UA Mystery thread 4 - The Canonn

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Allant Doran

Allant Doran
rizal72 said:
It was already done. UA taken to the opposite side of the bubble. Merope.
That doesn't mean that someone couldn't do it again if he likes.
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It's certainly not something I'm desperately wanting to do myself. Am I correct in understanding that somebody has taken one to Sag A* and it was still pointing to Merope?

If I'm right in remembering that, then unless those responsible are on the FAR side of the Galactic core, then it settles that argument. I can't see this mystery leading players hundreds upon hundreds of hours of pure travel time to the other side of the galaxy haha.
 

rizal72

rizal72
Allant Doran said:
It's certainly not something I'm desperately wanting to do myself. Am I correct in understanding that somebody has taken one to Sag A* and it was still pointing to Merope?

If I'm right in remembering that, then unless those responsible are on the FAR side of the Galactic core, then it settles that argument. I can't see this mystery leading players hundreds upon hundreds of hours of pure travel time to the other side of the galaxy haha.
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Yes, some mad CMDR did it some time ago. And thrown it inside the Black hole.
Please remember we are on it since March, and 4 threads and 35.000 posts were not enough.

There is the Wiki, that is no more updated, but it's correct until 1.3, and then the Canonn site, with a few of recaps about the UA.
 
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Kalearne

Kalearne
*dons tinfoil*

This made me think about the UA shell around Merope and the distribution of charge across the surface of a Van Der Graff generator. Maybe when their density reaches peaks something interesting will happen?

Also got me thinking about it as an alternative to hyperdrive tech in order to travel/explore space. Anyone know anyone who had to start again with long distance space travel?

#notsayingthargoid
 
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rizal72

rizal72
A theory that I always liked, just because I like it, is that the UAs are the "devices" that at a given time, will activate and "fire" all together (like when they die), to let a WORMHOLE open in Merope, for "someone" to COME.
Thargoids or not.
 
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Allant Doran

Allant Doran
Kalearne said:
*dons tinfoil*

This made me think about the UA shell around Merope and the distribution of charge across the surface of a Van Der Graff generator. Maybe when their density reaches peaks something interesting will happen?

Also got me thinking about it as an alternative to hyperdrive tech in order to travel/explore space. Anyone know anyone who had to start again with long distance space travel?

#notsayingthargoid
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It's an interesting idea. I do quite like the suggestion that we need to get a LOT in one place. Perhaps have as many pilots carry one to the Merope star as possible? Well over 100 at once or something?

#whothehellknows
 

mbcx4jrh

M
Raile said:
Speaking of Merope, I've been exploring the moons there. I've had some troubling issues on Merope 2D.
Some gold i picked up off a random pirate cache seems to have caused various system failures while on the surface without module damage. Namely my thrusters shut themselves off during takeoff and later my shields kept cycling off. It lasted until I got off the moon.

There's also a periodic, split second. aurora like lightshow in the sky that I've yet to screencap. Or it could be my graphics drivers wigging out. One of those.
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Interestingly, I've just picked up 2T of gold from a stash on Merope 2D, from the shadows in a massive crater. Now my thrusters are offline and will not switch back on.

Edit: doh - do they always appear switched of when you land? You see was you want to see i guess..
 
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rizal72

rizal72
mbcx4jrh said:
Interestingly, I've just picked up 2T of gold from a stash on Merope 2D, from the shadows in a massive crater. Now my thrusters are offline and will not switch back on.
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To avoid mistakes already made in the past, I suggest to file a bug report, before assuming it's important. ;)
 

CMDR Corlas

CMDR Corlas
Could this be a tie-in to station malfunctions, gold? Or maybe more generically, metal ore?

Can the UA, or some other agent, be altering the properties of the gold? Or maybe it's not gold at all, but someone's intentionally mislabeld the container to be attractive to pick up?
 

Retzinsky

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I have been thinking about potential alternate explanations for why the UAs point at Merope. The prevailing theory always seems to have been that there is something in Merope to find, but I was curious as to why the UAs exist in a shell approximately 150ly from Merope and not just... everywhere or anywhere. What if they're not sending signals to Merope but are in fact waiting for a signal from Merope. If such a signal was sent using non-FTL technology it would take approximately 150 years to reach the UAs from Merope. Since it's currently 3301 such a signal would have to have been sent around the year 3151. Oddly enough the Frontier First Encounters journals state that the Thargoids were eradicated in exactly 3151. Merely coincidence or time to build a tinfoil bomb shelter?
 

KellyR

KellyR
mbcx4jrh said:
Interestingly, I've just picked up 2T of gold from a stash on Merope 2D, from the shadows in a massive crater. Now my thrusters are offline and will not switch back on.

Edit: doh - do they always appear switched of when you land? You see was you want to see i guess..
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Yes, when you land your thrusters go offline and you can't enable them from the modules screen. You have to apply upward thrust and hold it for several seconds while the engines warm up to at least 50% power. Once the thrusters are at 50% you are good to go.
 
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Allant Doran

Allant Doran
Retzinsky said:
I have been thinking about potential alternate explanations for why the UAs point at Merope. The prevailing theory always seems to have been that there is something in Merope to find, but I was curious as to why the UAs exist in a shell approximately 150ly from Merope and not just... everywhere or anywhere. What if they're not sending signals to Merope but are in fact waiting for a signal from Merope. If such a signal was sent using non-FTL technology it would take approximately 150 years to reach the UAs from Merope. Since it's currently 3301 such a signal would have to have been sent around the year 3151. Oddly enough the Frontier First Encounters journals state that the Thargoids were eradicated in exactly 3151. Merely coincidence or time to build a tinfoil bomb shelter?
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If you have the timing correct on that then it is a very interesting idea. Of course it implies that the UAs closer to Merope would have received the signal up to 15 years ago but still. It's a curious idea that the times seem to line up with the maximum size of the Merope bubble.
 

mbcx4jrh

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KellyR said:
Yes, when you land your thrusters go offline and you can't enable them from the modules screen. You have to apply upward thrust and hold it for several seconds while the engines warm up to at least 50% power. Once the thrusters are at 50% you are good to go.
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yeah, landed and taken off many times.... however was checking out the earlier report of thruster malfunctions and got excited. Never have noticed they were switched off in modules, but is quite logical i guess..
 

LordZoltan

LordZoltan
Allant Doran said:
They point exactly to Merope's main star, yes.



I'm not sure if this has been done already but this is a nice idea. Perhaps they point to Merope because Merope is being used to boost a comms or data signal. Perhaps if taken closer to the ''HQ'' than Merope it will reorientate? Or perhaps indicate other things?

I suspect this has already been tested but don't quote me on that.
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Doesn't seem to matter how far away you are: always points at Merope. Bubble systems 300Ly have been tried(and further) - still points at Merope.
 

Nazdakka

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RedWizzard said:
In 1.2 UAs appeared in dynamically generated SSS convoys. It took us weeks to find any. Some commanders spent over 100 hours looking for one without success. That'd be many hundreds of SSS. This attitude of "we haven't found it after a few days of searching so it can't be there" is simply wrong.
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knowles2 said:
The original UA on a cargo ship had a very low spawn rate and seem to have been related to your rank as well. It possible that this in game object has the same spawn rate and rank system. Which means it could require weeks of searching.
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Sure, but the way I see it, the 1.2 UAs were intended to be found serendipitously. They spawned in the bubble, and so anyone who dropped on an SSS was 'searching' - the number of people able to find a UA was high (pretty much the entire player population), which balanced the low drop chance. I suspect the mission I found is quite rare because of similar logic to this (or it's a bug).

In the case of ground-level hunting in/around Merope, the chance of someone who is completely unaware of the whole business arriving in Merope and spending time searching planets is very low. The number of people who are searching Merope is several orders of magnitude smaller than the entire ED player base, which means that the chance to find whatever interesting thing may/may not exist should be a fair bit higher.



Also: Anyone got any bright ideas for where I should be searching for the meta-alloys related to my mission? I've tried a several hours each on a random system in the UA shell and Merope 5b, nothing so far. Next target is Merope 5c.
 
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CMDR Paraszt

CMDR Paraszt
PLEASE someone check it.

Land on a planet with a UA
Drop it from SRV
Get back and depart
Listen to it.

The morse isn't there. The strong shout which usually marks the start of the morse transmission is there so does the weird sound that marks the end of it but inbetween there's nothing notable. It sounds like the UA was just breathing or more like sleeping :D
Maybe with a different sound card can hear something. I don't think the engine sound would mask the code as everything is well audible.
I'm on Merope 1A but I don't think that's relevant.
You have to be spaceborn. If you're still on the ground normal morse is transmitted.
 
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bitstorm

bitstorm
Nazdakka said:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=195658&page=375&p=3292255#post3292255

If you want more I can take more screenshots.
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Ahh not seen that.

I have been on the hunt for meta-alloy.

Following a path :

Bubble
=> California Nebula
=> Barnard's Loop
=> Trifid of the North
=> Heart Nebula
=> Soul Nebula
=> NGC 281 Nebula

Taking samples and investigating POI's, focusing on high metal worlds and not paying too much attention to rocky moons. No sign. :(

Anyone been trying any other direction?

The 6 day limit on that mission in the image is interesting, it would seem to imply they're not *that far* from the bubble, certainly this side of Sag A anyway.
 
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