Soontill Relics, the Regor Permit Sector and DB's cryptic hints....

I and I Redeye · May 2, 2015

clavain said:
Well boys and girls, it seems things may be kicking off in several places. Just checked the Galaxy Map, and not only are the previously permit-restricted systems in the Pleiades now permit-free, but the permits have also been taken off at least some of the systems previously restricted in Witch Head Sector and Taurus Dark Region, and Hind Sector, at least according to the galaxy map. Last one there is Thargoid supper!

Edit: perhaps the appearance of unknown artifacts and reports of alien weaponry surfacing were the clues that these systems were now accessible...

Peregrina, Polaris, Canopus, Pleione and Witch's Reach were all on my radar.

Polaris and Canopus I rule out but I was still going to make a round trip to visit these places.
(The Thargoids docked a ship at Canopus 50 years ago).

Evil-Six · May 2, 2015

Never heard of systems switching between permitted and open before. Do the devs do this on purpose or is it an automatic thing?

CunningCollie · May 2, 2015

I was just at the systems around Polaris. You're still in range to get WSS spawns but nothing really special there.

Aside from Polaris sitting in the skybox. Mocking us.

Zieman · May 2, 2015

Jumping to Pleione right now.

Looks like plenty of CMDRs have visited the system during previous permit lapses.

clavain · May 2, 2015

CunningCollie said:
I was just at the systems around Polaris. You're still in range to get WSS spawns but nothing really special there.

Aside from Polaris sitting in the skybox. Mocking us.

Yeah, Polaris was the first place I hit last week, spent a couple of days in all the adjoining systems and nothing of interest. Its permit is still in place on the map also.

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Zieman said:
Jumping to Pleione right now.

Good luck commander... I'm 15 jumps from Hind Sector so will check previously permitted systems there, then Taurus Dark Region.

I and I Redeye · May 2, 2015

Bladesteel said:
@I and Redeye

Could you please tell us your combat/trade/exploration ranks, as well as federal/imperial titles? Just in case those are part of requirements for having UA spawn.

Pic taken today.

Edit: I have only just become unfriendly with Alliance the last 2 days.

Zieman · May 2, 2015

clavain said:
Good luck commander...

Thanks!

Looks like plenty of CMDRs have visited the system during previous permit lapses.

USS had a couple of pirates and a few trades in it - will try to get some WSSs, but looks like there's nothing of interest in here right now.

Patau82 · May 2, 2015

Evil-Six said:
Never heard of systems switching between permitted and open before. Do the devs do this on purpose or is it an automatic thing?

this has been reported since gamma, some permits in these systems seem to appear and disappear for some reason!??

SteveLaw · May 2, 2015

Was Pleione permitted? I visited there last weekend, or the week before, but very recently anyway as a little break from the Volungu stuff.

masopa · May 2, 2015

Wow Redeye, you don't go around quietly, do you?

Is there anywhere you don't have bounties on your head?!

Well, so much for me testing out the WSSs in & around Delphin... anniversary meal out with Mrs CMDR so can't really take my laptop with me. Or can I??

clavain · May 2, 2015

SteveLaw said:
Was Pleione permitted? I visited there last weekend, or the week before, but very recently anyway as a little break from the Volungu stuff.

I don't think it was permitted, but in the original game/lore there was a Thargoid station or something there. There were several other unnamed systems in the Pleiades which had permits however, and at least two of them are off at the moment.

Ian Phillips · May 2, 2015

Last call, otherwise the thread stays where it is now.

Zieman · May 2, 2015

SteveLaw said:
Was Pleione permitted? I visited there last weekend, or the week before, but very recently anyway as a little break from the Volungu stuff.

clavain said:
I don't think it was permitted, but in the original game/lore there was a Thargoid station or something there.

Ah, that explains the crowd that has been here, fool me.

In FFE Mic Turner's ship was found at Pleione, guarded by a military defence satellite you had to destroy using a stolen nuclear missile. There was also a Thargoid shipwreck there. If you succeeded in retrieving the flight recorder, data from it pointed to Polaris where a Thargoid Transporter waited for you.

Now that I'm in the area, could anyone toss a couple of system names that used to be permit restricted around here...?

SteveLaw · May 2, 2015

clavain said:
I don't think it was permitted, but in the original game/lore there was a Thargoid station or something there.

In First Encounters, yeah. I made a list of systems connected to that plot and that was the only one I found I think. That's why I went. It was the start of the trail for the Thargoid missions apparently but 4b doesn't exist in ours.

clavain · May 2, 2015

zieman said:
ah, that explains the crowd that has been here, fool me.

now that i'm in the area, could anyone toss a couple of system names that used to be permit restricted around here...?

eb-x c1-17
eb-x c1-18

Arcanonn · May 2, 2015

Ian Phillips said:
I was out, and T.j is definitely a Thargoid.

Could we get some sort of concensus: Leave the thread here, or put it back in Dangerous discussion?

I'll be back in an hour or so to see what you all think (the sun is shining )

Id rather move back and I started the thread does that count?

It's not the end of the world it's just I want it's profile kept up.

Ian Phillips · May 2, 2015

well, being the OP does get you some preference

Waiting to see if there are any more comments before doing anything.

(and finishing my jumps to get to Peregina)

Arcanonn · May 2, 2015

Ian Phillips said:
Last call, otherwise the thread stays where it is now.

See post above this one

Also a lot of the people from this thread are on at diffrent points over a 24 hr period so difficult to get conscessus in 1 hr.

clavain · May 2, 2015

clavain said:
eb-x c1-17
eb-x c1-18

Here are some more - not sure if all the permits are down for these, have not checked them all in the galaxy map yet, too busy flying...

Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-79
Pleiades Sector DL-Y D68
Pleiades Sector DL-Y D65
Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-74
Pleiades Sector HR-W D-177
Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-76
Pleiades Sector DL-Y D67
Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-75
Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-78

I'm three jumps from the first of these so will be there shortly.

Minudra · May 2, 2015

clavain said:
Here are some more - not sure if all the permits are down for these, have not checked them all in the galaxy map yet, too busy flying...

Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-79

Pleiades Sector DL-Y D68

Pleiades Sector DL-Y D65

Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-74

Pleiades Sector HR-W D-177

Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-76

Pleiades Sector DL-Y D67

Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-75

Pleiades Sector HR-W D1-78

I'm three jumps from the first of these so will be there shortly.

They are all open but from the ones I tried they were already tagged and didn't see any SS's while scanning the suns.