Maelstrom

[stan01]

this is really p155ing me off! I can't find the west gate out of Maelstrom. i've had a ship with explorer software in there for 2 freaking hours and all it is is blxxdy lost. Any help would be appreciated. Am i using the explorer software right - i send the ship a distance from the gate however i ain't sure what the ecliptic?elliptic bit is all about.

[maphys]

Co-ordinates are:

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-181,0,0 (km)

The ecliptic is the x-y plane in X3 (AIUI). So when z=0km.

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[Emre Yigit]

You want to know where to find it? OK.

HINT LEVEL 1:

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It's waaaaay to the west

If that hint doesn't suffice, here are the co-ordinates:

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181W

EDIT: Darn! Beaten to the post yet again.

[stan01]

thanx folks

[apricotslice]

The only way you find this gate through scanning, is by trawling along the edge of the nav map, with half the scanning range not showing. The gate itself is not on the map.

A duplex scanner will never find it, I think its further out than they can see.

[jlehtone]

The ecliptic is the x-y plane in X3 (AIUI). So when z=0km.

Are you sure? More like x-z when y=0. And the coordinate system is left-handed.

[maphys]

Sorry! I though z was into/out of the page.


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[apricotslice]

When you go into the nav, your looking at x,z grid. Insert takes you into x,y grid. So effectively, y represents up and down.