UAs, Barnacles & other mysteries Thread 7 - The Canonn
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Saw this on facebook and figured it ought to go on record here (apologies if it's old news).
Each time i jump to Merope i do an advanced discovery scan (just in case) and i've had the system data for their for a few months. This time i decided to land on Merope 5c and do one. Guess what? 3 new objects discovered but nothing has changed on the System map. Anyone else had this??
Each time i jump to Merope i do an advanced discovery scan (just in case) and i've had the system data for their for a few months. This time i decided to land on Merope 5c and do one. Guess what? 3 new objects discovered but nothing has changed on the System map. Anyone else had this??
I keep getting the detailed scanning noise from 5c, and I got an actual detailed surface scan message from 5, yesterday. I'm just not clear enough on how that works to know if that's normal or not. (and not going to swear an oath that I close-scanned 5...)
Edit- to clarify, I had an event where the scanning noise started up as I approached 5c, so I stopped right above OC facing the planet to let it finish, and it never finished. I went to OC and it quit when I turned the nose away and didn't come back, so I'm calling that just a one time bug unless other people get it to do something more interesting.
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Hey ho, another theory bites the dust.
might be worth Gypsy12 commenting what graphics settings he has, whether using Oculus
Please record any BGS states in system if you find a UP, some of us think they are related although we have differing theories.
I have spent some time looking in Empire space myself but not found anything more interesting than Hafnium so far.
I remember mate, I remember.
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If I am not mistaken, the pings that come back from a Advanced discovery Scanner are supposed to be so accurate that you, in theory can tell the number of objects, direction and distance (if you had hearing good enough).
Perhaps there is merit in recording this and trying to slow it down and break it down to see if you can identify all known bodies, or at least match 'a' ping for every major body, and see if there are some pings unaccounted for. If it is really as detailed as rumoured, then trying to locate that missing body from the scan pings.
A long shot I know.
Maybe- The sound I'm talking about is the one you get when you're close enough to a planet for the detail scan and it starts working, (not the honker).. it always sounds exactly the same to me.
Like you say, it might be interesting to look at the honker audio and see if one can actually detect the local planets, and if so, make sure they match what shows up in the map. It would be funny if the honker did something different or found an extra thing near merope5c
An idea could be that the surface scanner (If thats what your talking about) will make a scan if something has changed on the planets surface. If this is scanning again something on the surface has changed since last scan.
If this is the case a suggestion would be to scan, take a picture of the planet from each of the sides (I know circles
) but you get what i mean make sure your close enough for the detail to show. Next time you scan take these screenshots again from the same points. Maybe use coords as the image name for each shot.
Compare the two if a part of the surface was changed check out where and how it has.
Typically a scanner will only scan to update a change in the surface. I had this very same scan during a bugged planet that had a hole in it and fd fixed the hole. My system map showed i had scanned the planet but yet the scanner ran its duty again on it.
Maybe Devs are changing the surface for something big for our next hint. Or maybe for planetary bases to be placed but it is worth doing. Im currently outbound to jaques but when im back il also do this task for my own science
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Forgot to mention you will need to wait some time for the full planet view due to dark side. not sure on that timer but suppose you can interval it during your other work
If this is the case a suggestion would be to scan, take a picture of the planet from each of the sides (I know circles
) but you get what i mean make sure your close enough for the detail to show. Next time you scan take these screenshots again from the same points. Maybe use coords as the image name for each shot.Compare the two if a part of the surface was changed check out where and how it has.
Typically a scanner will only scan to update a change in the surface. I had this very same scan during a bugged planet that had a hole in it and fd fixed the hole. My system map showed i had scanned the planet but yet the scanner ran its duty again on it.
Maybe Devs are changing the surface for something big for our next hint. Or maybe for planetary bases to be placed but it is worth doing. Im currently outbound to jaques but when im back il also do this task for my own science
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Forgot to mention you will need to wait some time for the full planet view due to dark side. not sure on that timer but suppose you can interval it during your other work
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Just a quick stop in here before hitting the sack.
My initial attempt at a spreadsheet for the UP Search can be found here. Feedback will be much appreciated. Especially about any info columns that are missing/obsolete, formatting, etc. Haven't done too many Google Spreadsheets, so consider this a novice attempt, at best!
As far as I can see from this forum, there are10 11 UP Convoy sightings reported. Some are confusing however, as several people from the same wing and/or test-crew are talking about what may, or may not be the same UP Convoy. The names registered are all the initial reporter in this thread, as I could figure it out from perusing a couple of hundred pages, not necessarily the person who actually spotted the USS and/or convoy. There clearly are gaps to be filled in, some are deliberate (like system info, as I'm not in-game and don't really trust "off line" webpages), some are because of missing info, and some are probably just things I've missed. Please help me fill these gaps if you are able. PM works just as fine as replies in the thread.
Please also let me know of UPs that are not registered here. I don't follow Reddit or Discord, nor am I a member of the Cannon page. So there may be more reported there that I don't have.
And, for any new sightings; it would be very nice if they could cover atleast most of the open spots in the spreadsheet, even though I understand that all of them can't be covered always. And afaik, there hasn't been a single UP Convoy that has been wake-scanned yet, so one of those would be nice to add to the collection (hint, hint)
Finally; I have marked Davanix' report in red on purpose. This sighting was debated a bit in here, and the initial information and followups were a bit inconcise, conflicting to a certain degree, and changing from update to update. There is also no other corroborating information about this, other than Davanix' OP and followups. I am not saying that Davanix is lying about it, just that it raises a few more questions than the other reports here. So, it is included, but marked as an "anomaly" if you will. I hope that doesn't cause any hard feelings from Davanix.
Thank you, and have a good night.
PS: Bug reports, requests for edit access, etc etc, are more than welcomed! Please feel free!
My initial attempt at a spreadsheet for the UP Search can be found here. Feedback will be much appreciated. Especially about any info columns that are missing/obsolete, formatting, etc. Haven't done too many Google Spreadsheets, so consider this a novice attempt, at best!
As far as I can see from this forum, there are
Please also let me know of UPs that are not registered here. I don't follow Reddit or Discord, nor am I a member of the Cannon page. So there may be more reported there that I don't have.
And, for any new sightings; it would be very nice if they could cover atleast most of the open spots in the spreadsheet, even though I understand that all of them can't be covered always. And afaik, there hasn't been a single UP Convoy that has been wake-scanned yet, so one of those would be nice to add to the collection (hint, hint)
Finally; I have marked Davanix' report in red on purpose. This sighting was debated a bit in here, and the initial information and followups were a bit inconcise, conflicting to a certain degree, and changing from update to update. There is also no other corroborating information about this, other than Davanix' OP and followups. I am not saying that Davanix is lying about it, just that it raises a few more questions than the other reports here. So, it is included, but marked as an "anomaly" if you will. I hope that doesn't cause any hard feelings from Davanix.
Thank you, and have a good night.
PS: Bug reports, requests for edit access, etc etc, are more than welcomed! Please feel free!
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Those are standard BGS stories about war / civil war. What is confusing you is that the factions listed will be in a war in another system but the news gets posted in every system they have a presence in. In my opinion its a bug but the devs seem to want it that way. Damn annoying when you're looking for a specific article and your local news is cluttered with false reports of a war, election, retreat, boom, etc in another system.
We launched a pre-emptive strike and took control of their capital shipyards at Beta Hydri instead.
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Just a quick stop in here before hitting the sack.
My initial attempt at a spreadsheet for the UP Search can be found here. Feedback will be much appreciated. Especially about any info columns that are missing/obsolete, formatting, etc. Haven't done too many Google Spreadsheets, so consider this a novice attempt, at best!
As far as I can see from this forum, there are 10 UP Convoy sightings reported. Some are confusing however, as several people from the same wing and/or test-crew are talking about what may, or may not be the same UP Convoy. The names registered are all the initial reporter in this thread, as I could figure it out from perusing a couple of hundred pages, not necessarily the person who actually spotted the USS and/or convoy. There clearly are gaps to be filled in, some are deliberate (like system info, as I'm not in-game and don't really trust "off line" webpages), some are because of missing info, and some are probably just things I've missed. Please help me fill these gaps if you are able. PM works just as fine as replies in the thread.
Please also let me know of UPs that are not registered here. I don't follow Reddit or Discord, nor am I a member of the Cannon page. So there may be more reported there that I don't have.
And, for any new sightings; it would be very nice if they could cover atleast most of the open spots in the spreadsheet, even though I understand that all of them can't be covered always. And afaik, there hasn't been a single UP Convoy that has been wake-scanned yet, so one of those would be nice to add to the collection (hint, hint)
Finally; I have marked Davanix' report in red on purpose. This sighting was debated a bit in here, and the initial information and followups were a bit inconcise, conflicting to a certain degree, and changing from update to update. There is also no other corroborating information about this, other than Davanix' OP and followups. I am not saying that Davanix is lying about it, just that it raises a few more questions than the other reports here. So, it is included, but marked as an "anomaly" if you will. I hope that doesn't cause any hard feelings from Davanix.
Thank you, and have a good night.
PS: Bug reports, requests for edit access, etc etc, are more than welcomed! Please feel free!
No probelm dude and no hard feelings i just havnt had the time to spend 5-6 hours looking for convoys as my work schedule and when i get the chance ive been doing CGs i will eventually follow my find but not right now as i just simply havnt the time to do so
awesome, arguendo! happy to be proven wrong on the ranking for up spawns.
on the other hand, this convoy has the same thread level as the free floating UA. I think the threat level is a reference, there are clearly harder or different "threat" levels regarding the number.
and don't forget also to check the posts by the time Rizal or patau found the firsts ups. a lot of people went to Ross and after hours they found nothing. I have to assume the system was in the same state but it could have changed after the first convoy was attacked too. hard to tell.
on the other hand, this convoy has the same thread level as the free floating UA. I think the threat level is a reference, there are clearly harder or different "threat" levels regarding the number.
and don't forget also to check the posts by the time Rizal or patau found the firsts ups. a lot of people went to Ross and after hours they found nothing. I have to assume the system was in the same state but it could have changed after the first convoy was attacked too. hard to tell.
Somewhat frustratingly, back in May I did propose a CG which was conversion of an Extraction outpost to a Military one, based on the fact my home faction has siezed numerous other systems with extraction facilities, and they could spare to lose one of the six in their home. Certainly not to expand out to Pleiades though. The whole concept was based on Halsey's ramblings, combined with the "militant frontier protectionist" feel I'm trying to go with my home faction, being genuinely worried about foreign invaders and that the frontiers would be the first hit.
Sadly I've not heard anything back yet, but with the launch of this, I'm waiting for another "Too similar to an existing CG" for this one, a-la my UA CG vs the MA CG. The idea was to ship chemicals to the station (with a spin-off being that one such legal good for the CG is Nerve Agents), while you'd ship Battle Weapons to help the tech level on offer at it.
Great work, just the type of info needed. o7
+1 if I could, it have to wait, out of stock.
The ADS has infinite range, it's not supposed to matter if you're in space or on the surface. If what you're saying is correct, they've added new functionality to it. Now we just need to figure out how this new functionality works.
I have tried this and get nothing new must be a glitch for you
It does happen but it's rare. There isn't a lot of motivation since if you're looking for glory you're not going to get it (without good evidence you don't tend to get much credit here even if what you say ends up being accurate), and trolling doesn't really work for the same reason. So I don't think assuming bad faith as a default is a healthy position for the community to take.
Emmm is it normal for a system authority vessel to come out of nowere and kill you in your srv for a measly 500 credit bounty?? lol
Proof is here
http://steamcommunity.com/id/DaveSkillz/home/
Proof is here
http://steamcommunity.com/id/DaveSkillz/home/
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It happens, yes.
PS, they keep flying overhead most of the time, you just don't spot them while you're in the SRV except when they are really close.
The Scanner for the SRV have limited range.
If you have TrackIr or mouselook - pay attention to the wave scanner - notice some 'ship signals' now & then, then look up. You'll see them fly past you oevrhead.
Mostly civilians, sometimes police, sometimes pirates.
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I;m currently out on a stroll out onto the surface of Merope 5c. I came down as close to what I would consider the centre of the face facing Merope 5 (1.3890 -121.0640) and imeadiatly noticed something very strange. This may be old news but...
...the wave scanner is completely dead. Nothing. Nil. Nadda. Not the slightest peep. It is as flat as a fart. I know it is working as if I point at my ship I get a signal. Everywhere else: nothing. Silence. It like being in a dampening field or something.
EDIT: it seems rocks are still picked up. But there is no background noise. At all. It makes finding rocks rather easy. Still very odd.
...the wave scanner is completely dead. Nothing. Nil. Nadda. Not the slightest peep. It is as flat as a fart. I know it is working as if I point at my ship I get a signal. Everywhere else: nothing. Silence. It like being in a dampening field or something.
EDIT: it seems rocks are still picked up. But there is no background noise. At all. It makes finding rocks rather easy. Still very odd.
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