Galnet Update 08.04.3307 - Adamastor Update

From Monday's Galnet article and the evidence from scanning their ship it seems likely that
  • they're all perfectly fine
  • they didn't obtain and equip a fully self-sufficient megaship and gradually move it a thousand LY from the bubble because they wanted to talk to other people
  • they've got all the really valuable bits off the ship already, and they're the only ones around able to break it up the ship itself for scrap, so they don't really care who gets a few loose cargo containers

I would like to help them with the expansion on their gene pool. 🧐
 
You don't have to play their game or care about their puzzles if you don't like them. Fdevs trying out changes with puzzles. So things don't get solved within 30 mins. I will never understand why some people pretend that this hurts them.

Maybe also a hint for people searching for Raxxla/TDW station to not just honk/fss.

I don't see any problem with this. I wouldn't even be able to solve 1 of their coded stuff without help. I enjoyed following this thread&the canonn discord and helping to fill their spreadsheets. And btw I think all 3 LPs showed up for me after entering system&honking. (I'm sure 2 did, not sure with the 3rd.) The Hesperus&Dredger didn't, but with the coordinates from the LPs you could be sure what system to search.

However, if you think you could be a better AAA game developer, go for it.
Doesn't the game support solo mode?
Why doesn't it say in the game requirements that you must still use ardour? https://ardour.org/
Maybe I didn't look too hard, but why didn't it appear in the GAME-codex under rumors?
 
Going off topic from above. (sorry guys)

The image that was given, of the ship and the Thargoid, is this symbol (below) usually part of any Thargoids encountered in the past? I maybe wrong but most symbols on Thargoids I've seen symbolises Barnards loop if my brain serves me well here.

First I thought it looked like a winged horse, but i think its just a mirror image of a Horse(s) head. Then again it could just be nothing at all.


Edit: I was looking at this flat, in 2d,. Where looking again it appears to be 3 dimesions. The top is a circular so we're seeing one side of it, I'd assume the front side. Could even imagine it being an alien face or helmet...
 

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First of all - you're quoting a wiki page. That's just an opinion, not a fact.

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Canonn actually https://canonn.science/codex/ghost-ship-adamastor/:

Which reported the Chukchan local news article:

SECRETS OF THE ADAMASTOR
29 OCT 3306

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“Local resident Benjamin Chester, who was a founding member of the renowned Wallglass Investigations Agency, told journalists...Eventually I unearthed a flight plan, logged in October 3111. It plotted a course toward Barnard’s Loop with fuel for approximately 370 light years, and was scheduled to pass by the HIP 39748 and HIP 33386 systems.....”

No opinion there, just fact!
370 ly is suspiciously close to the 365ly distance from Chukchan to Synuefe XE-Y c17-7. Clearly she had a scoop to refuel once she got there since the Fuel Rats were only formed in 3301, almost 200 years later. 😉

My hypothesis is that her mission was to deploy LP, probably a series of them to look for xeno activity by signal intercept, but after deploying the first she was retasked by it to rescue Site 23B expedition survivors and their finds.
 
Going off topic from above. (sorry guys)

The image that was given, of the ship and the Thargoid, is this symbol (below) usually part of any Thargoids encountered in the past? I maybe wrong but most symbols on Thargoids I've seen symbolises Barnards loop if my brain serves me well here.

First I thought it looked like a winged horse, but i think its just a mirror image of a Horse(s) head. Then again it could just be nothing at all.
Isn’t that a pic of the Goid cockpit rather than the logo seen to date, which may or may not represent Barnard’s Loop.
I want to see some logo pix from the Coalsack NHSS! I suspect they’re Klaxians vice Oresrians to date, so should have different logo and be significantly more aggressive.
But somebody else with better reflexes than me can go do the photorecce! 😁
 
Going off topic from above. (sorry guys)

The image that was given, of the ship and the Thargoid, is this symbol (below) usually part of any Thargoids encountered in the past? I maybe wrong but most symbols on Thargoids I've seen symbolises Barnards loop if my brain serves me well here.

First I thought it looked like a winged horse, but i think its just a mirror image of a Horse(s) head. Then again it could just be nothing at all.
Also looks like a fox - and even a little like the head of the elite symbol
 
Isn’t that a pic of the Goid cockpit rather than the logo seen to date, which may or may not represent Barnard’s Loop.
I want to see some logo pix from the Coalsack NHSS! I suspect they’re Klaxians vice Oresrians to date, so should have different logo and be significantly more aggressive.
But somebody else with better reflexes than me can go do the photorecce! 😁
If the Thargoids we met previously had a Symbol like Barnards loop, could that be classed as an origin mark? Maybe even a caste type if they are hive like beings?
 
Doesn't the game support solo mode?
Yes. Mainly for avoiding pvp.
People solve every new riddle as a community. The longer it takes, the more fun for the community. It's kind of wasted when the solution is online 30 mins after release.

Why doesn't it say in the game requirements that you must still use ardour? https://ardour.org/
I think you could use other sound analysing software. ED wouldn't even be enjoyable without any 3rd party software/ websites. And sound analysis wasn't even necessary for this one.

Maybe I didn't look too hard, but why didn't it appear in the GAME-codex under rumors?
What?

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another thing:
Adamastor is tasked to head out towards BLoop, and deploy an LP
I don't think their misson was to deploy LPs.

Sirius statement: "These probes can go further and faster than a human pilot, at much reduced cost and with, I daresay, more reliability".
So they don't require people for it.
Additionally, both ships could carry 1 LP. That's not much for a LP deployment mission.
 
Canonn actually https://canonn.science/codex/ghost-ship-adamastor/:

Which reported the Chukchan local news article:

SECRETS OF THE ADAMASTOR
29 OCT 3306

...
“Local resident Benjamin Chester, who was a founding member of the renowned Wallglass Investigations Agency, told journalists...Eventually I unearthed a flight plan, logged in October 3111. It plotted a course toward Barnard’s Loop with fuel for approximately 370 light years, and was scheduled to pass by the HIP 39748 and HIP 33386 systems.....”

No opinion there, just fact!
370 ly is suspiciously close to the 365ly distance from Chukchan to Synuefe XE-Y c17-7. Clearly she had a scoop to refuel once she got there since the Fuel Rats were only formed in 3301, almost 200 years later. 😉

My hypothesis is that her mission was to deploy LP, probably a series of them to look for xeno activity by signal intercept, but after deploying the first she was retasked by it to rescue Site 23B expedition survivors and their finds.
Plotting course towards Barnard's Loop doesn't mean that it was their destination. In space you can't say they plotted course North or East - you need some reference. Barnard's Loop is great for that, because it's big. It's like walking towards North star. It doeasn't mean it's your destination. This was just a way this guy described their flight direction when he connected points along their flight plan.
And players needed to be directed 370LY in some clear direction to find another clue.
I mean - earlier in this thread someone was certain that third beacon was in Barnard's Loop because second listening post more or less alligned itself with it. That's wishfull thinking, because you expect BL to be important.

I don't think there was any mission to BL. Azimuth was clearly trying to keep their affairs secret - especially from competitors - going straight towards their destination would have been just stupid, because obviously it was noted what direction they initially took (they filed official flight plan for Pete's sake).

And your hypothesis about Azimuth specifically looking for xeno signals is far fetched imo.

But that's another problem - it's a made up story. And since there is nothing about your theory in game, the longer you talk about BL as their destination, the bigger chance people who design those mysteries might think "hey, we need to design another part of that story arc, they were talking about BL being Adamastor's destination, let's use that."
 
I correctly understand that to solve some puzzles people playing with the console need to buy a computer?
Nothing in this one required any out of game tools more sophisticated than a pencil and paper. And the original 1984 Elite required those, so that's fair.

The various listening posts and POIs were all in-game and discoverable in-game.
The coded messages were all simple decoding processes which could be done on paper.

The difficulty came from:
- fairly large search areas being specified by some clues
- the decoding processes might be simple once you know what they are, but figuring out what they are so you can get started is not as easy (but just requires thinking, no technology)
- some POIs being hidden from casual attention so you have to conduct a more detailed (in-game) search once you're confident of the right system

All pretty fair stuff - wasn't solved instantly, didn't drag on for multiple years either.
 
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THE CODEX

The Codex is a new way to track your findings and progress in the Elite Dangerous galaxy, as well as keep up to date with the lore and learn about the latest news.
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The Codex also has ‘Rumoured’, ‘Reported’ and ‘Discovered’ states.

Rumoured - If an item is listed as rumoured that means there is a possibility of finding it within that region.

The Codex has been filled with ‘rumoured’ discoveries in each region to give you an initial breadcrumb trail to follow.

Reported - When a Commander finds the rumoured item in question, it then shows up as ‘reported’ in the Codex, and update everyone’s Codex . If you then find it, and scan it, that will then become ‘Discovered’ in your codex.
If you’re hoping to be an intrepid explorer and find things that haven't been discovered, you can - and set off that cycle of Rumoured, Reported, Discovered!


The 42 regions are huge, and there is a lot to be uncovered, the initial ‘rumoured’ items are just the very beginning in getting you exploring out in to the black.

While you’re out there making incredible discoveries and earning credits you’ll be inspiring other explorers to follow in your wake!

Excuse me, are there any people here who have anything at all in the rumor section ? At least 1 point.
 
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