Agreed totally.....any race that exists alongside our timeline could have attained intergalactic and dimensional travel along a totally symbiotic science that we just do not have, like many have said, their ships look ''grown'' and not ''built'', I remember and excellent series on TV ages ago called ''Lex'' and the ship was ''born'' and only one man could pilot it, the pilot that was ''joined'' to it....''Lex'', I cannot remember the ships name though.
UAs, Barnacles and other mysteries Thread 8 - The Canonn
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If its the same ship. Like i said it may have jumped
The ship was the Lexx, superbly strange German sci-fi weirdness.
In my head, most of the planets in the game are like Potatohoe.
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I think that's the bottom, unless the ship crashed while trying to back into a tight space
Can't get rid of the thought that parts of it - the "legs" - are modeled after a praying mantis of sorts. And the "wings" maybe as well.
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That's an high jump into space!
However, I believe that, while the "wings" stay always spread and somehow slowly rotate (like it can be seen in the leaked video), the "legs" can be folded around the central "bulge".
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indeed, I agree:
Crab + Mantis + Alien's xenomorph = not friendly?
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Yep that's what I saw too, legs around a central core, possibly with a changing geometry as it fly's. Possibly legs down for attack maybe.
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That's an high jump into space!
However, I believe that, while the "wings" stay always spread and somehow slowly rotate (like it can be seen in the leaked video), the "legs" can be folded around the central "bulge".
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indeed, I agree:
Crab + Mantis + Alien's xenomorph = not friendly?
and now we will appricate the amaut of capital ships the feds stationed at the pladies
I've visited the site and also looked underground with the debug cam and had the idea that the parts were connected, not just placed side-by-side. See screenshots. The parts attach in a similar way, and always in the groove between two 'corners' of the octogonal [cool] shape. Here's two screenshots of two different attached parts; the 2nd shot is taken from underground:
And if the video shows the same thing, this also supports that the parts belong to the same object. In any case, how likely would it be that
- two objects crashed at exactly the same place with high speed (see the rubble; they would have to be entangled to crash like that)
- alien ships of two different races would look so alike (I'm referring to their overall color, the greenish glow, and their organic shapes)?
If it had been two alien ships in a fight or somehing like that, they would probably look distinct from each other and crash in different places.
And if the video shows the same thing, this also supports that the parts belong to the same object. In any case, how likely would it be that
- two objects crashed at exactly the same place with high speed (see the rubble; they would have to be entangled to crash like that)
- alien ships of two different races would look so alike (I'm referring to their overall color, the greenish glow, and their organic shapes)?
If it had been two alien ships in a fight or somehing like that, they would probably look distinct from each other and crash in different places.
Right, time for me to install this Pascal Titan X that I accidentally bought the other day in a drunken stupor...
And then head on over to the crash site
Will it make any difference with an OR CV1? Any real advantage over a 1080 or 1070?
I can't speak about vr but my 1080 is struggling with planets and stations at the settings I run the game at so that extra horsepower will most likely be useful
Thanks for your answer, but yeah in this case i can't really be bothered. The OP post about hunting for UP works really well for me (20-25mins to get an UP), and i don't want to clog up support with stuff that's "easily" replaced. Was just after a collection of "it's known to explode if you do "x"" or rather asking if one existed.
What i found out, just loosing the 4th UP in 2 days, is that surface scooping an UP for the second time makes it disappear IF you haven't entered your ship in between the drops. So for now i just won't drop them from orbit (always disappears) or for a second time after putting them on a SRV. Going to keep an eye out for consistent ways to make them glitch, if there's more (confirmed by 2-3 experiments) i'll post here.
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Just been on the crash site with a CV1 and it runs fine
I am running 2 Titan X in SLI though
Taking advantage of the quite moment, I've modified the FP, moving everything concerning the UP in the UP SECTION, post#3.
The new FP structure is now:
First Post (post#2) for BREAKING NEWS, as always.
Second Post (post#3) for everything regarding the UP and Barnacles.
Third post (post#4) for everything regarding the UA.
The order is chronological as much as I could, where what's on top is more recent then bottom.
Fly safe.
The new FP structure is now:
First Post (post#2) for BREAKING NEWS, as always.
Second Post (post#3) for everything regarding the UP and Barnacles.
Third post (post#4) for everything regarding the UA.
The order is chronological as much as I could, where what's on top is more recent then bottom.
Fly safe.
Is there a reason we don't rely on the ED Wikia more?
Seems like there's already significant Canonn input there already - e.g.: http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Unknown_Probe
Would save a bit of effort on that first page itself and posting a useful link is more helpful as a response to newcomers than 'read the first page'.
The point being, how many posts are you going to end up needing to reserve for the various elements of the various mysteries as it develops.
Why not just maintain a list of links to the Wikia and spend the effort keeping those pages up-to-date?
Obviously, the first post for 'Latest Developments' is still useful.
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That's an high jump into space!
However, I believe that, while the "wings" stay always spread and somehow slowly rotate (like it can be seen in the leaked video), the "legs" can be folded around the central "bulge".
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indeed, I agree:
Crab + Mantis + Alien's xenomorph = not friendly?
Not to hard from a low grav moon
Like a space flea or tick
It has to have legs for a reason
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Legitimate question
I don´t know how a spider thinks, was just one of multiple possible approaches - short one actually, 8 legs -> octal??The wiki was already a failure during UA times.
The issue is that everyone can edit it, resulting in a mess. We gave up.
I prefer to have complete control on what I write, with the issue/benefit of being the only one responsible for what is written there.
No need to reserve other posts, I'll just move content from one to the others as new mysteries will come.
I'm already foreseeing a new section called THARGOIDS or ALIENS
In a couple months I'll have enough material for a book (Drew advised!)
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For my 10 pence worth - in all previous encounters of the third kind in Elite Dangerous, we've found UA in convoy THEN free floaters, then Barnacle sites, UP in convoy, THEN free floaters, then crashed ship. Now, if this planetary "item" is similar to the UP found in this pattern then it denotes the end of a chain maybe. HOWEVER, could it be the start of a new one? i.e. we've found one at a location, maybe next we look for "free floater" - could there be one of these things in a USS somewhere nearby? Even possibly with a low percentage chance of being found?
The discovery of this bit is likely to have led to a "trigger" of the next part of the puzzle, and as it doesn't appear to contain significant new information directly at the crash site, and as it appears to be a ship of some sort (at least, something that flew at some point), I'd be looking to the skies nearby to find more!!!!
The discovery of this bit is likely to have led to a "trigger" of the next part of the puzzle, and as it doesn't appear to contain significant new information directly at the crash site, and as it appears to be a ship of some sort (at least, something that flew at some point), I'd be looking to the skies nearby to find more!!!!
The wiki was already a failure during UA times.
The issue is that everyone can edit it, resulting in a mess. We gave up.
I prefer to have complete control on what I write, with the issue/benefit of being the only one responsible for what is written there.
No need to reserve other posts, I'll just move content from one to the others as new mysteries will come.
I'm already foreseeing a new section called THARGOIDS or ALIENS
In a couple months I'll have enough material for a book (Drew advised!)
Hmm, I think this response encapsulates the divide on how we think 'the science' should work.
Oh well, it's a tired argument and you'll keep on doing what you're doing.
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