UAs, Barnacles and other mysteries Thread 8 - The Canonn

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Derthek

Derthek
Richardissimo said:
Also, I reported a bug where two neighbouring systems were closer together (in jump distance) than two of the stars in one of the systems. So I agree with the expectation that you can't supercruise between systems.
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Good ol' CL PISMIS 13 & 19.

Definitely confirmed, cannot SC between systems.
 

Tessa R Act

Tessa R Act
Yep, can confirm too, changed tank config of my ASP for that (add 6C tank) to have enough fuel - you know how the run from Alpha to Proxima Centauri (0,211 LY!) can be, and from Proxima travelled direction SOL - have no permit yet. Upon travel-time vs speed i can tell i travelled at least 5,5 LY before jumping to Barnards Star finally, and heading was OK, used a 800 LY target behind SOL (seen from Proxima) as marker
 
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bitstorm

bitstorm
Guessing this has been tested..

But do we know if the UP broadcast changes the behaviour of a UA? ie new morse?
 
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Sterlino

Sterlino
Surl Tesh-echer said:
There is no Morse in UP transmission for sure?
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but...

there is a morse in the UP transmission... i think i've heard it.

..wait..


do you remember this ? (thanks to zero-g) :

[video=youtube;cKSvOtyp-wc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKSvOtyp-wc[/video]


i think is morse... i can hear something like that, i am not an expert but i think is morse.

what do you think ?
 

Rixaeton

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AstroExplorer67 said:
One way to look at this is to read the numbers from the center of the circle (like you are standing on the origin 0,0 latitude, longitude). With the present orientation,
-|- =2 and -|| =3. Then from the origin (flipping the diagram) looking towards the other two numbers, |-- =4 and --| =1. Here 1 and 4 would be flipped if looking at the diagram the normal way. But for aliens, who knows how they read?

A second way to look at this is just to look for the planet with the four characteristics listed. There is no particular step order needed, but finding planet with the correct orbital inclination is the most challenging. There are many ringed planets orbiting larger ringed planets, now need to find the right one. I encountered a few, but not with all the for characteristics.

-AE67
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I am also looking for systems which contain worlds that match the angles on the diagram for the orbital inclination: I suspect the database in http://www.elitegalaxyonline.com/ already has the information I am looking for, but I could not work out from the API how to search for worlds that match a given orbital_inclination. Does anyone here know how to search based on it? I note that orbital_inclination is a member of the array orbit_data, and I don't know how to specify that as a search criteria from the API instructions, or even if it is possible. Does anyone have any advice on detailed queries into the database?
 
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nikos

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rizal72 said:
Easy:
The cyphered message is the UP Transmission, the Purrs/Tuba sounds, while the drawing and the glyphs in it are the key to decode them. ;)
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I'll commit a cardinal sin and quote myself in the hope that it spurs some criticism as the previous time I posted this it got buried before you can say "Unknown Probe!" :D

The symbols decorating the central globe (eg the lines coming off the globe) are unlikely to be the alphabet of a message, as they are too stylised and visual. Hence I will suppose the other symbols (-I-, -II, I--) are something we can read off from a signal such as the audio captured from a UA/UP.

So what are the lines decorating the globe?
1. the "double parenthesis" symbol (upper right) is the HONK location. Someone is above a planet (maybe 5C) and honks either the disco scanner or the UP. In other words, when in a signal stream we see/hear "-II" this sets the starting (our) location (in coordinates).

2. When we see/hear a "--I" symbol, add 45 degrees to the current location. Why? Because the line decorating the quadrant associated with --I is subdividing the quadrant in two, ie 90/2 = 45 degrees.

3. When we see/hear a "I--" symbol, add 30 degrees to the current location. Why? Because the line decorating the quadrant associated with I-- is subdividing the quadrant in three, ie 90/3 = 30 degrees.

4. When we see/hear a "-I-" symbol, add 90 degrees to the current location. Why? Because the line decorating the quadrant associated with -I- is circumscribing the whole quadrant, ie 90 degrees.

Obviously, in order to derive two coordinates (long, lat) we need two phrases/streams of the above symbols, both starting with "--I".

Proposed test: HONK disco scanner or scanner + UP above a location in Merope 5C, record audio in the hope of an echo, find streams of ternary symbols as above, and try to derive a location.

TL, DR: yes I know I didn't include any pictures so no one will read this ;P
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Now, I am not particularly attached to the specific meaning of the symbols proposed above, but it just may be the right *way* to think about them.
 

Menenhetet

Menenhetet
I am searching for an UP, at which time as I find one I will plot a jump and sync the jump to coincide with the UP EMP. See you on the other side. If anyone else cares to try it before me, be my guest. Might produce nothing. Simply a test. I'll need a partner to retrieve the UP I'm leaving behind. I might be too far away to get it back
 
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Jmanis

Jmanis
Sterlino said:
but...

there is a morse in the UP transmission... i think i've heard it.

..wait..


do you remember this ? (thanks to zero-g) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKSvOtyp-wc


i think is morse... i can hear something like that, i am not an expert but i think is morse.

what do you think ?
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I hate to say it, but of course that sounds like morse, because it's someone's interpretation of something they heard as morse.

I'm not familiar with where that came from, and would be interested to hear the original audio...
 

Sterlino

Sterlino
someone can explain me how the trading beacon encounter works ?

you can really trade something in open space ship to ship ?

if 'no'.. i wonder if some of these T9 ships can leads to a UP deal somewhere in space... what do you think ?
 

Jmanis

Jmanis
Sterlino said:
someone can explain me how the trading beacon encounter works ?

you can really trade something in open space ship to ship ?

if 'no'.. i wonder if some of these T9 ships can leads to a UP deal somewhere in space... what do you think ?
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Yes. If you have the right thing in your cargohold (usually if you scan the ship they'll have in their hold what they are after) and fly near them, the goods will leave your hold at (generally) the highest price available for those goods.

There's one that buys Tea, another buys minerals, and another buys computer components.
 

SocraticMammal

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Mr_beeps said:
hang on are you saying you found UA as far out as 251 LY? Trying to decipher your chart
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No, formatting issue. Y's past 150 are just metal/rocky landable planets and other types of uss spawns (mostly degraded emissions).

Out past 320ly now and still nothing to report other than a T4 weapons fire which seemed strange this far out but nothing unusual about it.
 

Sterlino

Sterlino
Jmanis said:
Yes. If you have the right thing in your cargohold (usually if you scan the ship they'll have in their hold what they are after) and fly near them, the goods will leave your hold at (generally) the highest price available for those goods.

There's one that buys Tea, another buys minerals, and another buys computer components.
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i hope to find one who has an UP in the cargo :D
 

CMDR Davanix

CMDR Davanix
Now here is something that probably hasnt been tested at all.

Did anyone try shooting the UP with the new engineers shield enhancement lazers since they do no damage but increase shields maybe they might do something to the up like power it up to its full potential.

If this has been tested im sorry but i havnt even seen anyone talk about it.
 
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