I was doing a run to the raw materials trader. I always honk the systems that I pass through. I found a named system that had 3 planets that had bio signature's. 3,4,5 they were unmapped and not stepped on. I thought wow how in the middle of the bubble is this possible. So I mapped the 5 signal planet and approached the planet to land. When I was about to land an anaconda? Python? flew over and shot missiles at me without target my ship? It looked like flares and my ship didn't say I was under attack. I fly an under shielded, unarmed exploration ship so I made a quick jump and was out of there. I think it was kind of cool a little excitement to a materials run. Has anybody had this happen? What would have happened if I had stuck around?
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- Thread starter Eric Palmer
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i cant say ive ever heard about anything like this happening. would you mind sharing the system name?
The name of the system is Deurber.
I have also noticed recently that Some systems that show that they are unmapped actually are.
I take it you played in solo?
The "under attack" voice warning only happens if you're hit. Presumably the missiles... missed.
Sometimes you can get hit by a stray bit of fire intended for someone else and it says "under attack" but you're not targeted. It's pretty unintelligent.
Sometimes you can get hit by a stray bit of fire intended for someone else and it says "under attack" but you're not targeted. It's pretty unintelligent.
Seems to be a major theme in this universe... Almost as if the development of computer technology got stuck somewhere along the road...
I do very little lore in the game but I seem to remember something about us having difficulties with AI in the past* so systems are restricted nowadays to avoid a repetition.
*I don’t think it was Butlerian Jihad levels of difficulty and certainly not Guardian levels.
As much as it is understandable, I feel like they slightly overdid it, because this doesn't feel like a ban of sorts, more like a technology development freeze on a level that is quite a bit lower than the computing power needed to run AI.
Though it isn't the computing power alone that is lacking.
At one point given the slot size needed for them I did think that docking computers where direct developments of Babbage’s Difference and Analogue engines and the size was needed for all the cogs and cams.
Were you playing in open mode? It could have been a ganker embarking on their nefarious career, some missiles are unguided and need a curtain amount of "Kentucky Windage" to find their mark.
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