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Alien archeology and other mysteries: Thread 9 - The Canonn
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That doesn't give you a little green marker to spot the thread in a list though.
You think we can get there yet?
Then we should get the crowbars and ski mask's ready
well, a PLASMA GUN could be a better idea but, I've always supported creativity here
I was talking about an HOME system, however
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No I don't, but... worth checking?
Some times things are easier than we think... remember the Honk? A previously permitted system, that is permitted no more could be something like that...
For me it should be the first system to check for ancient ruins... no?
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Yeah. Their exact distance depends on the type of technology used at the time they left. Which since the galnet on them talks about people living and dying aboard them, Id assume they arent actually reaching relativistic speeds. So if they are travelling that slow they would be in the bubble. But I would assume someone would have sen them if that was the case. There are supposed to be 70,000 of them out there. I swear I remember a discussion about the ships once and someone said they could be anywhere up to 1000ly away because it entirely depended on what speed they reached at their highest. 1000 obviously is a bit far because they wouldnt be able to reach light speed most likely on a generation ship. As for developing their own.. It would have to be a flash point most likely. Explanations Ive seen have been interacting with an alien species along the way. Or even taking an advanced AI with them since I dont believe they were banned at that point. Of course.. All of this is dependent on how accurate the science is in the game.
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No I don't, but... worth checking?
A previously permitted system, that is permitted no more could be something like that...
Maybe something in some alien ruins will give us a key?
well, a PLASMA GUN could be a better idea but, I've always supported creativity here
I was talking about an HOME system, however
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No I don't, but... worth checking?
A previously permitted system, that is permitted no more could be something like that...
home system eh the place that has only 1 commander in its general 50ly area?
cause that's my home system tho its and amazing area i would like to have a few commanders around there
but for the tharg's home i guess the we come in peace would be the best but a plasma cannon will work too
Yeah. Their exact distance depends on the type of technology used at the time they left. Which since the galnet on them talks about people living and dying aboard them, Id assume they arent actually reaching relativistic speeds. So if they are travelling that slow they would be in the bubble. But I would assume someone would have sen them if that was the case. There are supposed to be 70,000 of them out there. I swear I remember a discussion about the ships once and someone said they could be anywhere up to 1000ly away because it entirely depended on what speed they reached at their highest. 1000 obviously is a bit far because they wouldnt be able to reach light speed most likely on a generation ship. As for developing their own.. It would have to be a flash point most likely. Explanations Ive seen have been interacting with an alien species along the way. Or even taking an advanced AI with them since I dont believe they were banned at that point. Of course.. All of this is dependent on how accurate the science is in the game.
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Maybe something in some alien ruins will give us a key?
Indeed: that is exactly what I was thinking...
The UP has spoken.
Indeed: that is exactly what I was thinking...
The UP has spoken.
The Alliance base in California nebula is also interesting. Sirius corporation are not the only one with secrets.
Yeah [haha] - wonder what the guys at Frontier thought all that time.
Probably laughing their asses off that we found it but didnt even notice it.
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Page 4 and no one has asked "have you tried shooting it?" yet, you guys are slipping!
We dont have anything to shoot yet! Check back tomorrow evening.
Post humanism, too!
There is a distinct genre of sci-fi which takes on the idea that humans may elect to enhance themselves biologically or mechanically where they cease to be human any more.
Allister Reynolds explores exactly this in his novels, amongst relativistic speed 'light hugger' ships and their strange 'Ultra' crews. Also in regard to humans swimming in a sentient sea and coming away with different traits and knowledge. Worth a read.
I would strongly suggest looking out for the Tionilsa Orbital Graveyard from here on in.
"The first thing you see is a shimmering, silver disc, a double spiral of tiny bright points. It slowly turns: it's a galaxy in miniature, with the same intense blur of light at its centre, because here is where the biggest tombs are to be found.
Come closer and soon you can see that the stars in this galaxy are markers, great lumps of metal, heavily inscribed with the words and symbols of a thousand religions. The cemetery is a bizarre and moving sight. The markers are rarely less than a thousand feet across. There are chrome-alloy crosses, titanium Stars of David, duralium henges, and all the strange symbolic shapes of the worlds, and the minds and the faiths that have come to die in this Star traveller's special place.
Tethered below this vast, rotating mausoleum is the dodecahedral shape of a 'Dodo' class space station, the home of the Cemetery Authorites. Here you go through security checks and get your visitor's visa. And as you stand in the queue, staring up through the translucent ceiling of the Customs Hall, you can see the battered, broken ships of many of the dead, still attached to the silent tomb that contains the body."
Robert Holdstock - the Dark Wheel
"The first thing you see is a shimmering, silver disc, a double spiral of tiny bright points. It slowly turns: it's a galaxy in miniature, with the same intense blur of light at its centre, because here is where the biggest tombs are to be found.
Come closer and soon you can see that the stars in this galaxy are markers, great lumps of metal, heavily inscribed with the words and symbols of a thousand religions. The cemetery is a bizarre and moving sight. The markers are rarely less than a thousand feet across. There are chrome-alloy crosses, titanium Stars of David, duralium henges, and all the strange symbolic shapes of the worlds, and the minds and the faiths that have come to die in this Star traveller's special place.
Tethered below this vast, rotating mausoleum is the dodecahedral shape of a 'Dodo' class space station, the home of the Cemetery Authorites. Here you go through security checks and get your visitor's visa. And as you stand in the queue, staring up through the translucent ceiling of the Customs Hall, you can see the battered, broken ships of many of the dead, still attached to the silent tomb that contains the body."
Robert Holdstock - the Dark Wheel
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New thread! ya
Guardians
Genuinely, Ultra, Antagonistic, Rare, Distinctive, Insectoid, Alien, Newborn, Scientists
Winters almost here.
Dusting off Exploration ship UPKEEP and probably having to charge the battery.
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Guardians
Genuinely, Ultra, Antagonistic, Rare, Distinctive, Insectoid, Alien, Newborn, Scientists
Winters almost here.
Dusting off Exploration ship UPKEEP and probably having to charge the battery.
07
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