Formidine Rift... what is it?
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There was some thread somewhere, where someone (I am not being vague deliberately, by the by, I just cant find the thread) said they found a system that had a non procedural name, suggesting it was a hand crafted one, out in the area where people believe the Formadine Rift was, only it was over 60 light years away from the nearest star.
Now we have FSD boosts I have been waiting to heard if a boosted Anaconda has made that jump, as that should be possible for one now with two Premium boosts (cos you'll want a way home)
Are you still looking for this?
Do we have any clear confirmation yet that this is really the location of the Formidine Rift? The vector is definitely right, but the distance?
Although I have been there before, I'm prepping my Asp for a new trip to the Rift. Bit bored of the bubble... I'll be reading Reclamation on the way and see if I can figure something out of it. It should supposedly contain "subtle hints", although not sure yet if for Raxxla or whatever is in the Rift.
Although I have been there before, I'm prepping my Asp for a new trip to the Rift. Bit bored of the bubble... I'll be reading Reclamation on the way and see if I can figure something out of it. It should supposedly contain "subtle hints", although not sure yet if for Raxxla or whatever is in the Rift.
Well... yes and no. Erimus' map shows where most of us think the Rift is. Now the question is: Where do we go from here? Some have suggested, thanks to a cryptic hint from Drew, that we need to fly toward the core... which doesn't really seem to add up.
For me the real question right now is, "Where does the spiral arm end and the Rift begin?" It may take a "Distant Worlds" type expedition to fully explore and map the region to find what lies beyond.
No, that doesn't make much sense at all. And he didn't really say we need to fly to the core, just to, "consider the core of the problem". Would another way of saying that be, "heart of the matter"? The Heart and Soul nebula sits near the edge of the Perseus arm. And that is where most suspect the rift is, between the Perseus arm and new outer arm.
I just started an expedition in that direction yesterday. Between Drew's comment about the core of the problem and his cryptic series of punctuation, I am of the mind that the R-R line was either a basic signpost, and the part of the Formidine Rift we should look at lies on a line from NGC 7822 to the Heart Nebula and beyond... Or maybe we are overthinking it and the Formidine Rift is actually just the part of the Perseus Gap that is intersected by the R-R line and a line between NGC 7822 and Heart Nebula.
Heart And Soul nebula is widely understood as the near edge of the Formidine Rift.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=116450&p=2276283&viewfull=1#post2276283
This web link will lead you to maps and vital info you will need. I am currently in the NGC 7822 nebula searching for polonium for Max FSD boost before heading across the rift. I tried last year but had to turn back due to lack of scoop able stars in the rift, I'm going to try again with FSD boosts it may be possible but I need lots more FSD boost materials or I may just take the Formidine bridge which has been mapped out to the Bovomit badlands.
May see you out there Cmdr, don't underestimate the rift!
It sounds rather like a Bladerunner homage:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_in_rain_monologue
I doubt that there's any alien empires already constructed out there, but I did read somewhere that people have discovered chunks of the galaxy which seem 'reserved' by the Devs where large starfields are 'locked' and require a system pass to enter, despite being well outside of humanity's reach. Charting out one of those would be a worthwhile discovery to my mind.
- Just realised this was still an active thread! Whoops! I'd started plopping thoughts over here.
- Checking on Drew's twitter again, he yesterday confirmed: You don't need horizons to find whatever this is. (src)
- Another thing I noticed was that there was a lot of speculation about the `EB, P`, `RO, C`, `.,.. ……,. …` clue, but I don't think we've resolved this yet. As far as I can tell, we assume it means "Eclipsing Binary, Period". And maybe also related to 10.
- and just to re-link some things I think are still relevant: Drews Clues and discussion about this in the big UA thread.
- Checking on Drew's twitter again, he yesterday confirmed: You don't need horizons to find whatever this is. (src)
- Another thing I noticed was that there was a lot of speculation about the `EB, P`, `RO, C`, `.,.. ……,. …` clue, but I don't think we've resolved this yet. As far as I can tell, we assume it means "Eclipsing Binary, Period". And maybe also related to 10.
- and just to re-link some things I think are still relevant: Drews Clues and discussion about this in the big UA thread.
To summarise where I think we're at with it (all clues considered):
- The Formidine Rift is between Sol and Perseus, not Perseus and Outer Arm.
- We're supposed to be looking in the Heart nebula.
- We don't need horizons, so it's not on a planet, or anywhere you need an FSD boost.
- We're probably after a system with Eclipsing Binary stars, with a period of 10 (something).
- Whether or not the primary star is binary is easy to see at-a-glance upon arrival, or checking the system map.
- If their orbital period is 20, they probably eclipse every 10.
- Whether they're "eclipsing" could be determined by flying away from them and sol - putting them between yourself and Sol, and seeing if their paths overlap from this angle.
- The Formidine Rift is between Sol and Perseus, not Perseus and Outer Arm.
- We're supposed to be looking in the Heart nebula.
- We don't need horizons, so it's not on a planet, or anywhere you need an FSD boost.
- We're probably after a system with Eclipsing Binary stars, with a period of 10 (something).
- Whether or not the primary star is binary is easy to see at-a-glance upon arrival, or checking the system map.
- If their orbital period is 20, they probably eclipse every 10.
- Whether they're "eclipsing" could be determined by flying away from them and sol - putting them between yourself and Sol, and seeing if their paths overlap from this angle.
- On discussing `Eclipsing Binary Stars with an Oribital Period of 10` with Cannon's CMDR Bungalo, he found this page which lists all known eclipsing binary stars. Including their orbital periods!
- Scanning down the lists looking for any with an orbital period of 10, I found this star `QQ Aps` with an orbital period of `10.195` days.
- Of course, there's no star called `QQ Aps` in the game, so I found this tool to lookup stars.
- That brought up a result for the star in the simbad page, which lists all it's identifiers, including: `HIP 28715` which _is_ in-game, and only ~500ky out of the bubble.
I don't think that's our star, 'cause it's not on the R/R line. But I think this might be a way to find such a star if we try all the 10 day period ones from the table.
If someone near the bubble wouldn't mind going out and checking that is in fact an Eclipsing Binary star system who's suns have an orbital period of 10 days, that'd be swell!
- Scanning down the lists looking for any with an orbital period of 10, I found this star `QQ Aps` with an orbital period of `10.195` days.
- Of course, there's no star called `QQ Aps` in the game, so I found this tool to lookup stars.
- That brought up a result for the star in the simbad page, which lists all it's identifiers, including: `HIP 28715` which _is_ in-game, and only ~500ky out of the bubble.
I don't think that's our star, 'cause it's not on the R/R line. But I think this might be a way to find such a star if we try all the 10 day period ones from the table.
If someone near the bubble wouldn't mind going out and checking that is in fact an Eclipsing Binary star system who's suns have an orbital period of 10 days, that'd be swell!
Ok point of interest, on NGC 7822 Sector IH-V C2-3 A 7 I finally found my first Polonium, also Vanadium, Germanium and Niobium, all FSD boost materials. Metallic Meteorites have Niobium and only one Pollonium so far, Mesosderites have Vanadium and Germanium. Will post more as I find it.
IIRC RO,C was "Right on, Commander"
The dots and commas look like a system map to me.
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Right on commander this is some important information, and tis good to have drew now joining us at sirius inc to share his advice, his thought bubbles and many ohters have joined us in the hunt for raxxla, the weblink is in my signature if more would like to join us in the hunt
That's the solution I'm leaning most towards, but I didn't want to discount other possibilities. Unfortunately you won't see me there, I'm on the XBox. But I think there may be something there within normal jump range. And if not, I'll get as close as possible to anything I find and I'll post up the system I wind up at.
Also, two other things. As for the string of periods and commas, I think that isn't a map or a representation of a system. I think it's the NGC 7822 Nebula as seen from whatever it is we're looking for. And the other thing is, I've been thinking about the old pilot's clues about where the Formidine Rift is, or where she was in it. Is the audio from the vid above word-for-word with what she says in the book? (I'm ashamed to say I have not yet read it.) If so, then I think our target lies much higher (or lower!) off the galactic plane than the R-R Line, because she says, "You can see the whole galaxy just hangin' there..." Seems to me she literally meant the whole galaxy, not just the band we normally see.
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The quote of her view of the galaxy was the reason I aborted my last trip to the Rift. I was reading reclamation in the way and that quote made me realize that we still miss important clues, even to pintpoint the Rift in itself. As soon as I'm back from this trip I will join any ongoing attempts, as I see this is picking up strength again.
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