UAs, Barnacles and other mysteries Thread 8 - The Canonn

[dynamicbob]

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/U8Ni8E7s2Pg/hqdefault.jpg

maybe it is deliberatley pointing us in the wrong direction, all he has said is it points in a direction on purpose that purpose could be the right way or to throw us off.

It would be funny if all it did was point to the progenitor barnacle site and nothing more, it could be an endless search. or it could be something more subtle and a first step we just dont know at this point

 

[Afterglow [SecB]]

this cryptic riddle is firstly to solve only about 3rd paty tools, secondly, are hints to general(Michael said:blabla )and thirdly, that's just frustrating after all the time. I've had enough . I wait until the gamescom, then there is the solution anyways.

 

[CMDR Ofan]

Give it a go, totally anyone can try it, no UP needed.

FWIW, I did this twice last weekend, a path directly away from Merope 5c.

1st attempt to 2.2 million Ls.


2nd attempt to 0.17 Ly.

The thing is this doesn't rule anything out at all because at those distances your speed is so great that USSs literally can fly by in the blink of an eye, and well I was doing other stuff, it is honestly really hard to stare at a screen non-stop for a hour!

Anyone tried the opposite end of the spectrum with corona dipping in the star to look for them or has that been tested out also?

 

[Erid]

edit: I would like to think the image decodes to something specific in Merope, but.... y'know.

and i don't see a hint for distance in the image ... mb left side ...

 

[FrogsFriend]

I'm still leaning towards the left-hand image (with the little 'spaceship') being a system map... of Merope?
Is the Spaceship over Merope 1 or 2?

 

[Richardissimo]

Ahhh sods. UP lost

Get it reported stat! [ugh]

i thought you knew it ... it's a well know bug just reported long ago.

I've read every post since part way through thread 7, and I don't recall hearing this. Are we sure it's a bug? For example, maybe bitstorm just 'planted' it, and it'll become a barnacle. Definitely report it, and either they give it back to you, or they confirm it's not a bug. Win-win!

 

[Dommarraa]

Give it a go, totally anyone can try it, no UP needed.

FWIW, I did this twice last weekend, a path directly away from Merope 5c.

1st attempt to 2.2 million Ls.

2nd attempt to 0.17 Ly.

The thing is this doesn't rule anything out at all because at those distances your speed is so great that USSs literally can fly by in the blink of an eye, and well I was doing other stuff, it is honestly really hard to stare at a screen non-stop for a hour!

edit: I would like to think the image decodes to something specific in Merope, but.... y'know.

Several people have tried. I went to about 700kls at less than 100c so I would spot any signals.
It is entirely logical that the UP are designed to operate within the Merope system, but :
a) That doesnt mean they are found there
b) Since when has the application of logic to any of the clues found anything ?

 

[bitstorm]

and i don't see a hint for distance in the image ... mb left side ...

Just noise theory but maybe lower right is distance from Merope star to 5c (A).

And lower left is the distance to a theorized "in Merope shell" 4xA.

So 4 x the distance from Merope to Merope 5C.

Spoiler

Am at work so can't explore in game for a good few hours.

Ok sure (A) will change due to 5c orbitting 5, but maybe this range is the depth of the shell!

SO to summarize, shell will be found at 4 x Merope 5's orbital radius, and the shell depth will be 2x Merope 5c's orbital radius around Merope 5. =p

or not...

 

[Anjin]

- Pointing at a star is the behaviour of something that needs to function at a range where planets aren't discernible
- Pointing at a local body is the behaviour of something that functions at a range where planets are discernible

And the only conclusion I can come to is that UPs are somewhere in Merope

I've been thinking this too, which is why I've been scouring Merope.

However after dropping in to multiple rings, asteroids belts, signal sources, emergency-drop-orbit around non-land able planets and stars, I’m beginning to wonder.

Another theory could be that because the UAs point to Merope, we’d know where to take a UP when we found them, like we have been.

 

[Matt]

I am giving up on the computer-generated voice at about 1-2KHz in the audio. My brain is saying "Hey! That sounds like a voice!" but I cant clean it up any more than a bunch of low+high pass filters to isolate those frequencies. Assuming it is just my brain playing tricks on me now.

Out of ideas

 

[iFred]

Fact: We have NOT decoded everything out of the image. Or out of the soundfile.
Second fact: Frustration level reaches to outer space now
Third fact: Alcohol!

*drinks

 

[rizal72]

Why it must be exactly around planet? Distant shell in Merope system looks more logical.

AROUND, means at an unknown distance. That's what I meant. Or at a known distance if we decode the drawing.

Are you suggesting a planet that is hidden from our discovery scanners, that we have to use the image to manually locate? I'm pretty sure every known planet in the system has been searched quite thoroughly, so I would presume it wouldn't be floating around one of those planets. Also rings, stars, pretty much every known celestial body has been inspected. If you are right and it is a hidden planet then I'm still stumped, I just cant decipher the image.

Not an unknown planet: a known one but at a distance that we must decode from the drawing

I've read every post since part way through thread 7, and I don't recall hearing this. Are we sure it's a bug? For example, maybe bitstorm just 'planted' it, and it'll become a barnacle. Definitely report it, and either they give it back to you, or they confirm it's not a bug. Win-win!

At least 3 UP where lost in the same way, and returned by FD.
It seems you've missed some posts. Reasonable.

 

[Sterlino]

meanwhile my internet connection today is turned 'OFF' (at the moment i am using a flying usb mobile thingy for emergency)
i had an idea about the UP message.


probably is not a complicated thing as i thought.
maybe it's an easy one ?

please someone who has an UP try this:

1 - fire a ray of 'recharge shields'' (or another kind of ray of the engineer's mods) to the UP
2 - raise (or drop) your shields (or maybe it means that the ray you must shoot is the 'recharge shields' mod)
3 - honk
4 - this is the most unrecognizable sign of the whole message. may be it means: 'land' or 'scoop the up'.

pity i have not an UP to try it myself.
and pity we are unable to find an UP free in space atm.

good luck cmdrs. i hope to continue the search within some hours (if my provider will solve the connection problems)

Cmdr Sterlino signing off

 

[Xenia_K]

short question to the cracks
Has Sterope 2 a black hole ?

 

[rizal72]

Just noise theory but maybe lower right is distance from Merope star to 5c (A).

And lower left is the distance to a theorized "in Merope shell" 4xA.

So 4 x the distance from Merope to Merope 5C.

Spoiler

http://i.imgur.com/Z2fMrPl.png

Am at work so can't explore in game for a good few hours.

Ok sure (A) will change due to 5c orbitting 5, but maybe this range is the depth of the shell!

SO to summarize, shell will be found at 4 x Merope 5's orbital radius, and the shell depth will be 2x Merope 5c's orbital radius around Merope 5. =p

or not...

Yes, something like this... Or similar

 

[bmwalter68]

Just out of curiosity, is there a possibility that free-floating UP's are not in signal sources at all? Or at least not in Anomaly signal sources? Could they be in the cargo holds of pirate ships for example, or just free-floating above a planet or star outside of OC? I guess the reason I'm asking is that we seem to have made an implicit assumption that we're looking for USS to find free-floating UP's and I'm wondering if that's really the case.

Also, my understanding is that some UA could be found on planet surfaces, correct? MB has said that UA/UP is solvable with 1.6, so we've sort of fixated on USS as their source. What if the convoys are the method for 1.6 folks to obtain UP, but the easiest/best way to find them is on planet surfaces?

 

[Allant Doran]

Just want to give everyone a gentle reminder. Gamescom is tomorrow and, depending on what announcements we get over the next few days, this topic could potentially become nigh-impossible to follow. Hopefully it is not the case and moderators can manage off-topic chat but be wary

 

[bitstorm]

Imagine if Frontier have a life sized UA (they look better than UP's) at Gamescom.

 

[Han_Zen]

Several people have tried. I went to about 700kls at less than 100c so I would spot any signals.
It is entirely logical that the UP are designed to operate within the Merope system, but :
a) That doesnt mean they are found there
b) Since when has the application of logic to any of the clues found anything ?

There is still the possibility that there is a shell around Merope 5C, but we have searched in the wrong way.

As I have said before I don't think the UP is transmitting unless it is close to a planet.

The idea is: No Planet -> No Howls/lights -> No USS.

This would mean that the UPs are only possible to find when a planet in the Merope system, intersects with the theoretical UP shell.

M5A, M5B and M6 would be the candidates that intersects with a shell of the right size, relatively frequently.

 

[DialBforBiscuit]

I'm still leaning towards the left-hand image (with the little 'spaceship') being a system map... of Merope?
Is the Spaceship over Merope 1 or 2?

If you're talking about the big box with the angles above, that could be Merope 3B. There's 3 big Arcs (main bodies) before it and two small dashes on either side of it.