So you want to know about the Formidine Rift? (Part 3)
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I've just landed at this location, will take a look once I'll log back in 1-2 hours.
It's mentioned that the Hawking's Gap crews were told not to discuss the beacons or their transmissions. I imagine since one of them then started transmitting unintentionally and crew heard it this was getting rid of those who'd heard more than they should and not a suicide action.
The only talk of real space madness is from the Rift logs.
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*Ahem*
Conflux Beta Mission
Witch-space is different out here, there's something odd, those lights we were seeing are less frequent now, but they seem to be hanging around, almost as if they're following us. Maybe I'm going nuts.
And we're still missing 3 of the Conflux bases...
I though that i would mess up the coordinates. Thanks for the correction.
And about the possible sites i mentioned, what do you think? Whit the correct area of course. xD
Myself and my fellow DRX commanders have been in the Gap looking at the projected sectors for the last base, and the mathematically correct co-ordinates (with a wider search area around it) and have come up with a big fat zero....
It would not be logical to make a pure rectangle from the co-ordinates - an Alpha to Beta to Gamma to Delta pattern would be more suitable, BUT that means you get parallelograms rather than rectangles.... which means the projected position for the final Rift base would be somewhere near Kenya.....
It would not be logical to make a pure rectangle from the co-ordinates - an Alpha to Beta to Gamma to Delta pattern would be more suitable, BUT that means you get parallelograms rather than rectangles.... which means the projected position for the final Rift base would be somewhere near Kenya.....
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Yea I'm thinking they'll be distress beacons, maybe 1 or 2 derelict ships & almost certainly more unregistered comms beacons!
Yep!
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Maybe we just haven't got to the right places yet? (but we gotta be near! right?)
I was out searching in the Hawking's gap for the beta site, dipping in and out of OC at interesting points and going down low for a good look (not in VR for a change but fullscreen borderless on my tv). Anyway, 'g apple update pops up and took away context from Elite so my controller input went at exactly the worst moment :'( I couldn't get to keyboard to be able to alt-tab so I could boost to avoid the ground so "pop" - back in the bubble with my 21mil in bonuses, and exploration data gone. I don't think I'll make my way back over there to search this week and I'm away next week anyway, so I guess I'll leave it up to you guys :/ Good luck everyone.
My tinfoil theory goes something like this:
The pertinent message log from the base on EAFOTS EU-R C4-1 planet C2 for this theory:
Finally fixed the drive, more monotony. Can't believe it's nearly six months sice we set out from Riedquat. Did I say Riedquat? I meant Reorte. It's getting to me, this endless emptiness. The guys are showing the strain. Three more months before we can turn and head back. The stars are thinning out, you can the whole galaxy just hanging there...
The math:
It took them nearly six months to get from Reorte to EAFOTS EU-R C4-1 which is 8,434 light years away.
If they had half again that distance to go, it would be 4,217 more ly.
Add the 8,434 ly they have traveled and add the 4,217 ly they have left to travel and you get a total distance of 12,651 ly from Reorte to the 'Target Destination'.
Reorte is roughly at 48 on the Z axis, EAFOTS EU-R C4-1 is roughly at 129.
That's roughly an 81 increase on the Z axis in 6 months, so cut that in half to 40 left to go and add that to 129 to get a final Z of 169.
Now the hard part, how to make a line from Reorte through EAFOTS EU-R C4-1 to the Target Destination. I suck at this, and just used my eyeballs and the gal map. I flew to the area and then placed a selection triangle at EAFOTS EU-R C4-1, then went to Riorte. Spin the gal map around and I am 'behind' Riorte, lining up the blue triangle at EAFOTS with the orange triangle of my current location and doing my best to make them line up. Then add the Z height.
What have I noticed so far in my target area? No jumponium needed to get here in my 51ly capable Asp. The area I'm in has no CMDR tags. I'm experiencing the bug where the Heart (or is it Soul?) Nebula is not visible where it should be. This is a known bug, although some still think that there may be something blocking the view of the nebula.
Sound crazy?
Math wrong?
Comments welcome! Now that I'm in the area I'm just going to scan whatever systems are here and hope for the best.
The pertinent message log from the base on EAFOTS EU-R C4-1 planet C2 for this theory:
Finally fixed the drive, more monotony. Can't believe it's nearly six months sice we set out from Riedquat. Did I say Riedquat? I meant Reorte. It's getting to me, this endless emptiness. The guys are showing the strain. Three more months before we can turn and head back. The stars are thinning out, you can the whole galaxy just hanging there...
The math:
It took them nearly six months to get from Reorte to EAFOTS EU-R C4-1 which is 8,434 light years away.
If they had half again that distance to go, it would be 4,217 more ly.
Add the 8,434 ly they have traveled and add the 4,217 ly they have left to travel and you get a total distance of 12,651 ly from Reorte to the 'Target Destination'.
Reorte is roughly at 48 on the Z axis, EAFOTS EU-R C4-1 is roughly at 129.
That's roughly an 81 increase on the Z axis in 6 months, so cut that in half to 40 left to go and add that to 129 to get a final Z of 169.
Now the hard part, how to make a line from Reorte through EAFOTS EU-R C4-1 to the Target Destination. I suck at this, and just used my eyeballs and the gal map. I flew to the area and then placed a selection triangle at EAFOTS EU-R C4-1, then went to Riorte. Spin the gal map around and I am 'behind' Riorte, lining up the blue triangle at EAFOTS with the orange triangle of my current location and doing my best to make them line up. Then add the Z height.
What have I noticed so far in my target area? No jumponium needed to get here in my 51ly capable Asp. The area I'm in has no CMDR tags. I'm experiencing the bug where the Heart (or is it Soul?) Nebula is not visible where it should be. This is a known bug, although some still think that there may be something blocking the view of the nebula.
Sound crazy?
Math wrong?
Comments welcome! Now that I'm in the area I'm just going to scan whatever systems are here and hope for the best.
Loving this thread! Haven't been out to these places yet.. it's on my to do list. Meanwhile i'm trying to get my Anaconda jump range above 50% increase at Farseer.. not going well!
Just curious though, how long roughly is it taking everyone to fly out to the Formadine Bases? my AspX is 45 ly jump range. Wouldn't mind seeing these alpha and beta base comms for myself, and take a look around. Just not sure whether to fly out now or wait until the Ancient Ruins mystery is on the back burner.
Just curious though, how long roughly is it taking everyone to fly out to the Formadine Bases? my AspX is 45 ly jump range. Wouldn't mind seeing these alpha and beta base comms for myself, and take a look around. Just not sure whether to fly out now or wait until the Ancient Ruins mystery is on the back burner.
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It's only tidally locked with its parent planet - the position of the sun does change. I left my ship parked in daylight last night, and it was dark when I returned.
It's tidally locked around the planet/ringed dwarf. Isn't the orbital period of the planet like 212 days and the planet a couple days? That'd mean that the planet is just like our moon and would not have a permanent dark side, right? Or am I missing something?
Edit: nvm, ninaj'd by bcc
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Based on this map I'm following the -174 degree line south. Started at about -8 degrees, currently at about -12. Was planning on going to around -46 before offsetting and coming back north.
I'm on EAFOTS GL-Y E2 6 looking for the Delta site.
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searching the cords from a post on the formidine rift thread. https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ift-(Part-3)?p=5052322&viewfull=1#post5052322
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+/- 8K ly from Sol. It toke me 8h to get here. Whit stops on the way to smoke, etc, etc.
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I messed those coordinates. Sorry. Already bean there as well.
