So you want to know about the Formidine Rift? (Part 3)

Legacy_LuckyLuke

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Legacy_LuckyLuke
IliteratSqirel said:
Question (probably to LuckyLuke and most of the regulars): is it worth approaching our research in a similar way the Canonn have been doing with the UP? Can I suggest we use a section on the first page of this thread to post hypotheses in the following form:

Hypothesis: [hypothesis description]
Testing activities: [steps to be taken to confirm or disprove the hypothesis]
Results: [description of results that lead to the conclusion below]
Hypothesis status: confirmed / rejected / open

Hypothesis: Rho Cassiopeiae holds IT
Testing activities: Go to Rho Cassiopeiae
Results: CMDR turkwinif went to Rho Cassiopeiae. Remarkable system and hard to get to, but no obvious IT
Hypothesis status: rejected

Hypothesis: Whatever Rebecca found on the NEAR side of the Rift was forced to retreat to the FAR side of the Rift
Testing activities: [to be suggested]
Results: tbd
Hypothesis status: open
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Hey I just saw this. Great idea ... And you'll see I already reserved the fifth OP exactly for this purpose when I set up the thread ;)

I'll add those two above. Thanks for the prompt :)

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Jaiotu said:
I doubt it would be easy to track the Formidine Rift mystery the same way as the Canonn do their experiments with the UP. The Canonn are familiar with their subjects: the Barnacles, the Probes, the Artifacts. They have subjects that they can perform experiments on.
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True ... But there are a few obvious things that we could list out in this way that might be a little easier to keep track of. It was my intention way back when but I never got around to it :)
 
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FuriousMeow

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Looking back at the Galactic Core with H&S on the right from PHOI AESCS. It sure does appear to just "hang there" but of course that really doesn't mean much since it can hang there from many different places.

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Looking through the info so far, I still can't get even a hint as to a small part of what could be noticed so far.

Constellations/star maps? But then they change drastically based on location.

I'm at a part in the rift where stars really thin out, the next closest hop in the direction out through the rift was only .20LY out of range. I was at 35.25 at min fuel for a jump and it was 35.46 away. Just keeps happening. I also thought I had more jump boost but apparently not, just 1 jump boost in synthesis. I really thought I had at least 4. I did some upgrades to other systems on my primary "bubble bird" just before getting the "rift raft" so maybe I burned through some elements I had for the upgrades that could be used to synth jump boosts.
 
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BluWolve

BluWolve
Also just an update on my progress trying to get into a permit locked planet in Diso if any were interested-

After further investigation the planet with the permit lock has one surface installation, controlling faction is Crimson State Limited. They are an Alliance faction and have a strong presence in Diso, so I have been building up my rep with them to see if it will lead to a permit.

It may turn out to be nothing of interest, but I will continue along this course of investigation until I get a permit or max out my rep with the faction, whichever comes first. As i am doing this i am at the same time working towards complete access to engineer facilities.

Which ones you ask? All of them. Full access to everywhere is my goal, but i have a particular interest in the engineers, their histories and their motives.

This is dangerous ground i am treading, working all sides to gain as much information as i can. Stronger, more well equipped ships have been tracking me, attempting to send me to the void. As of yet they haven't been successful. Better pilots, with Master and Dangerous ratings, pulling some fancy flying but nothing me and Aurelia cant handle.

Well, except that one Elite ranked combateer flying an Annie... Almost spaced us in Sol, but almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. Managed to wake out with 30% hull integrity, I barely had time to do anything else. I was not prepared, they got the better of me, but I live to fly another day.

I am still an independent commander with no actual ties to any faction or power. I don't trust any of them, don't reckon I ever will. My only loyalties are to understanding the cosmos, the pursuit of knowledge, and freedom of choice. Any force that opposes these key values will never be worthy of my allegiance, my trust or my respect.

Fly safe o7
 
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Zyrr

Zyrr
Wow, that's a lot of posts I missed. Didn't think I was away for that long. Anyways - a thought I had in regards to search methods, spurred in part by LL's recollection a few pages back.

As mentioned before, it's been implied or outright stated that finding "it" depends on who is looking, as well as the number of people looking, and that people may have seen it and not realised. I would suggest that group searches share and compare all data in real time - discovery scanner results, galactic and system maps, et cetera. It's very possible that what we're looking for isn't an individual "it" but a multitude of "its", and whatever it may be can be observed or discovered from more than one galactic location.

It might even be pertinent to livestream group searches from multiple perspectives to allow other players to do so as well; more heads put together for a task the better.
 

Helfar

Helfar
Eisen said:
I'm proud to announce that the Children of Raxxla are hosting a joint operation to finally uncover the mystery.
Now that we have EAFOTS as a big hint we have worked on a procedure to explore that sector more profoundly and organized than before. CMDR Jackie Silver shared his knowledge about proc-gen of Sectors with us and helped us to create a spreadsheet that will enable us to distribute and monitor the work on sector-exploration. While we might not be able to explore all >400.000 systems in this sector we will have much better chances to find what is supposedly hidden there.
We invite everybody to join our efforts and sign up for the Formidin Rift Expediton 3302.
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Will be glad to assist, especially as I am already in the neighbourhood. I just hope I can stand another 6 weeks without restocking my drinks cabinet(only planned to be out here for a few days and am now over 2 weeks. This has lead to me now having to drink recyc, and those Fed beers were already like water originally)
 

Jorki Rasalas

Jorki Rasalas
Commander Mike said:
Makes me glad I'm enroute without having stripped my hardpoints... Though how far I'll get is debatable!
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If it's Thargoids and they use beam weapons (can't remember where I remember that from!) then they are likely to be resistant to beam weapons, so outfit with ECM & explosive weapons??

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LuckyLuke said:
Hey I just saw this. Great idea ... And you'll see I already reserved the fifth OP exactly for this purpose when I set up the thread ;)

I'll add those two above. Thanks for the prompt :)

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True ... But there are a few obvious things that we could list out in this way that might be a little easier to keep track of. It was my intention way back when but I never got around to it :)
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We just have on the UA/UP thread a link to a spreadsheet that itemises the test requested, if it's been done, the results etc. Easy done
 

Siranui

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Interesting ammonia-based breakthroughs in the UA thread.


I came across a gas giant in the Rift with 'carbon *and* ammonia based life' yesterday. I cannot remember if I have seen that before, or if the text for all ammonia-based life gas giants states 'carbon and ammonia'.
 

SpocksOddSocks

SpocksOddSocks
Siranui said:
Interesting ammonia-based breakthroughs in the UA thread.


I came across a gas giant in the Rift with 'carbon *and* ammonia based life' yesterday. I cannot remember if I have seen that before, or if the text for all ammonia-based life gas giants states 'carbon and ammonia'.
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Yes as far as I remember any planet with life shows the description as "Carbon-Ammonia" or "Carbon-Water".
 

evaldo10

evaldo10
Siranui said:
Interesting ammonia-based breakthroughs in the UA thread.


I came across a gas giant in the Rift with 'carbon *and* ammonia based life' yesterday. I cannot remember if I have seen that before, or if the text for all ammonia-based life gas giants states 'carbon and ammonia'.
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They vary. I've found 3 around Eafots and Myoidee with Carbon-Ammonia and others that are just Ammonia.

The interesting one I found had seas of blood red.

Ive been following Ammonia planets like bread crumbs as its the only noticable thing to go on.

The area they seem to be more prominent Ive found is along the Eafots/Myoidee border.

Not sure what else to look for.

Im also trying to cross the rift in a Cobra mk3 with a jump range of 28ly. Im trying to approach it by doing what she did. The rift is pretty hard to get across and full of dead ends but I still think out there is one pathway across that is significant.
 

Cmdr Hukka

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evaldo10 said:
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The area they seem to be more prominent Ive found is along the Eafots/Myoidee border.

Not sure what else to look for.

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I noticed this too. There were a lot of planets with biospheres, and also a lot of systems with several different kinds of life-harboring planets. I did not have enough time to see if there was a pattern, but it definitely seemed like the frequency of those worlds was far above normal out there.

This of course is anecdotal, but it seems to me the EAFOTS - MYOIDEE border region could be worth a more systematic search.
 
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Siranui

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Cmdr Hukka said:
I noticed this too. There were a lot of planets with biospheres, and also a lot of systems with several different kinds of life-harboring planets. I did not have enough time to see if there was a pattern, but it definitely seemed like the frequency of those worlds was far above normal out there.
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Ok: not just me, then.

I anecdotally noted a higher than average number of biospheres and water worlds along this border in sparce areas of space, as opposed to being in the middle of EAFOTS. I assumed it was perception bias or just probability variance. it still could be of course, or even perhaps a glitch in the procedural generation.
 

Macros Black

Macros Black
drew said:
You may want to ensure you have a 'Sol' Permit in the next couple of months.

Cheers,

Drew.
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I don't think it's fair that SOL will be moved to the Formidine Rift, not fair at all. I like it where it is.

Also I'm currently at Jaques, please move SOL to Jaques instead.
 
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Jpotter

Jpotter
drew said:
You may want to ensure you have a 'Sol' Permit in the next couple of months.

Cheers,

Drew.
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But what good will my Sol permit do out here in the rift?

A couple months should be 2.2 - can we dump unruly CMDRs in the Rift? Does the rift want a sacrifice from Earth?!

I know I can hear it talking to me and I'm starting to see things. I saw my cell phone interstellar radio mysteriously start to spin on my desk helm last night out of the corner of my eye when lurking about the rift. Strange things afoot.
 
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