I think 1 and 4 are good and also the most likely to be answered. It’s something he can say that would confirm we aren’t wasting time but also without giving away the whole bag. I would amend #5 to be “is TDW, as described in the Codex, in game and discoverable?”
The Quest To Find Raxxla
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I'll drop this here beacuse I was not able to find again the interview with D.Braben video.
Someone asked him about Raxxla and the answer was:
DB: "- It would be more likelly to reveal itself to a group of players."
Interviewer: "- How so?"
DB: "- If you are at the right place and you scan it enough..."
Interviewer: "- Advanced scanner or the basic one?"
DB: "- Basic scanning is enough."
Interviewer: "- But you have to be Elite..."
DB: "- You have to be Elite."
If someone could help me find this video again... I watched it before the release of Horizons.
Someone asked him about Raxxla and the answer was:
DB: "- It would be more likelly to reveal itself to a group of players."
Interviewer: "- How so?"
DB: "- If you are at the right place and you scan it enough..."
Interviewer: "- Advanced scanner or the basic one?"
DB: "- Basic scanning is enough."
Interviewer: "- But you have to be Elite..."
DB: "- You have to be Elite."
If someone could help me find this video again... I watched it before the release of Horizons.
Some good comments there Commanders!
Need someone to collate comments & progress ths list and submit the questions on the day; unfortunately that day IRL I am busy and will have to catch up afterwards.
Is there a source to authenticate that “honked but not discovered” is incorrect? We’ve not found one so far either for or against.
Need someone to collate comments & progress ths list and submit the questions on the day; unfortunately that day IRL I am busy and will have to catch up afterwards.
Is there a source to authenticate that “honked but not discovered” is incorrect? We’ve not found one so far either for or against.
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Never heard that one, and I’ve only recently watched all the vids on the FD YT channel- find the source and update action for Macros??
Edit: was this definitely for Raxxla? YouTube or other? Vid or audio??
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'More likely to reveal itself to a group of players' would seem to negate the comment that 'it's a journey everyone must make for themselves'. Like exact opposite. This was probably in reference to FR
I was under the impression that a basic scan was the passive scan that happens automatically when you're close enough. I may be wrong ive only been playing roughly 2 years
Quite sure it was a Youtube video... and it was before Horizons at a time basic scanners were still available
True but it could also be taken (if this was pre FSS) that you didn’t need a ADS since you can technically find all planets in a system with just a basic one, and at that point you’d have the old fly upside down around the planet for ages looking for a structure of some kind, which would be easier to achieve in a group. From that point if the structure had items to scan etc perhaps there are generated missions that you can’t share with others since it would be unique to you. Scan and then “retrieve this item from such and such a system” and it would be a unique mission item to you. And so a series of these or something of the like is something you would have to do alone.
By the way I see the opposition (SC) now has a rogue planet- a Gas Giant named Min with 4 moons and no star. Of course in SC there are wormholes to access other systems, so not quite the same problem as finding a rogue planet in ED.
I figure the people (and potentially reptilians) in this thread are certainly a group of players, if nothing else. 
I havent seen the crazy penguin shoot down the idea of hints lately for a while. Last i heard he was in a hurricane, i hope all is well...
I havent seen the crazy penguin shoot down the idea of hints lately for a while. Last i heard he was in a hurricane, i hope all is well...
Regarding the rogue planet, which is classified as a star type... while looking for the video I mentioned before, there's a discussion where they say that there's no limits for planet's size but the bigger ones are able to retain their atmosfere, hence a gas giant... and from in-game description, these Y class stars are actually gas giants with stellar propperties.
So, a Rogue Planet could be a Class Y star not big enough to keep its own burning atmosfere... which over time turned itself onto a planet...
So, a Rogue Planet could be a Class Y star not big enough to keep its own burning atmosfere... which over time turned itself onto a planet...
No, not Formidine Rift-related. The Zurara is detectable, as I remember (it’s a while since I visited her) when within the usual 1000ls; though probably now detectable by FSS scan on entry into system. And rank is irrelevant to finding her.
If Koben is correct in his recollection of this then it must be either Raxxla and/or TDW station; it sounds more like the latter, which may be rather telling if the context was Raxxla-I suspect Raxxla may be a Guardian/Goid planet-sized ship and TDW station might well be orbiting it. It would be an appropriate place for a band of adventurers/explorers to locate their station.
I suppose until someone finds the video where this is said it should be viewed the same as 'someone honked the system and left'. Not to attempt to discredit anyone at all
No, that contradicts basic astrophysics. A star (even a Y class) is basically different from a planet and the atmosphere isn’t burning, its undergoing nuclear fusion for which the density and temperature must be huge.
However in programming ED, FD have allowed the ‘star class’ to include various types of object including a rogue planet-that allows for the abiliy to jump to a dark system (rogue planet with no star) since we can only jump to objects that are members of that ‘star class’. When we can find one! There is no guarantee that one exists in-game; there are other types of object in thta class which have not been observed (yet)
Y dwarf systems should be dark. I've been to many that have surface temperatures of your freezer.
Fdev has decided in their infinite wisdom to portray dark systems as bright purple
Fdev has decided in their infinite wisdom to portray dark systems as bright purple
RE: DB "- It would be more likelly to reveal itself to a group of players."
I dont recall this one but using a little logic, previously the basic scanner had limited range. You had to honk a few times to scan an entire system and even then you could miss something. If this recalled Q/A is correct DB maybe referencing the mechanism of older exploration.
I seem to recal another 'unfounded' DB qoute that supposedly was along the same lines; in that you should have to scan multiple systems in the area for it to reveal itself. This was disproven some time ago.
Groups of Cmdrs working together in exploring may using that theory find it quicker, and multi honks would eventually and naturally uncover it. If correct it doesn't really provide much insight other than its a multi scan object, no clue as to where.
But now of course our current module negates this theory surly?
And dont call me Shirley.
I dont recall this one but using a little logic, previously the basic scanner had limited range. You had to honk a few times to scan an entire system and even then you could miss something. If this recalled Q/A is correct DB maybe referencing the mechanism of older exploration.
I seem to recal another 'unfounded' DB qoute that supposedly was along the same lines; in that you should have to scan multiple systems in the area for it to reveal itself. This was disproven some time ago.
Groups of Cmdrs working together in exploring may using that theory find it quicker, and multi honks would eventually and naturally uncover it. If correct it doesn't really provide much insight other than its a multi scan object, no clue as to where.
But now of course our current module negates this theory surly?
And dont call me Shirley.
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True that Y class are most often described as Substellar objects, however the data shows a Y class and Rogue Planet as star types. Would seem strange to have the same body classified as two different things. Plus some Y types would then scan as Rogue Planets since that’s the data description.