Scanners, for instance.
Morning everyone, just a clarification: the UA always scanned both ships, as it usually does. Only the Morse changed.
About the loadout, I will do a check later.
And no need to be close to the mailslot, I did it only to recover the UA rapidly, after swapping ship, before it decayed.
About the loadout, I will do a check later.
And no need to be close to the mailslot, I did it only to recover the UA rapidly, after swapping ship, before it decayed.
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dynamicbob
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Ok if u want UAs quickly heres a 74.5LY route (149LY round trip) and 220ls to the outpost in iapodes
Iapodes to HIP 19879. Have done 4 in an hour or so. So if u want a lot quickly and contribute to drivin this storyline forward its a quick way of gathering a lot of UAs quickly, if u have dual repair modules u might be able to pickup 2-3 before youre ship needs to turn around
Iapodes to HIP 19879. Have done 4 in an hour or so. So if u want a lot quickly and contribute to drivin this storyline forward its a quick way of gathering a lot of UAs quickly, if u have dual repair modules u might be able to pickup 2-3 before youre ship needs to turn around
What happens if you get 7 UA's in 7 different T7's? >_>
That HIP number is wrong, 19879 is WAY outside the area
something something, suicidal mechanic from 49 arietis in a sidewinder decided to take advantage of a flaw in station security and trick it into attacking a CIRG research vessel after reading up enough to understand they're directly involved in UA research and that UA's are tentatively linked to the current station malfunctions.
With a little blurb about how the resulting debris field and subsequent arrival of scavengers seeking the various rare commodities that the CIRG research ship had in it's hold for experimentation with the UA ended up resulting in a three hour traffic jam at the airlock to the station.
Also, regarding the Moby references, perhaps it may be a warning as remember, ultimately the tale ended in tragedy, our actions could very well be the catalyst towards further station problems....or worse.
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I think we need to spell out exactly what has changed in excruciating detail. There have been a couple of posts about it and a whole bunch of confusion as to what, exactly, is going on. Riz?
Ok, so Synopsis of last day events:
CMDR Delmonte made 3 recordings of his T7 full of all the rares in game: for each recording he eliminated a particular rare from its Hold.
Scientific Data, Soontill Relics, Occupied Cryopods.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195658&page=62&p=3049055#post3049055
I've decoded all of them and the UA was still spelling the Station's name.
Then a thought came to my mind, so I went to meet him in Thompson Dock with my DBX, equipped a T7, and he gave me his UA.
My T7 was empty holded, fully armed (4 pulses), and with my surprise I discovered that the deployed UA in front of me was SPELLING THE NAME OF THE STATION as well.
Then I decided to do the DEFINITIVE experiment:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195658&page=66&p=3050462&viewfull=1#post3050462
In short, swapping ship from T7 to DBX, while leaving the UA floating outside the station, revealed that, if deployed from the DBX, whatever the listening ship, the UA spelled the drawing MORSE.
If deployed from the T7, instead, it spelled the Station's name, whatever ship was listening to it.
BAM.
An other important thing that I discovered thanks to this experiment is that, if you want to swap ships while still carrying an UA, YOU CAN:
just jettison it outside the station, change ship, scoop it again
Now it's time to test all the other ships, with Asp and DBX already deeply tested making the UA spell the Drawing.
further thoughts: yes it could be a bug, but it's unlikely, because the T7 produced both MORSES, not just the Station's one.
And most important, we can definitely say that both UA behavior, drawing and spelling station's names, are still present in 1.4.
CMDR Delmonte made 3 recordings of his T7 full of all the rares in game: for each recording he eliminated a particular rare from its Hold.
Scientific Data, Soontill Relics, Occupied Cryopods.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195658&page=62&p=3049055#post3049055
I've decoded all of them and the UA was still spelling the Station's name.
Then a thought came to my mind, so I went to meet him in Thompson Dock with my DBX, equipped a T7, and he gave me his UA.
My T7 was empty holded, fully armed (4 pulses), and with my surprise I discovered that the deployed UA in front of me was SPELLING THE NAME OF THE STATION as well.
Then I decided to do the DEFINITIVE experiment:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195658&page=66&p=3050462&viewfull=1#post3050462
In short, swapping ship from T7 to DBX, while leaving the UA floating outside the station, revealed that, if deployed from the DBX, whatever the listening ship, the UA spelled the drawing MORSE.
If deployed from the T7, instead, it spelled the Station's name, whatever ship was listening to it.
BAM.
An other important thing that I discovered thanks to this experiment is that, if you want to swap ships while still carrying an UA, YOU CAN:
just jettison it outside the station, change ship, scoop it again
Now it's time to test all the other ships, with Asp and DBX already deeply tested making the UA spell the Drawing.
further thoughts: yes it could be a bug, but it's unlikely, because the T7 produced both MORSES, not just the Station's one.
And most important, we can definitely say that both UA behavior, drawing and spelling station's names, are still present in 1.4.
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I can confirm that a T6 is "invisible" as well.
While it was still a floater and I was outside the scan range, the Honk time appeared to be a fairly solid 50s (assumed this is long system name)
Picked up and dropped. Honks times 49, 49, 53 (assumed this was T6 drawing - but maybe I should have double checked)
Dropped outside Bond Hub. Honk is a solid 32s. "Bond Hub"
BTW - Dont forget your AMFU. I did, but still made it to Bond with 100% Cargo Hatch
While it was still a floater and I was outside the scan range, the Honk time appeared to be a fairly solid 50s (assumed this is long system name)
Picked up and dropped. Honks times 49, 49, 53 (assumed this was T6 drawing - but maybe I should have double checked)
Dropped outside Bond Hub. Honk is a solid 32s. "Bond Hub"
BTW - Dont forget your AMFU. I did, but still made it to Bond with 100% Cargo Hatch
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dynamicbob
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HIP 19897 sorry for the typo. So iapodes to HIP 19897
Not to complicated really:
A 1.4 UA will scan your ship if you are within 1000m. It will then transmit the 'ship plot' in Morse code.
Now, Riz has found an exception. When the UA is jettisoned from a T7 in a station instance it will still scan the ship but it will transmit the station name (like it did in 1.3), not the 'ship plot'.
We have to find out:
- Does this happen to any other ship (It does not happen with Asp or DBE)?
- Does the same thing happen in a planet or star instance?
- Does the same thing happen in Deep Space?
That is it (I think).
By the way. Thanks for all the nice feedback on my little bedtime story
I sometimes forget that not everybody have details like the content of the wings trailer memorized.
Thanks Dom!
So T6 in the list as well. We should start checking the loadout as well, as someone said.
Can you make just the video outside Bond Hub? I want to be sure. But if it's always the same time, as you said, it's almost surely the station's name.
Adding Weapons and an AMFU has made no difference. Still 32s
This, very much.
49, 49, 53 is the drawing. System names have constant length.
Can't rep you Dommarraa, but great work
You are science.
So really interesting about the T6/T7 - could this be Mass related?
Or could it be heat signature or something like that? I think it would be useful (if possible) to use vanilla ship load-outs?
Is the UA showing some sort of preference?
Not sure how much practical help I can be at the moment, as I don't have the funds to help much, I guess I could test with a Cobra?
Or could it be heat signature or something like that? I think it would be useful (if possible) to use vanilla ship load-outs?
Is the UA showing some sort of preference?
Not sure how much practical help I can be at the moment, as I don't have the funds to help much, I guess I could test with a Cobra?
It's a very good idea, unfortunately I do not have them anymore, at least not all of them. I had so many UA video on my PC that I decided to do some clean up.
But it is really easy to understand it just listening, no need to decode them by hand anymore, specially in Bond Hub. The difference are very remarkable between the two kind of MORSES.
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So I noticed that on the Vid Stream yesterday, there was a strong message that the Thargoids are not the ONLY aliens we might come across - did anyone else catch that?
So, biscuit in hand (chocolate digestive), I wonder if the UA are in fact alien but not Thargoid?
So, biscuit in hand (chocolate digestive), I wonder if the UA are in fact alien but not Thargoid?
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