Alien archeology and other mysteries: Thread 9 - The Canonn

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Jorki Rasalas

Jorki Rasalas
Alien said:
And how do you know the scan isn't an attempt at communication?
"You know nuffin Jon Snow"
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From viewing a few videos, after their interdiction the alien passes the interdicted ship, then turns & faces it, then the lights on the 8 arms flash in an apparent pattern and there is an audible signal at the same time. I think they are definitely trying to communicate; where are the Canonn sound engineers?
 

Hugeness

Hugeness
GeneralGhostt said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqaKw7RiESw&feature=youtu.be

here is my 2.d encounter notice the 4 unnamed subsystems
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Nice one Ghostt,
So updated module list, some known, some not. I actually counted 5 unknowns?

Pulse Laser
Drive
Drive
Drive
Drive
Power Plant
FSD
Life Support
Power Distributor
Shield Generator
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Blank space On 100%
Blank space On 100%
Blank space On 100%
Blank space On 100%

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Julio Montega said:
What are we going to call that ship?
Unknown Ship Entity (U.S.E.)?
We need a reference;)
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UP Unknown Probe
UA Unknown Artifact
UV Unknown Vehicle? lol
 

Bieltan

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Jorki Rasalas said:
From viewing a few videos, after their interdiction the alien passes the interdicted ship, then turns & faces it, then the lights on the 8 arms flash in an apparent pattern and there is an audible signal at the same time. I think they are definitely trying to communicate; where are the Canonn sound engineers?
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I'll have a guess. I think they are saying "CMDR, I have an important message for you. Follow my wake so we can talk".

They then sit in Witchspace for the next 2 hours slowly starting to cry and wonder what they did wrong and why we wont talk to them :D

Either that or "Nerf Fusion Rifles".
 

Jorki Rasalas

Jorki Rasalas
Han_Zen said:
Thargoid behavior has changed a bit in different version. What we do know, is that they were not the aggressive party in the very first encounters.

If these ships are scouts for a different hive, they may not even know what happened the last time. In that case, no aggression is to be expected.

The last time the Thargoids were faffing about in the Pleiades, they were actually trying to establish contact with humans to get an antidote for the Mycoid that had infected their ships. First contact at that time was with Commander Mic Turner. It was peaceful until INRA showed up on the scene. Mic Turner has his name on a base in the California Sector, so he is definitely not a myth. Details are unclear though.

UAs, UPs and now these 'Scouts' all seem to be interested in our ships. We don't know if they are just making statistics or if they are interested in a certain commodity or technology.

They have also sent out these small messages. They are probably intended for us in some way.

Thargoids may be looking for a Mycoid cure again or they may have fixed that them self and search for something else. Something not human.

We should at least not kid our self in to thinking that the Thargoids are particularly interested in us, as a species. Our worlds are to hot, our technology is naff and our logic is incomprehensible. [???]

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He will at least have the sense to honk them.:D
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I agree with Cmdr SpenceUK's thoughts but for slightly different reasons ( I also fought a few Thargoids back in the day). My reason is that there has been a repeated hysterical reaction in the forum over the last year that anything alien is Thargoid; just because this alien ship/being has green(ish) lights on 8 arms is no justification for calling it a Thargoid; I see no evidence of any hostile intent or action at the moment. It could just as probably be called a "Guardian". Let's wait & see what more evidence tells us, this is supposed to be a science thread!

Edit: ALSO because the only "official" info we have on Thargoids (https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/57ada8969657baeb6e876c6c) reiterates that their ships were octagonal (as I remember them) and while these AWBAAKS demonstrate some 8-fold symetry with their arms they are clearly not octagonal
 
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Edelgard von Rhein

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Jorki Rasalas said:
From viewing a few videos, after their interdiction the alien passes the interdicted ship, then turns & faces it, then the lights on the 8 arms flash in an apparent pattern and there is an audible signal at the same time. I think they are definitely trying to communicate; where are the Canonn sound engineers?
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^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^
Additionally, we should report all locations where encounters occurred. I have my Courier loaded with scanners, no weapons, 31.54LY range (not taken the time to lightweight all the utility mounts as only just bought the KWS) 636m/s boost speed (DD3, never killed a UA for Palin) and ready to go looking for them. My plan is to start at the edge of the UA shell and see if encounters occur outside it and/or how far inside you have to go. If the encounters are ubiquitous, I'll head to the California nebula and see if they happen there as well.
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My guess is they are checking up on the Barnacles and why they are in such a bad state and investigating whatever ships they find. Of course, they could be looking for something/someone else. That they are not shooting at us suggests to me that they are content to scan us and that we are not considered a threat, at this time. I hope that we can remain peaceful - I plan to try and communicate, limited to local chat though I might be.
 

Bieltan

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Edelgard von Rhein said:
^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^
Additionally, we should report all locations where encounters occurred. I have my Courier loaded with scanners, no weapons, 31.54LY range (not taken the time to lightweight all the utility mounts as only just bought the KWS) 636m/s boost speed (DD3, never killed a UA for Palin) and ready to go looking for them. My plan is to start at the edge of the UA shell and see if encounters occur outside it and/or how far inside you have to go. If the encounters are ubiquitous, I'll head to the California nebula and see if they happen there as well.
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My guess is they are checking up on the Barnacles and why they are in such a bad state and investigating whatever ships they find. Of course, they could be looking for something/someone else. That they are not shooting at us suggests to me that they are content to scan us and that we are not considered a threat, at this time. I hope that we can remain peaceful - I plan to try and communicate, limited to local chat though I might be.
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I think that Barnacles gestate into one of these things. Maybe you plant a UA, it grows into a Barnacle, which grows underground into one of these things, which evemtually breaks free and sets off into space...

Might try a spot of alien spaceship botany :D
 

ArchEmperor

ArchEmperor
Edelgard von Rhein said:
^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^
Additionally, we should report all locations where encounters occurred. I have my Courier loaded with scanners, no weapons, 31.54LY range (not taken the time to lightweight all the utility mounts as only just bought the KWS) 636m/s boost speed (DD3, never killed a UA for Palin) and ready to go looking for them. My plan is to start at the edge of the UA shell and see if encounters occur outside it and/or how far inside you have to go. If the encounters are ubiquitous, I'll head to the California nebula and see if they happen there as well.
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My guess is they are checking up on the Barnacles and why they are in such a bad state and investigating whatever ships they find. Of course, they could be looking for something/someone else. That they are not shooting at us suggests to me that they are content to scan us and that we are not considered a threat, at this time. I hope that we can remain peaceful - I plan to try and communicate, limited to local chat though I might be.
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The barnacles are their young, unhatched jellyfish. I think we should explore the planet surfaces for their mating rituals.
 

Jmanis

Jmanis
Stupid question. Since first contact, has anyone come across a free-floating UA/UP? I tried to fetch a UP earlier, 1 hour and 3 USS later, nothing. I've now been roaming a UA shell system (because I can't jump out) and have had 4-5 USS and no UAs yet.
 

Tomtom

Tomtom
To add to the current knowledge:

I just had my second encounter, I was NOT carrying a UA at the time. I was jumping from Pleiades Sector LX-U d2-25 to Pleiades Sector ZA-N b7-1 but was pulled out in the system that I was jumping from (same happened on my first encounter).

Sadly, like a numpty I pressed the wrong button and failed to secure the video evidence. I am shame.

Got a nice shot of the alien cockpit though, even through the distortion field:

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Can't make out anything pilot shaped, unless the pilot is a big round blob that kinda looks a bit like the head of a UA...
 

Ozric

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Ozric
Jorki Rasalas said:
where are the Canonn sound engineers?
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I posted the image of the spectrogram yesterday evening, but there's nothing apparent in it. I would be nice to have a source recording rather that the rip I did, but I don't think there's anything there.


Tomtom said:
Got a nice shot of the alien cockpit though, even through the distortion field
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Very nice.
 
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