UA Mystery Thread 3: The Canonn

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EAGLE 5

EAGLE 5
So I'm back in a sidewinder (by choice) trying to work up my admission fee to Peregrina (btw. awesome ship I forgot how fun it was to fly one and combat is challenging) and I was just admiring the scenery when I see this:

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Doesn't the side's cooling shutters look an awful lot like the "horns" that light up on the UA?

What if that is what they do? They dissipate heat from the UA when it does its thing?
 

bitstorm

bitstorm
avgroenink said:
Does the invulnerability to damage during the FSD countdown include heat damage? And does it start the minute you engage the FSD?
In other words, just wait for the timer to finish and when you haven't had any heat damage at that point you can just hit Engage?
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Yeah it's all damage. When the red 5 seconds countdown hits you take no damage.

It does not start the minute you hit the FSD button, only during the final 5 second countdown.

The UA does its first corrosion event 30 seconds after dropping out of hyperspace, this means you have a 5 second window (might be 10 actually been a while since I measured) after FSD cooldown to hit the jump button, and if you do it in that period you're essentially invulnerable to UA damage.

So it's drop => quick scoop => jump => repeat.

Is why a 7A scoop is wanted, anything less and you have a fuel deficit due to the small scoop window.
 
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rizal72

rizal72
Iomrais said:
Just a thought, did not see that this was tried on the wiki, but has anyone tried using the fuel transfer limpet thing on it? Or a prospector limpet for that matter?
Edit: Just a quick note, SSS do spawn in Pleione, this one was pirates, but will keep looking. Was very intrigued by the damaged thargoid ship mentioned in EFE here.
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Fuel limpets and prospector were added very recently, like the sap8, so it's very unlikely.
If Zenith will lend me his UA I will take it to Pleione again, for another more detailed trip (it was done already).

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Derthek said:
but have we let it die in a black hole...?

Specifically sacrificing it to SGR A*...?
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No, not sacrified. But I think Ecco is planning to do it in SAG A
 

Derthek

Derthek
Han_Zen said:
It's not possible. The BEZ is far outside the event horizon. It will be sacrificing it in space quite a distance from a Black hole.
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Ah, i supose youre right.

although...
In my experience you can get 15 km from the BH before it pushes you out. Theoretically you could jettison the UA as soon as you leave SC. The UA will then travel about 3km closer after being released. Best case seneario you end up with the UA floating about 10 km from SGR A*. I dont know much about event horizons but thats pretty dang close.
 

Zenith

Zenith
SagA* is a unique case. The BEZ will be thousands of km wide, if you can reach it. I got close and took heat damage back in April.

Rizal72, no problem about Sivert. I'll be online later this evening as well.
 

Iomrais

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rizal72 said:
Fuel limpets and prospector were added very recently, like the sap8, so it's very unlikely.
If Zenith will lend me his UA I will take it to Pleione again, for another more detailed trip (it was done already).
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Wasnt suggesting to take a UA to Pleione, was just mentioning the presence of SSS, it was suggested to do some checking there in regards to content from EFE, particularly the paragraph for Pleione referencing the damaged Thargoid ship. Probably nothing, but figured it's worth a look.
http://sirocco.dream-ware.co.uk/thargmissions.html

 

Han_Zen

Han_Zen
Derthek said:
Ah, i supose youre right.

although...
In my experience you can get 15 km from the BH before it pushes you out. Theoretically you could jettison the UA as soon as you leave SC. The UA will then travel about 3km closer after being released. Best case seneario you end up with the UA floating about 10 km from SGR A*. I dont know much about event horizons but thats pretty dang close.
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It's close, but if you manage to get 'inside' you are just pushed out again. At least I think so.
The game mecanic is a bit upside down.

I have a feeling that the Black holes are more a source than a destination.
 

Derthek

Derthek
Zenith said:
SagA* is a unique case. The BEZ will be thousands of km wide, if you can reach it. I got close and took heat damage back in April.

Rizal72, no problem about Sivert. I'll be online later this evening as well.
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ahh okay. I have been to SGR A* twice, tried to kill myself there the first time because I dreaded the journey home.
I remember taking heat damage as well although recently it seems BH no longer give heat damage.
Never noticed the BEZ distance but if thats the case then NVM. Altough i would still love to see a UA left to die inside the BEZ at SGR A* :D
Just need a second UA...

Speaking of my UA, I'm gearing up for my 12 Elite marathon Tomorrow! Here is my hauler "Derthek's Dreadnought" (click here)
I'm going to be outfitted with AMFU because I wont be participating and I need to carry the Toxic waste to give to others.
If any one else shows up with an AMFU I will shoot you out of the sky >:3
No cheating!
 
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Ratking15

Ratking15
Derthek said:
ahh okay. I have been to SGR A* twice, tried to kill myself there the first time because I dreaded the journey home.
I remember taking heat damage as well although recently it seems BH no longer give heat damage.
Never noticed the BEZ distance but if thats the case then NVM. Altough i would still love to see a UA left to die inside the BEZ at SGR A* :D
Just need a second UA...

Speaking of my UA, I'm gearing up for my 12 Elite marathon Tomorrow! Here is my hauler "Derthek's Dreadnought" (click here)
I'm going to be outfitted with AMFU because I wont be participating and I need to carry the Toxic waste to give to others.
If any one else shows up with an AMFU I will shoot you out of the sky >:3
No cheating!
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uhhh why such a small cargo hold?
 

Rockyrocket

Rockyrocket
Ecco said:
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDange...known_artefact_brought_to_sagittarius_a_done/

Unknown Artefact brought to Sagittarius A! Done with one Anaconda, no repair breaks, no passing of the UA. Experiments have commenced and we are dumping the UA into the core of our galaxy as a sacrifice to the Thargods!

Only a few screenshots for now but more coming soon!
http://imgur.com/a/TDFGR
We originaly anounced our plans to go to Sag A with the UA back on 8/21
Video of BH dump to follow as well!
For anyone asking about how I did 26,000 light years with the UA doing RNG damage to my ship and not stopping for repairs or my Power plant going bellow 83%.....

  1. Low mass stuff in every Anaconda slot. Just sort by Mass and pick whatever is the lowest. More modules means the UA does RNG damage to a larger pool of options. Power Plants can't be repaired until 1.4 so you need the RNG to hit ANYTHING but the PP.
  2. 7A fuel scoop and jumping as soon as you can. Have you ever noticed in combat how once the countdown of your Frame Shift Drive starts no matter what hits your ship you take 0 damage? Well same works with the UA. the countdown for the RNG damage starts when you warp into a system. So just make sure the countdown of your next warp has started when the damage ticks.
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Outstanding well done sir!.

Hardly want to post this now but Mine is now making its home at Jaques until it is moved again.
I know one has already been, but did we wait until the move/server reboot sequence? - not expecting anything but hell why not?.
 
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