Alien archeology and other mysteries: Thread 10 - The Canonn

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Thatchinho

Thatchinho
Jmanis said:
If you don't want Wonder Woman spoilers, don't look in this next blob (sorry if you're on a mobile phone...)
[spoilers] That's a very Aries-like thing to say and think... but it's a pretty interesting take![/spoilers]

I didn't mean to set-and-forget my last post and not contribute anything back... was some interesting thoughts on whether knowing UA's are of Thargoid origin changes anything. I personally think there's some stuff that can be read into it but it's nothing definitive.

- The UA's presumably started clustered around Merope, and subsequently "expanded" to form the shell centered on it... but they point *back* to the Merope star. I still can't make heads or tails of that, or why they dish out ship wireframes in morse (or planet names) based on that mentality. That aside, I get a hunch that Thargoids might be moving into Pleiades, rather than originally being in it. I'm trying to think of "completely alien" ideas, something the FD team keeps harping on about, and so I can't help but think the UA's weren't something launched into the Pleiades like some large, inter-stellar seed pod, and which then "exploded" across the Pleiades... but even then, why? Expansion? A weapon? A delivery?

Also that doesn't explain UPs, or their pointing back Merope 5C, or the octal about the planets. It doesn't fit...

- Anyone remember the asteroid exploding? Nothing known about that still.

- Barnacles still have that marking that most closely (imo) resembles Barnard's Loop (mostly permit locked), and Thargoids have an interest in Barnacles. If Thargoid wrecks have been found on planet surfaces full of UAs, surely there's got to be some sort of connection also between barnacles and UAs (and UPs?)

- I'm still highly suspicious of the Cone Nebula, because <reasons>.

I could easily jump to the conclusion right now that Something something UA is a Barnacle Seed, which provides a fuel source to Thargoids for moving around, but that's too trivial and, imo, inconsequential. We're missing something. Personally I think the asteroid explosion and Wreaken's activity in Col 70 might be part of the "Why", and Jacques, Halsey and the destroyed Federal Capship are part of the What. I'm not prepared to make a connection to the Guardians yet, but that seems implicit in the "third race", though the whole Guardians experience is still a bit sour with me, so maybe it's bias.
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Just a quick one to say that unless something's changed recently then Barnards Loop isn't currently permit locked other than the Horse Head Dark systems.
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
Thatchinho said:
Just a quick one to say that unless something's changed recently then Barnards Loop isn't currently permit locked other than the Horse Head Dark systems.
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Yes, I keep seeing people say it's locked, but it really isn't. Though there aren't (m)any new systems to discover since my last sweep, which was quite thorough :)
 

Thatchinho

Thatchinho
G_Bison said:
I wish, place down for the night before I went to bed. Working on a theory if there is some type of receiver on the moon. It must be somewhere that can receive transmissions without being hampered by the fact the moon is tidally locked. That, or it may be in orbit of the moon to receive said transmissions!!!
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I'd suggest it's probably safe to assume that FTL communication doesn't require line of sight.

Reasons in brief - Ship comms are never LoS dependent (or Multi-Crew, CQC or anything else that's FTL comms dependent).

So unless they're using speed of light comms (which would be an odd thing to do & not odd in 'alien' sense IMHO) the receiver could be anywhere on the moon, anywhere within the moon, or even just in hyperspace.
 
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Jorki Rasalas

Jorki Rasalas
G_Bison said:
I wish, place down for the night before I went to bed. Working on a theory if there is some type of receiver on the moon. It must be somewhere that can receive transmissions without being hampered by the fact the moon is tidally locked. That, or it may be in orbit of the moon to receive said transmissions!!!
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Always been suspicious of that large crater with the central peak!

Servers are up, downlaoding!
 

BDC

BDC
Factabulous said:
My Sunday has just been ruined :)

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Only 20 Ly from The Cetes (and this is the third system with ruins in Col 173 Sector UU-O)

Edit: Interesting - first discoverer for some of this system is CMDR Synjorai (discoverer of the Cetes) - wonder if they passed through before the ruins were in place (though I guess that was millions of years ago ;))
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Anybody doing a hunt on Merope 5c? I've got some time before I head to work after this download (in theory) finishes. Am willing to help out in my science-y Keelback.
 

Danger

Danger
BDC said:
Anybody doing a hunt on Merope 5c? I've got some time before I head to work after this download (in theory) finishes. Am willing to help out in my science-y Keelback.
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Yep.. been there for a while now... waiting for update to finsih then I'll be looking for anything out of the ordinary.

Usually play in Canonn or Mobi private group when doing this sort of thing.
 

BDC

BDC
Just got done downloading and loaded in-game. Noticed a few things:

- Col 70 still locked, including the named system
- Mouse cursor is jacked up in the GalMap.

Danger said:
Yep.. been there for a while now... waiting for update to finsih then I'll be looking for anything out of the ordinary.

Usually play in Canonn or Mobi private group when doing this sort of thing.
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I'm in Mobius but not the Canonn PG. I need an invite to it.
 

The Lawful

The Lawful
BDC said:
Just got done downloading and loaded in-game. Noticed a few things:

- Col 70 still locked, including the named system
- Mouse cursor is jacked up in the GalMap.
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By 'named system' you don't mean HIP 22460 10 A, hopefully?

Still downloading,
[noob]
 

DEATHBR1NGER 37

DEATHBR1NGER 37
Forgive me if I'm having a stroke, but was Col 121 Sector permit locked before this patch? Also, unfortunately HIP 22460 is locked. It's under its own permit now, if it wasn't before though.
 

Cmdr Eran Mintor

Cmdr Eran Mintor
New Listening Post in Maia. Haven't stuck around long enough to hear if there's any additional data from sound however there is a log when you scan it.

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Saool

Saool
Something just occurred to me, that I don't know that has been suggested before:

What if, when we are hyperdicted, and the yellow beams activate, we are being attacked? But the Thargoid weapons are as ineffective on our ships, as ours are against theirs? They can disable us, but not damage us, so they think jeez, I'm outahere! and leave.

It would of course beg the question, well what happened the Fed ships of course, so I think this is unlikely, but it is an interesting thought.
 
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Cmdr Eran Mintor

Cmdr Eran Mintor
At the Communication Hub Zeta 12 there are 4 ship logs you can scan with your data scanner. Once scanned, 4 voiced logs will appear in your inbox. There is also a satellite that will broadcast a message 10 minutes after the hour supposedly giving a location to pursue the mystery further. Screenshots to come soon, and hopefully some sound later.

tl;dr there's some rogue signal that techs can't figure out and is being covered up.

Edit: Screenshots

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DEATHBR1NGER 37

DEATHBR1NGER 37
In the signal source was a CQC asset with a couple of standard satellites in close proximity. I was killed by a ship with no faction, whose ship name consisted of a string of numbers & letters after being accused of snooping around. I would be very much alive if I had been in an armed ship.

Kinda ninja'd by the above.
 
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