Alien Encounters

[albert]

So next Thursday, 26th Jan 2017 we will at 7pm GMT convene in the system of Meene, at Felice Dock.

This post is constantly evolving so check back and reread regularly and try and prep before the meet up. Maybe in pairs would be fun over the weekend.

All the community knows about this mission so far. Spoilers a plenty but I suggest reading the ship and prep info so you don't waste your time arriving under spec. The event is 1 week into a 4 week mission.

You can go out and get a head start as you can help others on the night if you are already advanced. Nothing lost doing this.

As each person needs to gather artifacts from the site and store them on your ship, you should do this in solo mode so you have personal access to the objects for collection. Afterwards we can group up to start scanning obelisks.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=4672165&viewfull=1#post4672165

The group mission plan is not to all meet at a point and then fit out ships for half the night, preparation is key to having the time on the night to explore.

Stop now if you don't own Horizons, we will be landing on a planet, so you need the expansion to do this. â,¬18.99 on kinguin.net.

The destination is 240Y from Meene. That means you need a 15LY capable FSD to make you trip on 20 or less jumps or suffer the extra hops. A Fuel Scoop will be required otherwise you'll have to find stations along the way to refuel.

A Cobra with an A class FSD would be ideal. A vehicle hangar is needed, with a vehicle. Some cargo space. Minimum requirement. It may not require a fighting ship.

I can advise on how to get this fitted and cover off any other questions on TS.

It would be good to have a few people try this out.


Archived:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n2W6xEyM20 - 48:39

Some facts on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/5m9t09/thargoids_first_contact_videos_theories/

So unannounced and totally unexpected, Frontier have just thrown aliens into Elite. Apparently the ship is massive and in VR mode is stunning. It's pretty much a standard encounter so far but you can scan the ship and it's frame shift wake.

The way to attract the ship is by acquiring an Unknown Artifact (UA), basically an alien object from a USS (Unidentified Signal Source) called Anomonly Detected Threat 4, pick up the artifact you find in space and plot a course to the nearest station. These were first discovered around Merope System within a 150LY radius from Merope.

You'll be interdicted out of Hyperspace, not Supercruise like normal.

If you want to know more about these UA's they are objects that can damage your ship whilst in your cargo hold, unless you have anti-corrosive protection on the hold especially designed to help ship such objects.

You can take them to a station and sell them to the market, and they start to damage the station.

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[Chaosphere]

This is pretty cool! That guy's jaw must have hit the floor.

[albert]

I watched a few videos and certainly the level of excitement was pretty high. I'm not sure how much other content is out there, Frontier don't actually put everything in their patch notes, they try to leave it as a surprise and a certain event triggers the new content.

I hope they have some thing there to continue the story.

On another note: http://www.edrpg.co.uk/ is kickstarting this month. It's a book based RPG with many crossovers to the game, I'm excited to see how this will be able to work with the game and bring a story with it. I liked the Elite novels as they talked about the ships and stations, factions and bases in the game.

[albert]

So this first sighting started a trail of clues and uncovered a mystery as to the origins of the Guardians. It lead to the site of some ancient ruins with obelisks that contain lore and information. The site is:
Ancient ruins 1
SYNUEFE XR-H D11-102 | 1 B
-31.7877
-128.9711

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd-6JiHzJW0 - Pick up the mission before you leave so as to qualify for the reward.

From there the mystery can be picked up and followed. There is no conclusion yet, only the promise of a 100 million CR bounty for everyone who gets to the bottom of the challenge.

It's 390LY from SOL. so any ship with 15LY jump range can do this quite quickly.

I'm up for running a search and discovery mission to investigate this and see if we can uncover a few of the clues.

I know not many people are online in Elite a) at the same time and b) playing with dMw people. If a few folks would be interested in having another go, this could be a nice group mission to undertake.

Anyone interested?

[Chaosphere]

I would be. Will need to dust off my ship... best to arrange a time for this as I'm snowed under with shifts atm it'd ideally need to be planned in advance

[albert]

I suggest next week Tuesday evening. Avoid landing on other gaming evenings. Best we start sooner than later so it's still around.

Even if we can get 3 or 4 people it'll be fun and boost their funds up over 100m cr.

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[Chaosphere]

I'm out of the country until Wednesday next week :/

[sulky_uk]

i would be good for next wednesday

[RogueTaylor]

Yeah I would be happy to get the old vulture out and do a group mission, it sounds like a blast if we can get some good numbers.

Also enjoy you time away chaos .... will miss you

[albert]

Thursday?

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[albert]

Things you'll need:

- Horizons. We need to land on a planet!
- A ship with a size 3 optional slot spare for a hangar and SRV
- a jump rang of at least 15LY to avoid going insane.

These are prep work items for everyone. So we do these in advance. Otherwise we will spend the evening doing prep work.

You can optionally accept the mission in advance and jump into orbit at the target planet. I recommend doing this.

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[sulky_uk]

ahh horizons.....

[albert]

Yep shyt. But if you were really into the game you'd probably have bought it for a fiver at xmas.


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[albert]

Obtain Mission at: Felice Dock, Meene - The mission will appear as a notification as soon as you dock.
Alien Ruin Location: SYNUEFE XR-H D11-102 Planet 1 B co-ords -31.7877 -128.9711

[Chaosphere]

Thursday?

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Thursday I can probably do. Time to hop on Elite and remind myself how not to die too much.