The Formidine Rift - Part 2
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Hi rifters,
sadly I have to announce, that we have to push back the date on which we publish the details about our Formidine-Rift-Patrols by 2 days. A report about it is in production by Radio Sidewinder and they've asked us not to spoil anything before it will air. So please be patient. If all goes well I will have all the details for you on sunday.
I can already reveal, that one of the basecamps / listening posts is a "green systems" that has all jumponium-mats available.
I will take the idea of an exploration outpost to the CoR Consuls too.
sadly I have to announce, that we have to push back the date on which we publish the details about our Formidine-Rift-Patrols by 2 days. A report about it is in production by Radio Sidewinder and they've asked us not to spoil anything before it will air. So please be patient. If all goes well I will have all the details for you on sunday.
I can already reveal, that one of the basecamps / listening posts is a "green systems" that has all jumponium-mats available.
I will take the idea of an exploration outpost to the CoR Consuls too.
if seen these threads - still dont get the gist !
Whats whole The Formidine Rift all about? Can someone put in a gist (and not another hyperlink)
Start from page one again....
if seen these threads - still dont get the gist !
Whats whole The Formidine Rift all about? Can someone put in a gist (and not another hyperlink
Something somewhere.
if seen these threads - still dont get the gist !
Whats whole The Formidine Rift all about? Can someone put in a gist (and not another hyperlink
Read through the first post on page one of this thread and you'll have as much of an idea as to what it is as everyone else here.
Legacy_LuckyLuke
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if seen these threads - still dont get the gist !
Whats whole The Formidine Rift all about? Can someone put in a gist (and not another hyperlink
Read this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x3_ZF0KIeW_jS7A9bhjPJgRhI1Lc79qWAlbYIhy1bUQ/edit?usp=sharing
I hope it helps.
I'm about half way through writing the OP and plan to reboot the thread soon... annoying IRL activities have been getting in the way of late. Patience, wanderlust etc. etc...
if seen these threads - still dont get the gist !
Whats whole The Formidine Rift all about? Can someone put in a gist (and not another hyperlink
The 'Formidine Rift' is a mystery introduced in the Elite: Dangerous novel Reclamation by Drew Wagar. Finding the Rift involves following an imaginary line drawn from the Riedquat star system and the Reorte star system. Follow that line until you reach 'the edge of the galactic arm' and you'll be there.
What are we looking for? Nobody outside of Frontier Developments and Drew Wagar (and possibly some of the other Elite: Dangerous novelists) really knows. It is part of an on-going narrative that we Rifters hope will continue soon after the release of version 2.1 'Engineers'.
Lucky Luke's journal (he replied with a link) and the OP of this thread provide a lot of background and some of the thinking that has already gone into attempting to solve it.
Although not really in-depth I do discuss the Rift in the Following YouTube playlist:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr2o9SJ5KkQtm8KlwOtNLpRba62AvCLl-[/video]
Good luck, and ... Right on, Commander!
if seen these threads - still dont get the gist !
Whats whole The Formidine Rift all about? Can someone put in a gist (and not another hyperlink
And biscuits, how could you forget biscuits!
You say Salome, I say Salomé.
I don't recall if this has been discussed but is there any reason behind Drew using the French variant of the name Salomé rather than the English Salome? Her ship, The Seven Veils, would appear to be a further reference to the Oscar Wilde play (originally written in French and titled Salomé) and not generically to the historical Salome who allegedly danced before Herod. In the Biblical version Salome isn't even given a name and it wasn't until much later in history that the woman who danced before Herod was associated with Salome.
"The Dance of the Seven Veils" is first given that name in Wilde's play where the stage direction says that Salomé dances the dance of the seven veils. The name of the dance does not originate in antiquity. Now I know that we've thoroughly discussed the dance itself and the possible meanings behind Salomé nameing her ship 'The Seven Veils".
The question I have is, "Does Drew's choice of naming the character with the accent on the 'é' and Salomé's choice in naming her ship point not to the historical event and character themselves but instead to Oscar Wilde and his 1893 play?"
I don't recall if this has been discussed but is there any reason behind Drew using the French variant of the name Salomé rather than the English Salome? Her ship, The Seven Veils, would appear to be a further reference to the Oscar Wilde play (originally written in French and titled Salomé) and not generically to the historical Salome who allegedly danced before Herod. In the Biblical version Salome isn't even given a name and it wasn't until much later in history that the woman who danced before Herod was associated with Salome.
"The Dance of the Seven Veils" is first given that name in Wilde's play where the stage direction says that Salomé dances the dance of the seven veils. The name of the dance does not originate in antiquity. Now I know that we've thoroughly discussed the dance itself and the possible meanings behind Salomé nameing her ship 'The Seven Veils".
The question I have is, "Does Drew's choice of naming the character with the accent on the 'é' and Salomé's choice in naming her ship point not to the historical event and character themselves but instead to Oscar Wilde and his 1893 play?"
Maybe so ... but I'm not sure if there is any deeper meaning or simply points to the origin of Drew's inspiration for naming the character.
Legacy_LuckyLuke
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I wholeheartedly endorse this point of view
Agreed - the use of the accented 'é' is no mistake... also worth pointing out, that Oscar Wilde is responsible for connecting Salomé with the dance of the seven veils. The Salome from the bible danced for Herod, but the 'seven veils' mythology wasn't anything to do with it
So here's a bit of tinfoil for you
(might as well have a bit of fun seeing as all bets are off right now and we're just twiddling thumbs whilst the story goes no further forward at the moment )Could it be that Drew specifically used 'é' as some sort of easter-egg-which-is-a-clue-in-itself?
As in - perhaps there's a significance in the actual single character é itself
Like its shape? Or is e being "pointed at" ?
Just sayin'
[ well it's no better or worse than some of the tinfoil we've had on here ;) ] EDIT: Haha in fact you could think of that e as being a rather primitive representation of the galaxy
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