I can't wait to conduct my secret research and then bring it to LIFE muhahahahah .... err live
UA Mystery thread 4 - The Canonn
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I can't wait to conduct my secret research and then bring it to LIFE muhahahahah .... err live
Well Ratking has had his UA for a long time, and has been alone with it for a long time...............
Errr it hasn't made any approaches to me in my cockpit....
FD decided that the other species mentioned in the original game were not actually sentient. The only non-human sentient species (that we know of) are Thargoids and the extinct indigenous species from Achenar. This was discussed in one of the early Lave Radio shows (episode 3, relevant stuff starts about 42 minutes in).
Ahh, but did he visit Derthek's Folly while in the neighbourhood?
Regarding what happened to the Thargoids after the brief encounters in the 3250s.
The only mention of them in GalNet (not local news) is this article about the Soontill relics: https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/18-MAY-3301
We have at least talked to them. The fact that Thargoids told us something significant about Soontill, is a small indication that they left on friendly terms.
The only mention of them in GalNet (not local news) is this article about the Soontill relics: https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/18-MAY-3301
We have at least talked to them. The fact that Thargoids told us something significant about Soontill, is a small indication that they left on friendly terms.
And as any Explorer knows, there are an awful lot of worlds out there now with life on them - for example the Gas Giants with water-based life, the Water Worlds with ammonia-based life, and of course the many other Earth-Likes (which often pop up in neutron-star systems) - they could all harbor interesting new, sentient, exotic space-faring species for us to come up against.
dynamicbob
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sirius inc requests more deliveries to iapodes ( now its in the news) pic tok ( which is close to the thereshold of 120 ish) and ngalia our next backup location (2 outposts) owned by ngalia family ( anarchist group)
A bit of science.
Dommarraa's checking of module degradation percentages got me thinking a bit.
On my T6 I get the 'Toxic Corrosion' message exactly every 30 sec. 30 sec. is a reasonable honk to honk lap time for a relatively short Morse message.
For example will 'Ngobe A' give exactly 30 sec. honk to honk lap time.
The idea is that the UA may still be active when inside the hold and do damage to our modules when it honks.
I would just like to know if the 30 sec. between module damages is valid for all ships or if it depends on ship type.
There is probably no way of verifying UA activity in the hold. I don't know if we have tried listening to a ship with modules turned off and an UA inside?
Dommarraa's checking of module degradation percentages got me thinking a bit.
On my T6 I get the 'Toxic Corrosion' message exactly every 30 sec. 30 sec. is a reasonable honk to honk lap time for a relatively short Morse message.
For example will 'Ngobe A' give exactly 30 sec. honk to honk lap time.
The idea is that the UA may still be active when inside the hold and do damage to our modules when it honks.
I would just like to know if the 30 sec. between module damages is valid for all ships or if it depends on ship type.
There is probably no way of verifying UA activity in the hold. I don't know if we have tried listening to a ship with modules turned off and an UA inside?
I think some testing of scanning a ship with a UA on board was done, to no effect, but possibly before 1.4. Worth trying again for sure.
On the degradation 'lap time' - that's a really interesting thought, and would make a lot of sense. Should be pretty easy to test out with all the UAs people are grabbing and carrying right now - good thinking as always Han_Zen
The UA is not the only cargo to cause degradation, if I am not mistaken. Are the timings different from a UA to Toxic waste, for example?
UA damage is AFAIK identical to Toxic Waste in all respects.
It is certainly the same duration in Asp and Conda, or the Quick Jump Long Distance Transport Method (QJLDM) would not work the same, which it does.
Michael Brookes
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Out of interest, why *hasn't* anyone from the Canonn submitted a community goal to FD for collecting UAs? I'm certain FD would lap it up.... I've reliably collected 10 UAs per hour previously, so I don't think it would be unreasonable to set a CG, published alongside the very publicised knowledge of them being found in the 135-150LY shell around Merope (pending possible 1.5 changes), with the goal of collecting 20,000 or more UA's. Between 500 participants, that's 5 hours slogging each in a week. How many hours do people sink into carting a commodity back and forth. Heaps more than that I'm certain. It's also highly accessible. To be very successful at hauling or combat CGs your chances are increased by having expensive, big ships. This is accessible to anyone in dare I say a Cobra up.
And lets face it, how cool would it be compared to previous CGs? A CG which sends you (for some places) 300+ LY away from peoples usual roaming areas, visiting systems which are for most players, likely unexplored, bringing them closer to the station in the Pleiades (though UA would be taken back to Varati, IMO) , and with a hold full of 10, netting a clear 2m credits each run?
Honestly, I'd do it myself, except:
- I still don't consider myself "Part of the Canonn"
- I've never had a Galnet article accepted by FD, so not much chance of a CG being accepted to be honest, and
- If I wrote it for my minor faction (Sitakapan Expeditionary Forces) people would be like "Who?"
That's not to say, if someone didn't go ahead with it, I wouldn't try to stick my finger in somehow
(posted in a thread not about voicepacks...)
And lets face it, how cool would it be compared to previous CGs? A CG which sends you (for some places) 300+ LY away from peoples usual roaming areas, visiting systems which are for most players, likely unexplored, bringing them closer to the station in the Pleiades (though UA would be taken back to Varati, IMO) , and with a hold full of 10, netting a clear 2m credits each run?
Honestly, I'd do it myself, except:
- I still don't consider myself "Part of the Canonn"
- I've never had a Galnet article accepted by FD, so not much chance of a CG being accepted to be honest, and
- If I wrote it for my minor faction (Sitakapan Expeditionary Forces) people would be like "Who?"
That's not to say, if someone didn't go ahead with it, I wouldn't try to stick my finger in somehow
(posted in a thread not about voicepacks...)
Well sounds like the Thargoids are looking for their lost scouting party with the UA then.
Yabba-Doo! Thanking you kindly, Mr Brookes.
Yeeeeah.... Let's pick another fight with that lot, then.
How do you keep on top of this thread and work at the same time!? Do you have a 'threadnought assistant'!?
I sense another ton of rep
Out of interest, why *hasn't* anyone from the Canonn submitted a community goal to FD for collecting UAs? I'm certain FD would lap it up.... I've reliably collected 10 UAs per hour previously, so I don't think it would be unreasonable to set a CG, published alongside the very publicised knowledge of them being found in the 135-150LY shell around Merope (pending possible 1.5 changes), with the goal of collecting 20,000 or more UA's. Between 500 participants, that's 5 hours slogging each in a week. How many hours do people sink into carting a commodity back and forth. Heaps more than that I'm certain. It's also highly accessible. To be very successful at hauling or combat CGs your chances are increased by having expensive, big ships. This is accessible to anyone in dare I say a Cobra up.
And lets face it, how cool would it be compared to previous CGs? A CG which sends you (for some places) 300+ LY away from peoples usual roaming areas, visiting systems which are for most players, likely unexplored, bringing them closer to the station in the Pleiades (though UA would be taken back to Varati, IMO) , and with a hold full of 10, netting a clear 2m credits each run?
Honestly, I'd do it myself, except:
- I still don't consider myself "Part of the Canonn"
- I've never had a Galnet article accepted by FD, so not much chance of a CG being accepted to be honest, and
- If I wrote it for my minor faction (Sitakapan Expeditionary Forces) people would be like "Who?"
That's not to say, if someone didn't go ahead with it, I wouldn't try to stick my finger in somehow
(posted in a thread not about voicepacks...)
It has been considered but the issue is that we do not yet know for sure if there is a direct link with he UAs damaging stations. If there is then we could end up shutting down the station we are delivering too and making it difficult for the CG payout....
That said we are having a discussion about using the UA as a method of shutting down the PowerPants guys via overloading their capital systems with UAs - if they are the things causing the problems at the stations.....
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Yeah lets! We can take em!
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How do you keep on top of this thread and work at the same time!? Do you have a 'threadnought assistant'!?
I sense another ton of rep
I herby submit myself as willing assistant to Mr B
I herby submit myself as willing assistant to Mr B
Is it me or is there a Freudian under tone to that comment...?
I suspect the same way we all, umm, do.
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