First a few tests I performed:
1) I have been literally sitting AND DOCKED over a barnacle a couple of times with my ASP. No damage to my internal subsystems happened. That may either mean that the damage other commanders experienced may be either done on a random basis, or that simply the ASP is immune.
2) I have checked that the Barnacles seem to expel materials and alloys on regular basis. No real need to shoot them to get some rewards then.
So, my thoughs about the barnacles:
1) If this didn´t happen to be a game, I would think that the Barnacles only spawn materials and alloys when interacting with humans. Otherwise, the area would be absolutelly filled with materials, and that's not the case. Of course, this may simply be game mechanics. But if the first option is right, does that mean that the barnacle is trying to interact with the humans? Why? Is it testing us?
2) Obviously this organic structures do some kind of refining process. I bet they do produce the UAs.
3) Heavily bombing the central barnacle doesn´t seem to have any effect.
My theory about this things:
I strongly believe that the Barnacles may be the start of a heavy colonisation process. If you think about it they are perfect: You land the barnacle on a planet, it uses the minerls to self grow and, potentially, build a colony in due time. And my second theory is that the Unknown Artifacts are, in fact, "seeds" from these proto colonies searching for new places to expand.
I would advise to start searching for more barnacles within the AU bubble. If my theory is right, we may start observing barnacles in a much larger area of space.
1) I have been literally sitting AND DOCKED over a barnacle a couple of times with my ASP. No damage to my internal subsystems happened. That may either mean that the damage other commanders experienced may be either done on a random basis, or that simply the ASP is immune.
2) I have checked that the Barnacles seem to expel materials and alloys on regular basis. No real need to shoot them to get some rewards then.
So, my thoughs about the barnacles:
1) If this didn´t happen to be a game, I would think that the Barnacles only spawn materials and alloys when interacting with humans. Otherwise, the area would be absolutelly filled with materials, and that's not the case. Of course, this may simply be game mechanics. But if the first option is right, does that mean that the barnacle is trying to interact with the humans? Why? Is it testing us?
2) Obviously this organic structures do some kind of refining process. I bet they do produce the UAs.
3) Heavily bombing the central barnacle doesn´t seem to have any effect.
My theory about this things:
I strongly believe that the Barnacles may be the start of a heavy colonisation process. If you think about it they are perfect: You land the barnacle on a planet, it uses the minerls to self grow and, potentially, build a colony in due time. And my second theory is that the Unknown Artifacts are, in fact, "seeds" from these proto colonies searching for new places to expand.
I would advise to start searching for more barnacles within the AU bubble. If my theory is right, we may start observing barnacles in a much larger area of space.
