THE FORMIDINE RIFT MYSTERY (Part 4)

[Jorki Rasalas]

It makes a lot more sense from quite a few standpoints to be located near the center of the Galaxy. The resources are greater, the Stars are more numerous (more chance of life developing), and more of the star types any race would prefer. It's one of the things that humanity moving into the rift makes no real sense, it's as if we were looking to move into a desert (starwise). The center has more to offer in every way.
And yes, there is a locked off area, but I can't really point it out at the moment, I think it's quite a large one.

I'll be buying a Conda sometime this week, and I'm going to nosy around that area. It's porbably a wide goose chase, but what the heck.

Well, Sol is a fair way out from the galactic centre. I think life may be likely to start in nebulae, and you get high energy stars even in nebulae. But there would be a lot of radiation at the centre, the effect of which is ignored in E D but radiation is bad for life.

 

[Harley Quinn]

Well, Sol is a fair way out from the galactic centre. I think life may be likely to start in nebulae, and you get high energy stars even in nebulae. But there would be a lot of radiation at the centre, the effect of which is ignored in E D but radiation is bad for life.

Unless you are guardians and their genetic creations that thrive on it in my opinion

 

[Jorki Rasalas]

By looking at how far the Zurara was found from the Rift Beacons, I guess it would be the same in the other locations. The beacon areas are probably only relay stations to allow communication or such and the planed locations for the exodus are much farer away.

I haven't seen the Teorge LP logs yet, but it has never made a great deal of sense to relocate humanity to a barren area like the Rift (unless its to slow down a pursuing threat if humanity has to evacuate the core). But if you think of the FR listening base (gamma?) as intended to monitor signals from the Bovomit sector then that makes much more sense for the Thargoid threat; it would explain why previous lore sources suggested Thargs came from the Rift. Was it the FR expedition that spotted a heat source where there shouldn't have been?

If you want a real plot twist then you could view the FR terraforming attempts as setting up a bait area to detect & slow down the threat if/when they emerge from that sector. Now setting up human worlds to be bait for Thargoids really would be a source of heat for the conspirators behind the plot.

With that viewpoint then the Gap and Conflux bases might have a similar twist. So Colonia may prove to be a very "interesting" place to form a second bubble. I have previously posted a hypothesis that the Guardians may have originated out towards Colonia and we have found their second bubble. So it might be that they were exterminated by a threat in that region. There is another locked sector out beyond Colonia.

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True - but it was allegedly discoverable before then based on clues that we missed (or misinterpreted).

Now that we know where the Zurara is and what it was doing, can other signs of that be found nearby (TFCs that say "being terraformed" rather than "candidate" would be my favourite theory for that, as a subtle clue that even someone DSSing the relevant planets in the first place might miss), then use that to look for the other expeditions?

I was out there last week & only came across "candidate for terraforming", even in the Zurara location.

 

[Jaiotu]

Unless you are guardians and their genetic creations that thrive on it in my opinion

The Octopus is an animal that can edit it's own DNA, according to recent science. From newscientist.com: "Octopuses and squid have confirmed their reputation as Earth-bound “aliens” with the discovery that they can edit their own genetic instructions."

A species that could edit it's own genes would have an advantage living in a high radiation environment. They could theoretically undo a genetic mutation cause by radiation ... possibly even directing their own evolution by keeping and passing on specific advantageous mutations that they develop along the way. Human evolution, by contrast, will likely reach a point where further evolution is frowned upon. An advantageous mutation, if it comes along with a physical characteristic that is deemed abnormal, will more likely to be shunned by potential mates or 'rectified' through genetic therapy.

 

[Harley Quinn]

On possible new bubbles, I've always thought past the rift and gap to give a barrier to defend if needed while conflux would be hiding in a crowd

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The Octopus is an animal that can edit it's own DNA, according to recent science. From newscientist.com: "Octopuses and squid have confirmed their reputation as Earth-bound “aliens” with the discovery that they can edit their own genetic instructions."

A species that could edit it's own genes would have an advantage living in a high radiation environment. They could theoretically undo a genetic mutation cause by radiation ... possibly even directing their own evolution by keeping and passing on specific advantageous mutations that they develop along the way. Human evolution, by contrast, will likely reach a point where further evolution is frowned upon. An advantageous mutation, if it comes along with a physical characteristic that is deemed abnormal, will more likely to be shunned by potential mates or 'rectified' through genetic therapy.

Agreed, which is why with the guardians tendency to meddle and that site out past conflux in a nebula I think they looked at this differently to us and preferred that type of environment

 

[OldSchoolPlayer]

Hi Folks,

Apologies for delay in responding, as 1, I was knackered, and 2, I've only just finished carting all my computers and network gear back upstairs where they belong.

I'm posting here first out of all possible locations because you are the folks who've been following this the longest and deserve the explanation first. A few things went awry last night (inevitably) and as a result of that not everything was as clear as I would have liked.

The objective of the chase was to reach the Tionisla system from 46 Eridani. All four protagonists had that goal. There they were to rendezvous with the Cor Meum Et Animam Cobra that was positioned in the 'Encrypted Transmission' tourist beacon (in lieu of not having a graveyard at this point in time).

That Cobra would (rather like the EAFOTS transmission in Galnet) give off a transmission, requiring the protagonists to seek the Teorge system, there to find the transmission logs left by Rebecca.

Tsu got there first, followed by Raan and Yuri. Unfortunately, due connection issues, we could not get the Cobra to instance correctly with the protagonists. Thus we had to give the clue manually. As you all know, the logs had already been found by this point (ironically) by one of you. Spoilers of course, but the show had to go on. Thus the message was revealed, but not in the way I had hoped or anticipated. The logs are server side content which had to be placed in prior to the event, so there was always risk this would happen.

Salomé was due to make one of her customary speeches on arrival, but alas, she was killed. More detail would have been contained therein. That avenue is now closed. We did intend to reveal some of that along the way, but it proved simply too hectic to do so - we had no let up during the 2 hours. It was constant and exhausting. Dozens of PvPers were interdicted out of Salomé's way by allied forces during that time.

Whilst Harry Potter did finish Salomé off, her ship was badly wounded after almost 2 hours of evading interdiction by hardened PvP players. Her hull was intact, but despite exhausting an AFMU (refilled twice) and using all our stored Jumponium, when she was interdicted that time she suffered fatal damage to chaff, weapons, and FSD drive. We also suffered from the wing partners not being able to dewake alongside, thus she was alone, damaged and without weapons or means to escape. The result at that point was inevitable.

Cheers,

Drew.

Thanks for the post Drew.

Knowing that the transmissions logs were left by Rebecca in Teorge system (before her mind wipe) explains everything.

 

[Gypsy12]

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[CMDR Ofan]

On possible new bubbles, I've always thought past the rift and gap to give a barrier to defend if needed while conflux would be hiding in a crowd

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Agreed, which is why with the guardians tendency to meddle and that site out past conflux in a nebula I think they looked at this differently to us and preferred that type of environment

Isn't there a permit locked region out that way (generally) if you keep going?

Edit: Yeah Bovomit systems almost on an extension of the rift line.

 

[Spenceuk99]

Folks, what is the main thing you use to decrypt stuff on here? I have something that I think is a substitution cipher, but haven't a clue about what to use.

 

[Gypsy12]

Did anyone ever figure this out?

GALNET: 02 Dec 3302


Galactic News: Amateurs Partially Decrypt Signal
"A small group of EM-transmission technology enthusiasts in the Tionisla system claims to have partially decoded the encrypted message transmitted from the Tionisla Orbital Graveyard by an antique Cobra Mk III a few months ago.
A spokesperson for the group, which calls itself The Hamsters, said:
"So exciting! It was an EM frequency using phase modulation. Really quite clever. It contains a string of numbers, but we don't know what they mean, so we've decided to share it with the galactic community in the hope that someone might be able to decode it. The sequence is: 01 07 10 * 20 22 25 * 01 05 23 03 23 * 10 27 - 23 * 02 03 01 - 02 * 03 04 * 01 * 43 33 31 23 * 07 21 25 27."
Unfortunately The Hamsters' broadcast abruptly stopped at this point, and only static has been received since. When asked about the sudden silence, authorities in Tionisla made the following statement:
"We had no choice but to take them offline as they hadn't renewed their broadcasting licence. We will restore their broadcasting privileges once the appropriate charges have been paid."

 

[Jaiotu]

Did anyone ever figure this out?

GALNET: 02 Dec 3302


Galactic News: Amateurs Partially Decrypt Signal
"A small group of EM-transmission technology enthusiasts in the Tionisla system claims to have partially decoded the encrypted message transmitted from the Tionisla Orbital Graveyard by an antique Cobra Mk III a few months ago.
A spokesperson for the group, which calls itself The Hamsters, said:
"So exciting! It was an EM frequency using phase modulation. Really quite clever. It contains a string of numbers, but we don't know what they mean, so we've decided to share it with the galactic community in the hope that someone might be able to decode it. The sequence is: 01 07 10 * 20 22 25 * 01 05 23 03 23 * 10 27 - 23 * 02 03 01 - 02 * 03 04 * 01 * 43 33 31 23 * 07 21 25 27."
Unfortunately The Hamsters' broadcast abruptly stopped at this point, and only static has been received since. When asked about the sudden silence, authorities in Tionisla made the following statement:
"We had no choice but to take them offline as they hadn't renewed their broadcasting licence. We will restore their broadcasting privileges once the appropriate charges have been paid."

Isn't that what led to the discovery of the 1st Rift Beacon and then the subsequent settlements in the Gap, Conflux and Rift?

Nope ... I guess it was the one in the Conflux. Decoded: Pru Aescs HW-S b31-2 CD 1, -7,1721 ; -35,2725

 

[Malcotch]

I'm doing almost the same.

same here... currently checking out 0 population, losec systems with short names (easy to type) for listening posts. Before I head back out to the rift to check out the Zurara for the first time.

I always thought RAGAZZA was the thargoid term for Raxxla ... looks like I misunderstood this part..

 

[Gypsy12]

Darnnit.

Okay. So no more clues.

Is there a chance do you think that Drew led us to the Teorge system so that we could somehow reverse engineer the puzzle?

I mean... Why on Earth would he bring us to Rebeccas conclusion of the formidine rift (The Teorge beacons) --- when they came from the Col 70 sector obviously up to something else?

Its backwards...???

 

[CMDR Ofan]

Darnnit.

Okay. So no more clues.

Is there a chance do you think that Drew led us to the Teorge system so that we could somehow reverse engineer the puzzle?

I mean... Why on Earth would he bring us to Rebeccas conclusion of the formidine rift (The Teorge beacons) --- when they came from the Col 70 sector obviously up to something else?

Its backwards...???

Probably just bringing closure to a section of narrative especially for those who are not rifters and kept abreast of info as it appears before we move on to the next chunk of story action which seems to be "Space Illuminati vs Aliens: The Collateral Damage Conspiracy"

Let's say mankind has to move house to the rift, it's nice for us to be able to underline exactly why and how.

 

[Jorki Rasalas]

Did anyone ever figure this out?

GALNET: 02 Dec 3302


Galactic News: Amateurs Partially Decrypt Signal
"A small group of EM-transmission technology enthusiasts in the Tionisla system claims to have partially decoded the encrypted message transmitted from the Tionisla Orbital Graveyard by an antique Cobra Mk III a few months ago.
A spokesperson for the group, which calls itself The Hamsters, said:
"So exciting! It was an EM frequency using phase modulation. Really quite clever. It contains a string of numbers, but we don't know what they mean, so we've decided to share it with the galactic community in the hope that someone might be able to decode it. The sequence is: 01 07 10 * 20 22 25 * 01 05 23 03 23 * 10 27 - 23 * 02 03 01 - 02 * 03 04 * 01 * 43 33 31 23 * 07 21 25 27."
Unfortunately The Hamsters' broadcast abruptly stopped at this point, and only static has been received since. When asked about the sudden silence, authorities in Tionisla made the following statement:
"We had no choice but to take them offline as they hadn't renewed their broadcasting licence. We will restore their broadcasting privileges once the appropriate charges have been paid."

Yep, but can't remember to which part of the mystery (sorry, did have the decode on my ipad, but I've wiped it)

Edit: ninjad!
Can anyone point me to the url for the Teorge LP logs? Convinced someone posted in spoilers yesterday but cant find amongst all the salt over the last 60 odd pages.

 

[Siobhan]

I always thought RAGAZZA was the thargoid term for Raxxla ... looks like I misunderstood this part..

Just Italian for girl or young woman. In Drew's Oolite books, all the Thargoid communications were in Latin. Rebecca was supposed to be their saviour, and lead them to Raxxla.

 

[G4RY]

Folks, what is the main thing you use to decrypt stuff on here? I have something that I think is a substitution cipher, but haven't a clue about what to use.

Bumping this a little bit in case it was lost in the traffic. Could be something..

 

[CMDR Poet Starwind]

Folks, what is the main thing you use to decrypt stuff on here? I have something that I think is a substitution cipher, but haven't a clue about what to use.

Try EXODUS, or possibly REMEMBER. If you care to, post the encrypted message and it'll give this thread some of its zing back. Or, PM me your encrypted message and I'll set to work on it, if you'd like. The folks here are pretty durn smart, and can help!

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I'm doing almost the same.

Me too. De-combatted the Corv back to commerce mode. I would like to be more than Tycoon before the summer's begun.

 

[[Diplomacy] Carnegie]

Bumping this a little bit in case it was lost in the traffic. Could be something..

For character substitution I usually use a combination of Excel and Notepad. I've never found an online tool which is actually helpful.

 

[CMDR Poet Starwind]

Unless you are guardians and their genetic creations that thrive on it in my opinion

I was wondering, has there been life found on moons of GG with nh4 or h2o based life? Seems like it would be a good place for replicating proteins to evolve.

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For character substitution I usually use a combination of Excel and Notepad. I've never found an online tool which is actually helpful.

I ended up writing my own command line encrypt/decrypter for the simple substitutions, post beacon.