OK commanders, it seems today has been quite a day for TDW project and it's supporters! In light of today's events (and those that have not yet come to light but we are looking forward to!) I thought I would take a moment to sum up and give context to two things that have come out today.
First: is a screencap that has been posted on the Canonn Discord (I LOVE CANONN!):
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Their claim (which is entirely reasonable but not proven in the picture) is that the statement would very much seem to indicate that there are (at least one/some) permits in game that are obtainable, but not on the list of known permit unlocks. So they must be either completely unknown or are known to only a few people, who have not shared the information. but the final line
"NO DOUBT SOME CMDR, SOME WHERE, WILL FIND OUT HOW TO GET THE PERMIT" would appear to be substantial proof that the mechanism exists in game to accomplish the task.
Now this would be massive news
if it were true that this is a Frontier employee making a statement. It
appears legit, and my opinion of Canonn is that they are an impeccable source, but one must attempt to confirm these things before taking it as a given.
As such I attempted to get confirmation by contacting the CM team at Frontier directly. After taking a short time to check they confirmed that
"CMDR Dawn is one of our support reps." and while they did
NOT state that any information in the screencap was doctored or incorrect, they did add (restating their long standing
NO COMMENT position on very many things) that it is their official position that they
"can't confirm nor deny that the permit for HIP 22460 is unlockable in game."
Further they hastened to add that flooding the customer service program with questions would
not be helpful as they do not handle this kind of issue but rather
“Their focus is on account help, technical queries etc. not in game design/development. That's better directed at ourselves [CM Team].” So I leave it to you, Commanders, to look at the screencap that has
not been disputed as a fake or wrong by Frontier CM’s but rather was met with their standard and reliable “We neither confirm nor deny” response — which, to be fair, is the only one they are allowed to give. And decide for yourselves what meaning you take from it.
And then there was the second noteworthy development of the day. Not all that long ago Commanders Buur and Rheeney contacted me excitedly with some information they had found and were looking for input on. After hearing what they had theorized I promised them to hold off on discussing it until after they released their content on the matter, but I found it to be both intriguing and promising!
Today that video dropped:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWv0_pB16_8
I must say that they gave a compelling bit of information which seems to further strengthen the reasons to look into LFT 509. In essence: if you plot the points of the weekly thargoid attacks and then draw a line to the intersection of those points, you keep ending up at/very near to a permit-locked system. Furthermore, if you take the historical progression of this over time you end up with a series of permit-locked systems; and when you plot the intersection of those permit locked systems (From the viewpoint of Barnard’s Loop) you get an intersection of LFT 509.
Now Barnard’s Loop is a region that is full of permit-locked systems that have widely been speculated to be the home systems of the Thargoids (in this region). Frontier have been known for their intricate and complex puzzles regarding the Thargoids so it’s by no means a stretch to think that this may be a direct clue attempting to draw the attention of any clever enough to crack the code to LFT 509.
We knew that The Dark Wheel were involved in the story all along as they were explicitly linked to it in the novella that accompanied the original Elite game in 1984 as well as the fact that they are the
ONLY Minor Faction in the
ENTIRE game (not even the Pilot’s Federation scored a spot) to be prominently placed in the main screen of the Codex’s Knowledge Base.
I look forward to clever commanders continuing to run with this information and pull on additional threads to see what comes loose. For example, during the lulls in Thargoid activity, the Eagle Eye network keeps reporting a series of systems under attack but those systems are uninhabited. It doesn’t manifest in burning stations, so we all treat it as a non event. But those systems still exist and can be plotted and the intersection investigated… I’ll end this line of thought now as no doubt there are many of you far cleverer than I that will take Buur’s great video and be inspired to re-examine a whole host of historical facts with a keen eye to unlocking this mystery.
In the meantime this 4th of July weekend finds The Dark Wheel in the middle of an expansion from LFT 926 (a feat which many had declared definitively was impossible). We expect that we will land in a new system on July 7th (+/- 1 day for BGS peculiarities). Our stated goal of Phase 1 is to take TDW from Shindez to Sol, the birthplace of humanity. Once we get TDW within 10 LY of Sol we will attempt one
additional expansion with an eye to either prove or disprove that TDW is pre-programmed to expand
into the Sol System. We do not expect this to happen as there is a stated wall that has stopped other
Player Minor Factions from expanding in but it is possible that TDW will continue to confound the doubters and prove that it is the exception rather than the rule.
This experiment has never been tested so
anyone who tells you they are 100% positive that it will
or won’t work is either a Frontier employee, a liar or so full of their own arrogance that I will not waste my time responding to them. As I said, it’s a bit of a hail mary pass that I am not pinning my hopes on — but the symbolism of taking TDW from the center of the game (Shindez) to the cradle of humanity (Sol) is powerful nonetheless.
After that we get to Phase 2 which is what ties into the system mentioned above, LFT 509. As stated last week on the Elite Week Podcast we have moved the target of Phase 2 from Lave to LFT 509. That’s right, after we go to Sol we will take TDW from the cradle of humanity to the very highly suspected location of their secret base.
After that we will proceed to Lave in Phase 3 of the project. All of this is, of course, subject to change based on the best information available as matters progress. If we shock everyone and pop into Sol or LFT 509 and that unlocks some permit or mission or additional game state that directs us to modify our mission goals, we will keep you advised.
In the meantime I encourage you all, Federation, Imperials, Alliance and Independents; whether you be Children of Raxxla, Independent Raxxla Hunters, Great Raxxla Potato Hunters, or members/supporters of any Squadron or Minor Faction in game… Join us now in this historic endeavor! Share information with one-another freely! If you think my project is dumb that’s fine — rack your brain and come up with a better one! Hell, if you do, I will be the first to publicize it to the best of my ability.
We are on the precipice of a moment here where we players are taking control of this game and making it truly our own. This project is a long-term, player-driven Community Goal that is more epic in scope than any that Frontier have given us to date. The AXI has recently started a
FANTASTIC CCCG (Community Crafted Community Goal)
BRILLIANTLY using a Fleet Carrier as a CG Station in an incredible demonstration of emergent gameplay. The Hutton Truckers have been leading the way in demonstrating how to make their own fun for quite some time and show no signs of stopping! The point is: we have a minimum of 6 months and quite possibly 10 (Jan 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021) until Odyssey drops. In that time we can continue to pester CMs to release information that they are just not gonna release until they are damn good and ready or we can take over and fully enjoy this glorious sandbox we have been given to the fullest — and maybe, just maybe, make history along the way!
Join me CMDRs in this glorious quest to solve the greatest mystery in the history of video games! You can get more information on this entire project from The Elite Week Discord at:
https://discord.gg/Wtgnsbq
We also cover progress on this project every week on the show which can be found on Youtube at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcvwIFXALiuCbhAEirRu5oA?
Or in podcast form in just about every platform you can find at:
https://anchor.fm/eliteweek
So, commanders, come get involved! Tell your friends, Squad members, etc. to get them involved! Content creators, spread the word — whether it’s in a podcast, like Lave Radio and many others already have in covering this project week after week, or streamers like The Buur Pit, Dh397, CMDR Ascorbius, and many others have. If you stream or record a video or make a podcast or piece of art in any form — from a song to a painting — that is in support of this project please come and post it in the Elite Week Discord and ping me to make sure I see it, and I can help to promote it as well.
Thank you for all your support and together I know that we can TURN THAT WHEEL!
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