Reminds me of the moving button programs/web pages that you can't catch to click on
"The Stones"
- Thread starter Jmanis
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Not really. Of all the players watching the binary codes, you were the only one on that planet.
The binary codes spanned three days and lengthened the time the playerbase was engaged.
The planet was luck. The system choice wasn't though, and was very straightforward deduction.
I assumed Thargoids were going to be involved. After the binary was revealed to be coalsack, i went to a random system in the guts of coalsack, where i found a bunch of FCs. Erring on being creative (which this wasn't) i just thought "Well, if it's Thargoids, Pleiades tells me there's more likely thargoid presence with Ammonia worlds/ giants."
A quick eddb search gave me the nearest system with an ammonia world, which is where this concluded. There wasn't any FCs either, so that was good enough for me.
There's barnacles all over the coalsack now .. and knowing the people who would be following this, once that was noticed within minutes they'd be combing systems with ammonia worlds, so it wouldn't have taken long.
All that is predicated by knowing coalsack is where this was going down. Without that info, nobody would have even thought to have gone that way; indeed the investigator trail in local Galnet may well have pushed more interest towards Barnard's loop on a false hunch before thinking to check the coalsack, could've been days before that happened, since Pleiades, cone sector and whn have been focal for goids to date.
A quick eddb search gave me the nearest system with an ammonia world, which is where this concluded. There wasn't any FCs either, so that was good enough for me.
There's barnacles all over the coalsack now .. and knowing the people who would be following this, once that was noticed within minutes they'd be combing systems with ammonia worlds, so it wouldn't have taken long.
All that is predicated by knowing coalsack is where this was going down. Without that info, nobody would have even thought to have gone that way; indeed the investigator trail in local Galnet may well have pushed more interest towards Barnard's loop on a false hunch before thinking to check the coalsack, could've been days before that happened, since Pleiades, cone sector and whn have been focal for goids to date.
Yes. Thought it was a local bug, as it was clearly moving below the surface - I was flying at about 100 meters, the signal showed at 500 meters distance but still as solid circle. Did someone park their FC inside the planet?
Well I got on a bit late but this has been a pretty cool little adventure so far today. I've not read all the spoilers but opened enough of them to get the gist of things and confirm that I was on the right track.
One point I'd add though -
Not only is Coalsack the only large nebula nearby in that general direction, but the Musca Dark PJ-P system where you started the day is 295 ly from the crashed Sidewinder. Even if many of the searchers were misdirected towards Barnard's Loop, this clue is clear enough that I think some number of folks would have gone to check out Coalsack, even without the binary hints. And as you say, once folks are looking there, it would be rapidly apparent that there are barnacles where there weren't any known before. And since it's well known today that barnacles mean Thargoids, that would lead people directly to searching M-class stars with Ammonia worlds. By my count, there are only four systems satisfying both conditions - has an AW and a single M-class star - within 50 ly of the center of the Coalsack.
One point I'd add though -
Actually it seems to me that the Sidewinder data core does lead pretty directly to the Musca Dark system. Says Prof Carver in the log:
Not only is Coalsack the only large nebula nearby in that general direction, but the Musca Dark PJ-P system where you started the day is 295 ly from the crashed Sidewinder. Even if many of the searchers were misdirected towards Barnard's Loop, this clue is clear enough that I think some number of folks would have gone to check out Coalsack, even without the binary hints. And as you say, once folks are looking there, it would be rapidly apparent that there are barnacles where there weren't any known before. And since it's well known today that barnacles mean Thargoids, that would lead people directly to searching M-class stars with Ammonia worlds. By my count, there are only four systems satisfying both conditions - has an AW and a single M-class star - within 50 ly of the center of the Coalsack.
This'll teach me to look closer at the messages. Though it's still not a direct reference, it's easy enough to work out i guess. Still makes the binary overkill to me
Kind of - I've "encountered" an NPC Krait MkII yesterday; poor chap was stuck about 100m below the planet surface. This might be just bugs (not the alien kind).
Im confused about the direction of travel, which meant the clue was misleading or required a leap of faith. We discovered the listening post in Synuefe XE-Y C17-7 after plotting the course the Adamaster was meant to be on before disaster struck (Musca Dark Region > Chukchan > HIP 39748 > HIP 33386 > direction of Bernards Loop), but Synuefe XE-Y C17-7 was mentioned in the ship log as the place the Adamaster picked up the request to visit the Musca Dark Region in the first place via the listening post (the Admaster ship log states it came from listening post in a system with single K star and 11 bodies (Synuefe XE-Y C17-7 actually has 12 bodies hmmm). So it was doing a loop? Got orders from Listening Post, picked up mystery artifact > headed toward Chukchan to drop off artifact to biotech company and then was due return to listening post to await new orders? Why a listening post in the middle of nowhere? I guess secrecy would explain it, just the loop idea required for the clues to make sense wasnt exactly logical.
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Acutally I think :-
The log states : with a single K star "AND" 11 bodies. Synuefe XE-Y C17-7 actually has a single K star AND 11 bodies.
Even though the Honk would report 12 because it counts the stars. (the single K class).
Well thats how I read it anyway.
yeah thats fine more like semantecs, but the direction of travel confused me, I was trying to find the listending post by plotting 370ly from Musca Dark Region roughly toward Bernard Loop as that is where the ship came from before it reached Musca Dark Region, I know the clue from the private detective that gave an actual path toward Bernard Loop that could be extrapolated to make it far more practical, but the direction doesnt make sense, unless of course the listening post was the Adamasters "base" system and it was doing a loop which wasnt clear from any clue.
? The Local News in Chukchan is the one that mentioned a flightplan (from Chukchan) of 370Ly - why are you thinking 370 Ly from Musca? Am I missing something?
The Adamastors Ship Log states that it reached the geological survey base in Musca Dark Region from the listening post in the System with "K Class Star 11 Bodies" (Synuefe XE-Y C17-7).
The Private Detective however was postulating on information about its planned trajectory after dropping off the artifact in Chukchan, although as we know disaster struck somewhere after HIP 69200 (I dont think anyone has tried searching systems between HIP69200 and Chukchan), but yeah the direction of both clues dont match, unless you assume its doing a loop which feels a bit of a leap of faith especially as the log says it "stopped by" as if on a linear course, I guess it could return the way it came, maybe to check the listening post once more, there is no clue inferring why it would head back to the listening post after dropping off at Chukchan.
The Private Detective however was postulating on information about its planned trajectory after dropping off the artifact in Chukchan, although as we know disaster struck somewhere after HIP 69200 (I dont think anyone has tried searching systems between HIP69200 and Chukchan), but yeah the direction of both clues dont match, unless you assume its doing a loop which feels a bit of a leap of faith especially as the log says it "stopped by" as if on a linear course, I guess it could return the way it came, maybe to check the listening post once more, there is no clue inferring why it would head back to the listening post after dropping off at Chukchan.
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That's how I took it (leaving from Chukchan that is), the flight plan mentioned in the galnet article would seem to support that it would have left from Chukchan as well.
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Umm, ok. I assumed the flight plan was for the original flight. There was no flight plan after it returned to Chuk, as it was an abandoned ship on autopilot at that point.
You realize all that is 200 years old?
Yeah this one. I can't see anything to suggest what the detective says in Galnet was for a flight plan after it returned... as any such flight plan would be for November, given the timeframes involved.
That, and everything found so far aligns with it being the departure plan
Right so my confusion stems from that Private Investigator report as I didnt pay attention to the date stamp:
quote from post "According to local news reporter rumors in Chukchan, the Adamastor was heading for the Witch Head Nebula on 26 10 3111"
Except that the systems mentioned in the flight plan lead directly away from Chukchan and down towards Barnards Loop.
But there is active Thargoid ship today, as witnessed by all who visited crashed SRV. There's a Thargoid coming down and hovering, so they are there.