I'm guessing it's of no real value to the continued efforts here, but I'm just curious if anyone knows what the structure on one of the planets in Maia is? It was called Pauvler's keep or something like that. It has no landing pad's, it's a very small facility but it also is a restricted area and any attempts to get close were met with warnings. I couldn't really see much of what was there but it looked like some kind of research equipment. Like I say I'm sure it's useless since no doubt others will have found that easily, but still can't help but be curious of what it is. It seems strange being the only operational facility on a planet in the systems where all the eyes are for the UA mystery.
UA Mystery thread 4 - The Canonn
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I found a Rich Metal Planet with GREEN CANYONS, phosphorescent green. It was not the usual greenish planet whose color was caused by the close green/blue star, because the nearest moon has red canyons as well.
HIP 17692 A1, in Pleiades, is worth a visit and a careful check...
HIP 17692 A1, in Pleiades, is worth a visit and a careful check...
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Hey guys,
You mentioned the Rescue One stuff before with the Anaconda in orbital cruise, and how there was "no wreckage/salvage" at the site. I'm going to bugreport this, as this is not the case, and is an artefact of planetary mechanics. On a planet's surface, things don't appear as pings on your radar until you're within 50m. You can verify this by going to POI on the planets surface in your ship. If there's cargo at it, you won't see it on radar until you're almost next to it; just like when you're in the SRV.
These mechanics also apply to things found in orbital cruise. I just took the following screens after stopping at a salvageable wreck with a DBE at it. However, I thought I could clearly see cargo canisters in the wreck. Suddenly, I ran into something with the same effect as blowing up a cargo canister. A grey pip also briefly appeared before the same thing happened.
Basically, the cargo at these sites don't show up on scanner unless you're within 50m of it, making it almost (emphasis on almost) impossible to get a lock on anything to scoop.
Refer below pictures. First you can clearly see the canisters, and the next is it actually targetted and on my radar. In this wreck was at least 2 escape pods, a black box, and a small survey data cache.
Canisters clearly viewable, but not on scanner
Canister within 50m, on scanner. I literally ran into it not long after this screenshot and lost the lock again. (ignore the grey triangle, that's the DBE going out of range)
You mentioned the Rescue One stuff before with the Anaconda in orbital cruise, and how there was "no wreckage/salvage" at the site. I'm going to bugreport this, as this is not the case, and is an artefact of planetary mechanics. On a planet's surface, things don't appear as pings on your radar until you're within 50m. You can verify this by going to POI on the planets surface in your ship. If there's cargo at it, you won't see it on radar until you're almost next to it; just like when you're in the SRV.
These mechanics also apply to things found in orbital cruise. I just took the following screens after stopping at a salvageable wreck with a DBE at it. However, I thought I could clearly see cargo canisters in the wreck. Suddenly, I ran into something with the same effect as blowing up a cargo canister. A grey pip also briefly appeared before the same thing happened.
Basically, the cargo at these sites don't show up on scanner unless you're within 50m of it, making it almost (emphasis on almost) impossible to get a lock on anything to scoop.
Refer below pictures. First you can clearly see the canisters, and the next is it actually targetted and on my radar. In this wreck was at least 2 escape pods, a black box, and a small survey data cache.
Canisters clearly viewable, but not on scanner
Canister within 50m, on scanner. I literally ran into it not long after this screenshot and lost the lock again. (ignore the grey triangle, that's the DBE going out of range)
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In principle there is the possibility that the Pleiades are a place from which UAs originate because of some human activity with UAs going on there for a while. The idea being that they were brought from a place far away as indicated in the Wings trailer and after that this strange and changing pattern of UA sightings started. We do not really know where research was conducted and what kind.
Yeah, I've observed that too on the surface, and figured that was just to encourage SRV use. But no, they aren't in contacts tab either in orbital cruise or on surface. I could only take so many screenies at the time
New theory:
Data Points need to be captured and returned.
Why: Why do the UA's point to Merope? We haven't found either Meta-Alloy nor Barnacles. So what else could there be in Merope? I've been trying to find data points in other systems, and have yet to find one. I know this is tenuos at best, especially since I'm only 1 commander. However, if your in Merope do us a favor and pick up the data for when you return.
You may notice that you cant pick up more than 1 for each faction (Empire, Alliance, and Federation)
Data Points need to be captured and returned.
Why: Why do the UA's point to Merope? We haven't found either Meta-Alloy nor Barnacles. So what else could there be in Merope? I've been trying to find data points in other systems, and have yet to find one. I know this is tenuos at best, especially since I'm only 1 commander. However, if your in Merope do us a favor and pick up the data for when you return.
You may notice that you cant pick up more than 1 for each faction (Empire, Alliance, and Federation)
I did 4 hours of scouting and rovering around the systems close by Merope and Maia.
I believe we need a missing chain to find these Barnacles, it will take so much time to explore all the planet surfaces...
We need to discriminate at least the planets, or area. And we need more people to look out.
This way is going to take forever....
A news Scanner type that maybe can track structures or material from the low orbits?
I believe we need a missing chain to find these Barnacles, it will take so much time to explore all the planet surfaces...
We need to discriminate at least the planets, or area. And we need more people to look out.
This way is going to take forever....
A news Scanner type that maybe can track structures or material from the low orbits?
I've found a few just in the region of space in the bubble I hang out, plus they are at any planetary outpost in any system.
Not saying they're completely unrelated to anything, but I don't think there's anything unique about them to UA's/Merope.
EDIT: I just re-read what you said. You can pick up "more than one for each faction", they just stack like bounties though. In Beta, these gave "bonds" just like combat bonds, rather than intel points. I think they just rebadged them so they weren't confused with bonds. I anticipate future CGs using these things.
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Excellent, thanks! Have some +rep (and biscuits).
Ah, the Psychohistorical theory
Actions of the masses can be predicted and controlled, but not the individual.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychohistory_(fictional)
On my run I'm starting with Witch head, then I'll check any nebulae through Barnards Loop, past that to seagull and rosette, then jellyfish, monkeyhead, Along the rim to Bubble, then back home via NGC 7822 with a slight detour to Elephants trunk. Hopefully somebody will find something in that time, if not me.
Since I don't have DSS(Diamondback Explorer, no room if I want to take anything back), this isn't about getting exploration data just checking planets.
I'm only using Nebulae as a road map of sorts, I will be checking the systems on route as well.
Since I don't have DSS(Diamondback Explorer, no room if I want to take anything back), this isn't about getting exploration data just checking planets.
I'm only using Nebulae as a road map of sorts, I will be checking the systems on route as well.
I am back in the game. Albeit with nothing of my past life (cleared my save and could not get it back) It has been agonising waiting to play and watching this thread.Then to have to start from scratch was demoralising.I had prepared somewhat..i had a python and was interested in peregrina as well as merope so i ground the permit out before horizons release.Has there been any progress out there?
The good news for me now is that due to me shunning my girl for the past two nights i now have a ship ready with all i need for science.I try to keep up with the thread as much as possible but i missed any further news about the mysterious eye logo missions.Either way its good to be back and i will head out tomorrow night to wherever looks interesting.
The good news for me now is that due to me shunning my girl for the past two nights i now have a ship ready with all i need for science.I try to keep up with the thread as much as possible but i missed any further news about the mysterious eye logo missions.Either way its good to be back and i will head out tomorrow night to wherever looks interesting.
Good route. I took a DBX out to Witch Head, Flame, Running Man, Barnard's and Horeshead a couple of months ago. I took a lot of very pretty screenshots.
Your assumption that since we haven't yet found Meta-Alloy or "barnacles" in Merope they aren't there is flawed. See my previous post on the scale of the search area. We haven't spent anywhere near enough time looking in Merope to draw any conclusions.
That's what I was thinking. If I don't find any alien stuff, and I can't get exploration data. I can get nice screenshots.
If you want a few million to help you get back on your feet, let me know. I'm currently out near Merope but I can return to the bubble easily enough.
Gamma velorum (regor) springs to mind.
Well it's been a while since I posted this thread but here goes, so if a UA is taken to merope and offloaded at the star and just left will it just self destruct?
I was just asking cause since they all seem to wanna go there we should just take them all there but if they just go boom then there's no point I suppose, was thinking along the lines of many UA's pointing at star = something happens to star maybe.
That hand drawn info map thing posted a while back made me think of it with multiple UA's drawn around the star.
I was just asking cause since they all seem to wanna go there we should just take them all there but if they just go boom then there's no point I suppose, was thinking along the lines of many UA's pointing at star = something happens to star maybe.
That hand drawn info map thing posted a while back made me think of it with multiple UA's drawn around the star.
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