Ingame mysteries/events like Adamastor - are there more?

[Nerix]

I'm playing ED regulary with a friend and what we like most is to solve the in-game mysteries together. E.g. we liked the Adamastor event quite a lot.

Can anyone provide some information or a list about other events that contain some kind of puzzles? I'm not speaking about something like Raxxla, it should be a bit more concrete. And it doesn't have to be as flashed out as the Adamastor event, but perhaps some beacons with puzzles that lead to some other places/mysteries... Thanks!

Btw, are the recent Hesperus news something like Adamastor, or no concrete hints available yet that you could follow?

 

[Ian Doncaster]

Hesperus: no-one appears to have found any more of a lead than what's in the Galnet news, though that doesn't mean there isn't something out there hidden in plain sight where no-one looks much (local news articles, log data points on megaships or installations, listening posts, etc.)

Other mysteries: there are plenty of listening posts and unregistered comms beacons out there pointing to various interesting things, the various bits of Thargoid technology form a mystery to be solved, as do the various Guardian ruins. (They've already been solved, of course, but so long as you don't look things up you can solve them again yourself)

 

[Nerix]

Thanks! Any hint how to find these listening posts and comms beacons? Are there any ingame hints where to look or do you just have to fly around randomly and use the FSS?

 

[Ian Doncaster]

Thanks! Any hint how to find these listening posts and comms beacons? Are there any ingame hints where to look or do you just have to fly around randomly and use the FSS?

Generally that. There are quite a lot of them, but it's a big galaxy, so...

(With an entire player-base searching, anything sufficiently visible newly added to a populated system will be found by someone within a couple of weeks at most ... picking them up as an individual requires rather more luck!)

 

[Nerix]

Ok, thanks. Really liked something more steered like the Adamastor with some ingame story and hints around it. They should do more of these.

And also kind of unfortunate that they never used the "rumour" section in the codex. I had high hopes for that and if utilised right, that could really add some more depth, lore and additional motivation for exploration to the game.

 

[Aldaris]

Hesperus: no-one appears to have found any more of a lead than what's in the Galnet news, though that doesn't mean there isn't something out there hidden in plain sight where no-one looks much (local news articles, log data points on megaships or installations, listening posts, etc.)

Other mysteries: there are plenty of listening posts and unregistered comms beacons out there pointing to various interesting things, the various bits of Thargoid technology form a mystery to be solved, as do the various Guardian ruins. (They've already been solved, of course, but so long as you don't look things up you can solve them again yourself)

Pretty sure there is something hidden in plain sight.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1368981108176678912

Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/EliteDangerous/status/1368981108176678912


Translate the morse code at bottom left of the picture. This was posted only a few days before Hesperus was mentioned on Galnet. Seems like a bit of a hint to me.

 

[MikeMart]

Other mysteries: there are plenty of listening posts and unregistered comms beacons out there pointing to various interesting things, the various bits of Thargoid technology form a mystery to be solved, as do the various Guardian ruins. (They've already been solved, of course, but so long as you don't look things up you can solve them again yourself)

May I jump in and ask how they work? While rescuing people in Sol, I went to check on an unregistred comms beacon orbiting the Moon but couldn't scan it or anything. I didn't know if there was a way to interact with it or not ?

 

[goemon]

Ok, thanks. Really liked something more steered like the Adamastor with some ingame story and hints around it. They should do more of these.

some of those mentioned above are also hinted by local galnet/station news.

 

[Ian Doncaster]

May I jump in and ask how they work? While rescuing people in Sol, I went to check on an unregistred comms beacon orbiting the Moon but couldn't scan it or anything. I didn't know if there was a way to interact with it or not ?

"Listening Posts" you generally scan them (like a tourist beacon) and get a text message.
"Unregistered Comms Beacons" give an audio message - might be morse code, or phonetic alphabet - which is transmitted either on the hour or more rarely at :15, :30 or :45 minutes past the hour - and are silent otherwise. So you have to wait, listen to and transcribe that to get started.

 

[askavir]

If you want to check out the listening posts found so far, you can see the list in the spoiler below:

Spoiler: Listening Posts

Listening Posts | Canonn Research Group

Listening Posts have been largely found in systems on the frontier of the bubble. Their origin is not known for sure, but it is possible that they are deployed by the Sirius Corporation as reported 7 OCT 3302.

canonn.science

Slightly related, there are lots of planetary abandoned bases and other surface sites, most of them reveal their backstory if you scan the data beacons. Most of these sites are quite moody, I love wandering around them in the SRV collecting the surface mats while listening to the backstories. The list of known ones are in the spoiler below:

Spoiler: Abandoned bases and surface sites

Abandoned Settlement | Canonn Research Group

canonn.science

Surface Sites | Canonn Research Group

With the exception of registered Settlements, the majority of Surface Sites cannot be found using your ship’s systems. You must obtain the body name and co-ordinates from another source, such as a Listening Post, or Unregistered Comms Beacon. What can be found has a variety ranging from a simple...

canonn.science

INRA Settlements | Canonn Research Group

INRA - a co-operative between Federation and Empire that operated during the last war with the Thargoids - are notorious for the development of the Mycoid agent

canonn.science

You can filter all of these by proximity by going into EDDB, attractions page and filtering with "group = abandoned base".

 

[MikeMart]

If you want to check out the listening posts found so far, you can see the list in the spoiler below:

Spoiler: Listening Posts

Listening Posts | Canonn Research Group

Listening Posts have been largely found in systems on the frontier of the bubble. Their origin is not known for sure, but it is possible that they are deployed by the Sirius Corporation as reported 7 OCT 3302.

canonn.science

Slightly related, there are lots of planetary abandoned bases and other surface sites, most of them reveal their backstory if you scan the data beacons. Most of these sites are quite moody, I love wandering around them in the SRV collecting the surface mats while listening to the backstories. The list of known ones are in the spoiler below:

Spoiler: Abandoned bases and surface sites

Abandoned Settlement | Canonn Research Group

canonn.science

Surface Sites | Canonn Research Group

With the exception of registered Settlements, the majority of Surface Sites cannot be found using your ship’s systems. You must obtain the body name and co-ordinates from another source, such as a Listening Post, or Unregistered Comms Beacon. What can be found has a variety ranging from a simple...

canonn.science

INRA Settlements | Canonn Research Group

INRA - a co-operative between Federation and Empire that operated during the last war with the Thargoids - are notorious for the development of the Mycoid agent

canonn.science

You can filter all of these by proximity by going into EDDB, attractions page and filtering with "group = abandoned base".

Thanks for the links!

 

[Nerix]

If you want to check out the listening posts found so far, you can see the list in the spoiler below:

Spoiler: Listening Posts

Listening Posts | Canonn Research Group

Listening Posts have been largely found in systems on the frontier of the bubble. Their origin is not known for sure, but it is possible that they are deployed by the Sirius Corporation as reported 7 OCT 3302.

canonn.science

Slightly related, there are lots of planetary abandoned bases and other surface sites, most of them reveal their backstory if you scan the data beacons. Most of these sites are quite moody, I love wandering around them in the SRV collecting the surface mats while listening to the backstories. The list of known ones are in the spoiler below:

Spoiler: Abandoned bases and surface sites

Abandoned Settlement | Canonn Research Group

canonn.science

Surface Sites | Canonn Research Group

With the exception of registered Settlements, the majority of Surface Sites cannot be found using your ship’s systems. You must obtain the body name and co-ordinates from another source, such as a Listening Post, or Unregistered Comms Beacon. What can be found has a variety ranging from a simple...

canonn.science

INRA Settlements | Canonn Research Group

INRA - a co-operative between Federation and Empire that operated during the last war with the Thargoids - are notorious for the development of the Mycoid agent

canonn.science

You can filter all of these by proximity by going into EDDB, attractions page and filtering with "group = abandoned base".

Excellent, thanks!