The Quest To Find Raxxla

[Alexium67]

What will be if we change Galactic coordinates 0-point to Delphi system? Sol will have inverted Delphi coordinates. But what about other systems?

 

[Edelgard von Rhein]

The Omphalos stone is a stone. The Omphalos Rift is... a rift What is rift? The central rift? The central hole?

The thought has been occurring more and more to me that the Omphalos Stone might be the Martian Artifact. Maybe it's a key that opens up the Omphalos Rift, the gateway at Raxxla? If so, then finding Raxxla could be just the start - activating the gateway might be tricky if it's not already open (or might we need to shut it?!). Chances are that the Martian Artifact is the most heavily-guarded object in human-occupied space (unless that 'winking cat' thief has it on their hit list). Right now, I don't see how to follow-up on this hypothesis, so I'm wary about following this line of thinking too far.

 

[Garand1987]

Maybe also of note that Omphalos is also related to Chronos (Kronus/Saturn son of Uranus) who swallowed the stone instead of Zeus, and later barfed (or was gutted and it fell out) it up along with the siblings of Zeus and the Stone landed at Pytho (now Delphi).

 

[Xaintly]

I'll check HR 6001 next time I log on. As for narrowing down the list, I would suggest the following criteria:
This being said, a red dwarf system would need the gas giant to be so close to the star that the station would be more easily found by passers-by (unless it was a very distant secondary star). Red giants would also attract the attention of explorers. From that perspective, it might be fruitful to search for systems where the gas giant with 8+ moons is close to a star other than the primary, especially in those thousands of systems with a red dwarf primary star. The catch here is that if the gas giant does orbit a star other than the primary, then the initial search needs to cover star types other than type M in order to find which have red dwarf companions!

Thanks commander! I put you down for HR 6001.
My search was just for a Red Giant/Super Giant in the same system as a Gas Giant w/ 8 moons. The Red Giant doesn't have to be the primary.

However, checking all the stars on the list via Galaxy Map shows that none are M9. The darkest giant is an M8, and that is still very orange.

I'm refining my search to take temperature & size into account.

 

[Cunder]

One part of the mythology states that Chronos swallowed his childern and Rhea hid Zeus somehwere ( can't remember off the top of my head) wraps Omphalos stone and was given to Chronos who had swallowed the stone assuming it was Zeus.

Other parts said that Zeus release 2 eagles to fly opposite directions until they came back around. Then Zeus threw Omphalos stone into the sky to see where it would land. When the Stone landed on Delphi Zeus had declared that Delphi was at the center of the world (navel of Earth)

Funny thing is if this all has to do something with the Guardian Ancient Key being needed for all of this. I can only assume considering how the Thargoid Sensor worked to find certain things.

 

[Eckee]

Assuming there would be no unnecessary mentions in the Codex;

Several versions of the Raxxla story mention an alien artefact, the Omphalos Rift, described
as a gateway or tunnel through which parallel universe can be accessed. These details
however, were later shown to bear a striking resemblance to children's story Princess
Astrophel and Spiralling States, and soon lost credibility. Undaunted, some Raxxla
seekers insisted that the stor's author had cunningly concealed facts about the
mysterious locale in his book as hints for those with eyes to see.

I think this part states that old Raxxla lore has been ditched, Raxxla is no longer a portal to parallel universes, but several parts of the old lore are still legit and have some clues. So Omphalos Rift is no longer relevant imho.

 

[Garand1987]

Assuming there would be no unnecessary mentions in the Codex;



I think this part states that old Raxxla lore has been ditched, Raxxla is no longer a portal to parallel universes, but several parts of the old lore are still legit and have some clues. So Omphalos Rift is no longer relevant imho.

Potentially I suppose. But idk why they would add new items to old lore in order to discard it in the same breath. Omphalos Rift, Astrophel and the Spiriling Stars, concealed hints and the author of them are all new with the release of the codex. I personally doubt it’ll lead to another galaxy, but parallel dimension isn’t the same thing. Could be that it puts you into another instance all its own with stuff in it that you can’t access or lock onto via the galaxy map.

 

[Scytale]

In a "galaxy-centric" point of view:

Omphalos is the "center", then Sgr A*.
Black holes like the stars. They swallow them. So, Astrophel. (Yum !)
All the stars are spiralling around.
It's also some kind of rift through the space-time tissue.
It also can be viewed as the brow of the MW.
Raxxla burns as it orbits close Sgr A*. (Some physical phenomenon due to the BH "moving" the space-time and therefore giving energy to the bodies orbiting close to it.)

Why can we approach BHs without danger, in ED ? Because we must be able to find Raxxla eventually.

'Where are we placing Raxxla, Mike ?'
' Mmmh... Must be somewhere iconic. What about inside a BH, Dave ?'
"Sgr A*, then ! "

"Where is Raxxla ?"
"Oh, it's IN the MW."

You bet it is... [haha]

 

[CMDRGURU951]

Has anyone managed to get Courier Missions to Colonia from the Fortuna system yet?

 

[waylork]

Just to be clear, for the people who are going down the list of 8ths... ysll are looking for stations with your eyes, not your scanners, right? The way i understand it, we are looking physically for points of light. Like we'll have to drop close and fly the rest of the way if we find it.

 

[nicedevill]

Just to be clear, for the people who are going down the list of 8ths... ysll are looking for stations with your eyes, not your scanners, right? The way i understand it, we are looking physically for points of light. Like we'll have to drop close and fly the rest of the way if we find it.

Yes, going to every potential moon and doing full circle around it trying to see faintest station light. So far, no luck. Moons are too far away from star to be able to produce anything similar to Codex image.

 

[MrMarkusCZ]

The mapping is important - if it already reveal structures as science centers then there is chance it can reveal the Dark Wheel station too. Visual checking is good.

And I think it is useful to check Orrery for uncommon orbits. For example some more complex systems have main sequence star orbiting as child primary/parent star. I always recollect this red dwarf in Maia. Orrery is very useful in such case.

 

[nicedevill]

The mapping is important - if it already reveal structures as science centers then there is chance it can reveal the Dark Wheel station too. Visual checking is good.

And I think it is useful to check Orrery for uncommon orbits. For example some more complex systems have main sequence star orbiting as child primary/parent star. I always recollect this red dwarf in Maia. Orrery is very useful in such case.

I am not sure that mapping is important in this case because mapping means only revealing what exists on planet's/moon's surface and this station orbits moon.

 

[MrMarkusCZ]

That is what mapping do too - that medical centers, science centers, satellites and similar structures are on orbit of the planet and visible in navigation after mapping. We found this behaviour when searching in the bubble.

 

[nicedevill]

That is what mapping do too - that medical centers, science centers, satellites and similar structures are on orbit of the planet and visible in navigation after mapping. We found this behaviour when searching in the bubble.

I'll pay more attention from now on, but still haven't found a single moon that is close enough to star to be real candidate for DW station.

 

[Xaintly]

Question for anyone who has managed to read the sonnets that may be related to the Raxxla codex entry. Taking a step back I think I’ve been looking at things too fragmentedly. Assuming Omphalos and Astrophel and the Spiriling Stars to be different clues.
The Omphalos Rift is said to be mentioned in several stories which seem to originate in an unnamed book that bares a resemblance to the children’s book “Princess Astrophel and the Spiriling Stars” (I think we often forget the Princess part, dunno if it’s significant tho.) so it would seem that we are to look for a mention of an item of significance, power, Magic etc within the works for a clue(s). Has anyone found mention of an item matching that description within the sonnets?

Well, there's Cupid's bow. And Sonnet 13:

Phoebus was judge between Jove, Mars, and Love,
Of those three gods, whose arms the fairest were:
Jove's golden shield did eagle sables bear,
Whose talons held young Ganymede above:
But in vert field Mars bare a golden spear,
Which through a bleeding heart his point did shove:
Each had his crest; Mars carried Venus' glove,
Jove in his helm the thunderbolt did rear.
Cupid them smiles, for on his crest there lies
Stella's fair hair, her face he makes his shield,
Where roses gules are borne in silver field.
Phoebus drew wide the curtains of the skies
To blaze these last, and sware devoutly then,
The first, thus match'd, were scantly gentlemen.

 

[Thatchinho]

That is what mapping do too - that medical centers, science centers, satellites and similar structures are on orbit of the planet and visible in navigation after mapping. We found this behaviour when searching in the bubble.

They’re there after FSS scanning. No need to map. (Also they should show up within a certain distance anyway, usually 1,000 ls.)

 

[Dr. Nagi]

So, given that codex entry got implemented at the same time as the new scanners, it is to be assumed that it still doesn't show up after any scan.
At least I interpret it that way.

 

[CMDRGURU951]

It makes it pretty clear that you're not finding that station unless you pass the tests. Just sayin.

 

[MrMarkusCZ]

Thatchinho: Maybe you are right and I just didn't see it before. I remember only that after probes finished scanning I got "human" signals to top right info box - place where I usually have list of "geological" POIs. So I checked navigation panel and found for example that medical centre or satellite (not small satellite but some quite big orbital station).