The Quest To Find Raxxla

Agent75

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Long time lurker here. I don’t think the sonnet has anything to do with TDW or Raxxla. The codex refers to Astrophel and the Spiralling Stars as a childrens book, not a ridiculously lengthy 15th century poem.
 

Agent75

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Cunder said:
posted this last night this is how I ran into Stone's Legacy in Lawd 26
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Just backread, interesting.

I think we need to unlock a series of progressing missions to garner contact with TDW. Whether that is via tip off missions or nav beacons is the question.

I’m going to cease exploration towards 8+ moons on gas giants for the time being and concentrate on those two avenues.
 

publicstaticvoid

publicstaticvoid
I am not really proficient at this and have been trying very hard to figure this out. I was wondering if anyone here knows how to check metering. So I have a theory that in the raxxla codex there may be something to the meter of it. This is meter for those that don't know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre_(poetry)
The reason I am suspicious is because of this Astrophel and Stella is written in metered Iambic Hexameter, Hexagons are everywhere in regards to raxxla

Anyway I have worked through part of it and there seems like maybe there is something to the metering of the codex??? I am not sure because I am poetically stupid and can't figure this out.


` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` .
Se-ver-al ver-sion of the Raxx-la sto-ry men-tion an
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a-li-en ar-te-fact the om-pha-los rift de-scribed as a
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gate-way or tun-nel through which par-al-lel un-i-vers-es can be ac-cessed
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These de- tails, how-ev-er, were la-ter shown to bear a stri-king re-sem-blance
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to the chil-dren's sto-ry Prin-cess A-stro-phel and the Spi-ral-ling Stars, and soon
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lost cre-di-bi-li-ty. Un-daun-ted, some Rax-xla see-kers in-sis-ted that the sto-ry's
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au-thor had cun-nin-gly con-cealed facts a bout the my-ster-i-ous lo-cale in his book
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as hints for those with eyes to see.



I have absolutely no clue what I am doing and was wondering if anyone can help me write this off.

I wonder if Drew is proficient in metering.

-void
 
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publicstaticvoid

publicstaticvoid
Jorki Rasalas said:
I think there are significant problems with the hypothesis that Philip Sidney's “Astrophil and Stella” sonnets relates to “Princess Astrophel and Spiralling Stars” in the Codex reference.

I suspect this “clue” has been overthought & wondered about the etymology. “Phil” as either a prefix or suffix implies having an attraction or affinity ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/-phil-), while “astro” means “relating to stars or celestial objects”. So “Astrophil” means having an attraction to stars &/or celestial objects. I think the “spiralling stars” is relevant. “Phel” is uncommon in English, but might derive from the Celtic, meaning “beauty”, which could imply “beautiful star”. Omphalos means the centre or hub of something, & refers to a hollow conical stone regarded by the ancient greeks as being the centre of things. So the Omphalos Rift (“described as a gateway or tunnel through which a parallel universe can be accessed”, which ties in with the Raxxla lore as a gateway to other universes) is a Rift related to something conical. It all sounds to me reminiscent of a Black Hole, which may have stars spiralling around it, the cone is the matter spiralling & falling into the event horizon. There is a theory that a Black Hole in one universe may be a White Hole in another and so the BH represents a Rift. Black Holes have, I believe, been in-game from the outset.

so I am pondering the hypothesis that Raxxla is a black hole that could transport a ship to another universe, though this might be a one-way trip, or the parallel universe might be very limited in scope. So that might be what Raxxla is, don’t have a clue where it is...
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I have wondered this myself... In fact I have brainstormed what stellar bodies can possibly present themselves as strange enough to be 'in the realm of possibility' of acting like a trans-dimensional portal. The only thing I can think of is Blackhole. SMBH are the mother of galaxies. Source 2 is a jewel that burns on the brow of Sag A*. It makes sense stretchy-scientifically that something is up with blackholes to those with eyes to see.
-Void
 

Thatchinho

Thatchinho
Garand1987 said:
If anyone is interested to join, I’m gonna intensify my search for TDW system within 100ly of Sol. It’s a lot of systems to cover by me onsies but I have, what I think, is good reason to do so.
As mentioned before our current FSD tech is quite new, only coming into use around 3300. MB said in an interview with truthsayer that before this they were using ion drives etc to move about, so travel was quite limited distance wise from sol.
Furthermore, it struck me that the empire, back in the 2400’s moved to Achenar (140ly from sol) in an attempt to get away from the federation, figuring that would be more than far enough. So this gives us two things. A distance that at that time was considered to be quite far from the then bubble AND since they moved that also gives us abandoned star ports, which sounds awful familiar. So if 140ly was considered far from the bubble at the time I think it would be safe to say looking for an abandoned empire starport, now inhabited by TDW, within 100ly of sol is generous.
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2200s, not 2400s.

The Empire didn’t move to Achenar. The Empire was founded in Achenar. Duval and co wanted to break away from the Federation and made the long and hazardous to a system far enough away to be able to out of reach of the Federation in practical day to day terms. They chose Achenar and they arrived there in the mid 2200s (as in the century not the decade). The Empire wasn’t founded until later.
 

Cunder

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Yeah it's not easy I had this theory of the metering. The only issue is which type of metering each poem uses, some poets uses several types of Metering finding the source is just hard alone.
 

Emperor

Emperor
Crassus said:
If you search for Beor, you will be led to CD-64 139, so it might be ingame, too.
Thirty of the systems build kind of a cluster - two are more off the path: Ra and Beor. Ra is kind of interesting: it has an Unauthorized Installation called "Steelhook Hold", orbiting the 8. moon of a brown dwarf - which is kind of a slightly bigger gas giant ;-). You normally will be immediately attacked by pirates, if you enter the site.
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So while you maybe looking for Raxxla, you may need the help of the Dark Wheel first (No not that mob in Shinrarta Dezhra); now where could you find them...? If only FD provided a clue....

"The Dark Wheel operated (and perhaps still do) from a disused starport that orbits the 8th moon of an unnamed gas giant. The station is a Toroid, hence a 'wheel' and ran at minimal reduced power to remain unnoticed, hence 'Dark'. This starport is supposedly the only way the Dark Wheel can verify its identity to new inductees."

So any links between the Dark Wheel and the original game? Original planets? worth a look....

So are there any systems with a gas giant with 8 moons..... Yes and only one... Ra 13 h

Could this non-landable ice planet have such a station? Well the unauthorised installation (Steelhook Hold) orbiting the moon isn't Toroid, but it was a bit exciting dropping in on it in the vain hope it might hold a secret or two....

If anyone is tripple elite it might be worth a look about (I am only double Elite and so the Dark Wheel may not contact me.... do you just need to be elite or 3 or 4 times over??).
 

publicstaticvoid

publicstaticvoid
Cunder said:
Yeah it's not easy I had this theory of the metering. The only issue is which type of metering each poem uses, some poets uses several types of Metering finding the source is just hard alone.
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If the entire raxxla codex entry was broken down maybe there is something in morse code, or maybe some sort of numerical data is represented.
 

Alexium67

Alexium67
Is it known thing?.. The advertisement that demonstrated at the halo-screens at the station some time. The ad with the ringed gas giant, one moon and something like Coriolis station. I never viewed ads without any messages or names. Ah, yes. I know! It is Raxxla advertisement. :D
 

Garand1987

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Thatchinho said:
2200s, not 2400s.

The Empire didn’t move to Achenar. The Empire was founded in Achenar. Duval and co wanted to break away from the Federation and made the long and hazardous to a system far enough away to be able to out of reach of the Federation in practical day to day terms. They chose Achenar and they arrived there in the mid 2200s (as in the century not the decade). The Empire wasn’t founded until later.
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You are quite right. 2296 is the founding year. Still tho, taking up and moving along with her followers to found their settlement in Achenar May well have left Some empty starports. Especially in the early days where population would have been lower. Even so, 140ly being considered quite far at the time, far enough to be outside immediate influence of the bubble at the time would seem, to me anyway, to suggest that if we are to look for an abandoned port from a little before then, a search area of 100ly radious of Sol would seem sufficient.
 

ExoForce

ExoForce
Agent75 said:
Long time lurker here. I don’t think the sonnet has anything to do with TDW or Raxxla. The codex refers to Astrophel and the Spiralling Stars as a childrens book, not a ridiculously lengthy 15th century poem.
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Homage to Alice in a Wonderland -> portal to another dimension

Pleasence Alice fell spiraling [hehe]

White Knight explains song to Alice with this words:

" The song is called Ways and Means
The song is A-sitting on a Gate "

Real girl used for inspiration had a second name Pleasence
 
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Garand1987

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Is it at all odd that the empire was founded in 2296 following Duval and her followers move and also that the first mention of Raxxla was recorded that same year?
 

Scytale

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Jorki Rasalas said:
I think there are significant problems with the hypothesis that Philip Sidney's “Astrophil and Stella” sonnets relates to “Princess Astrophel and Spiralling Stars” in the Codex reference.

I suspect this “clue” has been overthought & wondered about the etymology. “Phil” as either a prefix or suffix implies having an attraction or affinity ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/-phil-), while “astro” means “relating to stars or celestial objects”. So “Astrophil” means having an attraction to stars &/or celestial objects. I think the “spiralling stars” is relevant. “Phel” is uncommon in English, but might derive from the Celtic, meaning “beauty”, which could imply “beautiful star”. Omphalos means the centre or hub of something, & refers to a hollow conical stone regarded by the ancient greeks as being the centre of things. So the Omphalos Rift (“described as a gateway or tunnel through which a parallel universe can be accessed”, which ties in with the Raxxla lore as a gateway to other universes) is a Rift related to something conical. It all sounds to me reminiscent of a Black Hole, which may have stars spiralling around it, the cone is the matter spiralling & falling into the event horizon. There is a theory that a Black Hole in one universe may be a White Hole in another and so the BH represents a Rift. Black Holes have, I believe, been in-game from the outset.

so I am pondering the hypothesis that Raxxla is a black hole that could transport a ship to another universe, though this might be a one-way trip, or the parallel universe might be very limited in scope. So that might be what Raxxla is, don’t have a clue where it is...
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Seems we had the same idea, or pretty close. ;)
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...-Find-Raxxla?p=7469586&viewfull=1#post7469586
 

Macros Black

Macros Black
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