I always get drawn to the star between the ears, like thats the target system.
They probably added/removed stars to throw us off, since the site location that was decoded from that trailer.
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The Quest To Find Raxxla
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I always get drawn to the star between the ears, like thats the target system.
They probably added/removed stars to throw us off, since the site location that was decoded from that trailer.
Just a raw thought (one that has probably already been noted and dismissed, but just in case): just noticed, while playing, that the new Surface Scanner symbols (when scanning) resemble the central part of the Codex's Raxxla logo. I doubt it means anything (like "scan the thing in a precise manner") though, since Raxxla's been presumably findable since day one and these two things are brand new.
Could the star between the horns be Shinrarta Dezhra? I'am not saying it is but it would make sense wrt. becoming elite etc. It might also be easier to confirm this (and rule out that is Raxxla related) than finding the start based on the into video.
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Could even be just a made up loading screen.
Not sure how you could tell what or where it is.
Who knows?
At the start of chapter 13 of 'And Here the Wheel' the location of a CIEP space station. Without spoiling to much the CIEP and The Dark Wheel are somewhat similar organizations. It is supposed to be vaguely near human space, and in a system which contain a red dwarf, asteroid belt, and a blue-green gas giant (which the base supposedly orbits). The book also mentions that the station is spinning such as to generate Imperial standard gravity which suggest it is likely near imperial space. This may present, in the short term, a more tractable target than the potential Dark Wheel station. (Assuming Fdev put this base/station into the game.)
If the requirements for invitation to the CIEP and TDW are similar it would suggest being combat Elite is a basic requirement.
The CEIP favor small ships like sidewinders, and Sakers (the book makes then sounds like a Taipan with an FSD).
At least one of the systems mentioned in the book "CD 32-331" does not appear to exist in game. (Start of chapter 3)
I was out in the middle of nowhere exploring, and was attacked by a pirate. Then a eagle dropped in and then high waked out just as soon as the pirate was dealt with. Following the wake, and then following the eagle until it dropped out of supercruise in the next system led to being ambushed by a wing of high ranked bounty hunters. (A wing consisting of 1 anaconda, and 2 of the alliance ships.)
Bounty hunting + Exploration + their home system having a gas giant with 8 moons made me think Dark Wheel, but I was not able to find anything interesting.
https://imgur.com/a/tVqhZdp
If the requirements for invitation to the CIEP and TDW are similar it would suggest being combat Elite is a basic requirement.
The CEIP favor small ships like sidewinders, and Sakers (the book makes then sounds like a Taipan with an FSD).
At least one of the systems mentioned in the book "CD 32-331" does not appear to exist in game. (Start of chapter 3)
I was out in the middle of nowhere exploring, and was attacked by a pirate. Then a eagle dropped in and then high waked out just as soon as the pirate was dealt with. Following the wake, and then following the eagle until it dropped out of supercruise in the next system led to being ambushed by a wing of high ranked bounty hunters. (A wing consisting of 1 anaconda, and 2 of the alliance ships.)
Bounty hunting + Exploration + their home system having a gas giant with 8 moons made me think Dark Wheel, but I was not able to find anything interesting.
https://imgur.com/a/tVqhZdp
I've been musing about this too the last few days.
What is the most personal journey of all in ED? Becoming Elite. Everyone does it in a different fashion, and in a different order. Exploration first for me, then trading, then combat - and I know of plenty of others who detest(ed) exploration so left it til last, or hated the grind of raw trading back and forth so left that one too.
So yeah, my money is on getting Elite, and then getting a tip-off mission invite somewhere, or a clue off some POI or tourist beacon somewhere that eventually leads to the Dark Wheel station, which leads to a mission chain which ends at Raxxla.
I just got to MAIA exploring. I stopped at obsidian orbital. I recognized the voice. The voice kept saying access to maia was by permit only. Got me thinking. What if all permit systems are permit locked because there are player bases within. Maybe it's an organization lockdown option. This got me thinking. Many people think raxxla is within a permit locked system. What if that means Raxxla was found long ago and is simply locked down by the discoverer/owner of the new system. What if the game devs let them keep the discovery hush hush! ;p
BTW, as far as I know I don't have a permit... How did I get in. I though permit systems physically stopped you from entering them.
BTW, as far as I know I don't have a permit... How did I get in. I though permit systems physically stopped you from entering them.
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I'm going in the same direction.
Also from the book Elite: The Dark Wheel - Robert Holdstock, a little bit obvious tinfoil
CHAPTER THREE
The best way to see the wreckplace at Tionisla is to approach it from the Sun (a reasonably safe thing to do since Tionisla, being a Democracy has few pirates in its system). Tionisla itself is a bright yellow world, and the cemetery is always between the planet and its star. As you fly close, the whole strange graveyard seems to be expanding from the circle of the world behind.
The first thing you see is a shimmering, silver disc, a double spiral of tiny bright points. It slowly turns: it's a galaxy in miniature, with the same intense blur of light at its centre, because here is where the biggest tombs are to be found.
Come closer and soon you can see that the stars in this galaxy are markers, great lumps of metal, heavily inscribed with the words and symbols of a thousand religions. The cemetery is a bizarre and moving sight. The markers are rarely less than a thousand feet across. There are chrome-alloy crosses, titanium
Stars of David, duralium henges, and all the strange symbolic shapes of the worlds, and the minds and the faiths that have come to die in this Star traveller's special place.
Tethered below this vast, rotating mausoleum is the dodecahedral shape of a 'Dodo' class space station, the home of the Cemetery Authorites. Here you go through security checks and get your visitor's visa. And as you stand in the queue, staring up through the translucent ceiling of the Customs Hall, you can see the battered, broken ships of many of the dead, still attached to the silent tomb that contains the body.
It's a good enough reason to come to Tionisla. There are pickings aplenty among the wrecks. The treasures of centuries might be revealed by pressing the right panel on the right cube of black, alien metal as it floats silently by.
Or maybe not treasure, just the tomb's defences . . .
A pit with a laser.
A robot guardian with knives where its hands should be.
A hyperspace vacuum that sucks you in and throws you out into another time.
I'm thinking of getting an or triple Elite and doing business with random or certain factions and recieving a tip-off or follow up mission. In the middle or the end of the mission a ships high wakes / a data beacon spawns etc. and scanning it reveals an unlisted system to jump to.
Or maybe getting a permit for those locked systems and doing some work there, join TDW, find Raxxla, throw a party etc.
It might not be hiding behind mission lines, maybe if we find that jump point or data and try to jump without an Elite rank it will throw us out from the hyperspace like Thargoids.
I'm focusing on the personal journey thing and trying to stick with the in-game mechanics.
Don’t think so for two reasons:
a) SD has been searched and mapped to death, but no sign of Raxxla
b) from the start video you can check the aspect angles of Rigel, Witchhead, LMC and Barnard’s Loop. SD doesn’t fit in with that final image from the video, but I was searching around 500ly out which seemed to fit in visually and is within the realms of feasibility with the lore- not too far outside the current bubble. I was looking for a twin star system, probably G or K, to fit with the non-Horizons start menu screen which I suspect is an image of Raxxla.
I did develop a healthy dislike of trying to match star patterns & identifying them on the galmap!
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Where exactly is"out in the middle of nowhere?"
Did anyone notice in the front end 1 video that the sun starts to rise over the planet. That is a symbol in game. A star like shape over a half arc. It shows up in missions selection to indicate some type of mission. I'm not sure which type though.
Just looked it up. It's the symbol for surface missions. I'm assuming, at least in part, this is an add for the new mission types. Does the movie predate the ground missions. And what and when did the other videos come out. Did anyone every identify the location in the video?
BTW, which video are we analyzing to find raxxla?
I wonder if it's possible, if found, to also figure out the exact date of the picture in game via the planets marking and their rotations and/or other things like star positions.
Also, did anyone notice the background of this forum can have a star pattern on it? I wonder if it's from in game.
Also, is it possible the three stars behind this station are something as simple as orions belt?
Just looked it up. It's the symbol for surface missions. I'm assuming, at least in part, this is an add for the new mission types. Does the movie predate the ground missions. And what and when did the other videos come out. Did anyone every identify the location in the video?
BTW, which video are we analyzing to find raxxla?
I wonder if it's possible, if found, to also figure out the exact date of the picture in game via the planets marking and their rotations and/or other things like star positions.
Also, did anyone notice the background of this forum can have a star pattern on it? I wonder if it's from in game.
Also, is it possible the three stars behind this station are something as simple as orions belt?
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Sorry guys, but can't help adding my five to the tin-mess this Quest has become.
So don't forget Macros' Smurf's Planet !
Almost there !
Sorry for quoting you 10 pages later, but: can i get a short briefing on this thing / the origin of the first picture?
Is it in the Rift? I've just noticed a similar one in the distance on my way from the Zurara to the edge, and i'm now trying to head to it. Are we chasing the same thing?
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What’s happened to famine systems and getting datamined wake exceptions in 3.3? Trying to get a level 5 fsd and cant get above level 2 cos they’ve disappeared...
It's a galaxy. It can be seen from anywhere with few stars on the sky box.
Since the BGS reset, no famine states have occurred yet (not sure bust had even come up). I think right now the best bet is to visit John Jameson's cobra, stock up on other encoded mats, then visit a material trader.
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Aw, come on! You don’t really expect us to believe you can’t map 3 axes and a bunch of buttons to a HOTAS for using the FSS, do you??
Those controls don’t interfere with standard flight ones. Just use the X and Y stick axes to pitch and yaw, the stick’s Z axis or the left/right paddle on the throttle to the tuner axis, two buttons for zooming in and out, two for fine zooming in/out, the honk button and the exit button. You don’t need anything else.
It’s actually more complicated to set a functional control scheme to drive the SRV IMHO.
Darn. Well, back to the initial path, then.
Sorry, it's me, I was just trollin'...
No probs, i should have paid attention, said galaxy was indeed right in the axis in the galmap, i just had to switch to realistic view.
It's starting to feel like i'm gonna end up being one of those old men at the local starport's pub telling you how everything's connected to Raxxla while emptying bottle after bottle of Lavian Brandy.
Ah, thanks Spock! Might have a go in encoded emissions sources too.
Shame about the DW2 start; got to the first system then kept crashing out......will try again tomorrow to get to Shapley 1