thargoid base investigation.... Very cool!

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
I thought I should do this before 2.4 just incase the thargoids become hostile in 2.4 and do not let us enter their base so easily. It took me maybe 2 hrs to get the UP and UA and then another hr to do the mission, but that part was pure pleasure exploring around etc.... also the vanity camera was quite nice for getting some good views inside the base. The feeling of scale as ever in Vr was amazing.

TLDR its well worth doing before 2.4. sure, chances are nothing will change and we will still be able to do this later... but if not you will be missing some nice content so anyone not seen it yet, I strongly recommend it.
 

Andy_Pipkin

Andy_Pipkin
Same here, still hadn't visited a Thargoid base....I was waiting for FD to improve UP spawn rate, but that hasn't happened I guess.
Found my UP and UA yesterday, and also went to a Guardian ruins to pick up an ancient relic (for the alternative reaction).
 
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CMDR MRMAURICE

CMDR MRMAURICE
I went and did all the magic stuff when they was first found but I did it again the other day because it's pretty cool. Yea waiting for the UP was a pain but as you mentioned the whole exploring around isn't too bad. Just being at the site is worth it though in the end. I was hoping for the Thargoid ship encounter but it never happened. Still well worth the effort. It's the whole wonder of the place that does it for me, the sounds and the general creepiness of the place.
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
yandoo said:
I'm heading to the base this weekend for the same reason. I've got UP and UA but what is the mission you are referring to?
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by "mission" it was possibly poor wording on my part...
its how to activate the thargoid star map inside the base... its not an official ingame mission but you unlock some "stuff" if you do it, as well as get some data... (FD missed a trick really, i would have thought palin would have been seriously interested in paying for this stuff).

but basically go in the base, drop the ua on the correct slab in the centre of the base (3 ramps, drive up each one and when you see the hologram of the UA then drop it there.

then go back to the "chamber" with the unknown scanner, and with the UP in your hold scan it... then 3 unknown links drop down. you can shoot 2 of them for materials, then collect the 3rd (shoot it a few times to get to drop to the floor) then return to the centre of the base, and drop both the UP and the new UL onto the correct slaps, then scan the centre of the monolith type thing and watch.

is just a light show essentially but its cool.

then imo pick up the UA and the UP again and return outside (hope for the thargoid scan whilst you are on the floor - i didnt get it sadly) but at least you still have the stuff you need to repeat the swame again once 2.4 drops to see if its any different.
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
Lysander lysan said:
Still trying to unlock the RNG's LOL so much to do and so little time :D
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edit.. i miss read your post... i saqw RNG and thought you were unhappy about the UP spawn rate.

you do not need to unlock palin it can be done without corrosive racks.
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do it in a cheap ship with good jump range, should the worst happen its not a problem. get the UP 1st as it takes longer.... then get your UA from the crashed thargoid ship, this takes a few mins..

if worried fit an auto maintanence unit.

once you have both, get your backside to the base. the 3 locations (thargoid base, thargoid crash site and the popular ammonia world to get the UP from ) are all 3 jumps from each other.

once you are on the ground outside the thargoid base, get the 2 things in your srv.... any damage your srv takes is fixed by boarding and unboarding again.



1) unknown probe - look for threat 2 degraded emissions. 13MM from planet and circle around (apparently 240 - 300 km/s) PLEIADES SECTOR KC-U B3-1 8
2) Thargoid Crash Site (UA source and worth a look anyway) HIP 17862, planet 6 C A Coordinates 30.33 -98.58
3) Thargoid base HIP 14909, planet 2A Coordinates -26, -27

failing all that, i if you get to the system with the base noted above

, i can TRY to get on tonight at around 10pm BST (i cant promise tho) and you can go in with me. you will need to have access to mobius however, i do not want to do in open as i dont want a murderhobo blowing me up and spoiling my plan for going in again in 2.4. PM me if you plan to do this and make sure you are landed outside the base by 10pm BST. it will take maybe 15 mins to activate it again now i know what i am doing.

(not trying to start a modes argument or anything its just i DONT have time to go and get the UP again before 2.4 drops as am off on hols on weds).


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so.... i did it in open... after 40 mins of no joy doing in solo, it occured to me, when you take a mission (kill x pirates) the more CMDRs in your instance i find the more mission targets tend to spawn... so i wondered if it worked the same for USSes. so logged into open and sure enough there were 2 others doing the same as me. a quick hello to a guy in a conda - who was v friendly tho i kept him in front of me just in case ;) and another guy in an asp.

sure enough within 5 mins, i got the level 2 degraded emissions .. luck? i dunno but there is a logic to why open or a PG with plenty of players may be preferable.
 
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[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
see above. i want to try again in 2.4 to see if its changed so need to keep them. however if you have access to mobius, then same goes for you as well IF i can get on tonight @ 10pm BST.
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
Jmanis said:
Lucky.
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like i said i have a theory the more people in your instance the more likely a uss is to spawn, so perhaps get people organised. my 2 hrs was my entire playsession to go from leesti, to palin, to the crash site, then to get the UP and to land outside the base.

40 mins no joy getting the UP in solo, then 5mins i got it in open with other people looking too in same instance.

but you are right, maybe it was just luck
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
Friedenreich Xante said:
Do I have to understand that I can drive with you into the base? If so, I'd gladly come into mobius at 10 PM BST. Which site will you be visiting?
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AFAIK once the base is open others can follow..... in interests of openness i have not tried it however, last night was my 1st time.. but yeah, so long as i can get on i will log into mobius at 10pm BST. (2100 game time according to the clock)

if something goes wrong i will post on here...... feel free to send me a FR incase it helps the instancing gods. (Mad Mike in game)

after its done i would ask that you do not nick my UP as i want to keep it for 2.4 ;)

location Thargoid base HIP 14909, planet 2A Coordinates -26, -27

if you park closeish to the centre on log out the game warns it will move you away to a "safe" space. it doesnt however so you can log back in and still be there... or it worked for me anyway
 
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danteuk

danteuk
I did this a couple of months ago. I saw inside the structures shortly after they were first discovered thanks to another commander opening the door for me.
I decided I try and do the whole thing for myself and it took several nights of playing to do all the fairly dull grindy rubbish required to unlock Qwent to open up Palin station to get the CRCR, then another night of incredibly dull flying around to get a UP. The UA was easy to get from an alien crash site.

All in all if you haven't already seen(youtube) the cool effect from using activating the alien device then I'd say it's worth the effort. If like me you've already seen it on youtube and you don't have VR then it's questionable if it's worth the effort.
 
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Vardaugas

Vardaugas
Can you get corrosive resistant racks without completely unlocking Palin or will they shoot you down at the base unless you already did the 5000ly trip?
 

Kenneth McGrew

Kenneth McGrew
Vardaugas said:
Can you get corrosive resistant racks without completely unlocking Palin or will they shoot you down at the base unless you already did the 5000ly trip?
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you need the palin invite minimum for the racks (unlock not required), no other way, but you can get away without them and make it fine, its easier with the corrosive resistant racks though!

I have an unknown probe kicking about I found last night if anyone wants it, I was searching USS for other items and picked it up, I will more than likely go to one of the ruin sites tonight in open and drop it with some CMDR there

^^ Xbox here though

Also if you wanted to see what all the fuss is about on YouTube to save yourself hours of Grief... its behind the spoiler below (in case you don't want to see any preview)

[video=youtube_share;0uMINNo9V_g]https://youtu.be/0uMINNo9V_g[/video]
 
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Vardaugas

Vardaugas
Very good. I'm going to get myself some racks then. Just wish there were bigger ones than 2t. Then again the SRV has only 2t cargo either, so you're not going to carry around much more than that unless you go for Palin's mission objectives.
 
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