Alien archeology and other mysteries: Thread 10 - The Canonn

[Jorki Rasalas]

I'm sitting on the planet surface with the big ol' Thargie mo'ship and I'm not quite sure what to do next.

I guess the point of the ship was to get the SP of ... whatever it is, but now I'm kinda not sure where to go next. I hope this isn't the end of this section, like it seems to happen in previous encounters..

BTW how do we know that other solar system is COL 70 when we have never seen the system itself?

We don't that was an educated guess which may be wrong, but it is the only system, other than Merope, that to date we know (from UP decode) to be of interest to UA/UP "owners".

it could be that it is nothing to do with Col70 sector fy-n c21-3, that system/sector may have been locked off for other reasons......perhaps we have been looking at the spectrogram from the wrong viewpoint. Perhaps it shows a common start point, then Thargs splitting into two factions one using UA based around Merope and one based somewhere else using the UP, and the two colours of systems on the starmap is intended to convey the locations of the two factions. Not very satisfied with this hypothesis because it does not explain where the UL comes in nor how to interpret the top bit.

 

[Garand1987]

http://imgur.com/a/PmUTV

http://imgur.com/a/OShCX

second one isnt related to the green atmosphere but it thought it was a nice view. if nothing else this system is scenic.

 

[manwithagun]

tried to land on main moon. Hell, can see anything

Spoiler

 

[LordZoltan]

Just paste the link itself will suffice.

Hey,

Doesn't the new sonogram give us a hint as to how to interpret these numbers?

Reading left to right
1st - distance reported by UA from the bottom body to the Merope system, possibly scaled by Merope's distance to another system (the top one)
2nd - Straight line distance reported by UL from bottom to top system
3rd - Distance reported by UP from bottom system to an unknown system (the one on the right, possibly COL 70), scaled by the distance to the top system.

 

[Jorki Rasalas]

Hi,

just a list of things i found at the wreck:
Pleiades Sector OS-U C2-7 Body: 4 A Lat: 58.21° Long: -177.04° (found by MadRaptor)

Cargo (corrosive)
Unkown Biological Matter
Unknown Resin
Unknown Technological Sampels

Scanable Device:
Unknown Uplink Device (does not react to cargo above or to scan)

Observation:
- a lot of scavengers doing nothing(?)
- spikes with meta aloys
- empty spikes
- driving on center wreck causes HUD malfunctions

Ah, that last bit is interesting. That might explain previousreports of damage occuring on Merope5c -if a Tharg mothership was completely buried there.

 

[Vendetta x77]

Just reaffirming, seen roughly 20+ signal sources in Mel 22 sector ZU-P C5-1 so far, every single one is a UA spawn, in orbits and between the planets/moons as well, deep space netted 2 Degraded Emissions with junk.

 

[Henkka77]

Just reaffirming, seen roughly 20+ signal sources in Mel 22 sector ZU-P C5-1 so far, every single one is a UA spawn, in orbits and between the planets/moons as well, deep space netted 2 Degraded Emissions with junk.

That cant be normal..

 

[Jorki Rasalas]

Seems like CMDRs are all getting the same messages (at least in the recordings I've heard) regardless of where they are. The messages are different depending on which spectrogram recording was played to the UL, but the differences are not large. The message played by the UL in response to the oldest spectrogram recording (on the bottom of the list) is:

Spoiler

(Oldest Message)
BINARY
010 011 101 / 001 111 101 000
011 111 / 001 111 101 000
011 000 / 011 001


OCTAL
235 / 1750
37 / 1750
30 / 31


DECIMAL
157 / 1000
31 / 1000
24 / 25


.157
.031
.96

The message played in response to the middle spectrogram recording (middle in the list) is:

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(Middle Message)
BINARY
010 010 / 001 111 101
011 111 / 001 111 101 000
010 111 101 / 011 001 000


OCTAL
22 / 175
37 / 1750
275 / 310


DECIMAL
18 / 125
31 / 1000
189 / 200


.144
.031
.945

The message played in response to the newest spectrogram recording (top of the list) is:

Spoiler

(Newest Message)
BINARY
010 010 111 / 001 111 101 000
001 / 011 001
001 110 101 001 / 001 111 101 000


OCTAL
227 / 1750
1 / 31
1651 / 1750


DECIMAL
151/ 1000
1 / 25
937 / 1000


.151
.04
.937

Edited to correct transcription errors pointed out by Wace and others.

Edit mk.2: Wace pointed out that I might have my 0s and 1s backward, and I think he's right. Edited to correct this.

So looking like three sets of XYZ coordinates perhaps? If so does one represent Merope, one the RHS system and the third the Thargoid homeworld?

edit: well I did gte the page backlog down to 6 at breakfast this morning, it's now back to 31 pages behind. Stop finding stuff guys!!!

 

[Vendetta x77]

That cant be normal..

It most certainly isn't as far as I am aware, I have never even seen any spawn in orbit of a planet, let alone in a decaying orbit of a body (falling into the planet) like I have found here..
However, after spending an hour or so scouting each body in system, I've got nothing to show for it but a bunch of UA signal spawns, same with the other Xbox CMDRs with me in system as well, several have come and gone and a few have been here with me a while... nothing.

At the very least, you found a better UA hunting ground than HIP 14479..

 

[Jmanis]

Because it matters for the UA and UP, when people are posting audio cuts for the UL can they notate where they are (What system and what sphere of influence you're in, or Deep Space), and what ship they're in? With people reporting similar or different results somewhat arbitrarily, that may matter to the UL audio

 

[TheHavoc]

Im somewhat sure that this Base WAS a Base that was hit by the Mycoid (or however you spell it) Virus.
It makes sense when you think about it, nearly anything is degreaded exept some hughe structures - that maybe made out of another material.
The main Structure is in most cases not intact because of the Mycoid Virus - for the ones that are intact, it could be that the Virus not spread far enugh to reach the center.

Well okay, i guess it makes more sense that this was a Base Ship - only because the Middle Section with the Starmap, could be a "Point and Click" navigation Map.

I agree that this is a base. Yesterday in wing of 3 (was great mates, thanks a lot for this !) we entered the central chamber and did that galaxy magic, after it was over I scooped a UL to have it in inventory for further investigation. Unfortunately my ship had been dismissed after instancing problems and I had to drive in SRV the whole way across the site to an outside area for ship recall whilst my SRV decayed more and more. When looking down whilst in SRV driving away from the site, a distance to it was displayed and the site was noted as "settlement".

 

[Vendetta x77]

I agree that this is a base. Yesterday in wing of 3 (was great mates, thanks a lot for this !) we entered the central chamber and did that galaxy magic, after it was over I scooped a UL to have it in inventory for further investigation. Unfortunately my ship had been dismissed after instancing problems and I had to drive in SRV the whole way across the site to an outside area for ship recall whilst my SRV decayed more and more. When looking down whilst in SRV driving away from the site, a distance to it was displayed and the site was noted as "settlement".

Even Barnacles are referred to as settlements by the game though, because it uses that as the code word to refer to large areas that you do not want ship AI trying to land on (cause its dumb, usually lol) I don't think that is proof that it's referred to as such in the games 'lore'. It could easily be a crashed mothership or something else entirely. You're jumping to a conclusion pretty quickly there.

 

[CMDR Codexghost]

Ok, it's 2:30am and calling it a night. I made a ton of passes across the bodies in Mel 22 sector ZU-P C5-1 and also encountered 20+ UAs, several in degrading orbit. Followed one of them part way to the planet (and you haven't lived until you've cargo scooped a UA while falling in 2G along with it), etc. I did have one encounter at a USS near the moons of the ammonia planet that involved a bunch of tantalum containers, a pirate, and several other ships. Unfortunately I missed some of it and the ships jumped out.. Not sure if that is relevant or not.

Word of warning to anyone coming across this and checking out the big planet - make sure you can boost and have a shield. The gravity is rough, and I dented my AspX pretty good, and you need boost to get back to orbit with a typical exploration build.

I was also thinking about the older spectragram, and that it could possibly be a location on a planet. Symbols for rings / sun / a pole or equator could provide frame of reference, and the lines could provide directions perhaps? Maybe stretching a little. Annotated the diagram from earlier as such: http://imgur.com/iyP7xr6

Good luck & fly safe o7

 

[Becks]

Even Barnacles are referred to as settlements by the game though, because it uses that as the code word to refer to large areas that you do not want ship AI trying to land on (cause its dumb, usually lol) I don't think that is proof that it's referred to as such in the games 'lore'. It could easily be a crashed mothership or something else entirely. You're jumping to a conclusion pretty quickly there.

^

My ship has problems landing on a flat surface when the AI is in control, let alone in an area with huge artificial obstacles standing around.

*plays Blue Danube underlaid with explosion sounds*

 

[Vendetta x77]

I'll do some research and see if the info provides any useful information within the system, thanks for the idea, haven't considered that. Worth a look at this point. Sleep well CMDR.

 

[Jorki Rasalas]

The vids a bit too quick for me to keep up with. If it could be slowed way down it would be easier.

Paste the YT url here http://www.youtubeslow.com/

 

[manwithagun]

Ok, it's 2:30am and calling it a night. I made a ton of passes across the bodies in Mel 22 sector ZU-P C5-1 and also encountered 20+ UAs, several in degrading orbit. Followed one of them part way to the planet (and you haven't lived until you've cargo scooped a UA while falling in 2G along with it), etc. I did have one encounter at a USS near the moons of the ammonia planet that involved a bunch of tantalum containers, a pirate, and several other ships. Unfortunately I missed some of it and the ships jumped out.. Not sure if that is relevant or not.

Word of warning to anyone coming across this and checking out the big planet - make sure you can boost and have a shield. The gravity is rough, and I dented my AspX pretty good, and you need boost to get back to orbit with a typical exploration build.

I was also thinking about the older spectragram, and that it could possibly be a location on a planet. Symbols for rings / sun / a pole or equator could provide frame of reference, and the lines could provide directions perhaps? Maybe stretching a little. Annotated the diagram from earlier as such: http://imgur.com/iyP7xr6

Good luck & fly safe o7

i think 1 is radius of planet, 2 is landable sign, 4 is incliniation(?)

 

[Vendetta x77]

Also, after about a half hour of checking the ammonia life gas giant, unable to confirm any probe spawns. Only seen UAs and Degraded Emissions Threat 0 (Scarcely). Was worth a shot..

EDIT: Threat 0... lol

 

[Becks]

Also, after about a half hour of checking the ammonia world, unable to confirm any probe spawns. Only seen UAs and Degraded Emissions Threat 9 (Scarcely).

Threat 9?

Did you mistype? Or is that an actual thing?

 

[Vendetta x77]

Threat 9?

Did you mistype? Or is that an actual thing?

Lol, edited.