Formidine Rift... what is it?

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Poseidal

Poseidal
IAM GROOT said:
Amazing video again, awesome work, I'm a little stuck at NGC7822, ever time I try to plot a course to Heart nebula it comes back not found, is there one or do I need to back track? 31 ly Asp
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You can definitely get to Heart & Soul from around the NGC7822 region with a 31LY Asp. It's near an area where the stars thin out, so you may have to 'dive' a bit centrally before crossing, possibly.

IIRC NGC7822 is pretty well explored, and was one of the first things looked into in this thread in fact.
 
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Erimus Kamzel

Erimus Kamzel
Zion Ravescene said:
It still might not be as straightforward as that. It's possible it could still be a signpost.
That said, investigating all possibilities until disproven is still the way to go.
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Agreed, I think if that distinctive cluster has any relevance, its probably as a sign post. Its been thoroughly searched by many commanders and no one has ever reported finding anything out of the ordinary out there yet. What intrigued me about it is the straight line the stars are in, one end points to our home systems, the other end points to the sectors in the video.. may be a coincidence but I thought Drew's cryptic clue could be telling us something. It was worth a look :)
 

Poseidal

Poseidal
Erimus said:
Agreed, I think if that distinctive cluster has any relevance, its probably as a sign post. Its been thoroughly searched by many commanders and no one has ever reported finding anything out of the ordinary out there yet. What intrigued me about it is the straight line the stars are in, one end points to our home systems, the other end points to the sectors in the video.. may be a coincidence but I thought Drew's cryptic clue could be telling us something. It was worth a look :)
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IIRC, aren't they 'real'?
 

Erimus Kamzel

Erimus Kamzel
Poseidal said:
IIRC, aren't they 'real'?
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Yes its a real cluster, which could mean that those mysterious sectors on the galactic rim it points to were purposely put there and weren't part of the procedural generation process when FD created the galaxy. Otherwise its just a big coincidence.
 

Allitnil

Allitnil
Erimus said:
I was going to hold off posting this until someone else physically found the permit only sectors beyond the Rift. But realizing we don't know how large the Rift actually is, or how far it stretches, it really is like looking for a needle in a haystack out there.
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Rest assured that someone else had ;). Got there early yesterday and all but completed a circumnavigation on the Bovomit sector (got a little distracted before completing it, but I'll finish it today). And other CMDRs have certainly been in the area before too.

Only thing of real interest I've spotted in the general area is Phae Phlai AA-A H0. I'm not going to give away any spoliers, other than to say ENTER AT YOUR PERIL. And I've capitalised that for genuine emphasis! It's the closest I've come to dying whilst exploring....
 

Erimus Kamzel

Erimus Kamzel
Allitnil said:
Rest assured that someone else had ;). Got there early yesterday and all but completed a circumnavigation on the Bovomit sector (got a little distracted before completing it, but I'll finish it today). And other CMDRs have certainly been in the area before too.

Only thing of real interest I've spotted in the general area is Phae Phlai AA-A H0. I'm not going to give away any spoliers, other than to say ENTER AT YOUR PERIL. And I've capitalised that for genuine emphasis! It's the closest I've come to dying whilst exploring....
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I had a feeling others were heading this way too as attention surrounding the Rift regions grows. I've known about Bovomit for months but never thought of mapping its borders until I'd seen Hyponia, much further along the Perseus Arm.. its only when news of the Formidine Rift popped up that I went back and read Drew's book and made a loose connection with its location and where I believed the rift to be. It sort of made sense to detour out and check out that region on the galactic rim on the way back from Hyponia.

Its where I would have taken a UA - to see if its signal changes or it unlocked those systems. I spent the last couple of weeks trying to organise an expedition to come out here with a UA and Halfnium, but it kind of petered out so I stayed out here on my own and finished off the vids.

Phae Phlai AA-A H0 sounds interesting, I may check it out on the way back. I guess a heatsink will come in handy? ;)
 

Zulu Romeo

Zulu Romeo
How far deviated from the hypothetical Reorte-Riedquat-7822 line are Bovomit and Hyponia? If they're not that far deviated, they could still be connected in this part of the mystery.
 

Erimus Kamzel

Erimus Kamzel
Zion Ravescene said:
How far deviated from the hypothetical Reorte-Riedquat-7822 line are Bovomit and Hyponia? If they're not that far deviated, they could still be connected in this part of the mystery.
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Hyponia is way out, its 33,000 LYS along the Perseus arm, and on our side of the Rift (if the rift stretches that far). I doubt Hyponia has anything to do with this, probably a place set for more distant content due to its distance from us.

Bovomit is still in the relative 'direction' of the R/R line, I'm not sure how far it deviates but once I get back in game I'll see if I can work it out.
 

Erimus Kamzel

Erimus Kamzel
Zion Ravescene said:
It's an unfortunate name for it, though, Bovomit.
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Wow, yeah, had to Google that for a minute. Its got to be purely a procedural fluke name though, just unfortunate it came out like that. Hopefully all these closed regions around the galaxy will get renamed to things that instil mystery, fear, and dread, once they're open. Drew Wagar should name them, I quite like the Formidine Rift he named for example. ;)
 

Erimus Kamzel

Erimus Kamzel
Zion Ravescene said:
How far deviated from the hypothetical Reorte-Riedquat-7822 line are Bovomit and Hyponia? If they're not that far deviated, they could still be connected in this part of the mystery.
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I've had a quick look, the Bovomit badlands are around 6,500 LYs 'west' of where the R/R line passes through the outer arm. The badlands are also about 14,000 LYs 'west' of Point Decision, which is possibly the furthest reachable point on the eastern edge of the Rift (according to Maia Poseidana whose been out there). So if we take the Rifts borders to stretch from the Bovomit badlands, to Point Decision, the R/R line pretty much cuts it in half, give or take a few hundred LYs (purely speculation I know). The rift could be much wider though, possibly reaching as far as Hyponia to the northwest, and down to the outer arm inanitatem where the outer arm fades into nothingness in the southeast.
 

woodhouse

woodhouse
MAIN SEQUENCE said:
I'm fairly certain this means it isn't a nebula (or possibly he means it isn't the nebula that the OP mentioned) but later he said "...the core of the problem" so he was hinting it is either in the core or towards the direction of the core.
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Speaking of the Core, wasn't that where the Space Texan flew off to? Anyone heard from him since?
 

clavain

clavain
CMDR John Casey said:
Probably I'm naive but when I read "the core" I thought at the core systems, not the galactic one...
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Me too. I was thinking Core Sys Sector, maybe the system where these UAs are appearing there. Find where exactly the Feds are getting them, and that might provide a clue as to where they came from. Particularly after the "less nebulous" comment. That said I'm now way the heck out in the black... ;-)

Interestingly, NGC 7822 is not only real, it is where the famous Hubble images of the "Pillars of Creation" are from. Too bad those aren't in-game...

Err, correction - it has a "pillars of creation-like" formation, not the original Pillars of Creation which is the Eagle Nebula, and the latter sort of looks like them if you get the angle right on the Galaxy Map. My bad.
 
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I thought that "core" suggested "heart", especially in light of his previous use of "nebulous" and its general direction.
 
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clavain

clavain
This is sort of cool - I just entered NGC 6871 sector, and for the last few jumps have been noticing fewer stars, and brighter constellations, including NGC 7822 which I have been able to see off in the distance for a while now. So, go to line up my next jump, and what do I see to the port side of my Asp? What looks like a big bloody arrow (NGC 7822) pointing at a very small nebula off in the distance (which I assume is Heart or Soul). Very cool. I took a screenshot but am too tired right now to find it and post it, will do so tomorrow night. My target for tonight was to get to NGC 6871 sector, this was a very nice little bonus.

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It looks like I am about 1,000LY away from a possible route across my portion of the Rift (if it extends that far) in Preia Dryiae Sector.

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Oh, and I have a very nice view of the Big Dipper as well, with a certain star shining quite brightly there...
 

IAM GROOT

IAM GROOT
clavain said:
This is sort of cool - I just entered NGC 6871 sector, and for the last few jumps have been noticing fewer stars, and brighter constellations, including NGC 7822 which I have been able to see off in the distance for a while now. So, go to line up my next jump, and what do I see to the port side of my Asp? What looks like a big bloody arrow (NGC 7822) pointing at a very small nebula off in the distance (which I assume is Heart or Soul). Very cool. I took a screenshot but am too tired right now to find it and post it, will do so tomorrow night. My target for tonight was to get to NGC 6871 sector, this was a very nice little bonus.

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It looks like I am about 1,000LY away from a possible route across my portion of the Rift (if it extends that far) in Preia Dryiae Sector.

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Oh, and I have a very nice view of the Big Dipper as well, with a certain star shining quite brightly there...
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Sounds like we are not too far from each other Cmdr, I am currently 1700 ly from Heart nebula after leaving NGC7822 yesterday, should arrive at Heart tomorrow night sometime
 
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