UA Mystery thread 4 - The Canonn

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Allant Doran

Allant Doran
the Meta-alloys mission target being 'Planet' is a big discovery. That is fantastic news!

As for Merope 3A - I couldn't land there the other day while I was there. I had no idea other people had been able to. Is that a bug or does the UA allow it?
 

Iardring

Iardring
Has anyone tried to bring an UA down to a landable planet in merope, transfered it to the SRV and then unloaded it to the ground? Maybe UAs act or behave different/unexpected when put to a planet.
 
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CMDR Paraszt

CMDR Paraszt
OMG mate i'm sorry I totally forgot the only planet that wasn't approachable! I was at work and replied a bit in a hurry! I truly landed on all the planets of Merope but not 3A! I don't think it would be possible at this point.

I'm sorry for the false info i hope you didn't kill too much into the task yet!
I owe you a cookie with Pivo

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Yep that's what i did yesterday i took a UA to all the planets and listened to the morse. Nothing special at all.
 

Allant Doran

Allant Doran
CMDR Paraszt said:
OMG mate i'm sorry I totally forgot the only planet that wasn't approachable! I was at work and replied a bit in a hurry! I truly landed on all the planets of Merope but not 3A! I don't think it would be possible at this point.

I'm sorry for the false info i hope you didn't kill too much into the task yet!
I owe you a cookie with Pivo

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Yep that's what i did yesterday i took a UA to all the planets and listened to the morse. Nothing special at all.
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No worries. These things happen :)
 

LordZoltan

LordZoltan
So, this: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=215441&p=3292427#post3292427

A bit of fun over the Christmas period - and a controlled attempt to 'infect' as many known stations as we can - hopefully identifying any conditions why a station doesn't - outside of MB et al just missing them ;) (E.G. - why has JManis' station still not gone down?)

Smuggle UAs to Bond Hub, Varati - and if you're part of another player faction, and want to volunteer a station in your system - please do so (instructions in the post :) )

We really would like as many stations as possible added to this list please! :D
 
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AlexVII

AlexVII
Iardring said:
Has anyone tried to bring an UA down to a landable planet in merope, transfered it to the SRV and then unloaded it to the ground? Maybe UAs act or behave different/unexpected when put to a planet.
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I think it was the first thing we did ...
It fell. On the side...

But on a more serious note - Morses name of the planet, and not loses durability
 
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Jorki Rasalas

Jorki Rasalas
Derthek said:
new items for science! UA are currently the highest selling item in game

Scientific Samples
Political Prisoner
Military Intelligence
Taaffeite
Nerve Agents
Jadeite
Thorium
Hostage
Lanthanum
Moissanite
Synthetic Reagents
Muon Imager
Tantalum
Thallium
Bismuth
Cryolite
Unstable Data Core
Structural Regulators
Pyrophyllite
Building Fabricators
Skimmer Components
Goslarite
Surface Stabilisers
Encrypted Data Storage
Bootleg Liquor
Evacuation Shelter
Thermal Cooling Units
Diplomatic Bag
Tactical Data
Assault Plans
Geological Samples
Ceramic Composites
Personal Effects
Encrypted Correspondence
Commercial Samples
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OK, thanks Derthek. I asked earlier if there were new commodoties in 2.0 & wondered if any of those could have use as an antifouling to combat the (alleged?) UA corrosion effect on ships/stations. Of your list several look promising:
Thorium is radioactive, SyntheticReagents could be nasty, Thallium salts are highly poisonous & historically used in rat poison/insecticides, Cryolite is used as an insecticide & pesticide, BootlegLiquor (seem to remember the blurb says it can be poisonous) , NerveAgents, & potentially muon scanners if they emite energy that would affect the UA spores (alleged barnacle larvae?)
Anyone willing to try these? I'm still light years away.

Edit: Another thought was the application of energy as an antifoulant ( see my earlier post re antifouling & wikipedia report) - did anyone try taking infected ships near to a star? I guess so if refuelling, but might need a longer exposure of heat to kill the barnacles, alternatively laser fire?
 
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Nazdakka

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Han_Zen said:
Hmm - 60 hour time limit. Could be quite far out.

Could it be something on the far side of the UA shell? Towards California sector from Merope?
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It's actually 6 days and change.

I'm currently exploring the surface of a random planet in the UA shell with a UA in my hold just in case it's useful.
 

rizal72

rizal72
Nazdakka said:
It's actually 6 days and change.

I'm currently exploring the surface of a random planet in the UA shell with a UA in my hold just in case it's useful.
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Worth saying that, like in other missions, the "target commodity" could spawn only if you took the relative mission.
I mean it could be easier to find the Meta-Alloys just accepting these missions...
 
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Eoran

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darkinnit said:
I did a quick skim of the large crater, nothing stood out as being out of the ordinary. I'm going back to my other experiments until any explanation of why this planet is special.
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Yeah I suspect Atrox Lux was probably just stating where he found the 100% metal planet, not that this planet in particular was where the giant green space barnacles could be found:

Atrox Lux said:
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I was searching high metal planetary bodies, as barnacles are all about the metal! I even found a 100% metal planet. Nothing as yet on it, but I stopped searching, once I found out, what I found out. It may be yet another dead end. But here's the name.

HIP 19382 (Planet B1)
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Lurker

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Nazdakka said:
It's actually 6 days and change.
I'm currently exploring the surface of a random planet in the UA shell with a UA in my hold just in case it's useful.
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Great info so far. Thanks.
No target marker in map for the target system ? Please watch and report ...
 

Escorpion

Escorpion
Nazdakka said:
Not sure if this has already been noted in-thread (a quick search says 'no'), but it seems there are others looking for meta-alloys...

Note that it says 'Planet' as the target location.

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(I got the mission while doing the Dahan trade CG, I believe it was Shriver Platform in the Ovid system, which seems like a pretty dull place)
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Great! These are the kind of tangible things that will make us advance. So there are missions that relate to Meta-Alloys... interesting. Heading for Ovid system!
 

adipose

adipose
Jorki Rasalas said:
I remember a time when "in space" meant anything above the peak of Everest!
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Like I said earlier, space does not equal the big dark vacuum. Technically, anything outside of an atmosphere can be considered in space. Go read the un treaties on space sometime for some interesting legalities about space.
 

Escorpion

Escorpion
rizal72 said:
Worth saying that, like in other missions, the "target commodity" could spawn only if you took the relative mission.
I mean it could be easier to find the Meta-Alloys just accepting these missions...
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Exactly my thoughts... that's because I'm heading for the system. It will helps us to know if the mission has some requirements of rank...
 

beelzeblub

beelzeblub
rizal72 said:
I'm sorry to tell you that Merope 3A is not landable for EVERYONE, not because there's a bug, but because it has an atmosphere. ;)
Landable planets have a blue circle around them, as you can see in your image...
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I know it shouldn't be landable. But some Commanders have claimed they can land there. Just tried it with a UA in my cargo. Didn't work. Can commander who say they have landed at Merope 3A please post a Screenshot of their system with the planet highlighted?

Noticed the UA doesn't degrade when you drop it from a Buggy btw. ANyone else noticed that? And you can hear the :):):):):):) from far away too.
 

Han_Zen

Han_Zen
rizal72 said:
Worth saying that, like in other missions, the "target commodity" could spawn only if you took the relative mission.
I mean it could be easier to find the Meta-Alloys just accepting these missions...
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Could be.

The mission was actually reported in the beta. I forgot all about it. The guy who took the mission never found it.
 
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