Mysterious Malfunctions at starports growing

[relayer]

[Searched the forums and didn't find any related - if there is, please mods merge me into the right place.]

Little dribs and drabs in "Comm Chatter" keep mentioning "mysterious malfunctions" at starports, including Sol. Did some back-of-the-envelope mapping from Sol and got this:


Sol - 0ly - Inside Bubble - 19 Nov 3301 (5)

Arawere - 113ly - Delaine - inside Bubble - 25 Nov 3301 (6)
Warkushanui - 95ly - Delaine - inside Bubble - 16 Oct 3301 (1)

49 Arietis - 209ly - Independent - outside Bubble - 23 Oct 3301 (2)
64 Arietis - 208ly - Independent - outside Bubble - 29 Oct 3301 (3)

Varati - 203ly - Independent - outside Bubble - 02 Nov 3301 (4)
Ngobe - 205ly - Independent - outside Bubble - 19 nov 3301 (5)
Iapodes - 197ly - Independent- outside Bubble - 19 nov 3301 (5)

The three clusters make a rough 3D pyramid. The earliest reports were from systems outside the Bubble. (1) parenthetical numbers are in order of reported.


Some things from GalNet:

20 SEP 3301
Federal Research Programme (AEOs, Palin) Terminated

27 SEP 3301
Palin Invited to Join Research Group Canonn*

22 OCT 3301

As the technical problems in Warkushanui intensify, some commentators have drawn attention to the fact that the number of anomalous extraterrestrial objects (or AEOs) discovered in the system has recently increased."


26 OCT 3301

Ishmael Palin, the Federation scientist tasked with studying the anomalous extraterrestrial objects discovered earlier this year, has announced his decision to resume his research.

... The new research effort will be based at Christian Dock in the Nganji System, close to the region of space where the objects were discovered.

When asked if he had any theories on what was happening at Gaiman Dock, Fry was unequivocal:

"Hey, I read the news. I'm not stupid. First they take those alien pods there, and then there's a complete technical breakdown. Didn't they say those AEO things damaged machinery? Join the dots, man!"

02 NOV 3301
Armed Intruders Apprehended at Christian Dock in Nganji... "they were caught trying to break into Palin's laboratory, and I heard they had incendiary explosives, too. I wouldn't be surprised to discover they were trying to destroy the lab and the UAs."

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Curious to know if anyone's been interested, paying attention or have any theories (like for the Cerebus Plague or Unknown Artefacts). Also looks like I might need to post in that thread.

 

[GJ51]

Yes!

It's really pretty simple if you plot it on graph paper to scale.

It's everything you need to make yourself a tinfoil pilot's helmet that you will need to prevent Thargoids from taking control over your flight controls in the next release.

 

[Roybe]

Looks like people are delivering the Unkown Artefacts far and wide! Anyone know if there is a religious group out there paving the way for enemies of humanity?

To help...the group of people would look like this guy, with the same moral fiber:

http://www.anyclip.com/movies/the-mummy/kill-and-interrogation/#!quotes/

 

[Kubicide]

Time to use your imagination! All this means nothing, really. Go dock at one of the stations and get back to us with screen grabs of anything that has changed or shows anything that supports the ASCII-based story. (Too bad this game engine can't actually change things - things that you would actually see in game but can only read about...)

 

[Hekantonkheries]

Looks like people are delivering the Unkown Artefacts far and wide! Anyone know if there is a religious group out there paving the way for enemies of humanity?

To help...the group of people would look like this guy, with the same moral fiber:

http://www.anyclip.com/movies/the-mummy/kill-and-interrogation/#!quotes/

as long as the issues are simply some sparking control panels in the stations were good


now, if the artifacts start making people murder eachother and mutating the dead into killer zombies with scythe arms, we can only hope the stations have a good engineering team.

 

[fennster]

It does seem to tie in with UA and the CIRG..

https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5656ec669657ba5f70802b4d

CIRG Sends Scientists to Bond Hub

26 NOV 3301

Mere hours after the Canonn Interstellar Research Group defeated the Labour of Varati in the recent Bond Hub election, more than fifty CIRG scientists arrived at Bond Hub from Thompson Dock. The scientists were accompanied by tonnes of equipment, which has been installed in makeshift labs. Professor D Luffy, lead scientist for the team, explained what was happening:

"First, we thank the residents of Bond Hub for calling for this election, voting for us, and allowing us to continue our work on the Unknown Artefacts. We have pledged to investigate the station malfunctions that have dominated the news in recent weeks, and since Bond is also affected we have an opportunity to put it at the heart of our research."

"Our teams have started monitoring the malfunctions side-by-side with UAs brought from the Merope shell, so we can determine the exact nature of the UAs' relationship to these malfunctions."

Commander Lord Zoltan

 

[relayer]

Time to use your imagination!

No tinfoil hattery... just noticed that these newsbits kept on appearing in GalNet & decided to poke into them. Obviously they are put there to read. I doubt if it's just "filler;" there's a reason they're there... going to contact Canonn group, who have been investigating the Unknown Artefacts/AEOs for a year now & come up with some fantastic research.

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It does seem to tie in with UA and the CIRG..

You're right; I hadn't gotten to there yet! Definitely will be contacting CIRG.

[for those interested, or snickering about tinfoil hats should take a look at what CIRG found (with a hell of a lot of work) emanating from the UAOs... like them giving vector graphics of the ships scanning them; drawings based on Morse code which was created in the objects by varying sound tones. Yes; that's right; that's how tricky FD can be. CIRG was congratulated by The Braben himself for finding the easter egg.]

Here's the Canonn Insterstellar Research Group thread:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=178118&page=67&highlight=canonn

Take a look at what "steely-eyed missle men" can do when motivated by curiosity!

 

[RedWizzard]

Time to use your imagination! All this means nothing, really. Go dock at one of the stations and get back to us with screen grabs of anything that has changed or shows anything that supports the ASCII-based story. (Too bad this game engine can't actually change things - things that you would actually see in game but can only read about...)

That's not entirely true. The affected stations in 49 Arietis and 64 Arietis have lost all services except the shipyard (and I suspect they're only keeping that to prevent issues with stored ships).

 

[who?]

It does seem to tie in with UA and the CIRG..

https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5656ec669657ba5f70802b4d

CIRG Sends Scientists to Bond Hub

26 NOV 3301

Mere hours after the Canonn Interstellar Research Group defeated the Labour of Varati in the recent Bond Hub election, more than fifty CIRG scientists arrived at Bond Hub from Thompson Dock. The scientists were accompanied by tonnes of equipment, which has been installed in makeshift labs. Professor D Luffy, lead scientist for the team, explained what was happening:

"First, we thank the residents of Bond Hub for calling for this election, voting for us, and allowing us to continue our work on the Unknown Artefacts. We have pledged to investigate the station malfunctions that have dominated the news in recent weeks, and since Bond is also affected we have an opportunity to put it at the heart of our research."

"Our teams have started monitoring the malfunctions side-by-side with UAs brought from the Merope shell, so we can determine the exact nature of the UAs' relationship to these malfunctions."

Commander Lord Zoltan

Also significant is the Galnet story from the previous day, given that it's from Galnet (cough... Frontier) itself, not submitted by The Canonn. So it's Frontier linking the malfunctions with a group dedicated to investigating the UAs, without them doing it themselves.

Services Suspended at Gaiman Dock and Weyn Dock
25 NOV 3301
Authorities in the 64 Arietis system have confirmed that station services at Weyn Dock have been suspended due to ongoing technical issues at the starport. The announcement came within an hour of a similar statement from 49 Arietis, where it was confirmed that station services had also been suspended at Gaiman Dock. Shipyards at both starports are still understood to be accessible.

Meanwhile, the Arawere system has become the latest to be affected by the mysterious malfunctions, with Korolyov Hub experiencing similar issues to those plaguing starports in Warkushanui, 49 Arietis, 64 Arietis, Varati, Ngobe, Iapodes and Sol.

Technical teams at the affected starports are working around the clock to determine the cause of the malfunctions, and scientists across the galaxy, including those of the Canonn Interstellar Research Group, are desperately trying to find a solution to the problem, but so far no progress has been made.

 

[Dommarraa]

Welcome to the mystery.
I would start by saying that the discoverys are more than easter eggs, they are actual clues to a long and ongoing story arc (confirmed by fd) . Many believe it will end in the rediscovery of Thargoid or other alien life.

Most but not all of the stations are directly associated with the selling of ua. There are a couple of systems that have has lots of ua sold {100+} but have no sign of malfunction. The first infected system had never had a ua sold to our knowledge.

Most but not all are associated with people parking their ships with ua in the hold foe long periods of time. There is a currently an experiment going on to see if a parked ship can trigger a malfunction.

As for cures, we have tried selling every single type of rare to see if there was a solution such as for the plague. My theory is that we will need one of the new materials on found on planets in horizons. Or, we will just have to suck it up.

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BTW this isn't clutter, you are welcome to the threadnought, it is open to all.
For science and biscuits!

 

[relayer]

Welcome to the mystery.
I would start by saying that the discoverys are more than easter eggs, they are actual clues to a long and ongoing story arc (confirmed by fd)

Ah, I meant no irreverence! I did have the idea that the UAs were a hidden mystery, but I called it an "easter egg" in a bad verbal choice

BTW this isn't clutter, you are welcome to the threadnought, it is open to all.
For science and biscuits!

Well, now that I know this crosses over to you guys, I know where to look for new info. Thanks for posting! You guys are awesome. Have some Cubeo Razorback Bacon!

 

[TheGrimCorsair]

It's 'cause all the stations' systems are underpinned by legacy code produced by Frontier.

 

[Ratking15]

Hello there Relayer just want to ask this but are you investigating why the station port melfunctions are happening? As it seems like you've got the UA's in your first post and are trying to find a link between the two, which I belive I could clear up somewhat (speculating only though).

 

[relayer]

Hello there Relayer just want to ask this but are you investigating why the station port melfunctions are happening? As it seems like you've got the UA's in your first post and are trying to find a link between the two, which I believe I could clear up somewhat (speculating only though).

Heya. I was poking about there after I noticed GalNet kept mentioning the malfunctions. Reviewed and talked to a few people from Canonn Interstellar Research Group [CIRG] and they were already on it. It does seem as if the two are entwined so I'm just going to watch the CIRG thread, which is here:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=178118&page=67&highlight=canonn

But please, tell me what info you have! Are you in CIRG?

 

[Ratking15]

Heya. I was poking about there after I noticed GalNet kept mentioning the malfunctions. Reviewed and talked to a few people from Canonn Interstellar Research Group [CIRG] and they were already on it. It does seem as if the two are entwined so I'm just going to watch the CIRG thread, which is here:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=178118&page=67&highlight=canonn

But please, tell me what info you have! Are you in CIRG?

Ah I see well I'll say what we know as yes I am in it and was part of the council, anyway so far we're pretty convinced that the station melfuncations happen due to a certain amount of UA's being sold at the station and that there's sort of 3 teirs for this which are shown by galnet new article reports however we aren't 100% sure or proven due to the fact that in order to test this out we have to sell a lot of UA's suddenly to one station so it shows problems. But idealy in my mind we need to rush sell UA's at one station and so many that it reachs teir 3 which the station shuts down, and I have done the research for a reasonable station to do this which is close to the source and shouldn't cause problems for anyone.

Also there's nothing wrong with having another thread that spins off one thing of the UA as that thread is for the UA investigation overall where as this is one part of it possibly as frontier hasn't confirmed them to be linked yet.

 

[relayer]

Ah I see well I'll say what we know as yes I am in it and was part of the council, anyway so far we're pretty convinced that the station melfuncations happen due to a certain amount of UA's being sold at the station and that there's sort of 3 teirs for this which are shown by galnet new article reports however we aren't 100% sure or proven due to the fact that in order to test this out we have to sell a lot of UA's suddenly to one station so it shows problems. But idealy in my mind we need to rush sell UA's at one station and so many that it reachs teir 3 which the station shuts down, and I have done the research for a reasonable station to do this which is close to the source and shouldn't cause problems for anyone.

Also there's nothing wrong with having another thread that spins off one thing of the UA as that thread is for the UA investigation overall where as this is one part of it possibly as frontier hasn't confirmed them to be linked yet.

Thanks for the update! I'll send people to the CIRG thread who are interested, as many do not seem to be aware of the intricate puzzle FD has laid out for us (which is just fantastic, as is the info from CIRG).

I'm just stumbling around in the dark. It occurred to me to plot the affected stations and I discovered that they (approximately) clumped in three sectors. The only solo outlier is Sol, which concerns me a bit.


Cheers!
relayer

 

[Ratking15]

Thanks for the update! I'll send people to the CIRG thread who are interested, as many do not seem to be aware of the intricate puzzle FD has laid out for us (which is just fantastic, as is the info from CIRG).

I'm just stumbling around in the dark. It occurred to me to plot the affected stations and I discovered that they (approximately) clumped in three sectors. The only solo outlier is Sol, which concerns me a bit.


Cheers!
relayer

I know that some people have sold UA's at Sol so that's why that's happened.......I can answer questions if you have any btw and not only about the station stuff as I have 8 months worth of experience with the UA but...that might be a bit too much offtopic if it's just the UA and so private message would be best.

 

[Dommarraa]

Ratking, you are out of the loop matey. We already have 1 secret station that has had 100 ua sold, no effect yet. And a station with a ship parked with 10 UA in the hold. Only been there a few days so to early to tell.

 

[Ratking15]

Ratking, you are out of the loop matey. We already have 1 secret station that has had 100 ua sold, no effect yet. And a station with a ship parked with 10 UA in the hold. Only been there a few days so to early to tell.

and that shows how much I can miss on the Threadnought on here as I looked away after waking up boom about 20 pages worth of comments happened by lunch time hit and I had to speed through them.Though it wasn't posted about on the Canonn website which is much easier to check. Anyway oh well.

 

[Deleted member 38366]

Hm, I take it the affected Stations have already been drowned in Rare Goods (Heike tea anyone? Or whatever the "mechanical equivalent" of that would be to counter the Stations' Cerberus-type Plague)...
...as well as all the weird Cargo types of Tactical Data, Blueprints, Prototype Tech, Medical Studies, Scientific Data etc. that can be found around Compromised NAV beacons if enough Pirates blow up there?

My best bet (for now)... whatever is needed to "cure" likely has to be found on Planets.
So happy rolling around, scooping up and searching in SRVs around the Merope System and its Planets I see.

Would make sense. It's new. It's shiny. We've been told there's "nonstandard stuff" down there. What better place to send expeditions to and have them analyze the crap out of all the Planet Surfaces there
(of course that old GALnet article mentioning a rumored secret planetary base in the Lave System might warrant a re-investigation in the broad concept... at least then it can be done)

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Found it again (in case it's of any relevance and if Lave II happens to be suitable for a landing in the 1st place, haven't checked that) :
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/55c879a99657ba093c74acfe