UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn

[Kurt Ambrose]

Not sure if anyone else has been transporting meta-alloys to stations but im about to take quite the large shipment to Bond Hub, in Varati. I dont know how many of the Canonn boys have been engaged in this, but Ive been trying to run as many as I can to you guys all week!

With that being said, my extensive Barnacle farming on Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 / P2 has further reinforced my belief that the Barnacles may be some sort of relay/communication network. There is a particular Barnacle site (49.7532/102.1607) that always spawns a fruit bearing spire on the upside of the hill, and said spire fruit, always points in roughly the same direction, +/- 10 degrees change in angle. When the orbit of the planet allows, it point directly at the Pleiades Nebula in the night sky. I dont know if anyone else has noticed any patterns in the direction those fruit point.

As I play, Ive just realized there is another Barnacle at this site in the super crater on P2 that also has a spire fruit pointing in the same direction as the other one up the hill. Again, anyone notice this?

 

[spameroo]

Lots of creatures in nature mutiply by making exact genetic copies of them self. Either by splitting in two or by bithing unfertilized offspring.

Some species can 'choose' to do this when no male is available.

Identical beings does not mean that there is a creator. Just a common backgrond.

That reminds me of a fun fact about real life barnacles that I learned in a biology class back in undergrad... Being rooted permanently in one place poses some challenges for sexual reproduction, and the solution barnacles evolved was for the male reproductive organ to be several times longer than the barnacles' height. They flail it around them hoping there's a female within reach...

Think about that next time you're shooting those "organic structures"...

 

[LordZoltan]

Not sure if anyone else has been transporting meta-alloys to stations but im about to take quite the large shipment to Bond Hub, in Varati. I dont know how many of the Canonn boys have been engaged in this, but Ive been trying to run as many as I can to you guys all week!

With that being said, my extensive Barnacle farming on Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 / P2 has further reinforced my belief that the Barnacles may be some sort of relay/communication network. There is a particular Barnacle site (49.7532/102.1607) that always spawns a fruit bearing spire on the upside of the hill, and said spire fruit, always points in roughly the same direction, +/- 10 degrees change in angle. When the orbit of the planet allows, it point directly at the Pleiades Nebula in the night sky. I dont know if anyone else has noticed any patterns in the direction those fruit point.

As I play, Ive just realized there is another Barnacle at this site in the super crater on P2 that also has a spire fruit pointing in the same direction as the other one up the hill. Again, anyone notice this?

Sterling work CMDR, thank you!

And your observation is very interesting. Some/many flowers on earth tend to point towards the sun. These are definitely plant-like...

 

[CHOPP3R]

Not sure if anyone else has been transporting meta-alloys to stations but im about to take quite the large shipment to Bond Hub, in Varati. I dont know how many of the Canonn boys have been engaged in this, but Ive been trying to run as many as I can to you guys all week!

With that being said, my extensive Barnacle farming on Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2 / P2 has further reinforced my belief that the Barnacles may be some sort of relay/communication network. There is a particular Barnacle site (49.7532/102.1607) that always spawns a fruit bearing spire on the upside of the hill, and said spire fruit, always points in roughly the same direction, +/- 10 degrees change in angle. When the orbit of the planet allows, it point directly at the Pleiades Nebula in the night sky. I dont know if anyone else has noticed any patterns in the direction those fruit point.

As I play, Ive just realized there is another Barnacle at this site in the super crater on P2 that also has a spire fruit pointing in the same direction as the other one up the hill. Again, anyone notice this?

Does it move over time when the planet moves in relation to the nebula?

 

[Han_Zen]

Was at the recent Exobiological Summit on Mars. Here is a slide from an interesting lecture on the Migratory Patterns of Astro-Cetaceans...

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Cheers

The poor Leviathan got sucked into hyperspace by 'The Heart of Darkness'. No wonder it keeps bumping into ships.

 

[Kurt Ambrose]

That reminds me of a fun fact about real life barnacles that I learned in a biology class back in undergrad... Being rooted permanently in one place poses some challenges for sexual reproduction, and the solution barnacles evolved was for the male reproductive organ to be several times longer than the barnacles' height. They flail it around them hoping there's a female within reach...

Think about that next time you're shooting those "organic structures"...

this got me thinking about a maybe botanical approach. maybe the entire barnacle complex is like a huge hermaphrodite flower, with male pollen/seed generating organs and female pollen receiving organs. they're looking for the intelligent, bendy, grabby hands of another alien species to kickstart the whole process, possibly.

Does it move over time when the planet moves in relation to the nebula?

Unfortunately no. Even if the nebula isnt in a clear line of sight, it will still spawn in that direction. maybe there's an alignment event?

 

[cyberus]

I don't know tbh..... If it rigth then it's sound like we did find the hardest ones..... But now we can't find the ones that suppose to be easy ones..... Seems something fishy on this matter.

 

[CMDR Makaira]

Thoughts on the 'Fireflies'

Here are some observations I have from the Barnacle site on Merope 5C. I've noticed that there are 'fireflies' around certain parts of the structure, but not others. These 'fireflies' are similar to the ones around the Unknown Artefact, but not identical. The shape is slightly different. At a glance, the UA 'fireflies' appear to be made up of multiple points of light, and flicker whereas the Barnacle 'fireflies' look more like a small fish and fade in and out of view much more smoothly. One thing that is similar is that both 'fireflies' move in irregular patterns; in other words, not in a straight line. Does this indicate a lifeform, or some other phenomena?

Barnacle 'Firefly' zoomed in:

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As I said earlier, the 'fireflies' only appear in certain locations at the Barnacle sites. They appear around the barnacle itself and also around the blooming 'buds' on the stalks surrounding the barnacle Immature buds and buds that are about to open (glowing) do not have 'fireflies' around them. What are the buds for? Are they where the meta-alloys come from?

Bloom with 'fireflies':

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'Bud' about to open without 'fireflies':

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Closeup of bloom and buds (note: 'fireflies' disappear when you are close to the object they emanate from):

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One thing I am not convinced of is that the UA and the Barnacles are of the same life form / technology. There are differences. The UA looks much more technological, especially looking at the texturing on it. The Barnacle, on the other hand, looks very organic/natural. Another question mark is that the barnacles are labeled with some sort of symbol; why do the UA's not have this symbol or any symbol for that matter. If anything, I would label the UA and not the barnacle.

Unknown Artefact:

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Barnacle:

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Tin-foil hat time:

One theory I have, based on the dispersion of the UA's and their orientation, is that they function as some sort of detection net, protecting whatever is in Merope. This would explain why they scan your ship as you approach them.


Another, more disconcerting possibility is that they are not protecting what is in Merope, but guarding it; trying to keep whatever is there within a 150 ly bubble. This would also explain the scanning, but lack of any action unless disturbed. You are not what it is looking for.

 

[Kurt Ambrose]

Tin-foil hat time:

One theory I have, based on the dispersion of the UA's and their orientation, is that they function as some sort of detection net. This would explain why they scan your ship as you approach them.


Another, more disconcerting possibility is that they are not protecting what is in Merope, but guarding it; trying to keep whatever is there within a 150 ly bubble. This would also explain the scanning, but lack of any action unless disturbed. You are not what it is looking for.

Im gonna try and find a UA on my back from PS JC-U B3-2 and get it to scan me in the Merope Bubble with my cargo hold full of MA's... Maybe if the UA's detect what it's trying to guard it'll trigger a different response, or a recognizable response. the UA's are anti-bodies, trying to prevent the spread of the barnie virus.

As I sit here and watch the objects in the sky move, I can say that the Pleiades Nebula is what it points at first, then the LMC, and then the Witch Head Nebula. All 3 of those objects traverse the same line in the night sky of PS JC-U B3-2 / P2, in the super crater, in that order.

 

[relayer]

Normally I don't care too much about the Lore, but if the Lore takes out Robigo and/or Ray Gateway, there'll be hell to pay.

I was running Robigo about a week ago but decided to hunt for barnacles & then got sidetracked to practicing with the Buggy and wavescanner, which I am doing outside Ray Gateway in Diaguandri. It had active services as of about 6 hrs ago - I was surprised to see it on GalNet. I'd better move tomorrow.

Never found barnacles (due to my horrible geographic skills) and never saw a UA either.

 

[Jorki Rasalas]

https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/569f610b9657ba7d3461ba04

Normally I don't care too much about the Lore, but if the Lore takes out Robigo and/or Ray Gateway, there'll be hell to pay.

I know of the Robigo exploit, though don't care to trade slaves myself; but what is special about Ray Gateway? Is this the one in Diaguandri?

 

[rizal72]

You got that right. We need to get this under control. If that means taking Meta-Alloys to these stations, then so be it. A major income source and a major outfitting source both down? At least the shipyards are unaffected. I've got an Asp at Ray.

I'm selling all my meta-alloys in Ray Gateway, since day one
Even if my favorite outfitting System is 109 Piscium, Diaguandri is the second choice...

 

[Jorki Rasalas]

Excuse the poor video, but has it been verified that this is indeed a bug??

https://youtu.be/d7YoM1MzNK0

Certain areas of the planet flash when in the shadow of it sister planet. I've only seen it happen in this system, which of course mean nothing. The planets do contain barnacles which is why it nags at me...

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Somebody reported on this subthread that "while on JC-U BC-1 they noticed that parts of JC-U BC-2 were flashing (Loc: 20.77 / 93.17). The areas would flash for 1 second and then would pause for 7 seconds before repeating. The areas that flashed were in shadow at the time and the flash was quite noticeable. When pointed out to Cmdr. Toasted Almonds, he said that he could see the flashing as well. After we both went into supercruise, the flashing was still visible. One of the flashing area seemed to correspond to the multiple barnacles found on JC-U BC-2 at 49 / 101"

I don't think this was investigated. It should be, since the barnacle lighting in the Merope site seems to be steady. Perhaps one of the barnacles is doing something different (e.g.shooting out UAs?) or it's a different source.

 

[jpaulwilson1982]

Hi folks

I found an unusual plateau on a planet in the system I've been searching. But I'm not sure if the plateau itself is a glitch, or if the edges of it just weren't rendered right for whatever reason. But I've never seen a plateau this high (~4KM) and well-defined in a crater before. It's kind of hard to explain, so I threw together a video of it. Any of you seen anything like this before? Is the plateau a glitch? If not, how would such a land formation be possible inside the crater of an airless, waterless moon?

[video=youtube;MqMiJDdmUrw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqMiJDdmUrw[/video]

Anyways, I'm going to go back and look it over real good one more time. I doubt barnacles are involved, as the planet just doesn't seem to fit the bill. It's just so weird I can't help myself

 

[rizal72]

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[Mortarius]

Here are some observations I have from the Barnacle site on Merope 5C. I've noticed that there are 'fireflies' around certain parts of the structure, but not others. These 'fireflies' are similar to the ones around the Unknown Artefact, but not identical. The shape is slightly different. At a glance, the UA 'fireflies' appear to be made up of multiple points of light, and flicker whereas the Barnacle 'fireflies' look more like a small fish and fade in and out of view much more smoothly. One thing that is similar is that both 'fireflies' move in irregular patterns; in other words, not in a straight line. Does this indicate a lifeform, or some other phenomena?

I think the UA sparkles sort of resemble the Seven Sisters, but this could be my eyes and mind playing tricks on me. Also, I have noticed similar blue particles when going in and out of super cruise near some planets. Not sure it this is relevant or due to a graphics glitch.

As I said earlier, the 'fireflies' only appear in certain locations at the Barnacle sites. They appear around the barnacle itself and also around the blooming 'buds' on the stalks surrounding the barnacle Immature buds and buds that are about to open (glowing) do not have 'fireflies' around them. What are the buds for? Are they where the meta-alloys come from?

I think the movement of the fireflies on the larger buds resemble the cinders that come off fires. The large buds with 'fireflies' contain meta-alloys and the small buds without 'fireflies' contain synthesis materials when harvested.

One thing I am not convinced of is that the UA and the Barnacles are of the same life form / technology. There are differences. The UA looks much more technological, especially looking at the texturing on it. The Barnacle, on the other hand, looks very organic/natural. Another question mark is that the barnacles are labelled with some sort of symbol; why do the UA's not have this symbol or any symbol for that matter. If anything, I would label the UA and not the barnacle.

I actually think both are part of the same life form, with the UAs being the spawn of the barnacles. The life form itself is some form of plant / crustacean hybrid. My theory is the adult (barnacles) are producing the UA's to propagate their species, maybe some sort of more mature type of seed we haven't seen yet. Maybe the result of pollination.

 

[M. Volgrand]

Commanders, there are again reports that the Smiling Dog Crew is back in Maia and Merope destroying defenseless explorers and researchers. Extreme caution is recommended.

 

[adrinker]

Excuse the poor video, but has it been verified that this is indeed a bug??

https://youtu.be/d7YoM1MzNK0

Certain areas of the planet flash when in the shadow of it sister planet. I've only seen it happen in this system, which of course mean nothing. The planets do contain barnacles which is why it nags at me...

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Just a bug. I've seen it a few times, and it can be very trippy.

 

[Iridium Nova]

That reminds me of a fun fact about real life barnacles that I learned in a biology class back in undergrad... Being rooted permanently in one place poses some challenges for sexual reproduction, and the solution barnacles evolved was for the male reproductive organ to be several times longer than the barnacles' height. They flail it around them hoping there's a female within reach...

Think about that next time you're shooting those "organic structures"...

I'm pretty sure humans do that too, just in a more metaphorical manner.

 

[rizal72]

Another point in favor of the UA being the Cause of the Stations shutdowns:
Robigo was targeted intentionally...

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDange...ollobrains_and_his_associates_are_destroying/

@Jmanis:
I'm starting to think it's not only the number of UAs you sell: the number of people doing it could have a real meaning to FD, to choose stations to shut down...