UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 6 - The Canonn

[Layne Vakarian]

I think I might take a break. Were basicly at a dead end. And Micheal has been quiet for quite a while. The Unknown Probe is almost no existent. and to top it all off the lore is basicly gone.

Well you gotta do what you gotta do, but trust me, I went down the road you seem to standing on. It doesn't do any good. The game moves and you spend weeks and months just trying to get back to where you were. Lurk the forums, go do some CGs or something. Chill out.
FDev moves in mysterious ways. Who knows? Maybe they'll drop the biggest thing since the original UA right after you walk out the door.
Probably not.
But don't be downhearted. That's not what the game is for.

Layne

 

[Kyp Shard]

sorry if i ask it... but i can't find a post who says it.

the UAs are still pointing to Pleaides ?

Yep

Well you gotta do what you gotta do, but trust me, I went down the road you seem to standing on. It doesn't do any good. The game moves and you spend weeks and months just trying to get back to where you were. Lurk the forums, go do some CGs or something. Chill out.
FDev moves in mysterious ways. Who knows? Maybe they'll drop the biggest thing since the original UA right after you walk out the door.
Probably not.
But don't be downhearted. That's not what the game is for.

Layne

Well said, can't rep

 

[CookieJarviz]

Well you gotta do what you gotta do, but trust me, I went down the road you seem to standing on. It doesn't do any good. The game moves and you spend weeks and months just trying to get back to where you were. Lurk the forums, go do some CGs or something. Chill out.
FDev moves in mysterious ways. Who knows? Maybe they'll drop the biggest thing since the original UA right after you walk out the door.
Probably not.
But don't be downhearted. That's not what the game is for.

Layne

Word.

 

[ironshirt]

On a side-note - has the UA soundscape had much analysis since 2.1?

I don't think so. There was more interesting stuff to do [smile]. Maybe it's a good idea to go 'back to the roots'.

What about the visual morse? Has this been completly decoded yet? I'm kind of morse noob and haven't done this so far. (lazy me)
Is it confirmed to be the same as the audio morse?

Here is what I'm talking about:
http://sendvid.com/le3cy0dj

(recording is from April 2016, so pre 2.1)

 

[LordZoltan]

Well you gotta do what you gotta do, but trust me, I went down the road you seem to standing on. It doesn't do any good. The game moves and you spend weeks and months just trying to get back to where you were. Lurk the forums, go do some CGs or something. Chill out.
FDev moves in mysterious ways. Who knows? Maybe they'll drop the biggest thing since the original UA right after you walk out the door.
Probably not.
But don't be downhearted. That's not what the game is for.

Layne

So much rep. Honestly: listen to this man.

 

[LordZoltan]

I think I might take a break. Were basicly at a dead end. And Micheal has been quiet for quite a while. The Unknown Probe is almost no existent. and to top it all off the lore is basicly gone.

"the lore is basically gone" - woah dude, basing an awful lot of stock in the word of one author who has form for throwing his toys out of the pram when things don't go his way.

Read through Galnet - there is a lot of continuity and this time? The players are making the lore too - look at this very threadnought and Dr A and the undoubted effect it has had on FD, plus others who uave started telling their own story.

We will find the unknown probe - either by accident or by sciencing the shiz out of it (theories as to where it might likely be found and how to find it welcome).

Seriously, we've been here becore, and we will be again. This ain't meant to be easy - with so many people all over it like a rash, if it were easy it'd be 'solved' in ten seconds.

Chill - have a biscuit, and keep reading

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sorry if i ask it... but i can't find a post who says it.

the UAs are still pointing to Pleaides ?

That's a big affirmative .

 

[Vision1776]

Based on personal research and being caught up to the entire story about this I have the following summary and further ideas:

California Nebula and the surrounding stars up to 300 LY have no signs of UAs. Me and others have been looking. I found none.
While around the Merope system I found an UA pretty quickly. It shows up as Anomaly Level 4 threat. Crashed into it and collected the new "unknown materials"

Based on MB comments Merope is special but not really because of the barnacles. The UAs point to Merope, there is no question. They could also be pointing away from it but doubtful that would be meaningful since there are hundreds of thousands of these UAs.

I tried digging into the Mythology of Merope. I found some interesting suspects about it being the last star to be seen in that nebula. Also the children that she had with a mortal man unlike the rest of her sisters who had children with gods. There is mention of names like Orion the hunter and all sorts of mytholgy in here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merope_(Pleiades)

Im not so good at decoding stuff like that but maybe someone can make something of that story. But indeed those UAs are pointing at Merope and it is special for a reason. There is a lot of mythology and story behind Merope.

I've been meaning to ask, is there an engineer that is focused on this alien stuff as well? Where and how can I unlock that? I have a suspicion that FD have put Engineers and Powerplay into this story.

 

[Vision1776]

They were initially found much closer to Merope, within about 50 Ly. The shell appeared later. That implies that the UAs have moved or been moved faster then light.

I'd argue that the ability to point towards Merope demonstrates both propulsion and navigation.

Sure I agree. I dont think there was some alien dude dropping all of these off one by one. They are like probes.

 

[Fenric]

Here's a fun tinfoil theory because I'm bored.

Unknown Artefacts are the INRA mycoid virus delivery system. Deployed en masse but primarily to Merope/the Pleiades where the Thargoid main host was during the previous war. They then built the barnacles to produce the meta-alloys to counter the damage from the virus. Some of them fled to the California nebula and perhaps other places, so we see the barnacles there too. Once they had enough to sufficiently repair their fleet, they vanished to who knows where, but presumably back to where they originate from. They most likely then set about making a proper counter to the virus, so if/when they show up on our radar again, we will be defenseless against their superior technology.

Of course this doesn't really make sense with what we've been told about the UAs. They deploy some kind of nanobots or something to repair when damaged. I guess that could still be a thing along with a virus delivery device.

 

[Vision1776]

Merope

If anyone is looking for these seven sisters or Merope it was Orion the hunter. Maybe these UAs come from Orion nebula or the Orion's belt constellation?
Has any known explorer been out that way searching for stuff? I feel like the efforts of the community need to be better organized and lots of people looking for stuff but quiet about it.

Spoiler

Orion pursued the Pleiades named Maia, Electra, Taygete, Celaeno, Alcyone, Sterope, and Merope after he fell in love with their beauty and grace

 

[LordZoltan]

I've been meaning to ask, is there an engineer that is focused on this alien stuff as well? Where and how can I unlock that? I have a suspicion that FD have put Engineers and Powerplay into this story.

From what I've read - quite a few of them are. Martuuk (travel 400LY is it, from 'home') and Palin are definitely and I think at least one or two others.

 

[Venom0589]

Has a wing of 4 tried dropping UAS at the same time around the star in Merope (prob about 90 degrees from each other or pretty close) to see if anything happens? Portal to the other side of the galaxy maybe......

 

[Vision1776]

How do you get in with Palin?

 

[Ra'Kaan]

So I gave up looking for intact barnacles last night and went to Darnielles Progress to buy a Meta-Alloy. [sulk]

I probably hit 5-7 or more known barnacle sites without success.

To my surprise, under the contacts tab there were 2 new entries for having scanned the barnacles with the SRV-DLS for about 80k each. (both slightly different values)

Anyway, it's no way to get rich, but still nifty!

My thought is what kind of metric this is setting up for whatever purpose behind the scenes?

Could this new data be used in some way?

Is FD recording how many of us scan rather than shoot at things we don't understand?

Do stations in the bubble pay more for barney data ? (I will test this on my return trip)

If this has been discussed previously, my apologies, but I still wanted to bring it up, I've read a lot, and have not read that barnacle scanning gives CR reward now!

Finally we can do SOMETHING other than shoot these poor things...

 

[Wilhelm Zara]

So, there is that whole leviathan theory... anyone tried to do the UA sound underwater?

[video=youtube;kkbHi2eT5_U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkbHi2eT5_U[/video]

 

[Cometborne]

Do stations in the bubble pay more for barney data ? (I will test this on my return trip)

I scanned the original Merope 5C barnacle twice (once on Thursday evening and then on Friday after the second restoration), and have two data packages worth about 125k each now. The price offered in Maia and in the bubble was identical. I am currently on my way to Deciat to see if I can sell this data there to rep up with Mrs. Farseer.

Oh, and I also tried to scan an UA after I dropped it onto a planetary surface. No joy.

 

[Ra'Kaan]

I scanned the original Merope 5C twice, and have two data packages worth about 125k each now. The price offered in Maia and in the bubble was identical. I am currently on my way to Deciat to see if I can sell this data there to rep up with Mrs. Farseer.

1. I was wondering if barnacles could be scanned multiple times - interesting...
2. Let us know what you find out from Farseer.

 

[pazaur]

I got to California Sector DL-Y D4 C6 barnies. Their nodes are gone. Nothing to shoot at, but that there're suddenly two "central nodes" got me idea of self replicating biomachines. Think of it: Barnies had single root, they "mined" minerals, converted them to meta-alloys. Now they're two-rooted... It looks like self-replica to me. What if they are kind of weapon against UAs (or tech of whoever made them)? UAs are degrading ships and stations, barnacles contain material which is immune, or even counter UA effect. Maybe we're looking at some kind of armaments race?

Of course if "two roots" is not a software bug, but AFAIR the bug was that nodes do not spawn meta-alloys and nothing more. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Another thing I noticed. Barnies are kind of easier to find. I tried to spot them at first glance doing a full speed fly by over the coords at 2km and I clearly saw them shining. Earlier I had to search for them even though I knew exact location. Probably some graphical changes in 2.1.

 

[Sterlino]

Another thing I noticed. Barnies are kind of easier to find. I tried to spot them at first glance doing a full speed fly by over the coords at 2km and I clearly saw them shining. Earlier I had to search for them even though I knew exact location. Probably some graphical changes in 2.1.

i really hope you're right, but i doubt it.

 

[LordZoltan]

So, there is that whole leviathan theory... anyone tried to do the UA sound underwater?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkbHi2eT5_U

OMG not this again lol. CMDR Delmonte and Outspan did try this a long time ago.

Result?

A broken speaker....