Question.. are there any earth-likes in the nebula? With land able moons near them. And I don't just mean the named stars. Within some reasoning, and assuming the aliens even remotely need similar resources to survive, then wouldn't that be a logical place to search? Just an idea. Not sure if anyone has voiced this yet.
UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn
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Assuming we are talking about Thargoids, which we cannot be sure of, but let's roll with this for a moment, then this assumption would, in my opinion, hinder us more than it would help us. The Thargoids are known to be quite fond of Ammonia Worlds, and do not appear to be the biggest fans of environments that we prefer. So, if the UAs and Barnacles are related to Thargoids, moons around ELWs may not be what we are looking for, but maybe moons around AWs.
But as I said initially, we are not, and at the moment simply cannot be, sure that we're dealing with Thargoids here. Either way, I guess the example shows that we should not assume that other lifeforms need the same stuff to life as we do.
So are we actually doing anything or are we just fooling around?
Well yes. We are still assuming mostly Thargoids but could be wrong. But your point still works as well. What about AW? Any of those out here? Just trying to point out how we search for life as we know it. If one of their homeworlds is out here then we could find it that way because they likely need a way to sustain life. Maybe Merope is just their beacon star to the nebula?
MB made the mistake of throwing ONE biscuit into the mix to watch the crumbs fly.......
Another biscuit and maybe a sugar cube to sweeten the clue pot I dare say won't be amiss right about now - atm peeps are just loitering over planet surfaces, rubber-necking at 50 km/h with little to show, apart from the odd stiff neck and such.
Some actual rep back to you! I owed you some from the previous thread, but by the time I wanted to give it it was locked.
Anyway, hopefully I can finally fire up the game tonight and join you all in some actual planetary exploration. I must be the only person that pre-ordered Horizons and hasn't landed on a single planet yet!
At least this thread exists and has allowed me to (barely) keep up with what's going on.
Also, some things still aren't generating blue POI bubbles. I accidentally found a small mining extractor farm tonight by eye.
For this kind of surface search, what'd be really useful (IMO!) is the ability to deploy markers/beacons; which would be visible on the HUD and in the scanner. These could be launched/dropped from both Scarabs and ships.
If you find a POI from your ship, you could drop a beacon on the edge, then fly across to the opposite edge and and drop a second beacon there. Land, and then you have a path to follow between the two beacons. If you spot something in your wave scanner you'd like to investigate, drop a beacon, veer off your heading to take a look, then return to your beacon and continue on the original vector.
They'd also be great for bookmarking locations. They could be used for new mission types ("Sirius Mining Company wants you to tag 5 Unobtainium deposits with a marker beacon for future mining..."). They could also be used for marking out race-courses etc., or paths across difficult / hazardous terrain.
(You could do a lot more too - you could give them a text label which appears in finders' chat windows, such as place names or "discovered by" or warning messages. You could make them large enough to be visible, like flags or 'monuments', and people could buy custom beacons in the store... but something simple would be much easier).
But they'd be ideal just for staking out territory if you'd like to do a methodical search.
If you find a POI from your ship, you could drop a beacon on the edge, then fly across to the opposite edge and and drop a second beacon there. Land, and then you have a path to follow between the two beacons. If you spot something in your wave scanner you'd like to investigate, drop a beacon, veer off your heading to take a look, then return to your beacon and continue on the original vector.
They'd also be great for bookmarking locations. They could be used for new mission types ("Sirius Mining Company wants you to tag 5 Unobtainium deposits with a marker beacon for future mining..."). They could also be used for marking out race-courses etc., or paths across difficult / hazardous terrain.
(You could do a lot more too - you could give them a text label which appears in finders' chat windows, such as place names or "discovered by" or warning messages. You could make them large enough to be visible, like flags or 'monuments', and people could buy custom beacons in the store... but something simple would be much easier).
But they'd be ideal just for staking out territory if you'd like to do a methodical search.
Yes you're right, the blue zone is just a way to show you that there may be something to check out. The zone itself isn't the problem though, rather the annoying pop-up
Just an update on the visibility of things from height should anyone want it.
I've spent a few nights flying over Maia B1 BA and any lights from the RNG POIs can be seen from quiet a few KM up (depending on your graphics settings, this may differ). On my setup I could see lights up to ~7km (it could possibly have been higher, but that was my max cruise altitude). On the light(er) side of Maia B1 BA, any buildings were also easy to spot from a similar height, so any wrecked T9s etc should be visible from that height. Obviously, on the dark side, any large objects will be difficult to spot unless they have a green glow with them.
Hope this helps any erstwhile barnacle spotters
I've spent a few nights flying over Maia B1 BA and any lights from the RNG POIs can be seen from quiet a few KM up (depending on your graphics settings, this may differ). On my setup I could see lights up to ~7km (it could possibly have been higher, but that was my max cruise altitude). On the light(er) side of Maia B1 BA, any buildings were also easy to spot from a similar height, so any wrecked T9s etc should be visible from that height. Obviously, on the dark side, any large objects will be difficult to spot unless they have a green glow with them.
Hope this helps any erstwhile barnacle spotters
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@Panzertard, I posted your thoughts earlier on the last thread see below...
I am going to put some effort into this tonight, I have an idea on how to "Read the rings" and hopefully extrapolate into Co-ordinates
If your about I will let you know if I find anything ..o7
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We don't need any more hints, we need hard work.
Some "Old time" Canonn team may have rage quit..... and some may already be back with new identities as we had to hide them from the Tharogoids
We are all Missing something............
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in the name of open science which is Canonn policy, Panzer noted something last night that needs further investigation.
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When you view a planet in the system map you see it represented as a sphere with squares, longitude and latitude. Easy enough
Zoom out a little and you see "Rings" around the planet
Look closely they are broken rings, and look like "...-----..-----" is Morse encoded in the rings ????
Then rotate and tilt the planet, you can either get rid of the rings OR get loads of rings !!!
Keep following .....
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If you get loads of rings and each ring contained Morse for a set of co-ordinates ???????
could this be the key to pin pointing a SSI (Site of Scientific Interest) aka "Barnacles"
How many rings needed for a fix ? 4 maybe ?
Haw many rings can you get ?
Working in RL today and will be testing theory tonight, In the mean time Sub Commander Outspan should be in game later
and on the hunt, she has a habit of finding things
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Fly safe commanders and fly with Patience...o7
I am going to put some effort into this tonight, I have an idea on how to "Read the rings" and hopefully extrapolate into Co-ordinates
If your about I will let you know if I find anything ..o7
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We don't need any more hints, we need hard work.
Some "Old time" Canonn team may have rage quit..... and some may already be back with new identities as we had to hide them from the Tharogoids
We are all Missing something............
.
in the name of open science which is Canonn policy, Panzer noted something last night that needs further investigation.
.
When you view a planet in the system map you see it represented as a sphere with squares, longitude and latitude. Easy enough
Zoom out a little and you see "Rings" around the planet
Look closely they are broken rings, and look like "...-----..-----" is Morse encoded in the rings ????
Then rotate and tilt the planet, you can either get rid of the rings OR get loads of rings !!!
Keep following .....
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If you get loads of rings and each ring contained Morse for a set of co-ordinates ???????
could this be the key to pin pointing a SSI (Site of Scientific Interest) aka "Barnacles"
How many rings needed for a fix ? 4 maybe ?
Haw many rings can you get ?
Working in RL today and will be testing theory tonight, In the mean time Sub Commander Outspan should be in game later
and on the hunt, she has a habit of finding things
.
Fly safe commanders and fly with Patience...o7
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Decided to join the hunt for the barnicles. Its a needle if a haystack the size of many planets, so the more people we have searching the better the chances.
I have some questions (sorry if they have been answered before).
1) Are there any parts of the UA signals that have not been decoded yet?
2) I understand UA point to Merope. What happens when they are released in Merope?
3) Are there any ammonia worlds among the seven sisters that have moons or associated airless worlds we can investigate? I understand that there is a chance that the UA are not associated with Thargoids, but worth checking out.
4) Any extra clues we have from in game stuff? Like NPC comms or missions?
For the nonce, i'm just checking out the moons of Merope, since that seems the most likely (and therefore probably completely wrong).
I have some questions (sorry if they have been answered before).
1) Are there any parts of the UA signals that have not been decoded yet?
2) I understand UA point to Merope. What happens when they are released in Merope?
3) Are there any ammonia worlds among the seven sisters that have moons or associated airless worlds we can investigate? I understand that there is a chance that the UA are not associated with Thargoids, but worth checking out.
4) Any extra clues we have from in game stuff? Like NPC comms or missions?
For the nonce, i'm just checking out the moons of Merope, since that seems the most likely (and therefore probably completely wrong
).thats what i experimented like 6 hours ago so thanks for sharing the same result so it will strengthen my theoryJust an update on the visibility of things from height should anyone want it.
I've spent a few nights flying over Maia B1 BA and any lights from the RNG POIs can be seen from quiet a few KM up (depending on your graphics settings, this may differ). On my setup I could see lights up to ~7km (it could possibly have been higher, but that was my max cruise altitude). On the light(er) side of Maia B1 BA, any buildings were also easy to spot from a similar height, so any wrecked T9s etc should be visible from that height. Obviously, on the dark side, any large objects will be difficult to spot unless they have a green glow with them.
Hope this helps any erstwhile barnacle spotters
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guys i have another interesting news ! celaeno system is also empty ! its got 2 planets that are not landable turn your searches elsewhere
Ah, cheers, yes I noticed it.
It's definitively worth to have a look at, although I can't see any patterns there myself.
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1. It is speculated that there may still be something hidden in the sounds the UA emits. But this is not certain, it appears as if thus far every attempt to get any more information from the UA has failed.Decided to join the hunt for the barnicles. Its a needle if a haystack the size of many planets, so the more people we have searching the better the chances.
I have some questions (sorry if they have been answered before).
1) Are there any parts of the UA signals that have not been decoded yet?
2) I understand UA point to Merope. What happens when they are released in Merope?
3) Are there any ammonia worlds among the seven sisters that have moons or associated airless worlds we can investigate? I understand that there is a chance that the UA are not associated with Thargoids, but worth checking out.
4) Any extra clues we have from in game stuff? Like NPC comms or missions?
For the nonce, i'm just checking out the moons of Merope, since that seems the most likely (and therefore probably completely wrong
2. If released in the Merope system it will point at the star Merope.
3. No idea. I haven't seen one yesterday when I visited a few systems, and don't remember from the time I first scanned all the Seven Sisters had to offer.
4. There's this "Strange Alloy" mission, which may or may not help to spawn Barnacles/Meta-Alloys, but MB has confirmed that the mission is not necessary in order to find them.
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