Correct me if I'm wrong but those dense star areas I've pointed out have no corresponding real astronomical data, as far as I've searched from google.
The Formidine Rift - Part 2
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Correct me if I'm wrong but those dense star areas I've pointed out have no corresponding real astronomical data, as far as I've searched from google.
Maybe the mystery is that it doesn't exist
That would be a major move.
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By the do you think the esoteric stuff Halsey is blabbering has something to do with this?
Link to GalNet:
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/57023a099657baf74c71f6e8
Also that she was promptly led out of the room after this statement looks a bit suspicious.
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Well actually, reading that again, the only thing confirmed to be found in game is 'the mystery of the Formidine Rift'. Maybe the mystery is that it doesn't exist
About the old woman's mind, I think there's a clue in it. At the end of the story, the woman somehow was able to figure out the location despite having her mind erased with that information. This and Drew Wagar implying the clues are actually easy and straightforward (once we realize where the exact location is) means we probably don't need to overthink the available clues.
Or maybe it's not a location at all?
There have been some fantastic maps made in this thread with the R-R line on it but they're lost somewhere in the 10's of pages in this thread alone... would the OP be wonderful and kind and add them to the first post? I'll help trawl through and find them
There's a few unusual stars my late night map wandering has found that line up precisely with certain features, and I suspect I'm not alone in my hunting but finding the maps to cross check is about to be a 86 page mission. I'll keep the urls as I go
There's a few unusual stars my late night map wandering has found that line up precisely with certain features, and I suspect I'm not alone in my hunting but finding the maps to cross check is about to be a 86 page mission. I'll keep the urls as I go
I'm new to this puzzle and only read to page 47 but wanted to say something before i forget it.
Probably nothing but...
Thinking on the phrase "core of the matter" led me to:
1) literal; tt. Could this be a coordinate when run through the encoder thing? Coord could correlate with Sag A* (also literal core) to create a line. Some mentioned a 2nd line we could read between. Alternative maybe T Tauri star?
2) more scientific; core of matter is really the neutron. So perhaps look at neutron stars if they exist out near the rift. That could also lend itself to being dark I think.
Sorry if this already got covered somewhere.
Probably nothing but...
Thinking on the phrase "core of the matter" led me to:
1) literal; tt. Could this be a coordinate when run through the encoder thing? Coord could correlate with Sag A* (also literal core) to create a line. Some mentioned a 2nd line we could read between. Alternative maybe T Tauri star?
2) more scientific; core of matter is really the neutron. So perhaps look at neutron stars if they exist out near the rift. That could also lend itself to being dark I think.
Sorry if this already got covered somewhere.
Erimus's Map with Line is in the Formidine Sheet (in my sig)
Ah my bad, I couldn't find the one with the line in there
There were only two anyway, but a third with a nice real-lifeish chart too.
http://i.imgur.com/ZlVtedH.png map 1
http://i68.tinypic.com/30szek9.jpg erimus's map with RR line
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2013/01/Milky_Way_Arms_ssc2008-10.png nice galactic map with cassiopeia line marked
So many distracting theories though!
ignore - I confused the quote. For some reason edit is unavailble otherwise I would blank the post
My guess is close to your #2. I think the "core" refers to the black hole in the Heart Nebula. Draw a 3D line from Sol to this black hole and it coincides with a line of bright stars. Extend this beyond and it traverses the Rift and the Outer Arm, and it conveniently moves up, so this mystery system is in line with "viewing the milky way from above". Also, being the "core", this black hole is the midpoint between Sol and this mystery system.
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It's definitely a location. A system, to be specific. What we will see there though is another set of speculation (mine is it's a signal source).
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My guess is the RR Line is merely pointing into the general location of the Rift, nothing more. The old woman said to move further out and wander. So the mystery system is no longer within the RR Line. As to how the old woman eventually figured out the system with her memories erased, the system turns out to be conveniently placed with all the known reference systems (i.e. the Sol - Heart Nebula BH Line)
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Here are a two nice images of the UK night sky at 00:00 UTC in mid March and mid April (2016).
https://skywatching.files.wordpress...sky-00-00-utc-16032016-sky-watching-co-uk.jpg
https://skywatching.files.wordpress...ky-00-00-utc-16042016-sky-watching-co-uk1.jpg
The pics are big, so I just post the links.
As you can see, Cassiopeia moves past North in this period. The RR-Line is almost exactly between the two left-most stars in the constellation (Eps Cas/Segin and Del Cas/Ruchbah).
https://skywatching.files.wordpress...sky-00-00-utc-16032016-sky-watching-co-uk.jpg
https://skywatching.files.wordpress...ky-00-00-utc-16042016-sky-watching-co-uk1.jpg
The pics are big, so I just post the links.
As you can see, Cassiopeia moves past North in this period. The RR-Line is almost exactly between the two left-most stars in the constellation (Eps Cas/Segin and Del Cas/Ruchbah).
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Can any body see PSR J0024-7204E on the galactic map ? i was searching possible hidden systems and found a group of these PSR almost off the map at 9180 : -11 294 : 6640. As soon as it comes up on the map is flashes and disappears again, i had to do a screen shot to record the info
Just found this thread about them https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=228541
Just found this thread about them https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=228541
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I can find them but they seem to be under the entire map, that's why it springs up again when it finds them, does seem to be odd!
Yes, I have found those already earlier. It is a group of pulsar stars. I sought with PSR names sometime back on the map, when I was searching for possible pulsars to explore and noticed them. I doubt they are related to formidine rift, albeit they are exactly to the opposite direction on the RR-line. My guess was back then they are so far from the core plane, that they would not be rendered reliably. Or maybe that is where Raxxla resides?
EDIT: And as they are a real existing pulsar cluster, so they could be included just for visual accuracy, when in the region above.
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Interesting!...
I'm CMDR Fishbrain of Firebird Wing, a small faction based in Atroco.
We recently did an expedition exploring the Formidine Rift, but found nothing of note.
Find attached a small diagram that may be of some use. It simply shows an extension of the Reorte-Riedquat line into the Formidine Rift area (we nick-named the RR-line "The Railroad"). There is a point on the line that is almost exactly at -7000, -9000 (which we named "The Formidine Junction").
We wanted to explore this point/area, but alas could not make it through the sparse stars. We had Asps with 30LY jump range, several low-level FSD injects, and a couple of premium injects. The blue line shows my course (I approached from the West after exploring that area, then headed North along the RR-line until I hit what I gather is the "Poseidal Wall").
I'm CMDR Fishbrain of Firebird Wing, a small faction based in Atroco.
We recently did an expedition exploring the Formidine Rift, but found nothing of note.
Find attached a small diagram that may be of some use. It simply shows an extension of the Reorte-Riedquat line into the Formidine Rift area (we nick-named the RR-line "The Railroad"). There is a point on the line that is almost exactly at -7000, -9000 (which we named "The Formidine Junction").
We wanted to explore this point/area, but alas could not make it through the sparse stars. We had Asps with 30LY jump range, several low-level FSD injects, and a couple of premium injects. The blue line shows my course (I approached from the West after exploring that area, then headed North along the RR-line until I hit what I gather is the "Poseidal Wall").
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Nice maps
I had a hunch about Alfirk in Cepheus a while back. (The star at the top-most point of the 'house'). The star lies almost directly on due North at the time of the vernal equinox, and will replace Polaris as the North star at some point in the future. For those interested, Cepheus was the husband of Cassiopeia, and according to one version of Greek mythology, the son of Neaera and Autolycus. (Autolycus being a common thread between the names of the planets in Prism.)
A few interesting things about the constellation Cepheus - Its brightest star is Alpha Cephei with an apparent magnitude of 3.5. Delta Cephei is the prototype of an important class of star known as a Cepheid variable. RW Cephei, an orange hypergiant, together with the red supergiants Mu Cephei, VV Cephei and V354 Cephei are among the largest stars known. In addition, Cepheus also has the hyperluminous quasar S5 0014+81, hosting an ultramassive black hole in its core at 40 billion solar masses, about 10,000 times more massive than the central black hole of the Milky Way, making it the most massive black hole known in the universe.
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