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

[ishmair]

I hate flying around on this planet. I'm in an ASP with D rated thrusters and it is a nightmare. I can't believe your hull isn't damaged too badly yet. One wrong move and blammo - the ground says "hello". Or you heat up VERY quickly. Ugh. Someone please find the site so I can stop swearing.

I have 5A clean drive grade 4 thrusters. no hit the ground once. in the last 80 hrs I been on this rock, one shield damge because drop my landing gear to soon and could boost. to slow my freefall.

 

[Macklin_Fox]

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...

DarkPaladin - the below lists all the systems in the EDSM within 15 light years of the line from Reorte to EAFOTS EU-R C4-1 past EAFOTS EU-R C4-1. It will give you some good bookmarks for your search.

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My guess is the "3 months before turning back" means they will be setting beacons for three months, but who knows what's out there. Hope this helps your search.

 

[G4RY]

doing a quick look around a found a strange light.
https://youtu.be/K1fXbxv-BF0

Now that's creepy! You can even see the glare off the light in the distance.... Heading out there now, this video has convinced me to leave the bubble!

I'm already at Lat.: 6 Lon.: -176 Still nothing of worth so far, only a few POI of no interest.

A data link.

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http://i65.tinypic.com/21bt44n.jpg

Which system are you at? EU-R C4-1 or LZ-H B10-0? I'm going the bases first to check out these comms, Then it's planet combing time!

 

[Azrael]

Now that's creepy! You can even see the glare off the light in the distance.... Heading out there now, this video has convinced me to leave the bubble!



Which system are you at? EU-R C4-1 or LZ-H B10-0? I'm going the bases first to check out these comms, Then it's planet combing time!

I'm in Eafots GL-Y E2 6

 

[[VR] optimal_909]

Now that's creepy! You can even see the glare off the light in the distance.... Heading out there now, this video has convinced me to leave the bubble!



Which system are you at? EU-R C4-1 or LZ-H B10-0? I'm going the bases first to check out these comms, Then it's planet combing time!

I think that light is the star's behind the mountains, it is a graphical glitch.

 

[ishmair]

Now that's creepy! You can even see the glare off the light in the distance.... Heading out there now, this video has convinced me to leave the bubble!



Which system are you at? EU-R C4-1 or LZ-H B10-0? I'm going the bases first to check out these comms, Then it's planet combing time!

it kinda matches the logs.

FORMIDINE RIFT GAMMA MISSION 5/6
Expedition Log: 11/11/3270

More strange lights. We've got equipment malfunctions, scanners dropping in and out, systems restarting. Ship is limping on. Everyone wants to turn about, but if we don't complete the mission we don't get paid. No one wants to give up those credits either. You expect to turn around and see ...

FORMIDINE RIFT ALPHA MISSION 5/6
Expedition Log: 07/10/3270

I'm scared ... help me someone ... I can't bear another jump. The lights in witchspace are coming for me, the lights ... always the lights ... they're calling to me ... a siren song ... I must join them ...

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I think that light is the star's behind the mountains, it is a graphical glitch.

could be too. could be a glitch. but it be cool if it was the strange lights from the logs.

 

[DarkPaladin]

Sir, I like the cut of your tinfoil hat.
My math may not be... stellar... so if anyone wants to double check it, rock on.
For Reorte and Eafots EU-R c4-1 i have...

"StarSystem":"Reorte", "StarPos":[75.750,48.750,75.156]
"StarSystem":"Eafots EU-R c4-1", "StarPos":[-5805.781,129.875,-5969.875]

so we get (x,y,z) = (75.750,48.750,75.156) + 1.5(-5805.781,129.875, -5969.875)
the line at the distance of 12,651 ly from Reorte through Eafots EU-R c4-1 would be at point (-8746.547, 170.4375, -8992.39)

which puts you in the area of spongaea su-p b47-o

Thanks for that! Not bad, the bookmark I placed as my search center is only one jump from that system!
So far nothing to report other than I'm enjoying this search more than I was 'enjoying' searching for a dot on a planet!

 

[Jorki Rasalas]

Absolutely, they're notable by absence of mention especially considering "Aliens R Us" is their mission. These expeditions are happening 20 years after dealing with the thargoids and we're 30 years late to this particular party. As far as the general public is concerned they don't exist and are part of a rumored history as there's only one official mention of them.

12 August 3302 galactic News, history, thargoids 4 Views
Continuing our series on significant episodes from human history, noted historian Sima Kalhana discusses the Thargoids.
“Are we alone in the universe? It’s a question we’ve been asking for millennia. Even before we expanded into space, we wondered about the possibility of non-human intelligence.”
“Of course, for some, the question has already been answered. We have seen the aliens and we have given them a name: the Thargoids. But accounts of Thargoid encounters are shrouded in so much ambiguity, it is hard to accept them as proof of extraterrestrial intelligence. Furthermore, there have been no credible reports of Thargoid sightings for hundreds of years.”
“The first reported Thargoid encounters date from 3125, when accounts surfaced that pilots had been pulled from witch-space and attacked by mysterious octagonal starships. Witnesses asserted that the strange vessels were exceptionally fast and remarkably manoeuvrable. Pilots who survived these experiences were convinced they had encountered extraterrestrials, and named the aliens ‘Thargoids’.”
“As news of these encounters spread, rumours surfaced that the interdictions might be a response to an earlier human attack. Leaked Federal intelligence indicated that colonists in the Veliaze system had encountered and assaulted an extraterrestrial deputation shortly before the Thargoid interdictions began. Suggestions that the Thargoid attacks were a reaction to this attack carried more than a hint of plausibility.”
“Not long after, reports of Thargoid encounters came to an abrupt halt. In the decades that followed, not one credible account of a Thargoid encounter was reported. For some, this was proof that the original reports were groundless – ‘the fantasies of lonely pilots, looking for attention’, as Arvan Corto of the Imperial Navy said at the time.”
“But public opinion shifted in 3250 when reports emerged that the disappearance of the Thargoids might have been a direct consequence of a covert anti-Thargoid operation. An anonymous message, delivered to a number of media outlets, claimed that an organisation known as the Intergalactic Naval Reserve Arm had developed a chemical weapon specifically designed to target Thargoid technology. This chemical – known as the mycoid virus – was designed to attack plastic polymers, which were believed to be present in Thargoid hyperdrive systems. The fact that the virus also appeared to harm the Thargoids led to speculation that the aliens’ bodies might contain some kind of polymer-like material. The report was dismissed by many leading political figures as a conspiracy theory, but some asserted that it contained enough plausible detail be believable.”
“Since then, very little credible information has emerged. The original accounts from 3125 report that Thargoid ships can execute huge hyperspace jumps, while information purportedly from INRA documents indicates that the Thargoids originate from an ammonia-based world. There are even rumours that the Thargoids have a collective consciousness or ‘hive mind’. Some of the less outlandish theories include the suggestion that electronic countermeasure technology was reverse-engineered from captured Thargoid vessels.”
“And what of the barnacles, Unknown Artefacts and Unknown Probes? Many believe these objects are of non-human origin, which has led to speculation that they were created by the Thargoids. Unfortunately, however, analysis of these objects has not yielded any concrete information about their origin or purpose.”
“Are the Thargoids real? Frankly, I don’t know. But if they are, their true nature can only be guessed at.”

Forget the Dark Wheel, they're only important when the INRA uses them as a front. I'd bet C.o.R. are shills for INRA and don't even know it. They're a spoke on the great and secret Dark Wheel because some old woman told them so because who else could cowled shadowy figures be who told her so. Gotta get a shadowy cowl, does versace have a line of cowls? Guess a hoodie will have to do.

Eee, Versace cowls? Whatever next?
When I were a lad we had nowt but a brown paper bag........

 

[MAUXUS]

That bobblehead exploring in the dark scares me

darn phone...meant to reply to something else

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doing a quick look around a found a strange light.
https://youtu.be/K1fXbxv-BF0

You are seeing a star through the planet surface. Got me startled too at first

 

[[VR] optimal_909]

could be too. could be a glitch. but it be cool if it was the strange lights from the logs.

I think they were seeing lights in hyprespace, apparently they've spent much longer time there with their old drives.

 

[G4RY]

I'm in Eafots GL-Y E2 6

Nice, Might see you out there if your in Mobius!

it kinda matches the logs.

FORMIDINE RIFT GAMMA MISSION 5/6
Expedition Log: 11/11/3270

More strange lights. We've got equipment malfunctions, scanners dropping in and out, systems restarting. Ship is limping on. Everyone wants to turn about, but if we don't complete the mission we don't get paid. No one wants to give up those credits either. You expect to turn around and see ...

FORMIDINE RIFT ALPHA MISSION 5/6
Expedition Log: 07/10/3270

I'm scared ... help me someone ... I can't bear another jump. The lights in witchspace are coming for me, the lights ... always the lights ... they're calling to me ... a siren song ... I must join them ...

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could be too. could be a glitch. but it be cool if it was the strange lights from the logs.

Possible glitch yes, hopefully not though

 

[Azrael]

Nice, Might see you out there if your in Mobius!

I'm always in open.

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[ishmair]

I think they were seeing lights in hyprespace, apparently they've spent much longer time there with their old drives.

after study of the video it's mostly the system star some how glitching the light effect. at first it creep me out and I spent to long out here. been out here since day one of the CoR CG start. skipped the return home after reporting the D1 planet CTD.

 

[[VR] optimal_909]

after study of the video it's mostly the system star some how glitching the light effect. at first it creep me out and I spent to long out here. been out here since day one of the CoR CG start. skipped the return home after reporting the D1 planet CTD.

It's called space madness - and don't worry, it's quite normal.

 

[L1ONEL]

There is nothing at Spongaea su-p b47-o but i m going to have a look on systems around

 

[Barking_Mad]

The darkness makes it really hard going......almost impossible. Sound is amazing with headphone on though, very spooky at times.

 

[lorrad]

Eee, Versace cowls? Whatever next?
When I were a lad we had nowt but a brown paper bag........

Brown paper bag?
I used to dream of a brown paper bag!
My pa would punch me repeatedly in the face, "no one will know ya now".

 

[DarkPaladin]

There is nothing at Spongaea su-p b47-o but i m going to have a look on systems around

The more the merrier!

 

[Avvie Rayne]

I've tested theories of locating the delta site using maths and graphs.

Someone mentioned here about plotting the 4th settlement based on the locations of the other 3, making a square on a scatter graph. I plotted the location EXACTLY and it wasn't there. I also tried using that location anyway and cross sectioning where the stations lined up on the graph, like an X. Plotted the destination to the 4th decimal place and still nothing.

I'm thinking that these stations are completely random. So I have a question for FDEV:

Can the settlements be found using math?

 

[JT442]

I too have done the same for the Gap settlement and found nothing. I have also been to the co-ordinates for Cambridge and found it to be a dull, featureless, soul-less place. As are the same co-ordinates on PLAA AEC XZ_Z............