The Quest To Find Raxxla

Alex Ringess

Alex Ringess
I probably dream when I listen to the Josh Hawkins BroCast where Drew was guested ?
For those who never listen it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvcYNYIQZ8M

Drew, in this broadcast, you said that you didn't know where was Raxxla but M. Brooks and D. Braben assured you that it was ingame.
You also said in this broadcast that a lonewolf could find Raxxla randomly, that it was findable by brute force method, but the more accurate way to find it was not this method (you said that it was mostly like solving a puzzle than searching a particular object that we'll said : eh, this is Raxxla, look at the USS name).

Drew, you said that kind of things few times, on few broadcast (the Josh Hawkins one, the DJ Truthsayer one) and also here, on this forum (I don't have the link now, but everyone can find it easy).

So, don't say you have no clue about Raxxla. You know that it is ingame, findable by collecting the pieces of a puzzle, etc...

Drew, for all the pilots that are involved in this quest and read this thread, please, confirm that to us.
You must also confirming us that you had a conversation with FDev and they said to you that Raxxla was ingame because you said that few times and now, you seems to contradicting that. Be clear, please.

I hope that it is not a fool's game :p

Thanks.
 
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drew

drew
Alex Ringess said:
I probably dream when I listen to the Josh Hawkins BroCast where Drew was guested ?
For those who never listen it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvcYNYIQZ8M

Drew, in this broadcast, you said that you didn't know where was Raxxla but M. Brooks and D. Braben assured you that it was ingame.
You also said in this broadcast that a lonewolf could find Raxxla randomly, that it was findable by brute force method, but the more accurate way to find it was not this method (you said that it was mostly like solving a puzzle than searching a particular object that we'll said : eh, this is Raxxla, look at the USS name).

Drew, you said that kind of things few times, on few broadcast (the Josh Hawkins one, the DJ Truthsayer one) and also here, on this forum (I don't have the link now, but everyone can find it easy).

So, don't say you have no clue about Raxxla. You know that it is ingame, findable by collecting the pieces of a puzzle, etc...

Drew, for all the pilots that are involved in this quest and read this thread, please, confirm that to us.
You must also confirming us that you had a conversation with FDev and they said to you that Raxxla was ingame because you said that few times and now, you seems to contradicting that. Be clear, please.

I hope that it is not a fool's game :p

Thanks.
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You're confusing what I said about the Formidine Rift with Raxxla, the two are not the same thing. The Formidine Rift is solvable as you describe. As for Raxxla, I do not know. All I know of Raxxla is that I've been told it is in-game somewhere. That is it.

All I know about Raxxla is on my website. If and when we find out more, I'll update it, so far there is nothing new. > https://www.drewwagar.com/lore/elite-dangerous-lore-raxxla/

Cheers,

Drew.
 
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Alex Ringess

Alex Ringess
I'm not confuse. I know what you told us about the Formidine Rift, and I remember well what you said about Raxxla too. It's clear for me.
You said few times on few broadcasts that Raxxla was ingame (FDev said that to you and authorized you to say that), findable by player mostly like we solve a puzzle than with a brute force method, even it's findable by brute force method too, that it could be found by a player without the Horizon extension, etc... All I mentioned in my post.

That's right that there is some conversation during the BroCast where you told about the Formidine Rift, but you also told about Raxxla and said that I mentioned.

I'm confused now, as you seems to say you never told us what I mentionned.
 
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drew

drew
Alex Ringess said:
I'm not confuse. I know what you told us about the Formidine Rift, and I remember well what you said about Raxxla too. It's clear for me.
You said few times on few broadcasts that Raxxla was ingame (FDev said that to you and authorized you to say that), findable by player, etc... All I mentioned in my post.

That's right that there is some conversation during the BroCast where you told about the Formidine Rift, but you also told about Raxxla and said that I mentioned.

I'm confused now, as you seems to say you never told us what I mentionned.
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In that case it's probably a little confusion of the subject changing during discussion on the podcasts.

To clarify.

The Formidine Rift has been in-game for a while and is solvable via in game clues. Those have been clearly seen by many players and parts of the mystery have been unraveled (e.g. beacons and bases). I do know all about this as I wrote it. :)

I have been told that Raxxla is in-game somewhere in Elite Dangerous too. As for what it is, where it is and how you find it, I do not know any more than any other player. I have *speculated* many times because people have asked me what I think. I might be right and I might be wrong, I do not know.

My current *theory* on Raxxla is that is isn't too far from the core worlds (bubble) as it was reachable many centuries ago by more primitive hyperspace tech. Somehow it has remained hidden. You may need special requirements (equipment, rank, ship) to reach it. There are vague references in missions issued by the Dark Wheel Faction in Shinrarta Dezhra, these may be important, they may not.

The two mysteries are not interrelated as far as I know.

Cheers,

Drew.
 
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Alex Ringess

Alex Ringess
Ok, now it's clear.

And I only mentionned what you told us about Raxxla during these broadcasts, as it is what's having our attention here ^^

So, considering I told only about that you said about Raxxla, you confirm us that I'm right and don't told about the Formidine Rift.

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You told us :

1 Raxxla is ingame
2 Raxxla could be found by players without Horizon
3 Raxxla could be found by lonewolf randomly
4 Raxxla could be found by brute force method but it isn't the best way to find it.
5 The best way to find it, in your point of view, is collecting the pieces of the puzzle to solving it

Am I right ?
 

RustiSwordz

R
I wonder if Raxxla is a rogue star system, stuck between known star systems. How can i put this, the only way it will appear is to be in a certain known system where it will then appear in the nav panel list, even then it won't be listed as 'Raxxla' just some any other star system. You would have to be pretty eagle eyed to thing 'ooh that wasn't there before/ in the gal map.

Just a theory, putting it out there. ;)

I hope there is something special there, not just any old pile of ruins. That whever finds it will open up a new area of the game to explore. Like rogue planets or a map of missing off the charts star systems populated by a hidden section of society. That would be cool.
 

drew

drew
Alex Ringess said:
Ok, now it's clear.

And I only mentionned what you told us about Raxxla during these broadcasts, as it is what's having our attention here ^^

So, considering I told only about that you said about Raxxla, you confirm us that I'm right and don't told about the Formidine Rift.

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You told us :

1 Raxxla is ingame
2 Raxxla could be found by players without Horizon
3 Raxxla could be found by lonewolf randomly
4 Raxxla could be found by brute force method but it isn't the best way to find it.
5 The best way to find it, in your point of view, is collecting the pieces of the puzzle to solving it

Am I right ?
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No. :) I said:

1 Raxxla is in game
2 The Formidine Rift could be found by players without Horizon
3 The Formidine Rift could be found by lonewolf randomly
4 The Formidine Rift could be found by brute force method but it isn't the best way to find it.
5 The best way to find the Formidine Rift, in your point of view, is collecting the pieces of the puzzle to solving it

Cheers,

Drew.
 

Hironichu

Hironichu
drew said:
No. :) I said:

1 Raxxla is in game
2 The Formidine Rift could be found by players without Horizon
3 The Formidine Rift could be found by lonewolf randomly
4 The Formidine Rift could be found by brute force method but it isn't the best way to find it.
5 The best way to find the Formidine Rift, in your point of view, is collecting the pieces of the puzzle to solving it

Cheers,

Drew.
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Wait but no, "2 The Formidine Rift could be found by players without Horizon" what are The base on planet then?
 

Alex Ringess

Alex Ringess
drew said:
No. :) I said:

1 Raxxla is in game
2 The Formidine Rift could be found by players without Horizon
3 The Formidine Rift could be found by lonewolf randomly
4 The Formidine Rift could be found by brute force method but it isn't the best way to find it.
5 The best way to find the Formidine Rift, in your point of view, is collecting the pieces of the puzzle to solving it

Cheers,

Drew.
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Okay ^^

Thanks.

But as Hironichu said, there is a pb in that case. There was abandonned outposts on planets to find, during the CG :p

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Baton said:
They are clearly not Formidine Rift Mystery, they just another set of clues :)
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It was a part of the Formidine Rift Mystery, as part of what we had to find during the Fed vs CoR CG. It was discussed on the Formidine Rift Mysteries thread and was considered as a part of that mysteries, AFAIK.

I begin to think its a fool's game :(
 
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madbilly

M
Hironichu said:
Wait but no, "2 The Formidine Rift could be found by players without Horizon" what are The base on planet then?
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It just means that the Formidine Rift is in space, not on a planet. Any player of E: D 1.x can find the Formidine Rift, that way it is accessible even to the three people who play on Macs ;D

There are many clues/story to the Formidine Rift mystery being added to the game, some may require E: D 2.x to find, but whilst the clues are helpful to find the Formidine Rift, they are not necessary.

At least, that's my understanding :)
 

Baton

Baton
Alex Ringess said:
It was a part of the Formidine Rift Mystery, as part of what we had to find during the Fed vs CoR CG. It was discussed on the Formidine Rift Mysteries thread and was considered as a part of that mysteries, AFAIK.
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Yes, they are part of the clues, which as we know, are not necessary to find The Big Thing, settlements on the planets with the logs are only there to help us. Looking at things so far they did not help us a lot :)
 

CMDR EfilOne

CMDR EfilOne
Huh, wow. Never thought there would be so much misconception and confusion between Raxxla and the Rift mystery ...

Okay so, as Drew mentionned above, the two mysteries are wildly different things, and I think it's preferable to build a wall between the two mysteries right now before the confusion becomes impossible to cope with.
Do both exists and are ingame ? Yes
Do we know anything more about Raxxla ? It's there. PERIOD.
Do we know more about the Formidine Rift ? The 4 other threads created in the span of two years will answer that question.

Now to clear off to horizon/not horizon confusion, I'd like to point out that Drew writes things. Wonderfully, amazingly well. So pretty please, pay attention to his wordings, because everything he ever said isn't just some random phrases threw out in the void to answer some questions hastly.
- It can be found without horizon. Can --> Implies a possibility, amongst several other outcomes.

If more attention was paid, it would also be common knowledge right now that Drew said, several times, that players actions will sometimes move the mystery forward and "enhance it" in certain angles.

- Did the Conflux, Hawkin's Gap and Formidine Rift regions existed when the game launched ? OF COURSE NOT, it's been named by Erimus & al. for the galactic mapping project.
-Did the settlements in thoses regions were planned when the initial mystery was thought out ? OF COURSE NOT, since the GMP wasn't even a thing back then, and barely anyone knew about the mystery.

Solving and finding clues are two wildly different things ! Solving the mystery doesn't necessarily requires further findings that may use new ingame mechanics, or user-generated content; It's that simple !

Finally, I also want to point out that this thread relates to Raxxla, and not the Formidine Rift. We have a whole thread for that matter, so let's not merge dogs and wolves, maybe ?

~EfilOne out o7
 
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drew

drew
Baton said:
They are clearly not Formidine Rift Mystery, they just another set of clues :)
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Horizons didn't exist when the Formidine Rift mystery was originally composed. When Horizons arrived we took the opportunity to expand the things that players could interact with as part of the mystery and weave in player generated content such as the Galactic Mapping project. Ditto the Guardians, Ditto the Commanders. ;)

Some of the original things in game have been updated due to the game being much more sophisticated than it was at launch. Players have also influenced how the Formidine Rift story unfolds.

Cheers,

Drew.

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CMDR EfilOne said:
Finally, I also want to point out that this thread relates to Raxxla, and not the Formidine Rift. We have a whole thread for that matter, so let's not merge dogs and wolves, maybe ?

~EfilOne out o7
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Yep. I came here to talk about Raxxla myself. :)

Cheers,

Drew.
 
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Alex Ringess

Alex Ringess
Ok !
So I admit I made a confusion between the Formidine Rift and Raxxla. Probably because both are linked with Salomé.

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Alex Ringess

Alex Ringess
I honestly admit that it was me who was confused, and maybe created some confusion too.

It a good thing that these points was clarifyed here.
 

CMDR EfilOne

CMDR EfilOne
Now to get back on Raxxla, I'd tend to agree on the thinking that it may not be that far out from the core worlds. As Drew mentionned already the planet used to be reachable through old means, as in, the previous FSD technology that required much, much more travelling times than now. On the other hand, it also allowed to jump straight at any celestial bodies coordinates, lest some heavy manual calculations required from the pilot himself. (cf. Luko in Reclamation).

Another thing worth of note is that, for a few centuries, Raxxla was orbiting the moon of Lave 2 which, incidentally, appears to be permit-locked right now.
It's a fact that the Pilots Federation entirely controls the permit system, and even have its own internal closed circles : The Circle of Independant Elite Pilots, and The Dark Wheel. (cf. And Here the Wheel, and who Robert Garry/his family really are).

Last thing of note, Raxxla itself is considered to be a rogue planet, with the unique ability to move at will anywhere in space, most likely lest some heavy transit times that would certainly not allow it to move, let's say to the other side of the galaxy, hahah !

All of the above is of course based on previous lore and story materials, and as to if this is canonical to Elite: dangerous's storyline or not ... :S
 
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