Hmm, well, here's a thought - let's look at that Galnet quote again:
Carrying is only one part of the interaction we have with the UA. First, though, we are scanned - and it draws our ship. Perhaps... we are being tagged?
Alien archeology and other mysteries: Thread 9 - The Canonn
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Hmm, well, here's a thought - let's look at that Galnet quote again:
Carrying is only one part of the interaction we have with the UA. First, though, we are scanned - and it draws our ship. Perhaps... we are being tagged?
Is there anyone that has had zero interaction with alien/guardian stuff that has been hyperdicted?
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The only interaction with alien/guardian stuff I've had was taking a ton of (store bought) meta-alloys to Farseer, if that even counts.
I can go stooge around Maia/Merope to see if I get hyperdicted, if you think it would be worthwhile.
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Which is why Im returning to Beagle Point, maybe in 6 months time FD will have sorted it all out!
I don't know really. I was thinking complete alien virgin as it were. Meta alloys are alien, right?
Was just wondering if exposure, like Tomtom suggested, was the deciding factor.
But go for it and see what happens, can't hurt!
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Edit: That would actually narrow it down to what isn't needed so good idea!
I wonder if someone who only dealt with Elvira would be hyperdicted. She doesn't ask for meta-alloys, and most people that far out have done fsd upgrades so...
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Quince? You mean the system that people are currently exploiting per the passenger missions?
I've inrteracted with UA's even carried them, have carried unknown fragments, all the collectables from ruins even shot up a few barnacle sites and picked up the meta alloys etc all within the last week, been scanned multiple times by UA's and still no hyperdiction here, had to change my entry theme for ctrl-alt-space completely when it didnt happen lol, couldnt even get a black box mission to spawn so i couldnt get the the combat aftermath uss spawn, Guess I have been on the totally wrong end of rng.
When the galnet came out ppl were going down that line - I don't expect high standards of accuracy from FD, so I just read this as "It's not the UAs". Would be happy to be wrong [up]
If having been scanned by a UA triggers the hyperdictions then that implies that FD are storing more status with our CMDRs than I had imagined (i.e. they are storing things like : CMDR scanned by UA against my CMDR). Though I suppose it could be something that only applies in a session, similar to what is causing the chain hyperdiction bug.
(Did we even get scanned when picking up UA at wrecks? it's been so long I've forgotten).
Here's a long shot. Maybe we get hyperdicted per past barnical harvesting.
Could be. It does seem like adding a code for each of the possible UA/UP/Barnacle/Guardian type interactions to the spread sheet might be useful. Then if there's clustering around a given action (i,e harvested barnacles) maybe we could make some more informed assumptions about their intent and therefore better predictions about their next moves.
This all assumes of course that they have an intent and it's not simply an RNG manifestation.
Has anyone constructed a spreadsheet to analyse hyperdictions?
How about engineer standings? Palin might be one suspect with his MA/UA fixation, but also Elvira since she required Soonthil relics
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Nope - I never saw a barnacle until well after I was hyperdicted (I was on a break from the game when barnacles were a thing). Good theory though [up]
Personally speaking I am staggeringly inept with spreadsheets. I would quite possibly and inadvertently break the entire internet if I dabbled in those dark arts.
They have indeed (I asked the other day) it's on the front page and there's even a sexy new 'hyperdiction report' interface. Here's the report interface:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1....1691371582&entry.1126755363&entry.1648275114
Many props to the folks that made that.
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Don't think those are still canon. I believe currently all we know about Thargoids is that a long while ago there was some pilots reporting of having hostile interactions with alien vessels. Until they stopped entirely, it was rumoured they were chased off by a human engineered space virus goop that broke their ships. But that's unconfirmed.
And now they're pulling us out of hyperspace.
Frontier wants to have a "first official contact" to be within this game.
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Masheikh Scytale
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Occam's Razor says: FIRST they hyperdict you, THEN they 'tendrilize' you, and let you go. So? Hyperdictions are random.
Just like when a federal agent interdicts you and then scans your ship.
Just like when a federal agent interdicts you and then scans your ship.
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Yep. I think this is probably the general consensus, I've certainly always seen it that way. Interaction with the UA and/or UP allows them to easily find you.
Then they scan you to see if you've ever hurt a UA/UP/Barnacle (one or all) and put you on the naughty or nice list
I tried with my second character who's never and any interaction and after about 60 jumps or so I still haven't been hyperdicted. So if you've the inclination then please feel free.
I believe you're wrong, but obviously don't know for sure, and yes you get scanned by UAs as soon as you get close to them.
Yes that is canon, everything up to the final missions in FFE is.
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Well, my logic is this: Why on Earth ( pun not intended ) would you put two fully armed and operational space stations in a system so far away from the bubble ( except for exploration purposes )?
There must be something more special about that place than just very good missions.
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well it's the last system with a shipyard this side of Colonia, and therefore will be the last bastion of humanity when the aliens invade. Also the staging point for operTions against them once they've taken over the bubble
Maybe. I am leaning towards that they are doing some seriously secret Space Legs Research somewhere in Quince. Have you seen the steam game "Prey"? I hope it is something like that.
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