Signal Sources 8,000 Ly from Sol?

Pete

Pete
Hi,

I've been away for a long time, but since coming back to the game (away since just after v1.3, and came back just after v2.1) I have been slowly wending my way back to inhabited space.

After weeks of finding nothing but stars, planets, moons, and asteroids, I have just stumbled across several signal sources, which became "Degraded emissions detected [Threat 0]", which then became a shredded ship and a canister of "Small Data Survey Cache".
I found 2 in one system, then 1 in a second system...both systems near to each other and about 8,000 Ly from Sol.

Is this normal? Have updated that I missed started spawning signal sources that far from Sol? Or is this something I should investigate a little more in detail?
I've been hopping through the nearest systems to see if I can find more - so far just those two systems appear to have signal sources...

-- Pete.
 

PavelKCZ

PavelKCZ
Yes, it is normal :(

First time I saw this, I thought "WOW, it must be something special...". But no, there is nothing special in the wast space of the Galaxy :(

Maybe, just maybe, those USS 10.000 LYs from bubble are placeholders for something what will be implemented later, but personally, I do not believe it.
 

Pete

Pete
Wow - then I'm really surprised I haven't seen any up until now. I've been through over a thousand systems since I came back to the game, and these are the first ones I've seen...so I am thinking that maybe I've just drifted "within range" of inhabited space where the signal sources start happening.

I guess I can ditch the cannisters then, the last thing I want is to get shot up for smuggling before I get to sell my data!!

-- Pete.
 

PavelKCZ

PavelKCZ
Pete said:
Wow - then I'm really surprised I haven't seen any up until now. I've been through over a thousand systems since I came back to the game, and these are the first ones I've seen...so I am thinking that maybe I've just drifted "within range" of inhabited space where the signal sources start happening.

I guess I can ditch the cannisters then, the last thing I want is to get shot up for smuggling before I get to sell my data!!

-- Pete.
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Yes, there is some limit of distance from bubble. When I was travelling to Jaques, I spotted those USS somewhere between 7.000 -10.000 LYs (approximately). When I was let's say 15.000 LYs from bubble, I never saw any USS.

P.S. And yes, I also ejected those canisters :)
 
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dynamicbob

Banned
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x distance from sol u wont find any signal sourc3es in the jaques system

i believe the x most distant from sol that has been reported to date is 12000ly or so for data caches
 

Pete

Pete
Okay - well thanks for the info! That'll save me hours of trying to investigate where the USS are coming from... :)

-- Pete.
 

Jmanis

Jmanis
Pete said:
Hi,

I've been away for a long time, but since coming back to the game (away since just after v1.3, and came back just after v2.1) I have been slowly wending my way back to inhabited space.

After weeks of finding nothing but stars, planets, moons, and asteroids, I have just stumbled across several signal sources, which became "Degraded emissions detected [Threat 0]", which then became a shredded ship and a canister of "Small Data Survey Cache".
I found 2 in one system, then 1 in a second system...both systems near to each other and about 8,000 Ly from Sol.

Is this normal? Have updated that I missed started spawning signal sources that far from Sol? Or is this something I should investigate a little more in detail?
I've been hopping through the nearest systems to see if I can find more - so far just those two systems appear to have signal sources...

-- Pete.
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Yup, normal.

USS used to spawn more frequently outside the bubble, but this wasn't too immersive having little outposts and stuff 20,000+ly away from habited space. Unfortunately it got replaced with a whole lot of not much, other than the occasional degraded thing you found with small/large exploration caches :/
 

CHOPP3R

CHOPP3R
I'd be wary of bringing them back too. They are worth very little (I always thought they'd make more sense adding to your exploration rank rather than just giving you a few credits) and aren't worth the added risk of being interdicted on your way home by some wingnut NPC that has a thing for floppy disks in a cargo canister.
 
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