UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 6 - The Canonn

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DMaster

DMaster
I have an idea: What if the Conda found the Barnacles or their seed far away from the bubble and want to bring them in the bubble. The first problems with the cargo hatch encountered at merope. Then the Conda jumps to Pleione on its way to the bubble. The problems went worse and the Conda losses more Seeds. Finally it crashed on PS JC-U B3-2 1. This could explain the numbers of Barnacles in each system and suggests that we have to search in the opposite direction of the bubble.

EDIT: And we need a more detailed investigation of the Conda crash-site. Perhaps we can find relevant Informations.
 
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CMDR Corlas

CMDR Corlas
Might be a good idea for people to run alot of combat patrols in the systems that Palin is expected to be traveling through, as a proactive defense against any hostile elements. I would, but out in the Spirograph Nebula right now, heading to Barnard's Loop.
 
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Zenith

Zenith
rizal72 said:
The line is "almost" straight, but we are talking about stars, so a minimal error is ok. The interesting fact is that they are in line.

I like to use http://ed-map.eu: press shift and you can have lines and distances between two or more systems ;)
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I've used basic linear equations (y=mx+c) to determine a direction following the line from Merope, through Pleione and separately through Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2.
The two vectors are very similar but do diverge slightly from each other. The difference isn't much within a couple of hundred ly, but the further you head out, the further the vectors diverge apart. They head up and out of the galactic plane, just scraping past Taurus Dark Region on one side. I've not extraploated the line in the opposite direction yet but I'll do that when I get back from my trip into town a little later.

One system that happens to be in general direction out of the galaxy is Mebsuta, also known as Epsilon Geminorum. I'm not saying it's right because it is a bit away from the vectors, but it is in the same general direction. There's also a number of HD and HIP stars along the same line. I'm preparing an Asp rigged for a fast run to check it out later this evening.
 

RollinStoner

RollinStoner
CMDR Corlas said:
Might be a good idea for people to run alot of combat patrols in the systems that Palin is expected to be traveling through, as a proactive defense against any hostile elements. I would, but out in the Spirograph Nebula right now, heading to Barnard's Loop.
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I'm currently scouting the surface of M B1BA for hostile alien activity, no signs as of yet. Hung around Obsidian for a bit earlier on, there were a number of ships. Mostly a mix of Ant Hill and the Pioneers cooperative or whatever they are called. Some commanders in asps, one in a hauler and one an orca.
 

Jorki Rasalas

Jorki Rasalas
Zenith said:
I've used basic linear equations (y=mx+c) to determine a direction following the line from Merope, through Pleione and separately through Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2.
The two vectors are very similar but do diverge slightly from each other. The difference isn't much within a couple of hundred ly, but the further you head out, the further the vectors diverge apart. They head up and out of the galactic plane, just scraping past Taurus Dark Region on one side. I've not extraploated the line in the opposite direction yet but I'll do that when I get back from my trip into town a little later.

One system that happens to be in general direction out of the galaxy is Mebsuta, also known as Epsilon Geminorum. I'm not saying it's right because it is a bit away from the vectors, but it is in the same general direction. There's also a number of HD and HIP stars along the same line. I'm preparing an Asp rigged for a fast run to check it out later this evening.
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I suspect (1) if the barnacles were naturally disseminated then you might expect them to be in a perfectly straight line, whereas (2) if they were carried by a ship (of some form) then you might expect a slightly non-linear progression to allow for refuelling & rest stops. Unless (3) each of the barnacles spread by some seeding mechanism, in which case I'd expect more barnacles to be found in a sphere around each barnacle site planet, expanding on that last possibility (4) perhaps the UAs are part of the seeding mechanism & there is a minimum distance (130ly?) they must travel before they are active to promote wider pollination (the fact that UAs have been found in a 130-150ly shell from Merope with few barnacles sites found & they are all in Pleiades counts against that hypothesis).
Since the 'conda supposedly sent out a distress call (strange we never found the pilot's occupied escape pod) then hypothesis 2 is the more likely but it might still be a combination of 2 with 1 or 3 since the 'conda may not have found them at their point of origin.

But I have a lingering doubt- it's just those Caine Massey crates have me wondering if they are actually spreading out from the bubble & its all a Fed/Imp genetic experiment gone wrong.

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entim

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rizal72 said:
Just an heads up, and a fast recap, if you don't know what do do next:
the only meaningful thing that comes up from the already discovered Barnacles is that Merope, Pleione and Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2 1 all lay in an almost perfect straight line, somehow pointing to the Taurus Dark Region Nebula and its proximities.

What I've been doing in the last few days is scouring the systems that lay in the same vector, looking for planets with mineral deposits, hoping to find new Barnacles.

Assuming that the Barnacles could be breadcrumbs that can point us to their origin.
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I was thinking on similar lines, but since the barnacle systems don't form a line, I was trying to lay a circle on them. Admittedly only using my eye sight. I've been searching systems on the circle on the past few days (just for a few hours unfortunately), but no luck yet. Better do the math and lay that circle out now.
 

keldar

K
Hey!
Today I woke up and for some reason, remembered the ending of freespace 2:

[video=youtube;3BlCM-3Ivbo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BlCM-3Ivbo[/video]

Remember when all the Shivans Juggernauts were in fact heading to the sun in order to turn it into a supernova?

Maybe UA are somehow doing the same. It is weird that they point out to Merope's sun dont you think?

Maybe Pr Palin should get the hell out of there ASAP ^^
 

rizal72

rizal72
entim said:
I was thinking on similar lines, but since the barnacle systems don't form a line, I was trying to lay a circle on them. Admittedly only using my eye sight. I've been searching systems on the circle on the past few days (just for a few hours unfortunately), but no luck yet. Better do the math and lay that circle out now.
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There's no need of a perfect line.
What I mean is that, whoever planted the Barnacles, could have come from another nebula, following a line towards Pleiades, stopping here and there along this line, seeding them. Assuming this, we could follow the barnacles backwards, like breadcrumbs, to find their seeder origin. And according to MB hints, it mist be a nebula.
 

tiger61378

tiger61378
CMDR Boozeman said:
GALACTIC NEWS: ISHMAEL PALIN TO DEPART FOR MAIA B1BA:

The professor's ship, containing a wealth of valuable research material, is expected to set off in the next 24 hours.

I will bet (One good ale or stout for ME!) that Palin's ship will be dissappear in the next 24 hours without any trace...
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I was just coming in to post about this...any bets that Palin will have his ship and escorts attacked by some oddly designated, hyper high performance Diamondbacks, and either get blown out of space or miraculously escape with his ship in horrific shape?
 

Kurt Ambrose

Kurt Ambrose
tiger61378 said:
I was just coming in to post about this...any bets that Palin will have his ship and escorts attacked by some oddly designated, hyper high performance Diamondbacks, and either get blown out of space or miraculously escape with his ship in horrific shape?
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Think there would be a way for us CMDR's to maybe escort Prof. Palin? Keep ships stationed at Obsidian, and also in orbit around b1ba? And in places on the ground on b1ba? Maybe someone will see something unusual, or prevent something unusual from happening. There could possibly be a signal source that will spawn this event in Maia, around b1ba. We could see a Python, or other ship, with a cargo hold full of "Scientific Research" (I believe that's the commodity) being escorted by other ships, and then boom, swarm of hostile, unknown ships ambushes you. That mechanic already seems to exist for SSS Naval convoys and other signal source convoys.

Either way, I think it's important that we have a time scale for Prof. Palin's departure, almost like one of those timed bulletin board missions.
 

Zenith

Zenith
rizal72 said:
There's no need of a perfect line.
What I mean is that, whoever planted the Barnacles, could have come from another nebula, following a line towards Pleiades, stopping here and there along this line, seeding them. Assuming this, we could follow the barnacles backwards, like breadcrumbs, to find their seeder origin. And according to MB hints, it mist be a nebula.
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There are no nebulae either forwards or backwards along the line. The closest object is Taurus Dark Region, and there's no system within 10ly of there.
 

irongut

irongut
Kurt Ambrose said:
Think there would be a way for us CMDR's to maybe escort Prof. Palin? Keep ships stationed at Obsidian, and also in orbit around b1ba? And in places on the ground on b1ba? Maybe someone will see something unusual, or prevent something unusual from happening. There could possibly be a signal source that will spawn this event in Maia, around b1ba. We could see a Python, or other ship, with a cargo hold full of "Scientific Research" (I believe that's the commodity) being escorted by other ships, and then boom, swarm of hostile, unknown ships ambushes you. That mechanic already seems to exist for SSS Naval convoys and other signal source convoys.

Either way, I think it's important that we have a time scale for Prof. Palin's departure, almost like one of those timed bulletin board missions.
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A static version of a Distress Call site perhaps. Anyone in Maia should definitly keep their eyes open, I fear Palin's ship will not reach its destination unmolested.
 

Duckocide

Duckocide
So hauled my sorry ass back to Maia after a particularly lucrative Ant Hill Mob delivery and took a trip to B1BA (or at least next door to get a look at it). I reckon Palin will build his research facility in that lovely big creator top left huh?

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Vasious

Vasious
Regarding the [missing?] Pilots seat on the crashed Anaconda
Are not there escape hatches along the side of the ship?
Are they intact?
 

DMaster

DMaster
I am actually at the crash-site: 3 hatches are intact, the rest is burried under the sand.

I am the only one who is wondering, why the yellow boxes are detected by the scarab wave scanner?
 

Zenith

Zenith
I'm happy to report I've found my own Large Barnacle on Pleione 11 A in Open.
0.8252°, 176.5609

So what's the deal with these things? I've read page 1 and there's nothing much besides a brief breakdown of the sounds and the general morphology.

How many spikes are there usually arounda Barnacle? I've got 17 around this one.
Is their spread around the Barnacle random or repeated the same at each location?
Is there a pattern discernable? Grid, spiral, Fibonacci progression?

I notice that only the central Barnacle and "ripe" meta-alloys have the blue fireflies and "gas" wisping off.
 
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