I was exploring HIP 22460 and I came across some active barnacles via the FSS that seem to be acting strangely (I can't remember which planet specifically has them and I'm at work right now so I'll have to update this when I get back into my ship).
! I should also mention that I was harrassed and attacked regularly in this system (as is common knowledge by now) and that doing any research of your own will be a dangerous endeavor!
----Now, I'm not too familiar with normal active barnacle sites since I've only been to a couple and that was a while ago now so if this is all normal behavior please confirm somewhere here.----
Anyways, here's what I found.
1- All the sites on this planet, of which there are 3, have "singing" barnacle structures that can be scanned with the data uplink scanner which shows a message along the lines of "Unknown source- data translation incomplete (or corrupt)".
I attempted scanning them with unclassified relics in the hopes that they could store some kind of information from these scans but nothing of note was discovered this way.
2-The main structures of these barnacles have some kind of strange pattern that looks almost burned on like an etching. I've noticed similar etchings or markings on thargoid interceptor that interdicted me on my way into the system but I haven't yet compared the two so I can't say whether or not they match. If so, it would seem we might have a way of identifying whether or not there are different clans or hives operating in different areas of the galaxy.
3- There are many meta-alloy spikes around these main structures which have glowing fragments, as in, the meta-alloy mining fragments themselves radiate some kind of light while they're attached. Also, there are many, many more smaller spikes with the standard mining mats around these sites than I believe are typical.
It should be noted that some of the spikes found around these sites can be broken and emit a sickly blue (almost guardian) glow from the base of the damages spikes.
(Lastly and most interesting) 4- Barnacle site 3 (I believe) has a vast green cloud of gas and dust surrounding the area which you will notice immediatly after dropping out of supercruise. It almost seems as though this site is beginning some kind of terraforming process perhaps. It didn't affect any of my ship or SRV systems differently and there wasn't any way to interact with this gas that I was aware of.
Let me know what you guys think in the comments, hopefully there are some new discoveries here that might help uncover some of the mystery surrounding this system. If not, as I suspect, then at least it was fun checking this stuff out
! I should also mention that I was harrassed and attacked regularly in this system (as is common knowledge by now) and that doing any research of your own will be a dangerous endeavor!
----Now, I'm not too familiar with normal active barnacle sites since I've only been to a couple and that was a while ago now so if this is all normal behavior please confirm somewhere here.----
Anyways, here's what I found.
1- All the sites on this planet, of which there are 3, have "singing" barnacle structures that can be scanned with the data uplink scanner which shows a message along the lines of "Unknown source- data translation incomplete (or corrupt)".
I attempted scanning them with unclassified relics in the hopes that they could store some kind of information from these scans but nothing of note was discovered this way.
2-The main structures of these barnacles have some kind of strange pattern that looks almost burned on like an etching. I've noticed similar etchings or markings on thargoid interceptor that interdicted me on my way into the system but I haven't yet compared the two so I can't say whether or not they match. If so, it would seem we might have a way of identifying whether or not there are different clans or hives operating in different areas of the galaxy.
3- There are many meta-alloy spikes around these main structures which have glowing fragments, as in, the meta-alloy mining fragments themselves radiate some kind of light while they're attached. Also, there are many, many more smaller spikes with the standard mining mats around these sites than I believe are typical.
It should be noted that some of the spikes found around these sites can be broken and emit a sickly blue (almost guardian) glow from the base of the damages spikes.
(Lastly and most interesting) 4- Barnacle site 3 (I believe) has a vast green cloud of gas and dust surrounding the area which you will notice immediatly after dropping out of supercruise. It almost seems as though this site is beginning some kind of terraforming process perhaps. It didn't affect any of my ship or SRV systems differently and there wasn't any way to interact with this gas that I was aware of.
Let me know what you guys think in the comments, hopefully there are some new discoveries here that might help uncover some of the mystery surrounding this system. If not, as I suspect, then at least it was fun checking this stuff out
