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Veriasse Valence
Gallente Axitek Consortium
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Posted - 2010.11.25 18:42:00 -
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Originally by: Elanamere Edited by: Elanamere on 25/11/2010 17:37:36 I'm pretty sure there were WHs in W-space before Seylin. There doesn't seem to be any other FTL method in W-space and it seems unlikely that the Sleepers have spread so quickly in such a short time. It looks more likely it was a closed system that Seylin broke into.
And I agree, the Sleepers are not happy to be stuck there. It is possible they were happy at some point though... Depends on whether they were put there or moved there and got stuck.
edit: Actually the shields -> gravimetric thing looks like a bust. I just thought of a test, shield rigs use hydromagnetics skills to build, not gravimetric as that theory would require.
For the record, hydromagnetic theories can involve stars, specifically sunspots, and galaxy formation. But of course I am thinking specifically of stars in this context. Perhaps somebody with an actual understanding of this could take a stab at it?
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Veriasse Valence
Gallente Paragon Fury Cascade Imminent
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Posted - 2011.02.03 03:19:00 -
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Considering some of the possibilities of Sleepers having connections to stars, Isogen-5 and the drones harvesting it from them, maybe a huge mechanical syringe relates more to injecting things into a sun.
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Veriasse Valence
Gallente Paragon Fury Cascade Imminent
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Posted - 2011.02.03 19:02:00 -
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Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu The scale of the tower suggests use in wormholes, not stars. It isn't really big enough to be used on stars... but seems just the right size for something meant for shoving up wormholes.
(Unless of course, one wormhole terminus was in space, and the other inside a stellar core... shove syringe into the space end, squirt something into the star end... but wouldn't the differential pressure gradient cause the star's guts to come puking out of the space terminus?)
It just strikes me that it would be unwieldy to use these large towers to try to combat wormholes, which as the Sansha have demonstrated can be used in relatively quick tactical situations. Furthermore, since certain models of rogue drones and Sleepers seem to have no problem shielding themselves from a star, I think its very plausible the Talocan could do so as well. To what end, that's even more speculative.
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Veriasse Valence
Gallente Paragon Fury Cascade Imminent
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Posted - 2011.02.03 19:10:00 -
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To add fuel to that particular fire, we can't be certain the purpose had to do with either wormholes OR stars. Surely, they are the two likely best candidates given the nature of Anoikis (which can be differentiated from K-space by at least 3 things... wormholes, Sleepers, and messed up stars), but the nature of the tower could be more mundane - perhaps it could disrupt communications. Or gravity. Or? I sympathize with your rage.
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Veriasse Valence
Gallente Paragon Fury Cascade Imminent
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Posted - 2011.02.17 00:10:00 -
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Edited by: Veriasse Valence on 17/02/2011 00:11:54 I know its been said that rogue drones spread across space by ambushing and taking over larger, warp capable vessels. This may be true, but drones are now found all over high sec in small hives as well as their usual space. How do they get there? No way a pile of drones could warp their mishappen ships through gates without somebody shooting it.
If these hives are often found near destroyed portal machinery, is it not possible that the rogue drones are far more integrated with Sleepers, or somebody equally technologically powerful, than we may currently assume? The distinction between the drones and Sleepers was made clearly early on, and increasingly I suspect many things we no longer even think about may actually shed some light on current developments. We are after all now referring quite a bit to COSMOS missions, which were introduced quite some time ago.
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Veriasse Valence
Gallente Paragon Fury Cascade Imminent
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Posted - 2011.02.24 15:23:00 -
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Originally by: Allant Doran As far as i'm aware, it's already been confirmed for a while now that Gallente are the reason for rogue drones. A gallente scientist was tampering with an advanced drone AI and it became sentient. The reason they build Jovian-like structures is currently unknown but obviously has a link to them in some way.
That's all I'm aware of as factual so i'll pose this to the topic as a question. Could the Gallente have gotten that AI, the one that eventually lead TO the creation of Rogue Drones, from the Jovians? Or is it already known where they got it from? Perhaps the AI is significant for the Jove and they needed it deployed somehow. What better way to do so, to give their AI life. 'Arms and Legs', as it were, than to give it to the Gallente, a race known for their superior drone Technology.
The Jovians and Sleepers both have extensive research into emergent AI. They both would know what would be the path that leads to sentience, and it wouldn't be difficult to modify the Gallente scientists work or simply point him in the right direction.
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