Anybody heading towards, or already in, the California Nebula. Thinking that if we look for nebulae with features like the Pleiades, coloration and what not, we just might find more Barnacles. Currently on my way there.
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Look for planets within 194-379K surface temperature, in mineral deposit canyons. I'm doing the same in Coalsack.
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What about distance from star, do we have any inkling on if there is a set parameter or pattern.
Yes, I made a graph of where you can expect planets within that range. As long as a system isn't too complex (secondary stars, etc), the trend had proven correct. Last night I added a couple more planets that fell right on the line, but can't post an update atm... On my phone.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=222049&p=3466230
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Hi JP76. Yes, I saw your screenshots for Merope 5C & mighty useful they are too! I believe I repped you for that.
But sorry, that's not what I'm asking. If I come across a likely planet/moon (from current experience having light sandy-coloured mineral veins, & low gravity with temperature in a possible range 190-380K) how can I rapidly find any barnacles, or rule out that planet/moon as a contender? The surface area is huge, & I find flying along at 1.5 km height quite difficult to spot them & of course ship speed is very low at that height. WIf we can't spot them easier (at SC from orbital height) then we need a way to cut down on the size of the potential search areas. I don't mind a bit of grind, but there are limits!
Relogging is fun!!
SRV freefall from 22km
SRV freefall from 22km
lol, not bad. Wish I took a screeny of the crater and canyon system on one of the pleione bodies I visited. It looked exactly like a human shaped head, torso and arms, one pointing up above the head..
i do hope that's a low g world, very low g. Otherwise, ouch.
Managed to save the SRV but no more barnacle! Grrr!
Is there a list of good candidate worlds inside nebulas to search on?
For example, RUNNING MAN SECTOR CQ-Y D14 has a rocky with the right temperature. But I just don't have the time to really keep searching the surface. NY Orionis 3 A also has, but I'm not sure if it is exactly "in" a Nebula or just outside it.
For example, RUNNING MAN SECTOR CQ-Y D14 has a rocky with the right temperature. But I just don't have the time to really keep searching the surface. NY Orionis 3 A also has, but I'm not sure if it is exactly "in" a Nebula or just outside it.
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I'm out on the Distant Worlds expedition which fortunately passes through or near quite a few nebulae. So I thought I'd take the opportunity to scout about a bit.
So...first I checked out the BUG NEBULA because...well it's called the "Bug" nebula. And Thargoids, you see, they're insects. Bug. Insect. Seemed a logical place to start. I checked several landable planets and moons in systems nearby, but no luck.
Next I tried the LAGOON NEBULA because, you know...Barnacles? Lagoons? Seemed like an obvious connection to me really. Checked a load of worlds there too, came up empty.
Most recently I've tried the TRIFID NEBULA because, well, TRIFFIDS. As in John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids. Triffids are huge alien plants. Huge. Alien. Plants. That fell to Earth in a meteor storm. Could that even BE any more appropriate?
Yes, actually it could.
Because Triffids reproduce by inflating a dark green pod below the top of the funnel until it bursts, releasing seeds into the air...
Dark green pod.
Aliens.
Seeds.
Trifid : Triffid Nebula.
Have I found any barnacles in the Trifid Nebula?
No.
I have not.
I believe it would be a massive missed opportunity if Frontier haven't put any barnacles in either the Bug Nebula, Lagoon Nebula, or Trifid Nebula because if they should be anywhere, it should be THERE!
But alas I cannot tarry to continue my fishing trip. I have a date with Beagle Point on the other side of the galaxy, so I shall have to leave the "My god, those nebula names are just so right! Where are the barnacles then, eh?" search for someone else to take up instead.
The worse part is they can still dock, that shouldn't be then they would have to leave once there hull wears down.
To the folks checking nebulae:
No, we don't have any specifics of where to look. Our best guess based on the limited number of locations is that more barnacles might be fund inside a nebula, on a planet in a low lying area (canyon or crater) with a sandy bottom. Thinking in terms of a barnacle "habitable zone" may be useful, but the spread of temperatures we have now is quite large.
The Canonn is collecting survey data on landable planets in nebula. We may not find anything, but having a database of info on planets in nebula may help us find more barnales once we have a more specific definition of where they are likely to be.
Please, record your travels here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1H2Cte6s8KpDmLP6vSRDkocK2d12Vylpq0JKn_THVomk/viewform?c=0&w=1
Data can be viewed here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uvZfNx1AA22W-3462ayaycIWZwbDGIZQdwd6xtISt-A/htmlview#gid=0
As you can see, we are collecting info on the general geography of landable objects (description of surface and coloration) as well as specific info on canyons (and craters) found on these planets. If you would also like to record gravity and temperature, please put that in the planet description.
Oh, and let'd all keep checking post #2 of this thread for all the information that we do know - barnacle locations, news, etc.
No, we don't have any specifics of where to look. Our best guess based on the limited number of locations is that more barnacles might be fund inside a nebula, on a planet in a low lying area (canyon or crater) with a sandy bottom. Thinking in terms of a barnacle "habitable zone" may be useful, but the spread of temperatures we have now is quite large.
The Canonn is collecting survey data on landable planets in nebula. We may not find anything, but having a database of info on planets in nebula may help us find more barnales once we have a more specific definition of where they are likely to be.
Please, record your travels here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1H2Cte6s8KpDmLP6vSRDkocK2d12Vylpq0JKn_THVomk/viewform?c=0&w=1
Data can be viewed here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uvZfNx1AA22W-3462ayaycIWZwbDGIZQdwd6xtISt-A/htmlview#gid=0
As you can see, we are collecting info on the general geography of landable objects (description of surface and coloration) as well as specific info on canyons (and craters) found on these planets. If you would also like to record gravity and temperature, please put that in the planet description.
Oh, and let'd all keep checking post #2 of this thread for all the information that we do know - barnacle locations, news, etc.
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Can anyone match this? https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=101801&p=3473540&viewfull=1#post3473540
728t of Meta-Alloys to Obsidian in a single transaction for the CG - insane. The Truckers doing the community proud!
728t of Meta-Alloys to Obsidian in a single transaction for the CG - insane. The Truckers doing the community proud!
The temperature spread isn't all that large, in a galactic sense. In fact Id call it rather narrow. I found whole systems with no landfall planets in that range, or only one planet whose moons all fall in that range. This is especially true for cooler stars.
That's not bad. I'm up to a staggering total of 4t my self.
Absolutely no spawns today.
I'm not downplaying your work at all. Indeed, I've given some thought on using some of the previously compiled data on human habitable/terraforming candidates as a rough guide. It's just that we've found three places (2 planets and a binary pair) with barnacles. That's a small data set and I don't think we should be using that as a hard capped range.
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