UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 6 - The Canonn
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THIS ^^^ and REP.
I was in the middle of writing the same post, more or less.
That does not mean that something could have been changed by then, but I tend to think that the road of checking the interaction between UA and Commodities/weapons/sensors/whatever, could reasonably be defined a "DEAD END".
What could not be a dead end is (even if already tried in the past), checking NOW if the UA allows a ship to bypass the new permit-locked areas: now that Palin is providing a new and safe container for the UA, i really think that a VERY LONG TRAVEL with an UA in hold, could be a thing. Really.
Or I wonder what the purpose of such a container could be, if not taking the UA very far away.
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Thanks again. I wasn't actually expecting you to clarify on this, but in fairness, short of someone finding one of the things, it's probably the only thing that would have convinced me it was something separate.
I read that as "same technology, just older, bigger, and slower" and supercruise is kind of a different type of movement through space than making a jump from one place to another.
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On the issue of experiment tracking...
It's a really tricky one - I agree with Domm's last comment essentially saying 'everything' had been tried. Essentially, from what we know, he's right.
Also - tracking things like this also presumes that people will actually bother to reference the stuff after it's created. Why trawl through a potentially very complex spreadsheet or whatever, when you can just stick up a question on the forum thread where you know somebody will answer you?
I'm personally all for a log of experiments. If I'm being biased, I'd say it should either be on the OP here or as a public page in our Codex so it's freely available, permanent and linkable (and more importantly will be indexed by Google) rather than baking it into some mental speeadsheet.
I'm a developer by trade, and the number of businesses who rely on impenetrable spreadsheets to store 'information' astounds me - especially when the day comes that they realise they don't have information - only data.
There are some projects here which are much better for the spreadsheets - the monster and the current barnacle survey sheet which tracks their state being two excellent examples.
But sometimes what we need is some old-fashioned typing and reading; and also the patience to answer a noob question like 'have you shot them yet' with the good grace and humility (and probably humour!) that these threads are renowned for having.
I will personally try to remember my own advice from here on in
It's a really tricky one - I agree with Domm's last comment essentially saying 'everything' had been tried. Essentially, from what we know, he's right.
Also - tracking things like this also presumes that people will actually bother to reference the stuff after it's created. Why trawl through a potentially very complex spreadsheet or whatever, when you can just stick up a question on the forum thread where you know somebody will answer you?
I'm personally all for a log of experiments. If I'm being biased, I'd say it should either be on the OP here or as a public page in our Codex so it's freely available, permanent and linkable (and more importantly will be indexed by Google) rather than baking it into some mental speeadsheet.
I'm a developer by trade, and the number of businesses who rely on impenetrable spreadsheets to store 'information' astounds me - especially when the day comes that they realise they don't have information - only data.
There are some projects here which are much better for the spreadsheets - the monster and the current barnacle survey sheet which tracks their state being two excellent examples.
But sometimes what we need is some old-fashioned typing and reading; and also the patience to answer a noob question like 'have you shot them yet' with the good grace and humility (and probably humour!) that these threads are renowned for having.
I will personally try to remember my own advice from here on in
Hi Michael!
As ever thanks for your "clarifications".
Might I be so impertinent as to request another? Clearly these probes are a new addition in game to develop the story(hurrah!) but as per some of my previous recent posts I believe that the current "broad picture" logically points to something we have missed in the UA/Barnical/Merope mystery. With out giving the game away, and excluding the new Unknown Probes, Should we continue the search in Merope....?
That was my thought as well. Now that the UA-resistant holds are a thing, and now that Barnies have been found in another nebula, it seems it would be good to check where it points when released in the Cal Nebula. And, elswhere..
Greetings Cmdrs ,
so what about the shell around Merope? It's distance to the star is about 135 - 150 Ly. Why such a great distance? Even if Merope will go supernova today, it's light and the radiation of the nova will take the same amount of years to reach the UAs.
so what about the shell around Merope? It's distance to the star is about 135 - 150 Ly. Why such a great distance? Even if Merope will go supernova today, it's light and the radiation of the nova will take the same amount of years to reach the UAs.
Scanned all planets and they are all metal leeched, so not the best for the barnie, but this neb looks crazy.
On the issue of experiment tracking...
It's a really tricky one - I agree with Domm's last comment essentially saying 'everything' had been tried. Essentially, from what we know, he's right.
Also - tracking things like this also presumes that people will actually bother to reference the stuff after it's created. Why trawl through a potentially very complex spreadsheet or whatever, when you can just stick up a question on the forum thread where you know somebody will answer you?
I'm personally all for a log of experiments. If I'm being biased, I'd say it should either be on the OP here or as a public page in our Codex so it's freely available, permanent and linkable (and more importantly will be indexed by Google) rather than baking it into some mental speeadsheet.
I'm a developer by trade, and the number of businesses who rely on impenetrable spreadsheets to store 'information' astounds me - especially when the day comes that they realise they don't have information - only data.
There are some projects here which are much better for the spreadsheets - the monster and the current barnacle survey sheet which tracks their state being two excellent examples.
But sometimes what we need is some old-fashioned typing and reading; and also the patience to answer a noob question like 'have you shot them yet' with the good grace and humility (and probably humour!) that these threads are renowned for having.
I will personally try to remember my own advice from here on in
I fully agree. This thread and the old threads are the documentation of all experiments that have been performed. Information suited for spreadsheets, have been put in spreadsheets.
You don't have to read the entire thread(s) to find info. Learn to use Google Advanced Search: https://www.google.com/advanced_search, index your brain for key words and you will find what you search for.
i don't know if Michael still around and read this but i must ask:
why in 6 months, Palin (or other characters) weren't be able to create a scanner that reveal the presence of the barnacle while we
are in ship ?
would be enough just a little dot or a sound that reveal that something of unusual is in the range.
for barnacles and for anything else of unknown.
why in 6 months, Palin (or other characters) weren't be able to create a scanner that reveal the presence of the barnacle while we
are in ship ?
would be enough just a little dot or a sound that reveal that something of unusual is in the range.
for barnacles and for anything else of unknown.
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Polaris and Col 70 have been tried by me, even so far as actually going there and trying to manually jump (not my idea, I was "forced" into trying it)
Dude. I'm just posting this to rep you for an amazing avatar. That is all. Seriously. Technicolour Riker beard, now that's something that needs some serious sciencing!
And thanks for doing it!
I must say, in all honesty, that going there is not a bad idea at all: I mean, imagine if the UA "activates its permit-lock bypass feature" only if you are ONE JUMP AWAY from the permit-locked system in question.
From a Developer perspective, it's just an if/else statement, and from a game-designer perspective, it forces the player to actually GO THERE/PLAY THE GAME
I'm on XBox and looking into the same links. Let me know if you find anything.
Continuing my search the best I can with a 30ly range. Will update if I find anything. Good luck and stay safe.
Good evening Michael.
Everyone has a question I know but all I want to know is whether we can access the permit locked areas or not.
I don't want any more than a yes or no.
I feel incredibly frustrated as I don't know if I'm wasting hours and hours when I could be working power play and building my rep.
Michael Brookes
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Supercruise is the lower end of the frame shift spectrum, trying to supercruise a massive object at such low speeds is beyond the current technology.
Michael
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