Jacques Station + EOL PROU nebula and the barnacle hunt

[dynamicbob]

Jacques Station - Barnacle Hunt, Expansion, Expeditions and Colony Bubble Mk 2

Seems the developers and moderators have decided that we are a little to demanding and they would prefer that only CCN player group as the offical voice of jaques.

Which is rather disappointing but after a series of private messages asking that we drop Friends Of jaques i have decided to stop updating and running this community project, it was fun while it lasted, but the dominance of organised player groups is now entrenched so i would ask all JoF supporters to now join CCN and we shall call this a sad day for the elite dangerous community

Behind the scenes undermining and certain things that i shall keep private are quite upsetting but so i retain good graces with those on the forums i shall refrain from going any further in detailed information and explanations

Best of luck everyone

 

[dynamicbob]

Updated news from lavecon 2016 (17th July 16)

4.51.00 Mark 2 Key comments From Fdev

• FDEV will support calls for the expansion of a Jaques bubble.
• CGs out of Jaques CGs. Will run month long (because so few are out there)

2.2 colonisation / Minor Faction mechanics may be trialed here in jacques Another reason to get in on the ground floor

Meta Alloys please continue deliveries to jacques to send a signal to Fdev that we dont need a CG to advance the storyline even though it is a good mechanic we wish to encourage them to move away from over reliance on just that simple mechanic towards more of a dynamic background simulation with local community goals and advancement automatically based on player actions

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/4t7v4s/a_bad_lavecon_qa_summary/ (full details and link to twitch stream here)

Barnacle google doc added to First post so we can co ordinate our search more effectively

Galnet News 4th August - Jaques restores some services

Galactic News: Jaques Station Making a Comeback

04 AUG 3302

It has been two weeks since Jaques, the owner and operator of Jaques Station, issued an appeal for commodities to repair his beleaguered starport. Since then, scores of pilots from across the galaxy have made the long journey to the Eol Prou RS-T d3-94 system to deliver tantalum, power generators and other materials to Jaques.

Although the campaign is scheduled to run for two more weeks, Jaques has confirmed that the materials received so far have allowed starport personnel to restore some of the station's facilities.

"The moment supplies started arriving our teams were hard at work, making repairs and restoring facilities. So I'm very pleased to announce that we can now offer our guests refuelling, restocking, repair and outfitting services, as well as the option to purchase limpets and mining equipment from our commodities market."

"But we're not out of the woods yet! We still need more material if we're going to give the old girl a clean bill of health."

 

[Vasious]

Interesting implications if the Barnacles are found that far out

 

[dynamicbob]

Interesting implications if the Barnacles are found that far out

Im working on the interesting implication that jacques was placed within a nebula as having a strong implied reason to search said nebula using the same barnacle hunting concepts that the cannon uses to locate them further in.

And instead of hauling meta alloys across the galaxy if we can find them right there then jacques can be repaired quicker, and of course Fdev might have a host of other ideas up their sleeve

Theres quite a few of us heading there anyway, and a lot of us who intend to scout explore and check that nebula for perhaps other content that might not have been discovered yet, and barnacles are in the hunt for one bit of perhaps multi faceted content

[video=youtube;5uKD1ap5hsI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKD1ap5hsI[/video]

 

[Vasious]

Don't take my statement as a negative one.

We know the barnacles are genetically modded life, so we can assume they are found where they are found by the design of who modded them.
I have been thinking it might have been the Federation, but a nebula 20,000 light years out, would suggests not as it is out of the way when so many more nebulae closer to humanity.

 

[dynamicbob]

Community contributions including media about Jaques ( videos ) to go here

[video=youtube;q2FiV3C-PXc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2FiV3C-PXc[/video]

Obsidian Ant

[video=youtube;Pdr0uMIWA70]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=83&v=Pdr0uMIWA70[/video]

Video Contributed By Walt Kerman

[video=youtube;FThGAb11l8o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FThGAb11l8o[/video]

Video Contributed By Scott Manley well known youtuber.

 

[kofeyh]

Don't take my statement as a negative one.

We know the barnacles are genetically modded life, so we can assume they are found where they are found by the design of who modded them.
I have been thinking it might have been the Federation, but a nebula 20,000 light years out, would suggests not as it is out of the way when so many more nebulae closer to humanity.

They may be modified life; but who was the progenitor of that genetics line? Why assume it was human. That's the thing with humans, always assuming they are the center of the universe. I would love frontier to drop some truth bombs and place us on the backfoot with alien races. But then I do like plot twists, so ymmv.

 

[dynamicbob]

the reason i started this thread rather than the cannon research thread is lord zoltan is already complaining about the rift nonsense, and ill assume his baby is the nebulas closer to the bubble, so we can keep this one a bit more focused on just the nebula where jacques is, keeping focus and so we dont dilute or cause concern for the cannon peeps closer to the bubble

A modified barnacle line would be an interesting storyline advancement while allowing frontier to keep their slow paced storyline moving along in a calm way.

 

[kofeyh]

All thoughts taken on board, Fdev have said they can be procedurally placed and cannon are now finding them in new nebulas all the time, in a theroy sense i think we should start with the system jacques is in there are a few landables there that might fit the bill. Would be a good use of the limited manpower pool currently out there, depending on events we can adjust as we go, but i for one at least will be using the research cannon has contributed to search out candidate locations within that nebula

Remember jacques found some interesting things during witchspace, they c alled out to him, perhaps where he called out from so called nebula 94 is well worth taking a look at ( there might be something new there)

As much as frontier can be a bit clumsy, I am anticipating that there are barnacles somewhere nearby. It's in a nebula, that has a pretty dense star field. It would be very easy to sneak something in, and commanders could drive past the systems several times before finding. Jacques turning up where they did might appear to be frontier being a bit absent minded, but I sense there is shenanigans afoot. Jacques might be a bit of a deus ex machina at this point, but as a plot device they couldn't really do much better if they tried.

The simple fact that Frontier are even considering what we do with and for Jacques going forward, suggests there's a plan (it's all part.. of the plan) but that plan might hinge on CMDR actions (or lack there of). If so? That's insane; because for once we might actually be able to have a non-zero influence on outcomes. It would be crazy to look the gift horse in the mouth, imho.

 

[dynamicbob]

As much as frontier can be a bit clumsy, I am anticipating that there are barnacles somewhere nearby. It's in a nebula, that has a pretty dense star field. It would be very easy to sneak something in, and commanders could drive past the systems several times before finding. Jacques turning up where they did might appear to be frontier being a bit absent minded, but I sense there is shenanigans afoot. Jacques might be a bit of a deus ex machina at this point, but as a plot device they couldn't really do much better if they tried.

The simple fact that Frontier are even considering what we do with and for Jacques going forward, suggests there's a plan (it's all part.. of the plan) but that plan might hinge on CMDR actions (or lack there of). If so? That's insane; because for once we might actually be able to have a non-zero influence on outcomes. It would be crazy to look the gift horse in the mouth, imho.

so its almost an invitation by the devs they might have 100 random outcomes based on what players do ( and it might remain flexible based on collective player actions via stats etc) its almost an open invittation for us to get out there and do and i use this term very loosely ( STUFF) and if barnacles arent in the nebula, they might even consider placing a few at some point ( thats all speculation of course)

 

[dynamicbob]

Is jacques giving any out any actual missions, the mission board is active, all reports so far is he isnt generating missions, ill test when i arrive in a few days as i was alllied beforehand, but would be nice if someone could take a look

 

[deusex2]

Hey guys, I'm pretty much a newbie at ED, so I was hoping you'd help me out with advice regarding exploration.

First of all, can Horizons Sidewinder make it to Jacaues station, and which is the cheapest ship suitable for exploration/long distance travel?

I always wanted to send a station in deep space, away from the main bubble. Hell, I was even dreaming of starting a faction for the sake ofsole purpose of claiming enough resources to pump out space stations!

So Jacques station is kinda like a blessing in disguise for me.

 

[dynamicbob]

Hey guys, I'm pretty much a newbie at ED, so I was hoping you'd help me out with advice regarding exploration.

First of all, can Horizons Sidewinder make it to Jacaues station, and which is the cheapest ship suitable for exploration/long distance travel?

I always wanted to send a station in deep space, away from the main bubble. Hell, I was even dreaming of starting a faction for the sake ofsole purpose of claiming enough resources to pump out space stations!

So Jacques station is kinda like a blessing in disguise for me.

sidewinder no, best bet is to get up to a cobra which is 20ly or so but still a reasonable way to get there.

Ideally an asp would be best or a anaconda the first the asp or diamondback explorer is just above the cobra but requires at least 13 million credits or so

As far as exploration watch some youtube vids, try some short range exploration ( maia, sothis, quince) and nearby nebulas, once youre ready yeah head for jacques

 

[deusex2]

Well, I suppose Cobra is affordable fairly quickly, should be a decent all-rounder ship too, at least that's thecimpression it's giving me.

As for Anaconda and Asp, both of those are expensive as hell. It would take forever, for a newbie like me to make enough money for buying and outfitting those.

Thanks for advice. Honestly, I was afraid that the only viable options would be either raction locked ships, or expensive as hell ships. Cobra-seems to be doable, I just hope I can avoid grinding engineers...

 

[dynamicbob]

unless youre playing 4-10 hours a day it might take some time to get half way across the galaxy. Once u get a cobra u could spend a few days on the rares trading circuit ( always worth looking up) as an early profit booster, should give u enough to get a diamond back explorer or scout ( watered down version of the asp) but a middle spot that can get u going with good range in the 4-6mil range i believe

 

[sgurr]

Hey guys, I'm pretty much a newbie at ED, so I was hoping you'd help me out with advice regarding exploration.

First of all, can Horizons Sidewinder make it to Jacaues station, and which is the cheapest ship suitable for exploration/long distance travel?

I always wanted to send a station in deep space, away from the main bubble. Hell, I was even dreaming of starting a faction for the sake ofsole purpose of claiming enough resources to pump out space stations!

So Jacques station is kinda like a blessing in disguise for me.

Seeing as no one else is mentioning it depending on your funds the Hauler is a great little cheap explorer to get you started. Lightweight outfitting gives it ~27-8ly range. Maybe a bit squishy depending on your running away skills. (You don't fight in a hauler) Hauler explorer

The Cobra is a lot more versatile but costs 4-5 times more to fit out properly.

 

[deusex2]

Hehe, knowing my luck, I'll probably get interdicted as soon as I'll leave the station. So having some combat/escape capacity is preferable, for me.

But thanks for the idea, anyway.

 

[sgurr]

Yeah, me too

 

[dynamicbob]

of course the hauler is also a good option, the type 6 has been used in a similiar way, heck even the adder can be used this way to. Best of luck

 

[Ashnak]

Hey guys, I'm pretty much a newbie at ED, so I was hoping you'd help me out with advice regarding exploration.

First of all, can Horizons Sidewinder make it to Jacaues station, and which is the cheapest ship suitable for exploration/long distance travel?

I always wanted to send a station in deep space, away from the main bubble. Hell, I was even dreaming of starting a faction for the sake ofsole purpose of claiming enough resources to pump out space stations!

So Jacques station is kinda like a blessing in disguise for me.

Can - probably yes, seeing as it is pretty close to the core. Some crazies made it even to Beagle Point in a Sidewinder (and with some good air and ground support to gather jump materials).

Advisable - if you need to ask this question, then probably not. It will need some experience.

On the other hand, the cheapest exploration ships would be the Hauler and the Adder.
My priorities (in this order) would be:
1) FSD
2) Fuel Scoop
3) Thrusters (for running away)
4) Shields (for having time to run away)
.
.
.
99) Guns

Post your budget, and pretty sure someone will set you up with a viable build.