Yeah that happens. You can usually fiddle around a bit and the system shows.
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All right, thanks for checking that out. Though, I still don't actually know what Saool's working hypothesis is.
So you want to know about the Formidine Rift? (Part 3)
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Yeah that happens. You can usually fiddle around a bit and the system shows.
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All right, thanks for checking that out. Though, I still don't actually know what Saool's working hypothesis is.
Yeah, I'd love to know the thought process behind it. Still ... two worlds with life orbiting a T Tauri (and one of them an ELW!) does give rise to speculation. Even Captain Picard would be intrigued:
[video=youtube_share;Q1NHZ8WdEl0]https://youtu.be/Q1NHZ8WdEl0[/video]
"Highly unusual."I'd love to hear if someone has found life somewhere else around a T Tauri, so that we might rule out a glitch within Frontier algorithms.
I'd love to hear if someone has found life somewhere else around a T Tauri, so that we might rule out a glitch within Frontier algorithms.
Definitely found ELWs around t-tauris in the past. Actually found one on the way to Jaques recently.
Additionally, a good source if information on this is Marx's list of ELWs
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/168287-List-of-Earth-like-worlds-v2
There are 23 known orbiting t-tauris (this includes any I've found as I always provide details of mine).
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Thinking about it, what if just plotted all potential "highly unusual" systems on the galactic map, fiddled around with zoom and checked where they pointed? I volunteered EAFOTS NT-I d9-26, any others? If there was a pattern to discern, it should be pretty straightforward to see which 'belong' and which are outliers. That way we'd also find out what it is we need to look out for when exploring.
There's loads of them because of the distance to the next system. The route tool doesn't seem to want to jump the gaps even though you have enough jump range, so you have to plan your route manually a few jumps at a time until you cross to the other side where the systems are closer together again.
Rats. Are you pinky promise positive?
Yep, check Cmdr Marx's spreadsheet. At least 23 known.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/168287-List-of-Earth-like-worlds-v2
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"4, 3, 2, 1, engage". They are not words anymore, mere noise. It's been more than 6 months since you decided to chase yet another legend, another fable. Naturally, you don't expect to find anything. If you have learnt one thing in your travels, is to never have high hopes, cuts back on the disappointment you see.
You stretch your muscles while Witch Space surrounds you. Witch space...You can vaguely remember when it used to be a magnificent mix of awe and fear. You used to look outside your cockpit trying to discern a pattern, a shape, a sign...nothing. If anything is hidding there, it's doing it very well. You have stopped looking. Nowadays, you prefer to pour yourself a beverage, read a news article or skim through your notes, not once looking outside. You pull up your notes once more. "Formidine Rift", "Cover up", "Salome" and a plethora of 5 and 6 thousand year old myths from Earth. How can they be connected, you think yet again. How is everything relevant? Think!
Having followed so many leads and coming to dead ends, you are starting to feel like Sisyphus or Tantalus. Oh yes, chasing this mystery forced you to learn a fair share of ancient mythology. Gods, monsters, heroes, kings and queens were your company in the void. Time well spent, you think to yourself, even if you don't find anything out here. You check your inbox and smile. A message from CMDR Jorki Rasalas, a fellow Rifter, titled "Check this out" pops up. It's a hand drawn image of a stickman with the quote "Who's your daddy now?!" beneath it. You laugh before replying "You are...".
It's been a few minutes since you exited Witch Space but you didn't even notice. Normally the bright light from the target star would remind you that you have arrived. Not this time. Did you jump to a black hole or neutron star system without knowing it? You remember distinctivly targeting a K type star. You grab the flight stick and start turning your ship around to check behind you. Nothing...But wait, where are the Heart and Soul nebulae? They should be directly behind you, but they are nowhere to be seen. Your whole body clenches. Could you be in...no way. You have heard stories but never believed them. You are refusing to believe it even now. You pull up the galaxy map but your position isn't marked. You pull up your logs...last known position 9256 LY from Sol, inside the Formidine Rift. "Weapons Offline", "Shields Offline", "Thrusters Offline" , your blood freezes. You look outside the cockpit but all you see is your reflection. Complete darkness. You scramble to the right side of your cockpit to initiate a repair and reboot sequence, when everything shuts down. You are left alone with only the sound of your breathing, your gods, your heroes, your monsters...
With all the lights off in the cockpit you are able to notice something approaching in the distance. As curious as you may say you are, you don't want to find out what it is. Once again you try to reboot the systems. Fear has made your hands numb. You end up punching the console. "Diagnostic Repair Sequence Initiated","Systems Online". You fight yourself to not look outside as you bring up the Galaxy map. Whatever it is, it's huge and it's coming towards you. You select a system close to the one you previously were. Course plotting failed. You try another system, failed again. In a last ditch effort you turn to your Navigation panel. Only one option...Polaris, "4, 3, 2, 1, engage".
You stretch your muscles while Witch Space surrounds you. Witch space...You can vaguely remember when it used to be a magnificent mix of awe and fear. You used to look outside your cockpit trying to discern a pattern, a shape, a sign...nothing. If anything is hidding there, it's doing it very well. You have stopped looking. Nowadays, you prefer to pour yourself a beverage, read a news article or skim through your notes, not once looking outside. You pull up your notes once more. "Formidine Rift", "Cover up", "Salome" and a plethora of 5 and 6 thousand year old myths from Earth. How can they be connected, you think yet again. How is everything relevant? Think!
Having followed so many leads and coming to dead ends, you are starting to feel like Sisyphus or Tantalus. Oh yes, chasing this mystery forced you to learn a fair share of ancient mythology. Gods, monsters, heroes, kings and queens were your company in the void. Time well spent, you think to yourself, even if you don't find anything out here. You check your inbox and smile. A message from CMDR Jorki Rasalas, a fellow Rifter, titled "Check this out" pops up. It's a hand drawn image of a stickman with the quote "Who's your daddy now?!" beneath it. You laugh before replying "You are...".
It's been a few minutes since you exited Witch Space but you didn't even notice. Normally the bright light from the target star would remind you that you have arrived. Not this time. Did you jump to a black hole or neutron star system without knowing it? You remember distinctivly targeting a K type star. You grab the flight stick and start turning your ship around to check behind you. Nothing...But wait, where are the Heart and Soul nebulae? They should be directly behind you, but they are nowhere to be seen. Your whole body clenches. Could you be in...no way. You have heard stories but never believed them. You are refusing to believe it even now. You pull up the galaxy map but your position isn't marked. You pull up your logs...last known position 9256 LY from Sol, inside the Formidine Rift. "Weapons Offline", "Shields Offline", "Thrusters Offline" , your blood freezes. You look outside the cockpit but all you see is your reflection. Complete darkness. You scramble to the right side of your cockpit to initiate a repair and reboot sequence, when everything shuts down. You are left alone with only the sound of your breathing, your gods, your heroes, your monsters...
With all the lights off in the cockpit you are able to notice something approaching in the distance. As curious as you may say you are, you don't want to find out what it is. Once again you try to reboot the systems. Fear has made your hands numb. You end up punching the console. "Diagnostic Repair Sequence Initiated","Systems Online". You fight yourself to not look outside as you bring up the Galaxy map. Whatever it is, it's huge and it's coming towards you. You select a system close to the one you previously were. Course plotting failed. You try another system, failed again. In a last ditch effort you turn to your Navigation panel. Only one option...Polaris, "4, 3, 2, 1, engage".
Why are they developing them if we're not going to use them?
Guys, keep an eye out for signal sources orbiting close to ELWs.
I'm currently on my way back to eafots to check this out, but a friend (who is being annoyingly cryptic!) has said he got a very interesting text and audio message/signal from a satellite orbiting very close to an ELW within eafots. He hasn't given me a specific system
He claims it looked similar (probably the same) as one of the communications satellites found in the bubble.
I'm honestly doubtful, Drew did say it wasn't as simple as a USS and my friend is being very non-specific. But at this point anything is worth checking out...
I'm currently on my way back to eafots to check this out, but a friend (who is being annoyingly cryptic!) has said he got a very interesting text and audio message/signal from a satellite orbiting very close to an ELW within eafots. He hasn't given me a specific system
He claims it looked similar (probably the same) as one of the communications satellites found in the bubble.
I'm honestly doubtful, Drew did say it wasn't as simple as a USS and my friend is being very non-specific. But at this point anything is worth checking out...
There's another two options: Alt + F4, or Esc logout to desktop. No matter what danger comes, you can always getaway, as you can see on the many Youtube vids.
Ok, so that is highly unusual, but not unheard of. Seems the T Tauri is a red herring.
So now we're left with "a system with ammonia world as the outermost planet, preferably with an earthlike somewhere". Saool, if you catch this please share your thoughts
I'm not sure if this is relevant to the stuff discussed here but ...
Currently I'm at Outopps KO-X C28-0 (Alessia's Pearls on EDSM) and the system map states it was first discovered by Salomé. Is that of any interest? Is it an 'ordinary' player's name (I didn't think names from the story were allowed though) or is it Drew Wagar's character? Or just coincidence.
I'll have a look around. It'd be cool if were something!
Currently I'm at Outopps KO-X C28-0 (Alessia's Pearls on EDSM) and the system map states it was first discovered by Salomé. Is that of any interest? Is it an 'ordinary' player's name (I didn't think names from the story were allowed though) or is it Drew Wagar's character? Or just coincidence.
I'll have a look around. It'd be cool if were something!
Why planet surfaces (down at the bottom of a gravity well) at all?
Asteroid belts & planetary rings would be my bet. Of course, gravity not being a hindrance at all in E: D with the FSD technology, why not any old rock though...? Metal-rich planets then, usually close to the parent star.
I'd say that if there is going to be new FSDs with even greater jump ranges, they probably come with the risk of being a "dog whistle" to certain types who like to pull people out of witchspace. This matches the wrecks with hints of newer drive testing and things going wrong with "unknown ship(s) detected". This also means that new people to Elite: Dangerous (and those who want to play safe) can still use the old "safe" FSDs...
I'm at "CoR Listening post Beta" / Phrio Phoe MP-E d12-11 now, Salome is the discoverer for the arriving star plus all planets in that stars system. In EDSM, a(nother) player is credited as the discoverer, not Salome, so either Salome is a player without a link to EDSM, or FSDevs has put it there as part of the lore.
Sorry, no idea. Give me a system name (or two) and I'll get you a distance!
Oh yes, and Salomé (with the accent on the e) is the discoverer of the entire system.
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First discovery on EDSM is based whoever has the earliest log of visiting that system. This means it is also possible that someone using EDSM visited that system without scanning it earlier than Salomé scanned it.