UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn
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After analysis of engine scoring, and extrapolation of its black box record against Universal Cartographic telemetry I determined it came from space.
Indeed! To me these barnacles/spikes e.t.c represent technology from ED's very own implementation of Species 8472.
Of course, I am also prepared for the ultimate disappointment, as is customary in these parts.
Yeah there's even a pic earlier in the thread
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I ain't flying MY ship in any alternate universe fluidic goo thank you very much.
Perhaps for the same reason we shoved a map of our location on Voyager? The barnacles have the look to me of something that's still forming - perhaps the image isn't finshed yet?
The image might not have to be related to the Pleiades, perhaps the Pleiades is merely where they've been found? Right now, my mind is so open to every possibity that my brain is in danger of falling out.
At least all this specualtion and theory is helping to keep me sane, stuck out here in the black!
Just thinking a little more about this.
Connecting the Nebula. Sometimes the distances are great between them. Say for example we have a 150 LY shell around Merope. This is not enough to provide propagation for a nebula dwelling Species with their mechanics.
150 LY is nowhere near enough to reach another nebula even if the shells overlap.
Even if shells did overlap, it does not explain why or how, in this case Merope is the central point in the centre of the nebula. With propagation by UA shells, the central point would have been up to 150 LY distant from the nebula centre.
So I posit this: That we are missing a big piece of the puzzle - in essence, the Large Barnacle. What we have all seen so far, are Small Barnacles. A large Barnacle is capable of say, a 1000 LY or so jump, and arrives in the centre of a nebula. It then seeds the target system with Small barnacles, which then propagate by manufacturing and "Shooting" UA's to the next suitable system. Up to a radius of 150 LY.
The purpose of the large barnacle remains a mystery. I am simply analysing possible mechanics here. So far, I can see no need for the Large Barnacle to remain static, as obviously it is self propulsive. Why it needs to seed Nebula is beyond me too, but the mechanic seems to be in place. Still though, looking for UA Shell seems to be the way forward to identify Nebula with Barnacles.
I think it's pretty obvious what we are seeing are the large barnacles. Clearly you're actually positing the existence of a huge barnacle. Although it's not obvious whether we should technically term them class 3 and class 4...
Are both of you aware that Meta-Alloys already officially cured Obsidian Orbital, aren't you?
Check the Front page or Galnet
While I'm completely unsurprised, I'm sure you're already aware of my stance on player agency in this
Although with the amount of attention MB has been giving this thread, it might be worth asking directly:
Why *hasn't* Walker Survey in Kagtsuchi been affected by the 250+ UA's sold there? (now tipping 300 easily since my mates started selling them there too)
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Mmm, I like Dastardly's observation that the barnacle symbol could represent the Pleiades as seen from Earth. That supports the hypothesis for a Generation ship (or two, if the UAs & barnacles are related but separate organic technologies) developing their own branch of technology (either independently, in conjunction with Oresrians, or as part of the GalCorp/INRA plot lore). So we could be facing an offshoot of humanity ...... or not!
While I'm completely unsurprised, I'm sure you're already aware of my stance on player agency in this
The answer to why your station didn't go down becomes more obvious now, with no commodities market it couldn't be fixed by meta alloys and so didn't go down. yeah it sucks but players do have a certain level of agency, it's just impossible to make a game where everything any player does changes things, because you'd never be able to implement the necessary story changes and code in order to make it work.
I am interested in going VR this year, but I'm a spectacle wearer with astigmatism & have varifocal lenses. Do you have an opinion on use of Oculus with specs?Since there seems to be some question about barnacles spawning in Solo, I found the Merope 5C one at pretty much the exact coordinates from the initial screenshot. Had to be accurate to at least 1 or 2 decimal places, but I could see it and/or spires up to 8km or more altitude, once it had spawned anyway. Whole reason I had gone there was to know what I should be looking for elsewhere.
Pretty cool from the Oculus, but I think the UAs are still cooler looking
Yup. One big popularity contest.
What a waste....
Out of interest, how do we fix the stations with no commodity market available at the moment
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What Galnet post date was that in? because I gave Riz the list from 4thJan for the front page summary & it wasn't mentioned then.
Why is it obvious?
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Anyone seen a smaller Barnacle?
On origins in the nebula: the Pleiades Nebula was formed somewhere else and happens to be travelling through the same space as the stars of the Pleiades itself.
How about a catastrophic war between *two* species that resulted in the obliteration of a system, or some planets within a system? One or both species leaves seeds behind in the remnants, waiting for the time when the nebula encounters bodies on which they can take root.
Taking this on (and putting on a few more layers of tinfoil) It's possible, then, that the UAs and the Barnacles are actually opposing species. The UAs sigle out Merope and the surrounding area to us, to get us to go and exterminate the Barnacles by harvesting them; and the Meta-Alloys they produce prevent the UA damage (after being 'machined') because, actually, it's a defence mechanism, or shielding, against the effects of the technology used by those that made the UAs.
Ifany of this is true, we could be about to get caught up in the middle of a very nasty conflict where humanity might be forced to choose a side, neither of which are particularly palatable.
How about a catastrophic war between *two* species that resulted in the obliteration of a system, or some planets within a system? One or both species leaves seeds behind in the remnants, waiting for the time when the nebula encounters bodies on which they can take root.
Taking this on (and putting on a few more layers of tinfoil) It's possible, then, that the UAs and the Barnacles are actually opposing species. The UAs sigle out Merope and the surrounding area to us, to get us to go and exterminate the Barnacles by harvesting them; and the Meta-Alloys they produce prevent the UA damage (after being 'machined') because, actually, it's a defence mechanism, or shielding, against the effects of the technology used by those that made the UAs.
Ifany of this is true, we could be about to get caught up in the middle of a very nasty conflict where humanity might be forced to choose a side, neither of which are particularly palatable.
Give me ten minutes with those "Oresrians" and I'll put them right. An anaconda in the exhaust requires laser surgery to correct.....They will never be the same again.
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