iv looked for ua shells a lot recently but alas no. i really hope its nothing todo with the barnacle site spawn problems. (is that fixed now?) other wise that was a lot of nebulas visited for nothing. Also it could be i just missed all the shells and so has everyone else? maybe.
UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 5 - The Canonn
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iv looked for ua shells a lot recently but alas no. i really hope its nothing todo with the barnacle site spawn problems. (is that fixed now?) other wise that was a lot of nebulas visited for nothing. Also it could be i just missed all the shells and so has everyone else? maybe.
The spawn bug is not helping. I've spent a couple of hours checking known barnacle locations and not had a single one spawn, even in open.
I had just gone there to look myself, but I'd barely spent an hour on the first planet I'd picked to search when the Palin CG was announced. I went back to Maia to pick up the quest, so I'd be able to keep track of how it was progressing. Decided to stop by my friend Barny's place on Merope 5C while I was in town, because he doesn't get around much these days, being so fixated on his new micro-smeltery. When I got there he was telling me that people keep shooting up his equipment and stealing everything, even the boring ingredients! It turns out, the new special recipe he keeps tweeting about is the exact same thing Prof Palin is looking for! So I shot up all his stuff and helped myself... Also, I didn't want to hurt his feelings further, but his inscrutable hipster logo really kind of sucked.
... Well, that post went in a different direction than I expected..... I think I'm going to go back to the Witch Head nebula now....
I didn't think the spires looked much like the UAs at all in terms of material.
Yeah, the spires look unmistakably rocky to me, with green, seemingly inorganic biological elements. The UA appears to be made of several different obviously synthetic materials, with some apparently biological materials similar to chitin in the "head".
Just tried this. I dropped a UA on HIP 17694 2C, a rocky low-grav world, at coordinates: -33.3710, -120.7820. I left it there if anyone wants to check if it's persistent.
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No sign of any change while I was there (about 15 minutes) but it seems to have aligned along the ground with Merope and it's still moaning away.
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The SRV scanner sig for it is two thin high-band lines:
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2/3 on my way to the Heart & Soul Nebulae, from there the California Nebula similar to the logo. Could be space madness. Let me check if I can find a polaroid to share here
Have bin roaming the California the last few hours, nothing special besides some spectacular views.. lol
too bad. But yeah, the nebulas look stunning
fly safe
Yeah its definitely easier than searching planets. I'd also go so far to say that if there are other UA shells, they'd also be far easier to discover since they're not bugged. Every time I look for UAs in the right systems in the Pleiades shell, I come across at least one. There's no telling how many times other commanders flew over barnacle sites, simply not discovering them due to the bugs. So I feel it would move the searches of other nebulae along faster to look for UAs first, then go to the system they point to. And the more explorers we can then send to find barnacles, the better the chances that at least one of them will find and actually see them.
The question is "How do we determine the size of other UA shells?" I mean, would the size of the nebula change the UA shell's size? Can we expect that all barnacles and their UA offspring have life cycles that are in-sync, therefore meaning all UA shells are 135-150ly right now?
I wouldn't expect the UAs to be experiencing the same bugs as the barnacles. I guarantee I can find a UA within a few minutes, but if I look for barnacles at a static site, maybe they'll be there, maybe not.
FD has announced they plan on fixing that bug soon, though, right? (I think I remember reading something FD said about it, could be wrong)
Wow, three. Yes I've posted a screenshot I took of 2 barnacles at the same site, but 3 a new record for one spot, that I've seen!
Same here, though I was in the Canonn private group. No barnacles in the usual areas in Merope 5 C, then I winged up with a couple other CMDRs and as soon as one of them arrived the game crashed, then it crashed twice more when I tried to get back in, and finally I was able to enter the game and see a barnacle.
Very buggy. Hopefully they fix it in the next patch.
Yup was there myself, didn't find anything, Well be heading over to the North American Nebula next (In Sadr now)
By the way, anyone have a list of previous permit systems in North America or Pelican Nebula?
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nope, Im fitted for mining not exploration.
I think it was on the Navigation panel but that system has 3 suns, 2 outposts and no planets but it was there nonetheless. Ill make a trip back there in a few
Went to the same place tonight and only got one to spawn after several restarts.
I could get crabby about it but that'd be shellfish.
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Anyway, I went out to the area where the Taurus Dark Area appears to overlap the Pleiades and while it loosely resembles the symbol I just don't think it's prominent enough in the sky to be a good candidate search area.
If anyone is giving you guys grief, I'll be happy to give them some grief back. I've got an A spec'd Python rigged as a gunship sitting on Merope 5C right now. Feel free to send a friend request to Cmdr. Alma Frohock in-game. I'll provide security services where I can. I even have a Fuel Limpet transfer controller and have quite a few limpets if anyone needs any fuel.
Thanks CMDR - a lot have retreated to PG I think; but I believe there are many still in open as a matter of principle.
Commanders,
I know the "Boss" said that barnacles could be found in all Nebulas, but do we think they have been placed there yet as part of the game design/flow?
I've spend the better part of two weeks scouring many target planets in the N. American Nebula and others out in that region, as ID'd by previous finds on this forum, with absolutly no luck. I understand there are others out here with the same negitive results.
What are your thoughts? Should searching be limited to the Pleiades only at this time?
I know the "Boss" said that barnacles could be found in all Nebulas, but do we think they have been placed there yet as part of the game design/flow?
I've spend the better part of two weeks scouring many target planets in the N. American Nebula and others out in that region, as ID'd by previous finds on this forum, with absolutly no luck. I understand there are others out here with the same negitive results.
What are your thoughts? Should searching be limited to the Pleiades only at this time?
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