Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu

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- We know the Jovians are fighting an indeterminate foe for whom mastery of technology is innate. The Jovians are terrified of this enemy.

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Originally by: Baillif

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C Blacke, where do you see evidence of Jovian actions in wormhole space?

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Originally by: Oruze Osobynk

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The mysterious structure inside this deadspace pocket offers few clues as to the purpose it once served. Similar compounds -- albeit far less complex than this one -- have been reported, each featuring the same huddled architecture, evocative of the enigmatic Phantom cruiser. What relation the Oruze structures may have to one another remains a mystery. An enclave positioned at the heart of the construct appears to have been entirely redesigned. It is flanked by two others, which in turn are hedged in by engineering stations that themselves seem to have been redesigned. The only insight into the unique architecture is the word Oruze Osobnyk, which continually resurfaces throughout the garbled, largely indecipherable transmissions that emanate from within.

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Originally by: Borza Slavak

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What do you suppose are the implications of Sleeper Drones not having shields? This would leave them unaffected by Jamyl's superweapon as far as we can tell.
Do you think Jovian ships also fly without shields, or can quickly disable them with the armor to sustain them?

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Originally by: Terokone

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Originally by: Veryez

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After re-reading the details of the Seyllin Incident, I noticed this curious phrase:

"The star's entire magnetic field had re-aligned towards the explosion"

Additionally the Line from the Curse region description:

"Stars bent to our will,Our reach was infinite,Our power incontestable"

*snip*

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Since you mentioned the magnetic field of a star and the Seyllin Incident, a mysterious shuttle was found in the Geztic system not long ago. The shuttle is able to be fired upon, but it's virtually invincible. The only thing I didn't do to the shuttle is use ECM against it. It's a Caldari shuttle with the overview title of "None", which basically means "Nothing to see here. Move along."
The description of the shuttle is:
The only thing sensors can make out about this ship is that it has some kind of receiver that interacts with the starÆs natural magnetic field. There is one faint life sign, similar to a human in cryogenic stasis.

The only reason why I mention that shuttle here is the fact that the star the shuttle is at is an A0 star, same as all the stars in the Seyllin Incident with the exception of the star in Jovian space... well, CCP space, really.

Either someone's monitoring this star with something onboard a shuttle possibly linked to cryostasis controls and a sleeper agent (so to speak), or something bigger is at work here.

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Originally by: Richtor Mettle

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Edited by: Richtor Mettle on 12/07/2010 15:17:21
Edited by: Richtor Mettle on 12/07/2010 15:16:52

Originally by: Nikilaiki Ruutarhara

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I also think that there are three bloodlines for each race who are Capsuleer material to be a very interesting thing.

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I've been thinking about this as well. Each of the four races have 3 bloodlines. I've been trying to figure out if the each of the 4 races have 3 distinct bloodlines, or if three of the four are the bloodlines of one of the others. If the former, we would need a lot more information than we have I believe. If the latter, I feel the Sleepers are the main (read: original) race, with the Takmahl, Talocan, and Yan Jung as the bloodlines. If that is true, then the Jove could be an offshoot of one of those three (or all three/four) bloodlines. As would all of the four main races, obviously.

I would be interested in knowing which of the four main races evolved/descended from which (if not all) of the 4 ancient races. That could tell us a number of things.

One other thing. I went to Seyllin the other night and found a wormhole there. Jumped through and the directional scanner picked up a Oruze site. I warped in, cloaked, checked it out then went back to a safe spot and dropped a couple probes and scanned that sector. There were no less than 10 Oruze sites in the sector. I don't know if that is normal, but it got me to thinking: I wonder if they are pointed in a specific direction? Unfortunately, that thought happened after I logged for the night, and that wormhole was ready to collapse.

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Originally by: Ivvor

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Regarding unusual locus signatures. I have found three in the database:

J1340+6
J1259+0
J1226-0

Very odd.

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Originally by: Ealthor

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Why all this messing about.

I dunno about you chaps but if I had my way I'd just deploy a detatchment of merc marines (and maybe a team of research scientists) into the structures. All this trying to guess their purpose from passively monitoring emissions all seems far too defeatist for my liking. Maybe they'd die, maybe they wouldn't either way we'd learn something. Some of the structures are apparently unbreachable with my weapons. But there's ruined structures out there that have had their integrity compromised and I know that Archive Terminals aren't immune to having a hole blown in their side big enough to get a team of marines in for a look around.

We're supposed to be vengeful gods, lets act like it.

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Originally by: Veryez

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Talocan Extraction Silo
This towering structure contains all the basic elements of a regular silo: cavernous storage areas, thick walls, extensive ventilation, etc. Based on the scans of this silo, however, the siloÆs previous contents are unknown. The residue from inside reveals nothing known in modern times, or even odd genetic combinations. Whatever its contents, the silo emits an unfamiliar û and uneasy û presence.

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Originally by: Saul Dhampir

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With regards to the lack of Sleeper shields two things come to mind. One is the idea of a tech wall (thank you Mr Banks). IE that differing societies go up a tech wall as opposed to a ladder. There are many ways to the top and cultures may discover widely differing tech along the way. In this scenario the Sleeper simply may have not ever bothered inventing shields.

As mentioned above, the creation of weapons that use shields against there origin ship may have also been a factor. This idea is not unlike those found in BrinÆs uplift. That people develop new weapons and defences and they are widely adopted, however as soon as a counter is created they drop out of fashion only to resurface in the future when the counter is forgotten.

I agree the later is more likely here, given that Terran Tech predates Sleeper.

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Originally by: Ripi

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Please Dropbear, this has been the longest you've ever stayed quiet. Please at least give us some cryptic hint to point us in the right direction. I dont know how many more unrelated tangents we could possibly go down.

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