I scanned all brown dwarfs, gas giants and planets that looked strange to me. But i skipped landable ones, simply because Drew said Horizons aren't required.
The Formidine Rift - Part 2
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I think it depends. If you get in a rhythm you can scan star, honk, scoop and jump about once a minute (faster if you don't scan). That will get you a few K. If on the other hand it's a 20+ object system and there are several gas giants with planets inside 2000Ls you can get over 100K if some of the planets are metallic, water or earth like and that can be done in 5 minutes or so.
So one strategy is to scoop, honk and then Iif there are enough objects to warrant it) while scanning the star hop into the system map and look to see the layout. It pays to remember what class of star you're at since that will impact the liklihood of there being terraformable planets.
For bonus points learn to visually tell star class before you scan and learn to 'hear' planets.
It's possible you don't need Horizons to 'see' it but you might to get to it. It's possible (but I admit it's a stretch) that you still might need to scan. Given the insertion date of what ever it is I suspect a Discovery Scanner is all that's really needed, that or even a scanner doesn't help and you have to spot it visually. If that's the case brute force isn't going to work.
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All systems are on the map, regardless what the book says i think.
These dark systems were discussed before as something that we'd have to find somehow. But i dont think this idea survived implementation, hence we see all of them on the map.
Which doesnt make any particular system much easier to find anyway.
But that 'might' mean the system only has dark stars in it, or anything that's not too bright. So much so that you actually wouldnt see it from a distance. Which is why they wouldnt be known, as too dim to be observed/detected(but visible light isnt all of it so ...) .
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I qualify but I'm fairly sure I'm not there.
I have Mr Business Trip starting in about 30 minutes (yay butt early flights) and will be kind of absent for 2 weeks. I have a theory I've been chasing that we're looking in the wrong spot. Since it's been a year a few weeks won't matter so I'll put all my thoughts down when I get back but folks might want to look at a few relevant sections of the book a bit more carefully. There are some assumptions that have been made that I believe are incorrect, I think Drew even told us that at one point.
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I can't help thinking the next clue could be in a name, or a POI in space that only appears when the planet is scanned. So no matter how laborious it may seem, we need to scan every planet.
This is why we need to narrow the search field down somehow... and certainly the 'sky box' that covers Cassiopeia when looking in that direction from Sol seems a good enough start. Trouble is I'm a bit rubbish at trig so am finding it hard to position it across the rift.
When I read 'dark systems' I thought the same as Nicomak (aren't you on the french forum as well? 
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Alright, finished up the patch.
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And because I'm a nice bud, I made a dark version as well.
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)Alright, finished up the patch.
And because I'm a nice bud, I made a dark version as well.
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I am tired and thus cannot chase this anytime soon. There is a giant skull in the galaxy made of fog. I am in HYPO AIL MZ-Y B55-0, looking towards the furthest -Z axis end of the galaxy, the skull is visible on the -Y side pointing "downward."
If anyone want to chase this, go for it.
-Consigns self to space madness medication regimen.
https://gyazo.com/f3b45ad73b5b1bd6992b70c1073d0248
(Won't let me upload original screenshot with the red circle in it.. Just look "left" of the bottom tip of the galaxy, you'll see it.)
If anyone want to chase this, go for it.
-Consigns self to space madness medication regimen.
https://gyazo.com/f3b45ad73b5b1bd6992b70c1073d0248
(Won't let me upload original screenshot with the red circle in it.. Just look "left" of the bottom tip of the galaxy, you'll see it.)
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I think that there is no unmaped systems, but an unmapped dark nebula seems quite possible to me.
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Nice work man. Love it! I know it was my suggestion to put 'Rifters' in there... I hope others are in agreement ??
Especially as the other version has been so quickly adopted...
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Dark Systems are unmapped:
I don't believe in the slightest this is a system that doesn't show on the map. But we do have dense clouds of dust all through the rift which heavily obscure sight of all but the brightest and closest stars. All of which are named in a procedurally generated fashion, aka "unmapped."
I am focusing my efforts on the dust clouds in the rift itself. Looking for anything of significance: Glancing back at the core to analyze silhouettes and even trying to find a spot so dense that possibly only one star is visible.
With the Greek mythos, I've found and heard so many connections that it opened more doors than I started with, and that's just too much to scour, so I'm disregarding it entirely for now and focusing on a VISUAL scouring of significant landmarks in the black clouds.
Sharing my thoughts in case anyone else agrees with this logic and wishes to join me in the soot.
I don't believe in the slightest this is a system that doesn't show on the map. But we do have dense clouds of dust all through the rift which heavily obscure sight of all but the brightest and closest stars. All of which are named in a procedurally generated fashion, aka "unmapped."
I am focusing my efforts on the dust clouds in the rift itself. Looking for anything of significance: Glancing back at the core to analyze silhouettes and even trying to find a spot so dense that possibly only one star is visible.
With the Greek mythos, I've found and heard so many connections that it opened more doors than I started with, and that's just too much to scour, so I'm disregarding it entirely for now and focusing on a VISUAL scouring of significant landmarks in the black clouds.
Sharing my thoughts in case anyone else agrees with this logic and wishes to join me in the soot.
do you have an example of such proceduraly named dust cloud ?
I'm going to look for such clouds in some area of the rift. Seeing an example would be nice
I'm going to look for such clouds in some area of the rift. Seeing an example would be nice
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yeah it's normal.
It's a star in its end of life stage.
It's a star in its end of life stage.
Nice work man. Love it! I know it was my suggestion to put 'Rifters' in there... I hope others are in agreement ??
Especially as the other version has been so quickly adopted...
I checked on Discord as well, no opposition so far
And Erimus has picked it up for the Expedition Hub thread to come so... Hope I won't have to change it later do you have an example of such proceduraly named dust cloud ?
I'm going to look for such clouds in some area of the rift. Seeing an example would be nice
I wasn't very clear:
The systems In the clouds are procedurally named. The clouds themselves are simply "dark."
"Dark systems" with no real name. And yes, it is visibly dark inside these clouds.
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