I've not found any reference to Guardian sites on Cannon (or Goggle) in the Norma Expanse, the nearest being in the Norma Arm. but it is in the Graea Hypue / Clookeoe region. I found a handful of BT sites but didn't have the time (then) to search further, so fingers crossed!
Just luck, or a helpful Clairvoyant would be good... (is your ex one?)
Having spent most of the previous year there, I’m going to wish you good luck!
I might even fly back out there if there’s going to be some people around!
Also, some info / advice:
- you’re looking at an area similar in size to the Guardian area near the bubble (around 1,400 ly diameter)
- Guardian sites are rare and you’re going to be lucky to actually find one
- There’s lots of sites known in the area between the bubble and the Regor Sector because there have been huge numbers of people travelling that area.
- To get a view on how likely it is to find a site if it’s only small numbers of people looking, take a look at how many have been found on the far side of the Regor Sector vs how many have been found on the bubble side.
Also, there’s been a suggestion that there might be a bug and that the FSS is only detecting Guardian sites within 1,000ls.
It’s not been possible to prove this so far though.
To allow for that possibility though you should always do the fast check trick.
To do that:
1. All bodies need to have been detected
2. Line yourself up so that you can pitch your ship through a full turn so that every body in the system goes past the centre of the HUD.
3. Make sure you don’t have a target selected
4. Do the full pitch and ensure every body in the system goes past the centre of the HUD
5. Any Guardian sites will show up in the HUD as the viewpoint goes past them, regardless of distance.
This is usually very quick, basically however long it takes to pitch through 360 degrees.
Given that all bodies need to have been detected for this to work, you can do it straight away in any system that’s already fully discovered. I’d recommend doing it for each of them as a site may have been missed and it should only take 5-10s to do.
For a system where you use the FSS, I’d suggest doing the fast check trick after having detected all the bodies. The FSS may actually be working properly in which case doing the fast check trick is redundant, but for the 5-10s it takes I’d suggest it’s a good precaution to take just in case it does turn out the FSS is only detecting sites within 1,000ls.
Oh and if you do find any sites that the FSS didn’t detect, please get some screenshots so we can confirm that there’s actually and issue and get it reported!
Long and short though, keep at it! (I was severely hampered by the FSS scan the issue, so checking systems was a far longer and far far more tedious task than it should have been. Hopefully you’ll have more luck with your search!
