UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn

Han_Zen · Jan 15, 2016

Kyp Shard said:
Ok, so if the meta alloys counter the station degradation, could they and the UAs have DIFFERENT sources - i.e two different alien races in competition?

If the Meta-alloy consumes the nasty stuf that comes out of the UA, it could be because the UA is fertilizing the seed.
This may be a Pyrrhic victory.

Have an UA and a meta-alloy been dropped next to each other on the ground?

Pazmino · Jan 15, 2016

Maybe a bit early, but will we find the barnacles aka BAs only close to the nebula or within the UA sphere? I'm thinking that they use the UAs to mark a mining claim.
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Starting from these systems - do they have something in common ? - which would be good candidates to look for more BAs and the large BAs, if this haven't been found yet.

Merope 5C
(-26.3495),(-156.4047)
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Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 Planet 1
Many Barnacles found close to a crashed Anaconda

Anaconda: (20.8736),(91.6983)
Barnacle: (21.9135),(96.9802)
Barnacle: (21.3348),(91.9834)
Barnacle: (23.0895),(94.0826)
Barnacle: (19.25),(92.09)
Barnacle: (25.33638),(25.5291)
Barnacle: (-57.8318),(107.4311 As you can see there are very similar coordinates, so we can assume some of them spawn randomly all around the Anaconda wreckage.

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Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 Planet 2
Various Barnacles found around coord:
49.9075 - 102.7141

Ozric · Jan 15, 2016

Atrox Lux said:
There are zero UAs visible in the body of the barnacle.

I put up a pic earlier using the debug cam to show how the blue mist comes out constantly, not just in intermittent waves, like a terraforming station.

GilliganTX said:
That's what I thought. Thanks for confirming.

Ah well maybe I am wrong then, but I know for definite that yesterday someone put a picture of something inside the barnacle that was not a full UA, but (possibly) the head of one. I cannot be bothered to trawl back through all the posts to find it though.

Kalearne · Jan 15, 2016

markmatt said:
kalearne, in that case is it possible that the meta alloy spikes are potentially a small version of the large barnacle that has yet to mature, and in turn the meta alloy is a seed of that? potentially the smaller ones are younger versions of that even further. If that were true, then each spike which is gathering rare minerals to make a meta and then make a large barnacle. perhaps we should study the special materials that come out of the small ones as well as the common materials that come out of them as well. perhaps that is the clue to why they spawn on specific planets and moons.

I'm not sure but my gut says no.

If they matures into full barnacles I would expect fields of mature barnacles not lonely ones. I suspect the spikes are part of the larger creature.

I'm working on the principle they are bio engineered (that weird logo on em) to create this meta alloy only.
I suspect they are connected to the UA due to the sound and visual similarities.

I just dont have any ideas as to why someone would engineer this species and send them here. Surely someone/thing should be along to collect.

Starlanced · Jan 15, 2016

Is there a second Anaconda on Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 1? Or just the one from yesterday

Arconedas · Jan 15, 2016

Pazmino said:
Maybe a bit early, but will we find the barnacles aka BAs only close to the nebula or within the UA sphere? I'm thinking that they use the UAs to mark a mining claim.
.
Starting from these systems - do they have something in common ? - which would be good candidates to look for more BAs and the large BAs, if this haven't been found yet.

Merope 5C
(-26.3495),(-156.4047)
.
Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 Planet 1
Many Barnacles found close to a crashed Anaconda

Anaconda: (20.8736),(91.6983)
Barnacle: (21.9135),(96.9802)
Barnacle: (21.3348),(91.9834)
Barnacle: (23.0895),(94.0826)
Barnacle: (19.25),(92.09)
Barnacle: (25.33638),(25.5291)
Barnacle: (-57.8318),(107.4311 As you can see there are very similar coordinates, so we can assume some of them spawn randomly all around the Anaconda wreckage.

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Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 Planet 2
Various Barnacles found around coord:
49.9075 - 102.7141

There was a post earlier with a picture of barnacle site at: PLEIONE 11 A (0.8185 176.5622)

No idea if its persistent.

GilliganTX · Jan 15, 2016

Ozric said:
Ah well maybe I am wrong then, but I know for definite that yesterday someone put a picture of something inside the barnacle that was not a full UA, but (possibly) the head of one. I cannot be bothered to trawl back through all the posts to find it though.

There's definitely what looks like a white-membrane which is similar in appearance to the body of the UA's, so I'm not saying you are outright wrong. Just that we do not KNOW for sure that this is the case. Certainly a possibility.

We have to be careful to separate what we really and truly know about these things vs what we believe.

Kalearne · Jan 15, 2016

Kicking myself for not checking this before leaving.. The number of spikes per barnacle.. is it consistent and is it the same as the number of pods on a UA?

Starlanced · Jan 15, 2016

Well looking straight down on top of the main barnacle, the center piece kind of looks like the top of the UA

markmatt · Jan 15, 2016

has anyone checked to see if the majority of UA are still pointing to merope? Maybe it has changed since we found the barnacles.

nosscar · Jan 15, 2016

i am at Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 Planet 1 Barnacle: (21.9135),(96.9802) and some weird bugs here, i am in mobius server, no problem finding it.

looks like a load of bugs with barnacle sites.

Obsidian Ant · Jan 15, 2016

I haven't been able to check the entire thread today, so someone may have already mentioned it, but I am curious about this. I might just be seeing things here, and I am unable to get a good viewing angle from my ship. But this seems like it could be more than just coincidence...even though it isn't entirely perfect. What do you think?

This is the Pleiades overlayed on an aerial view of the Barnacle from Merope...

Ozric · Jan 15, 2016

GilliganTX said:
There's definitely what looks like a white-membrane which is similar in appearance to the body of the UA's, so I'm not saying you are outright wrong. Just that we do not KNOW for sure that this is the case. Certainly a possibility.

We have to be careful to separate what we really and truly know about these things vs what we believe.

I don't think it was the membrane I was talking about, this was lower down in the central structure not the nit across the top. I must admit that on rereading I had misread Riz's first post about being made by the central structure.

I found the image... Now granted it is still a slightly tenuous link (though not by these threads standards

) and I do agree we need to make clear distinctions. However if this is not a UA starting to "grow" then it certainly looks like a seed of some kind.

http://www.noelshack.com/2016-02-1452794930-screenshot-0033.png

Nydo_Horth · Jan 15, 2016

nosscar said:
i am at Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 Planet 1 Barnacle: (21.9135),(96.9802) and some weird bugs here, i am in mobius server, no problem finding it.
http://i.imgur.com/28REgYn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rb8gO2M.jpg

looks like a load of bugs with barnacle sites.

They are flying for their life !

But I had the same yesterday.

Ozric · Jan 15, 2016

Granite said:
This is the Pleiades overlayed on an aerial view of the Barnacle from Merope...

Intriguing...

Nydo_Horth · Jan 15, 2016

Ozric said:
I don't think it was the membrane I was talking about, this was lower down in the central structure not the nit across the top. I must admit that on rereading I had misread Riz's first post about being made by the central structure.

I found the image... Now granted it is still a slightly tenuous link (though not by these threads standards ) and I do agree we need to make clear distinctions. However if this is not a UA starting to "grow" then it certainly looks like a seed of some kind.

http://www.noelshack.com/2016-02-1452794930-screenshot-0033.png

Look like my screen i posted the day of the discover ^^
But it dosn't seem that other have found anything in other barnacles.

Starlanced · Jan 15, 2016

Finally happened to me, there in open but gone in Mobius, not good.

But there again in solo

Ozric · Jan 15, 2016

Nydo_Horth said:
Look like my screen i posted the day of the discover ^^
But it dosn't seem that other have found anything in other barnacles.

Indeed it was

Has anyone looked though..?

GilliganTX · Jan 15, 2016

Ozric said:
I don't think it was the membrane I was talking about, this was lower down in the central structure not the nit across the top. I must admit that on rereading I had misread Riz's first post about being made by the central structure.

I found the image... Now granted it is still a slightly tenuous link (though not by these threads standards ) and I do agree we need to make clear distinctions. However if this is not a UA starting to "grow" then it certainly looks like a seed of some kind.

http://www.noelshack.com/2016-02-1452794930-screenshot-0033.png

An interesting image, certainly. But we need to see if it is persistent in other barnacle spawns or if is exclusive to this one, before drawing any conclusions.

Could just be a rock. Could be a thargoid egg.

Ozric said:
Intriguing...

Indeed.

Good science.

adrinker · Jan 15, 2016

Does anyone have advice for people searching Barnard's Loop for barnacles? I saw the speculation and took a trip out there to scout around. Here are a few things about the area:

Do we think B-Type stars are somehow preferred, or does star type not matter?
There are only a handful of B-type stars touching the nebula graphic so I'm wondering if the graphic is accurate or if there a proximity from the graphic on the galaxy map that counts as 'being in the nebula'?
There are a bunch of B-Type just outside the edge of the nebula.
Do we think that there is a certain planet composition to the placement, or a certain topology that the barnacles may be in?
For instance, might there be a preference for mineral deposits, 100% metal worlds, or craters?
Does distance from parent star matter?