UAs, Barnacles and other mysteries Thread 8 - The Canonn
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3h in total, I started in the star, slowly moving away through all the bodies, and I went this far:
Nothing but degraded and high grade emissions in deep space, one threat 4 convoy carrying useless stuff, and a few distress calls, then I moved to 42 N Persei (Alpha site).
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There is nothing wrong if the spawn in a permit system, after all the permit could easily be obtained with a bit of dedication, and it makes sense that research is done in a permit system where actually the two outposts 'Talos 1' and 'Talos 2' are scientific outposts. I really don't see it being any ironic.
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So my failed exploration and "test" might be useful after all?
well, I will warn you that I may not have located the exact center of the crater. It's been so long since I visited the area I can't remember how much care I took to locate the actual center. But there was indeed a large "spire" in the center of craterception (ie, the smaller crater within the massive one). Someone else in thread 7 pointed it out to be a natural phenomenon, but I will say that lat/long coords I gave for the spire are indeed exact to their given precision I just had an 'epiphany'.. because the UPs are supposed to be tested in orbit, and because their image is a key, and because the image decipts some kind of wave from orbit to what could be a planet.. I'm going to start spending some time in the gravitational area of planets/moons that require a permit, e.g. lave 2, just in case free floaters are in there. There are not too many of them and can be easily discarded as an option.
The latest galnet article about Thargoids made me think about this. I've been considering what we know and what we don't, and my theory has been changing slowly. Now I'm not sure of anything at all, but this is my rough idea (I'm still shaping it). I'm very very far from being able to prove anything.
The UA is the advanced version, someone created it from the UP (MB never clarified which one is the advanced). We do have our own satellites, one of the pillars in my theory is that UPs are 'their' satellites, and would be found floating around 'their' home planets (as our sats float around our own planets). We know 'they are coming', so they have to come from somewhere, that-where is where I think we will find them floating.
The UA is the advanced version, someone created it from the UP (MB never clarified which one is the advanced). We do have our own satellites, one of the pillars in my theory is that UPs are 'their' satellites, and would be found floating around 'their' home planets (as our sats float around our own planets). We know 'they are coming', so they have to come from somewhere, that-where is where I think we will find them floating.
Maybe we can do something so UAs stop orienting towards Merope? Like conceal it? Or DESTROY!
Maybe we can do something so UAs stop orienting towards Merope? Like conceal it? Or DESTROY!
Destroy Merope?
Does the UP respond at all if it is nearby when something else is targeted and honked?
Does the UP respond to any other scan; cargo, kill warrant, surface scanner etc.?
And how far does the EMP from the probe project?
Does the UP respond to any other scan; cargo, kill warrant, surface scanner etc.?
And how far does the EMP from the probe project?
Ok so my thinking now is that our main priority is to find Free Floaters.
I have tried searching the UA bubble assuming UP's are in the same region as per Galnet post.
So far I have had nothing in this region so I worked my way back towards Merope checking every signal source but not even an anomaly source so I have run out of ideas here.
Now im just going to search inside Pleiades whilst doing the CG.
Where is everyone looking for UPs cos I think this is where the breakthrough will happen.
Any thoughts?
I have tried searching the UA bubble assuming UP's are in the same region as per Galnet post.
So far I have had nothing in this region so I worked my way back towards Merope checking every signal source but not even an anomaly source so I have run out of ideas here.
Now im just going to search inside Pleiades whilst doing the CG.
Where is everyone looking for UPs cos I think this is where the breakthrough will happen.
Any thoughts?
thank you again cmdr.
so.... i don't have a single clue about a possible location of a free floating UP.
i checked everything possibile around merope (near-mid-far)
i checked all the line from merope to ross 47.
i lost my compass.
I must give a critic note to the devs: actually we don't have any real clue about a possible location of the UP free in space.
If there is one somewhere, then we totally missed it.
I am not saying that is a wrong way to give a mistery to solve but at least we need more clues to find.
1. Yes
2. This is answered on the first page : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11-flqh1BfhRg8tPEVy4UaWiXyRQL8VBz42LYmUsHNVY/edit#gid=0
3. Don't know, you have to be within 300m for the UP to be triggered by the ADS
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Aye loads, but they keep changing.
My current thoughts are around the UA/UP differences.
I've been trying to come up with some solid basis for why the UA points at Merope the star, and the UP points at Merope 5c.
The only in-game reason I can come up with is that :
- The UA is intended to act at a distance, where planets aren't easily discernable. In other words it broadcasts a strong signal in the direction of the Merope system.
- While the UP is intended to function locally, where pointing at the star may be in fact the wrong direction due to the "listening station" being on Merope 5c.
The implication of this would be that UPs may be found in the Merope system.
I've done a 2.2 million LS run from 5c outward based on the theory the UPs may be produced by barnacles, and that they travel outward in the local system, reporting back to their source.
Found nowt, though it is hard to watch the nav panel continuously for so long so I can't guarantee I didn't miss a USS flashing by.
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^ Tried to get to the Merope barnacle for a Meta-Alloy to unlock Felicity Farseer. I arrive, and all the organic structures except the center are already destroyed. Relogging doesn't fix it. What caused this, and what do I do now to find a Meta-Alloy? I've been sent to Darnielle's Prospect earlier but they weren't selling them.
^ Tried to get to the Merope barnacle for a Meta-Alloy to unlock Felicity Farseer. I arrive, and all the organic structures except the center are already destroyed. Relogging doesn't fix it. What caused this, and what do I do now to find a Meta-Alloy? I've been sent to Darnielle's Prospect earlier but they weren't selling them.
Guys, when looking for UPs and SSs, honk. Honk a lot. The UAs are continuously scanning bodies, which means a signal is being sent out all the time. The UPs may not be scanning all the time and only become active from stimuli like a honk. The SSs holding them may be hidden unless a honk happens close to them. They emit an emp and become a SS. At least that's my theory now.
if this is what's true then someone dies preferably some idiot pirates
ask the feds
also if you realy want some then i coud help you raiding one of the convoys for alloys
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I bet if we honk close to the UA's signal source the UP one will pop up. At least I hope. I'm looking for one to test the theory but RNG isn't playing ball.
Oh great lord and savior RNGesus, please bestow upon me the fortune of finding a UP in the vast infinite of space.
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