UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 6 - The Canonn

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MadDogMurdock

MadDogMurdock
Han_Zen said:
History of hyperspace in the Elite universe.

- In the Dark Wheel novella, the faraway jump system was described. It was a netwok of interstellar nav beacons and worked like jump-gates. The ftl travel, between stations were refered to as Withcspace. This has never been implemented in any of the games.

- In Elite, there were instant jumps. Max range 7ly. Much like now, but with less range. The transition sequens between systems was called Witchspace. Thargoids could pull you out of Wtchspace in interstellar space.

- In FE2 and FFE, all ships had different jump range (up to 144ly). The jumps were semi relativistic. It took 1 week on the clock to complete a max range jump. For the plater IT took a few sec. The nickname Witchspace, was still in use.

The Dark Whell and Elite are not lore in ED, because the difference in universe.

FE2 and FFE technology may still be lore, but we don't know this.

All in all, the current method is most similar to the original Elite.

Lore or not lore, it's very likely that all the methods have used frame shifting (compression of space ahead of the vessel). All differences are down to game mechanics.

Witchspace is and always was a nickname for traveling thru compressed space.
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The jumps weren't instant in original Elite. The clock would wind on by at least a few hours when you arrived at your destination.
 

Qubit

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CookieJarviz said:
Were pretty much over the barns. If someone finds them. Cool but now the hunt is for Unknown Probes and what ever the cap ship is doing over the barn.
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I disagree. If someone finds barnacles in a different place far away from the three nebulae they have currently been found in then that would be a fairly significant find.
 

Privata

Privata
knowles2 said:
There still plenty of nebulas to search, we can't just presume they only exist in three nebulas.
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I dont think they do.
But do all the worlds they grow on have something in common?
Planet type , metal type? star class? or what if its planets located in nebula but only a specific type of nebula?

I could be wrong , but nebulas have gas and radiation in them? so different types of them around.
So maybe we could cross reference what we found allready with more recent finds.
 

ilo

ilo
CookieJarviz said:
Were pretty much over the barns. If someone finds them. Cool but now the hunt is for Unknown Probes and what ever the cap ship is doing over the barn.
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That is probably yours, but I'm still stuck in IC 4604 looking for barnacles to either prove or disprove the triangle theory. I actually just came to the forum to say I was about to resign in this task, now I don't know what to do.
 

Qubit

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Speaking about Unknown Probes... what do we actually know about them so far?

I know absolutely nothing... not even how we know about them. (There was no mention of them on page one of this thread)
 

Arconedas

Arconedas
Qubit said:
Speaking about Unknown Probes... what do we actually know about them so far?

I know absolutely nothing... not even how we know about them. (There was no mention of them on page one of this thread)
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Check out stations forbidden goods list. Unknown probe is listed there. I certainly havent seen it mentioned anywhere else in the game, not sure if anyone else has either?
MB also mentioned that they are not the same thing as unknown artefact (UA).
 
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Qubit

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Arconedas said:
Check out stations forbidden goods list. Unknown probe is listed there. I certainly havent seen it mentioned anywhere else in the game, not sure if anyone else has either?
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Ok, thank you - so it sounds like nobody knows anything except that it is a forbidden item.
 

Sterlino

Sterlino
i insist:

there is something strange in the eagle nebula

[video=youtube;WTrMPWjg3Q0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTrMPWjg3Q0&feature=youtu.be[/video]

these stars are in strange positions

a glitch/bug ?
intentional ?

it seems to me like a message of some kind, like a DNA code or a word composed by some alien runes.

i am very tempted to go there... but 8000 yl.. it's a looooong trip.
 

slartybartfast

slartybartfast
Sterlino said:
i insist:

there is something strange in the eagle nebula

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTrMPWjg3Q0&feature=youtu.be

these stars are in strange positions

a glitch/bug ?
intentional ?

it seems to me like a message of some kind, like a DNA code or a word composed by some alien runes.

i am very tempted to go there... but 8000 yl.. it's a looooong trip.
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Don't think so. positional data for star clusters gets smeared a bit when you try and measure star distances over 100ly. so when the data is taken into elite they get smeared into a line and not a blob.
 
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LordZoltan

LordZoltan
woodhouse said:
No, I don't agree. I will reveal what I feel like revealing, and I know half of the people on the forums enjoy reading these 'reveals'.
I don't see why a spoiler tag isn't enough. I also don't get the separate beta threads.

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OK, I don't agree with this rule, much like I don't think all the language blocking is a very good idea, but if it's a rule (which I suppose it is if a mod is saying it) then we should follow it.
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Share away, get banned - not my problem :)
 

Jorki Rasalas

Jorki Rasalas
ilo said:
That is probably yours, but I'm still stuck in IC 4604 looking for barnacles to either prove or disprove the triangle theory. I actually just came to the forum to say I was about to resign in this task, now I don't know what to do.
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I think there's still plenty of science to do on the barneys (edit: UAs too, don't forget them if you are tired of barneys!) If you want to look in other nebulae & enjoy doing so then carry on! Until we find the maintenance manual for them which says "guarantee only applies if properly placed according to user instructions & within Pleiades, California or Witchhead nebulae" then there is as much chance of finding one somewhere else as not.
Forgot to ask - I know someone reported that the "logo" is the same in the CN as in Pleiades, but is it the same for the WN?
 
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simulacrae

simulacrae
I remember starting off towards the eagle nebula after Halsey made some comments... ( I got distracted by space squirrels and didn't make it there tho)

"The former leader purports to have seen "the true architects of creation" and to have been shown what she describes as "the infinities of the cosmos" – assertions that, along with her slowed speech, have seen her condemned as mentally unstable by some commentators." - from galnet

Made me think of the "pillars of creation"
 

Cometborne

Cometborne
Jorki Rasalas said:
Forgot to ask - I know someone reported that the "logo" is the same in the CN as in Pleiades, but is it the same for the WN?
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Just checked my screenshots and shadowplay recordings, and
[several minutes of cursing in a mixture of German and English cut to avoid a ban]
I'll go back and take a look.

Edit: Saved from the trip by Midnight Ninja.
 
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rareshutzu

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My theory, based on what I've learned from Galnet, reddit and this forum, is that there is a some sort of an invasion by a third alien civilization and that we're informed by a second one, that has strong relations with humanity today.
 

Cynaqq

Cynaqq
ilo said:
That is probably yours, but I'm still stuck in IC 4604 looking for barnacles to either prove or disprove the triangle theory. I actually just came to the forum to say I was about to resign in this task, now I don't know what to do.
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Exactly. And I'm doing the same in the Jellyfish.
 
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