UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn
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I just asked my wife where she would look for a space barnacle, and she said on the edge of something...she says most living things attach to or set up near edges of things because that way they have access to multiple resources without having to move very far.
Figured that was actually a rather good theory so I figured I'd share it.
Figured that was actually a rather good theory so I figured I'd share it.
We're talking about consistency in a game where you can find wreckages 50k LY from Sol guys, keep it real.
For what is worth I think the only way to truly find the barnacle is to organize and prepare an expedition, 6-8 wings per planet, no PoI on SRV, just orbital scouting.
Do we still have the exploration force needed? I heard there was some kind of trip to the core, it would be a shame if only few of us were left searching the nebula.
For what is worth I think the only way to truly find the barnacle is to organize and prepare an expedition, 6-8 wings per planet, no PoI on SRV, just orbital scouting.
Do we still have the exploration force needed? I heard there was some kind of trip to the core, it would be a shame if only few of us were left searching the nebula.
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Equators? After all they'd be travelling through the yummy nebula faster and eating more particles per minute then too as the planet rotates.
I have just completely made up the fact that the Great Barnacle Brookes will reward all participants with a free "Great Barnacle Hunt of 3302" community decal once this is over.
Come on, MB, we deserve it!
On a more serious note: I'm currently out of ideas other than "go to a place and look until my eyes bleed". I've looked at low g, high g, metal, ice, rock, and there seems to be nothing that stands out.
I think I'm still gonna stay on the planets around the Black Hole in Maia, maybe give Palin's Rock another comb-over.
Come on, MB, we deserve it!
On a more serious note: I'm currently out of ideas other than "go to a place and look until my eyes bleed". I've looked at low g, high g, metal, ice, rock, and there seems to be nothing that stands out.
I think I'm still gonna stay on the planets around the Black Hole in Maia, maybe give Palin's Rock another comb-over.
I forget if we've done this already, it's been suggested before but I'm unsure if it's been done yet, but we should try posting a GalNet article asking anyone (NPCs) who has come into contact with a Barnacle to step forward with information. This is because it mentions people who have seen them in the description for Meta-alloys.
On the 3D star map it showed the first floater UAs in 1.3, closer to Merope. And with the 1.4 floaters they are even farther out. it seems they are spreading from that system, so this seed theory makes sense.
Is there anyone searching for barnacles that have not come into contact with or have been scanned by a UA?
Perhaps the UAs beam their scan info back to the barnacles and warn them of an Intruder. This could explain the scans and ship drawings.
I'm just spitballing here and haven't had enough coffee to think too hard
For some reason the name GROOTBAART sounds fitting...
That is an interesting theory that ties both together, however they may be two separate things at play here that requires an alternative possibile solution. Personally the idea of panspermia makes sense. How would we get biological growth on planets that for all intents and purpose are all situated in very hostile environment... (hot, close to short lived very active stars, black holes, supernovas and their remnants).. nope nature has shown to us that biological evolution is very slow... more than likely too slow for a blue star in an active star cluster... the answer then has to be that these organisms had to come from somewhere else and ended up adapting to the environment rather than start from scratch. Had these barnacles been there all along... wouldn't it have made sense to have found them by now and ind relatively larged quantities clustered in their preferred environments? My theory is then that these are (like the UAs) from somewhere else and took up residence via meteorite impacts.. Most these planets moons are pockmarked with crater impacts which is obvious because of their appearance but so far only a few that I could tell had meteorite fragments on the surface. I think that may be worth investingating that if a planet has a lot of meteorites on the surface chances are some with life would have landed there and seeded the place..This goes well with my theory that the planets with clearly defined splat craters should be preferred.
Also I disagree with those saying that it is easier to go after the RNG POIs than try and scope out FD's hand picked locations. For starters the hand picked locations are/should be permanent and easier to spot than the RNG spawns. Second MB himself (The Great GrootBaart) said those are exceedingly rare.... more rare than the initial UAs? sorry one is playing the lottery the other is using your brain and that is infinitely more fun to me. I am appreciative though of those who do go the other route at least there is a two pronged attack on this.
But how does one post an article in Galnet? I've seen stories there mentioning the author's name (CMDR) at the end of the story, but I have never figured out how to post a story there?
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I'm still a UA virgin.
Hundreds of billions of people living in the bubble, hundreds of millions people lost in deep space and FTL travel for more than a thousand years.
Plenty of time and people to leave quite a footprint on the galaxy.
Exploration did not start in 3300.
Anyone tried the omega nebula? "I am the begining and the end"? looks like its full of black holes also, might be somesort of birth place/grave yard? or maybe in thinking to hard again who knows
I love this idea, very plausible, and would imply that there is a home planet, or at least a nest where they originally came from. Which would jive with what MB has said, that they manually placed some (the origin point) and that some can be randomly found (the seeded ones that left the nest).
Hello all, I have been lurking around this thread as well as the Pleiades and have a couple of thoughts, Given that MB has said we can check nebulae for these, has anyone given much thought to checking a different kind of nebula as the Pleiades is a planetary nebula and right in the galactic backyard is Barnards loop which is a star forming nebula. Heavier Elements should be formed in the pleiades and really basic elements are formed in star forming nebulas. In short what I'm thinking is can the barnicles metabolise the lighter material into heavier materials? Just a couple of thoughts from an amateur astronomer.
How many ingame hours does that take?
Now apply that to this (travel times to areas in 1914):
http://imgur.com/lBHNtcj
Not that much of a slog really!
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I hung out with the explorers in Marope and Maia and on the Cannon TeamSpeak yesterday. Had a lot of fun. Thanx for the hospitality commanders. Best of luck in your search today!
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