very strange AI behaviour, (possible UFO base find)

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very strange AI behaviour, (possible UFO base find)

Post by x239 » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:16

i saw what must of been one of the strangest sights ever today. I was flying through the sector ministry of finance, and thought i would investigate the hollow asteroid again, when i got their i saw 5 ships flying in to it.

i watched in amazement as the flew in in single file, i flew over to them but when i got there they were inside i followed them inside and they wre gone, just disappered.

I never thought at the time to take a screenshot or check what type of ships they were, to begin with i thought the engine exhaust were spacefly's as i got closer i saw the 5 ships bodies, it was only as the last 2 were going in i could see them clearly, but could not tell what they were.

has anyone else seen this, or have i stumbled onto something?
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Post by ghost_tomb » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:19

i haven't seen this nor have i heard anything about it on the boards.

can u give the location in more detail
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Post by Crispy_Pigeon » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:19

Only time I've seen AI do this was when I was on an Assassination mission and my prey escaped by flying through one of these.

I reloaded though and used my jump drive to jump across the sector to the gate he was trying to flee to. Gave him a surprise :twisted:
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Post by James_2k » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:19

i think that i remember this, its called another annoying hoax post!
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Post by x239 » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:21

i promise this is no hoax, i really did see this happen, the asteroid in question is the one on the outer limits of ministry of finance on, on the west side, the huge one, you can't miss it.

The ships flew in and were just gone, i can't beleive i didn't take a screenie. The ships looked almost like a cross between a split dragon and a boron mako, i was a far way out though (about 4K), that was what they appered to look like thoguh.

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Post by James_2k » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:28

oh yeah and i take it that Gamma kyons were awaiting you inside, with a Xenon M0 handing out Suzis Parents. :)

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Post by cyderpunk » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:28

You're not by any chance running the script "five.ships.fly.into.a.hollow.asteriod.and.disappear" are you?

They were probably just collecting some more Spacefly Eggs from the Spacefly Queen.

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Post by x239 » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:31

:lol:

look i know you guys think that this is a hoax, and you can if you wan't, i have no proof to say otherwise, unless i see it again.

i am just asking if anybody out there who has a little faith and beleives me, has any info or could tell me if i have stumbled upon something

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Post by James_2k » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:34

ahh i was once like you, believing the tales of UFO bases and M0's on the rampage, but time has withered this mind into a husk of cynicism and rancour.

*grumbles something about Ospreys*

:)

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Post by x239 » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:37

:lol:

well i know what i saw, and if this has nothing to do with a UFO base (Which has neither been proved to exist, nor has it been proved it doesn't exist) what is it to do with.

I genuinley beleive i have come across something that could possibly lead to finding a hidden thing in the game or uncovering some secret that could lead to something amazing.

I mean it isn't as if the asteroid is near any other ships, nor did the ships i see look similar to anything else in the game.

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Post by Mr. Trade » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:39

You know the cool part about this, is that what if the game had strange happenings around the universe scripted in. Hmmm, might make a script out of this (i know its another "what if")

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Post by James_2k » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:40

how long had you been playing at this point? did your room get dark then light then dark again per chance? any I-Rate bosses phone you?

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Post by x239 » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:41

(no james none of that happened)

that's what i am thinking, but i have not advance very far in the games story or have i built a large empire, there are people who have done much more than me but not had these occurances, is their a trigger or ar these events completley random.

Could hypothetically, i get the UFO base unlocked in my game before any one else? The odds are hugely stacked against me but someone has to be that one in a million, why not me?

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Post by James_2k » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:44

indeed

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Post by cyderpunk » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:45

Mr. Trade wrote:You know the cool part about this, is that what if the game had strange happenings around the universe scripted in. Hmmm, might make a script out of this (i know its another "what if")
I'd like to see things like TSs, for no good reason, randomly NOT colliding with my TL :D

But seriously, that a good idea, could be interesting.

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Post by x239 » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:46

well i mean it could happen.

It's very unlikely that is the answer, but if it is then does that mean the base will be unlocked in other peoples games aswell, or is mine the only one for a while that will have it?

i doubt if i have found the base, so lets try and find out what it was i actually witnessed.

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Post by Jade Falcon » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:50

Next time your near there fly within range and try the docking computor,guess anythings possible :)

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Post by x239 » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 21:52

i investigated evey inch of the asteroid, the docking computer idea sounds good.
i will try it tommorow and report back.

call me paranoid, but the asteroid seems to have altered colour slightly since the last time i saw it before the incident. it was a kind of grey/brown before, now it seems to be more black/grey.

Might just be the light

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Post by JackScratch » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 22:04

Are you sure it was the West side? Because the only huge asteroid on the west side is a planet. :)

If you mean the huge asteroid in the SE, then you were probably just seeing traffic going to the local Bliss Place behind it. (and probably smoking some of your own....)

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Post by x239 » Thu, 15. Apr 04, 22:04

(no the asteroid i was at had no bliss place near it, and is definatley on the west side of the sector)

well i have just tried the docking computer thing, didn't work.

but i did notice something very interesting.

the asteroid is now registered as an unknown object, WTF is going on :?

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