Yes, sounds like someone applied some subtle double bluff tactics to get the bad guys focussed solely on her & she knew it; so she sacrificed herself to let the other fugitives get through with the message. Sounds like a good storyline for Premonition.
THE FORMIDINE RIFT MYSTERY (Part 4)
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Yes, sounds like someone applied some subtle double bluff tactics to get the bad guys focussed solely on her & she knew it; so she sacrificed herself to let the other fugitives get through with the message. Sounds like a good storyline for Premonition.
We did. Check p1 of this thread...
That was one of the messages decoded by the "HAMSTERS" from the signal sent by Rebecca's Cobra from the Tionisla Orbital Graveyard almost a year ago. The beacon is new ... the message is old.
The R-R line is from the novel "Reclamation". The graveyard dates back to '84 but isn't in ED (yet). Which Cobra? can find mine.
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I had heard that listening beacon was in before this event? That and drews last post in here saying salomes message won't be delivered makes me wonder that the listening post was not the real outcome of this event?
Agreed on the god part. Don't get me wrong, Mr. Wagar is a decent writer, but nothing more than that. Unfortunately, he has a tendency to overhype his mysteries.
Upon further thought, I think that Harry Potter actually saved this event. Why? Because despite all the hype beforehand, the reward at the end wasn't big. Big bunch of text logs confirming what we already knew, and only added info is that Rebecca was part of the conspiracy too. Now, imagine if Salomé survived, all four NPCs reached their goals, and that would have been it. Yes, I know that Mr. Wagar said that there would have been some more, but when CMDR Enshiv found the logs beforehand, that was most of it. "Discover Freedom, Discover Truth" and all - turns out it was "Discover what you mostly already knew".
So, if Salomé wasn't killed, and killed in a rather spectacular failure, then what people would remember and talk about would be the meager payoff (compared to how much people had invested, and how the whole event was hyped), the whole "follow in our own trail or be shot" thing with the PAC, and of course the strain on the servers. Oh, and that a group (not all) of third party developers could use the pre-arranged date to successfully strong-arm FD into accepting their "suggestions" by going on strike to disrupt said event. (On the bright side, at least this should produce better APIs from Frontier.) But now, instead of any of these, what people will be talking about most will be how Harry Potter made fools of the arrogant PAC. Frankly, that's a much more interesting narrative than any of the above, hence why I said he saved it.
Oh, and I really hope that the "recovering the mysterious escape pod" wasn't actually rescuing Salomé, because that would be cheap. Edit: turns out it isn't, so that's good.
Also, an interesting though. The Children of Raxxla I think are the only group whose leader was said to be an NPC (although one that had a player avatar later), not a player? It's interesting that that meant that their leader could be killed. Of course, Salomé wasn't the actual leader, but this still should present some interesting role-play opportunities for them.
Well, in any case, back to looking for stuff. A shame we have no more clues about where any of the Big Unknown Things might be. Plenty of people were hoping that the event would produce more proof of "hostile aliens are coming" than a bunch of logs from Rebecca.
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The R-R line is from the novel "Reclamation". The graveyard dates back to '84 but isn't in ED (yet). Which Cobra? can find mine.
So the Graveyard isn't in ED but we still decoded the message from it..?
The listening posts are most likely the end result. We can guess that from three things; 1: All the characters were headed for that system. 2: They were only found just before the event began, so could of also been added just before the event began. 3: The listening posts talk directly about the Rift, the Rifters, the Super-powers, the "Men in Grey" running the show from behind, etc.
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Drew was here grumbling ~20 hours ago about how it would be unfair if the beacon was here only after 'the event' (=cheating) or there just before 'the event' (=cheating)
The listening post was picked up by a rifter a few hours 'the event', and that's what Salome was leading us to. Her message was, "Come look at this", referring to R's msgs.
Ganked for nothing. Poor lass.
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Magic.
Yup. But who are they? Who is behind the curtain, and what are they scared of? and why did Salome et. al. need the meta-alloys?
Questions remain to be answered...
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Sic transit gloria mundi
Who's this Gloria? Is she another clone? I've been trying to catch up and am permanently 30+ pages behind!!!
It's a fan-made video someone accidentally posted to GalNet, apparently.
I think the logs should be taken as a teaser to more Alien activity. After-all, the Logs themselves say that there's a chance the higher powers simply stopped trying to cover things up, because the alien activity is getting too much to try and hide.
Personally (despite being opposed to her in the event) I'd be perfectly happy for her to still be alive. There's a shortage of interesting characters in this game (the PP ones are so one dimensional) so I tend to think there's a lot more value in her being alive (captured or crippled maybe?) than in her being dead.
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It has just been a question of instancing issues and CTDs. The fox was inside the chicken coop, ok, but close and tight bound.
Somehow he managed to aproach his prey only when the bodyguards were out due to instancing issues.
I, myself, only managed to approach her and try an interdiction because I was disguised as a chicken flying an unarmed ( but ram/tanky) iCourier.
It has been a nightmare, as well for the defenders as the killers, to keep her on sight.
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I'm hoping it was information on-board rather than a living Salome.
I love the character, but a big red-wedding style betrayal moments before victory is a great note for the book to go out on.
You're thinking of a different video.
The one posted here was Yuri, one of the four, taking an escape pod.
This is NOT the self-promoting Galnet video.
Retired for good.
Who's this Gloria? Is she another clone? I've been trying to catch up and am permanently 30+ pages behind!!!
Kahina's great aunt. Has a lazy eye and a fondness for Arcturan Mega-gin. Favorite colour is purple. I dated her for a week, but we fell out over stuffed olives. She plays a mean hand of bridge, though.
@ Tanksy: Thanks for the info! Post updated.
Exactly, but we already know there is going to be more alien activity. As such, the payout is meager, especially when compared to the effort. And it's slightly insulting that the logs even say this.
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Right folks, back to sifting the cosmos, nothing to see here, move along.
Wonderful, more teasers. See y'all in 2019 for content!
Anyway, I think its time for me to sign off from this gig. The theorycrafting was (and still can be/is) fun, a good excersize in imagination and critical thinking, but beyond that, I think I've had my fill. After all, a weak, slow burning fire is more likely to peter out than roar, and all I see is ash, not fire.
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