The only interesting thing I have found so far in that area is a civilian structure orbiting the 8th moon in one of the nearby systems. I tried hacking 2 Data Transmitters there, without any results. An NPC there was announcing that they're preparing for a jump, but they didn't jump anywhere.I made a post about this, a while back. Can't find it now, because neither forum search nor Google advanced can find old posts in the new forum.
Anyway, the essence was that Castor is Alpha Gemini. Short form is aGem. A Gem is close to a jewel.
Didn't find anything in Castor though.
The Quest To Find Raxxla
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Please see this article for the astronomical explanation. Page 25, article Simulation I: Nut and the Birth of Ra.
Edit: Not just Gemini, I assumed somewhere around that region of the sky because I couldn't find any precise depictions of her head. Just now I have discovered that her mouth is in the Gemini constellation.
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As an aside - I hear they changed the Codex on TDW Universal Carto from Omphalos Infortech to something else in the latest update - haven't checked myself . Are there any other changes in the codex text? Like the Mother of galaxies for instance, or changes in other translations?
I'm off-line for a while so can't check..
I'm off-line for a while so can't check..
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The position of the head isn't precisely defined in old Egyptian drawings. It's usually on the Gemini side as the great rift near Cygnus, often represents the reproductive bits.
Alpha Cygnus(Deneb) often symbolizes the world egg, that spawned the universe.
There are examples of Nut being drawn the other way as well.
Has anyone been to LFT 507 CD1? It's the biggest ice ball I've ever seen. Maybe there is something hidden on it? It could qualify as a dead world. Maybe someone did something to it and it used to warmer. Or unfrozen.
I would explore but I'm not in an exploration ship atm. (no ground vehicle)
Source: https://imgur.com/25DGfb0
I would explore but I'm not in an exploration ship atm. (no ground vehicle)
Source: https://imgur.com/25DGfb0
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Sure. I knew that. What I meant was can you cut the power at the moment it finishes charging / transitions to the countdown. If there's any way to induce a misjump that would be it.
Something to think about.... This section about the childrens story
A children's story: Princess Astrophel and the Spiralling Stars
Aesops Fable ..... Astronomer falling into a well (could that be chthonic ?)
The lesson learned from the astronomer falling into the well was he got all wrapped up in the stars and wasn't looking where he was going.
A basic issue with Princess Astrophel and the Spiralling Stars is that it has to have been written sometime after the existence of Raxxla was discovered... possibly after the Martian discovery? Otherwise how could he cunningly conceal facts about the mysterious locale ....
So either there is a text of this story out there somewhere ... or the clue is the name of the story itself.
Maybe there is info about this book hidden somewhere perhaps in an unknown tourist beacon or a local paper ?
Or could it be as simple as a female astronomer who studied the rotation of galaxies... Vera Rubin? .. her work lead to "an early indication that spiral galaxies were surrounded by dark matter haloes." a dark circle you say?
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 the Spiralling Stars, and soon lost credibility. Undaunted, some Raxxla
seekers insisted that the story's author had cunningly concealed facts about the
mysterious locale in his book as hints for those with eyes to see.
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 the Spiralling Stars, and soon lost credibility. Undaunted, some Raxxla
seekers insisted that the story's author had cunningly concealed facts about the
mysterious locale in his book as hints for those with eyes to see.
A children's story: Princess Astrophel and the Spiralling Stars
Aesops Fable ..... Astronomer falling into a well (could that be chthonic ?)
The lesson learned from the astronomer falling into the well was he got all wrapped up in the stars and wasn't looking where he was going.
A basic issue with Princess Astrophel and the Spiralling Stars is that it has to have been written sometime after the existence of Raxxla was discovered... possibly after the Martian discovery? Otherwise how could he cunningly conceal facts about the mysterious locale ....
So either there is a text of this story out there somewhere ... or the clue is the name of the story itself.
Maybe there is info about this book hidden somewhere perhaps in an unknown tourist beacon or a local paper ?
Or could it be as simple as a female astronomer who studied the rotation of galaxies... Vera Rubin? .. her work lead to "an early indication that spiral galaxies were surrounded by dark matter haloes." a dark circle you say?
So determining the 'rift' by triangulation of 6 points. Interesting.I was wondering if there was a deeper meaning to the repetition of the number six, in the Codex?
Could it represent six different systems?
Something like this?
I didn't put together the name fits the number of sides. I realized it was 6 and that the hexagon had six but didn't think that out.
That leads to another idea. A hexagon is also a 2d representation of a cube at an exact angle. This means anything hexagonal could also represent and does automatically(without intent, IE mathematically) a cube. Which could have to do with dealing with the game map and 3d finding of a location or similar. IE triangulation or any spot in a 3d space. Hell it could represent the very method of doing so. If TDW were explorers Raxxla could have to do with how to navigate fundamentally and not forgetting it. Especially as you travel the galaxy.
We already have this to some extent with the last 6 values in all system names. It's always 4 letters and two numbers. It's just that the two numbers can be compound numbers. IE, more than one digit.
Example:
LL-L L#-#
RA-X X12-1
I've been trying to find Raxxla based on those numbers. Using both the direct number and the spiral cipher.
Spiral Cipher is always number +29
RA-X X12-1
RA-X X12-30
RA-X X41-1
RA-X X41-30
Not gotten very far past the letters though. Still have to figure out the layout of systems based on the letters. I occasionally get RAX-X but more likely only RA-X only.
I've also tried rotating:
RA-X X#-#
AX-X L#-#
XX-L A#-#
XL-A R#-#
LA-R A#-#
AR-A X#-#
I haven't tried mixing up letters yet. It's just too complicated. I won't do that until I have a firm grasp on where these things relate to 3d space etc. Once I figure out the location of objects in 3d space based on their name or how they are setup I will do more complex things. I did find stuff in game to help figure this out though. I just haven't gotten back around to dealing with them. But there are things in game to make this easier. And it makes decent exploration money! ;p
I'm pretty sure the game is guiding us to this conclusion with these things in game.
That leads to another idea. A hexagon is also a 2d representation of a cube at an exact angle. This means anything hexagonal could also represent and does automatically(without intent, IE mathematically) a cube. Which could have to do with dealing with the game map and 3d finding of a location or similar. IE triangulation or any spot in a 3d space. Hell it could represent the very method of doing so. If TDW were explorers Raxxla could have to do with how to navigate fundamentally and not forgetting it. Especially as you travel the galaxy.
We already have this to some extent with the last 6 values in all system names. It's always 4 letters and two numbers. It's just that the two numbers can be compound numbers. IE, more than one digit.
Example:
LL-L L#-#
RA-X X12-1
I've been trying to find Raxxla based on those numbers. Using both the direct number and the spiral cipher.
Spiral Cipher is always number +29
RA-X X12-1
RA-X X12-30
RA-X X41-1
RA-X X41-30
Not gotten very far past the letters though. Still have to figure out the layout of systems based on the letters. I occasionally get RAX-X but more likely only RA-X only.
I've also tried rotating:
RA-X X#-#
AX-X L#-#
XX-L A#-#
XL-A R#-#
LA-R A#-#
AR-A X#-#
I haven't tried mixing up letters yet. It's just too complicated. I won't do that until I have a firm grasp on where these things relate to 3d space etc. Once I figure out the location of objects in 3d space based on their name or how they are setup I will do more complex things. I did find stuff in game to help figure this out though. I just haven't gotten back around to dealing with them. But there are things in game to make this easier. And it makes decent exploration money! ;p
I'm pretty sure the game is guiding us to this conclusion with these things in game.
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Something like that.
Three could be logically related if you view it as a cube though. Maybe. Technically you would be triangulating in 3d space.
Would it make sense to chunk them in 2s to get 3 overall marks? Either way, they could represent 3 points needed to find a location.
Void is a sector also. I've noticed a lot of the raxxla info or similar fit sectors and or real names in game.
Is there anything siren related in the void sector? What would sirens represent?
I know. Each thing could represent each side of X,Y,Z. If it's realted to a cube. The points could be teh center points of the cube. Or the corners potentially. Either way. That would make 6 objects representing 3 points. Maybe Raxxla is in the center where they meet?!
If the black shapes represent the corners of a cube. The space in the middle represents the center of each side, if I'm not mistaken. That would be how you find the center. If you use the map coordiantes you can easily find the location. Use basic trig to find it. Particularly easy if they make right angles. You can even easily find the distance.
Between two locations all you need to do is find the difference between all coordinates on the map. X,Y,Z (A,B,C) then add the sqaures of each difference and find the sqaure root.
sqroot(A^2+B^2+C^2)
You can use similar to figure out the the rest of the cube probably. Can't think of how off the top of my head. If you can find the locations the rest is easy.
What if you just use the sectors themselves to generalize it. Void sector could be one.
Also, potentially treat the conjoined things as on the opposite side of each other. So, whispers in witch space might be across from siren of the deepest void.
Is whisper in witch space potentially related to thargoids? That is a certain distinct area of space potentially. Is the void sector across from it? That could be your first line.
Would it make sense to chunk them in 2s to get 3 overall marks? Either way, they could represent 3 points needed to find a location.
Void is a sector also. I've noticed a lot of the raxxla info or similar fit sectors and or real names in game.
Is there anything siren related in the void sector? What would sirens represent?
I know. Each thing could represent each side of X,Y,Z. If it's realted to a cube. The points could be teh center points of the cube. Or the corners potentially. Either way. That would make 6 objects representing 3 points. Maybe Raxxla is in the center where they meet?!
If the black shapes represent the corners of a cube. The space in the middle represents the center of each side, if I'm not mistaken. That would be how you find the center. If you use the map coordiantes you can easily find the location. Use basic trig to find it. Particularly easy if they make right angles. You can even easily find the distance.
Between two locations all you need to do is find the difference between all coordinates on the map. X,Y,Z (A,B,C) then add the sqaures of each difference and find the sqaure root.
sqroot(A^2+B^2+C^2)
You can use similar to figure out the the rest of the cube probably. Can't think of how off the top of my head. If you can find the locations the rest is easy.
What if you just use the sectors themselves to generalize it. Void sector could be one.
Also, potentially treat the conjoined things as on the opposite side of each other. So, whispers in witch space might be across from siren of the deepest void.
Is whisper in witch space potentially related to thargoids? That is a certain distinct area of space potentially. Is the void sector across from it? That could be your first line.
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Important stuff happened to me the other day, took me a couple of tries to get the video up.
Basically, few minutes later had to change my underwear and go to bed in shame.
Basically, few minutes later had to change my underwear and go to bed in shame.
This is not unusual now.. in Sol, you often get missions offered from a type 9 - if you look around there will be a signal source..
This happened to me when trying to validate GURU's child NPC trail, and it sure seemed strange to have a 'mission objective detected' when you had no missions. Seems like if you lurk around in a system long enough then they pop up, but there may be other mechanisms in play
This popped up before in this thread and we asked Fdev if it was a bug - they said 'no, but let us know if it happens a lot'
YB
This happened to me when trying to validate GURU's child NPC trail, and it sure seemed strange to have a 'mission objective detected' when you had no missions. Seems like if you lurk around in a system long enough then they pop up, but there may be other mechanisms in play
This popped up before in this thread and we asked Fdev if it was a bug - they said 'no, but let us know if it happens a lot'
YB
It happend the excact millisecond I set the destination. And finding no mission afterwards really confused the heck out of me. Good fun and a good laugh afterwards.
Did someone try to plot the icon on the GalMap centered on Sol /Tau Ceti/SD with "R" pointing to the brow...err..I mean the top of the MW ? Then veryfy what constellations/clusters/stars the other 5 are pointing at and look for a relation with the corresponding toast phrase ?
I mean if we make "R" to point at, let's say Polaris or Berenice, where does point "A" at ? Something which could be related to the corresponding phrase ?
The icon would be some kind of compass giving general directions of interest. Not saying it shows Raxxla position, but has his own meaning.
Something like:
R => Polaris, Berenice/Sgr A* (brow, top, crown in diferent localizations..), A=>Guardians clusters, AI (whisperer,),... X=> Thargs regions, Pleiades (sirens, Pleione was a sea-nymph),... X=> Andromeda (parent's)... L=> H&S/Rift/Perseus (lover's)... A=> ...Colonia ?(the vagabond: Jaques. Any other "vagabond" candidate in that direction?)
And finally "to Raxxla". The toast would be for every superlative star/region in the MW.
Just an example ^^^, but it fits, doesn't it ?
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I'm pretty sure the codex refers to them as multidimensional beings. Another dimension of this reality wouldn't necessarily be a different galaxy. I'm pretty sure specifics will be important. If not it's be nms.
I had hard time following what you mean, but it seems very interesting.