On xbox there is a Cmdr yuri, a yuri nakumura both never played elite and a Cmdr salome who changed her gamertag recently, am I missing something, CMDR yuri nakamura is too long a gamertag.
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THE FORMIDINE RIFT MYSTERY (Part 4)
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I've been flying around MYOIDEE this last week (albeit in Beta as my live ship is currently stranded in SYNEUFE) in my first attempt to understand the Formadine Rift. Unfortunately my ADS broke after a close encounter with a star and due to an apparent bug, I can't reactivate it after repairing. So as it's beta and with no ADS, I've given up on finding interesting worlds but I do have come across some random USS ... as you say though, they always seem to appear just as my FSD kicks in and too late to cancel.
I need to get my head around this 'mystery' a bit more and then I can perhaps target my exploration a bit better for when I'm back up and running in the live game (after 2.3 release).
To my knowledge the Salome on XBOX has nothing officially to do with Elite for Drew/FDev... Probably why He/She changed their name as they might be getting inundated with friend requests or messages.
Yuri Nakumura is a real player on XBOX (note: NOT an "Advanced NPC") and also a CoR member. Now whether he decides to share his gamer tag or accept friend requests is completely up to him
Just to mention the first vid had 'Clue29c' in its title. The new one has not. Don't know if this is of importance.
And EXO's mag has an interview with Drew on the event: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B59P7thjRhVOQ2tEeFZ6QWJFbUE/view
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And EXO's mag has an interview with Drew on the event: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B59P7thjRhVOQ2tEeFZ6QWJFbUE/view
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Very-very nice trailer!
In the meanwhile, I'm listening to Reclamation audiobook, so I'm getting familiar with the story at last.
In the meanwhile, I'm listening to Reclamation audiobook, so I'm getting familiar with the story at last.
That atmospheric composition would probably leave you dying of asphixiation while simultaneously being out of your tree with nitrogen narcosis. If you brought along your own "real earth" 21% O2 air supply you'd be fine with the O2 at that pressure (for a while) but probably still narced. Long term oxygen toxicity starts at about half a bar. Nitrogen I don't know but most people would be unable to function long before it actually killed them.
Sorry, I was bored.
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Well Yuri is the only person so far on Xbox that is afoliated with the event so for us Xbox players it seems like Yuri is our only point of contact so far.
I presume the clue is our starting location on the day.
Thanks! (It even works in Notepad.)
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Back on topic: it makes sense that the Phaethon's Reach clue is either telling us the beginning or end point or both. From the EXO article with the interview with Drew, it looks like there is no one fixed place to be and that there might be a need for different groups to helping out in different ways, so it might only be an approximate location, or perhaps things will kick off in one system and then go all over the place.
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Ultimately, I think the clue will not be necessary: no one has solved it yet and if it pops up in Galnet on the 29th no one will be taking part because they won't know where to go! In order to get everyone taking part, it will be necessary to say very plainly and clearly where to go and what to do.
FYI guys, good interview with Drew regarding the upcoming 29.04.3303 event - CLICK HERE
Cheers xx
This helps with our tactics on the day as we get a bit of insight into the event.
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Yes, let's discuss how we're going to protect Salome.
Because I really want to protect her.
Honest.
Pinkie swear and everything.
Someone is going to blow her up.
These poor folks in Japan won't know what hits them, Galnet refers to Nakamura, the person with 54 friends is Nakumura, it is a common name there, so I dont think the right person is set up yet.
I have no idea how to protect somebody that is not in wing with me, and with some kind of open communication channel.... As I have seen repeatedly on Open events on FD livestreams, single pilot like this will die a lot
Any idea how good of a pilot Salomé is?
Starting to look like a foxhunt versus protestors with the flavour of American range wars cowboys versus shepherds.
Time I feel to share my musings on the Salomé 29/04 riddle, in the hope that it helps to bring about a eureka moment amongst fellow Commanders...
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
- Drew Wagar confirmed that this riddle is based on Greek Mythology (https://twitter.com/drewwagar/status/849555946917560320)
- He also mentioned a little while back that a Sol permit would be useful in the near future (annoyingly, I still don't have one myself )
- More recently, Mr Wagar confirmed you should be in or near The Bubble if you want to partake in the event
THE RIDDLE
"At Phaethon's Reach...": I've read the various theories around and I am personally drawn to the conclusion that this is a reference to the rock comet "(3200) Phatheon". Apparently the comet is named thus because at its perihelion it passes only about 0.14 AU from the Sun (http://www.bis-space.com/2013/09/10/11903/phaethon-is-a-rock-comet). Mercury is at 0.36 AU so this "At Phaethon's Reach" could imply a starting place between the Sun and Mercury?
"Follow the Path of Souls...": So I've seen a lot of discussion here about constellations, Achenar, The River Styx, etc. that all seem perfectly reasonable, but my own investigations showed up an interesting path of enquiry related to Plato's "The Republic" (Mr Wagar is a man of literature after all). Interestingly, there is a story near the end of the book called the "Myth of Er" that could have some relevance in all of this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_Er). A myth in classical Greek times was simply a story and this story tell the journey of a man called Er who traversed the path of souls after his demise. He was allowed to observe the journey in order to report back his experience to the rest of mankind. The really interesting bit is that the whole journey can be considered the "Path of Souls" (imo more so than simply a single river - Styx - especially when there are several in the Greek underworld). Utlimately the journey ends at the "Spindle of Necessity", which Plato correlated to the 8 then-known classical planets (Mercury through to Saturn, including The Moon). To better understand what I am getting at I suggest reading the link. So, could this mean the path of souls equates to a journey among the classical planets of the Solar system somehow?
DB-IB Fi(0) T-1319 SUM(10,7,5,3): I have to admit I am equally stumped on the true meaning of this conundrum but I have some thoughts, specifically that 'Fi(0)' could actually be representing the mathematical symbol phi(0), which is often used to denote an angle either in spherical coordinates (polar angle from the z-axis) or as the azimuthal angle (from the x-axis) in physics. I don't have anything better to offer with regards to DB-IB than what most others have postulated (could it be a reference to "Cambridge Spaceport", which Salomé already visited on March 20th in 3301?). I also think the fact that T-1319 corresponds to 1984 is too good not to be true, but I've not yet figured out how it fits into this bigger picture I'm constructing (hence my sharing). Lastly, on the face of it 'SUM(10,7,5,3)' does look like an Excel formula (=25) but I feel that is a bit too specific, obvious and perhaps not understandable to everyone if you've never played with Excel (Drew stated in the EXO interview that the riddle should be solvable by pretty much anyone). I came across the concept of "runsums" that can be written as 'sum(a,b,c...)', which is similar to the Excel function but is more mathematical in construct and means you add every number together between the numbers separated by commas. This gives the result of 52 for the riddle: sum(10,7,5,3) = sum(10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3) = 52. I'm not convinced by this though as there appears to be significance in the fact the numbers are in reverse, but I haven't come up with anything else yet (see http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/runsums/index.html for more).
So, there you have it. While I'm still struggling with the cryptic part of the riddle I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts on any of these musings and if any of it even makes the slightest bit of sense.
DISCLAIMER: I am not as well versed in Elite lore as many on here and pretty much all of this is based on what I've been reading around the forums, as well as my own thoughts and efforts applied. Happy to be discredited if any of it simply doesn't ring true.
Fly safe Cmdrs! o7
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
- Drew Wagar confirmed that this riddle is based on Greek Mythology (https://twitter.com/drewwagar/status/849555946917560320)
- He also mentioned a little while back that a Sol permit would be useful in the near future (annoyingly, I still don't have one myself
)- More recently, Mr Wagar confirmed you should be in or near The Bubble if you want to partake in the event
THE RIDDLE
"At Phaethon's Reach...": I've read the various theories around and I am personally drawn to the conclusion that this is a reference to the rock comet "(3200) Phatheon". Apparently the comet is named thus because at its perihelion it passes only about 0.14 AU from the Sun (http://www.bis-space.com/2013/09/10/11903/phaethon-is-a-rock-comet). Mercury is at 0.36 AU so this "At Phaethon's Reach" could imply a starting place between the Sun and Mercury?
"Follow the Path of Souls...": So I've seen a lot of discussion here about constellations, Achenar, The River Styx, etc. that all seem perfectly reasonable, but my own investigations showed up an interesting path of enquiry related to Plato's "The Republic" (Mr Wagar is a man of literature after all). Interestingly, there is a story near the end of the book called the "Myth of Er" that could have some relevance in all of this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_Er). A myth in classical Greek times was simply a story and this story tell the journey of a man called Er who traversed the path of souls after his demise. He was allowed to observe the journey in order to report back his experience to the rest of mankind. The really interesting bit is that the whole journey can be considered the "Path of Souls" (imo more so than simply a single river - Styx - especially when there are several in the Greek underworld). Utlimately the journey ends at the "Spindle of Necessity", which Plato correlated to the 8 then-known classical planets (Mercury through to Saturn, including The Moon). To better understand what I am getting at I suggest reading the link. So, could this mean the path of souls equates to a journey among the classical planets of the Solar system somehow?
DB-IB Fi(0) T-1319 SUM(10,7,5,3): I have to admit I am equally stumped on the true meaning of this conundrum but I have some thoughts, specifically that 'Fi(0)' could actually be representing the mathematical symbol phi(0), which is often used to denote an angle either in spherical coordinates (polar angle from the z-axis) or as the azimuthal angle (from the x-axis) in physics. I don't have anything better to offer with regards to DB-IB than what most others have postulated (could it be a reference to "Cambridge Spaceport", which Salomé already visited on March 20th in 3301?). I also think the fact that T-1319 corresponds to 1984 is too good not to be true, but I've not yet figured out how it fits into this bigger picture I'm constructing (hence my sharing). Lastly, on the face of it 'SUM(10,7,5,3)' does look like an Excel formula (=25) but I feel that is a bit too specific, obvious and perhaps not understandable to everyone if you've never played with Excel (Drew stated in the EXO interview that the riddle should be solvable by pretty much anyone). I came across the concept of "runsums" that can be written as 'sum(a,b,c...)', which is similar to the Excel function but is more mathematical in construct and means you add every number together between the numbers separated by commas. This gives the result of 52 for the riddle: sum(10,7,5,3) = sum(10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3) = 52. I'm not convinced by this though as there appears to be significance in the fact the numbers are in reverse, but I haven't come up with anything else yet (see http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/runsums/index.html for more).
So, there you have it. While I'm still struggling with the cryptic part of the riddle I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts on any of these musings and if any of it even makes the slightest bit of sense.
DISCLAIMER: I am not as well versed in Elite lore as many on here and pretty much all of this is based on what I've been reading around the forums, as well as my own thoughts and efforts applied. Happy to be discredited if any of it simply doesn't ring true.
Fly safe Cmdrs! o7
Time I feel to share my musings on the Salomé 29/04 riddle, in the hope that it helps to bring about a eureka moment amongst fellow Commanders...
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
- Drew Wagar confirmed that this riddle is based on Greek Mythology (https://twitter.com/drewwagar/status/849555946917560320)
- He also mentioned a little while back that a Sol permit would be useful in the near future (annoyingly, I still don't have one myself
- More recently, Mr Wagar confirmed you should be in or near The Bubble if you want to partake in the event
THE RIDDLE
"At Phaethon's Reach...": I've read the various theories around and I am personally drawn to the conclusion that this is a reference to the rock comet "(3200) Phatheon". Apparently the comet is named thus because at its perihelion it passes only about 0.14 AU from the Sun (http://www.bis-space.com/2013/09/10/11903/phaethon-is-a-rock-comet). Mercury is at 0.36 AU so this "At Phaethon's Reach" could imply a starting place between the Sun and Mercury?
"Follow the Path of Souls...": So I've seen a lot of discussion here about constellations, Achenar, The River Styx, etc. that all seem perfectly reasonable, but my own investigations showed up an interesting path of enquiry related to Plato's "The Republic" (Mr Wagar is a man of literature after all). Interestingly, there is a story near the end of the book called the "Myth of Er" that could have some relevance in all of this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_Er). A myth in classical Greek times was simply a story and this story tell the journey of a man called Er who traversed the path of souls after his demise. He was allowed to observe the journey in order to report back his experience to the rest of mankind. The really interesting bit is that the whole journey can be considered the "Path of Souls" (imo more so than simply a single river - Styx - especially when there are several in the Greek underworld). Utlimately the journey ends at the "Spindle of Necessity", which Plato correlated to the 8 then-known classical planets (Mercury through to Saturn, including The Moon). To better understand what I am getting at I suggest reading the link. So, could this mean the path of souls equates to a journey among the classical planets of the Solar system somehow?
DB-IB Fi(0) T-1319 SUM(10,7,5,3): I have to admit I am equally stumped on the true meaning of this conundrum but I have some thoughts, specifically that 'Fi(0)' could actually be representing the mathematical symbol phi(0), which is often used to denote an angle either in spherical coordinates (polar angle from the z-axis) or as the azimuthal angle (from the x-axis) in physics. I don't have anything better to offer with regards to DB-IB than what most others have postulated (could it be a reference to "Cambridge Spaceport", which Salomé already visited on March 20th in 3301?). I also think the fact that T-1319 corresponds to 1984 is too good not to be true, but I've not yet figured out how it fits into this bigger picture I'm constructing (hence my sharing). Lastly, on the face of it 'SUM(10,7,5,3)' does look like an Excel formula (=25) but I feel that is a bit too specific, obvious and perhaps not understandable to everyone if you've never played with Excel (Drew stated in the EXO interview that the riddle should be solvable by pretty much anyone). I came across the concept of "runsums" that can be written as 'sum(a,b,c...)', which is similar to the Excel function but is more mathematical in construct and means you add every number together between the numbers separated by commas. This gives the result of 52 for the riddle: sum(10,7,5,3) = sum(10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3) = 52. I'm not convinced by this though as there appears to be significance in the fact the numbers are in reverse, but I haven't come up with anything else yet (see http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/runsums/index.html for more).
So, there you have it. While I'm still struggling with the cryptic part of the riddle I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts on any of these musings and if any of it even makes the slightest bit of sense.
DISCLAIMER: I am not as well versed in Elite lore as many on here and pretty much all of this is based on what I've been reading around the forums, as well as my own thoughts and efforts applied. Happy to be discredited if any of it simply doesn't ring true.
Fly safe Cmdrs! o7
Hiya. I read the Myth of Er the other day and it does describe the path of souls to some extent.
I rwad about the river Lethe and it made me think of Lave