UA Mystery thread 4 - The Canonn

[Sole Hunter]

That is a whole lot of words to say absolutely nothing at all. Sort of sounds like another "Hey I know what is going on / i have secret knowledge post". Or put another way, you may think things here are a bit all over the place, but can you point at a single thing these 'Russians' have done or discovered? I did not see any post from the devs congratulating them? I did not see them mentioned on gal net. Now I may be being a bit harsh there, but that is how it comes across.

So I think I will file this under. "Sure. Whatever."

I'm simply adding my 2 cents, never implied that I knew anything about UA's in 2.0 but people like you will never find any answers if they can't even start with reading. I'm simply saying make yourself a roadmap and horizon is clearly focused on teamwork (multicrew - landing - exploration) so go out there and search the galaxy and not just merope.

 

[Vasious]

I'm simply adding my 2 cents, never implied that I knew anything about UA's in 2.0 but people like you will never find any answers if they can't even start with reading. I'm simply saying make yourself a roadmap and horizon is clearly focused on teamwork (multicrew - landing - exploration) so go out there and search the galaxy.

Dont worry, we have just had a few people drop in and claim they "worked it all out" funny thing way two of then were quoting each other dropping hints that the other was wrong and that they looked in the game files for the answer.
So basically two people claiming to know the answer from looking in the files and claiming the other was wrong.
Of course when this was pointed out they both disappears, and none of the "We knew this all along" crowd ever showed up after things were discovered.

Kinda leads to a general cynicism towards those that make statements of having progressed but say
"He's right... 2 months ago you guys found a lot of great answers that were already answered for a long time on a russian private forum but never made public on the official ED forum. There are people with different agendas that don't necessarily like to post here due to the biased wild goose chase theories."

 

[RedWizzard]

That is why I didn't think much of it. Even if it is a UA who cares. Hasn't people dropped some right next to merope and they pointed specifically at the star? So even if we did find one nearby I don't think its a big deal.

Any UA found in a system that's not in the shell (i.e. not between 135 and 150 Ly from Merope) is a very big deal. We haven't had a confirmed report of such since the release of 1.4.

 

[Brawrz]

I'm simply adding my 2 cents, never implied that I knew anything about UA's in 2.0 but people like you will never find any answers if they can't even start with reading. I'm simply saying make yourself a roadmap and horizon is clearly focused on teamwork (multicrew - landing - exploration) so go out there and search the galaxy and not just merope.

Please. Stop.

Please refrain from creating posts eluding to secret information you are unwilling to share with us.

Your posts were not productive in previous threads. So far your posts here have not been productive.

Please. Stop.

 

[Sole Hunter]

Dont worry, we have just had a few people drop in and claim they "worked it all out" funny thing way two of then were quoting each other dropping hints that the other was wrong and that they looked in the game files for the answer.
So basically two people claiming to know the answer from looking in the files and claiming the other was wrong.
Of course when this was pointed out they both disappears, and none of the "We knew this all along" crowd ever showed up after things were discovered.

Kinda leads to a general cynicism towards those that make statements of having progressed but say
"He's right... 2 months ago you guys found a lot of great answers that were already answered for a long time on a russian private forum but never made public on the official ED forum. There are people with different agendas that don't necessarily like to post here due to the biased wild goose chase theories."

True some people are just hot-heads that can't read along the lines and get frustrated or angry over nothing. I would imagine if the devs were smart enough they would add clues that would require you to think outside the box but it's pretty obvious most of the answers can be found in the game.

Please. Stop.

Please refrain from creating posts eluding to secret information you are unwilling to share with us.

Your posts were not productive in previous threads. So far your posts here have not been productive.

Please. Stop.

If you don't like my suggestions just put me on your ignore list people like you get angry and butt-hurt over people who give suggestions that doesn't please you anyway, why do you think so many people stopped to contribute?

Any UA found in a system that's not in the shell (i.e. not between 135 and 150 Ly from Merope) is a very big deal. We haven't had a confirmed report of such since the release of 1.4.

Very true and like I said I've been reading a lot and the most logical thing to do at this point is to start exploring. I'm going to start drawing a roadmap from the different system I visit outside merope.

 

[MadDogMurdock]

Just explore he says! Lol

 

[RedWizzard]

Old but... you can see they are around merope too

No, those cases are systems that are either well above or well below Merope. They are still in the shell. They only look close because of the way the 3D object is being projected onto the 2D image. Trust me, I wrote the app that produced that page so I know

 

[Sole Hunter]

Just explore he says! Lol

I'm not the only one saying we should try to find UA's outside merope and explore i clearly quoted RedWizzard maybe you have a better idea rather than being a hothead?

 

[MadDogMurdock]

Well the UA story is clearly being fed out piecemeal so there's likely no conclusion to the story at this point.
So, the thing to do is look at what's new in the game and how it might relate to the UAs.

Meta-Alloys - no definitive link to the UAs but the description certainly resembles elements of it.
Many people are trying to narrow down where these missions are available and at some point someone will find one. Definitely a worthwhile objective.

Palin's Outpost - Palin is FD's mouthpiece on all things UA, so anything that moves his story forward will possibly provide more clues. That CG is doing quite well and the initial base may appear sometime this week. Definitely worth keeping an eye on that.

The UA shell - the danger of knowing exactly where to find them is that you don't look anywhere else. If anyone is going to the shell to pick one up, they should have a quick look just outside and inside the shell. Possibly, the shell is expanding or contracting - we won't know unless we look.

UAs and items - still my pet theory that the damage done to ships is the UA trying to harvest the right things to do whatever it is that a UA does. Some people are actively gathering all the rares, new commodities, and materials to test if the UA does something if it is with the right thing.

Blindly stumbling around planets and systems hoping to chance on the 'crabby temple' - futile

 

[TFW Primus]

Just had a thought. I need to pull up RedWizard's page/app but are there any major holes in the MEROPE shell? Maybe that would be a clue to where to find the barnacles. Shell systems where you can't find any UA. Perhaps there are a cluster of such systems in a region of space.

 

[simulacrae]

Little known crack pot theory ... ( only known in Secret Uzbek Forum) The Antares was being utilized for secret energy experiments using "biomachines" made from the then top secret Meta-alloys. - The UA was part of the Antares !

The answer to all UA research can be found in Antares CG !

 

[CmdrZaratan]

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

I had assumed those patches you call mineral deposits were actually magma, which while not properly in the game yet is present on every planet I've seen these patches on. Any idea whether it's you or me that's correct?

 

[rizal72]

Ladies and gentlemen, and we have here again.... Sole Hunter!
Fortunately I have a very good memory...

I must say that all the UA mystery have been already solved completely, in a top secret Italian forum here, but I can't talk about that, or I'll be killed immediately.

 

[Sole Hunter]

Ladies and gentlemen, and we have here again.... Sole Hunter!
Fortunately I have a very good memory...

I must say that all the UA mystery have been already solved completely, in a top secret Italian forum here, but I can't talk about that, or I'll be killed immediately.

hahaha this is so funny im eating popcorn already.

 

[Brawrz]

Ladies and gentlemen, and we have here again.... Sole Hunter!
Fortunately I have a very good memory...

I must say that all the UA mystery have been already solved completely, in a top secret Italian forum here, but I can't talk about that, or I'll be killed immediately.

I laughed right out loud at work. MY co workers think im a wierdo...shhh they might be right.

 

[Sole Hunter]

I laughed right out loud at work. MY co workers think im a wierdo...shhh they might be right.

Do you work in a secret bunker with barnacles?

 

[wizzpig]

I had assumed those patches you call mineral deposits were actually magma, which while not properly in the game yet is present on every planet I've seen these patches on. Any idea whether it's you or me that's correct?

You know what, I'm gonna say we both are
My thinking being that these deposits are caused by active vulcanism. Whether or not the barnacle yielding planets are dependent upon vulcanism though, I'm not sure. Seen several different types though:
Iron Magma, Silicate Magma, Carbon Dioxide Geysers, Water Geysers, Silicate Vapour Geysers, Nitrogen Magma, Water Magma and most recent and interestingly, Ammonia Magma. So far no luck on any of them, however, I am yet to find a planet with Ammonia Magma vulcanism I can land on. Certain gas giants contain ammonia based life, and these barnacles are alien in origin. Maybe there's a link.

For me right now, this whole barnacle mystery (which something just tells me is linked to the UA mystery) hinges on the "These appear to be common in certain parts of space..." line from the Meta Alloy commodity mkt description. The key word there being "parts".

What do they mean by "parts"?
What distinct "parts" do we have in the galaxy?

Well, we have nebula. Tried a lot of those. No dice. (Though not all of them).
We have dark regions. Also scoured them with no luck. (again, not all of them - but these things are supposed to be common if we are in the right "part").

We have the spiral arms themselves? I doubt it. Too vague. And too large.

That's about it. Which, if we eliminate the above, leaves us with a needle to find in a galaxy-sized haystack. I've been staring at the galaxy map for so long now I am seeing multi-coloured spots everywhere!

Horizons has just been released, with a big focus on planetary landing. From a game play perspective, FD want us tooling around on planets and they also want us to find this stuff so will most likely make it accessible to all. i.e newish player with only an exploration Sidey - meaning it's close, but outside the bubble, hence the 6 day timer on the Meta Alloy mission.

Anyway, I'm convinced (purely a hunch, and very happy to be proven wrong!) that the key to the "parts" lies in the individual planets themselves. Which means that the "parts" may simply mean "the right planet" and not necessarily tied to a specific 'area' of the galaxy.

Right, I am off to continue to search for a planet with Ammonia Magma vulcanism that can be landed on.

 

[Axellenium]

Trying Antares now, Antares B 3 is a 100% metal planet, 1.8g, and a little green sky.

Wow, best of luck!, I went on a trip to the Lagoon Nebula at the time of the recent Exploration CG at Lave and I don't know how I completely missed Antares!, definitely gonna check it out, hopefully soon!.

 

[Brimstone]

So the Russians already figured out the answers, and refused to share them with the rest of the community?

Well, here I thought that the Cold War had ended decades ago..

 

[Colonel Kenney]

My exploration Asp is loaded with Dumbfire missiles too... for... you know... exterminatus when necessary.

I'm thinking about assaulting the hell out of Pavlou Keep in Maia. See if they have anything to hide?

Also what IS Pavlou keep? Is it Palin's forward base? Perhaps the benefactors of his desire for a research lab?



That's my next goal once I'm back in the bubble

Did you check it out? I blew everything up at it.. 3 defense turrets and a lot of skimmers.. Lots of protection...

I wasn't kitted for landings this time I was trying a different angle tonight or I would have got the data point.

Can't believe how many SSS I found tonight.. literally 20 in Maia..