Here's an approach I haven't seen yet, maybe it's tin foil, but here we go...
In Culture 12 we learned from Rah Tah that, “It seems that the guardians had a particular fascination with geometric shapes, which they used to illustrate connections between themselves and the world around them. This predilection manifested itself in their technology as well - specifically their monolith network. With this data and the help of the galactic community we've partially mapped the monolith network, which formed the backbone of their communications technology, and discovered that they too are arranged in geometric patterns. Whilst this does not give us full access to the network, I believe it is the first step to unlocking the entire system and maybe more.”
Now of the four new star systems that Ram Tah told us to go hunt in, 3 of them (B2-4, D101, and C22-17) form a near equilateral triangle. (Any 3 points in space will form a triangle, but these are suspiciously equidistant/equilateral.) I wondered if there is a star at the center of this triangle? Shouldn't the network have a center?
The closest center I could find is IC 2391 SECTOR CQ-Y C18, which is 37.6ly from D101, 37.6ly from C22-17, and 48.7ly from B2-4. It happens to be a G6 star, similar to our Sun (a G2). Not perfectly center, but the closest.
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Upon warping in to check it out, it so happens there is an Earth-like world in the system.
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I flew to it and around it, but no contacts and nothing odd on the night side. Two ringed gas giants, two ice worlds, and an asteroid belt are also in the system. And this is anti-climatic, but now I have to go to bed…so I'll explore more tomorrow.
But what are the odds of an ELW happening to be there? ELWs are so rare it doesn't seem like a coincidence. Maybe it’s the Guardians homeworld? (Tin foil hat time I know). Or maybe another nearby star is a closer center I didn't see? And what about a third star to look for that completes an equilateral triangle with SYNUEFE XR-H D11-102 (the first ruins site) and SYNUEFE ZL-J D10-119 (the fourth new system from Ram Tah)? He flat out said they are arranged in geometrical patterns, so maybe the new systems he announced were a clue to find another star system(s).
Hey if nothing else, checking out new systems is a nice break from flying around planets.
-CMDR Jethro Guardian