UA Mystery thread 4 - The Canonn

[Han_Zen]

Yes but don't ask where from lol

Try to keep an eye on the Tungsten. I think it's a important component in the metal cells in Meta-Alloys.

Tungsten, phosphorus and oxygen seem to be the best combination.

Tantalum could be an alternative to Tungsten. There aren't that many combinations that self assemble into metal 'cells'.

 

[Schembri]

Random thought....
Barnacles on Earth live at the shoreline sea/surface interface...
Maybe space barnacles are similar....
Ice worlds like Europa has possibly liquid oceans, maybe some creatures live hanging in this shoreless ocean from the ice crust, these creatures anchor point (their so called foot) sometimes goes out to the surface i.e. is exposed and that can only happen in canyons because the crust thickness is much less there....
I mean the choice of the name Barnacle must be a hint in itself...
Was Europa locked out in Horizons or was that in the Beta only or am I mixing things up?!

 

[Nutter]

Well we know for a fact, life and other 'things' like thermal vents and tend to form or gather round them. I've been searching high and 100% metal planets with volcanism but as yet no joy. Also ship wrecks... still no joy though

 

[Han_Zen]

Check my Sig (Look in the Worlds tab Column AN). I normally throw it away.
Its on Achenar 3 if you fancy a 6g challenge

I'm shocked at the total amount of materials you have found.

Good to see that it can be found on all types of planets.

And the Imps don't let me in to Achenar. Not that it matters much at the moment I'm 1275 ly out.

 

[Dommarraa]

I'm shocked at the total amount of materials you have found.https://forums.frontier.co.uk/images/icons/vbposticons/icon14.gif

Good to see that it can be found on all types of planets.

And the Imps don't let me in to Achenar. Not that it matters much at the moment I'm 1275 ly out.

Oh, its not all me. In fact, hardly any of it is me. This is a Canonn sponsored Open Science Database originally for the DWE for as many people as possible to add to. Peak was about 50 concurrent users, although most were just viewing.

 

[neliodv]

How deeper you reached in the canyons of Ariel? I've landed 569km from the center.

 

[TFW Primus]

Just thinking, although I don't like the thought....

What if Meta-Alloys are to be found in cargo containers? As I admit I've skipped the odd tea site :/

I've found lots of good rare materials in cargo racks at crash sites (you have to blast them to get the materials). I suggest you do not skip those.

 

[Special Circumstances]

I've found lots of good rare materials in cargo racks at crash sites (you have to blast them to get the materials). I suggest you do not skip those.

AH..... I didn't know that.... I thought I'd destroyed it when I blasted it...

 

[crushdepth]

AH..... I didn't know that.... I thought I'd destroyed it when I blasted it...

A lot of them are empty. But I got some tungsten out of one.

 

[neliodv]

question.

You have found those mineral extractors right?

you shoot the canisters and some minerals come out, but i remember you saying was gold and "cargo stuff".

I've seen a shot of a big gold rock... tell me, was it 1 ton of gold or just materials?

Because if it was "cargo" so we know that we can get the Meta-alloys the same way and not inside a cargo pod.

1 ton of 'non gold' for me, just Cobalt.

 

[xeoncat]

can someone explain to me how the UA draws the last scanned ship? the only thing on the wiki is "stylized morse" and "triangles", it's not really helpful

 

[EAGLE 5]

Has anyone found Tungsten yet?

I think I may have... haven't logged in a while as I'm taking a break but I'll check later. I know I found some interesting stuff like Yttrium before for some reason Tungsten rings a bell.

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can someone explain to me how the UA draws the last scanned ship? the only thing on the wiki is "stylized morse" and "triangles", it's not really helpful

The morse spells out the points that when drawn by an app it makes a wireframe of the ship. Riz@l has the link to all that stuff.

 

[rizal72]

So summarizing, given the new info given by MB, and given what we already knew about the spawn rate of the UA Convoys:

1) The Barnacles are common only in some part of space (like the UA Convoys were and still are)
2) Meta-Alloys (that are made from Barnacles) are exceedingly rare (like the UA Convoys)

Given what DB said about helping the Canonn in its effort around the Pleiades, it seems to me that it's still possible for them to spawn in the Pleiades Nebula or in the UA shell, in some VERY RARE POIs.

So, first we have to find where they spawn, then we must pray the RNG God for them to spawn.
Gentlemen: GRIND and RNG fest seems UNAVOIDABLE.

back to my CAPS'n'Bold then....

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can someone explain to me how the UA draws the last scanned ship? the only thing on the wiki is "stylized morse" and "triangles", it's not really helpful

Check my post in the first page of this thread (#12).

 

[EAGLE 5]

So summarizing, given the new info given by MB, and given what we already knew about the spawn rate of the UA Convoys:

1) The Barnacles are common only in some part of space (like the UA Convoys were and still are)
2) Meta-Alloys (that are made from Barnacles) are exceedingly rare (like the UA Convoys)

Given what DB said about helping the Canonn in its effort around the Pleiades, it seems to me that it's still possible for them to spawn in the Pleiades Nebula or in the UA shell, in some VERY RARE POIs.

So, first we have to find where they spawn, then we must pray the RNG God for them to spawn.
Gentlemen: GRIND and RNG fest seems UNAVOIDABLE.

back to my CAPS'n'Bold then....

Man that burns my biscuit.

I refuse to believe that the solution to this (or any) mystery should be grounded on an RNG triggered Grindfest... that is at the very antithesis of scientific method.

I really do hope that the design of the mechanic allows for a more targeted approach.

 

[Dommarraa]

So summarizing, given the new info given by MB, and given what we already knew about the spawn rate of the UA Convoys:

1) The Barnacles are common only in some part of space (like the UA Convoys were and still are)
2) Meta-Alloys (that are made from Barnacles) are exceedingly rare (like the UA Convoys)

Given what DB said about helping the Canonn in its effort around the Pleiades, it seems to me that it's still possible for them to spawn in the Pleiades Nebula or in the UA shell, in some VERY RARE POIs.

So, first we have to find where they spawn, then we must pray the RNG God for them to spawn.
Gentlemen: GRIND and RNG fest seems UNAVOIDABLE.

back to my CAPS'n'Bold then....

Well, if YOU want to be the one to discover Meta, then sure, grind away.
If you want to be part of the TEAM that discovers Meta, then have fun, investigate, follow your nose and have (more) fun.

I know what I will be doing.

 

[rizal72]

Well, if YOU want to be the one to discover Meta, then sure, grind away.
If you want to be part of the TEAM that discovers Meta, then have fun, investigate, follow your nose and have (more) fun.

I know what I will be doing.

ME?!
Well, you know, I'm new on this thread, so I did not have the time to give my contribution to the TEAM effort so far...

 

[Dommarraa]

ME?!
Well, you know, I'm new on this thread, so I did not have the time to give my contribution to the TEAM effort so far...

That was a YOU as in reader of post, not YOU as in ME

 

[Retzinsky]

If it were merely a matter of searching for POIs until the right one shows up then I would have expected them to have been found already. Imagine how many POIs have been visited since Horizons was released and across how wide an area of space already. Now it's true to say that not all pilots might realise what they were dealing with, but I expect most would, or would at the very least post about it somewhere if they came across something weird or clearly alien-looking. The same goes for signal sources if these things are in fact not found on planetary surfaces. I feel like this only leaves a few options:

(1) The spawn (or whatever) is broken. MB is already checking this.
(2) The part of space these things are common in is off the beaten track. Certainly not in or near the bubble or the Pleiades shell. The actual number of searches performed in the correct area is zero or low enough that they genuinely might not have been encountered yet.
(3) The likelihood of them being encountered is so incredibly low that the entirety of the UA mystery knowledgable part of the player base has not performed enough searches to make one occurrence statistically probable yet. In my opinion this would put the spawn chance at something like 1 in 50000+.

The problem I have with (3) is that the meta-alloys mission has a seven day timer on it which *potentially* (though in no way guaranteed) implies that a single pilot could conceivably come across these things within that time window. Therefore I find it more likely that we're in situation (2) although despite our best tinfoil hattery we haven't managed to come up with an idea as to where that location is.

 

[unrealization]

I really think the story will be moving forward once Palin moves in on Maia B 1 B A. I hope he does so soon, because I haven't moved my ship since I landed there two days ago. I've got a UA in my hold and 2 SRVs waiting for action.
Against what possibly everybody else is thinking I assume that this place will not allow us to land there, but I do think that we will find some sort of clue there. They're not running a CG to build that thing and then that's it.

Also, I find the terrain on Maia B 1 B A a lot rougher than in other places I have visited.

 

[Han_Zen]

Oh, its not all me. In fact, hardly any of it is me. This is a Canonn sponsored Open Science Database originally for the DWE for as many people as possible to add to. Peak was about 50 concurrent users, although most were just viewing.

Glad to hear. I tought you had gone full Murp