I think the old worlds may be very important. I suspect that 'Mother of galaxies' may refer to Galaxy 1, from the Galcop maps.There the "old" systems may come into play. As stated above. (Systems from Elite (1984) thread).
I analyzed those system too some time ago and generated a blender model to see those systems in 3D without any obstacles.
See my post (and a screenshot) here: Systems from Elite (1984)
My hope was to "see" something special. It was not a "wow" moment, but it was interesting to see that most of the systems form some kind of own "bubble".
AND: The systems Erlaza, Aten, Atius,Rain and Ra are outside of this bubble. 5 systems, almost a pentagon. Maybe that could mean something.
Others have mentioned this too and I think that's also a valid point: As a software developer, creating a new instance of an old classic, I would (like FDev) add something from the "legacy" application into the new game. So that players could say "Wow! Look: Lave! I remember that from my old days on my Amstrad/C64/BBC.. whatever)
So the developer/designer chooses a handful of common systems to be added to the new game. One, two, maybe five.
But why added FDev so many? And they span over multiple old maps. As I wrote in my post:
"..why use planets of map 1,2,3,6 and 8? Why not 4 or 5? Or just from map 1? .."
Lave 2 moon was Raxxla in some novels. Lave 2 moon is missing in ED. Raxxla has been suspected to be a rogue planet. Rogue planets are an undiscarded possibility in ED. What has been lost...... and Lave seems to be missing a moon..
My current hypothesis is that TDW knows the direction from the old worlds and that the Astrophel stuf tells the direction from Sol or Tau Ceti.Mmmmhh... IF the TDW's toast tells us where Raxxla is, then TDW has already found Raxxla, or at least knows where it is. Which, imho, is highly dubious and questionable.
Keep in mind, "Mother of galaxies" in the English localization. "Mother of all the galaxies" in some other. Is Cassiopeia to be considered as the mother of all the galaxies?
Now that "W" shape is interesting, because it can be viewed as a crown shape. In Russky localization of ED, the jewel burns in the Korona (crown).
Are there other "jewels burning in crowns" ?
The brightest star in the Corona Borealis is 2nd magnitude Gemma, sometimes called the "crown jewel."
https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/alphecca-northern-crowns-brightest-star
Those novels were fan fiction, weren’t they?Lave 2 moon was Raxxla in some novels. Lave 2 moon is missing in ED. Raxxla has been suspected to be a rogue planet. Rogue planets are a undiscarded possibility in ED. What has been lost...
Who the hell stole Lave 2 moon ???
Somthing like that. I’m on holiday at the moment, so this is mostly in my head for now.Yes, ofc. Would have been too nice... But did Lave have that moon in former Elite games ?
You mean a line Sol - Vega and another Lave (or so) - Cassiopeia ?
Is there a system you can target from 27 Cass that would aim through the black hole from the direction of having charged your fsd after scooping the main star? This would be my series of foolishness to tryOn a side note, there are not many scoopable stars containing a Neutron AND a Black Hole but the Thargoids seem to like them.
Heading from the bubble I ended up at the main star. It was a long burn to the Black Hole ( I went directly there ) and then as I got close things went very strange. The nearby nebulae was directly behind as was a peculiar bright star ( possible supernova ).Is there a system you can target from 27 Cass that would aim through the black hole from the direction of having charged your fsd after scooping the main star? This would be my series of foolishness to try
Yes, ofc. Would have been too nice... But did Lave have that moon in former Elite games ?
You mean a line Sol - Vega and another Lave (or so) - Cassiopeia ?
Should we open the plotters and calculate vectors ?
Sir I would have been peeing myself with terror and excitementOkay. Here's the rub. I traveled to the Neutron star. I super fueled my drive. Then I returned to the Black hole. I stayed in supercruise as long as possible before dropping out. I looked to the left to anchor my sight on the Milky Way as it does disappear near this thing. I saw it accelerate backward. I know what light distortion looks like. This was NOT that. Hell, there was a rumble as if I was about to jump. But as usual, I dropped out of supercruise. Guys, I am an old git and not one for speculation or excitement. but I would like someone else to do the same.
... 27 Gamma Cassiopeiae. ...