Because we forgot, and nobody remembers how to encourage these skills in childhood.
[Edit: Or some "Club" knows but decided to occult such knowledge so we don't escape?]
The Quest To Find Raxxla
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It's yet to be completely disproven
Would a Moon made of cheese "ring like a bell"?
"Scientists who were willing to think outside the box..."
Following? Good so far. Now let's go way, way out on a limb...
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The more I look at it, the more I am leaning towards the idea that while Raxxla is technically in the game... It isnt a place. It is a ghost in the machine... A seed within the procedural galaxy that will only come to fruition due to a specific set of circumstances. One of which I imagine would be finding the Dark Wheel station.
Maintaining a stable orbit using low power because... It's sitting in a Legrangian Point.
I agree. I feel it's pretty safe to assume that you got to work your way up to finding a mythical potentially rogue planet / portal to another whatever. I feel like if you can't find a low power station that's not listed in the station index you will have a much harder time finding said mythological potentially rogue planet / portal to another whatever.
Raxxla, an analogue. "These are back doors aren't they. Programming access..."
[Edit: FDev staff have access to Raxxla, it's how they do their "dev majick" teleportation.]
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A bit of tinfoil this morning.
As you know, I like fluff articles in Galnet. They are a good place to insert hints about something completely unrelated, like Raxxla.
This article caught my eye: https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/10-AUG-3305
I was particularly interested in the sentence: “The programme is certainly diverse, encompassing everything from megastars like Spectacular Nemesis and Jade Graceland to up-and-comers such as The Lasting Hold.”
It contains the words star(megastars), Nemesis(the name of Alex Ryder's ship) and Jade (a jewel). This prompted me to do a bit of digging on Jade as 'the Jewel'.
The first thing that popped up was a children's book, called 'A Star Named Jade' : https://books.google.no/books/about...EACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
Notice that it's written by Grace Cameron (Jade Graceland).
I haven't read the book, but there is a smal extract available: http://www.stanfordhouse.com.hk/uploads/9781458640185.pdf
It seems they are looking for a white star, but there could be more.
I mainly took the title a a key and started to search for real stars named 'Jade'. This lead me to Chinese astronomy. There are a few stars there with Jade in it's name, But the one that caught my interest was Merak(Beta Ursa Major). In Chinese it has several names. The two most common are 'the second star' (of the northern dipper) and 'The Celestial Rotating Jade'. It also has the names 'Huge gate' and 'Whirling star' . Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Major_in_Chinese_astronomy
Merak is also the first of the two Pointer Stars. Together with Dubhe (Alpha Ursa Major), they always point to Polaris in the night sky. Following them is the easiest way to spot Polaris.
At certain times on the right latitude, Merak will sit on the horizon with Dubhe and Polaris directly above. This forms a perfect 'Axis Mundi', with Merak as the Omphalos point.
By the Greeks the big dipper was know to form the greater wheel in the North sky, while the Little Dipper made the narrow wheel.
Happy hunting. Tinfoil out.
As you know, I like fluff articles in Galnet. They are a good place to insert hints about something completely unrelated, like Raxxla.
This article caught my eye: https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/10-AUG-3305
I was particularly interested in the sentence: “The programme is certainly diverse, encompassing everything from megastars like Spectacular Nemesis and Jade Graceland to up-and-comers such as The Lasting Hold.”
It contains the words star(megastars), Nemesis(the name of Alex Ryder's ship) and Jade (a jewel). This prompted me to do a bit of digging on Jade as 'the Jewel'.
The first thing that popped up was a children's book, called 'A Star Named Jade' : https://books.google.no/books/about...EACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
Notice that it's written by Grace Cameron (Jade Graceland).
I haven't read the book, but there is a smal extract available: http://www.stanfordhouse.com.hk/uploads/9781458640185.pdf
It seems they are looking for a white star, but there could be more.
I mainly took the title a a key and started to search for real stars named 'Jade'. This lead me to Chinese astronomy. There are a few stars there with Jade in it's name, But the one that caught my interest was Merak(Beta Ursa Major). In Chinese it has several names. The two most common are 'the second star' (of the northern dipper) and 'The Celestial Rotating Jade'. It also has the names 'Huge gate' and 'Whirling star' . Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Major_in_Chinese_astronomy
Merak is also the first of the two Pointer Stars. Together with Dubhe (Alpha Ursa Major), they always point to Polaris in the night sky. Following them is the easiest way to spot Polaris.
At certain times on the right latitude, Merak will sit on the horizon with Dubhe and Polaris directly above. This forms a perfect 'Axis Mundi', with Merak as the Omphalos point.
By the Greeks the big dipper was know to form the greater wheel in the North sky, while the Little Dipper made the narrow wheel.
Happy hunting. Tinfoil out.
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The big and small dippers are intriguing for sure. Great posts on that.
Something to consider.
In the Dark Wheel novella Jason's ship was named the Avalonia.
In the Avalon system we have the Persephone station.
According to the wiki Avalon is an island.
"literally meaning "the isle of fruit [or apple] trees"), sometimes written Avallon or Avilion, is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend."
The search for the island of Atlantis was spoken of in the codex. 2 different islands, but islands nonetheless.
We have the name Cora in the codex, and as many of you know that is another name, along with Kore, for Persephone.
And she wants to use Art's ship to "Dig up" the pirate treasure.
This is further evidenced in the Persephone system with the sole ELW orbiting the star named Kore.
Recall that Persephone is an agricultural goddess, goddess of grain. Grain is grown in dirt and it involves digging.
Not to mention being the queen of the underworld, also underground.
In Sol we have a big ole Unremarkable Moon named Persephone. It's the last thing we look at, besides the probes.
In modern astronomy there is a theorized but yet to be proven 9th planet within Sol.
According to this Elite Wiki entry, that 9th planet was found at an unspoken of time and they named it Persephone.
In modern astronomy there is a theorized, but largely disregarded, binary brown dwarf orbiting our own sun. Estimates place it somewhere around 1.5 ly away, but within Sol. This star has been dubbed the Nemesis Star due to the idea that it's the leading cause of the several mass extinctions that have taken place on Earth in our history.
Alex Ryder's ship was named Nemesis.
In the Momus Reach system we have the ELW, Nemesis.
Alongside of it we have the planet Pandora.
According to the Persephone Wiki here Pandora is associated with Persephone.
"In the religions of the Orphics and the Platonists, Kore is described as the all-pervading goddess of nature who both produces and destroys everything, and she is therefore mentioned along with or identified as other such divinities including Isis, Rhea, Ge, Hestia, Pandora, Artemis, and Hecate. The Orphic Persephone is said to have become by Zeus the mother of Dionysus, Iacchus, Zagreus, and the little-attested Melinoe."
According to the Momus wiki- "Momus was in Greek mythology the personification of satire and mockery, two stories about whom figure among Aesop’s Fables.
During the Renaissance, several literary works used him as a mouthpiece for their criticism of tyranny, while others later made him a critic of contemporary society.
Onstage he finally became the figure of harmless fun. "
Why?
Something to consider.
In the Dark Wheel novella Jason's ship was named the Avalonia.
In the Avalon system we have the Persephone station.
According to the wiki Avalon is an island.
"literally meaning "the isle of fruit [or apple] trees"), sometimes written Avallon or Avilion, is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend."
The search for the island of Atlantis was spoken of in the codex. 2 different islands, but islands nonetheless.
We have the name Cora in the codex, and as many of you know that is another name, along with Kore, for Persephone.
And she wants to use Art's ship to "Dig up" the pirate treasure.
This is further evidenced in the Persephone system with the sole ELW orbiting the star named Kore.
Recall that Persephone is an agricultural goddess, goddess of grain. Grain is grown in dirt and it involves digging.
Not to mention being the queen of the underworld, also underground.
In Sol we have a big ole Unremarkable Moon named Persephone. It's the last thing we look at, besides the probes.
In modern astronomy there is a theorized but yet to be proven 9th planet within Sol.
According to this Elite Wiki entry, that 9th planet was found at an unspoken of time and they named it Persephone.
In modern astronomy there is a theorized, but largely disregarded, binary brown dwarf orbiting our own sun. Estimates place it somewhere around 1.5 ly away, but within Sol. This star has been dubbed the Nemesis Star due to the idea that it's the leading cause of the several mass extinctions that have taken place on Earth in our history.
Alex Ryder's ship was named Nemesis.
In the Momus Reach system we have the ELW, Nemesis.
Alongside of it we have the planet Pandora.
According to the Persephone Wiki here Pandora is associated with Persephone.
"In the religions of the Orphics and the Platonists, Kore is described as the all-pervading goddess of nature who both produces and destroys everything, and she is therefore mentioned along with or identified as other such divinities including Isis, Rhea, Ge, Hestia, Pandora, Artemis, and Hecate. The Orphic Persephone is said to have become by Zeus the mother of Dionysus, Iacchus, Zagreus, and the little-attested Melinoe."
According to the Momus wiki- "Momus was in Greek mythology the personification of satire and mockery, two stories about whom figure among Aesop’s Fables.
During the Renaissance, several literary works used him as a mouthpiece for their criticism of tyranny, while others later made him a critic of contemporary society.
Onstage he finally became the figure of harmless fun. "
Why?
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Also, for anyone who may want to tour or research the Ursa Major or Minor constellations. Here's a spreadsheet to make that possible. Pretty fun stuff.
One thing worth noting here is that out of all the stars that form Ursa Minor only 1 is populated, Kocab, and it's Independent.
However, all 7 stars that form Ursa Major are populated and controlled the the Alliance.
THE URSA MINOR AND MAJOR CONSTELLATION TOUR
One thing worth noting here is that out of all the stars that form Ursa Minor only 1 is populated, Kocab, and it's Independent.
However, all 7 stars that form Ursa Major are populated and controlled the the Alliance.
THE URSA MINOR AND MAJOR CONSTELLATION TOUR
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Bout time we get some quality tinfol
Ha! Just found something funny, an obvious reference to Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy exists for the small dippers one lone inhabited system, Kocab, also known as Beta Ursae Minoris. The system description reads -
"The Ursa Minor Beta Publishing Corporation is a wholly remarkable organization. Perhaps the most remarkable organisation.
Perhaps the most remarkable, certainly the most successful ever to come out of the great media wars of Kocab. Renowned throughout uncivilised space, and reviled in much civilised space, for the best-selling title "Wing-Rider's Guide to the Cosmos", indispensable for all curious travellers who wish to enjoy and survive the galaxy's most deadly and delectable experiences."
Also known as 7 Beta Ursae Majoris.
And in a mind blowing turn of events we find this In the Hitchiker's Wiki
"Megadodo Publications are the original publishers of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The company's headquarters were located on Ursa Minor Beta, in a pair of 30-storey office buildings connected partway up their height by a walkway, so that the entire structure resembled a giant letter H (personal note-There is a system toward the core named H). The relocation of the offices to a resort planet caused the company to lose much of its credibility among its customer base. One of the buildings was uprooted by a squadron of Frogstar fighters and taken to the Frogstar, in an attempt to capture and discipline rogue Galactic President Zaphod Beeblebrox. The Megadodo lobby is always filled with grubby-looking hitchhikers wanting to complain about the Guide's many inaccuracies.
The president of Megadodo Publications is Zarniwoop, who is always too cool to see visitors. Megadodo was criticized by its customers for setting up an artificial universe in order to allow its editors and contributors to collect book information without leaving their offices. Notably secretive (or destructive) about their financial and historical records, the entire company was later (in the novel Mostly Harmless) bought out by Infinidim Enterprises, which stopped selling the Guide to hitchhikers entirely and eliminated all of what Megadodo had once stood for, much to the disapproval of employee Ford Prefect. The takeover was, in fact, part of a new plan by the Vogons to destroy Earth in all possible parallel dimensions – a plan that eventually succeeded."
"The Ursa Minor Beta Publishing Corporation is a wholly remarkable organization. Perhaps the most remarkable organisation.
Perhaps the most remarkable, certainly the most successful ever to come out of the great media wars of Kocab. Renowned throughout uncivilised space, and reviled in much civilised space, for the best-selling title "Wing-Rider's Guide to the Cosmos", indispensable for all curious travellers who wish to enjoy and survive the galaxy's most deadly and delectable experiences."
Also known as 7 Beta Ursae Majoris.
And in a mind blowing turn of events we find this In the Hitchiker's Wiki
"Megadodo Publications are the original publishers of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The company's headquarters were located on Ursa Minor Beta, in a pair of 30-storey office buildings connected partway up their height by a walkway, so that the entire structure resembled a giant letter H (personal note-There is a system toward the core named H). The relocation of the offices to a resort planet caused the company to lose much of its credibility among its customer base. One of the buildings was uprooted by a squadron of Frogstar fighters and taken to the Frogstar, in an attempt to capture and discipline rogue Galactic President Zaphod Beeblebrox. The Megadodo lobby is always filled with grubby-looking hitchhikers wanting to complain about the Guide's many inaccuracies.
The president of Megadodo Publications is Zarniwoop, who is always too cool to see visitors. Megadodo was criticized by its customers for setting up an artificial universe in order to allow its editors and contributors to collect book information without leaving their offices. Notably secretive (or destructive) about their financial and historical records, the entire company was later (in the novel Mostly Harmless) bought out by Infinidim Enterprises, which stopped selling the Guide to hitchhikers entirely and eliminated all of what Megadodo had once stood for, much to the disapproval of employee Ford Prefect. The takeover was, in fact, part of a new plan by the Vogons to destroy Earth in all possible parallel dimensions – a plan that eventually succeeded."
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I had a Tricia Macmillan as a pirate I was supposed to assassinate. I discarded it promptly after learning this lol.
I've seen your yt bro. Thumbs up. I like the total recall connection, it fits nicely
Nice!A bit of tinfoil this morning.
As you know, I like fluff articles in Galnet. They are a good place to insert hints about something completely unrelated, like Raxxla.
This article caught my eye: https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/10-AUG-3305
I was particularly interested in the sentence: “The programme is certainly diverse, encompassing everything from megastars like Spectacular Nemesis and Jade Graceland to up-and-comers such as The Lasting Hold.”
It contains the words star(megastars), Nemesis(the name of Alex Ryder's ship) and Jade (a jewel). This prompted me to do a bit of digging on Jade as 'the Jewel'.
The first thing that popped up was a children's book, called 'A Star Named Jade' : https://books.google.no/books/about...EACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
Notice that it's written by Grace Cameron (Jade Graceland).
I haven't read the book, but there is a smal extract available: http://www.stanfordhouse.com.hk/uploads/9781458640185.pdf
It seems they are looking for a white star, but there could be more.
I mainly took the title a a key and started to search for real stars named 'Jade'. This lead me to Chinese astronomy. There are a few stars there with Jade in it's name, But the one that caught my interest was Merak(Beta Ursa Major). In Chinese it has several names. The two most common are 'the second star' (of the northern dipper) and 'The Celestial Rotating Jade'. It also has the names 'Huge gate' and 'Whirling star' . Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Major_in_Chinese_astronomy
Merak is also the first of the two Pointer Stars. Together with Dubhe (Alpha Ursa Major), they always point to Polaris in the night sky. Following them is the easiest way to spot Polaris.
At certain times on the right latitude, Merak will sit on the horizon with Dubhe and Polaris directly above. This forms a perfect 'Axis Mundi', with Merak as the Omphalos point.
By the Greeks the big dipper was know to form the greater wheel in the North sky, while the Little Dipper made the narrow wheel.
Happy hunting. Tinfoil out.
Couple extra bits of tinfoil
Xiona means origin
And Mahler didnt write a ton of music but he has a few compositions and among them are pieces such as Das klagende Lied (Song of Lamentation), Scheiden und Meiden( Parting Is Painful) and Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) alot of grief and yearning with maybe a little wanderlust.
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Hey guru I haven't seen it for years but there was a total recall TV show called total recall 2070. This might have had more depth to Phillip k 's original material. Not sure if you can find it anywhere nowadays, It was back when Hulu was free that I saw it. Kinda like a crime drama set in the total recall universe.
I found a pretty bad copy of several episodes on yt, Ill give it a look. First I've heard of it, so thanks for that.
Reading more into this Jason Ryder/Avalon connection, which as stated above is based on Arthurian legend, I'm noticing now the connection to Arthur Dent,
The Hitchhikers Guide's main character, an Arthurian Legend like Avalon if you will.
Also, Total Recall's main character was named Douglas and the writer of Hitchhiker's is Douglas Adams. This is becoming very strange.
Also noting how as posted above, Momus was a figure of harmless fun.
This ties into Earth being known simply as Mostly Harmless within HHGttG. Mostly Harmless is also a book within Elite written by Kate Russell.
"Set in the worlds of Elite, inspired by the wit of Douglas Adams; the tale of the least deadly assassin the galaxy has ever known."
Also we have the rare good, The Galactic Travel Guide sold at BluFORD Orbital in LHS3447, the original start system.
"A where's where and a what's what of the Milky Way. This guide highlights the galaxy's top destinations and hot spots."
Ford Prefect was the one who leads and instructs Dent throughout their travels.
And Alas, an answer to the Persephone connection within the HHGttG wiki,
"Rupert
A planet in Earth's solar system beyond the orbit of Pluto. Rupert was named Persephone, but nicknamed Rupert after an astronomer's pet parrot. It was eventually settled by the Grebulons.
In 2005, a large body fitting Rupert's description was discovered beyond Pluto (which was considered a planet then, as opposed to a dwarf planet now). In a poll of the public conducted by New Scientist magazine to search out potential names for the object, "Rupert" ranked #5, and "Persephone" was the top choice. The object was named Eris and designated a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union on 13 September 2006."
Though this doesn't fit too well because Eris is an actual planet in Sol (and in Minerva) along with Persephone.
Reading more into this Jason Ryder/Avalon connection, which as stated above is based on Arthurian legend, I'm noticing now the connection to Arthur Dent,
The Hitchhikers Guide's main character, an Arthurian Legend like Avalon if you will.
Also, Total Recall's main character was named Douglas and the writer of Hitchhiker's is Douglas Adams. This is becoming very strange.
Also noting how as posted above, Momus was a figure of harmless fun.
This ties into Earth being known simply as Mostly Harmless within HHGttG. Mostly Harmless is also a book within Elite written by Kate Russell.
"Set in the worlds of Elite, inspired by the wit of Douglas Adams; the tale of the least deadly assassin the galaxy has ever known."
Also we have the rare good, The Galactic Travel Guide sold at BluFORD Orbital in LHS3447, the original start system.
"A where's where and a what's what of the Milky Way. This guide highlights the galaxy's top destinations and hot spots."
Ford Prefect was the one who leads and instructs Dent throughout their travels.
And Alas, an answer to the Persephone connection within the HHGttG wiki,
"Rupert
A planet in Earth's solar system beyond the orbit of Pluto. Rupert was named Persephone, but nicknamed Rupert after an astronomer's pet parrot. It was eventually settled by the Grebulons.
In 2005, a large body fitting Rupert's description was discovered beyond Pluto (which was considered a planet then, as opposed to a dwarf planet now). In a poll of the public conducted by New Scientist magazine to search out potential names for the object, "Rupert" ranked #5, and "Persephone" was the top choice. The object was named Eris and designated a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union on 13 September 2006."
Though this doesn't fit too well because Eris is an actual planet in Sol (and in Minerva) along with Persephone.
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