Anyone checked if the materials from the organic spikes are always the same or depend on the planet? On Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 I'm consistently getting Vanadium, Chromium, Phosphorus, Iron, Nickel and Antimony. But no Nobium, Yttrium Molybdenum Cadnium Arsenic or Germanium.
UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn
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I'm trying to get more people interested in the Yellow Crates as well.
See https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=224138
Try to Meta Alloy Mission section, theres a walkthrough with screenshots of squiggsy's experience.
Originally Posted by Michael Brookes
Nebulae are good places to look, especially the one with the seven sisters in it.
Michael
Originally Posted by Michael Brookes
I think you'll notice one if you're nearby.
And to those asking why nebulae - it's quite logical if you think about it
Michael
Originally Posted by Michael Brookes
I'm afraid not - the nebula that they can be found in relates to their origin and I can't talk about that.
Michael
I think some nebulae are the result of terraforming made by Barnacles, or a better habitat for them.
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The only way we can interact with them is to shoot them, and take the various pods/materials.
As far as I am concerned, they are mining
I have gotten Arsenic and Germanium from the organic spikes in Merope
well spotted! rep on its way. Think you have just opened up a while new basis for hypotheses!!
The only way we can interact with them ( Yes, I mean so far ) is to shoot them and take the various pods/materials.
As far as I am concerned, they are mining/refining
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Oblong shape in symbol the Corona Austr.?
TLDR: Symbol could be map away from Barnard's Loop. Loop, Witch Head, and Corona Austr. Dark Region can be combined to form the symbol from the perspective of COL SECTOR 359. Attempt at first contact?
TLDR: Symbol could be map away from Barnard's Loop. Loop, Witch Head, and Corona Austr. Dark Region can be combined to form the symbol from the perspective of COL SECTOR 359. Attempt at first contact?
The symbol on the barnacles is very distinct. It is difficult for me not to think of nebulae when seeing it. If two alien species were trying to orient and find eachother, they might very well use nebulae to direct one another, considering their macroscopic scale. So perhaps they are trying to make contact, giving a location from which the very distinctive Barnard's Loop can be seen in the stamped configuration. Let's assume this for now.
I have looked at Barnard's Loop in the Galmap from all around, and the only reasonable perspective I could find was combining the Loop, Witch Head, and Corona Austr., with the position close to the last of these. The Corona is somewhat oblong, which fits well with the picture. The rough porportions of the two smaller nebula give a range of distances from which they will view correctly. A picture of a view from COL 359 SECTOR EK-D B27-5:
Galmap same location:
The dark region is difficult to see, but they would likely use gravity as much as light to say what is there, as we do. The proportions btwn Loop and the other two are not good either, meaning it probably is in a different system.
There are many systems that have a similar or better quality match to the symbol. I would have liked to find a system a bit closer to the Corona, since the symbol has the loop relatively smaller and also has the oblong shape a bit larger than the circular one, but all systems I deemed reasonable from Galmap had no high metal content landable small bodies and no landable planets at all after visiting.
Here are three systems I thought most promising so far.
Here starts a little speculation. Say the species is attempting to find other life. Say it cannot leave its own system through hyperspace for some reason, but has access to small ftl drives. Their idea could be "find advanced life", much like SETI. So send out probes (UAs). For some reason (new ftl tech unstable? sending a signal home by perverting our machines?) their technology messes with our own. But they do get a signal back home. So then they send out maps and gifts to us, having found other life, hoping for a nice first contact. Or something devious, I guess?
Anyway, it all revolves around the nebulae because, again, they are what everyone can see. They are relatively small regions of space that advanced life will visit, if only for curiosity. So they sent probes to nebulae. They got hits in the Pleiades. It's right by the very distinctive Barnard's Loop, so they send a picture of what the loop and surrounding nebulae look like from their perspective, hoping we'll visit.
Well, I'm around that area. I'll be checking it out in the next few days, if things don't blow past me.
I have looked at Barnard's Loop in the Galmap from all around, and the only reasonable perspective I could find was combining the Loop, Witch Head, and Corona Austr., with the position close to the last of these. The Corona is somewhat oblong, which fits well with the picture. The rough porportions of the two smaller nebula give a range of distances from which they will view correctly. A picture of a view from COL 359 SECTOR EK-D B27-5:
The dark region is difficult to see, but they would likely use gravity as much as light to say what is there, as we do. The proportions btwn Loop and the other two are not good either, meaning it probably is in a different system.
There are many systems that have a similar or better quality match to the symbol. I would have liked to find a system a bit closer to the Corona, since the symbol has the loop relatively smaller and also has the oblong shape a bit larger than the circular one, but all systems I deemed reasonable from Galmap had no high metal content landable small bodies and no landable planets at all after visiting.
Here are three systems I thought most promising so far.
COL 359 SECTOR EK-D B27-5
COL 359 SECTOR LM-M D7-40
HIP 91188
COL 359 SECTOR LM-M D7-40
HIP 91188
Here starts a little speculation. Say the species is attempting to find other life. Say it cannot leave its own system through hyperspace for some reason, but has access to small ftl drives. Their idea could be "find advanced life", much like SETI. So send out probes (UAs). For some reason (new ftl tech unstable? sending a signal home by perverting our machines?) their technology messes with our own. But they do get a signal back home. So then they send out maps and gifts to us, having found other life, hoping for a nice first contact. Or something devious, I guess?
Anyway, it all revolves around the nebulae because, again, they are what everyone can see. They are relatively small regions of space that advanced life will visit, if only for curiosity. So they sent probes to nebulae. They got hits in the Pleiades. It's right by the very distinctive Barnard's Loop, so they send a picture of what the loop and surrounding nebulae look like from their perspective, hoping we'll visit.
Well, I'm around that area. I'll be checking it out in the next few days, if things don't blow past me.
Just gone to Merope 5 c... There is a wing of three ships destroing every landed ship... They don't talk they just start firing once landed after you leave with SRV. Don't go there just now... One clipper, one courier and one asp explorer... First time I loose my ship in "combat"...
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I did mention a little while ago...
Could the C logo on the Barnacle relate to Caine Massey?
The Anaconda was carrying crates of materials to deliver to the Barnacle when it crashed.
Another one :
PLEIONE 11 A
0.8185
176.5622
http://imgur.com/RvpIIkW
spec : 720 km / 0.08 G
Temp : 194 K
No volc / 90.3% Rock / 9.7% Metal
NOT Tidally locked
PLEIONE 11 A
0.8185
176.5622
http://imgur.com/RvpIIkW
spec : 720 km / 0.08 G
Temp : 194 K
No volc / 90.3% Rock / 9.7% Metal
NOT Tidally locked
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Ive had Yttrium (regularly) on Merope 3 C, Arsenic too but rarely.
Good job commander. Could you post the specs of Pleione 11A pls (especially the temperature)? Thank you.
Could that symbol be a stylized G and C?
Read a bit about the thargoid stuff from F:FE and the wiki said, that "GalCop" had some sweet tech.
Ohhh just got this when I sold meta alloys at OO, possibly got it earlier when I complained my Strange Alloys mission disappeared too:
View attachment 94881
Yep I got my strange alloys mission back after accepting this but the reward has doubled to about 850,000 creds
Found it, reputable Commander as well, I so reason to doubt its validity.
I would recommend adding the alt. mission text into a spoiler box under the main Meta-Alloy mission text.
I think anything related to the the "Caine Massey" Anaconda crash is pertinent information as well.
Nice, congrats
Surface temp 194K. Is this one persistent?
Landable bodies inside pleiades nebula: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...mIgvuZoadf4m70Uy4dNuk/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0
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