Since it's a bit slower right now, I'm going to throw my theory into this thread. Please point out any obvious mistakes. And a word of warning: the longer the post goes on, the more tinfoil is involved.
To start off with: UPs.
If honked at, they deliver a signal that can be viewed as instructions on how to read the datastream. We have something similar with the Golden Voyager Disc, where the creator of the instructions is not the intended receiver of the information.
So whoever built them is probably trying to make contact with others, as it would be useless to add a key if you already know how to read the information.
Or FDev just wants to make sure that we understand the signal. But that would be a boring reason.
Next: UPs align themselves to Merope 5c and use it as a reference point. As we've not found anything special there yet, their alignment could just a hint: "Here's my reference point.". Alternatively, UPs align to Merope 5c because they need to know their position relative to it.
And now we up the tinfoil: Merope 5c is of importance to us, because we found the first barnacles there. It's not important to whoever built the Probes, but they know it's important to us. Which would mean that they can read our communications/Galnet.
How the barnacles, the UAs and the wreck fit in involves enough tinfoil to create an army of tin men, so I'll hold back on that until I get some feedback on this.
To start off with: UPs.
If honked at, they deliver a signal that can be viewed as instructions on how to read the datastream. We have something similar with the Golden Voyager Disc, where the creator of the instructions is not the intended receiver of the information.
So whoever built them is probably trying to make contact with others, as it would be useless to add a key if you already know how to read the information.
Or FDev just wants to make sure that we understand the signal. But that would be a boring reason.
Next: UPs align themselves to Merope 5c and use it as a reference point. As we've not found anything special there yet, their alignment could just a hint: "Here's my reference point.". Alternatively, UPs align to Merope 5c because they need to know their position relative to it.
And now we up the tinfoil: Merope 5c is of importance to us, because we found the first barnacles there. It's not important to whoever built the Probes, but they know it's important to us. Which would mean that they can read our communications/Galnet.
How the barnacles, the UAs and the wreck fit in involves enough tinfoil to create an army of tin men, so I'll hold back on that until I get some feedback on this.
