UA Mystery Thread 3: The Canonn
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If you are chatting or other time consuming activity, then set your hatch to repair. You can then relax, apart from the rest of your ship getting cheesed
Here is an interesting article crew possitions on the Avro Vulcan.
Read the section about the Air Electronics Officer.
http://studysupport.info/vulcanbomber/crew.htm
Read the section about the Air Electronics Officer.
http://studysupport.info/vulcanbomber/crew.htm
Why don't you try as there's a gold mine of UA's out there? Also I'm wondering if the current galnet articles about station melfunctions is a problem that we need to figure out to stop from happening.
Given that the Scarab will have a 2t cargo capacity - with the seeming implication that cargo can be selectively transferred from ship to SRV - does anybody know if it's been mentioned that SRVs can dump cargo in a manner similar to our ships' jettison option? I'm expecting so. Landbound piracy fun and all that. (Author may've maybe might have skived watching the recent footage prior to typing this gubbins.)
Just trying to think ahead here. To planetary landings and their (perhaps) impact upon the UAs.
Assuming Floaters are still pointing at Merope when Horizons hits, will the UAs still reorient themselves to face the star if dumped on the surface of a planet or moon?
I suppose the question here is, will they exhibit the ability to do more than rotate in place - and even if they do, won't that require maintaining propulsion to keep themselves from being plonked back down on the surface at any number of awkward angles by the body's gravity?
Hell, even if they no longer point at Merope, same question at heart. Will they do more than rotate and actually have propulsion?
If so... Er. Oh, there was a point to this when I starte... Oh, yeah. Will they evade scooping in space with such a development in their automotive abilities? (Which'll mean something, even if only in answer to the oft-touched sub-topic: Are/Were the UAs being dumped for Us to move them around, by deliberate design?)
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Just trying to think ahead here. To planetary landings and their (perhaps) impact upon the UAs.
Assuming Floaters are still pointing at Merope when Horizons hits, will the UAs still reorient themselves to face the star if dumped on the surface of a planet or moon?
I suppose the question here is, will they exhibit the ability to do more than rotate in place - and even if they do, won't that require maintaining propulsion to keep themselves from being plonked back down on the surface at any number of awkward angles by the body's gravity?
Hell, even if they no longer point at Merope, same question at heart. Will they do more than rotate and actually have propulsion?
If so... Er. Oh, there was a point to this when I starte... Oh, yeah. Will they evade scooping in space with such a development in their automotive abilities? (Which'll mean something, even if only in answer to the oft-touched sub-topic: Are/Were the UAs being dumped for Us to move them around, by deliberate design?)
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Maybe if you have a UA in the scarab and hit 88MPH you go back in time?
This shell around Merope of UAs, is there any chance it could fortify into an impenetrable jump shield, if so are there gaps which could allow passage through it should this happen, is the shell multi UA thick, if it were a force field would FD be happy with players trapped on either side, and do such posts as this really annoy those of you that hate bad grammar?
I don't agree with much of that either.
I don't agree with much of that either.
I finally got around reading the galnet article. Something strikes me as interesting in this statement:
"Hey, I read the news. I'm not stupid. First they take those alien pods there, and then there's a complete technical breakdown. Didn't they say those AEO things damaged machinery? Join the dots, man!"
First he calls them alien pods.. then AEOs. I may be overzealous but that reminds me that recently they added occupied cryopods to the list of items to be found in game. Also isn't occupied cryopods the cargo that is found in he new armored convoys which replaced the old UA convoys? Could this mean that whoever is shipping this stuff may have found a way to open the UAs and transport its contents in a pod? or perhaps the pods themselves may be part of the UA which have been separated from the whole assembly. I can't help but feeling that this article is hinting that the UA mystery may be tied to these new convoys.... and that's been done before.
Also join the dots... that I can't put my finger on it but sounds an awful lot like another hint....
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I just spent some time in systems within the 130-150 LY range from Merope and no UAs found there. Perhaps there are gaps in this... enclosure that allow for passage should it become an actual structure.
"Hey, I read the news. I'm not stupid. First they take those alien pods there, and then there's a complete technical breakdown. Didn't they say those AEO things damaged machinery? Join the dots, man!"
First he calls them alien pods.. then AEOs. I may be overzealous but that reminds me that recently they added occupied cryopods to the list of items to be found in game. Also isn't occupied cryopods the cargo that is found in he new armored convoys which replaced the old UA convoys? Could this mean that whoever is shipping this stuff may have found a way to open the UAs and transport its contents in a pod? or perhaps the pods themselves may be part of the UA which have been separated from the whole assembly. I can't help but feeling that this article is hinting that the UA mystery may be tied to these new convoys.... and that's been done before.
Also join the dots... that I can't put my finger on it but sounds an awful lot like another hint....
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I just spent some time in systems within the 130-150 LY range from Merope and no UAs found there. Perhaps there are gaps in this... enclosure that allow for passage should it become an actual structure.
That's why it would be so useful to have a station in the Pleiades nebula. Now... imagine that!!!
We could do with a few more people in the cg. There is hardly any profit to be made so I think regular money oriented players are giving up. Those with a vested interest in the station need to get their finger out
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A lot of focus has been given to selling ua to trigger station malfunction. Have we considered that storing ua at a station might be the cause. AFAIK one of the Canonn storage ships is in 49 A. There could be a disinterested ua holder in wally.
Well, I just collected and dumped four of the blighters in my chosen station. Will try and dump some more later tonight (heading out now). Intentionally keeping where secret for now
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Don't you dare sell them in Neville Horizons.
Dommarraa's point about the CG is absolutely right.
The UAs/AEOs are going to be around after next Thursday - the CG will be done by then.
We'll all get one shot at this - and talking about how great it'll be - which it will - is a moot point if it doesn't happen!
There's clearly much more going on with the UAs, of course, and figuring it all out is what this endeavour's about.
Consider this though: there were lots of potential places for the station to go, but we were given a shot in the heart of UA activity.
That could be very important to the UA story...
The UAs/AEOs are going to be around after next Thursday - the CG will be done by then.
We'll all get one shot at this - and talking about how great it'll be - which it will - is a moot point if it doesn't happen!
There's clearly much more going on with the UAs, of course, and figuring it all out is what this endeavour's about.
Consider this though: there were lots of potential places for the station to go, but we were given a shot in the heart of UA activity.
That could be very important to the UA story...
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Elite is a harsh mistress for me right now. I've been trading metals for the CG from the nearest station despite the non-existent profits, searching for UAs for a variety of tasks, and fighting to stabilise the home system of my (small) group's minor faction. I think I saw a topic somewhere titled "What keeps you playing Elite" and this pretty much sums it up for me
Bovomit/Regor Sectors, anyone?
Never fear, it's just some nearby backwater. No way would I chance taking 4 UAs at once that far
EDIT: Oh, wow, I just realised how close Peregrina is...
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In the case of a newly locked-off region, wouldn't it be a gas to be trapped the other side? Still, in that event, we know Frontier can relocate vessels so... who knows? (Kinda hoping, though.)
But to answer the specifical query what you did end your post at kinda like... Come again?
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Elite is a harsh mistress for me right now. I've been trading metals for the CG from the nearest station despite the non-existent profits, searching for UAs for a variety of tasks, and fighting to stabilise the home system of my (small) group's minor faction. I think I saw a topic somewhere titled "What keeps you playing Elite" and this pretty much sums it up for me
Oh yeah - I know - I get two nights a week play time, and I've still got to get back to the bubble before I can even consider taking part in anything first hand!
And I too will have the same dilemmas - grab UAs, try to crack that mystery, get into our system and support our current strategy for expansion etc...
When I left in May for exploring, I only had my own personal goals to pursue. On my return, there's almost too many to be getting on with!
So yeah - we all do what we want to do; I just hope we don't miss out on this station opportunity - it could be huge.
Hmm, let's say the AEOs are of Thargoid origin and a kind of territorial marker. They're demarcating an area of space, which to them pretty much means "ours!" and will be moving in soonish. Effectively, it'll become the Thargoid bubble like the current Earthling/Terran bubble.
OK, and now that leads me to an interesting question, especially if you're trapped for a period in the hypothetical Thargoid bubble, and I'd be interested to hear all your answers:
Given the choice, would you join the Thargoids?
You might need to in order to survive, but then you could put up a fight from within 'enemy lines' as you see it, guerilla warfare style.
You might choose to join them in order to promote cooperation between our kinds.
You might choose to join them in order to gain favour with a new powerful force in the galaxy.
You might choose to join them because they're hostile to us, but you dislike humanity and want to see our world burn.
Or would you just want to destroy them, because they're not like us?
I for one welcome our new Thargoid overlords
OK, and now that leads me to an interesting question, especially if you're trapped for a period in the hypothetical Thargoid bubble, and I'd be interested to hear all your answers:
Given the choice, would you join the Thargoids?
You might need to in order to survive, but then you could put up a fight from within 'enemy lines' as you see it, guerilla warfare style.
You might choose to join them in order to promote cooperation between our kinds.
You might choose to join them in order to gain favour with a new powerful force in the galaxy.
You might choose to join them because they're hostile to us, but you dislike humanity and want to see our world burn.
Or would you just want to destroy them, because they're not like us?
I for one welcome our new Thargoid overlords
In the case of a newly locked-off region, wouldn't it be a gas to be trapped the other side? Still, in that event, we know Frontier can relocate vessels so... who knows? (Kinda hoping, though.)
But to answer the specifical query what you did end your post at kinda like... Come again?
thargoids can relocate vessels too
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