Indeed. I personally think it's numbers mostly because there's a certain simplicity to having the four of them be the four first numbers. It fits perfectly. However, the Unknown Artifact used Morse letters instead of binary numbers, so that can't be ruled out, and it isn't unreasonable to think they should both be using the same thing: Morse.
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Indeed. I personally think it's numbers mostly because there's a certain simplicity to having the four of them be the four first numbers. It fits perfectly. However, the Unknown Artifact used Morse letters instead of binary numbers, so that can't be ruled out, and it isn't unreasonable to think they should both be using the same thing: Morse.
I tried to reason this one out yesterday.
For me it's primarily because morse is '. -' not '- |'.
Using the second notation makes it too ambiguous as morse, because you can argue for either bars to be the dit or dah.
Whereas interpreting as binary is conpletely unambiguous, except in terms of whether it's in the format 1,2,4 or 4,2,1 (LSB/MSB) - and we already have a precedent for this exact notation in the human knowledgebank: the voyager disk and more.
Voyager, as a justification, can work on both the in-game and RL levels, either has a hint towards a possible origin story of the source of the message, or as a message created by humans for gamers with an interest in space science to solve.
So, for me, I can't see a reason to choose morse over binary that makes more sense than those we have for choosing binary.
Yes, morse was used by the UA - so it's *possible* - but then why would you move from a completely accurate portrayal of morse in sound bursts from the UA, to an ambiguous notation in visual form in the UP?
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Wait, I just thought of something; Merope 5C's polar coordinates are reversed on the HUD, right? Wouldn't that mean that its magnetic field is reversed from normal? If it's the only planet in the Merope system to have reversed poles, it would suggest that 5C is much older than the other planets, as the only reasons for that happening (that I recall ) are to do with changes in output from the nearest star. Can someone please confirm/deny this?
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Just browsing the Galaxy Map while I fly to E.T;
The 'Bubble Nebula' is really weird looking. Looks like a strange ghost planet on the Galaxy Map, lol
The 'Bubble Nebula' is really weird looking. Looks like a strange ghost planet on the Galaxy Map, lol
spent two weeks barny hunting out there. beautiful blue skies but no barneys or any Encoded emission type SS's well none i found.
Wow!!! [up] [up] I solute you for figuring this all out!! But! What would happen if you took the shell of UAs around Merope as a reference sphere, not the Merope itself as you've done here? Wouldn't that give some different results? The idea that that circle could represent UAs shell, not a planet, has resurfaced here recently and I was also thinking that some time ago. But then what would be your reference points?
Iris nebula looked interesting... It's a stop on my route.
Going to visit it while I'm out this way and stop by S171 too. That place is apparently Black Holy dense and I have a humble, fear-born respect for those. I love them.
Could this be one of the crashed ships devs were talking about? Could this be a lock to UP key?
Well my six hours spent in Elephants Trunk resulted in exactly two degraded emissions signals...an afternoon well spent for sure.
The bubble nebula is pretty cool, worth a visit I would say
Here are some pics I took while I was there 
If I remember well, you were one of the first, if not the first, to propose it
Your drawings are still on the frontpage.
Cheers
Could what be a crashed ship?
I think I missed a previous comment that you are referring to lol
Interesting then, if the 3 'frames' in the signal represent a sequence of events.
- First, there's an object at the bottom right, which could represent the probe.
- Second, the UA sphere, pristine and shiny.
- Third, what looks like the 'probe' is still bottom right, brought together with a distorted image of the sphere.... or perhaps it's a perfect image of a destroyed sphere...
Something wicked this way comes..
</creepy Vincent Price voice>
Are these the ones he visited and, supposedly, one of which he found a UP in? Thanks for the list. I would have just bumbled around without it xD
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