UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 6 - The Canonn

CookieJarviz · Jun 15, 2016

I dont think this has been brought up before. But. The unknown fragments look alot like the Unknown Artefact canisters on the side of it.... maybe it means something im not sure

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I have a question.

If no-body has found a unknown probe then how are they illegal? I mean someone must of had to found one for them to be considered illegal... So WHO has found one?

H3lios · Jun 15, 2016

They said that the reason they are only found in nebulae is 'logical when you think about it." I wonder if the type and color of the dust cloud has something to do with it.

Han_Zen · Jun 15, 2016

LordZoltan said:
...is there a shell of barnacles around something else? I know: not the first to say it... but... is there a spot in the galaxy which is roughly equidistant from all known barnacle planets/systems?

If there is a shell of barnacles, it's 640 ly around Merope.

By the way, Lave Radio has confirmed the dark path of Thargoids: Lave Radio Episode 113 from around the 1:04 mark: http://laveradio.com/

And I gave it only 20%

CookieJarviz · Jun 15, 2016

Im not sure if anyone has picked up on this. But if you look at the barn from above. While some shoots at it. It actually starts to glow. even after it is not being shot at anymore...

Layne Vakarian · Jun 15, 2016

We're doomed. This new barnacle discovery is top-drawer.
But now this thread has moved up another gear in the 'barnacle mystery'. And probably everyone and his wife (and the next-door neighbour's dog) is tooling up to go do more 'harvesting', now in the WHN. Genocide anyone?
And we STILL don't know WHY the UAs point at Merope and nowhere else.

Anyone know the way to Andromeda? And do you think a max-range Annie, full upgrades and a boat-load of jumponium can get there?

Or should I just buy a shovel?

Ozric · Jun 15, 2016

Very nice work indeed on the new finds.

Silent Pact said:
Or should I just buy a shovel?

Shovel, if you've harvested a barnacle!

bigian12 · Jun 15, 2016

Silent Pact said:
We're doomed. This new barnacle discovery is top-drawer.
But now this thread has moved up another gear in the 'barnacle mystery'. And probably everyone and his wife (and the next-door neighbour's dog) is tooling up to go do more 'harvesting', now in the WHN. Genocide anyone?
And we STILL don't know WHY the UAs point at Merope and nowhere else.

Anyone know the way to Andromeda? And do you think a max-range Annie, full upgrades and a boat-load of jumponium can get there?

Or should I just buy a shovel?

2 million light years away, through mostly empty space, it is visible in game as the larger of the two other spiral galaxies you can see.

Layne Vakarian · Jun 15, 2016

Ozric said:
Very nice work indeed on the new finds.

Shovel, if you've harvested a barnacle!

Not that stupid mate. Had a look from a respectful distance, wandered off quietly

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bigian12 said:
2 million light years away, through mostly empty space,

So If I start out now, I should be able to get there before the Barnacles big sister wanders over and sorts humanity out?

CMDR Runcible Shaw · Jun 15, 2016

CookieJarviz said:
Im not sure if anyone has picked up on this. But if you look at the barn from above. While some shoots at it. It actually starts to glow. even after it is not being shot at anymore...

I believe somewhere a while back this was proved to be a general lighting effect from shooting things with lasers. I think JManis was involved but I'm a bit fuzzy on the details.

bigian12 · Jun 15, 2016

Silent Pact said:
Not that stupid mate. Had a look from a respectful distance, wandered off quietly

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So If I start out now, I should be able to get there before the Barnacles big sister wanders over and sorts humanity out?

Ah, no. No one is getting to Andromeda anytime soon. The large and small Magellanic clouds are closer at some 200,000 lightyears away from the edge of the galaxy, and we cannot even get there, yet.

Grievstar · Jun 15, 2016

The dust in a nebula is extremely sparse so it seems unlikely to have an impact on the barnacles. It seems more likely that it would have something to do with light emissions.

NGC 1435 (aka Merope Nebula) Is a reflection nebula scattering the light of the class B star Merope
NGC 1432 (aka Maia Nebula) Is a reflection nebula scattering the light of the class B star Maia
IC 2118 (aka Witch Head Nebula) Is a reflection nebula scattering the light of the class B star Rigel (Class A according to the galaxy map)
NGC 1499 (aka California Nebula) Is an emission nebula ionized by the light of the class O star Menkib

Just looking at these four the California Nebula seems like an outlier, though I'm unsure where to go from here.

Belyal · Jun 15, 2016

SystematicChaos said:
I got barnacles in Witch Head
Witch Head Sector LC-V C2-10 A4 (-16.5359 151.8175)
It's a double and they're not showing on the wave scanner! I just relogged and they're still there.
Edit: I didn't find them by chance. I've been searching for the pesky things all over for months.

How exactly does one go about searching for these? Are you just skimming the surface of planets? Looking for the structures? I play on XBONE and we just got these Horizons updates so I'd love to help in the search for these things.

bigian12 · Jun 15, 2016

Grievstar said:
The dust in a nebula is extremely sparse so it seems unlikely to have an impact on the barnacles. It seems more likely that it would have something to do with light emissions.

NGC 1435 (aka Merope Nebula) Is a reflection nebula scattering the light of the class B star Merope
NGC 1432 (aka Maia Nebula) Is a reflection nebula scattering the light of the class B star Maia
IC 2118 (aka Witch Head Nebula) Is a reflection nebula scattering the light of the class B star Rigel (Class A according to the galaxy map)
NGC 1499 (aka California Nebula) Is an emission nebula ionized by the light of the class O star Menkib

Just looking at these four the California Nebula seems like an outlier, though I'm unsure where to go from here.

Nebulae are mainly gas clouds, that is probably why the barnacles are there, easier access to elements like hydrogen, helium, oxygen and carbon. With hydrogen, carbon and oxygen being the main ingredients for carbon based life, it is only logical that life will evolve and thrive where they are present. My theory is that the barnacles are a silicon based lifeform, using the silicon present in the rocky and rock/metal planets and the gases from the nebulae.

Edit: Also, considering that the barnacles are found on airless worlds, it makes sense they can survive vacuum conditions. Makes me wonder, can they actually travel through space, are they the " eggs " of their species and when fully grown, take flight. Possibilities.

Layne Vakarian · Jun 15, 2016

bigian12 said:
Ah, no. No one is getting to Andromeda anytime soon. The large and small Magellanic clouds are closer at some 200,000 lightyears away from the edge of the galaxy, and we cannot even get there, yet.

Oh.
If anyone wants me I shall be busy digging with my (hopefully) trusty (and soon to be purchased) shovel out in an undisclosed system on an undisclosed planetary body in the general region of Beagle Point.

[RP mode off]

So we don't care about UAs anymore then huh?

knowles2 · Jun 15, 2016

Well Michael being active lately.

Would love to know if there is current a in game answers to all these mysteries or do they all end with only more puzzles and mysteries.

MadDogMurdock · Jun 15, 2016

danubezoe said:
a pyramid you think??

Clearly, with the source being the all-seeing eye. Check your 1Cr bank notes - tin-foil stamped proof!

Cometborne · Jun 15, 2016

Two finds in the Witch Head nebula, shortly after the server side patch? Very suspicious, I think I will cut the RNGgrind short and get myself down there for some tourist rubbernecking. And as noted earlier, there are tourists and tourists, and I am bringing the latter. With limpets and meta-alloys, just in case.

Huros · Jun 15, 2016

Are any Barnies dropping Metal Alloys yet? I was still getting leopardite Monday evening.

Grievstar · Jun 15, 2016

bigian12 said:
Nebulae are mainly gas clouds, that is probably why the barnacles are there, easier access to elements like hydrogen, helium, oxygen and carbon. With hydrogen, carbon and oxygen being the main ingredients for carbon based life, it is only logical that life will evolve and thrive where they are present. My theory is that the barnacles are a silicon based lifeform, using the silicon present in the rocky and rock/metal planets and the gases from the nebulae.

Edit: Also, considering that the barnacles are found on airless worlds, it makes sense they can survive vacuum conditions. Makes me wonder, can they actually travel through space, are they the " eggs " of their species and when fully grown, take flight. Possibilities.

The gasses in nebulae are extremely sparse though. The only HII region in the relevant nebulae is the California Nebula, which should be slightly more dense. For the others, they have a density of 100-10000 particles per cm^3 (compare to the density of air at 10^19 particles per cm^3). If they were living off the gases found in nebulae, they should have larger surface areas in order to intake any significant amount.

Zenith · Jun 15, 2016

Midnight Ninja said:
Greetings Commanders,
Rear Admiral Midnight Ninja checking in. I have discovered a pair of Barnacles on Witch Head Sector GW-W C1-4 A 4, at Coords -66.00, -173.62. Only one shows up on wave scanner. I count a total of 34 spikes between the pair.

System Information
Witch Head Sector GW-W C1-4 A 4:

http://i.imgur.com/3y9J1rA.png

Barnacle pair:

http://i.imgur.com/yRQORWL.png

This was discovered after approximately 3 days of exploration. First, I looked for planets that met the criteria for Barnacles. Next, I began to explore the canyons. I explored A5's canyons and didn't see any - but that planet is still a candidate. The remaining two high metal planets within this system are also candidates. For those looking on the surfaces, I was flying at an altitude of 1.5k to 2.3k, angled downward by about -5 to -15 degrees, using full forward thrust and partial upward thrust every few seconds. At a distance, it appeared these two barnacles were 2 very bright lamp posts on the ground. It's fairly easy to identify as long as you keep an eye out for things on the ground.

Providing more pictures:

http://i.imgur.com/s8VPmvC.png

http://i.imgur.com/IDuv8kd.png

Galaxy Map view:

http://i.imgur.com/xkaJDsd.png

Added to the listing sheet. Great find Cmdr!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...Hw02tyCGd7IFcfHpjYGeZL9GHQ/edit#gid=889603407