The Quest To Find Raxxla

[Ian Doncaster]

4) It's something that no-one (or comparatively no-one) think could be Raxxla, and so remains overlooked. It may have been already 'found', or clues to it have been found, but overlooked because it's an 'outside context' solution to the mystery.

I think that's essentially still '3' but with a perhaps more metaphorical "you wouldn't look there accidentally" step.

And possibly a "the theory also needs to state why this is a satisfying solution" / "it should be reasonably straightforward, having found it, to convince other people that you have" requirement that a basic "it's 0.1 LY from the system star in this precise direction" wouldn't.

(So e.g. my "it's Ra 10 a" theory is perfectly valid as a solution in terms of "no-one would expect that" but fails on the "no-one believes it either" step)

• What are common assumptions about Raxxla?
• What do people assume at a base level about the solution to the mystery?
• What areas of the game environment aren't being considered as solutions to Raxxla?
• What might Raxxla be if it were something very unexpected (whilst still being viable in-game given the limitations)?

...and see if there's anything that people aren't considering because it's outside the context they've been examining.

Certainly my favourite theories - in that they both tend to provide something actionable to check and an explanation for why it's not been found yet - tend to include some element of those.

I think a reasonably safe assumption, given the statement that Raxxla is in the Milky Way, is that it does have in some way a defined location, and it's not such an abstract concept that it couldn't have a defined location. Beyond that I think it gets very tricky to say anything for certain. I quite like the idea that the defined location is a system which does not appear on the galaxy map, and must therefore be reached by doing "something", for example.

 

[Louis Calvert]

I think a reasonably safe assumption, given the statement that Raxxla is in the Milky Way, is that it does have in some way a defined location, and it's not such an abstract concept that it couldn't have a defined location.

Agreed! I feel like Fdev have spoken about it (when they have) like it's locational, at least. And also the Codex clearly says it is 'a definite location' too.

I quite like the idea that the defined location is a system which does not appear on the galaxy map, and must therefore be reached by doing "something", for example.

The idea of it not being on the map is interesting because it would by default mean we can't get there and it wouldn't give us any clue there's something there (as with permit locked systems, where we know there's 'something' there to conceal) - so it's a double obfuscation.

Of course, you'd want to make sure there's some pretty obvious marker(s) to the fact there's something in a location where there's nothing visible by conventional means.

I do keep thinking of this:
"You don’t know what it is though" - Braben on Raxxla in 2018

Edit: Also this:
"Raxxla is something different [to Shinrarta Dezhra]" - Brookes on naming Shinrarta Dezhra in 2014

 

[Reyedog]

I do keep thinking of this:
"You don’t know what it is though" - Braben on Raxxla in 2018

almost all those old videos always had them in a ship and inside an asteroid field. What if that field had the clue we been looking for all along. I would like to know what the pilots info was saying on the hud in the background.

 

[athulin]

"Raxxla is something different [to Shinrarta Dezhra]" - Brookes on naming Shinrarta Dezhra in 2014

With so much misinformation floating around, I think it would be better to correct that. The "[to Shinrarta Dezhra]" has been added, and was not present in what Brookes wrote. The misquotation makes it seem as if something was part of the quote that could be summarized in that way, but that is not so. Any clarification needs to be done outside the quote. The absence of a full stop inside the quote adds some ambiguity.

"Raxxla is something different." ... and so on

makes it so much clearer. Not different to something else, not different from something other, not different than something. either. Just different, period.

 

[Louis Calvert]

With so much misinformation floating around, I think it would be better to correct that. The "[to Shinrarta Dezhra]" has been added, and was not present in what Brookes wrote. The misquotation makes it seem as if something was part of the quote that could be summarized in that way, but that is not so. Any clarification needs to be done outside the quote. The absence of a full stop inside the quote adds some ambiguity.

"Raxxla is something different." ... and so on

makes it so much clearer. Not different to something else, not different from something other, not different than something. either. Just different, period.

That's what the square brackets mean in quotations.

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Edit: Apologies I just realised you might not know about English grammar use depending on where you are in the world so your comment makes more sense, my mistake. Square brackets in quotes denotes an 'editorial' addition or change to improve the clarity of the quote, usually by adding or clarifying the context if it's not clear from the actual quote itself (which it often isn't!), but it doesn't modify the meaning or content of the quote beyond that. In this cases Brookes was replying to someone directly who said they were disappointed Fdev didn't name Shinrarta Dezhra Raxxla, and Brookes replied as per the quote. So adding the square brackets there indicates the context for the quote, without having to quote the entire context - because Brookes wasn't just saying Raxxla is something different, he was very specifically saying that Raxxla was something different to Shinrarta Dezhra, as you can clearly see from these screenshots taken directly from the link I supplied as the source of that quote (so anyone can go look themselves and get the primary source):

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Plus I also provided a direct link to the source, as I always do, so that people can go right there and see it.

If you're in the business of policing accuracy of quotes and sources I definitely agree it needs doing! Looking forward to seeing you pop up on other's posts in future

 

[MrFlopster]

I've always thought Raxxla is a ship with some kind of intergalactic capable drive. Braben always liked hidden ships.

 

[Burning_Scull]

The Raxxla may well turn out to be an ancient structure, a portal, a relic, an asteroid, or a planet. And I believe in the latter option the least, because hiding a planet is much more difficult than building on it. Maybe we fly around it every day and don't pay attention to the little glow of the POI? As for the treasures, the portal is quite a treasure, not necessarily piles of credits.

 

[CMDR Davanix]

For the sake of Science I spent 3 hours last night doing all the training items on the menu, didnt see anything out of the ordinary and went off the beaten path everywhere until the game literally stopped me, Only one thing i notices was CMDR Tanya Blaine in the asteroid field being someone who apparently saved you and wants you to join her group.

Anyone find her in the main game?

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[CMDR Davanix]

While collecting for CG

 

[Neestar]

While collecting for CG

And? Non-Human signatures are ubiquitous , no?
So what was your point exactly to posting that screenshot?
( and i ask that question very seriously & earnestly, not sarcastically --- When will forums invent an optional TONE feature?! )

 

[CMDR Davanix]

And? Non-Human signatures are ubiquitous , no?
So what was your point exactly to posting that screenshot?
( and i ask that question very seriously & earnestly, not sarcastically --- When will forums invent an optional TONE feature?! )

It was an in flight spur of the moment post, was just a sensor and fragments unfortunatly

 

[Enzix]

For the sake of Science I spent 3 hours last night doing all the training items on the menu, didnt see anything out of the ordinary and went off the beaten path everywhere until the game literally stopped me, Only one thing i notices was CMDR Tanya Blaine in the asteroid field being someone who apparently saved you and wants you to join her group.

Anyone find her in the main game?

Tanya Blaine

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Thanks for going through the training/tutorials. I haven't encountered Tanya Blaine but I'll keep it in my mind.

On the other hand, what about this?

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Currently in Sol, Primary Transport Authority installation orbiting Persephone.
It has some sort of hackable hatch/door. I didn't have a recon limpet controller so I bumped into them and they opened.

Has this strange structure inside, maybe there is a way to activate it somehow?

 

[Neestar]

It was an in flight spur of the moment post,

ok yeah i figured as much , but since honestly we're all just basically still fumbling around in the dark ( even after 10+ years ) with trying to decipher whatever RAXXLA turns out to be , i personally consider each & every post very seriously & sacred and therefore had to be sure. ( just in case )

Currently in Sol, Primary Transport Authority installation orbiting Persephone.
It has some sort of hackable hatch/door.

Are you referring to a 'megaship' ?

 

[Burning_Scull]

Thanks for going through the training/tutorials. I haven't encountered Tanya Blaine but I'll keep it in my mind.

On the other hand, what about this?

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Currently in Sol, Primary Transport Authority installation orbiting Persephone.
It has some sort of hackable hatch/door. I didn't have a recon limpet controller so I bumped into them and they opened.

Has this strange structure inside, maybe there is a way to activate it somehow?

I researched this thing a couple of years ago. I tried dropping various objects, using different devices, listening to audio, etc. There was no result at all. At that time, I was attracted to this installation by its strange name and the fact that it is located near a non-existent planet, the so-called planet "X". I thought it was an interesting coincidence. As for the station, the station is present in the same layout in CQC, where these tunnels were made for greater effect.

I don't think the installation can be activated in any way. Rather, there is a certain Easter egg at the level of humor, the essence of which lies precisely in the location and name of the installation. But I don't advise you to take it on faith, try to dig up something, maybe I just couldn't.

 

[Enzix]

Are you referring to a 'megaship' ?

No, installation, like the ones which give out a specific scenario depending on the BGS state.

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I researched this thing a couple of years ago. I tried dropping various objects, using different devices, listening to audio, etc. There was no result at all. At that time, I was attracted to this installation by its strange name and the fact that it is located near a non-existent planet, the so-called planet "X". I thought it was an interesting coincidence. As for the station, the station is present in the same layout in CQC, where these tunnels were made for greater effect.

I don't think the installation can be activated in any way. Rather, there is a certain Easter egg at the level of humor, the essence of which lies precisely in the location and name of the installation. But I don't advise you to take it on faith, try to dig up something, maybe I just couldn't.

Thanks for the info.
I'll give it a go one more time, try dropping some items and such.

 

[Louis Calvert]

When will forums invent an optional TONE feature?! )

oh man I feel ya.

 

[Neestar]

No, installation, like the ones which give out a specific scenario depending on the BGS state.

ok yeah of course i saw you had already used that word "installation" in your earlier post , but i just wanted to be certain i wasn't misunderstanding ( mis-reading ) you.
Anyways, other than reading @Ian Doncaster extremely detailed & informative posts, i'm basically clueless when it comes to the "BGS state" in this game lol i just don't have the brain power ( ugh ) .

However, i've often theorized about the possibility of RAXXLA being linked from ( or leading to ) some type of mysterious installation....somewhere.
For example, today i came across this....

....which, as you can see by that ^ very vague but also very appropriate NAME ( Cosmic Transmission Relay ) , made me curious just in case to SCAN every 'ship log' there.
But alas, it turned up nothing. Probably because i didn't have the actual corresponding mission ( recon? ) directing me to this particular installation. /shrug

So, onto the next search!

 

[CMDR Davanix]

RA - XX - LA
22 - XX - 96
22 - 96 - LA
RA - 22 - 96
RA - 2296 - LA
RA - BBIF -LA

No clues - No direct indication of actual existence for players to find - no further talk from Fdev about it at all - searching since 2013 with not even a glimpse of hope, codex "clue" book of non existence reference and potential out of game clue?(Please god no)

I think iv succumb to space madness and may just very well stop searching once and for all

 

[Neestar]

uhh @Macros Black & everyone ... Did you see this new thread/video yet --> https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/sun-dragon-found.640220/ ... Something or nothing?
( RAXXLA was rumored to be the "Sun Dragon" , correct? )

 

[Louis Calvert]

uhh @Macros Black & everyone ... Did you see this new thread/video yet --> https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/sun-dragon-found.640220/ ... Something or nothing?
( RAXXLA was rumored to be the "Sun Dragon" , correct? )

This phenomena was investigated thoroughly here a while back. Han_Zen reported them here initially: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-quest-to-find-raxxla.168253/page-226#post-7247947 in 2018.
Later I investigated and confirmed what Han_Zen and others concluded later in the thread, that they are misplaced solar flares. It's a graphical glitch. They appear in many systems - any with a star that has solar flares presumably.

If I can find the thread of that I'll update this post. edit: here you go: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-quest-to-find-raxxla.168253/post-10286035

I thought they were the long-lost comets that were showing up on the map but not in-game