UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn

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David Braben replied recently ( I believe it was the Horizon's launch livestream) to a question about whether we'll ever get access to other galaxies, he said no. Our own galaxy in game is already supremely massive, with whole sectors locked off for future content.

So it's probably safe to assume that the barnacles have nothing to do with the Magellanic Clouds.

We can't go to them, but it doesn't mean "they" can't come to us ;)

Could be we are just getting drives that allow far bigger jumps.
 
I don't think the LMC theory is sound. I'd say Barnard's Loop or near it. And I'm more inclined to think that these barnacles are only the tip of the iceberg. They're basically alien plants and where there's flora, there might be fauna or better... sapient fauna

It's a much better match to the LMC than it is to Barnard's Loop, but I'm all for us investigating both - there's enough of us after all :)
 
The Meta-Alloy demand is worth investigating for sure. Thanks!

Do we have any idea how much MA is required to start the station healing process? Last night (no time in-gme today) I had 8 MA & it seems Obsidian is on the way to recovery without my contribution, so wondering about another alternative
 
Dunno, it just seems to make little sense.

I mean humans using a symbol of their galaxy, they just wouldn't

And why would they bother travelling to a completely different galaxy, surely everything they'll ever need exists in their own.


Well again, just quoting this commander ^^


Nah - No one would render the Solar System as seen from outside if they came from Earth, would they?

Ooopss..
wrathofkhan.jpg

Don't you remember what federation logo is?


Oh! :eek:

Lightbulb moment.

Antares found...new leap forward in jump drives possible.

Meta-alloys...super light and strong and wide variety of applications.

Our attention is being directed towards the Large Magellanic Cloud/Barnards Loop (looks more like LMC to me).

Are intergalactic jump drives on the horizon, or just drives that'll take us right to the rim, where we currently can't go?


Interesting! Yeah antares...
They could also be coming.
Or it's juste related to their origins.
 
Why would their symbol be their home when viewed from a particular point in our galaxy?

Any interpretation of the markings as a celestial structure will be the structure as they see if from their home, as opposed to the structure being their home
exactly what I said when I posted the picture of the similarity of B's loop & the logo.
 
Okay if the barnacles have anything to do with the Magellanic Clouds, I'll make soup out of socks and eat it.


You know i'll screen this post, right ? :D


exactly what I said when I posted the picture of the similarity of B's loop & the logo.


Well again, just quoting this commander ^^


Nah - No one would render the Solar System as seen from outside if they came from Earth, would they?

Ooopss..
wrathofkhan.jpg

Don't you remember what federation logo is?
 
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exactly what I said when I posted the picture of the similarity of B's loop & the logo.

That's what makes the LMC such a compelling example, in my opinion. It's sufficiently distant that no matter where you are in our galaxy, if you can see it at all it looks the same. It doesn't necessarily point at their origin but it I'm sure it has SOME significance.

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Brimstone approves this.

Brimstone is a Clanger and eats blue-string-soup! Who knew?
 
Word of advise. Serious cowards in Merope. Pretend to be all friendly then shoot your ship while you're in your SRV.

2 guys shooting a little viper. lol. so brave.

Can you remind me why we should name and shame ? They specifically did this to ruin my experience. I have the video. It's their purpose, they plan it, and they enjoy it. They specifically mentionned how it was fun to destroy the ship and how it must suck to come such a long way to be stranded..

Not that I give a :):):):) but it was so obvious griefing.

I mean, I just really don't understand the reason why self proclaimed grifers are not met with any kind of side effect ? I mean, we can't even name them ? Why ??
 
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Word of advise. Serious cowards in Merope. Pretend to be all friendly then shoot your ship while you're in your SRV.

2 guys shooting a little viper. lol. so brave.

Can you remind me why we should name and shame ? They specifically did this to ruin my experience. I have the video. It's their purpose, they plan it, and they enjoy it.

Not that I give a :):):):) but it was so obvious.

I mean, I just really don't understand the reason why self proclaimed grifers are not met with any kind of side effect ? I mean, we can't even name them ? Why ??

You cant name them in the forum.. Your quite within your rights to write up a full rant about their behavior at FD including their names.

The name and shame policy is to prevent people being abused online for their actions, whether they are good or bad
 
When I first saw the central barnacle structure, I thought of the THARGON ship...

Well, seeing as there seems to be some sort of collective amnesia regarding "Thargoids" in our galaxy, this image of a "thargon" (whatever they are) was recovered from an old 21st Century archive. They said all our history would be lost to the digital age! What do they know?
Obviously historical archives aren't kept anymore, best I could find regarding "Thargoids" was reference to them being a "legend" in an old Galnet post about Alien Artefacts (not UA) and some band. I'm sure they are quite nice really. If they exist.

Interesting to be sure...

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PS...I have a vague memory of having sold one of these once, but then some dude in a black suit flashed a light in my face and...I just have this blur in my head now :eek:
 
Word of advise. Serious cowards in Merope. Pretend to be all friendly then shoot your ship while you're in your SRV.

2 guys shooting a little viper. lol. so brave.

Can you remind me why we should name and shame ? They specifically did this to ruin my experience. I have the video. It's their purpose, they plan it, and they enjoy it. They specifically mentionned how it was fun to destroy the ship and how it must suck to come such a long way to be stranded..

Not that I give a :):):):) but it was so obvious griefing.

I mean, I just really don't understand the reason why self proclaimed grifers are not met with any kind of side effect ? I mean, we can't even name them ? Why ??

Report 'em then relog in a private group or solo. You won't need to deal with them again and FD will determine (without feedback to you but that's ok) if their behavior warrants getting shadow-banned so they can't inconvenience other players. Joke 'em if they can't take a whatever. There's plenty of ways in this game to not let folks like that interfere with your play.
 
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