Ages of pages of reading later. Shew.
... players were supposedly *not* looking for a point of interest. And yet, it appears that actually we were... The point of interest is SYREADIAE JX-F C0 and the ship named 'The Zurara'.
Of course the overall mystery involves POI's. It's the only game mechanic that lets you experience and interact with things in game. That doesn't mean the mystery
was a POI. What people were actually looking for were answers, that's what they found.
Yeah, it's about 1,000 ly from front to back if you're at 46 E kind of height. I started roaming the edges of the non-locked parts a little while back to look for any accessible Col 70 systems using pretty much the same method (no joy) and to try and get a visual of their size and shape via EDSM/EDDiscovery. The whole things huge as you say though, so I went off to do the same for another smaller and less complex permit locked sector nearby which isn't as well explored.
Good luck with the searching. If you need somewhere to drop your exploration data there the Witchhead Science Centre. There's also the Orion Nebula Tourist Centre, which has a shipyard and outfitting. The tourist centre's also got a few tourist missions to some sites with good views of the various nebulae.
Barnards Loop is also accessible (I'm not sure whether it ever wasn't or not). The Horsehead Nebula is still locked though.
Nice! Need to get me one of those!
Yes! Great idea!
My guess is anything Col 70 Sector is blanketed permit locked. There are some Hip systems among those stars though, and not all of them are locked (but many are). I actually plotted my return route to take me through witch head, (fire? something), Bernard's Loop, and around the back of Horse Head. Thanks for the station tips. I may stop off just to see them. I was debating on going further to the edge or out to California and back to the bubble.
<Unlocks bunker door and steps outside>
Hi folks, ...
I'd like to thank you for your contributions.
Thanks once again.
Cheers,
Drew.
I really appreciate the effort and the way the content was delivered. It was the event that pushed me over the edge on actually getting involved in the thread instead of just reading it, so thanks for the carrot.
I don't really understand all the conspiracies and finger pointing. I guess sometimes the plain and simple truth is too uninteresting to be bothered with. How human though, that in the aftermath claims of a grand conspiracy and a complete misunderstanding of events would follow. That's always the problem with people though. They're too damn inventive and too trusting of their own ideas to see what's in front of them.
Anyways, thanks for the fun. I enjoyed myself and I think I made some friends along the way.
Thanks for your input.
I'm assuming this is confirmation that the Rift mystery is now fully completed.
I've stated what my personal gripes are - and the story is not the issue. The problem I see is that while you (Drew Wagar) have been trying to provide content and 'lore' for Elite, Frontier have failed - in my opinion - to fully support the content you have written about (as well as others) in the actual game itself. Had the Formidine Rift been a real place of mystery, strange happenings - almost like the Bermuda Triangle - all would have been well and good. Most all Rifters might have experienced some chance encounter or phenomenon - whatever (use some imagination Frontier) - while searching for the primary objective. As it is, most all came away with nothing - except to be told (in the messages) that no one asked for individuals to go out searching that far (thanks a bunch!).
I'd also hazard a guess that despite the messages saying that beacons had been dropped by The Zurara around terraformable worlds and Earth-like worlds, that in reality there are no beacons to be found around such planets in or beyond the Rift as they haven't been included in the game (the three sectors mentioned in the logs probably also non-existent currently). I'd be happy to be informed I am wrong about that.
Thanks very much, otherwise.
The beacons are something of a problem for me. Maybe someone survived by taking a small ship, retracing their route to the bubble and destroying all the beacons along the way? Maybe Rebecca took them out to be spiteful and doesn't remember. That's not an exciting answer though. Not as exciting as finding them but in the end that's just more easter eggs. I think the reputation of danger may have been just the power's way of dissuading searchers because they knew something was there to find, where in other area's all evidence had been destroyed.
Well, from some of the clues I've read in the past, it certainly does seem to present the idea that the Rift, or beyond, is a place of potential danger.
Furthermore, the main characters in the mystery had supposedly been apprehended and memory wiped - more than once - for supposedly venturing out that far. And yet every other Tom, and Harry can jet around unimpeded by not even human forces! No security chasing people away, no secret (special) forces trying to turn explorers back, no military bases or outposts (not even automated turrets, or armed beacons) - nothing! It's ridiculous.
The three sectors referred to in the messages probably don't exist. If they do, then there should surely be defences in place to defend the system, etc. So, while the story may have been OK, the content from Frontier - backing up the story - just hasn't been there, and most solo players have nothing much to show for their time searching the Rift (not even a chase by secret services in an effort to stop you uncovering the secret). Mind you, I suppose Frontier would simply 'permit lock' these areas anyway (why waste resources, ships n such, when you can lock players out of places of interest with an 'unknown permit')...
It was one of many plans is what Rebecca said. Maybe it wasn't the best so they abandoned it? Why pour resources into covering up a plan that you no longer intend to use?
Drew's argument seems to be it wasn't fixed because while he allowed the fox into the hen-house he had no idea it would eat his chickens doesn't seem very genuine; he facilitated it by allowing a known event-killer to fly shotgun.
Drew left the ending up to the players. The only way to do that was to do nothing personally to shape the ending. React, try to survive but don't dictate how the players decide to protect you. PAC let SDC in, they let them carry weapons unopposed. Drew for his part friended people so he could be followed, regardless of intent. That's just something that had to be done given game mechanics. To do anything else would have meant shaping the ending. You can't not control something by controlling it. There's conspiracy and then there's simply ignoring facts because it suits you. The latter needs something thicker than tinfoil, try a frying pan. Be sure to swing hard when putting it on so you know you'll get the proper fit.
Next time, it'd be nice if Frontier went to some lengths to include other elements, as previously mentioned by me (and others) in such story lines. Whereas Salome, I believe, was memory wiped due to going out into the Formidine Rift, no one else was bothered in the slightest for going to an area the superpowers were supposedly trying to keep things secret - all others could come and go as they pleased. Highly unlikely that the three superpowers - or whomever is involved - would allow roaming explorers to go unmolested if they were serious about protecting this supposed big secret. Anyway, that's about all I'll say on the matter. Anyone know when the next release of Elite will be - hopefully not too long?
Rebecca knew who they were because she was one of them. Everyone else just had dead bodies with no name to attach to them. The powers sending people to guard this secret would just suggest their involvement.
Actually, he was not UC. He's part of the Federal Astrocartography department...
I think that's the thing based on Mars, being the Federation's capital and all. I don't think the other powers/independents would stand for UC if it was there.
https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/582dc4489657bacc7c29abb9
It would be really cool if some of the independent groups like the Pilots Federation started to leave power controlled systems because of this.
I think FD have indicated that the INRA biological attack on the Thargoids did not happen in the E D universe.
All the lore on Drew's website is supposed to be cannon for ED. He mentions the mycoid virus from INRA.
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