If gravity is the mother, may it be visible? How? By a superclusters? Where are this things placed on the our sky? On the our game sky? I hope you can understand what I want to say.

You can not see it, but feel it - see log 4/4


I'm not fully convinced that gravity is meant with 'mother of galaxies', but I do like the idea.
Also in my opinion 'siren in the deepest void' would fit to the description of the invisible neutron star in the conflux delta logs quite well.

Something different.... regarding the Tip Offs...
I think it was @Thatchino who asked the question whether those Tip Offs mentioned 'wake supression' - no, by now they did not.
But in general they seem to have changed. In the past they led to different unrelated(?) crash sites and were often bugged, giving no messages at all or were sometimes non findable/existant.
The ones I got in the past 3 weeks are all related to the same topic. And they all led me to existing planetary low, medium or high security settlements and not to crash sites any more.
Unfortunately Tip Offs seem to be limited to 3 per week...grrrrr... at least this is the impression I got.

Will try my best to keep you informed and uninformed at the same time ;) @Scytale and @Cmdd_Legendie
 
I still think there is something to be said for Lyras Song, when you look at the image for Raxxla on the codex it's a question mark over the galaxy map, there are a number of bright systems shown and the borders of two neighboring regions. Now is it just me or does the most prominent area of those two connecting borders match up with the Lyras Song region?

My first post here! I think it's a quality lead Jaymundo. I would check it out, but I'm trying to finish up my theory. Let us know how it goes. Or I can check it out in a week or so.

I also subscribe to TDW toast as a map theory. Although I'm starting to think it just describes how TDW doesnt know where Raxxala is. Here are my results.

For the first portion. I interpreted it as zeta cassiopeia. So I went there, and the jewel I found was cupids arrow. It shines bright there but still looks like a single point. So I went to the tourist beacon. To my surprise, the tourist beacon suggests you visit maia. So at that point I thought I had satisfied the first portion of the toast. I had visited a jewel and received instructions on the next step.

"The whisperer in witch space, the siren of the void". I really didn't know how to interpret this. I dont know if the witchspace sound had ever been audibly analyzed. But thargoids hang out in witchspace, I figured it was as good a place as any to start. So I took off for the maia black hole, nothing interesting in its tourist beacon, but was given a tip off mission during the 20 minute ride there. It was to find a black box from a nearby system with no unique name. I found the black box from a threat 8 thargoid attack, turned in the mission, but nothing else.

It seemed like everything I had done had been connected, but there has been no sort of confirmation that the first two steps worked, and I have no idea how to continue on.
 
[...]not fully convinced by the “English language thing” and “mother of galaxies”, and I’m an Englishman. You might say that black holes in general might be mothers of galaxies if they are actually white holes and generate said multiple galaxies. I tend to be a bit pedantic and would say either galactic mother for one galaxy, or mother of galaxies if she had produced one or more.[...]

The milky way itself has absorbed other, smaller galaxies (see f.e. here). I don't know, if the absorbed galaxies had the same origin as the milky way (which could be, as they must have been close enough to have been absorbed). On the other hand ,,mother'' could mean ,,actual caring for'' like a ,,Leih-Mutter" (surrogate mother) cares for children not of her own. Could it have this meaning in English? (I'm german ;-)
 
Unfortunately Tip Offs seem to be limited to 3 per week...grrrrr... at least this is the impression I got.

Are these three weekly tip off missions, by chance, different each time? Are they all related to strange corporate matters? There used to be very few such planetary settlements which would yield information by scanning data points, Rawat Depot could have been the only one.
 
Commander PublicStaticVoid's independent investigation into the mystery of Raxxla


Preface:
To the commanders who have been to Raxxla already, what you seek to keep secret I seek to unearth... To all the explorers out there searching, we aren't done yet... To the troll master and his group of petty assassins who will undoubtedly attempt to disrupt peaceful scientific research and exploration into Raxxla "Press [X] to doubt" and move along.​

Spoilers Incoming
Why is my report incomplete?
Before I wrapped myself up into a binding blood contract that could cost me everything, I have stopped short of my initiation to write this report in hopes my safety will not be in danger. In the hopes that whomever/whatever spooked other commanders who have been to Raxxla will not come after me. I am not technically initiated yet, no oath has been taken. To those who continue reading this, there may or may not be risks associated with this quest, if you are uncomfortable with possibly being completely destroyed turn back now... If science is your life, lets drive this mystery home...​

What you will need to begin the initiation and gain the whereabouts of Raxxla:
A firm understanding of the story of Persephone and Demeter's as well as Persephone's abduction, a wake scanner, and 4 slots of cargo space. Outside research materials are provided below:

http://thingsinthree.blogspot.com/p/homer.html

Circumstances that may or may not make a difference
I am Elite in Exploration, have traveled across the galaxy and Sag A*, I have only a couple of system permits, nothing relevant. I am flying an 'A' grade sidewinder with a Wake Scanner and full suite of exploration tools. I research only in Solo mode and the events detailed below have occur in solo.

Persephone's Backstory for the reenactment:
Persephone was stolen from her mother Demeter while out playing far away from home in the "plains of Nysa" at the behest of her father Zeus. <Where our journey begins, and yes 'Nysa' is in the Galaxy Map>.

Notable points about Nsya

  • Where the story begins in the Greek myth
  • https://www.edsm.net/en/system/bodies/id/18452/name/Nysa
  • Nysa is in the bubble, not far from Sol and right under our noses.
  • Nysa cannot be searched for in the Galaxy map unless it is by the full name.
  • Nysa is a trinary system with stations being well over 550k out from the mains star forcing you to cover vast distances. It takes dedication to research.


Zeus knew Demeter would not willingly give up her daughter so he had Hades steal her, ripping her from her mother while she was being watched by a siren. Ultimately she became the queen of the underworld. She is worshiped by many cults throughout history who swear a vow of secrecy as they are initiated, the punishment being death.

Eleusinian Mysteries

Outside Research Materials:
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

There is a shadow cult that resides in Nysa... And they hold initiations in that system based on the Eleusinian Mysteries. The 3 steps to the initiation can be found at the link above and are as follows:
1. dromena ("things done"), a dramatic reenactment of the Demeter/Persephone myth
2. deiknumena ("things shown"), displayed sacred objects, in which the hierophant played an essential role
3. legomena ("things said"), commentaries that accompanied the deiknumena.

Each of these steps are staged as a series of events in game.

Initiation Phase

The initiation begins with domena. It is basically a reenactment of Persephone getting abducted. There is a ship with the name "Child", acting as persephone, that roams through open space of the system Nysa. You can find this ship by flying between Nysa A, Nysa B, Nysa C, and finally terminating at Arend Station some time. It is important to be conscious of your fuel consumption as Child flys by the stars.

https://www.edsm.net/en/system/stations/id/18452/name/Nysa/details/idS/17310/nameS/Arend+Station

Child

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Child, as of yesterday, appears only to fly a Viper MK IV. It may take some time to find but I have never seen the actor playing "Child" in any other ship model, I have noticed that Child may or may not be in a wing and am unsure if there is any significance in this. Either way follow the actor to Errand station. I am not entire sure what triggers "Child" to Frameshift to a new system but she will at some point jump. I think it is because another actor I haven't scanned yet jumps into Errand and chases "Child" out of the system.

When "Child" jumps, scan the wake and follow the ship. Eventually you will end up at another station. This is where you will find that "Child" is now gone, vanished from thin air just as the myth suggests. However, a new ship "Siren" is present for a short time before disappearing too, also indicated in the story of Persephone's abduction. Jump back to Nysa where you will be greeted with a "Mission Objective Detected" alert. Using the FSS scanner, scan out the signal source (Degraded emissions Threat 0) appearing in a light shade of blue; it will reveal the signal source is 580kLy out in the direction of Bernard's Loop. This objective doesn't have a timer.

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This completes the domena phase of the initiation and moves on to the deiknumena phase.

deiknumena
"Things are shown". When you drop into the signal source you will find that there are 4 canisters, the one you will recognize immediately if you read about Persephone is the Grain canister. This is the canister that is associated with Persephone and Demeter. These are the items that will need to be used to complete the deiknumena phase of the initiation.

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The direction this investigation goes from this event forward is unclear, realizing that I might be committing myself to an oath of silence as the myth suggests I stopped my research to write this report first before returning to my investigations. This guide WILL get you through the first stage of the initiation. From this point forward you proceed under your own freewill I am not responsible once you take the Oath of Silence.

Steps 2 and Steps 3 of the initiation still need to be completed:
2. deiknumena ("things shown"), displayed sacred objects, in which the hierophant played an essential role
3. legomena ("things said"), commentaries that accompanied the deiknumena.


How this relates to the Raxxla Codex entry:

"The parent's grief, the lovers woe" - the story of Persephone and Demeter which lead to the Eleusinian Mysteries events.

"The Siren of the deepest void" - The Siren who lost Persephone which appears during the Domena phase of the initiation.

"To the Jewel that burns on the brow of the mother of galaxies" - Current theory: This relates to the deiknumena phase of the initiation, where the items recovered from the end of the Domena phase need to be brought.

"To the whisperer in witch space" - Current Theory: This relates to the legomena phase of the initiation. I believe the key here is "Remember Raxxla!". This is supposed to occur after deiknumena. I believe Hades will show you the way to Raxxla as suggested in one particular commanders screenshot of the ship.
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"As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts"

-Void
 
Thank you!

Without the starting point we were just grasping at straws and posting wild theories.

"Mars is the starting point" my .
 
Commander PublicStaticVoid's independent investigation into the mystery of Raxxla


Preface:
To the commanders who have been to Raxxla already, what you seek to keep secret I seek to unearth... To all the explorers out there searching, we aren't done yet... To the troll master and his group of petty assassins who will undoubtedly attempt to disrupt peaceful scientific research and exploration into Raxxla "Press [X] to doubt" and move along.​

Spoilers Incoming
Why is my report incomplete?
Before I wrapped myself up into a binding blood contract that could cost me everything, I have stopped short of my initiation to write this report in hopes my safety will not be in danger. In the hopes that whomever/whatever spooked other commanders who have been to Raxxla will not come after me. I am not technically initiated yet, no oath has been taken. To those who continue reading this, there may or may not be risks associated with this quest, if you are uncomfortable with possibly being completely destroyed turn back now... If science is your life, lets drive this mystery home...​

What you will need to begin the initiation and gain the whereabouts of Raxxla:
A firm understanding of the story of Persephone and Demeter's as well as Persephone's abduction, a wake scanner, and 4 slots of cargo space. Outside research materials are provided below:

http://thingsinthree.blogspot.com/p/homer.html

Circumstances that may or may not make a difference
I am Elite in Exploration, have traveled across the galaxy and Sag A*, I have only a couple of system permits, nothing relevant. I am flying an 'A' grade sidewinder with a Wake Scanner and full suite of exploration tools. I research only in Solo mode and the events detailed below have occur in solo.

Persephone's Backstory for the reenactment:
Persephone was stolen from her mother Demeter while out playing far away from home in the "plains of Nysa" at the behest of her father Zeus. <Where our journey begins, and yes 'Nysa' is in the Galaxy Map>.

Notable points about Nsya

  • Where the story begins in the Greek myth
  • https://www.edsm.net/en/system/bodies/id/18452/name/Nysa
  • Nysa is in the bubble, not far from Sol and right under our noses.
  • Nysa cannot be searched for in the Galaxy map unless it is by the full name.
  • Nysa is a trinary system with stations being well over 550k out from the mains star forcing you to cover vast distances. It takes dedication to research.


Zeus knew Demeter would not willingly give up her daughter so he had Hades steal her, ripping her from her mother while she was being watched by a siren. Ultimately she became the queen of the underworld. She is worshiped by many cults throughout history who swear a vow of secrecy as they are initiated, the punishment being death.

Eleusinian Mysteries

Outside Research Materials:
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

There is a shadow cult that resides in Nysa... And they hold initiations in that system based on the Eleusinian Mysteries. The 3 steps to the initiation can be found at the link above and are as follows:
1. dromena ("things done"), a dramatic reenactment of the Demeter/Persephone myth
2. deiknumena ("things shown"), displayed sacred objects, in which the hierophant played an essential role
3. legomena ("things said"), commentaries that accompanied the deiknumena.

Each of these steps are staged as a series of events in game.

Initiation Phase

The initiation begins with domena. It is basically a reenactment of Persephone getting abducted. There is a ship with the name "Child", acting as persephone, that roams through open space of the system Nysa. You can find this ship by flying between Nysa A, Nysa B, Nysa C, and finally terminating at Arend Station some time. It is important to be conscious of your fuel consumption as Child flys by the stars.

https://www.edsm.net/en/system/stations/id/18452/name/Nysa/details/idS/17310/nameS/Arend+Station

Child



Child, as of yesterday, appears only to fly a Viper MK IV. It may take some time to find but I have never seen the actor playing "Child" in any other ship model, I have noticed that Child may or may not be in a wing and am unsure if there is any significance in this. Either way follow the actor to Errand station. I am not entire sure what triggers "Child" to Frameshift to a new system but she will at some point jump. I think it is because another actor I haven't scanned yet jumps into Errand and chases "Child" out of the system.

When "Child" jumps, scan the wake and follow the ship. Eventually you will end up at another station. This is where you will find that "Child" is now gone, vanished from thin air just as the myth suggests. However, a new ship "Siren" is present for a short time before disappearing too, also indicated in the story of Persephone's abduction. Jump back to Nysa where you will be greeted with a "Mission Objective Detected" alert. Using the FSS scanner, scan out the signal source (Degraded emissions Threat 0) appearing in a light shade of blue; it will reveal the signal source is 580kLy out in the direction of Bernard's Loop. This objective doesn't have a timer.



This completes the domena phase of the initiation and moves on to the deiknumena phase.

deiknumena
"Things are shown". When you drop into the signal source you will find that there are 4 canisters, the one you will recognize immediately if you read about Persephone is the Grain canister. This is the canister that is associated with Persephone and Demeter. These are the items that will need to be used to complete the deiknumena phase of the initiation.



The direction this investigation goes from this event forward is unclear, realizing that I might be committing myself to an oath of silence as the myth suggests I stopped my research to write this report first before returning to my investigations. This guide WILL get you through the first stage of the initiation. From this point forward you proceed under your own freewill I am not responsible once you take the Oath of Silence.

Steps 2 and Steps 3 of the initiation still need to be completed:
2. deiknumena ("things shown"), displayed sacred objects, in which the hierophant played an essential role
3. legomena ("things said"), commentaries that accompanied the deiknumena.


How this relates to the Raxxla Codex entry:

"The parent's grief, the lovers woe" - the story of Persephone and Demeter which lead to the Eleusinian Mysteries events.

"The Siren of the deepest void" - The Siren who lost Persephone which appears during the Domena phase of the initiation.

"To the Jewel that burns on the brow of the mother of galaxies" - Current theory: This relates to the deiknumena phase of the initiation, where the items recovered from the end of the Domena phase need to be brought.

"To the whisperer in witch space" - Current Theory: This relates to the legomena phase of the initiation. I believe the key here is "Remember Raxxla!". This is supposed to occur after deiknumena. I believe Hades will show you the way to Raxxla as suggested in one particular commanders screenshot of the ship.

"As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts"

-Void

I’m doubtful but wishing you most luck ^^
 
Commander PublicStaticVoid's independent investigation into the mystery of Raxxla


Preface:
To the commanders who have been to Raxxla already, what you seek to keep secret I seek to unearth... To all the explorers out there searching, we aren't done yet... To the troll master and his group of petty assassins who will undoubtedly attempt to disrupt peaceful scientific research and exploration into Raxxla "Press [X] to doubt" and move along.​

Spoilers Incoming
Why is my report incomplete?
Before I wrapped myself up into a binding blood contract that could cost me everything, I have stopped short of my initiation to write this report in hopes my safety will not be in danger. In the hopes that whomever/whatever spooked other commanders who have been to Raxxla will not come after me. I am not technically initiated yet, no oath has been taken. To those who continue reading this, there may or may not be risks associated with this quest, if you are uncomfortable with possibly being completely destroyed turn back now... If science is your life, lets drive this mystery home...​

What you will need to begin the initiation and gain the whereabouts of Raxxla:
A firm understanding of the story of Persephone and Demeter's as well as Persephone's abduction, a wake scanner, and 4 slots of cargo space. Outside research materials are provided below:

http://thingsinthree.blogspot.com/p/homer.html

Circumstances that may or may not make a difference
I am Elite in Exploration, have traveled across the galaxy and Sag A*, I have only a couple of system permits, nothing relevant. I am flying an 'A' grade sidewinder with a Wake Scanner and full suite of exploration tools. I research only in Solo mode and the events detailed below have occur in solo.

Persephone's Backstory for the reenactment:
Persephone was stolen from her mother Demeter while out playing far away from home in the "plains of Nysa" at the behest of her father Zeus. <Where our journey begins, and yes 'Nysa' is in the Galaxy Map>.

Notable points about Nsya

  • Where the story begins in the Greek myth
  • https://www.edsm.net/en/system/bodies/id/18452/name/Nysa
  • Nysa is in the bubble, not far from Sol and right under our noses.
  • Nysa cannot be searched for in the Galaxy map unless it is by the full name.
  • Nysa is a trinary system with stations being well over 550k out from the mains star forcing you to cover vast distances. It takes dedication to research.


Zeus knew Demeter would not willingly give up her daughter so he had Hades steal her, ripping her from her mother while she was being watched by a siren. Ultimately she became the queen of the underworld. She is worshiped by many cults throughout history who swear a vow of secrecy as they are initiated, the punishment being death.

Eleusinian Mysteries

Outside Research Materials:
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

There is a shadow cult that resides in Nysa... And they hold initiations in that system based on the Eleusinian Mysteries. The 3 steps to the initiation can be found at the link above and are as follows:
1. dromena ("things done"), a dramatic reenactment of the Demeter/Persephone myth
2. deiknumena ("things shown"), displayed sacred objects, in which the hierophant played an essential role
3. legomena ("things said"), commentaries that accompanied the deiknumena.

Each of these steps are staged as a series of events in game.

Initiation Phase

The initiation begins with domena. It is basically a reenactment of Persephone getting abducted. There is a ship with the name "Child", acting as persephone, that roams through open space of the system Nysa. You can find this ship by flying between Nysa A, Nysa B, Nysa C, and finally terminating at Arend Station some time. It is important to be conscious of your fuel consumption as Child flys by the stars.

https://www.edsm.net/en/system/stations/id/18452/name/Nysa/details/idS/17310/nameS/Arend+Station

Child



Child, as of yesterday, appears only to fly a Viper MK IV. It may take some time to find but I have never seen the actor playing "Child" in any other ship model, I have noticed that Child may or may not be in a wing and am unsure if there is any significance in this. Either way follow the actor to Errand station. I am not entire sure what triggers "Child" to Frameshift to a new system but she will at some point jump. I think it is because another actor I haven't scanned yet jumps into Errand and chases "Child" out of the system.

When "Child" jumps, scan the wake and follow the ship. Eventually you will end up at another station. This is where you will find that "Child" is now gone, vanished from thin air just as the myth suggests. However, a new ship "Siren" is present for a short time before disappearing too, also indicated in the story of Persephone's abduction. Jump back to Nysa where you will be greeted with a "Mission Objective Detected" alert. Using the FSS scanner, scan out the signal source (Degraded emissions Threat 0) appearing in a light shade of blue; it will reveal the signal source is 580kLy out in the direction of Bernard's Loop. This objective doesn't have a timer.



This completes the domena phase of the initiation and moves on to the deiknumena phase.

deiknumena
"Things are shown". When you drop into the signal source you will find that there are 4 canisters, the one you will recognize immediately if you read about Persephone is the Grain canister. This is the canister that is associated with Persephone and Demeter. These are the items that will need to be used to complete the deiknumena phase of the initiation.



The direction this investigation goes from this event forward is unclear, realizing that I might be committing myself to an oath of silence as the myth suggests I stopped my research to write this report first before returning to my investigations. This guide WILL get you through the first stage of the initiation. From this point forward you proceed under your own freewill I am not responsible once you take the Oath of Silence.

Steps 2 and Steps 3 of the initiation still need to be completed:
2. deiknumena ("things shown"), displayed sacred objects, in which the hierophant played an essential role
3. legomena ("things said"), commentaries that accompanied the deiknumena.


How this relates to the Raxxla Codex entry:

"The parent's grief, the lovers woe" - the story of Persephone and Demeter which lead to the Eleusinian Mysteries events.

"The Siren of the deepest void" - The Siren who lost Persephone which appears during the Domena phase of the initiation.

"To the Jewel that burns on the brow of the mother of galaxies" - Current theory: This relates to the deiknumena phase of the initiation, where the items recovered from the end of the Domena phase need to be brought.

"To the whisperer in witch space" - Current Theory: This relates to the legomena phase of the initiation. I believe the key here is "Remember Raxxla!". This is supposed to occur after deiknumena. I believe Hades will show you the way to Raxxla as suggested in one particular commanders screenshot of the ship.

"As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts"

-Void

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Are these three weekly tip off missions, by chance, different each time? Are they all related to strange corporate matters? There used to be very few such planetary settlements which would yield information by scanning data points, Rawat Depot could have been the only one.

Yes, they are - different places and different messages (except one, which was a duplicate message, but different place), all related to strange corporate matters... regarding embezzlement, blackmailing etc.
Scanning the data cores gave me 1m to 1.6m credits each.

The last 3 Tip Offs for example led me to:

Svarogich 3a - Lat. 2,15 / Lon. -84,56 where, as it turned out, Barnes Landing is located
Hip 12248 5a - Lat. 5,63 / Lon. 150,64 which is the location of Blackman Silo
Inktehit A2 - Lat. 8,98 / Lon. -74,54 - Gamow Base

Djabara and Hip 1742 were also among the Tip Off systems.

Most of them are located within a small bubble of maybe 100(?) ly... don't know the exact value, but they are close together.

I know that Tip Offs used to be different. Maybe two years ago I investigated quite a few of them (maybe 10 or so).
Visited one of the old places today, which I still have bookmarked, and the crashed ship isn't there any more.
Not 100% sure about that, but I think that in the past it was possible to visit the locations (but not scan the data core) even without receiving any Tip Offs.
 
Commander PublicStaticVoid's independent investigation into the mystery of Raxxla


Preface:
To the commanders who have been to Raxxla already, what you seek to keep secret I seek to unearth... To all the explorers out there searching, we aren't done yet... To the troll master and his group of petty assassins who will undoubtedly attempt to disrupt peaceful scientific research and exploration into Raxxla "Press [X] to doubt" and move along.​

Spoilers Incoming
Why is my report incomplete?
Before I wrapped myself up into a binding blood contract that could cost me everything, I have stopped short of my initiation to write this report in hopes my safety will not be in danger. In the hopes that whomever/whatever spooked other commanders who have been to Raxxla will not come after me. I am not technically initiated yet, no oath has been taken. To those who continue reading this, there may or may not be risks associated with this quest, if you are uncomfortable with possibly being completely destroyed turn back now... If science is your life, lets drive this mystery home...​

What you will need to begin the initiation and gain the whereabouts of Raxxla:
A firm understanding of the story of Persephone and Demeter's as well as Persephone's abduction, a wake scanner, and 4 slots of cargo space. Outside research materials are provided below:

http://thingsinthree.blogspot.com/p/homer.html

Circumstances that may or may not make a difference
I am Elite in Exploration, have traveled across the galaxy and Sag A*, I have only a couple of system permits, nothing relevant. I am flying an 'A' grade sidewinder with a Wake Scanner and full suite of exploration tools. I research only in Solo mode and the events detailed below have occur in solo.

Persephone's Backstory for the reenactment:
Persephone was stolen from her mother Demeter while out playing far away from home in the "plains of Nysa" at the behest of her father Zeus. <Where our journey begins, and yes 'Nysa' is in the Galaxy Map>.

Notable points about Nsya

  • Where the story begins in the Greek myth
  • https://www.edsm.net/en/system/bodies/id/18452/name/Nysa
  • Nysa is in the bubble, not far from Sol and right under our noses.
  • Nysa cannot be searched for in the Galaxy map unless it is by the full name.
  • Nysa is a trinary system with stations being well over 550k out from the mains star forcing you to cover vast distances. It takes dedication to research.


Zeus knew Demeter would not willingly give up her daughter so he had Hades steal her, ripping her from her mother while she was being watched by a siren. Ultimately she became the queen of the underworld. She is worshiped by many cults throughout history who swear a vow of secrecy as they are initiated, the punishment being death.

Eleusinian Mysteries

Outside Research Materials:
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

There is a shadow cult that resides in Nysa... And they hold initiations in that system based on the Eleusinian Mysteries. The 3 steps to the initiation can be found at the link above and are as follows:
1. dromena ("things done"), a dramatic reenactment of the Demeter/Persephone myth
2. deiknumena ("things shown"), displayed sacred objects, in which the hierophant played an essential role
3. legomena ("things said"), commentaries that accompanied the deiknumena.

Each of these steps are staged as a series of events in game.

Initiation Phase

The initiation begins with domena. It is basically a reenactment of Persephone getting abducted. There is a ship with the name "Child", acting as persephone, that roams through open space of the system Nysa. You can find this ship by flying between Nysa A, Nysa B, Nysa C, and finally terminating at Arend Station some time. It is important to be conscious of your fuel consumption as Child flys by the stars.

https://www.edsm.net/en/system/stations/id/18452/name/Nysa/details/idS/17310/nameS/Arend+Station

Child



Child, as of yesterday, appears only to fly a Viper MK IV. It may take some time to find but I have never seen the actor playing "Child" in any other ship model, I have noticed that Child may or may not be in a wing and am unsure if there is any significance in this. Either way follow the actor to Errand station. I am not entire sure what triggers "Child" to Frameshift to a new system but she will at some point jump. I think it is because another actor I haven't scanned yet jumps into Errand and chases "Child" out of the system.

When "Child" jumps, scan the wake and follow the ship. Eventually you will end up at another station. This is where you will find that "Child" is now gone, vanished from thin air just as the myth suggests. However, a new ship "Siren" is present for a short time before disappearing too, also indicated in the story of Persephone's abduction. Jump back to Nysa where you will be greeted with a "Mission Objective Detected" alert. Using the FSS scanner, scan out the signal source (Degraded emissions Threat 0) appearing in a light shade of blue; it will reveal the signal source is 580kLy out in the direction of Bernard's Loop. This objective doesn't have a timer.



This completes the domena phase of the initiation and moves on to the deiknumena phase.

deiknumena
"Things are shown". When you drop into the signal source you will find that there are 4 canisters, the one you will recognize immediately if you read about Persephone is the Grain canister. This is the canister that is associated with Persephone and Demeter. These are the items that will need to be used to complete the deiknumena phase of the initiation.



The direction this investigation goes from this event forward is unclear, realizing that I might be committing myself to an oath of silence as the myth suggests I stopped my research to write this report first before returning to my investigations. This guide WILL get you through the first stage of the initiation. From this point forward you proceed under your own freewill I am not responsible once you take the Oath of Silence.

Steps 2 and Steps 3 of the initiation still need to be completed:
2. deiknumena ("things shown"), displayed sacred objects, in which the hierophant played an essential role
3. legomena ("things said"), commentaries that accompanied the deiknumena.


How this relates to the Raxxla Codex entry:

"The parent's grief, the lovers woe" - the story of Persephone and Demeter which lead to the Eleusinian Mysteries events.

"The Siren of the deepest void" - The Siren who lost Persephone which appears during the Domena phase of the initiation.

"To the Jewel that burns on the brow of the mother of galaxies" - Current theory: This relates to the deiknumena phase of the initiation, where the items recovered from the end of the Domena phase need to be brought.

"To the whisperer in witch space" - Current Theory: This relates to the legomena phase of the initiation. I believe the key here is "Remember Raxxla!". This is supposed to occur after deiknumena. I believe Hades will show you the way to Raxxla as suggested in one particular commanders screenshot of the ship.

"As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts"

-Void

Can confirm up to the child part, mine was an anaconda actor though, could be something to this after all, gonna go equip a wake scanner
 
Commander PublicStaticVoid's independent investigation into the mystery of Raxxla


Preface:
To the commanders who have been to Raxxla already, what you seek to keep secret I seek to unearth... To all the explorers out there searching, we aren't done yet... To the troll master and his group of petty assassins who will undoubtedly attempt to disrupt peaceful scientific research and exploration into Raxxla "Press [X] to doubt" and move along.​

Spoilers Incoming
Why is my report incomplete?
Before I wrapped myself up into a binding blood contract that could cost me everything, I have stopped short of my initiation to write this report in hopes my safety will not be in danger. In the hopes that whomever/whatever spooked other commanders who have been to Raxxla will not come after me. I am not technically initiated yet, no oath has been taken. To those who continue reading this, there may or may not be risks associated with this quest, if you are uncomfortable with possibly being completely destroyed turn back now... If science is your life, lets drive this mystery home...​

What you will need to begin the initiation and gain the whereabouts of Raxxla:
A firm understanding of the story of Persephone and Demeter's as well as Persephone's abduction, a wake scanner, and 4 slots of cargo space. Outside research materials are provided below:

http://thingsinthree.blogspot.com/p/homer.html

Circumstances that may or may not make a difference
I am Elite in Exploration, have traveled across the galaxy and Sag A*, I have only a couple of system permits, nothing relevant. I am flying an 'A' grade sidewinder with a Wake Scanner and full suite of exploration tools. I research only in Solo mode and the events detailed below have occur in solo.

Persephone's Backstory for the reenactment:
Persephone was stolen from her mother Demeter while out playing far away from home in the "plains of Nysa" at the behest of her father Zeus. <Where our journey begins, and yes 'Nysa' is in the Galaxy Map>.

Notable points about Nsya

  • Where the story begins in the Greek myth
  • https://www.edsm.net/en/system/bodies/id/18452/name/Nysa
  • Nysa is in the bubble, not far from Sol and right under our noses.
  • Nysa cannot be searched for in the Galaxy map unless it is by the full name.
  • Nysa is a trinary system with stations being well over 550k out from the mains star forcing you to cover vast distances. It takes dedication to research.


Zeus knew Demeter would not willingly give up her daughter so he had Hades steal her, ripping her from her mother while she was being watched by a siren. Ultimately she became the queen of the underworld. She is worshiped by many cults throughout history who swear a vow of secrecy as they are initiated, the punishment being death.

Eleusinian Mysteries

Outside Research Materials:
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

There is a shadow cult that resides in Nysa... And they hold initiations in that system based on the Eleusinian Mysteries. The 3 steps to the initiation can be found at the link above and are as follows:
1. dromena ("things done"), a dramatic reenactment of the Demeter/Persephone myth
2. deiknumena ("things shown"), displayed sacred objects, in which the hierophant played an essential role
3. legomena ("things said"), commentaries that accompanied the deiknumena.

Each of these steps are staged as a series of events in game.

Initiation Phase

The initiation begins with domena. It is basically a reenactment of Persephone getting abducted. There is a ship with the name "Child", acting as persephone, that roams through open space of the system Nysa. You can find this ship by flying between Nysa A, Nysa B, Nysa C, and finally terminating at Arend Station some time. It is important to be conscious of your fuel consumption as Child flys by the stars.

https://www.edsm.net/en/system/stations/id/18452/name/Nysa/details/idS/17310/nameS/Arend+Station

Child



Child, as of yesterday, appears only to fly a Viper MK IV. It may take some time to find but I have never seen the actor playing "Child" in any other ship model, I have noticed that Child may or may not be in a wing and am unsure if there is any significance in this. Either way follow the actor to Errand station. I am not entire sure what triggers "Child" to Frameshift to a new system but she will at some point jump. I think it is because another actor I haven't scanned yet jumps into Errand and chases "Child" out of the system.

When "Child" jumps, scan the wake and follow the ship. Eventually you will end up at another station. This is where you will find that "Child" is now gone, vanished from thin air just as the myth suggests. However, a new ship "Siren" is present for a short time before disappearing too, also indicated in the story of Persephone's abduction. Jump back to Nysa where you will be greeted with a "Mission Objective Detected" alert. Using the FSS scanner, scan out the signal source (Degraded emissions Threat 0) appearing in a light shade of blue; it will reveal the signal source is 580kLy out in the direction of Bernard's Loop. This objective doesn't have a timer.



This completes the domena phase of the initiation and moves on to the deiknumena phase.

deiknumena
"Things are shown". When you drop into the signal source you will find that there are 4 canisters, the one you will recognize immediately if you read about Persephone is the Grain canister. This is the canister that is associated with Persephone and Demeter. These are the items that will need to be used to complete the deiknumena phase of the initiation.



The direction this investigation goes from this event forward is unclear, realizing that I might be committing myself to an oath of silence as the myth suggests I stopped my research to write this report first before returning to my investigations. This guide WILL get you through the first stage of the initiation. From this point forward you proceed under your own freewill I am not responsible once you take the Oath of Silence.

Steps 2 and Steps 3 of the initiation still need to be completed:
2. deiknumena ("things shown"), displayed sacred objects, in which the hierophant played an essential role
3. legomena ("things said"), commentaries that accompanied the deiknumena.


How this relates to the Raxxla Codex entry:

"The parent's grief, the lovers woe" - the story of Persephone and Demeter which lead to the Eleusinian Mysteries events.

"The Siren of the deepest void" - The Siren who lost Persephone which appears during the Domena phase of the initiation.

"To the Jewel that burns on the brow of the mother of galaxies" - Current theory: This relates to the deiknumena phase of the initiation, where the items recovered from the end of the Domena phase need to be brought.

"To the whisperer in witch space" - Current Theory: This relates to the legomena phase of the initiation. I believe the key here is "Remember Raxxla!". This is supposed to occur after deiknumena. I believe Hades will show you the way to Raxxla as suggested in one particular commanders screenshot of the ship.

"As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts"

-Void

For the record: publicstaticvoid, myself, and many others in Canonn took the time to attempt to replicate these findings, but we were not successful. It could be RNG, or maybe we're still missing something.

Despite the lack of positive results, I'm proud of the fact that we all came together very swiftly to turn the gears of science. That's what matters in the end.
 
"The whisperer in witch space, the siren of the void". I really didn't know how to interpret this. I dont know if the witchspace sound had ever been audibly analyzed. But thargoids hang out in witchspace, I figured it was as good a place as any to start. So I took off for the maia black hole, nothing interesting in its tourist beacon, but was given a tip off mission during the 20 minute ride there. It was to find a black box from a nearby system with no unique name. I found the black box from a threat 8 thargoid attack, turned in the mission, but nothing else.

I’ve said it before, & I’ll say it again, especially if your interpretation of the first clue led you to Maia, but whisperer in witchspace, siren of the void could imply either UA or UP.
 
The milky way itself has absorbed other, smaller galaxies (see f.e. here). I don't know, if the absorbed galaxies had the same origin as the milky way (which could be, as they must have been close enough to have been absorbed). On the other hand ,,mother'' could mean ,,actual caring for'' like a ,,Leih-Mutter" (surrogate mother) cares for children not of her own. Could it have this meaning in English? (I'm german ;-)

Your guess is as good as mine on this point!
 
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