Just a thought. But how about the mysterious 'EB,P' comments that Drew has dropped here and there. I'm not in-game at the moment but is there an EOFOTS EB-P system in any interesting spots?
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Just a thought. But how about the mysterious 'EB,P' comments that Drew has dropped here and there. I'm not in-game at the moment but is there an EOFOTS EB-P system in any interesting spots?
You, my friend are far more observant than me. If I have to see these things to progress the story, I'm doomed. That being said, I can vaguely see some of the things you describe, after reading the description, but I saw nothing before.
Reclamation is 100% canon. The Oolite Saga and The Dark Wheel are not.
One more before I hit the sack... I'm assuming someone, at some point in ED history, has already visited Phi Cassiopeia? The Heart nebula is in the constellation, Phi being its brightest star afaik. I read something about Cassiopeia's vanity and arrogance leading to her downfall. Parallels to Chione? The attentions of not one but two gods led Chione to boast that her beauty exceeded even that of Artemis which led to her downfall. (It would mirror the Prism system quite well ho ho!)
Apparently Cassiopeia also p|ssed off Poseidon and he decided to flood her country. That sounds like terraforming to me, because I now totally buy Matzov's theories on the Rift.
Apparently Cassiopeia also p|ssed off Poseidon and he decided to flood her country. That sounds like terraforming to me, because I now totally buy Matzov's theories on the Rift.
I certainly hope that reply was meant for hhiram and not me. I don't recall ever having personally attacked Drew. He's not even on my in-game KOS list
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Ah but you forget: Drew has specifically stated that he snuck things into Reclamation as 'easter eggs' for Oolite fans.
Plus: The Dark Wheel and the original Elite aren't completely canon either.
EDIT: This is from Drew's FAQ on Reclamation:
Q. Is the old woman in the hospital Rebecca Tyley from your Oolite books, or is she Elyssia Fields from ‘The Dark Wheel’?
My Oolite books are not canon to the ED universe, neither is ‘The Dark Wheel’ any more. Parallel universes will naturally share a lot in common.
There are certainly parts of the Oolite books that share common parralels.
It may be that future ED books could include names and places from Oolite but I doubt it due to issues regarding that game and Frontier.
Its always good however to follow Drews line of thinking across the storys.
The reason for my belief with regards to Dark wheel is the recent emergence of Liz Ryder. The Tionisla graveyard, the Cobra and other parts of Reclamation.
The problem however is legal issues surrounding Dark Wheel alongside changes in the game dynamics as well as time line issues.
The original Dark Wheel book was small though and was lacking in great depth anyway for it to really effect Lore and Canon in ED too much.
You basically have 4 characters in that book and a few systems and the name Raxxler.
Its far easier to incorporate The Dark Wheel into the game, a way of doing this from a legal issue is to shroud it all in mystery and not be too specific.
Its Liz Ryder that has got me on this line of thinking. Its a way of tying things in from the original book.
Its also hard for the devs to ignore Dark Wheel completely as its from the Original game.
There are many involved with kickstarter who come from the Original game like myself.
I think the Lore of ED does need to be sorted out though.
Reclamation was good but vague on Elite lore which is understandable while a game is in development.
I'm sure future books will be a bit more direct especially with regards to history.
Maybe Drew could shed some light on how The Dark Wheel fits into lore ??
IIRC all cassiopeia stars have been checked at some point, including Rho Cas. I also did look for the SNR Cas A (does not exist).
In the story, Posseidon sent the Cetus monster, which is then slain by Perseus. You can go nuts with mythology with the rift
mystery. Slipery slope toward accute tin poisoning.
In the story, Posseidon sent the Cetus monster, which is then slain by Perseus. You can go nuts with mythology with the rift
mystery. Slipery slope toward accute tin poisoning.
Here is a few billion square light years to search. Now go! Have fun. Oh and I won't tell you what you are looking for.
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How do you maintain significant amounts of surface water with no atmosphere?
You don't, what is happening here I guess is the atmosphere being stripped away by the stellar Wind.
At some point all the water will be gone.
Maybe it does something like : gas giant with Iced core => Icy planet => water planet => metalic planet.
At some point all the water will be gone.
Maybe it does something like : gas giant with Iced core => Icy planet => water planet => metalic planet.
The Dark Wheel exists in game so they at least are canonical. The Ryders are canonical because they appear in John Harper's And Here the Wheel. Whether or not Liz is related to the Ryders of TDW is questionable.
Drew reused Tenim Neseva from the pages of the Oolite Saga. Not hard to fathom that the inspiration for 'the old woman' came from that same source. If you want to believe that she's Elyssia Fields ... I'm not going to protest (much). To me though, she's Rebecca.
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Perhaps - and I say this from the perspective of knowing it's a huge job and I'm nowhere near the point where I could help - everybody who's out there should be screenshotting system maps so that we can all go through them and see if there are any patterns emerging?
Ice world?
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Thank you kindly sir.
It appears an editor has been a little too free with the apostrophes, but grammar clearly isn't FDev's strong suit.
Octagons though... I'm not aware of anything living in nature that uses octagons. It would be interesting to find out what does make use of octagons consistently. Anyone know?[/QUOTE]
Thargoids, back in the day. Who knows what they'd look like now though?
Thargoids, back in the day. Who knows what they'd look like now though?
I haven't scanned the Gas Giants or their moons but no cadmium or arsenic in the HMCs. Planet 1 has yttrium, planet 2 has polonium, planet 5 has Niobium.
Edit: this was meant to be an edit of my previous post, but clicked reply instead. Never mind.
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Thanks! I'll check it out!
You don't. Its simply not possible.