So, has anyone else spotted...

MrShadowfax · Apr 15, 2014

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...the distant extra planet and orbiting moon in Incursion yet?

I'm sure I can't be the first:

Flying a bit closer you can see it quite clearly

Frobitz · Apr 15, 2014

I thought I saw it but

it was a speck on my laptop screen?

Jack Schitt · Apr 15, 2014

"Look at him! He's heading for that small moon..."

All together now...

Zieman · Apr 15, 2014

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...the distant extra planet and orbiting moon in Incursion yet?

I'm sure I can't be the first:

Flying a bit closer you can see it quite clearly

Good spot anyway!

Don't remember anyone mentioning it before.

MrShadowfax · Apr 15, 2014

I wonder if I get naming rights now?

Ayo · Apr 15, 2014

MrShadowfax said:
I wonder if I get naming rights now?

What would you name them? Then we will let you know if we think you should have naming rights

cptzipzap · Apr 15, 2014

nice spotting

MrShadowfax · Apr 15, 2014

Ayo said:
What would you name them? Then we will let you know if we think you should have naming rights

Maybe I'll get away with Magrathea?

It was about as difficult to find...

Iain M Norman · Apr 15, 2014

Aye spotted them a couple of months back.

You can also see them from the station position in Zelada. Might be the same ones not sure. There's also another body that can be seen from the Zelada asteroids as well IIRC.

Can't wait to check them out with supercruise.

You should be able to get closer if you leave it running, but it'll take a bloody long time at 220m/s

JeffRyan · Apr 15, 2014

I really can't wait for supercruise!

SAB380 · Apr 15, 2014

Yes I did see that off in the distance. Was wondering if it was always there or was suddenly added in with 3.4

Zarkon · Apr 16, 2014

I never noticed that one. Excellent find.

Iglooman · Apr 16, 2014

That's no moon, that's a fully function Alpha 4.0 client!

Zarconian · Apr 16, 2014

Jack Schitt said:
"Look at him! He's heading for that small moon..."

All together now...

Thats no moon... Its a space station!

AtomicHorror · Apr 16, 2014

Iain M Norman said:
Aye spotted them a couple of months back.

You can also see them from the station position in Zelada. Might be the same ones not sure. There's also another body that can be seen from the Zelada asteroids as well IIRC.

Can't wait to check them out with supercruise.

You should be able to get closer if you leave it running, but it'll take a bloody long time at 220m/s

Are they moving in orbit? If so, it might not be possible to reach them at that speed.

Sterlino · Apr 16, 2014

Zarconian said:
Thats no moon... Its a space station!

Andrew Sayers · Apr 16, 2014

The Zelada system in Frontier: First Encounters (click for gazeteer entry)

In the Frontier games, Zelada [1,4] was quite a complex system. A couple of big gas giants, a red dwarf and a type 'M' star orbit the Zelada A,B binary (a pair of stars orbiting each other), with a menagerie of planets orbiting them in turn.

The nearby planet in the alpha is most likely New Africa - the blue blob above the word "bodies" in the centre of the picture, orbiting the star Zelada C. That would make the other planet Zelada C4 and its moon Zelada C4a.

Iain M Norman · Apr 16, 2014

Of course in Alpha 4 sectors will now have 3 coordinates!

Sol will be at Sector [0,0,0].

InnerCitySumo · Apr 16, 2014

Nice find

Cannot wait for all this to expand. Gonna be so good.

Leeroy Jenkins!!!!!!

nicomak · Apr 16, 2014

Andrew Sayers said:
The Zelada system in Frontier: First Encounters (click for gazeteer entry)

In the Frontier games, Zelada [1,4] was quite a complex system. A couple of big gas giants, a red dwarf and a type 'M' star orbit the Zelada A,B binary (a pair of stars orbiting each other), with a menagerie of planets orbiting them in turn.

The nearby planet in the alpha is most likely New Africa - the blue blob above the word "bodies" in the centre of the picture, orbiting the star Zelada C. That would make the other planet Zelada C4 and its moon Zelada C4a.

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?p=216162#post216162

prety sure it wont stay at the same place, iota crucis is the other way around and if zelada is 1LY from it that puts in rather "south" than "north" from sol(or more like roughtly in the direction of alpha centauri if you want).

From SpaceEngine

From Space engine.

and not sure about the configuration. its says zelada 2 around this earth like planet, and if it's the same one as the one orbiting this red star, then why the star isnt red? or the planet simply called new africa? i think it's fair to say zelada wont look like the old system.