Don't let Rizal near the thargoids first, they'll shoot first when they tire of him randomly hailing them with an entire dictionary, one word at a time
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UA Mystery thread 4 - The Canonn
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I didn't check the thread this morning as I was part-way through collecting some more rares and so I didn't see that a large delivery of different rares had been made. Were there any that were missed? I delivered the following to Bond Hub, Varati:
Sothis Crystalline Gold (7t)
Helvetitj Pearls (4t)
Altairian Skin (12t)
Tarach Spice (3t, black market delivery as it is illegal in this jurisdiction)
Damna Carapaces (10t)
The Waters of Shintara (6t)
I suppose the only way we'll know if anything works is if there's a Galnet article saying 'commodity X worked' but without further feedback I'm not sure what more I can do to help progress things at this stage. I'm not in the beta but I've signed up for the ground survey of Merope, so that looks to be the next step in the mystery (and seeing if the UA shell is still there and has the same radius; I suspect it will expand but we'll see!).
Sothis Crystalline Gold (7t)
Helvetitj Pearls (4t)
Altairian Skin (12t)
Tarach Spice (3t, black market delivery as it is illegal in this jurisdiction)
Damna Carapaces (10t)
The Waters of Shintara (6t)
I suppose the only way we'll know if anything works is if there's a Galnet article saying 'commodity X worked' but without further feedback I'm not sure what more I can do to help progress things at this stage. I'm not in the beta but I've signed up for the ground survey of Merope, so that looks to be the next step in the mystery (and seeing if the UA shell is still there and has the same radius; I suspect it will expand but we'll see!).
Out of rep, have a biscuit instead.
Yeah the way I see it is we've sold 1 of every rare to bond and any one of them could be the trigger - as could sap8, hafnium etc. So I think we need to rinse and repeat so that many of each are sold there to make sure, as just 1 may not be enough.
While I think we should fix Bond before the others, maybe the next full rares load should be at Palins system. With the Plague, we needed to drop stuff at the Galnet indicated medical research facility. (Yes I know Palin is on a different station to the Infection, so there is a bit of a flaw in the proposal)
So... in the middle of December, when you're dog tired of the shopping trips, the tinsel, the credit card abuse, the endless jolly music, Cliff g Richard, the "what are you doing for christmas?" smalltalk questions from colleagues that you hate, adverts for expensive rubbish that the kids will pester you for and then discard immediately, the mince pies that mysteriously keep appearing in your shopping trolley, did I mention Cliff g Richard?, compilation TV programmes of the likes of "Best Xmas Soap Opera Cliffhangers EVER", christmas music, carols, baubles, pine needles stabbing you through your slippers, gurning celebrities prattling on about how they like to enjoy their christmases by cramming Sainsbury's ready made taste the difference vol-au-vents in their eye-bleachingly whitened gobs, mulled wine (what's wrong with wine, just wine, without a bunch of nutmeg in it?), it not being summer, Clifffffff Effffing Richaaaaaaard, and you feel that your soul, your pure and beautiful lovely soul is being corrupted and spoiled by the world going insane over consumerist fervour and there's nothing NOTHING you can do about it and you don't even like Turkey..
Or even if you're happy as a biscuit in a bowl of gravy about it all and you can't wait another minute, because you just might explode with the anticipation of stuffing your face, and ripping open the gifts that your loved ones have bought for you, and you're dying to see the faces on your beautiful family when they open theirs that you spent ages choosing, and you think you might just burst open like an over-ripe fig if the next couple of weeks don't roll by soon because its CHRISTMAS and you have some time off coming and you're playing non-stop Christmas music on your headphones, in your car, in your house, and you have a calendar of Cliff Richard's best poses in his tennis gear up on your wall and you're just gagging to turn it to the 25th and see what shorts he has on for the special day (hasn't he got such a lovely smile, and he just never ages, does he?)...
Blow off the steam with
Get in a stripped down Eagle and blat it hell for leather around a station with a bunch of other swivel-eyed adrenaline junkies, smashing into eachother and the station again and again and again.
Info and signups here: http://canonn.science/2015/11/27/rac...12th-december/
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Get in a stripped down Eagle and blat it hell for leather around a station with a bunch of other swivel-eyed adrenaline junkies, smashing into eachother and the station again and again and again.
Info and signups here: http://canonn.science/2015/11/27/rac...12th-december/
You'll need to be a Canonn member to see the post and enter for the racing. If you're not a member, no problem - just Register here
The diversity in the Canonn never fails to impress me we have commanders who want to join the Thargoids, live peacefully side by side them, or eradicate them! And yet here we are, still friends. Assuming that our actions during first contact won't really matter in the grand scheme of things, I propose a role-play style event. Using the moons of Merope expedition as an examlle:
This should allow the devs a lot of freedom to use our real first contact ingame as an anchor point for future plot outcomes. It also gives us a fair representation across our groups wide range of beliefs.
Thoughts?
we have commanders who want to join the Thargoids, live peacefully side by side them, or eradicate them! And yet here we are, still friends. Assuming that our actions during first contact won't really matter in the grand scheme of things, I propose a role-play style event. Using the moons of Merope expedition as an examlle:- We find an octagonal craft floating above the surface. (Not gunna happen, but for the sake of the scenario just roll with it)
-Those who want to join begin to approach and get closer
- Those who want to live peacefully send morse into open chat comms
- Those who want to fight open fire (I'm assuming this group is primarily filled with people who played the first elite games and have a predisposition to thargoid conflict)
- Those wanting to join the thargies are caught in the cross fire, and begin turning around to open fire on the human aggressors
- the peaceful side-by-side guys call a retreat and leave the field
- the "joiners" and the "fighters" have a shoot out, the"joiners" either die or retreat then the "fighters" attack the goids.
As this plays out the NPCs will likely be firing on any one and every one as they would normally do. The "fighters" either go out in a blaze of glory, or dominate, either way they call reinforcements and more people join the fight. At this point the "joiners" and the "peacers" fly back into the fight and help fight the Thargoids. After the conflict, the remaining "joiners" and the "peacers" put up a galnet inviting thargies to live in Polaris while the "fighters" rally troops (via galnet, aswell) to assault Merope.
-Those who want to join begin to approach and get closer
- Those who want to live peacefully send morse into open chat comms
- Those who want to fight open fire (I'm assuming this group is primarily filled with people who played the first elite games and have a predisposition to thargoid conflict)
- Those wanting to join the thargies are caught in the cross fire, and begin turning around to open fire on the human aggressors
- the peaceful side-by-side guys call a retreat and leave the field
- the "joiners" and the "fighters" have a shoot out, the"joiners" either die or retreat then the "fighters" attack the goids.
As this plays out the NPCs will likely be firing on any one and every one as they would normally do. The "fighters" either go out in a blaze of glory, or dominate, either way they call reinforcements and more people join the fight. At this point the "joiners" and the "peacers" fly back into the fight and help fight the Thargoids. After the conflict, the remaining "joiners" and the "peacers" put up a galnet inviting thargies to live in Polaris while the "fighters" rally troops (via galnet, aswell) to assault Merope.
This should allow the devs a lot of freedom to use our real first contact ingame as an anchor point for future plot outcomes. It also gives us a fair representation across our groups wide range of beliefs.
Thoughts?
What's a Thargoid?
A Thargoid is a large ductless gland in the neck that secretes hormones regulating growth and development through the rate of metabolism.
I had a Thargoid problem once but the doc gave me pills to take for it.
Not so sure. Cliff says he's looking forward to it but Richard's not so chirpy on the topic.
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You missed the groupies ! we will be putting the pampas grass out front and see if they know the "put your ship keys in the bowl game"The diversity in the Canonn never fails to impress me
- We find an octagonal craft floating above the surface. (Not gunna happen, but for the sake of the scenario just roll with it)
-Those who want to join begin to approach and get closer
- Those who want to live peacefully send morse into open chat comms
- Those who want to fight open fire (I'm assuming this group is primarily filled with people who played the first elite games and have a predisposition to thargoid conflict)
- Those wanting to join the thargies are caught in the cross fire, and begin turning around to open fire on the human aggressors
- the peaceful side-by-side guys call a retreat and leave the field
- the "joiners" and the "fighters" have a shoot out, the"joiners" either die or retreat then the "fighters" attack the goids.
As this plays out the NPCs will likely be firing on any one and every one as they would normally do. The "fighters" either go out in a blaze of glory, or dominate, either way they call reinforcements and more people join the fight. At this point the "joiners" and the "peacers" fly back into the fight and help fight the Thargoids. After the conflict, the remaining "joiners" and the "peacers" put up a galnet inviting thargies to live in Polaris while the "fighters" rally troops (via galnet, aswell) to assault Merope.
This should allow the devs a lot of freedom to use our real first contact ingame as an anchor point for future plot outcomes. It also gives us a fair representation across our groups wide range of beliefs.
Thoughts?
o7
PS Cmdr outspan has no idea what I am typing and I may well get the airlock treatment again for that last message
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OMG just found out, apparently all Thargoids are female ! in for a whale of a time ;-)
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Has anyone analysed the sound of a UA that's taken damage? I just noticed today after doing some damage to one with a mining laser (a single small one so I didn't accidentally destroy the poor thing... feel a little guilty for actually firing at all really), that one of the sound components seems to get louder (kind of a bee-like sound that is very quiet while it is at full health)?
yeah its about time Palin done a bit of work, he's miles behind us
Oh, come on, Pat, give the man a chance. He's only just finished reading the instruction manual for his My First Tape Measure, and a nice shade of red it is, too, though I hear he still gets tangled up in it. *CoughCough*CompanyStooge*Coughcough*
I'm confident he'll be sharing a startling announcement soon...
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Before the free flosters, all the UA were analyzed while taking damage. Even now, every UA that is deployed after being scooped is getting damage.
What you are hearing is the BG noise, I'm studying since day one, assuming it could contain morse as well.
If you try shooting a free floater, you'll hear it for some seconds, then disappearing again.
Glad you've noticed it
Before the free flosters, all the UA were analyzed while taking damage. Even now, every UA that is deployed after being scooped is getting damage.
What you are hearing is the BG noise, I'm studying since day one, assuming it could contain morse as well.
If you try shooting a free floater, you'll hear it for some seconds, then disappearing again.
Glad you've noticed it
Thing is, what I'm hearing doesn't seem to be disappearing.
(I do this from time to time, but please don't mistake me for a giant softie, I fly a Python )
I love this thread and everyone in it. Man it brightens my day to catch up on all the intelligent nonsense everyone posts here... Even the O/T stuff is gold dust.
Right On, CMDRs
O7
)I love this thread and everyone in it. Man it brightens my day to catch up on all the intelligent nonsense everyone posts here... Even the O/T stuff is gold dust.
Right On, CMDRs
O7
(I do this from time to time, but please don't mistake me for a giant softie, I fly a Python
I love this thread and everyone in it. Man it brightens my day to catch up on all the intelligent nonsense everyone posts here... Even the O/T stuff is gold dust.
Right On, CMDRs
O7
Man, I want some of what you're drinking(?). I think.
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My sound component changes when people shoot things at me too. Both in-game and in RL.
Is it a free floater you are shooting at?
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