Alien archeology and other mysteries: Thread 9 - The Canonn

[Charles Erika von Hackbeil]

I don't know the age. I just assume that our scanners have some indication, as they are labeling the objects as ancient. Per definition, belonging to the very distant past.

You are right, of course. The word ancient should say it all. I just wonder why our ship computer already knew about it...

 

[Deedrix]

The items have stopped spawning for several people on multiples instances.

 

[Han_Zen]

You are right, of course. The word ancient should say it all. I just wonder why our ship computer already knew about it...

Perhaps our scanner can do some isotopic dating or perhaps the objects are already in our data base because NPCs have found them long ago?

 

[Arconedas]

We can't rule it out yet but I don't think the ruins and the UAs/UPs look similar in style at all. The colours don't match closely enough, and the textures and shapes don't either. Until there is other evidence, my theory is that they are unrelated.

Unrelated, as meaning that they are not made by the same civilization. I guess it doesnt mean that there hasnt been any kind of "contact" between them though, like the "ruins" civilization getting wiped out by the "Unknown" civilization.

Speculation:
Perhaps the "ruins" are some sort of attempt to preserve something from "their" civilzation as they were getting wiped out by some other (perhaps Unknown one) civilization. A bit like the seed vault, that has been constucted on Spitsbergen island near Longyearbyen in Norway.

 

[Alec Turner]

ALIEN RUINS FOUND!
Congratulations to CMDR xdeath, who first triangulated the position of the System analyzing star pattern on the trailer, and then found the ruins!

Synuefe xr-h d11-102, Planet 1 B
-128.9711
-31.7877

Note: if those are the co-ordinates as they appear in-game currently then be warned that at some point in the near future (possibly the next patch), they're likely to get reversed.

 

[MarcoDisco]

Well done Canonn.

FD - next time, maybe add a welcoming 'Missile Defense System' and require any would-be discoverers to possess a specific access token - that will require a suitably long and arduous discovery mechanism.

 

[Poy]

Here's the summary of what I've seen, pls. let me know if I have anything wrong:

- We saw 3 Ancient Pillars which rise out of the ground as you approach. There was a 4th which appears marked as "Ancient Relic" (can you shoot the pillar and collect the relic? Should you?? If you do, is the pillar then just marked as "Ancient Pillar" again. 3 of the pillars appear to be in a straight line. (reference to Orion's Belt?)

- There are groups of shorter, stockier obelisks, some of which are active/illuminated with green light. If you scan the active obelisks, you receive ancient civilisation data and other types, tagged Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon (though I couldn't find Beta).

- If you're in a Wing and wing members approach (or target?) the pillars, their wing symbol appears by the pillar. In retrospect, this might just be a standard Wings feature: do you see what your fellow Wing members have targeted? We tried simultaneously scanning 3 Ancient Pillars and nothing happened. Another Cmdr on this thread tried scanning all 4, also nothing.

- There are also groups of destructible brown rocks on top of a patch of ground which is covered in luminous green substance. Various items spawn here*

- I did notice a POI very close to the structure, I don't know if it's persistent. Another Cmdr posted on this thread there's loud noise in a nearby crater, might be the same location?

- Triangles and hexagons are everyone on the site.

Bugs
* the items that spawn around the rocks weren't spawning in Group for me, though others said they did in Solo.
- I scanned the ancient civilisation data several times, and each time I got the new material animation but I never got anything for it and the animation plays each time. I cleared out my Data and Materials in case it was too near to being full, but no change.

I believe all pillars give ancient relics, are you sure no-one collected them before you ?

Also the wing target indicator is a thing on everything yes.

 

[Siranui]

Was having a nice time until the idiots arrived.

Fragged while in debug taking screenies.

 

[rizal72]

Note: if those are the co-ordinates as they appear in-game currently then be warned that at some point in the near future (possibly the next patch), they're likely to get reversed.

Yes thanks, I'm aware of the incoming change...

 

[dynamicbob]

So is that the mystery of 2.2 solved now? Or are there more of these things on other planets across the galaxy? It'll be a shame if the whole thing was done in less than a week.

theres stuff out there thats been added in deep space since launch and after which still hasnt been found, how much we dont know, but finding it will lead to other storylines unfolding. It might be over the far side of the galaxy we just dont know. But at least this bit of content is starting to roll forward

 

[Vall]

Something mechanical passes by (SRV)...... An enormous beacon/antennae activates and emerges from its hiding place.
Various artfacts are found bearing, in some cases, resemblance to images found elsewhere at the site.
Interaction with some objects activate other objects.

Is there only one antenna? If there's more, try to activate them all at once and see what happens?

 

[GeneralGhostt]

Was having a nice time until the idiots arrived.

Fragged while in debug taking screenies.

im perfectly fine he just came down said hy and gone

same for your death tho cmdr

 

[jpinkston70]

I'll be heading out there in my Python on the Xbox when I get home in a couple of hours or so. I'll pull a bit of security while investigating also. If anyone wants to join me send me a friend request. GT is Pinkmist00106

 

[cleonymus]

I am guessing the decoder experts are already looking at the flashing patterns on the monolith.
I have only seen them on a gif as I am in Sol, but they look like an interesting probably repeating pattern. Lights arranged as three stacked hexagons, except they are not hexagons.
Has anyone produced a graphic of what the panel looks like with all the lights on?

 

[Ozric]

Very well done to Cmdr xdeath and to all the people who have helped catalogue everything in such a short space of time.

When I get home from work later and head out there to pick up some of the artifacts, I'm guessing that the Canonn Institute would like the deliveries

As others have intimated I am very wary of this being an "alien" installation, it all seems far too angular. Unless... There's always the possibility that FD are going to answer the question of how the pyramids appeared on Earth and we are about to find their creators

 

[GeneralGhostt]

I think i have a clear picture now for what these ruins are

 

[Rubix117]

I think i have a clear picture now for what these ruins are

Well, don't leave us hanging!

 

[Poy]

I am guessing the decoder experts are already looking at the flashing patterns on the monolith.
I have only seen them on a gif as I am in Sol, but they look like an interesting probably repeating pattern. Lights arranged as three stacked hexagons, except they are not hexagons.
Has anyone produced a graphic of what the panel looks like with all the lights on?

Check video on page 73, I have a few minutes just staring at one.

Edit: a minute and a half, thought it was longer.

 

[Patau82]

Sell your relics as stuff at Canonn Institute in Col 285 Sector IX-T D3-43!

 

[Han_Zen]

Does anyone else think the Ancient relic look a bit like the Sap 8 Core description?

"This container holds a crystalline shard of unknown origin. Scans indicate that the foot long shard is suspended inside a modified, self-sustaining, fusion-core containment field. Any breach of the field will result in the containers destruction."