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Unidentified Structures Uncloaked, Sightings of "Drifters"

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Anslo
Scope Works
#41 - 2015-02-17 21:36:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Anslo
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
And the capsuleers, eager for a taste of relevancy, rushed into action without thought and did exactly what was expected.

And we'd do it again too. Now go back to orbiting your beacons.

Also Psychotic Tendencies and Overload Everything forces can confirm that Drifters seem to dislike Super Capital class vessels.

As they refused to show up anywhere near us.

Oh well.

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General Stargazer
The Bastards
Sedition.
#42 - 2015-02-17 21:50:20 UTC
Jaret Victorian asked if i could forward the following capture here:

http://i.imgur.com/qYzNpBz.gifv

I recorded footage showing what appears to be the Drifter entering and traversing the unidentified wormholes.
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#43 - 2015-02-17 22:00:53 UTC
General: we can't pass through those, right?
General Stargazer
The Bastards
Sedition.
#44 - 2015-02-17 22:15:40 UTC
Aria Jenneth wrote:
General: we can't pass through those, right?

Correct.

I've tried traversing shortly after it entered also to no avail.

I have visually seen the ships emanating from the wormhole approximately 30 minutes after entering. Same designation also.
Jaret Victorian
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#45 - 2015-02-17 22:23:21 UTC
General Stargazer wrote:
Jaret Victorian asked if i could forward the following capture here:

http://i.imgur.com/qYzNpBz.gifv

I recorded footage showing what appears to be the Drifter entering and traversing the unidentified wormholes.

Thank you. This evidence further reinforces our speculation that these wormholes are similar to Sansha's. They have FoF system. They do not disappear (so far).
Jennifer Starfall
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#46 - 2015-02-18 01:33:53 UTC
One point that isn't exactly clear.

Where have the Drifter ships been encountered? Near the structures, near these structures, near random celestials?

Jennifer Starfall

Fifth Seyllin Conference

Terranid Meester
Tactical Assault and Recon Unit
#47 - 2015-02-18 02:59:16 UTC
A unique opportunity for the Gallente Federation to gain a diplomatic understanding with these 'Drifters'. We can show them the enlightenment of Federation space in order to gain some new allies. Maybe even a chance to begin a severing of links to CONCORD!
Rhys Mabigonon
Industrial Mining and Mayhem
Sigma Grindset
#48 - 2015-02-18 04:25:54 UTC
Jennifer Starfall wrote:
One point that isn't exactly clear.

Where have the Drifter ships been encountered? Near the structures, near these structures, near random celestials?


From what I have observed so far, they appear near the unidentified structures. At the time there were two Drifters as well as three Circadian seekers. They will scan your ship if you fly close enough, but so far they have not initiated any hostile actions if you are a passive observer.
Captain Davison
Malachi Keep Detachments
#49 - 2015-02-18 05:01:01 UTC
"Ignore the mad miner" they said.

"You're hallucinating all those contacts on the edge of sensors" They said.

"The Circadians are mostly harmless" they said.

"Stop trying to track down every sensor contact ghost that keeps disappearing near the seekers" they said.

Wellup, I'll go get my battleship. *Looks at battleship.Shocked* Maybe I should get one that doesn't look like an explosion in a girder factory that has wingy bits on it. Probably will last me longer.
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#50 - 2015-02-18 05:03:53 UTC
Do we have examples of Circadians and Drifters working together?

Not just ... not shooting at each other, I mean?
Captain Davison
Malachi Keep Detachments
#51 - 2015-02-18 05:09:11 UTC
Aria Jenneth wrote:
Do we have examples of Circadians and Drifters working together?

Not just ... not shooting at each other, I mean?


Nearly identical scan/transmit beams, fairly close alike hull design concepts and materials, similar resists and offense types (Aka: all of them), similar technologies, being scary as a Hek, employing similar tactics.

No hard proof, but they seem to be two halves of the same coin.
Leon Zhost
EVE University
Ivy League
#52 - 2015-02-18 06:03:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Leon Zhost
I want to throw something out here, see if anyone agrees. I'm looking at reports of seeker and drifter activity and I'm struck by something pretty unsettling.

They are acting just like us.

What I mean is, when we eggers first got access to wormhole space, what did we do? We sent out scout ships, searching the new star systems for whatever information we could find. Then, we started setting up shop with stations and facilities, essentially claiming little bits of territory for ourselves. Then, we started bringing in the battleships.

These seekers, drifters, sleepers, whoever they are, I think we're starting to finally see a repercussion for our years of exploitation of wormhole space. I think the sleepers are finally waking up, they're looking at us, and they're making a move.

The only real question for me is what are they after, and how do we stop them before they are tearing down our worlds to get it?
Eran Mintor
Metropolis Commercial Consortium
#53 - 2015-02-18 06:13:29 UTC
Well yes. They are humanoid, even capsuleer from all appearances so we can probably assume they conduct warfare in similar ways humans as we know it do.

I am curious though how these stations of theirs, if that's what they really are, were able to be setup under our noses. These things are huge. Have the structures always been here? Has there been some other force at work keeping the construction efforts invisible until now? Or were they transported here by means we don't understand?

-Eran
Gwen Ikiryo
Alexylva Paradox
#54 - 2015-02-18 06:33:22 UTC
Leon Zhost wrote:
I want to throw something out here, see if anyone agrees. I'm looking at reports of seeker and drifter activity and I'm struck by something pretty unsettling.

They are acting just like us.

What I mean is, when we eggers first got access to wormhole space, what did we do? We sent out scout ships, searching the new star systems for whatever information we could find. Then, we started setting up shop with stations and facilities, essentially claiming little bits of territory for ourselves. Then, we started bringing in the battleships.

These seekers, drifters, sleepers, whoever they are, I think we're starting to finally see a repercussion for our years of exploitation of wormhole space. I think the sleepers are finally waking up, they're looking at us, and they're making a move.

The only real question for me is what are they after, and how do we stop them before they are tearing down our worlds to get it?


These aren't the same Sleepers we're familar with, if they are Sleepers to begin with. They're coming from the only very recently accessible shattered systems that are somewhere far apart from the rest of Anoikis.

The Sleepers in regular Anoikis haven't changed or reacted to this at all. It seems to be the only place where something catastrophic isn't happening.
Captain Davison
Malachi Keep Detachments
#55 - 2015-02-18 06:44:32 UTC
Gwen Ikiryo wrote:


These aren't the same Sleepers we're familar with, if they are Sleepers to begin with. They're coming from the only very recently accessible shattered systems that are somewhere far apart from the rest of Anoikis.

The Sleepers in regular Anoikis haven't changed or reacted to this at all. It seems to be the only place where something catastrophic isn't happening.


I don't know about that. We're happening to 'regular Anoikis.'
Eran Mintor
Metropolis Commercial Consortium
#56 - 2015-02-18 07:22:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Eran Mintor
Gwen Ikiryo wrote:
These aren't the same Sleepers we're familar with, if they are Sleepers to begin with. They're coming from the only very recently accessible shattered systems that are somewhere far apart from the rest of Anoikis.


Is this proven yet? A lot of the shattered wormhole systems I've been in are in the same constellation and regions as previously known wormhole systems. I've yet to find one of the unidentified wormholes in k-space yet, but does it also look to lead to Pure Blind (Cloud Ring and Lonetrek nebulae should be visible)? I have noted that all violent wormholes in shattered systems, and also the Promised Land wormhole near planet one, all appear to lead to the same area of k-space--Pure Blind.

Most of the shattered systems I've been in have looked similar to previously known Anoikis nebula. I don't think they were that far apart. Why we weren't able to reach them through wormholes before is a question that may be worth looking into.

-Eran
Celestia Via
Kill'em all. Let Bob sort'em out.
Ushra'Khan
#57 - 2015-02-18 07:36:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Celestia Via
Gwen Ikiryo wrote:

These aren't the same Sleepers we're familar with, if they are Sleepers to begin with. They're coming from the only very recently accessible shattered systems that are somewhere far apart from the rest of Anoikis.

The Sleepers in regular Anoikis haven't changed or reacted to this at all. It seems to be the only place where something catastrophic isn't happening.


certainly not the same but consider please, that the Sleepers we have dealt with are just an army of drones. An ancient army of drones, with specific guard duties.

What we see here could be the Sleepers themselves, out of their virtual "slumber" and into newly crafted bodies.
We would be naive to think they where actually "sleeping" inside a VR world. They most likely have evolved their technology with results apparent to anyone trying to mess with them.

After all, it all adds up. If the Sleepers somehow managed to kidnap dr. Tukos, then it all falls into place. The weird machine language messages, asking for Jovian dna with the ultimate goal of manufacturing their corporeal form, a Drifter.

Ofcourse, not only this theory does not answer all questions but also introduces a few new ones.

Why the Jovian relation?
Perhaps the Sleepers and the current Jovians shared a common ancestor which is why they chose this form, or perhaps the Jovian standards suited them better than anything else, after all a Jovian can be considered the most biologically advanced human form.

To what end?
No theory on that. Their goals remain to be seen. Its safe to assume they reacted to something, something stirred them enough to go through all this. Its apparent they are not here to make friends or see the sights. If I had to take a wild guess, it would involve Nation dabbling into the Sleepers world in a way annoying enough for them to rise.

"We marched for days and nights, under sun, in the rain. Our minds and bodies ached for rest, but in our hearts there was nothing but the fight."

Leopold Caine
Stillwater Corporation
#58 - 2015-02-18 07:57:41 UTC
As long as they're merely minding their own business, there's little reason to cross one's path; you already established their wrecks are more or less standard Sleeper design. Until something useful can be reverse engineered from it that you haven't already...

Watching and waiting is sometimes better than outright rushing into pointless fray. But hey, your funerals.

Terranid Meester wrote:
A unique opportunity for the Gallente Federation to gain a diplomatic understanding with these 'Drifters'. We can show them the enlightenment of Federation space in order to gain some new allies. Maybe even a chance to begin a severing of links to CONCORD!


I came for some tidbits of comedy, and was not disappointed.
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Eran Mintor
Metropolis Commercial Consortium
#59 - 2015-02-18 07:59:26 UTC
Quote:
After all, it all adds up. If the Sleepers somehow managed to kidnap dr. Tukos, then it all falls into place. The weird machine language messages, asking for Jovian dna with the ultimate goal of manufacturing their corporeal form, a Drifter.


That would make a lot of sense actually. I've yet to see a better explanation for the Jovian body parts yet, at least. Definitely something to look into further.

It also hasn't been answered yet why the silence for 3 years between Hilen Tukos' disappearance and when his Imposter used his name to gain the Jovian parts.

-Eran
Gwen Ikiryo
Alexylva Paradox
#60 - 2015-02-18 08:18:00 UTC
Eran Mintor wrote:
Is this proven yet? A lot of the shattered wormhole systems I've been in are in the same constellation and regions as previously known wormhole systems. I've yet to find one of the unidentified wormholes in k-space yet, but does it also look to lead to Pure Blind (Cloud Ring and Lonetrek nebulae should be visible)? I have noted that all violent wormholes in shattered systems, and also the Promised Land wormhole near planet one, all appear to lead to the same area of k-space--Pure Blind.

Most of the shattered systems I've been in have looked similar to previously known Anoikis nebula. I don't think they were that far apart. Why we weren't able to reach them through wormholes before is a question that may be worth looking into.


That's the exact opposite of my understanding. I, at least, haven't seen the nebula in Shattered systems anywhere else before. Someone correct me if I'm wrong?

In any case, I think we should consider the notion that the sleepers in the shattered systems and ones elsewhere may well be divergent groups that we're both giving the same label based on their technology. The biggest distinction is that the former group has shield technology... Though, they not anything like we're seeing now.

There's obviously more going on here then we'll be able to instantly piece together.