Golconda -- Predicts the name what's about to come?

schlowi123

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Ever since I've read the name "Golconda" it sounded familiar. Since I'm getting closer to the bubble I finally had the idea to look it up on wikipedia and indeed, two possible interpretations stick out.
1.: Golconda - city/mine of riches: the largest known diamonds come from there. For example the super famous Koh-i-Noor (!)
Mighth this be the actual reason why they don't want contact with us? So that we don't discover their riches?
2.: Golconda - the painting by René Magritte: I quote a scholar on this painting
Magritte was fascinated by the seductiveness of images. Ordinarily, you see a picture of something and you believe in it, you are seduced by it; you take its honesty for granted. But Magritte knew that representations of things can lie. These images of men aren't men, just pictures of them, so they don't have to follow any rules. This painting is fun, but it also makes us aware of the falsity of representation.
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So, are we deceived? Will the four horseman be released upon us? Or maybe the opposite? Are they having the formula for long life and eternal peace? Still alive after 1000 years may indicate that. No dictatorship / terror-regime ever survived that long in the entire history of men. Must have sth. to do with the restrictive thinking that doesn't allow for adjustements when they are necessary. I don't know, I'm not a historian … Anyway, in the light of that, their call for help might be a probing if the galaxy is ready for the gift they have … I doubt it, considering the cry of pilots to be allowed to shoot them down … so the Golconda will move on and maybe re-surface in 1000 years once more.

Well, what's you opinion on that?
 

Krieger

Krieger
What caught my attention was the Galnet article of 11 Nov 3305 mentioning "The inhabitants’ language is entirely comprehensible, however, and their social structure is recognisable". That made me think: maybe they are simply modern (3305) people? Then the whole Golconda story would be a scam.

For now I go with OPs second option: Golconda is a seductive image, but it depicts something that is not real.
 

Drelthar

Drelthar
Krieger said:
What caught my attention was the Galnet article of 11 Nov 3305 mentioning "The inhabitants’ language is entirely comprehensible, however, and their social structure is recognisable". That made me think: maybe they are simply modern (3305) people? Then the whole Golconda story would be a scam.

For now I go with OPs second option: Golconda is a seductive image, but it depicts something that is not real.
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Would be a nice cheap way to get yourself a space station or surface installation built for free wouldn't it?
 

Sentenza

Sentenza
Krieger said:
What caught my attention was the Galnet article of 11 Nov 3305 mentioning "The inhabitants’ language is entirely comprehensible, however, and their social structure is recognisable". That made me think: maybe they are simply modern (3305) people? Then the whole Golconda story would be a scam.

For now I go with OPs second option: Golconda is a seductive image, but it depicts something that is not real.
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If it is a religious dictatorship, as I suspect, then the Church - the ones we interact with - can have deliberately maintained the same structure and language internally, while who knows what the common people is doing now. The Catholic Church has bas basically kept the same structure and official language for the last two thousand years.
 

CMDR Big Mike

CMDR Big Mike
Krieger said:
What caught my attention was the Galnet article of 11 Nov 3305 mentioning "The inhabitants’ language is entirely comprehensible, however, and their social structure is recognisable". That made me think: maybe they are simply modern (3305) people? Then the whole Golconda story would be a scam.

For now I go with OPs second option: Golconda is a seductive image, but it depicts something that is not real.
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This occurred to me the other day. What if a bunch of jokers found a derelict ship, then staged the whole thing to get millions of tons worth of commodities. They are avoiding contact to maintain secrecy rather than the stated in the distress calls
 

Stealthie

Stealthie
It's fairly apparent that somebody at FDev has, at least, a passing interest in Militaria - as evidenced by the Chieftain, Challenger and Crusader ships.

The use of "Golconda" also has military connotations, relating to the fort which was also the Capital city of the Golconda region it was named after.
My guess, if I had to make one, would be that's where FDev found the name, rather than anything else.
If there is to be any kind of narrative attached to the Golconda in ED, it'll probably be something related to gems of some sort, possibly involving the Golconda carrying them.

Either that or somebody at FDev is putting their History degree to good use. 🤨
 

IndigoWyrd

IndigoWyrd
Golconda is also the state of enlightenment sought by certain Vampire clans...

As for what will come of this... we'll have to wait and see. My money is on:

Nothing until at least 2021
 

Batterby76

Batterby76
IndigoWyrd said:
Golconda is also the state of enlightenment sought by certain Vampire clans...
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Looks like someone was also into the masquerade, i think Galconda was the state that Cainites were aiming to achieve as written in the book of NOD (that was many many moons ago)
 

IndigoWyrd

IndigoWyrd
Batterby76 said:
Looks like someone was also into the masquerade, i think Galconda was the state that Cainites were aiming to achieve as written in the book of NOD (that was many many moons ago)
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Indeed - though my first love was The Awakening, with a very close second for playing Ananasi. There are still a few people who are not convinced I'm not a child of the Mother-Queen.
 

EdzUp

EdzUp
I'm surprised we can talk to them to be honest with simple communication systems, a better CG for these ships would be to get the stuff together for a antique communicator. After all look how we have changed in a hundred years and think how much will change in a the time this ship has been away for?
 

M00ka

M00ka
EdzUp said:
I'm surprised we can talk to them to be honest with simple communication systems, a better CG for these ships would be to get the stuff together for a antique communicator. After all look how we have changed in a hundred years and think how much will change in a the time this ship has been away for?
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Not if you think about it logically. The current 34th Century population will know generally what technology these generation ships had when they departed and can safely assume that technology, especially unused technology like communication equipment would not have changed, been upgraded or evolved very much at all. So when the Golconda started communications, it would have been relatively easy to know what equipment is required (hint it is probably in some history books). Sure they might have had to grab some comms gear from a museum or something or hastily built one using century old blueprints but all of that is quite achievable.
 
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