UAs, Barnacles and other mysteries Thread 8 - The Canonn

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crushdepth

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It's so thin as to be practically random, but anyone gone probe searching at Peregrina? I'm thinking UA, Palin, cerberus plague links, Peregrina has/had an outbreak and plague system (three-pronged structure on head), and the system description mentions rumoured alien artifacts found in deep space. Plus if I remember rightly it's kind of on the bubble border towards the Pleiades.

My own ship is rather a long way off.
 
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MadDogMurdock

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babelfisch said:
It's still better than 90% of the other theories :)
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It's amazing because it tells us what to do.

Drop a UP in space and 17 UAs around it to represent the spikes around a barnacle.
Make sure the UAs are in EMP range.
Honk the UP and watch in amazement as the canisters all separate from the UAs and construct a portal.

Bring 250 Modular Terminals and 1 Spongiform Wheel Grease Applicator to activate the portal.

Then do the hard part ...
 

floc

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Audax Cuthalion said:
Point taken.
But then: Does the probe probe Merope 5C originating from somewhere or probes the probe something out there comming from Merope 5C?
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What's the should be the point in scan something you originating from? Surveillance? It doesnt sounds to me. I think probes are originating from somewherelse ;)
 

LordZoltan

LordZoltan
Okay, working on the basis that MB suggested the location of free floaters is logical, but only after the fact - perhaps we can work backwards from what we have.

A few days ago I suggested they'd be in the shell because that's where UAs were. Let's say that's wrong - but that the location is *related* to the shell - after all, if UAs are related to UPs, then it stands to reason that their location must share something.

The two principle things we have about UPs is that they point to Merope 5C and this image recovered grom the audio.

So let's say their location is related to the image. And, if so, that possibly the image helps us figure out where they are, relative to the shell.

So what *working* hypotheses can we come up with which gives us such a relative location or range of locations, or which potentially point to the shell being described in that image?
 

Râgnôs

Râgnôs
Michael Brookes said:
Nope - it the UP just points to the planet.

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Having had a couple weeks off and finding that people are still asking this question which was asked and answered repeatedly since almost the day after the UP was collected I just had this mental picture of Michael yelling at his computer "OH MY GOD MOVE ON, YOU'VE CHECKED IT." and is now fantasising going to players houses and beating it into them with a sledgehammer.
 

Matt

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Allant Doran said:
Yes, the planet of Merope 5c. Just because context wasn't provided doesn't mean it is an obscure clue. Sometimes context is just assumed based on the topic of conversation.
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Well even at the very least we can ignore stars, asteroids, moons etc and just concentrate on planets!! :)
 

nosscar

nosscar
I am beginning to think there is nothing else to find on Merope 5c YET, the feds building up in the region, the UP points to M5c, all seem to imply something is going to happen on M5c.

I don't think we can solve the message clue until another free floating UP is found with the missing pieces, then when we do find it, we will have a better idea of what is coming to M5c.

edit: maybe the UP message was just a clue to where it was found, and where to find free floaters, and because it has already been picked up by the military, it now just shows this message, and has gone into defensive mode and disables ships. A free floater might contain the true original message.
 
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DialBforBiscuit

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There's a theory that the UP spawn systems will be in the shape of a thin column outside the US shell, but not by much.

The reasons for this theory:

1. The UA spawn pattern was originally small and condensed around merope
2. The UA spawn pattern grew AWAY from merope over time
3. UA seems to be a broad scanner. Scanned ships, planets, stars etc. And pointed to a star. It's spawn pattern was broad as well.
4. The UP seems more detailed, effects internal systems of a ship and points to a specific planet. More fine tuned scanning. Might have a finer, smaller spawn pattern.

Put this together and the UA shell was a scan wall that stopped when it found -something- then the UPs got deployed on a vector between merope and that something. It will most likely be a small column or cone and expand in size after the next update. This would also match the UP image we got. The lower left quadrant could be seen as 1 big or 2 smaller columns extending outwards from the UA shell. (Nearly anything in space will match a circle and some lines, though.)

I'm flying around the outside and inside of the shell, specifically points between merope and other nebula and the bubble. Checking for SS near stars and planets so it's taking a lot longer than I would like. UAs pointed to a star and spawned by a star. UPs may only show up near planets because they point to a planet.
 
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Han_Zen

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LordZoltan said:
Uh....

I don't... i just...

Sigh.

Thanks.
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luminouspage

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Can we at least agree that Mr. Brookes' comment implies a UP shell? Take the 'logically' into account: UAs and UPs share a lot of characteristics (even if their purpose is completely different), including how they are found. We're looking at a good chance of the UA cycle repeating, meaning that free floaters are rare finds in certain systems close to the UP focal point.
About this new focal point, I should add that it's probably not Merope 5C, but instead a different landmark (spacemark?) related to UAs or even Thargoids. Maybe we should consider some new targets to focus our search. I'd like to propose Polaris (where I am now), because it's featured prominently on GalMap and has a history of alien activity.

Edit: should probably note that I am around Polaris, and not in the system, I know how you like to speculate...
 
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WOLFx288

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luminouspage said:
Can we at least agree that Mr. Brookes' comment implies a UP shell? Take the 'logically' into account: UAs and UPs share a lot of characteristics (even if their purpose is completely different), including how they are found. We're looking at a good chance of the UA cycle repeating, meaning that free floaters are rare finds in certain systems close to the UP focal point.
About this new focal point, I should add that it's probably not Merope 5C, but instead a different landmark (spacemark?) related to UAs or even Thargoids. Maybe we should consider some new targets to focus our search. I'd like to propose Polaris (where I am now), because it's featured prominently on GalMap and has a history of alien activity.

Edit: should probably note that I am around Polaris, and not in the system, I know how you like to speculate...
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How exactly does it imply a UP shell?
 

luminouspage

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WOLFx288 said:
How exactly does it imply a UP shell?
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Because so far, both have had the same finding pattern. First convoys, now we know that there are free floaters out there. Not to mention the fact that they look and sound the same, which is 100% percent a coincidence.
It is, in my opinion, the logical conclusion.
 
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