UA Mystery thread 4 - The Canonn

[wizzpig]

Greetings Commanders

Regarding the 'Large barnacles' - having made a quick check through this mountainous thread I couldn't see this mentioned, so just wanted to throw it out there. My apologies if this has been covered already, but here goes:

What are barnacles? Wikipedia gives us this description - "Barnacles are encrusters, attaching themselves permanently to a hard substrate". Ok, cool.
What are Meta Alloys? Part of the in game commodities mkt description gives us this - "Meta-alloys have a complex lattice structure with large internal voids. They are cellular in nature, and formed organically." Formed organically eh... hmmm.
We also get this - "These appear to be common in certain parts of space..." Certain parts of space eh... hmmm.

Now we know FD created an amazingly complex (and as scientifically accurate as possible) stellar forge that is responsible for the seeding of systems, and now with the release of Horizons, planets to. These planets come in a whole host of sizes and shapes and, more interestingly, colours. The planets get their colour from the elements injected into them via the stellar forge. This can be seen in the image below showing different coloured mineral deposits at the surface.

Spoiler

So my hunch is that these 'Large Barnacles' are called barnacles for a reason and that the "certain parts of space" possibly corresponds to planets with a particular geological makeup and/or with certain physical attributes. If correct, we will find these barnacles 'growing' on the right planets, in the right places. Farmers will tell you that in order to grow something, you need the right conditions. We just need to figure out what those conditions are.

Anyway - just a thought

 

[TFW Primus]

In search of the elusive barnacles I've also searched systems with carbon stars and neutron stars. No luck. The sad thing is that my searches aren't very comprehensive. I will basically fly to one spot on a planet that looks somewhat interesting and drive around for a couple of hours sniffing out POIs. There could be barnacles everywhere on the planet except for the 10 square kilometers I search (or however large my roaming is). Honestly, they are probably somewhere in the bubble. We're all searching hundreds of light years out. Next time I get a chance I'm going to see if there are any systems around the edge of the bubble that look like they might be good candidates. Should be interesting, considering I have no idea what would qualify as a good candidate. Grrr.

I agree with all that the description is very mis-representative. If they were so common in certain areas, people would know what those areas are. It should have said something like, "Likely to be found in certain parts of space".

 

[TonyW]

There is a chain of class B stars heading away from Merope. First out at 137Ly is HR 1445 then HIP 23400 then another and another, each 130-150Ly from the next until HD 247149 Each a named star in a field of procgen's. That's where I was yesterday. Still didn't find anything though.

 

[magillag]

Hey Nutter,
I've arrived in NGC 6357 in search of Meta-Alloys and the elusive Barnacle POI's. Thus far I've visited 2 moons in two CL Pismis systems and found nothing but standard POI's of wrecks and gold canisters.

As your connected with the Explorer crowd, do you know if any of them are landing on planets way out in the black?
Do/did they all have to come back to populated space to pick up SRV's?


My current though is that the 'grail' is misspelled therefor the database cant query it. That's why no one has found one yet....

 

[Colonel Kenney]

Greetings Commanders

Regarding the 'Large barnacles' - having made a quick check through this mountainous thread I couldn't see this mentioned, so just wanted to throw it out there. My apologies if this has been covered already, but here goes:

What are barnacles? Wikipedia gives us this description - "Barnacles are encrusters, attaching themselves permanently to a hard substrate". Ok, cool.
What are Meta Alloys? Part of the in game commodities mkt description gives us this - "Meta-alloys have a complex lattice structure with large internal voids. They are cellular in nature, and formed organically." Formed organically eh... hmmm.
We also get this - "These appear to be common in certain parts of space..." Certain parts of space eh... hmmm.

Now we know FD created an amazingly complex (and as scientifically accurate as possible) stellar forge that is responsible for the seeding of systems, and now with the release of Horizons, planets to. These planets come in a whole host of sizes and shapes and, more interestingly, colours. The planets get their colour from the elements injected into them via the stellar forge. This can be seen in the image below showing different coloured mineral deposits at the surface.

Spoiler

http://i.imgur.com/o9YTOIW.jpg

So my hunch is that these 'Large Barnacles' are called barnacles for a reason and that the "certain parts of space" possibly corresponds to planets with a particular geological makeup and/or with certain physical attributes. If correct, we will find these barnacles 'growing' on the right planets, in the right places. Farmers will tell you that in order to grow something, you need the right conditions. We just need to figure out what those conditions are.

Anyway - just a thought

Good thinking.. its the same areas I've focused my searches on as well. But right now its just a procedural terrain and randomly generated minerals based on the type of planet it is. There is nothing different about anything on the planet when you land in a mineral deposit or a crater. So right now it means nothing.

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There is a chain of class B stars heading away from Merope. First out at 137Ly is HR 1445 then HIP 23400 then another and another, each 130-150Ly from the next until HD 247149 Each a named star in a field of procgen's. That's where I was yesterday. Still didn't find anything though.

You are onto it..!

 

[Nelson]

...The planets get their colour from the elements injected into them via the stellar forge. This can be seen in the image below showing different coloured mineral deposits at the surface...

Anyway - just a thought

My thoughts exactly , I often hit those areas and am POI'ing on Atlas B 2's "deposity bit" now !

Also no UA SSS have shown up in Atlas for me in the last few hours, despite a claim.

 

[TonyW]

I was. Currently I'm 600Ly in the other direction looking at something else.
Also the 7 markings on the head of the UA kinda look like something coming out of the ground, maybe a barnacle, maybe the peak at the centre of a crater.

 

[xdeath]

Well I've sampled a few planets in NGC 7822 Nebula, a second look is always helpful. I'm moving on to Elephant's Trunk Nebula.
So far I've searched LBN 623, Iris Nebula, Dumbbell Nebula, Veil Nebula West, Coal Sack, Spirograph Nebula, Cone Nebula, Messier 78, Witch Head Nebula, Sadr Region, and the Nebulae in and around Barnard's Loop.
I sample planets in between nebulae as I travel, but I mainly focus on Nebulae as they provide a more specified area to search.
A second look in any of these areas is always helpful, especially Barnard's Loop, that area is way to big.

 

[Colonel Kenney]

My thoughts exactly , I often hit those areas and am POI'ing on Atlas B 2's "deposity bit" now !

Also no UA SSS have shown up in Atlas for me in the last few hours, despite a claim.

I swear on whatever holy book you want... I saw an SSS, even locked onto it. It was right before I got into orbital cruise.

Care to pin up a pic of the system map for us of Atlas? I think it was the planet with the moon orbiting it. I landed on all of them.

I'll give what more I can but I've got a moderator on my ass for using the term "fanboy" yeah right... so I feel another ban coming on so I'll just report my accomplishments elsewhere or under other methods.

 

[rizal72]

There is a chain of class B stars heading away from Merope. First out at 137Ly is HR 1445 then HIP 23400 then another and another, each 130-150Ly from the next until HD 247149 Each a named star in a field of procgen's. That's where I was yesterday. Still didn't find anything though.

I noticed it eons ago when we where still assuming the Pleiades and hot young B stars could be something... then I forgot it!
Thanks for pointing it out again!
+REP

 

[Colonel Kenney]

I noticed it eons ago when we where still assuming the Pleiades and hot young B stars could be something... then I forgot it!
Thanks for pointing it out again!
+REP

Its been mentioned... and even shown in screen shots. Not everyone subscribes to this thread and discusses all their findings with the canonn. There are others out there... with their own agenda...

 

[Kyp Shard]

There is a chain of class B stars heading away from Merope. First out at 137Ly is HR 1445 then HIP 23400 then another and another, each 130-150Ly from the next until HD 247149 Each a named star in a field of procgen's. That's where I was yesterday. Still didn't find anything though.

Is one of them a binary?

 

[MadDogMurdock]

I swear on whatever holy book you want... I saw an SSS, even locked onto it. It was right before I got into orbital cruise.

Care to pin up a pic of the system map for us of Atlas? I think it was the planet with the moon orbiting it. I landed on all of them.

I'll give what more I can but I've got a moderator on my ass for using the term "fanboy" yeah right... so I feel another ban coming on so I'll just report my accomplishments elsewhere or under other methods.

An SSS isn't a confirmed UA.

 

[Han_Zen]

@ T-Dog.

If you are interested in this kind of 'biologi', please read this article:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20906-life-like-cells-are-made-of-metal/

 

[CMDR Corlas]

So my hunch is that these 'Large Barnacles' are called barnacles for a reason and that the "certain parts of space" possibly corresponds to planets with a particular geological makeup and/or with certain physical attributes. If correct, we will find these barnacles 'growing' on the right planets, in the right places. Farmers will tell you that in order to grow something, you need the right conditions. We just need to figure out what those conditions are.

I think you're right on the money with this. I've personally tried to focus my searches on interesting geological features of planets; scout out an impact crater, a canyon, or a mountain range, or whatever.

I think that there is probably going to be a specific planet type / geological region / habitable zone or something that will end up tying these locations together.

 

[Garbarrage]

Hey Nutter,
I've arrived in NGC 6357 in search of Meta-Alloys and the elusive Barnacle POI's. Thus far I've visited 2 moons in two CL Pismis systems and found nothing but standard POI's of wrecks and gold canisters.

As your connected with the Explorer crowd, do you know if any of them are landing on planets way out in the black?
Do/did they all have to come back to populated space to pick up SRV's?


My current though is that the 'grail' is misspelled therefor the database cant query it. That's why no one has found one yet....

I'm out 7k LY atm. I have an SRV with me. Any particular type of planet I should be looking for? Should I concentrate on any particular type of stars? B class maybe?

 

[xdeath]

So... Bubble Nebula and Crescent Nebula no longer require permits, interesting...
It could be the FDev decide they didn't want to do anything in those areas anymore, or, what ever they were saving them for is in game now.

But those two areas might be worth a look. All of the other deep space sectors, Regor, Bovomit, what not, still require permits.

Now, it's very likely that there is nothing to be found, but I will give those areas a search anyways.

 

[J'Zargo]

I got a meta alloy mission from Dahan 2 days ago and have since been to he shell, Maia, the Polaris region and after seeing that the mission are somehwat clustered I conecntrated my search Dahan/Asellus Prime and Arcturus.

I have been to Opala, Styx, I Bootis and am currently in the Arcturus system.

I have searched quite a lot even on the night side in case the barnacles perfer darkness. I have found an enourmous amount of crashed nav beacons, gold cansters and other huge cargo deposits, but no barnacles so far.

I really hope they do show up on the wave scanner, otherwise it might be a bit hard to find them.

Anyway still have 4 days left for the mission and will stay a while in this region of space.

 

[Axellenium]

I'm in Atlas at the moment here's a system map


I'm on my way to surface scan the approachable planets.

 

[Nutter]

So... Bubble Nebula and Crescent Nebula no longer require permits, interesting...
It could be the FDev decide they didn't want to do anything in those areas anymore, or, what ever they were saving them for is in game now.

But those two areas might be worth a look. All of the other deep space sectors, Regor, Bovomit, what not, still require permits.

Now, it's very likely that there is nothing to be found, but I will give those areas a search anyways.

7k ly may be a bit to far out for a mission timer. I would expect the mission to take no more tham a 2kly round trip