The Quest To Find Raxxla

Han_Zen

Han_Zen
Spaceman Spiff said:
We (or I) don't believe that the Lagrange points are in play so far. There are actually 3 of them on Jupiter's orbit, perfect for the symbol, but searches have come up fruitless so far.
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Lagrange point mechanics are supported by the game. The planet Lagrange in Alpha Centuri is the only example I can think of, but it works.

Only L4 and L5 are on the orbit. The three other are on the line through the two bodies.
 

Spaceman Spiff

Spaceman Spiff
Han_Zen said:
Lagrange point mechanics are supported by the game. The planet Lagrange in Alpha Centuri is the only example I can think of, but it works.

Only L4 and L5 are on the orbit. The three other are on the line through the two bodies.
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I think I see what you're saying, but L3 is on Jupiter's orbit line opposite Jupiter.... other side of the sun, never sees Jupiter. Which satisfies my claim and yours at the same time. :)
 

Spaceman Spiff

Spaceman Spiff
SergMx said:
Being in the game and being searchable doesn't mean it can be found.
And even if you find it, you might not realize it's there.
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I think the point is, that there IS a way to find it. We need to satisfy whatever barriers they have put in place to avoid it being directly found, but that is something you can do. Which ultimately means it can be found.
 

SergMx

SergMx
Spaceman Spiff said:
Thankfully we know it's an asteroid in Sol. And where that asteroid is supposed to be. 😁 (Yes, yes, plugging the "theory")
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Asteroid and what can he give?
I would understand more that in Elite 1 it was a means to get to any galaxy out of 8.
In the case of ED, I was told there are no other galaxies here, then it is a means to move between sectors.
 

Han_Zen

Han_Zen
Spaceman Spiff said:
I think I see what you're saying, but L3 is on Jupiter's orbit line opposite Jupiter.... other side of the sun, never sees Jupiter. Which satisfies my claim and yours at the same time. :)
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Good point. All L3s are there. Not just Jupiters.
L3s aren't exactly on the orbit, but usually very close.

I use this calculator, to find exact distances: http://www.orbitsimulator.com/formulas/LagrangePointFinder.html

Also remember that L1, L2 and L3 are unstable. Objects in those point will not stay for a long time. L4 and L5 are stabile as long as the primary mass is about 25 times the secondary, or more.
 
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Spaceman Spiff

Spaceman Spiff
Han_Zen said:
Good point. All L3s are there. Not just Jupiters.
L3s aren't exactly on the orbit, but usually very close.

I use this calculator, to find exact distances: http://www.orbitsimulator.com/formulas/LagrangePointFinder.html

Also remember that L1, L2 and L3 are unstable. Objects in those point will not stay for a long time. L4 and L5 are stabile as long as the primary mass is about 25 times the secondary, or more.
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Correct, but if we are talking about space-faring technology it follows that thrusters to stay in an otherwise unstable orbit would be a trivial point, I would think?

Also, cool calculator ;)
 
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SkyRock

SkyRock
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decided to take extreme measures xDDDD
 

Spaceman Spiff

Spaceman Spiff
clavain said:
Silly question, but has anyone taken the Raxxla image from the Codex and the Dark Wheel image from same and tried overlaying/superimposing them in various ways to see if anything interesting might come of it?
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Are you talking about that yellow one? I just saw that for the first time today....
 
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