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

PeachingTony

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Edelgard von Rhein said:
During my recent journey back from the Rift (I stopped off at the Heart Nebula and then set a direct course for the bubble), I noticed a group of eight extremely bright stars that were visible for well over a thousand light years to my starboard side (NGC 7822 was on my port side). They were well above the Galactic Plane, at least as high as NGC 7822, and as I passed NGC 7822 they were in almost the opposite direction: I tried to find them on the Galaxy Map but no luck (yet). I'm guessing that they are a non-procedural star cluster but I'm not sure what is in that region, whether I would have been able to reach them or (less likely) whether they might be something we have to watch out for related to the Rift mystery. For reference, my waypoint systems on the way back closest to this cluster were HEGUA BA-A G9, HEGEIA BN-R C18-6 and OUTORST TC-V D2-3 (I might also have just been able to see them from an earlier waypoint, GLUDGOEA TL-T C17-27). Has anyone identified them or been there? (I guess they are 4-5KLY from Sol; I think my distance from them as I passed by was no closer than 1KLY).
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Also saw them doing the H&S / EAFOTS trip a couple of weeks ago, made my way there, nothing particular of note, similar area to NGC 7822, smaller number of black holes.
 

Masheikh Scytale

Banned
Masheikh Scytale
JynxTheMerc said:
Were it not for my almost squirrel like attention span...I would take off in a hunt just because of what you just said.

Regardless, I gotta say.
This is the first game I've played where hundreds of players have searched for a hidden thing to such a degree.
Kudos :)
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FDevs are masters in the art of keeping a large player base busy running after their tails, all of them in "one and a half inch depth". (The "half inch" being this Formidine hype.) Does the interested player base decrease ? Drop some gibberish in GalNet and here they are back whirling all around like flies, taking bugs for clues and clues for bugs. "Refining" they call it.
 

[Diplomacy] Carnegie

[Diplomacy] Carnegie
Masheikh Scytale said:
FDevs are masters in the art of keeping a large player base busy running after their tails, all of them in "one and a half inch depth". (The "half inch" being this Formidine hype.) Does the interested player base decrease ? Drop some gibberish in GalNet and here they are back whirling all around like flies, taking bugs for clues and clues for bugs. "Refining" they call it.
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Does somebody need a hug? [heart]
 

Sgt.Barnes

Sgt.Barnes
Zeeman said:
Whilst I do believe you're right, I think that in game, it's a nebula. I am going to have a bit of a toy around with the theory, my plan is to head out as far as I can to the rim, then turn around, slid emy "cargo slider" to max, and come back slowly with smaller jumps, effectively checking my six all the way back to the bubble.

Z...
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And with "Nebula" in mind have you considered adding the Veil Nebula to your list of suspect nebula ? Line them up from the Rift and see what happens ?
 

Cpt.Bilsn

Cpt.Bilsn
DrewCarnegie said:
Don't worry Drew, we'll figure it out - despite all the evidence to the contrary.

Of course, you might need to 'refine' things down to a set of coordinates posted on Galnet. I figure we'll get it on the second, maybe third, repetition ;)
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You mean after we try to reference them to Greek mythology, Bible and Reclamation, translate them to Morse, use them as the key for spectrograph of 'My Heart and Soul' song and try to use them as a pattern for tinfoil hats?
 
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MarktJones

MarktJones
I've been floating around between the Heart and Soul nebulas for a few weeks trying to find USS. So far they've all been destroyed craft with small/large survey cache to scoop. I'm hoping there's a small chance of finding something more interesting and I've just got to keep hitting them. I'm sure other people have already tried to do this. I just wanted to try and be part of the cool gang.
 

Darth_Angelus

Darth_Angelus
Has anyone seen anything like these before? I can't say that I have but then I don't normally fly close enough to planets I can't land on to see details like this.

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Just about every planet in this system I'm in has them and they seem a bit odd. The planets I can land on don't have them, so it's hard to get a closer look. They stand out, but I'm not sure they stand out enough. I'd have thought if we found something, it would be a little more obvious we had, even if it was just something we can look at from.

I did sign into the 2.2 beta (where I'm back in the Bubble) and couldn't find anything like them. Checked a few systems.
 
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Zeeman

Zeeman
Sgt.Barnes said:
And with "Nebula" in mind have you considered adding the Veil Nebula to your list of suspect nebula ? Line them up from the Rift and see what happens ?
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Sadly, no, have not had a chance to get in game for quite a few days now. Probably tomorrow night whilst I'm waiting for my flight...

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Darth_Angelus said:
Has anyone seen anything like these before? I can't say that I have but then I don't normally fly close enough to planets I can't land on to see details like this.

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Just about every planet in this system I'm in has them and they seem a bit odd. The planets I can land on don't have them, so it's hard to get a closer look. They stand out, but I'm not sure they stand out enough. I'd have thought if we found something, it would be a little more obvious we had, even if it was just something we can look at from.

I did sign into the 2.2 beta (where I'm back in the Bubble) and couldn't find anything like them. Checked a few systems.
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Yup, seen plenty of those. Fairly common on HMC's.

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Jaiotu

Jaiotu
Darth_Angelus said:
Has anyone seen anything like these before? I can't say that I have but then I don't normally fly close enough to planets I can't land on to see details like this.

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Just about every planet in this system I'm in has them and they seem a bit odd. The planets I can land on don't have them, so it's hard to get a closer look. They stand out, but I'm not sure they stand out enough. I'd have thought if we found something, it would be a little more obvious we had, even if it was just something we can look at from.

I did sign into the 2.2 beta (where I'm back in the Bubble) and couldn't find anything like them. Checked a few systems.
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Is it possible to visit the same system in 2.1 and compare the two planets?

Personally it just looks like impact craters.
 

IliteratSqirel

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Darth_Angelus said:
Has anyone seen anything like these before? I can't say that I have but then I don't normally fly close enough to planets I can't land on to see details like this.

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Just about every planet in this system I'm in has them and they seem a bit odd. The planets I can land on don't have them, so it's hard to get a closer look. They stand out, but I'm not sure they stand out enough. I'd have thought if we found something, it would be a little more obvious we had, even if it was just something we can look at from.

I did sign into the 2.2 beta (where I'm back in the Bubble) and couldn't find anything like them. Checked a few systems.
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I've seen the same inside the bubble, and I'm on 2.1

And yes, it was on a non-landable HMC
 
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Astirian

Astirian
Still in the core, following the whims of my space madness, about to head down to Odin's Wisdom. I discovered this system on the way, before getting side-tracked by civil war; Lalande 4141.

Could be nothing, maybe an Easter Egg?

Another system with a terraformed world and an ammonia-oxygen planet with carbon-ammonia based life (is that even possible by the way?). Two water giants (with ammonia).

Anyway the interesting thing is the name of the terraformed world, "Nahtanoj", Jonathan backwards. And its station: 4A504D. Maybe reversed, D405A4 means something to someone? My mind is screaming co-ordinates at me. Best I can do so far is 13895076 converted from hex (I'm horrendous at ciphers). That ammonia-oxygen world is 4141 4, a palindrome.


Click this if you're interested in padded cell levels of tinfoil:
P.S: Are angels involved/important? Didn't Halsey mention them at some point?
P.P.S: Wuthielo Ku Froth is prohibited at the station, I've seen this also at Nyx B 4's station, an ammonia world that's a candidate for terraforming.

I, for one, welcome our new Frogspawn alien overlords.

- CMDR. Astirian
 

Azernak

Azernak
For some reason i think we may be over thinking this.

The biggest clues im looking at are the ship that made the original trip and where we think it is. Assuming we are in the right spot.

I don't think its just getting across the rift, i think its about getting across in the right spot.

I've followed this for over a year, but sparsely. And honestly there isn't much that has changed from what i can tell.

Sometimes going back to the beginning, and looking at the first clues is the best solution to the problem. Because from what I can tell, everything we've needed is already here. We have probably a few days to do this before they drop anymore clues/hints seeing how i doubt any new info comes out before 2.2. the best we may get is a few days out they may drop some info.

But honestly in most cases the simplest solution is the correct solution. So the original (Known 100% for sure) trip was made in a clipper (thanks zeeman for the info). So pretty much our first problem is finding a route, across the rift that would allow for that. If you do that it should pretty much put you where you need to be.

Remember your first clues are the base, the rest are just built upon that. So don't let knew clues overpower the old ones.
 
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Zeeman

Zeeman
Clipper, not cutter. It was named as a Courier in the book, but I remember Drew saying it wasactually a Clipper (based on the description of the ship and size).

Totally agree with the overthinking bit...
Astirian said:
Ammonia world - terraform able
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Eh? Is it a proper ammonia wold that is TFC? Or just has an ammonia atmosphere?

I've never seen a TFC AW - and I've seen a lot of AW's....

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Siranui

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Astirian said:
Could be nothing, maybe an Easter Egg?
Anyway the interesting thing is the name of the terraformed world, "Nahtanoj", Jonathan backwards. And its station: 4A504D. Maybe reversed, D405A4 means something to someone? My mind is screaming co-ordinates at me. Best I can do so far is 13895076 converted from hex (I'm horrendous at ciphers). That ammonia-oxygen world is 4141 4, a palindrome.
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D405A4
Apart from being Hex, not much. I note that it is a rather vibrant pink as a colour code.
Oh, and in Unix, it's a datestamp: 10/6/1970, 19:34.36 GMT/Zulu

4A504D on the other hand, is grey. And in Unix terms would be 26/2/1970 08:50:21 GMT/Zulu

So it does sound rather like an Easter Egg, if it is a name and a date: Someone's birthday (they'd be 45), or perhaps a memorial.

There was also a vampire film called 'Jonathan' released in 1970. IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065917/

Very interesting

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terranblade said:
But honestly in most cases the simplest solution is the correct solution. So the original (Known 100% for sure) trip was made in a clipper (thanks zeeman for the info). So pretty much our first problem is finding a route, across the rift that would allow for that. If you do that it should pretty much put you where you need to be.
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Remember that we are only 'broadly correct' in geographically placing the Rift. Finding a start point for such a route is part of the difficulty.
 
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