UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn

[squiggsy]

Can some one else verify this please?

System/planet: Atlas B 1
Coords: around 15, -15
In orbital cruise, about 150-250km high

It's the "usual" green thing, that I don't know what is, but it's very common.

The unusual is the near perfect green rectangle - does any one else has that? It looks like a green landing zone.

(Ps.: I did log out and back, and it's still there for me.)

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Although the shape is quite unusual, the colouration is not. there is a clip somewhere of them talking about how these are surface deposits of certain minerals.

 

[CMDR GTR2014]

Can some one else verify this please?

System/planet: Atlas B 1
Coords: around 15, -15
In orbital cruise, about 150-250km high

It's the "usual" green thing, that I don't know what is, but it's very common.

The unusual is the near perfect green rectangle - does any one else has that? It looks like a green landing zone.

(Ps.: I did log out and back, and it's still there for me.)

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this is "lava", each planet has it tipes of volcanic activity this one is silicate if i can recal it right, obviously this is already cold since we don't have active volcanos on elite (yet)

 

[Starlanced]

Good to know, I'll have to try later

 

[eberkain]

Taking a break for a while, been charting all the planets in the area looking for anything 1+G that you can land on, no luck so far.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-dqXef3Ugqjs3sHg5bBuPDAus2qHWa6ysG8iktkula4/edit?usp=sharing

 

[relayer]

I know "binary has been done many times" but I haven't heard mention in this megathread about the tones of the UAs so...

Just received & analysed a recorded sequence from shadowshian which is sped up 4x :

B B F# (probably clipped/aborted sequence)

Eb Eb Gb Gb Eb Eb Bb
>>F#maj<<
Eb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb

B B E E B B E
>> Emaj <<
B B E B E B B

F C C F F C F
>> Emaj <<
F C F C F C F

Db Gb Db Gb Gb Db Gb
>> F#maj <<
Db Db Gb Db Db Gb Gb

Db Db Gb Db Db Gb Gb
>> F#maj <<

*explosion*

Listening to other videos with the sounds gives the same 3 progressions - Ebmaj, Emaj, F#/Gbmaj - and keep the same intervals (perfect 5ths) between notes. I'm beginning to think that what I'm hearing is what the sound guy did to create the UA sounds: use a "brass" preset, play some 5ths and slow the whole mess down considerably. Ah well, it was fun anyway!

 

[Irons]

Just a thought whilst I wander aimlessly around Merope 1A. If we're looking for Meta Alloys, surely a metal rich or high metal content world/moon would be a good start?

 

[Allant Doran]

Just a thought whilst I wander aimlessly around Merope 1A. If we're looking for Meta Alloys, surely a metal rich or high metal content world/moon would be a good start?

I remember thinking the same thing myself a while ago but, if I recall correctly, a META-alloy (not MetaL) is not necessarily a metallic thing.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[squiggsy]

I remember thinking the same thing myself a while ago but, if I recall correctly, a META-alloy (not MetaL) is not necessarily a metallic thing.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

I was corrected on this before and in fact it does have to have metal in it since an alloy is a combination of a metal and something else (either another metal or another element) so must always have some metal in.
how much though is a different matter. and whether planet type plays a part is unknown

 

[LordZoltan]

Do people expect a new game experience unlocking aliens in the elite dangerous universe?

They're coming either way, the question is whether *we* discover them

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Just a thought whilst I wander aimlessly around Merope 1A. If we're looking for Meta Alloys, surely a metal rich or high metal content world/moon would be a good start?

1A has Yttrium and at least one or two other rare materials while you're there

 

[Irons]

I recall a few systems as I came into the Sector with just one accessible planet that were metal rich. I may move on from Merope and see if I can back track there. Its worth a shot.

 

[Tigger889]

I think, that maybe the position of the barnacles is tied to some specific location on the planets/moons (canals, craters, mountain formations, etc). It's nonsense to sweep the whole surface of the bodies. There must be some clue; we are all overlooking; that is narrowing the hunt. I'm currently searching on Atlas B3 as it has different sound on the system map from other HMC bodies. The only significant difference from Atlas B1 and B2 is its volcanic activity and orbiting moon. Don't know if this can cause the different sound on the system map.

It's all a question of their intended purpose in-game. If they are located in an area which is discernable from a height, or based on planet type, look or composition, these conditions may have "created" the barnacles, while the other perspective is that the barnacles may have affected their environment (releasing clouds or a trail). Still unknown. If however they are placed intentionally (an alien base or random crash site) then their location will not be easily found at a height. We are all hoping they give off a different signal on the SRV's scanner though.

 

[Irons]

They're coming either way, the question is whether *we* discover them

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1A has Yttrium and at least one or two other rare materials while you're there

Thanks. Not found any yet......

 

[IceFire122]

I remember thinking the same thing myself a while ago but, if I recall correctly, a META-alloy (not MetaL) is not necessarily a metallic thing.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

Well, an alloy is usually combination of metal with other metals/materials. Also, the Meta-Alloy description suggests it being partially made of metals, as melting the Meta-alloy will transform it into a conventional alloy. The difference is the cellular structure, similar, but better than metal-foam.

 

[Allant Doran]

I was corrected on this before and in fact it does have to have metal in it since an alloy is a combination of a metal and something else (either another metal or another element) so must always have some metal in.
how much though is a different matter. and whether planet type plays a part is unknown

Thanks, Squiggsy!

I guess the question is now; Will barnacles be found on metal planets? Or do they, as their name implies, perhaps take that metal from things they latch on to?

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Well, an alloy is usually combination of metal with other metals/materials. Also, the Meta-Alloy description suggests it being partially made of metals, as melting the Meta-alloy will transform it into a conventional alloy. The difference is the cellular structure, similar, but better than metal-foam.

Thank you for the info! Today I have learned

 

[Han_Zen]

Sadly no
Although I do get the impression that we should be able to see something from orbit as you could in the prequels.
Perhaps high altitude survey's are a good way to start

You think so, in orbital cruise?

I remember always having a target box for bombing and photo missions.

I think you had to be quite close before you could see the actuall target.

 

[Dartagnan Castelmore]

Atleast someone is happy on this forsaken planet...


http://imgur.com/A2irsUB

 

[IceFire122]

I guess the question is now; Will barnacles be found on metal planets? Or do they, as their name implies, perhaps take that metal from things they latch on to?

Speculation alert:
Maybe, the UAs are Barnacle-seeds and their mechanism is to corrode metal around them to build a barnacle or Thargoid ship out of Meta-alloys. That way, they could make ships crash onto planets and than change them.

Maybe all of the infected stations will become Thargoid cap-ships one day.

 

[Highbeard]

I have been driving around Maia B1 BA for about 2 hours. While in the SRV I have found nothing but tiny pois with a canister of crap loot. If I fly, I can find buildings in the circles. I chose this planet because I believe it is always dark as it is right near the black hole and it is the planet that Palin is going to set up his research base. i feel that the CG specifically referencing UA's was a clue to where you could find barnacles. They could have chosen one of the closer planets in the system but they chose this one. But of course, I haven't found a single interesting thing. Not even large ship wrecks. Just buildings with tea, and other garbage.

 

[bitstorm]

So looking back at the trailer now after having searched for a bit I think there are some observations that can be made.

The barnacles appears to be in a "misty" area, my understanding is that only some planets have "mist" it's something to do with organic matter or something.

Am I right in saying that this "mist" tends to appears in craters.

So there you may be able to rule out a bunch of planets, the ones that don't have the mist, and potentially a bunch of areas.

The nest thing, most places I've been looking are tidally locked, as I understand it this means one side always faces what they're orbiting.

Given the trailers shows a place in twilight or maybe dark(?), this means that if the body your searching orbits the main light source of the system then you probably shouldn't be checking the fully lit areas.

If what your checking does not orbit the main light source, ie it's a moon well it could be anywhere.

i would also say that these things seem to have green lights, they should be visible at ~2km up.

I dunno, maybe that helps narrow things down a bit?

 

[dynamicbob]

Speculation alert:
Maybe, the UAs are Barnacle-seeds and their mechanism is to corrode metal around them to build a barnacle or Thargoid ship out of Meta-alloys. That way, they could make ships crash onto planets and than change them.

Maybe all of the infected stations will become Thargoid cap-ships one day.

Once a u cure is found we can remove the barnacles from the infected stations, and technical services will be restored (which might lead to new modules / looting and crafting using meta alloys as a base ingredient once they are more common perhaps) all the commanders searching now might move them around and theyll become a common garden pest that can be treated.

How this ties in with the missing we aint sure yet, bio/metalogical technology could be interesting