this just sums up to me how good it COULD be and how much it isnt.
UA Search re: Halsey, Galnet, Federation variables.
- Thread starter King Sancho
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Not sure, I would ask the guys in the main UA thread.
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I wonder if the failed CG lead to any Galnet reports, especially the reports stating that SS1 is gone for good.
What would of happened if the CG was completed in time? Think it would of dictated a different ending to the SS1 story?
MB... care to weigh in on this?
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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.
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.
Thanks for the confirmation Cmndr. Currently, I plan on diving back into the Glanet reports and any other literature/reports from the writers. I figure that is the main way they participate in this "hunt", by leading tidbits of information in the greater story. Let me know if there are any other ideas or leads we should consider.
One thing I plan on doing in game, is to pay more attention to the USS and SSS in the systems that are relevant to the SS1 disappearance.
Ok, so I finally had time to go over all of the Galnet reports again. It actually took me longer than I expected, but it was kinda fun. It's interesting reading the reports again with a different mindset and with hindsight. This post will be my preliminary findings and thoughts. It will probably be somewhat long.
So when I first started going through the Galnet reports the first incident that jumped out at me was the death of the VP.
At the time I thought it was only relevant as maybe a political move by Hudson to help him secure his position. Now that the most recent Galnet post have linked the VP's death to the Antares incident I think there is a lot more to this.
Now this whole thing, including the disappearance of SS1, is looking like a major cover-up with the Antares incident at the heart of it. We need more info on the Antares incident. Does anyone know if it is mentioned anywhere other than the few Galnet stories? Is it in one of the books? Was it something that happened in one of the previous games? I never had a chance to play the previous games so I am not really overly familiar with their stories and time frame in relation to Dangerous. One thing to note is that the Antares incident took place 50 years ago. That time frame may or may not be important. Just thought it was kind of interesting that it was such a nice round number, 3251 to 3301.
Just to help get a sense of what happened I put together a timeline for SS1 leading up to its disappearance.
-05/13/3301 = SS1 departs for tour. https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/13-MAY-3301
Sadly I just looked at the time and realized I have to get ready for work. When I get home I'll try and post the rest of the thoughts I have.
So when I first started going through the Galnet reports the first incident that jumped out at me was the death of the VP.
At the time I thought it was only relevant as maybe a political move by Hudson to help him secure his position. Now that the most recent Galnet post have linked the VP's death to the Antares incident I think there is a lot more to this.
Now this whole thing, including the disappearance of SS1, is looking like a major cover-up with the Antares incident at the heart of it. We need more info on the Antares incident. Does anyone know if it is mentioned anywhere other than the few Galnet stories? Is it in one of the books? Was it something that happened in one of the previous games? I never had a chance to play the previous games so I am not really overly familiar with their stories and time frame in relation to Dangerous. One thing to note is that the Antares incident took place 50 years ago. That time frame may or may not be important. Just thought it was kind of interesting that it was such a nice round number, 3251 to 3301.
Just to help get a sense of what happened I put together a timeline for SS1 leading up to its disappearance.
-05/13/3301 = SS1 departs for tour. https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/13-MAY-3301
-05/13/3301 = 05/24/3301 = We don't have any solid info where SS1 is during this time but it is presumed she is visiting various systems listed on the tour.
-05/24/3301 = SS1 Arrives at Seddon Gateway in 78 Ursae Majoris and spends the rest of the day there. Halsey has dinner With Mahon in the evening, spends the night and then leaves the next morning. This is based off of the Galnet post that happened on the 25th that Jimmymick pointed out. Since this post doesn't show up on the website I can't link to it. Here is the story.
-05/25/3301 = SS1 leaves 78 Ursae Majoris and is supposed to go to Saga. Instead SS1 heads to Azaleach for an unknown reason. Possibly because of what Mahon and Halsey discussed the night before. No way to know for sure.
-05/26/3301 = SS1 disappears. https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/26-MAY-3301 This story states Winters takes command at 15:00 and that 12 hours ago they lost contact with SS1. That means SS1 disappeared at 03:00 from Azaleach. So Halsey left 78 Ursae Majoris on the moring of 5/25 and arrived at some point that day in Azaleach. She then spent the whole day and night doing something in Azaleach, only to dissapear at 3 am when they decided to leave Azaleach. Another thing to note in the Galnet report from the 26th is that Naval Command received word 2 days ago about the unplanned detour to Azaleach. This makes it more convincing that the detour was due to what Halsey and Mahon talked about seeing as that meeting took place on the 24th.
-05/26/3301 = SS1 disappears. https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/26-MAY-3301 This story states Winters takes command at 15:00 and that 12 hours ago they lost contact with SS1. That means SS1 disappeared at 03:00 from Azaleach. So Halsey left 78 Ursae Majoris on the moring of 5/25 and arrived at some point that day in Azaleach. She then spent the whole day and night doing something in Azaleach, only to dissapear at 3 am when they decided to leave Azaleach. Another thing to note in the Galnet report from the 26th is that Naval Command received word 2 days ago about the unplanned detour to Azaleach. This makes it more convincing that the detour was due to what Halsey and Mahon talked about seeing as that meeting took place on the 24th.
Sadly I just looked at the time and realized I have to get ready for work. When I get home I'll try and post the rest of the thoughts I have.
In this next post I'll try and highlight the few Galnet reports that potentially link the SS1 disappearance to the UA. King Sancho already mentioned 2 of them.
I'll quote these articles underlining the parts that I think are the most relevant.
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/28-MAY-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/14-AUG-3301
The first report directly suggest that the UA is somehow related to the dissapearance of SS1. It is also seems to suggest that the Thargoids are involved. Also note that the article mentions learning our history. I'll explain why I think that's important in a little bit. The second report is a bit more vague and only really alludes to "aliens". However the first report did seem to suggest a link between the UA and the Thargoids so there might be something there. The only other report I could find is this one.
There are 2 main reasons I think this report is linked to the SS1 disappearance. First, it once again mentions remembering history. Same thing we saw in the other reports and also how they keep mentioning the Antares incident whenever they talk about the SS1 disappearance. Second is the timing. This Galnet report was on the 23rd. That's only 3 days from when SS1 disappeared. To me the underlined sentence seems really deliberate in how it's worded. Sadly those were the only Galnet reports I could find that seem to link the SS1 disappearance to the UA. I suppose they are all kinda tenuous links, but I don't see why the devs would bother with a Galnet report if it didn't have some meaning.
So it's hard to give a definitive answer on the link between the UA's and the SS1 disappearance, but I feel there is enough to link the 2 together. If that's the case then looking at the in game history might help with a breakthrough in the UA research. In particular the Antares incident seems really important. Also the May 28th (The Truth is out There) report would suggest that we should look at the history involving the Thargoids. I'll make one more post where I make a list of all the people, places, and groups that seem to stand out in relation to all of this.
I'll quote these articles underlining the parts that I think are the most relevant.
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/28-MAY-3301
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/14-AUG-3301
The first report directly suggest that the UA is somehow related to the dissapearance of SS1. It is also seems to suggest that the Thargoids are involved. Also note that the article mentions learning our history. I'll explain why I think that's important in a little bit. The second report is a bit more vague and only really alludes to "aliens". However the first report did seem to suggest a link between the UA and the Thargoids so there might be something there. The only other report I could find is this one.
There are 2 main reasons I think this report is linked to the SS1 disappearance. First, it once again mentions remembering history. Same thing we saw in the other reports and also how they keep mentioning the Antares incident whenever they talk about the SS1 disappearance. Second is the timing. This Galnet report was on the 23rd. That's only 3 days from when SS1 disappeared. To me the underlined sentence seems really deliberate in how it's worded. Sadly those were the only Galnet reports I could find that seem to link the SS1 disappearance to the UA. I suppose they are all kinda tenuous links, but I don't see why the devs would bother with a Galnet report if it didn't have some meaning.
So it's hard to give a definitive answer on the link between the UA's and the SS1 disappearance, but I feel there is enough to link the 2 together. If that's the case then looking at the in game history might help with a breakthrough in the UA research. In particular the Antares incident seems really important. Also the May 28th (The Truth is out There) report would suggest that we should look at the history involving the Thargoids. I'll make one more post where I make a list of all the people, places, and groups that seem to stand out in relation to all of this.
I've linked Stryder295 research in the official Unknown Artefact's Thread, because I think his Galnet researches are very interesting and useful, together with his theories about the SS1 incident and the possible UA connection.
+REP for him
here:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=175726&page=540&p=2951821&viewfull=1#post2951821
+REP for him
here:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=175726&page=540&p=2951821&viewfull=1#post2951821
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Oh my god thanks riz@l! You're the best! Such a pity I'm only discovering his posts now haha. I'll get in touch with him. Wait no. I'll share my views right here. Put your tinfoil hats on guys, here I go:
I've really been interested in the Antares Incident a few days ago when I found these journal entries while looking for more stuff related with Thargoids:
I read the galnet articles several times, trying to link SS1, the Antares and the UA together. What always baffled me was the fact that the Artifact convoys always seemed Military. I thought you could only find them in Federation space, which would have helped me drawing lines between SS1 and the UA, but nope, Imperial Navy Convoys were also found carrying UAs.
That's when I remembered the wiki bit on the UA about the INRA. It's stated in the Alioth wiki that "the Intergalactic Naval Reserve Arm was a Federation and Empire Cooperative. It's primary purpose: Develop technologies to defeat the Thargoids." No UA convoy was found in Alliance space.
The UA was said to be "quasi-organic" in nature. It emits morse and uses the English alphabet to represent our ship in a basic 3D shape.
What if the UAs were created by the INRA to defeat the Thargoids? Using their own technology against them? But what's the link with Antares and SS1?
I'd like to know the specs of their FSD to know if they were built using Thargoid technology. Halsey, after her talk with Mahon (the Alliance being a good friend of Thargoids, as they have a Thargoid ship...), decided to go to a Thargoid-related system and the FSD went crazy. The Antares probably shares the same FSD technology.
I agree with you Stryder295:
[redacted]
Thanks for reading.
tl;dr: UA was created by the INRA. Half Thargoid, half human. Same goes for the FSD of the Antares and SS1. Find Antares, find the truth.
I've really been interested in the Antares Incident a few days ago when I found these journal entries while looking for more stuff related with Thargoids:
Code:
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.
Code:
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.I read the galnet articles several times, trying to link SS1, the Antares and the UA together. What always baffled me was the fact that the Artifact convoys always seemed Military. I thought you could only find them in Federation space, which would have helped me drawing lines between SS1 and the UA, but nope, Imperial Navy Convoys were also found carrying UAs.
That's when I remembered the wiki bit on the UA about the INRA. It's stated in the Alioth wiki that "the Intergalactic Naval Reserve Arm was a Federation and Empire Cooperative. It's primary purpose: Develop technologies to defeat the Thargoids." No UA convoy was found in Alliance space.
The UA was said to be "quasi-organic" in nature. It emits morse and uses the English alphabet to represent our ship in a basic 3D shape.
What if the UAs were created by the INRA to defeat the Thargoids? Using their own technology against them? But what's the link with Antares and SS1?
I'd like to know the specs of their FSD to know if they were built using Thargoid technology. Halsey, after her talk with Mahon (the Alliance being a good friend of Thargoids, as they have a Thargoid ship...), decided to go to a Thargoid-related system and the FSD went crazy. The Antares probably shares the same FSD technology.
I agree with you Stryder295:
. We need to find it, and we can.
[redacted]
Thanks for reading.
tl;dr: UA was created by the INRA. Half Thargoid, half human. Same goes for the FSD of the Antares and SS1. Find Antares, find the truth.
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Wow someone actually found this thread. TYVM for the rep guys. I am still around and am a lurker of the main UA thread. I try to keep up on the post every day there if I can. I was actually decoding the recent morse code changes, but Rizal and FYO were a lot faster than I was so I didn't really have anything to add at the time. I have decided to follow the hinting from the Galnet articles about remembering the past. Since I never had a chance to play the previous elite games I just did some basic searching on the web to see what info I could find. I figured I would work my way backwards in the timeline so I decided to start with FFE.
After a little bit of searching I found this website: http://www.jades.org/ffe.htm
While it may not be the best looking website it does have a wealth of info on FFE. Of particular interest is the page that goes through all of the story missions (http://www.jades.org/missions.htm), and the page which talks about news articles after the main story has been completed (http://www.jades.org/3255.htm). Currently I am spending some of my spare time going through all of the news articles from FFE. You can download the articles from this page (http://www.jades.org/download.htm). They are labeled as "Decoded Journal Text". There are 671 entries and I am currently up to number 429. I haven't run into anything that seems directly related to the UA yet but I have definitely learned some interesting things about the elite universe in general. One other thing to note is that FD does seem to refer back to these news articles as indicated by the first FFE article that Popov highlights. That FFE article was practically copy pasted into the "Remembering the Antares Incident" Galnet article (https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/55bb42b19657ba152b2ff024).
Well I've got another 242 articles to get through, so I am going to get back to it. Although the articles are actually quite fun to read and I would highly recommend them to anyone who wants to learn more about the Elite universe. If I come across anything of importance I will post it right away. I will probably also post some of the more interesting articles (like the series of FFE articles that talk about the thargoids) once I am done and have compiled all of my notes.
Oh and we can take this to the main UA thread if you guys want, it just might be a bit harder to keep track of everything.
edit: accidentally linked the wrong Antares Galnet article, now linked to the proper one.
After a little bit of searching I found this website: http://www.jades.org/ffe.htm
While it may not be the best looking website it does have a wealth of info on FFE. Of particular interest is the page that goes through all of the story missions (http://www.jades.org/missions.htm), and the page which talks about news articles after the main story has been completed (http://www.jades.org/3255.htm). Currently I am spending some of my spare time going through all of the news articles from FFE. You can download the articles from this page (http://www.jades.org/download.htm). They are labeled as "Decoded Journal Text". There are 671 entries and I am currently up to number 429. I haven't run into anything that seems directly related to the UA yet but I have definitely learned some interesting things about the elite universe in general. One other thing to note is that FD does seem to refer back to these news articles as indicated by the first FFE article that Popov highlights. That FFE article was practically copy pasted into the "Remembering the Antares Incident" Galnet article (https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/55bb42b19657ba152b2ff024).
Well I've got another 242 articles to get through, so I am going to get back to it.
Although the articles are actually quite fun to read and I would highly recommend them to anyone who wants to learn more about the Elite universe. If I come across anything of importance I will post it right away. I will probably also post some of the more interesting articles (like the series of FFE articles that talk about the thargoids) once I am done and have compiled all of my notes.Oh and we can take this to the main UA thread if you guys want, it just might be a bit harder to keep track of everything.
edit: accidentally linked the wrong Antares Galnet article, now linked to the proper one.
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Greeting commander's
I'm new here but I follow your posts for a long time. (Also UA's since the thread #2)
Your theories was really interesting and I like to read them ! My old good friend, CMDR Popov Le Magnifique has played an intermediary role of the forum for me for a long time ^^
But now i'm gonna try to make my own contribution. Currently, I made some few "test" about Antares. I contact you if I have some news (good news i hope).
ps: i'm sorry for my english, I know he's not perfect but I will do my best
Keep in touch ...
I'm new here but I follow your posts for a long time. (Also UA's since the thread #2)
Your theories was really interesting and I like to read them ! My old good friend, CMDR Popov Le Magnifique has played an intermediary role of the forum for me for a long time ^^
But now i'm gonna try to make my own contribution. Currently, I made some few "test" about Antares. I contact you if I have some news (good news i hope).
ps: i'm sorry for my english, I know he's not perfect but I will do my best
Keep in touch ...
Hello again CMDRs and theorists.
Thanks to CMDR Vithia's wonderful idea, we have created a useful mind-map that compiles a lot of the GALNET (and some FFE Journal) articles. We haven't compiled everything but it's still been really helpful to come up with crazy theories (not that we needed it to achieve that anyway haha).
All right, I'll need you to put your tinfoil hats firmly on. I tried to merge and mix several theories together, in a tangible and clear manner.
*Solid Tin activated*
Here it goes:
On several occasions Halsey made a fool of herself and the Federal Navy (President Orders Strike on Federal Refugees, Faith in President Falling) . She was often criticized by Hudson for misusing it and basically failing all the time (Hudson Questions Halsey’s Motives, Late Night Session Held Over Lugh Escalation, Federal Congress Prepares for Vote). And let's face it, Hudson wanted her out (Hudson Attacks President’s History) and he always defended the Federal Navy (Shadow President Hudson Supports Navy (everything prior to 6 January has disappeared from the GALNET website.)). Smeaton was criticized for his policies, and Alder Simons, one of his partners, thought it was the "military industrial complex of old" (Investigation in to VP Death Inconclusive) who killed him.
Core Dynamics, through George Fallside (Congressman, Non-Exec Director of Core Dynamics and several other major arms manufacturers), uses Nick Baron to sabotage SS1's FSD (Core Dynamics has Links to VP’s Death?).
Core Dynamics is the ships manufacturer for the Federation, and earns a great deal of money thanks to wars and conflicts. Hudson seems like a good leader and a good business partner for Core Dynamics (A Week in Powerplay (16 October)). After Halsey's disappearance, Fallside - as a Congressman - probably used his status to help Hudson get elected.
The thing is that SS1's disappearance looks a lot like the Antares Incident. Explosive drive failure just before the jump (Shades of the Antares Incident). Nigel Smeaton (while alive), having lost a relative in this incident (Antares Incident Links to VP’s Death?), decides to investigate. He thinks it's a sabotage. He collects a lot of data, which lead him to a possible location for the Antares wreckage (Vice President’s Investigation Data Found). Sadly, he gets killed. (Federal Vice President Dies in Swimming Accident) Elaine Boyd, a reporter, investigates on his death as well as Halsey's and events related to it (Five Killed in Shuttle Accident, Two Dead in Tragic Accident). She manages to gather info, so to silence her, they decide to kill her lover, Susan Monroe (President’s Bodyguard Found Murdered ). She was Smeaton's bodyguard (Agent Susan Monroe Part of VP’s Protection Detail) at the time of his death and she was also Halsey's (President’s Bodyguard Found Murdered). Not a very good protection bodyguard if you ask me.
The scapegoat - Elaine (Federal Times Reporter Named as Murder Suspect), is powerless to the awful George Fallside. She gets killed four days after her lover's death (Famous Reporter Commits Suicide). She knew she was going to get killed, therefore she created a safety measure: were she to die, all the info she gathered would get released (Antares Incident Links to VP’s Death?).
George Fallside, thanks to Elaine Boyd, is put under the spotlight. He's asked to shut up by Core Dynamics (and probably Hudson). (Core Dynamics Issues Statement Regarding Recent Controversy)
Two questions remain:
- Why did Halsey decide to pay an impromptu visit to the Azaleach system? Was it after talking to Edmund Mahon? Deal between the Feds and the Alliance? ("She was away trying to raise support from the frontier" - Hudson Calls for Vote of No Confidence)
- And most importantly, why the Antares Incident? Was it because there was a family member of Smeaton who got into some trouble with George Fallside? Or was it simply a move from Core Dynamics to undermine Sirius Corp.'s business and get a little power boost (pun intended)? (Remembering the Antares Incident)
That's why we need to find the Antares, to know WHY Core Dynamics (and maybe the Federation) wanted to sabotage it.
I repeat, I haven't come up with this all by myself, I've just read several theories and tried to merge a few together. I'm not saying I'm right, but I like this theory. I indented the bit on the Unknown Artefact because it is a secondary topic on the theory of SS1 and the Antares. It's still very important, we just haven't compiled all the galnet articles about it yet. Plus, I simply think the Unknown Artefact was created by the INRA and it is just a means to fight against a common enemy (The Thargoids). Yet again, they are fostering fear. The UA is just a device to scare us, that will eventually call the Thargoids. But that's for another post!
Thanks for reading guys.
PS: Just for fun, my previous post on this topic triggered something interesting: a newly-created account (13/10/2015) going by the nickname of Agent8 sent me this Private Message:
Who would create an account, not post anything but send a PM to somebody that talks about SS1?
Thanks to CMDR Vithia's wonderful idea, we have created a useful mind-map that compiles a lot of the GALNET (and some FFE Journal) articles. We haven't compiled everything but it's still been really helpful to come up with crazy theories (not that we needed it to achieve that anyway haha).
All right, I'll need you to put your tinfoil hats firmly on. I tried to merge and mix several theories together, in a tangible and clear manner.
*Solid Tin activated*
Here it goes:
On several occasions Halsey made a fool of herself and the Federal Navy (President Orders Strike on Federal Refugees, Faith in President Falling) . She was often criticized by Hudson for misusing it and basically failing all the time (Hudson Questions Halsey’s Motives, Late Night Session Held Over Lugh Escalation, Federal Congress Prepares for Vote). And let's face it, Hudson wanted her out (Hudson Attacks President’s History) and he always defended the Federal Navy (Shadow President Hudson Supports Navy (everything prior to 6 January has disappeared from the GALNET website.)). Smeaton was criticized for his policies, and Alder Simons, one of his partners, thought it was the "military industrial complex of old" (Investigation in to VP Death Inconclusive) who killed him.
[ The Unknown Artefact was introduced weeks before Halsey's disappearance. Everyone thinks it's Thargoid, an alien race we fought against. They were sighted in Federal and Imperial Navy Convoys. We know the INRA is an organization composed of the Federal and Imperial Navy. The UA is quasi-organic, knows Morse (1.3/1.4) and uses the English alphabet to represent a 2D shape of the ship it scans (1.4). It points to Merope (1.4) and it was first discovered as a freefloater in the Pleiades, a Thargoid-related nebula. "Damn Thargoids!", the general public will think. ]
Core Dynamics, through George Fallside (Congressman, Non-Exec Director of Core Dynamics and several other major arms manufacturers), uses Nick Baron to sabotage SS1's FSD (Core Dynamics has Links to VP’s Death?).
[ I'm sure you remember George Fallside, he was the one who knew Smeaton had died thirty minutes before it was announced. (Congressman Had Early Knowledge of VP’s Death?) ]
Core Dynamics is the ships manufacturer for the Federation, and earns a great deal of money thanks to wars and conflicts. Hudson seems like a good leader and a good business partner for Core Dynamics (A Week in Powerplay (16 October)). After Halsey's disappearance, Fallside - as a Congressman - probably used his status to help Hudson get elected.
The thing is that SS1's disappearance looks a lot like the Antares Incident. Explosive drive failure just before the jump (Shades of the Antares Incident). Nigel Smeaton (while alive), having lost a relative in this incident (Antares Incident Links to VP’s Death?), decides to investigate. He thinks it's a sabotage. He collects a lot of data, which lead him to a possible location for the Antares wreckage (Vice President’s Investigation Data Found). Sadly, he gets killed. (Federal Vice President Dies in Swimming Accident) Elaine Boyd, a reporter, investigates on his death as well as Halsey's and events related to it (Five Killed in Shuttle Accident, Two Dead in Tragic Accident). She manages to gather info, so to silence her, they decide to kill her lover, Susan Monroe (President’s Bodyguard Found Murdered ). She was Smeaton's bodyguard (Agent Susan Monroe Part of VP’s Protection Detail) at the time of his death and she was also Halsey's (President’s Bodyguard Found Murdered). Not a very good protection bodyguard if you ask me.
The scapegoat - Elaine (Federal Times Reporter Named as Murder Suspect), is powerless to the awful George Fallside. She gets killed four days after her lover's death (Famous Reporter Commits Suicide). She knew she was going to get killed, therefore she created a safety measure: were she to die, all the info she gathered would get released (Antares Incident Links to VP’s Death?).
George Fallside, thanks to Elaine Boyd, is put under the spotlight. He's asked to shut up by Core Dynamics (and probably Hudson). (Core Dynamics Issues Statement Regarding Recent Controversy)
Two questions remain:
- Why did Halsey decide to pay an impromptu visit to the Azaleach system? Was it after talking to Edmund Mahon? Deal between the Feds and the Alliance? ("She was away trying to raise support from the frontier" - Hudson Calls for Vote of No Confidence)
- And most importantly, why the Antares Incident? Was it because there was a family member of Smeaton who got into some trouble with George Fallside? Or was it simply a move from Core Dynamics to undermine Sirius Corp.'s business and get a little power boost (pun intended)? (Remembering the Antares Incident)
That's why we need to find the Antares, to know WHY Core Dynamics (and maybe the Federation) wanted to sabotage it.
Find the Antares, find the truth.
I repeat, I haven't come up with this all by myself, I've just read several theories and tried to merge a few together. I'm not saying I'm right, but I like this theory. I indented the bit on the Unknown Artefact because it is a secondary topic on the theory of SS1 and the Antares. It's still very important, we just haven't compiled all the galnet articles about it yet. Plus, I simply think the Unknown Artefact was created by the INRA and it is just a means to fight against a common enemy (The Thargoids). Yet again, they are fostering fear. The UA is just a device to scare us, that will eventually call the Thargoids. But that's for another post!
Thanks for reading guys.
PS: Just for fun, my previous post on this topic triggered something interesting: a newly-created account (13/10/2015) going by the nickname of Agent8 sent me this Private Message:
Who would create an account, not post anything but send a PM to somebody that talks about SS1?
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Rep to both of you Popov Le Magnifique (virtual, sorry) and Vithia.
Great read. So, which way is the Antares?
UB
Great read. So, which way is the Antares?
UB
Thank you.
Innocent question (well not so innocent haha), but where did the long range smuggling missions start from? I'm near the core, farming neutron stars, so I completely missed the party (and the credits apparently...A bit gutted to be honest.)
Your answer might help us find the Antares.
Innocent question (well not so innocent haha), but where did the long range smuggling missions start from? I'm near the core, farming neutron stars, so I completely missed the party (and the credits apparently...A bit gutted to be honest.)
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.
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.
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Thanks a lot guys !!
The Antares is definitely a key for something "bigger". I hope this post will help some CMDR with the Lore of elite and the links betwen Antares and SS1.
I repeat myself but the sooner we find Antares the sooner we find SS1 ^^
This is great stuff ... virtual rep +++
will have to spend some time digesting
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Very nice - I too have been hunting in Sirius Systems ...
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Thanks. I added a bit on Fallside I had forgotten to mention. An important piece of info. It's indented.
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