THE FORMIDINE RIFT MYSTERY (Part 4)

[Jaiotu]

Also been giving the timeline some thought, but wasn't sure how many times she had been out there. Out of the possible scenarios you listed i have to say 2 sounds most likely (but 3 sounds pretty cool, would be nice twist!). Its hard to say once we start trying to work out the hexediting, how many times did she go down the rabbit hole just to have to start all over again? She could of followed her own clues countless times, A horrible fate really when you think about it

I was just thinking a little also about the Zurara -

Spoiler

So Rebecca went out to the Zurara in 3273, that at least is fact.

She states she is heading back to the core, maybe to Tionisla to make arrangements for the Cobra to be placed in the graveyard when she passed?

The question I'm asking now is how did she get the information about who is responsible and why. On one hand, it may be possible she knew more than she let on in the message. Saying its bigger than the feds, the imps and the alliance - how does she know that? On the other hand it could be nothing more than an educated guess. She does then go on to say she needs to head back to the core for more information so there has to be some more clues, some evidence or something in the core worlds.

There are 30 years in between the logs she left on the Zarura and the "Curious developments in Tionisla". What happened in that time? She did appear in the medical facility in reclamation, the planet name eludes me right now and i have to find out the exact date of that encounter when i have a chance. I also have my guesses from reading the Oolite saga but thats not officially lore. Although certain events have been mirrored in galnet in elite dangerous, i cant safely take anything else bar what has appeared in game as proper canon.


Another thing I was thinking about was the fact at one point the man recording the logs called them "invaders". What was that about? If the cargo handlers were the ones that snapped and sabotaged the ship, why call them invaders? Doesn't make sense to me, unless there was two significant events that killed the ship. I have to look more into the logs again for when I get a chance.

Yes, the formidine rift mystery is certainly NOT "solved"

Nope ... I think that, once Premonition is released and we've had a chance to digest it, a brand new "Formidine Conspiracy" thread needs to be started to sum everything up in the OP and present the mystery from the fresh perspective that I'm sure we'll have after the conclusion of this chapter in Kahina's story.

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

Yep. There are several ways that the H&S being 'front and center' to the Rift mystery and the inclusion of the EAFOTS settlements worked to hamstring our efforts. We should have trusted Rebecca and stuck to that R/R line.

Well, yeah... but it was also Rebecca's cobra that sent out the EAFOTS message and was called "My Heart and Soul".

 

[Jaiotu]

Zurara Ship Log Entry - 3/4
01/10/3270

RESUME

The folks managing the cargo, jees, they were all psychos.
The moment we completed the mission they just
'snapped'. Killed the ship and killed themselves. Some
kind Of mental conditioning. Doc said. We tried to get word
out to the other vessels when we found out. We got a
signal out. but I don't know if anyone received it. It will
probably freak them out. I don't think they know we're
here.

We dropped a series of beacons out here, all targeted
around Earth-like or terraformable worlds We prepped
some of the terraform candidates with seeders and
biofilters. No one can figure out why it was necessary. but
that was the mission. Just as we were turning back...
boom, those cargo-handlers went nuts.

PAUSE RECORDING

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So ... are we looking for Earth Like Worlds in the Rift area that have a description that reads "This planet has been terraformed"? Or are we completely done with the Rift and now have to look elsewhere to see where the conspiracy leads?

 

[NeilF]

Probably going to defend (Salami).... my combat python, Id be glad if I get 1 or 2 kills before i explode...I will risk my life in the name of a fair trial and justice.

Surely chances are you won't even see her with dozen(s) of instance?

 

[Jaiotu]

Surely chances are you won't even see her with dozen(s) of instance?

And with so many Commanders entering the fray with little or no coordination ... we'll all be randomly killing each other in "the name of Salome!" or "for Imperial justice!" or whatever other cause we've chosen to champion.

 

[eadghe]

And with so many Commanders entering the fray with little or no coordination ... we'll all be randomly killing each other in "the name of Salome!" or "for Imperial justice!" or whatever other cause we've chosen to champion.

I have no problem with that because its most likely that only the griefers will kill each other. Most of the normal folks will stick to interdictions and run...

 

[Marko Bajic]

And with so many Commanders entering the fray with little or no coordination ... we'll all be randomly killing each other in "the name of Salome!" or "for Imperial justice!" or whatever other cause we've chosen to champion.

My guess is that there wont be so many instances, bearing in mind that "only" 4 (according to Drew) streamers will be covering the event. Surely, FD will wanna make sure that the event itself is streamed, instead of 4 streamers doodling around, not doing anything.

 

[BluWolve]

Yes, I think this hits on my criticism of the FRift mystery-looking for Zarura was a very small nano-engineered needle in a field-sized haystack; hitting one system out of the thousands along/nearby the RR line is a miracle. Instead there should have been some clues in neighbouring systems to indicate the area needed to be searched. Like tracker dogs sniffing along until they find a trail to follow to the source.

Edit-maybe these beacons that they were supposed to be deploying but none have been found.

Edit2: if the hexedited zombies killed Zarura after the cargo had been deployed, then logically that cargo should be in the same system. Anybody looked for a sarellite/beacon around there?

Zurara Ship Log Entry - 3/4
01/10/3270

RESUME

The folks managing the cargo, jees, they were all psychos.
The moment we completed the mission they just
'snapped'. Killed the ship and killed themselves. Some
kind Of mental conditioning. Doc said. We tried to get word
out to the other vessels when we found out. We got a
signal out. but I don't know if anyone received it. It will
probably freak them out. I don't think they know we're
here.

We dropped a series of beacons out here, all targeted
around Earth-like or terraformable worlds We prepped
some of the terraform candidates with seeders and
biofilters. No one can figure out why it was necessary. but
that was the mission. Just as we were turning back...
boom, those cargo-handlers went nuts.

PAUSE RECORDING

---------------------------------------------

So ... are we looking for Earth Like Worlds in the Rift area that have a description that reads "This planet has been terraformed"? Or are we completely done with the Rift and now have to look elsewhere to see where the conspiracy leads?

I reckon there has to be beacons around ELW's and terraformables, in system with Zarura possibly or at least very close by. I did not look because I personally detest searching for signal sources. May be worth a look though.

I didn't think of terraformed worlds, that's a good thought. Not sure how long it takes for a world to be terraformed though. Any ideas on how that all works?

 

[Jaiotu]

I reckon there has to be beacons around ELW's and terraformables, in system with Zarura possibly or at least very close by. I did not look because I personally detest searching for signal sources. May be worth a look though.

I didn't think of terraformed worlds, that's a good thought. Not sure how long it takes for a world to be terraformed though. Any ideas on how that all works?

I guess how long it take to terraform a world would depend on the world itself. Some of the "water worlds" could pass as dead-ringers until you get the scan data back. Maybe some of those could be terraformed in a very short period?

 

[Han_Zen]

And with so many Commanders entering the fray with little or no coordination ... we'll all be randomly killing each other in "the name of Salome!" or "for Imperial justice!" or whatever other cause we've chosen to champion.

They might use a CZ type 'side selection', to make it a bit more manageable.

 

[BluWolve]

I guess how long it take to terraform a world would depend on the world itself. Some of the "water worlds" could pass as dead-ringers until you get the scan data back. Maybe some of those could be terraformed in a very short period?

True, 30 years may be enough for the right candidate world. And the gear they dropped off, would that be all that's needed? I mean is it like just set and forget 30 years later ding ready to live in? Whatever the case it is definitely something worth keeping an eye on with ELW's out there. I mean, people will be scanning them anyway right so not going out of their way or anything. Really good idea [up]

 

[Jaiotu]

They might use a CZ type 'side selection', to make it a bit more manageable.

And make sabotaging by selecting one side but assisting the other much easier

 

[clavain]

Yeah, after those, I didn't travel much further out than EAFOTS.

I ignored the whole EAFOTS frenzy and went further out using R-R, and actually spent a fair amount of time in SYREADIAE but just missed the Zurura system also. Will post a screenshot of my EDDiscovery log later after I stop crying.

 

[G4RY]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu63Zy5ytTk
The angle of camera, the appearance of the driver ...
All is the, the video of the gamescom shows the update of 2 weeks ago?

Rather troubling

How did you stumble upon this? lol there is a code if you pause at 25 seconds. Is this something or just someone playing tricks?

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We need picket ships on the six connecting "open" systems on the 29th - would like to know what's at the "gates" so to speak - we just might find out if the Col 70 region is locked to keep us out ........or something else in ?

If Drew and FD wanted to spice things up a notch then i agree. I mean i would hate a war going on outside my front door

 

[clavain]

Yes, I think this hits on my criticism of the FRift mystery-looking for Zarura was a very small nano-engineered needle in a field-sized haystack; hitting one system out of the thousands along/nearby the RR line is a miracle.

Agreed, but that said look how close some of us came. It's a fine balance between too difficult and too easy, esp. with the Hive Mind of the Internet, and I think this is what FD and Drew struggle with on puzzles. Particularly if the devs aren't playing enough to actually know how difficult it can be too find the needle given current game mechanics.

 

[Alkibiades]

So ... are we looking for Earth Like Worlds in the Rift area that have a description that reads "This planet has been terraformed"? Or are we completely done with the Rift and now have to look elsewhere to see where the conspiracy leads?

the question is if the logs refer to the bases and beacons we allready found in the eafots sector. there are a couple of ELWs and TF in its vincinity. there are very few systems around the zurara with normal planets, however there is one ELW which i discoverd. im going to add the system name later. anyway.. rebecca's log clearly states that the she is going back to the core to solve the mystery buuut there are defnitly more logs out there. and thats what we should look for.

 

[clavain]

They might use a CZ type 'side selection', to make it a bit more manageable.

Don't think so - my understanding is it is going to be a running fight through multiple systems, and the only coordination is on the various player group Discord channels and the like. If you aren't part of one of those organization's plans and winged up with them, you are pretty much SOL.

 

[Trickylion]

What about Hawkins gap, conflux amd col70 systems
No ships found there yet

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

The closest system I was is Pha Aeb JA-A d5, which is only 56.3767ly away, only one jump...

Yep, that's close too. Didn't check the distances between my closest until just now, but it seems 42.996661LY (unless I imput the numbers wrong). Actually a little closer than I thought. Just looking, I guessed just over 50ly.

I'm grateful to whoever recently passed through Syreadiae KX-F c0 and uploaded the log to EDSM so the co-ordinates were there for me to check (seeing as my trip there was before the update that added co-ordinates to the netlogs).

 

[eadghe]

Yep, that's close too. Didn't check the distances between my closest until just now, but it seems 42.996661LY (unless I imput the numbers wrong). Actually a little closer than I thought. Just looking, I guessed just over 50ly.

I'm grateful to whoever recently passed through Syreadiae KX-F c0 and uploaded the log to EDSM so the co-ordinates were there for me to check (seeing as my trip there was before the update that added co-ordinates to the netlogs).

Yes, I guess we are not the only ones who came this close given how close the system is to the RR line.