I must be doing it wrong the encrypted bit for "Dynasty" matches (dyjepqy).
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THE FORMIDINE RIFT MYSTERY (Part 4)
- Thread starter Cmdr Zach
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I must be doing it wrong the encrypted bit for "Dynasty" matches (dyjepqy).
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Attempt to retrace the Formidine Rift Beta/Gamma Expeditions. Day 6. (Day 5 lost due to upgrade of flight control software).
TL;DR: A tough day trying to plot routes deeper into the Rift and now backtracking. No Earth-likes or Ammonia Worlds, no *SS or beacons or mysterious things.
Fly safe!
The new flight control software has been working well so far and my Python's primary flight computer can once again manage planetary landings, so I took one of my SRVs out for a spin on MYOIDEAU JI-K D8-4 3a. I did not find any POIs but replenished my supplies of a couple of elements before moving on. I investigated several asteroid belt clusters on my way out deeper into the Rift and found a 'green' system, PHOI AESCS ZB-F C11-0, although the abundancies were not very high. Later on I encountered a planet with 1.1% Polonium, PHOI AESCS AN-D C12-0 A1, which is a tiny (292km radius) metal-rich planet. I encountered another Po-rich planet soon afterwards, PHOI AESCS ZR-D C12-0 1 (Po 1.0%), so there are places with plentiful resources out here.
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I encountered no Earth-like or Ammonia Worlds today, sadly. The region is nevertheless not short of water worlds and candidates for terraforming. It was also noticeable that despite my route plotter needing almost thirty jumps for 160LY and my passing through so many systems, that not once have I encountered a system with a primary brown dwarf star in the last couple of days. Given my altitude below the Galactic Plane, this is very unusual.
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The furthest I was able to make it today was about 2250LY from the Abandoned Settlements and I reached multiple dead ends getting that far. I have started to backtrack a bit more to where the star density is higher and my plan is to spend another day or two trying to find a way across the gap farther along the edge of the Perseus Arm. I have noticed more systems showing first discovery tags today, so I think I have been getting closer to a route across but 33LY has not been enough to progress.
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I do wonder what the jump range of the Dynasty Expedition ships was and I may re-evaluate it overnight. They used the old 2b hyperdrives that could take a week, I think, for a maximum range jump, so does that mean they only made it a couple of jumps beyond the Abandoned Settlements before they encountered trouble? I'm not so sure - I think they did at least make the attempt to cross over to the Outer Arm and it is a question of finding out where. That will hopefully point us in the direction of whatever it is that lurks out here...
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I encountered no Earth-like or Ammonia Worlds today, sadly. The region is nevertheless not short of water worlds and candidates for terraforming. It was also noticeable that despite my route plotter needing almost thirty jumps for 160LY and my passing through so many systems, that not once have I encountered a system with a primary brown dwarf star in the last couple of days. Given my altitude below the Galactic Plane, this is very unusual.
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The furthest I was able to make it today was about 2250LY from the Abandoned Settlements and I reached multiple dead ends getting that far. I have started to backtrack a bit more to where the star density is higher and my plan is to spend another day or two trying to find a way across the gap farther along the edge of the Perseus Arm. I have noticed more systems showing first discovery tags today, so I think I have been getting closer to a route across but 33LY has not been enough to progress.
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I do wonder what the jump range of the Dynasty Expedition ships was and I may re-evaluate it overnight. They used the old 2b hyperdrives that could take a week, I think, for a maximum range jump, so does that mean they only made it a couple of jumps beyond the Abandoned Settlements before they encountered trouble? I'm not so sure - I think they did at least make the attempt to cross over to the Outer Arm and it is a question of finding out where. That will hopefully point us in the direction of whatever it is that lurks out here...
Fly safe!
Is the UCB showing as doubles to you on the nav panel?
Any new developments?
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Are any of those F type?
Back from the rim, AICONK to be exact. Turned in data for about 30M, and found one page had 2M. A PHAA AIN (will get exact info soon) system was worth 700k. One planet, 4, scanned for 600k, untagged. Pre 2.3 data. Not sure what was so special about it, trip was pretty sedate.
I think I have mentioned this before, but Achenar means end of the river.
In fact , according to wikipedia, Achenar means begining of the river , not end . The last star was Acamar in ancient times , but now seems to be Cursa. But does "reach" mean End ? because in the legend , Phaeton falls into the Eridan , not only at its end.
I know that. However, then the 10,7,5,3 clue is useless. Also, it says follow the river of souls, but doesn't say to the end.
I'm a bit torn XD.
Could be Rana , however , in my edition of the Dark Wheel book , page labeled 10 , line 7 word 5 letter 3 is a S (passengers).
I doubt those are book references as they migh change according to editions ( mine is labeled as "Typeset by Dorchester Typsetting ,1984 . First chapter is given at page 5. If I repeat the process from there (to reach page15 ) I get a "r" )...
In the 2D plane giving the Eridani constellation shape, Cursa is at the End near Rigel , just below Orion. So could be in the path towards the formidine rift , no?
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^^ Different edditions giving different numbers => my idea fails hard XD.
Well in fairness, it could still be that particular version that Drew (or whoever) had in mind when they created the message!
Also, as a massive tangent, can I just say that your spot of the Shinrata Dezhra AR-9 antenna pointing to Col 70 still appears to be one of the most prescient things to have come up on the thread!
o7 cmdr!
My Flight Plan for 29 APR 3303
So, based on the good work of many CMDRs in this thread, and a bit of my own tinfoil haberdashery, this is my guess:
"DB-IB [blah blah blah]"
I think I'm sold on the David Braben-Ian Bell interpretation espoused by several CMDRs here. This story event will tie together (retcon? harmonize?) all the previous iterations of Elite.
"At Phaeton's Reach, Follow the Path of Souls."
Phaeton, taking up Apollo's reins as the Charioteer (Constellation Auriga) would have had to cross "the horns of the Bull (Constellation Taurus)" as one of his first obstacles of guiding the sun. Those two constellations are adjacent to each other and line up quite nicely with the head of the River (Constellation Eridanus). The myth says Pheaton lost control almost immediately, but it took some time for Zeus to lock on with his Greek Mk I Rail Gun and bring Phaeton down. The myth isn't too clear on the exact crash site, but it's pretty clear the the furthest Phaeton could have Reached was Achenar. So we start there.
We follow the Path of Souls, as the Constellation Eridanus was often called, back to the head of the river. There we find an interesting astronomical object: the Witch Head Nebula. As has been pointed out numerous times, nebulas are great places to hide things behind. Sorta like a ... I don't know... a "veil" perhaps? Now look at this:
Witch Head, Orion, Running Man, Flame, Barnard's Loop, Horsehead. Six Veils. All more or less in a beeline toward COL 70 Sector. Hit the Galactic Map and look up (as an example) COL 70 Sector GQ-X D1-1. Then eyeball a course back toward the bubble. Go ahead. I'll wait here...
Kinda cool, I thought. As far as symbolism and stuff goes, we CMDRs have to follow a mythological Path of Souls to find the Initial Point; during the event, Salome will pass through 6 Veils to reach her destiny or whatever. Has she already passed through the First Veil earlier in the narrative (as some have suggested)? Will there be a nebula-generating supernova or something in the COL 70 Sector that creates the Seventh Veil in-game (Which would rock, BTW)? Search me.
It's not a perfectly fitting tinfoil hat, but it looks good on me. I'll see you CMDRs at Rigel. I'll be in the orange Anaconda packing guns, fuel limpets, an escort fighter and a 40 LY jump range. It's a long run from Witch Head to COL 70.
Fly safe! o7
So, based on the good work of many CMDRs in this thread, and a bit of my own tinfoil haberdashery, this is my guess:
"DB-IB [blah blah blah]"
I think I'm sold on the David Braben-Ian Bell interpretation espoused by several CMDRs here. This story event will tie together (retcon? harmonize?) all the previous iterations of Elite.
"At Phaeton's Reach, Follow the Path of Souls."
Phaeton, taking up Apollo's reins as the Charioteer (Constellation Auriga) would have had to cross "the horns of the Bull (Constellation Taurus)" as one of his first obstacles of guiding the sun. Those two constellations are adjacent to each other and line up quite nicely with the head of the River (Constellation Eridanus). The myth says Pheaton lost control almost immediately, but it took some time for Zeus to lock on with his Greek Mk I Rail Gun and bring Phaeton down. The myth isn't too clear on the exact crash site, but it's pretty clear the the furthest Phaeton could have Reached was Achenar. So we start there.
We follow the Path of Souls, as the Constellation Eridanus was often called, back to the head of the river. There we find an interesting astronomical object: the Witch Head Nebula. As has been pointed out numerous times, nebulas are great places to hide things behind. Sorta like a ... I don't know... a "veil" perhaps? Now look at this:
Witch Head, Orion, Running Man, Flame, Barnard's Loop, Horsehead. Six Veils. All more or less in a beeline toward COL 70 Sector. Hit the Galactic Map and look up (as an example) COL 70 Sector GQ-X D1-1. Then eyeball a course back toward the bubble. Go ahead. I'll wait here...
Kinda cool, I thought. As far as symbolism and stuff goes, we CMDRs have to follow a mythological Path of Souls to find the Initial Point; during the event, Salome will pass through 6 Veils to reach her destiny or whatever. Has she already passed through the First Veil earlier in the narrative (as some have suggested)? Will there be a nebula-generating supernova or something in the COL 70 Sector that creates the Seventh Veil in-game (Which would rock, BTW)? Search me.
It's not a perfectly fitting tinfoil hat, but it looks good on me. I'll see you CMDRs at Rigel. I'll be in the orange Anaconda packing guns, fuel limpets, an escort fighter and a 40 LY jump range. It's a long run from Witch Head to COL 70.
Fly safe! o7
Drew puts a fair amount of thought into the clues. I'm pretty sure as an experienced writer that he would've taken something like that into account, or at least owned up to a mistake if one was made.
Fair and interesting thoughts there . The question remains : either we follow this path that far , or we stick to the buble. I think we should look at the systems belonging to Eridan within the buble before packing for the outside. We might find something inbeween...
My two cents about the events of the 29th: I reckon that due to the dangers involved with presenting herself out in the open with the likes of SDC and others about, and also considering that the event should ideally be inclusive of as many CMDRs as possible and not to be played out by a single CMDR (and everyone else just retraces the events later on YT), I think Salome will pop up in a station, maybe one of the new asteroid bases to showcase those. From that safety she could take the time to address the present audience (I feel additional messianic messages coming on).
And I should think that with constraints from the currently available game mechanics to allow for P2P interaction, there might be some CG style activity to determine the outcome, thereby allowing a large number of players to participate.
It is highly likely, though, that the 29th will prove me completely wrong.
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Oh, and Drew just posted an image of Salome's holo-me in the HIP 215 12 system. For what it's worth some two weeks before the event.
And I should think that with constraints from the currently available game mechanics to allow for P2P interaction, there might be some CG style activity to determine the outcome, thereby allowing a large number of players to participate.
It is highly likely, though, that the 29th will prove me completely wrong.
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Oh, and Drew just posted an image of Salome's holo-me in the HIP 215 12 system. For what it's worth some two weeks before the event.
Exodus or Dynasty
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Did you come across any of my systems? I surveyed all of PHA AIN NO-X and OO-X systems in my attempt to decode TOW's clues.
Have you got the link for Drew's post?