In any other thread, a mod would be along to remind us to stay on topic - I think they've been told to steer clear of this one.
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They leave the crazy people alone in their corner.
So you want to know about the Formidine Rift? (Part 3)
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They leave the crazy people alone in their corner.
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They'll be sorry when we run out of tinfoil.
I thing a part of the reason is, our mystery is so vague that we could be discussing the impact of seasonal trout migration in Canada on local political situation in Nigeria and it's correlation with the number of drunken bear fights in Severogorsk (but only during second full moon in month) and nobody would be any wiser that we are not talking on topic
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I thing a part of the reason is, our mystery is so vague that we could be discussing the impact of seasonal trout migration in Canada on local political situation in Nigeria and it's correlation with the number of drunken bear fights in Severogorsk (but only during second full moon in month) and nobody would be any wiser that we are not talking on topic
Good gord that's the cypher!! What does right on commander mean if put thru an alaskan Salmon migration algorithm ??
I jest, of course. It's a fine point. It is indeed vague, and that is both the attraction and the revulsion
Sorry to not snip the quote, but I am functioning purely on mobile and it's so much hassle you wouldn't believe.
No the quote about octagonal ships and graveyards doesn't come from the Old lady, its musing of old admiral about (unrelated) things he saw in life designed as flavour text for kickstarter (iirc, later appearing in the Dark wheel), so it's very probably not a clue.
It turns up every few tenths of pages regardles
OK, thought as much, will snip it from my theories.
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In any other thread, a mod would be along to remind us to stay on topic - I think they've been told to steer clear of this one.
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In a bid to revert things to topic, I'm going to say the word "Phoenix" again, in the hope that somebody else (other than @Matzov) is wondering about it.
Im looking into it but the scope is so wide. Its so generic but in this search you just never know
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Some diligent Googling resulted in finding that it's part of the Children of Raxxla player group back-story.
Looks like it's a nod to that, rather than being a clue in itself.
If you are referring to the Thargoids as the object of our attempt to commit genocide then you are only part right. Aparently the colonists of Capital in the Achenar system succeeded in their genocide of an aparently primitive, yet sentient, species.
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Find anything interesting?
Wait... I've figured it out.
We need McGyver, with chewing gum and a bottle of ammonia!
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...the Formidine Rift itself disappeared and its memory soon passed into the obscurity of legend.
In these enlightened days of course, no one believes a word of it.
In these enlightened days of course, no one believes a word of it.
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I found an Earth Like World and a water world orbiting each other with a terraformable world one orbit away in the Rift. That was pretty cool. I've come across a couple Earth Like Worlds in the Rift over the past few nights. I'm further into it than where I was last checking out but others had already come across them, this one with the water world was undiscovered so far. Just surprised to find so many ELWs out here.
Also, I'm not sure how this could be done in-game if it is possible maybe redirecting my ship while in witch space but I was several hours of game play in and was getting tired so my mind probably just clunked out, but there was a Neutron star system out there that only had 1 star system beyond in a branch off the main branch of linked star systems I could jump so it wasn't a central star but I made several jumps in different directions and finding branches of unexplored star systems I swear weren't there previously or I had actually passed through and scanned but several times I jumped in to a star system to have to immediately cut throttle and maneuver because that Neutron star was right there almost like I kept getting redirected to it while in witch space. I'm 99% sure FDev haven't programmed anything like that, so I chalked it up to "multi-jump psychosis" made two more jumps and called it a night.
Also, I'm not sure how this could be done in-game if it is possible maybe redirecting my ship while in witch space but I was several hours of game play in and was getting tired so my mind probably just clunked out, but there was a Neutron star system out there that only had 1 star system beyond in a branch off the main branch of linked star systems I could jump so it wasn't a central star but I made several jumps in different directions and finding branches of unexplored star systems I swear weren't there previously or I had actually passed through and scanned but several times I jumped in to a star system to have to immediately cut throttle and maneuver because that Neutron star was right there almost like I kept getting redirected to it while in witch space. I'm 99% sure FDev haven't programmed anything like that, so I chalked it up to "multi-jump psychosis" made two more jumps and called it a night.
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This is CMDR Gorm De Gamle reporting from the far side of the Heisenberg Bridge.
After months of travel behind the rift it is finally time to head home now.
Unfortunately I did not find anything suspicious during my time out here.
Is there some kind of consensus where to sell the collected exploration data?
Anyway - I'm curious how it will be back in the bubble.
I heard a new kind of guys and gals have appeared and they are called "The Engineers".
Maybe I should visit one of them and see what they can do to the modules oh my trusty Diamondback Explorer called "Prince"...?
CMDR Gorm De Gamle out-
After months of travel behind the rift it is finally time to head home now.
Unfortunately I did not find anything suspicious during my time out here.
Is there some kind of consensus where to sell the collected exploration data?
Anyway - I'm curious how it will be back in the bubble.
I heard a new kind of guys and gals have appeared and they are called "The Engineers".
Maybe I should visit one of them and see what they can do to the modules oh my trusty Diamondback Explorer called "Prince"...?
CMDR Gorm De Gamle out-
Theres an exploration community goal in the Pleiades, although I'm not sure if you'll make it back in time.
Yes, I've heard of them. They are good but they are always asking for things, the rarer the better. Maybe they can help you to turn "Prince" a bit more funky...
This, pretty much.
Depending ont he size of your data stash, stop selling once you hit L5, and spread the love, getting yourself some system permits...
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It's not a symptom of your psychosis it's the route plotter. It gets that way in areas with sparse stars. You think you're jumping to that last star on a route branch, get there and find you now have four routes leading off from it and the route pattern you were following is gone and nothing looks the same. I wish we had a click box for intensive routing within 100 lyrs or a setting for how hard we want it to work.
Today I have attempted to retrace Salome's route from Tionisla to Cemiess. Since Economical routing should be the same for everyone, this was what I used, since I have no idea what her ship's jump range was to check fastest route options. Furthermore, it is possible that she might use Economical routing if she was not in a hurry - and she did stop off somewhere to make her discovery, which people don't do if they are just jumping and scooping to reach their destination asap. Otherwise, it is very difficult to envisage Salome's mindset as to what she would explore and why.
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The detailed results:
As you can see, there's not a lot to investigate on this route. Only one uninhabited system has landable planets (Crucis Sector HH-M a7-0, where everything is landable and icy). Except for terraformed planets, there are few life-bearing planets and all are gas giants. There are no local Galnet articles of note except at Tionisla and Cemiess. There are some stations in odd orbits (I wonder if the one in Condovichs might be orbiting a comet?) but these are hardly likely to be related to a mystery connecting the Rift to other regions of the galaxy.
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My guess is this is either just a storyline thread that we are meant to investigate after 2.2 when the pieces are in place, or else the pieces are already in place but there's still plenty of unexplored acres on the landables present in which to hide it and it needs silly resources of commander time and luck to find it - there's no knowing where Salome might have landed, or why (never mind how contrived it would be that she just stumbles on this stuff - maybe a tip-off mission, otherwise it would be astronomically unlikely to just land next to the 'it' that she found).
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Good luck to anyone else looking in this region!
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The detailed results:
system; landed/docked at; oddities/notes; local Galnet messages ('Herald')
Tionisla: Brett High (Orbis); Brett High has Industrial economy, despite being the only large station of an Earth-like World (terraformed); Children of Raxxla messages (15+19 AUG)/ Buckyball Racing Club event Old Worlds Hustle (21 JUN)
Crucis Sector JX-T b3-3; no stations or landables;;
Crucis Sector JX-T b3-0; no stations or landables;;
Qube; no stations or landables;;
Crucis Sector FW-W c1-25; no stations or landables;;
Nanditi; Hale Orbital (Coriolis);; none
Nyanktona; Mackellar Dock (Ocellus);; none
LTT 5373; no stations or landables;;
Ansuz; Gantt Colony (Civilian Outpost); good prices for stocked superconductors/metals; none
Tangkan; Alcala Retreat (Industrial Outpost);; none
DON 680; Shukor Terminal (Industrial Outpost);; none
Crucis Sector OI-T b3-2; no stations or landables;;
Crucis Sector GH-M a7-0; no stations or landables;;
Crucis Sector HH-M a7-0; landed 1a, no stations present ; all bodies landable;
Crucis Sector IC-M a7-1; no stations or landables;;
Crucis Sector JC-M a7-0; no stations or landables;;
Yen Hsin; Haipeng Depot (Industrial Outpost); station orbits the star directly (star has no planets); none
CD-82 331; Lee Dock (Coriolis); 'orange' station interior; none
Tjalalang; Gotz Dock (Coriolis); station orbits the star directly (star has no planets); none
Vadimo; Sikorsky Station (Coriolis); planet 2 is gas giant with ammonia-based life; none
Shui Wei Sector GM-V c2-14;;;(forgot to note: probably nothing but the star, will check and edit when next in-game)
Muspell; Nelson Landing (Industrial Outpost); planet 2 is gas giant with water-based life; none
Shui Wei Sector MI-S b4-3; no stations or landables;;
Sorbago; Hencke Orbital (Coriolis);; none
Egovae; Endate Market (Orbis); Egovae 2(HMC) is being terraformed; none
Firdaus; Robert Aitken Orbital (Coriolis); station in *very* low orbit of gas giant!; none
Textovices; Bok Hub (Industrial Outpost);; none
Condovichs; Walters Port (Coriolis); station orbits nothing? (system view shows it orbits star, which has asteroid belt only, no planets); none
ICZ FW-V b2-7; no stations or landables;;
Cemiess: Mackenzie Relay (Orbis); station announcer apologised for lockdown!; messages from Radio Sidewinder and Children of Raxxla about Salome (5 SEPT, 30 AUG, 24 AUG), one about Emperor's Dawn's links with Patreus' assassination attempt (22 AUG)
Tionisla: Brett High (Orbis); Brett High has Industrial economy, despite being the only large station of an Earth-like World (terraformed); Children of Raxxla messages (15+19 AUG)/ Buckyball Racing Club event Old Worlds Hustle (21 JUN)
Crucis Sector JX-T b3-3; no stations or landables;;
Crucis Sector JX-T b3-0; no stations or landables;;
Qube; no stations or landables;;
Crucis Sector FW-W c1-25; no stations or landables;;
Nanditi; Hale Orbital (Coriolis);; none
Nyanktona; Mackellar Dock (Ocellus);; none
LTT 5373; no stations or landables;;
Ansuz; Gantt Colony (Civilian Outpost); good prices for stocked superconductors/metals; none
Tangkan; Alcala Retreat (Industrial Outpost);; none
DON 680; Shukor Terminal (Industrial Outpost);; none
Crucis Sector OI-T b3-2; no stations or landables;;
Crucis Sector GH-M a7-0; no stations or landables;;
Crucis Sector HH-M a7-0; landed 1a, no stations present ; all bodies landable;
Crucis Sector IC-M a7-1; no stations or landables;;
Crucis Sector JC-M a7-0; no stations or landables;;
Yen Hsin; Haipeng Depot (Industrial Outpost); station orbits the star directly (star has no planets); none
CD-82 331; Lee Dock (Coriolis); 'orange' station interior; none
Tjalalang; Gotz Dock (Coriolis); station orbits the star directly (star has no planets); none
Vadimo; Sikorsky Station (Coriolis); planet 2 is gas giant with ammonia-based life; none
Shui Wei Sector GM-V c2-14;;;(forgot to note: probably nothing but the star, will check and edit when next in-game)
Muspell; Nelson Landing (Industrial Outpost); planet 2 is gas giant with water-based life; none
Shui Wei Sector MI-S b4-3; no stations or landables;;
Sorbago; Hencke Orbital (Coriolis);; none
Egovae; Endate Market (Orbis); Egovae 2(HMC) is being terraformed; none
Firdaus; Robert Aitken Orbital (Coriolis); station in *very* low orbit of gas giant!; none
Textovices; Bok Hub (Industrial Outpost);; none
Condovichs; Walters Port (Coriolis); station orbits nothing? (system view shows it orbits star, which has asteroid belt only, no planets); none
ICZ FW-V b2-7; no stations or landables;;
Cemiess: Mackenzie Relay (Orbis); station announcer apologised for lockdown!; messages from Radio Sidewinder and Children of Raxxla about Salome (5 SEPT, 30 AUG, 24 AUG), one about Emperor's Dawn's links with Patreus' assassination attempt (22 AUG)
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My guess is this is either just a storyline thread that we are meant to investigate after 2.2 when the pieces are in place, or else the pieces are already in place but there's still plenty of unexplored acres on the landables present in which to hide it and it needs silly resources of commander time and luck to find it - there's no knowing where Salome might have landed, or why (never mind how contrived it would be that she just stumbles on this stuff - maybe a tip-off mission, otherwise it would be astronomically unlikely to just land next to the 'it' that she found).
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Good luck to anyone else looking in this region!
I tried the same thing a week or two ago, stopped at all the stations and checked out galnet. Didn't find anything, course don't know what I am looking for so I could have found it and not known.