this just sums up to me how good it COULD be and how much it isnt.
How about selling a UA in sirius star system ? Has this been attempted
Already looked into a connection between Sirius and the Alliance. Apart from a few guys on reddit, doesn't seem to be one.
Yes there was a CG to search for Halsey. It reached all but the final tier.
Up to this point I have only loosly followed all of this but your post has intrigued me. I think I'll start trying to look into this whole thing as well.
To start I decided to do step 3 of your action plan. I flew to Azaleach and docked at Leoniceno Orbital and checked out the BB. For me it appeared to be a completely normal BB. There were lots of missions instead of only one. There was only one mission out of all of them that was to obtain Ancient Artifacts but it was from one of the local factions. I checked both the mission I could obtain as well as the ones I could not.
My relevant stats:
Federation = Warrant Officer and Allied
Empire = Outsider and Friendly
Alliance = None and Neutral
Combat = Expert
Trading = Merchant
Explorer = Ranger
It should also be noted that I have never seen or even been near a UA in game. So I am not sure if the whole BB thing is rank related or not. I may not have seen the mission because my rank is too low or maybe it is because of my Empire rank. I think I'll start going over the old Galnet info and maybe try visiting the various systems and stations listed to see if I can find anything. Maybe after that I'll try going back to Azaleach to check out the BB again.
"President's Visit to 78 Ursae Majoris Disappointing
25th May 3301
After what many residents have called 'years of neglect from Sol', President Halsey made a brief appearance aboard Seddon Gateway yesterday. Thousands gathered to welcome the President as she was ferried over from Spaceflight One. Sadly, upon arrival the President was whisked off to the bridge to meet with local dignitaries, leaving most residents to return home disappointed.
GalNet sources aboard Seddon Gateway report that the President spent much of the day receiving visitors in the Captain's Cabin. Most, but not all, of the President's visitors were members of Federal organisations which still operate in and around 78 Ursae Majoris. Those questioned indicated that during their meeting, the President mostly spoke about ways in which the Federation could help better support small and medium sized business interests in the area.
In the evening, Seddon Gateway played host to a diplomatic dinner between President Halsey and Prime Minister Edmund Mahon. The Prime Minister arrived at Seddon Gateway without fanfare at some point in the early evening. After Mahon's arrival, the two faction leaders are reported to have spent several quiet hours enjoying dinner away from the vast majority of their entourages. What the two leaders discussed during their time together remains a mystery.
Spaceflight One safely departed 78 Ursae Majoris this morning, and will now be travelling to Saga in order to continue the President's tour of Federal frontier systems."
The Truth is Out There
Despite claims that the disappearance of Starship One was due to a failure in the ship’s Frame Shift Drive, rumours abound about a more sinister, possibly extraterrestrial explanation.
Alex Snoori, host of the popular interstellar talk show Beyond Top Secret, had this to say to his listeners.
“It’s an outrage, that’s what it is. Do you think those Martian fat cats that rule over us want you to know the truth? I don’t think so.”
“Learn your history, people. It wasn’t all that long ago that our ancestors were being plucked out of the black right into the belly of bugs. Wake up sheeple, you don’t want to be sitting around dressed up like mutton when they come for you. Do not let the government tell you lies. You’re smarter than that.”
“There’s been a lot of hullabaloo about strange things being found out there recently. Weird, pulsing, alien things. I don’t know where they came from, but I do know that they’re creepy, and gross, and almost certainly dangerous. You think it’s a coincidence that the President went missing just weeks after those THINGS turn up? Don’t be so naive. WAKE UP sheeple, you’re being lied to.”
Aliens Kidnapped the President
Aliens Kidnapped the President
The spectre of President Halsey’s disappearance in Starship One refuses to die down. Despite the findings of the official report some claim that the matter is far from closed. One such person is self-proclaimed conspiracy expert Ricardo Bentonio on his investigative show ‘The Hidden World’:
“They took her for their own purposes. Not the lizard people from Andromeda, that’s the Imperial Dynasty. She’s been taken somewhere different.”
Federal Navy officials refused to comment on this allegation. One Congressman was overheard joking “Does anyone listen to that loon’s shows? Except his precious lizard people from Andromeda, of course!”
Extraordinary Transmission Contesting Dr Arcanonn
After recent terrorist activities in 78 Ursae Majoris, GalNet received multiple reports about a single transmission regarding Dr Arcanonn, that has been broadcast via various radio stations throughout known inhabited space simultaneously without their approval.
GalNet was provided with a recording of the audio message:
“It doesn’t matter who I am. My message is clear and simple. You have all been deceived by a charismatic individual calling himself a scientist, full of misled ambitions, going by the name of Dr Arcanonn. He is taking advantage of the picture in your head of him being peaceful and reasonable for the greater good, but your support is being utilized and shamefully exploited. But who am I to trust? What do my words of prudence, my voice of sanity matter?”
“Just look at his last statement, indirectly acknowledging terrorism, clearly showing that he is willing to do everything to achieve his own goals.”
The voice goes on, describing the researcher’s various unsafe attempts to solve the artefact’s secrets and describing the Doctor’s demands for information as a masked attempt to sow the seeds of discord between them. The message closes with a call to stop the group’s support:
“Don’t let yourself be fooled. Open your eyes and see the clear truth unfolded in front of you. I’m asking for your sanity! Don’t let history repeat itself! Remember!”
It is still unknown how the coordinated transmission was achieved, as it presents a serious effort.
The respective station owners are also researching how that broadcast was routed into their programmes and deny any previous knowledge or even support to allow this transmission.
ANOTHER ALIEN RACE.
J.F.
It must be that the silly news season has started early this year. Reports in journals which will try anything to increase their circulation are normally easy enough to dismiss: when they are tied into hard news stories like the recent loss of the Highliner Antares then the morality of the news hounds (we can call them nothing more opprobrious) who perpetrate these fictions must be called into question by any responsible member of the journalistic profession.
Your reporter watched the departure of Antares on her maiden voyage, the monolayer streamers glinting in the harsh light of Sirius as she moved gently away from the orbital habitat and out to launch range. Spacemen talk of a graveyard of lost ships, a place where all who lose their lives in the colossal drive to colonise the galaxy rest in gentle luxury.
We can be sure that the great Highliner Antares is now of their company.
EXPERIMENTAL ENGINES WITHDRAWN.
J.F.
The shipyards of Sirius L4 have announced that the new experimental hyperdrive engines, the Mk 3b, are being withdrawn from service for an indefinite period. The engines have proved fractious in use, probably because of the extreme temperatures reached by the main reactors in routine use and the reduced shielding introduced to enable greater sub-light acceleration to be achieved. We can easily forget that the design of new engines, as shown in the recent sad loss of the Highliner Antares, is not an exact science.
We can take some little satisfaction, however, in the news that the Imperial war fleet is still testing its latest drives after three years.
Quite simply - we do things better here.
. We need to find it, and we can.the Antares incident seems really important
Cease an desist notice
Cmdr,
It has been noticed you have been spreading false rumors regarding the disappearance of Starship One. Rest assured the unfortunate accident has been thoroughly investigated, and the findings all point towards a rare, yet reproducible, technical failure. While this is undoubtedly hard to accept for all of us, spreading false hope and misinformation helps nobody. It also causes grief and concern to all loyal Citizens in general and the friends and relatives of late president Halsey in particular. You are therefor requested to cease and desist spreading these falsehoods immediately.
Your answer might help us find the Antares.
how so?
basically they have been procedurally generated from all systems far from sol, which don't have a lot of neighbouring systems. e.g. you could "farm" them in sothis (cleos, robigo, takauara), but as well in conopus/exphiay, pratchetts disc, jaques station - i'm just mentioning where i checked personally.
I've already repped you in the UA thread, Popov!
AWESOME!
Rep to both of you Popov Le Magnifique (virtual, sorry) and Vithia.
Great read. So, which way is the Antares?
UB
I've already repped you in the UA thread, Popov!
AWESOME!
Hello again CMDRs and theorists. ....
Thank you. Well I wanted you to answer Almagest, Sothis, Ceos, Robigo and others indeed. Why? Because the controlling faction is Sirius Corp. It recently announced a new programme to boost its economy (Sirius Corporation Announces New Programme, and I thought it was the reason why LR smuggling missions started to appear more frequently.
In my mind, FD wanted us to unconsciously scour Sirius Corp. controlled systems in order for us to "stumble across" a Wreckage Signal of the Antares. I haven't seen any indication of Antares's destination point, so I simply deduced it locked on another Sirius system.
What do you think?
Thank you very much riz@l, guys like you are the reason why Vithia and I took the time to do that.