Balls of Energy in Alaunus - Science Needed
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Well, like Mr. Edison once said: "I didn't fail 2,000 times to make a working light bulb. I managed to find 2,000 items that aren't right for this thing."
Sometimes, finding what DOESN'T work is as important as what DOES. And yeah, putting something that highly charged in your cargo hold might have had some rather .... unusual effects (Wow, I can jump 5 billion light years! Wait, who hit the "charge" button??? That wasn't me!!! Oh, gawd, I'm heading to Andromeda. With no way baaaaaaaaak ..... <poof>).
Did you say the words?
Basically, Yeah, well, I said them. I might not have pronounced each and every word exactly, but yeah, basically.
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Any chance someone can make a recording of the noise and post it here? I'd like to hear it.
In Vas Mani may be useful after getting zapped too.
Anyone tried hitting this thing with a research limpet yet?
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Now I half expect the mythical Thargoid mothership is kind of a Borg actually
NP for me, Wolf 359 was epic.
O7,
[noob]
Argh!! All that "Science" for nothing. Well, maybe not 'nothing' as we did find out what the cause of this anomaly was, I guess. Once again, Science, FTW.
I don't have a you tube channel or I would have. As I suggested earlier, someone with the software also needs to wash it through one of those spectrum analyzers and see if FD squished a pattern in there. It certainly sounds like something might be there, like when the first image was discovered.
UPDATE: Did try to record the session with Shadowplay - getting a loud buzzing sound in the background on the audio. I miss my old Sound Blaster card.
Good suggestion. I'm going to head back out there today.
That's one of those "tissue sample collecting" ones, right?
UPDATE: For the record, the controller says "No valid targets" so I guess those won't work.
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OK, no worries - the reason I asked is that myself and another CMDR have done sound decoding with Elite Dangerous previously. It's not far from Sol so I might just head out there myself.
No problem. I'm still in Alaunus drifting while I check on solutions to this GEForce buzzing. Apparently it's a bug that's been going on for a while now with ShadowPlay.....
For a minute there, I thought that was the one I posted because of the white Python.
I've run into these at several metallic crystal fields in different systems, as well as different crystals within the same field (purple and green for example, I forget their names.) These seem to be along the edges of the field and can be difficult to spot unless you fly right over one. I found night vision really handy . Some were so dark I couldn't even see the crystals to find where the edge was, just the gas cloud. I didn't try to scoop it up, but I did sit there for awhile and noticed it took awhile to deplete my shields. The anomaly was completely unaffected by Rail shots.
Not convinced it's Thargoid related as these don't seem contingent on systems with Ammonia worlds or Ammonia Gas Giants. According to the Codex, there are a lot of Anomalies that have specific criteria for their appearance. This one just seems to be one of the most common, much like some of the Lagrange Clouds with Metallic crystals.
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For a minute there, I thought that was the one I posted because of the white Python.
I've run into these at several metallic crystal fields in different systems, as well as different crystals within the same field (purple and green for example, I forget their names.) These seem to be along the edges of the field and can be difficult to spot unless you fly right over one. I found night vision really handy . Some were so dark I couldn't even see the crystals to find where the edge was, just the gas cloud. I didn't try to scoop it up, but I did sit there for awhile and noticed it took awhile to deplete my shields. The anomaly was completely unaffected by Rail shots.
Not convinced it's Thargoid related as these don't seem contingent on systems with Ammonia worlds or Ammonia Gas Giants. According to the Codex, there are a lot of Anomalies that have specific criteria for their appearance. This one just seems to be one of the most common, much like some of the Lagrange Clouds with Metallic crystals.
LOL - yeah, I noticed your screenie too - the resemblance is uncanny. We even have the same ship kit and also both seem to be sporting a large round decal on the front.Not being convinced yet either, but then, when the Void Hearts were discovered shortly afterwards, things more and more started to look like a Thargoid Construction Set to me. Could be one can build other stuff like Guardians too with later findings, but I would not be surprised if the Thargoids are an 'assembling and integrating' culture like the Borg were, nearly invincible, but with a weak spot somewhere that will save us all in the end
O7,
[noob]
anyone try going near it with guardian PP and distributor to see if maybe it's immune?
drop guardian/goid items neat it? meta alloys?
of course maybe its just a totally unrelated "space thingy" just to liven up exploration....
drop guardian/goid items neat it? meta alloys?
of course maybe its just a totally unrelated "space thingy" just to liven up exploration....
I'm beginning to think the same thing. Shooting it doesn't make it do anything, doesn't drop anything, doesn't react to the "HONK" at all, it just doesn't like it when you get too close. Would be nice if someone could record the sounds and run it through a spectrum analyzer. Might not be anything there at all, but my ears are telling me someone with the software should take a listen / look at it.
Sounds like something the thargoids use to direct the hive mind / individuals? I'm wondering if the planetary 'bases' might be the physical manifestation of it.
I believe Codex or Galnet stated that they're actually not a hive mind? Seem to remember that from somewhere.
Edit: I am wrong - post below mine clarifies that it actually states the opposite..
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Codex says the opposite, that they are or are suspected to be a hive mind.