I'm not saying we exclude Merope. I'm not even saying they aren't connected. Just that we don't know. We've been at this for how long now? I think a bit more structure in this search is called for. I feel like I've gone from gamer mode to tester mode. I'm not playing anymore, I'm using techniques I normally only use when testing games. As such, I prefer to fault on the side of logic.
We need facts now. What we need to look for, who is doing what, where we need to be. Narrow down the possibilities. Focus some of the team on the most likely possibilities, the rest on the team on the remaining possibilities. We are looking for one solution here - the discovery of meta-alloys. Finding barnacles would be a great breakthrough but the mystery here is meta-alloys. Those are the things that actually matter to the people with that mission. Barnacles may lead us there, but we don't know. If they don't, Barnacles are just a rare and fascinating piece of scenery.
* Meta Alloys are probably not in Merope, because if they were, given how much time and effort has gone into exploring that system, they would probably have been found by now
* Meta Alloys can be found in Randomly Generated (blue) POIs, as well as dev-made (fixed) POI's
I'm getting to the point where I think we need a wiki for this investigation. Organization will not hurt anyone.
do you get the right tilt with assist off?
I'm an ex-tester too (I even interviewed for a gig at FD many years ago...). Look at the design here - Merope is the system that the UAs are pointing to. Why do that if there's nothing to be found? No, we haven't found anything yet, but look at my post upthread - the task of searching Merope is huge, let alone the other nearby systems - remember, we have a planetary surface area equal to 50% of the Earth's surface to cover at an altitude of 2500-4000m. My estimate of an expected search time of 430 person-days to achieve that is likely on the low side.
We also have no other specific leads. Maybe the barnacles are somewhere else in the galaxy, but we have no idea where that might be so any search is going to be be extremely speculative. We have a lead on something interesting in or around Merope. Let's follow it up and see where it takes us.
I wish we could say this. The idea of spending my free time over the next week flying around Merope's selection of rockballs in an upside-down Cobra doesn't exactly fill me with joy, but the place is enormous and we've barely scratched the surface of this job.
How do know this? Do we have a dev post somewhere?
I'd love a subforum dedicated to the UA mystery. A single thread makes it hard to hold a conversation on one topic, and important findings can get lost in the chatter.
Well I just pancakes into one of the planets in Atlas. I had my power priorities wrong and deployed hard points instead of boosting away from the ground and lost all power lol .
RIP my little Asp.
The seven sisters is only a further hint! The UA´s always pointing to merope because she (named by the greek myth) was a mother and has a son and because she is ashamed of having had intercourse with a mortal man. This son was named "Glaukos" and is written in the greek myth as "Glaucus". So if you search in your galaxy map for "Glaucus" you´ll find a system. In this system you will find the next hint and so on and so on and so on...
Good luck to everyone!
If only there were some sort of clue in game about where to look... oh... wait... THERE IS!
SEARCH IN MEROPE!
I'm an ex-tester too (I even interviewed for a gig at FD many years ago...). Look at the design here - Merope is the system that the UAs are pointing to. Why do that if there's nothing to be found? No, we haven't found anything yet, but look at my post upthread - the task of searching Merope is huge, let alone the other nearby systems - remember, we have a planetary surface area equal to 50% of the Earth's surface to cover at an altitude of 2500-4000m. My estimate of an expected search time of 430 person-days to achieve that is likely on the low side.
We also have no other specific leads. Maybe the barnacles are somewhere else in the galaxy, but we have no idea where that might be so any search is going to be be extremely speculative. We have a lead on something interesting in or around Merope. Let's follow it up and see where it takes us.
I wish we could say this. The idea of spending my free time over the next week flying around Merope's selection of rockballs in an upside-down Cobra doesn't exactly fill me with joy, but the place is enormous and we've barely scratched the surface of this job.
How do know this? Do we have a dev post somewhere?
I'd love a subforum dedicated to the UA mystery. A single thread makes it hard to hold a conversation on one topic, and important findings can get lost in the chatter.
Nebulae are good places to look, especially the one with the seven sisters in it.
On the last point - feel free to use the forums on the Canonn site - there's no way we'll be getting a subforum here this year, unfortunately (confirmed by Brett C). Also, actually trying to follow multiple threads is harder than trying to follow one - it was like that early on with the UA, but the majority of people naturally gravitated towards one thread.
I agree, some more collaboration on data is required - we have a couple of CMDRs currently trying to document all the systems of the Pleiades right now, for example.
I reckon the first person to find one will likely be looking at a patch of rock/ice that another CMDR has already been over because I reckon there's more chance of finding a random one than a manually placed one.
How do know this? Do we have a dev post somewhere?
I see the same questions popping up. Might pay to have all MB's posts and answers in the OP.
Alright done for the night will resume my spreadsheet tomorrow.
So Far it contains:
- Distances from merope.
- Whether it's part of the nebula.
- Whether it's within the nebula or on the edge (and therefore somewhat debatable?)
- Main star Type
- How many Planets are landable in some systems
- Most systems that DO NOT have places to land (this eliminates them from searches)
Still ongoing! Take a look!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bichQJBbL9ygW1xXc3GQhC5KT-o9u05ihWKXebt4BcM/edit?usp=sharing
Well I just pancakes into one of the planets in Atlas. I had my power priorities wrong and deployed hard points instead of boosting away from the ground and lost all power lol .
RIP my little Asp.
Yes, just as likely. In fact more likely based on probability.Just as likely?... I think that's probably true when it comes to non-fixed barnacle POIs. But, I think it's highly likely that somewhere in merope there is a fixed barnacle POI just waiting for us. Now, which one is easier to find? No idea. But, I'd like to rule out Merope rather than just searching all over the place. And, since I can't search myself yet, I'm trying to get some fellow Canonns (Canonners, Canonnites?) to...
SEARCH IN MEROPE!
(How many have blocked me now, I wonder? I'm done for now. Just gonna leave it in my tag and go actually play the game. I've spent more time reading this thread than actually playing the game in the last month.)