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Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this...

If you find "Large Barnacles" (whatever they may be) then you should be able to find meta alloy right?

Also these Barnacles (and thus Meta Alloys) are common in certain parts of space.

We found a grand total of ZERO meta alloys.. the only reasonable conclusion (and course of action) is to look elsewhere (probably out of the way).... besides the description specifically states that these "parts of space" are reported by explorers (the people who make a living with going way out the way).

Let's face it folks if the Pleiades now feature a space station (soon a starport thanks to Palin) then we definitely need to be looking elsewhere as this place is old news.

I have a good feeling that some nutcases here know their way around some of the Merope and Maia moons better then the way to their closest supermarket that's how much time was invested over the holidays in this search.

Or due to bugs reported on the bug forum ( there was a spelling error for barnicle) which means when u take the strange alloys missions the meta alloy doesnt spawn planetside or space side
 
Hello everybody and a happy new year!

Just a thought: we are so focused on the idea, that the technical problems inside the stations are based on delivering UAs to them. What, if the barnacles are to be found inside the systems, that have technical problems? The only ingame signs, that point to special systems, are the technical issues ...

Best regards
Crassus

who cannot participate in searching on planets, because his old AMD hybrid graphics card displays planets in a totaly psychotic and scary way :/

Interesting and simple suggestion. Are there any systems with an infected port that doesn't have landable planets?
 
Just a thought:
I read a lot about "Meta Alloys",
to my understanding this item is a mixing of two or more "parts"
with something untypical for an "alloy".
The first alloy that comes to my mind is bronze,
but what could possibly be "merged" with this alloy to
result in this "Meta alloy".

The "Meta Alloy" is an "alloy", to my understanding, that is "between two worlds".
Maybe there is not much to the item at all, but the name.

Have you guys found any other possible hints since new year's eve?
 
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Right I'm going for one last hunch, will be at LBN 623 in 20 mins for some scouting, head out there if you want to team up

Nutter
 
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Let's face it folks if the Pleiades now feature a space station (soon a starport thanks to Palin) then we definitely need to be looking elsewhere as this place is old news.

Why exactly does everybody seem to assume that Palin's base will be open to the public to land at? He doesn't have the best track record on openness and I don't remember any information suggesting this, so I'm actually not expecting to find landing pads, or any that I'd be allowed to dock at.
Anyway, I'm in position, waiting, comforting my UA. We've grown quite close over the last few days. Her name is Doris. Wait, forget I said that!
 
Just a thought:
I read a lot about "Meta Alloys",
to my understanding this item is a mixing of two or more "parts"
with something untypical for an "alloy".
The first alloy that comes to my mind is bronze,
but what could possibly be "merged" with this alloy to
result in this "Meta alloy".

The "Meta Alloy" is an "alloy", to my understanding, that is "between two worlds".
Maybe there is not much to the item at all, but the name

An alloy is just a mixture of two or more other metals. As I understand it, they're call meta-alloys because they occur naturally.
 
Why exactly does everybody seem to assume that Palin's base will be open to the public to land at? He doesn't have the best track record on openness and I don't remember any information suggesting this, so I'm actually not expecting to find landing pads, or any that I'd be allowed to dock at.
Anyway, I'm in position, waiting, comforting my UA. We've grown quite close over the last few days. Her name is Doris. Wait, forget I said that!

Good point. Maybe we won't be able to land there. But if not, I bet there will be missions to go there and steal data from data points :)
 
Good point. Maybe we won't be able to land there. But if not, I bet there will be missions to go there and steal data from data points :)

Are the evacuation shelters pirate proof?
Stole some nice scientific samples today and made a tidy sum.
UA stuff aside, if i can grab that stuff from the base, i'll get my hands on it;)
 
nice idea

Hello everybody and a happy new year!

Just a thought: we are so focused on the idea, that the technical problems inside the stations are based on delivering UAs to them. What, if the barnacles are to be found inside the systems, that have technical problems? The only ingame signs, that point to special systems, are the technical issues ...

Best regards
Crassus

who cannot participate in searching on planets, because his old AMD hybrid graphics card displays planets in a totaly psychotic and scary way :/
 
OK so I have spend the entire day searching POI's for Meta-Alloys, and now the last 10ish POI's I've come across have only had Scrap in them. I've never see Scrap in a POI before this, is some funny business going on? Is this FD's subtle way of telling me to take a break?

On a side note, anyone want any tea or coffee I collected earlier? Served in gold teacups I made from the tonnes of gold silly people keep leaving lying around the place.
 
I think this is the current assumption most of us are making. The problem is, say there is a planet that these are common on, but they only spawn near the south pole. If everyone that has visited the planet in search of them goes everwhere except the south pole, they obviously won't be found. But enough area was searched to where people are saying, "yeah, I checked that planet".

All we can do is spot check areas and hope to stumble upon something unless some other breadcrumb/clue drops. Maybe a post from Palin on GalNet, or some missions from his planetary base once it drops.

I get what you are saying but that seems way too specific.

Taking a logical approach to the search thanks to horizons we now have two distinct environments where to look.

Space and Planetary surfaces (on airless moons)... Space in itself has two distinct areas... Areas relative to celestial objects and deep space areas in between them. What really makes the difference in space is mainly heat and gravity.. how close are you to an object (mass-gravity) and how hot is this object case in point your ship gets hot when you're by a star and supercruise is affected by gravity. Plus now I've seen where gravity is pulling on wreckages toward the surface of a planet. Beyond that there really isn't a whole lot more to go on.

That brings me to planetside considerations... planets are different in size and composition. There are also other consideration like temperature and whether or not they are tidally locked. Past this there isn't much to go on.

We've been exploring some of the more significant systems grounded on Thargoid lore and so far not a whole lot has been discovered. I feel that the approach needs to be broadened some by looking more from the outside in. What I'm really trying to say is that expecting for something to happen in one specific spot of a specific place would be far too precise to be a RNG like your north pole example. That sounds more like manually injected content that can easily be missed. Somehow I don't think that is FD's goal.
 
I notice their summary still includes Lobachevsky Outpost in Pic Tok in the services suspended list when, as we discussed a few days ago, they never have been. It should be in the malfunctions reported list. How do we submit a GalNet bug report? Maybe a bug report to say services are not suspended as they should be at Lobachevsky?

Could be a bug, or it could be some kind of clue. Same could be said for the omission of Obsidian Orbital in Maia.
 
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An alloy is just a mixture of two or more other metals. As I understand it, they're call meta-alloys because they occur naturally.

They are called meta alloys because the elements Are not evenly spread out in the mix. The different elements are placed strategicaly in the cell structure to give maximum strenght.

If you melt them, they become a regular alloy.
 
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They Are called meta alloys because the elements Are not evenly spread out in the mix. The different elements are placed strategicaly in the cell structure to give maximum strenght.

If you melt them, they become a regular alloy.

So we can understand those "meta alloys" maybe as "skin"?
I remember some tests with humans and isotopes of nitrogen to see,
if those are integrated into the cellular structure, which they were.

Going a crazy step forward, let us say something requires a basis of two elements,
but also integrates a third super rare and regional specific element into it's "shell" or
DNA, you would get a "meta alloy", with a specific origin (regional) right?


I'll keep my eyes peeled for Stuff in U.S.S.es,
i think i am seeing new scenarios:
- traders, some in convoy, some alone
- jumping after a timer
- after another timer new ships come in

Pretty lucrative for piracy;)
 
So we can understand those "meta alloys" maybe as "skin"?
I remember some tests with humans and isotopes of nitrogen to see,
if those are integrated into the cellular structure, which they were.

Going a crazy step forward, let us say something requires a basis of two elements,
but also integrates a third super rare and regional specific element into it's "shell" or
DNA, you would get a "meta alloy", with a specific origin (regional) right?


I'll keep my eyes peeled for Stuff in U.S.S.es,
i think i am seeing new scenarios:
- traders, some in convoy, some alone
- jumping after a timer
- after another timer new ships come in

Pretty lucrative for piracy;)

Tungsten, phosphorus and oxygen :)
 
I think the theory that Meta-Alloys could be generated by automining POI's if you have the meta mission holds some water as a theory (see https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?p=3364063#post3364063- perhaps joining the two known events - the autominers on Merope's moons could be worth going at if you get a meta-alloys mission? The barnacles could be buried ...

Aren't the drills somewhat small and are concepted to do depth drilling,
rather than excavatory stuff?
I can not remember what event triggered the whole UA story to start with,
anyone here does know?

Tungsten, phosphorus and oxygen :)

Eh? What? Why Tungsten?
 
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