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Mamba

2018-11-07T02:43:15Z

2601:246:C900:9AAA:2DA1:ED87:C4F1:8E0D: /* Overview */

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The '''Mamba''' is a [[Ships|ship]] manufactured by [[Zorgon Peterson]].

== Overview ==
The Mamba's design places an emphasis on bringing heavy firepower to engagements; its raw firepower is amongst the highest of its size class, only narrowly surpassed by the [[Federal Gunship]] and its famous brother, the Fer-De-Lance. It features two small hardpoints, two large hardpoints, and one huge hardpoint, making it the only medium ship other than the [[Fer-de-Lance]] capable of mounting Class 4 weaponry. It also features six utility slots, matched only by the Fer-de-Lance and [[Beluga Liner]]. The Mamba's cockpit includes a secondary pilot seat, making the ship [[Multicrew]]-capable.

All of the Mamba's hardpoints are located on the ship's dorsal surface. The two small hardpoints are forward of the cockpit, the two large hardpoints are on either side of the cockpit, and the huge hardpoint is behind the cockpit. Four of its utility mounts are on its underside, whilst the remaining two are near the rear of the upper chassis.

The two pilot seats are on the ship's centerline, in a blister-style dorsal cockpit, as opposed to the Fer-de-Lance's slightly-offset pilot's seat. The primary pilot seat is at the front, while the secondary copilot seat is directly behind it and slightly elevated.



== Notes ==
*The Mamba will be released with the Chapter Four (3.3) update of ''[[Elite Dangerous: Beyond]]'' in Q4 2018. Purchasing it requires owning ''[[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]]''.

== Trivia ==
*The Mamba first appeared in ''[[Elite]]''. It was originally a term for a loose collection of small single-seat high-speed racing ships using the classic 'wedge' or 'delta' hull shape, but the design was later standardized by Raddlett and Rayburn Shipyards in [[Reorte]] in the early 3100s. The design has since been acquired by and 'reimagined' by [[Zorgon Peterson]].
*[[Engineers|Engineer]] [[Bill Turner]] kept a vintage Mamba among the collection of ships stored at his base, Turner Metallics Inc, on [[Alioth]] 4 a.<ref>[[Elite Dangerous: Premonition]]</ref>
*The Mamba was first revealed in the beta for Chapter Four (3.3) of ''Elite Dangerous: Beyond''; while it was not initially for sale, players encountered several of the ships beings flown by NPCs.

==Gallery==
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File:Mamba top view.png|The Mamba's dorsal surface with hardpoints deployed
File:Mamba underside view.png|The Mamba's ventral surface
File:Mamba rear view.png|The Mamba's main thrusters
MambaCockpit.jpg|Cockpit of the Mamba
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==References==
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Ancient Ruins

2017-10-19T01:52:48Z

2601:246:8000:97E5:5186:49BF:7141:493F: /* Locations */ Added distance from Meene.

[[File:Ancient Ruins high contrast.png|right|300px|The "Beta 1" type of Ancient Ruins on Synuefe XR-H d11-102 1 B, shown in high contrast]]

'''Ancient Ruins''' are ruins belonging to an alien race known as the [[Guardians]]. The first Ancient Ruins site was discovered on October 27, 3302 by CMDR XDeath in the Synuefe XR-H d11-102 system.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/59l4hk/cmdr_xdeath_found_the_monolith/</ref><ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn</ref> Since January 3303, many additional sites have been located in other systems.

==Description==
Ancient Ruins sites have so far been found to have three main topographical configurations, each of which has multiple minor variations in how alien structures like obelisks are arranged.

<gallery>
Ancient Ruins layout 2.png|Alpha
Ancient Ruins high contrast.png|Beta
Ancient Ruins layout 3.png|Gamma
</gallery>

*'''Alpha layouts''' - 4 identified variants. All Alpha-type sites have the first third of Guardian data entries.
*'''Beta layouts''' - 5 identified variants. All Beta-type sites have the second third of Guardian data entries.
*'''Gamma layouts''' - 3 identified variants. All Gamma-type sites have the final third of Guardian data entries.

== Data and Salvage ==
Note: All features are reset to their initial states when logging back in to the game.

=== Ancient Artifact Cairns ===
Cairns consist of dark rocks surrounding an ancient artifact on a patch of ground that glows when approached in an [[SRV]]. They are detectable on the SRV wave scanner. The artifacts may be collected using the cargo scoop of an SRV or ship. (Destroying the surrounding rocks by shooting them may help.)

[[File:Ancient Ruins Artifacts.png|thumb|right|200px|Ancient Ruin Artifacts]]

There are 6 types of artifacts in the cairns: Ancient Orbs, Tablets, Totems, Relic, Urns, and Caskets. Each can be scanned but this appears to have no effect. Artifacts can be sold at a market and their prices can be seen on the cargo screen of the right-side panel.

=== Relic Pillars ===
Pillars are tall structures that emerge from the ground when an SRV approaches. At the top of each is a glowing moving Ancient Relic surrounded by 3 pillars. The relic can be collected by shooting the pillars. Relics can be scanned but this appears to have no effect. Relics can be sold at a market and the price can be seen on the cargo screen of the right-side panel.

=== Obelisk Groups ===
Obelisks are triangular prism structures grouped together in various formations such as rows, chevrons, triangles, and rectangles, bounded by ornate markings on the ground. Typically at least one obelisk within each group will glow and emit sound when approached in an [[SRV]], and an animated pattern of symbols appears on the glowing face. This can be targeted and scanned to acquire encrypted data packages in various patterns: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon. Obelisks deactivate after scanning (until next game login).

==== Guardians Data Decryption ====
When equipped with [[Ram Tah]]'s decryption program (see History below) and holding the correct combination of artifacts(s) within the SRV cargo hold while scanning an obelisk, the data packages can be decrypted to reveal information about the [[Guardians]]' biology, history, culture, language, and technology. There are 101 data packges available, however only a limited number are available at any given ruins site. Multiple ruins sites must be visited to obtain all of the data packages.

Each obelisk is programmed with only 1 unique data package. The correlation between the ancient artifacts and Guardian information is as follows<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=4672147&viewfull=1#post4672147</ref>:
{| class="article-table"
!Guardian
Information
!Ancient
Artifact*
!Data Packages
Available
|-
|Biology
|Urn
|19
|-
|Culture
|Totem
|20
|-
|History
|Casket
|21
|-
|Language
|Tablet
|21
|-
|Technology
|Orb
|20
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> This is the base artifact that decrypts the data. This artifact must be in the SRV cargo hold either alone or with another ancient artifact/relic in the correct combination for that specific obelisk.

Example: the correct combination to decrypt data from a biology obelisk is one of the following 7 possible combinations: Urn alone, Urn+Urn, Urn+Totem, Urn+Casket, Urn+Tablet, Urn+Orb, or Urn+Relic.

Notes for Ram Tah's mission "Decoding The Ancient Ruins":
* Players do not need to unlock the [[Engineers|engineer]] [[Ram Tah]]. Any ship docking in the [[Meene]] system will automatically receive the mission upon arrival. They will receive an inbox message from Ram Tah and the mission automatically appears on the Transactions tab of the left side panel.
* The mission pays 1 million credits for each data item decrypted. Progress can be checked on the left side panel Transactions tab. If all data items are collected, there is an additional bonus of 10 million credits (total reward of 111 million credits).
* The player has 28 days to gather data and return them to Felice Dock in Meene.
* If the scan combination is correct a message will be received from Ram Tah with the contents of the data. (Note: sometimes the messages are delayed, and appear later after other scans.) If the combination is incorrect, a message from Ram Tah will indicate this. If one of the objects is correct but the combination is not, no message is received (hint).

==History==

[[File:Ancient-Ruins-SRV.png|right|250px|Ancient Ruins SRV]]

===Decryption===
Beginning with the 2.2.03 update on January 10, 3303, [[Engineers|Engineer]] [[Ram Tah]] provided a free decryption program to all ships that docked at any station in the Meene system, which allowed them to decrypt the data found at the ruins<ref>https://www.radiosidewinder.com/galactic-news-ram-tah-breaks-his-silence/</ref>. The program was only usable for 28 days after receipt, as the Guardians' technology had the ability to adapt to the decryption. Investigation of the ruins using the program in conjunction with specific combinations of salvage items revealed significant details about the history and culture of the Guardians. As only 36 of 100 possible data entries could be decrypted at the initial site, it was believed that the remaining entries were at other, undiscovered sites.

===Additional Sites===
On January 24, 3303, Ram Tah announced that analysis of additional data provided by the galactic community<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5885fc299657baa13fd4c3c0 Galactic News: Data Appeal Concludes]</ref> had allowed him to detect additional Guardian ruin sites. Although unable to discern their exact locations, he narrowed down the possible locations to four systems: Synuefe ZL-J d10-119, Synuefe XO-P c22-17, IC 2391 Sector ZE-A d101, and IC 2391 Sector GW-V b2-4.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/58872def9657ba9230f89d99 Galactic News: Ram Tah Discovers New Sites]</ref> All four sites were located by February 3, 3303.

===The Melville Expedition===
On February 10, 3303, personal logs surfaced from a member of an expedition to locate the Guardians' origin world led by a Professor Melville. Melville was an authority on xeno-biology who had disappeared several months earlier. Theorizing that the Guardians had once occupied a volume of space roughly equivalent to the human bubble before being forced to migrate, and that at least hundreds of ruins sites existed, Melville gathered a cadre of supporters to attempt to find these ruins. According to the logs, the expedition discovered clusters of three ruins sites in each of three systems: Synuefe LY-I b42-2, Synuefe NL-N c23-4, and Synuefe TP-F b44-0. As of February 8, in the logs' final entry, Professor Melville had seized control of the expedition ship and cut off all communication to the rest of the galaxy.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/589db33015ac1c292f68b825 Galactic News: Intriguing Expedition Record Surfaces]</ref>

Following the news of the Melville Expedition's finds, the pace of new site discoveries rapidly increased as CMDRs began searching along the ship's path. Systems, and even planets, that held multiple sites were identified, lending credence to Professor Melville's theory that ruin density would increase closer to the center of Guardian civilization.

====Locating The Cete====
On June 23, 3303, CMDR Synjorai located Professor Melville's ship, a [[Megaship]] called The Cete, in Col 173 Sector LJ-F c12-0, a system that contained at least five ruin sites. The ship's logs, dated between January 13 and February 18, contain much of the same information revealed in the earlier transmission concerning Melville's theories on the Guardians, and also reveal why the ship never returned.<ref name="Cete">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/355713-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-10-The-Canonn?p=5643560&viewfull=1#post5643560 Frontier Forums: Thread: Alien archeology and other mysteries: Thread 10 - The Canonn]</ref>

Apparently, Melville's crew became concerned that Melville had gone insane and would not allow The Cete to return home, and decided to abandon him. Melville was to be left in the drive-less lab portion of the ship with several years' worth of supplies, while the crew departed in the detachable drive ship. However, Melville learned of this plan, shot one of his assistants, and sealed off the drive ship, trapping them all. The final log indicates that The Cete's atmospheric processors were deactivated long enough for the ship's oxygen supply to be completely depleted. Professor Melville and the crew presumably died of asphyxiation.<ref name="Cete"/>

===Ram Tah's Scanner Breakthrough===
On February 13, 3303, Ram Tah announced that he had made a significant breakthrough in how to detect Ancient Ruins sites. Using a signal isolated from the Guardians' monolith network, Ram Tah made it possible for all ship scanners to identify sites within a range of 1,000 light seconds, greatly reducing the time and difficulty involved in the location process.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/58a1c19915ac1c7d7426dab9 Galactic News: Ram Tah Makes Breakthrough]</ref>

==Locations==
These are the first 14 sites identified by CMDRs prior to Ram Tah's scanner upgrade.

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1"
! System
! Planet
! Surface Coordinates
! Site Layout
! Notes
|-
| Synuefe XR-H d11-102
| 1 B
| -31.806, -128.937
| Beta 1
| 1st Ancient Ruins site discovered on Oct. 27, 3302 by CMDR XDeath. 239.72LY from Meene.
|-
| IC 2391 Sector GW-V b2-4
| B 1
| -29.10, -30.51
| Beta 1
| 2nd site discovered on Jan. 29, 3303 by CMDR Zorbaq<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5079311&viewfull=1#post5079311</ref> 472.84LY from Meene.
|-
| IC 2391 Sector ZE-A d101
| C 3
| 29.42, -59.54
| Alpha 1
| 3rd site discovered on Jan. 30, 3303 by CMDR Khenistry<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5083224&viewfull=1#post5083224</ref> 413.09LY from Meene.
|-
| Synuefe XO-P c22-17
| C 1
| 19.534, -141.787
| Beta 1
| 4th site discovered on Feb. 2, 3303 by CMDR Clanga and CMDR Zwei34<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5104589&viewfull=1#post5104589</ref> 428.13LY from Meene.
|-
| Synuefe ZL-J d10-119
| 9 B
| -23.382, 178.909
| Alpha 1
| 5th site discovered on Feb. 3, 3303 by CMDR Artyomska<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5108902&viewfull=1#post5108902</ref> 717.76LY from Meene.
|-
| Col 173 Sector KY-Q d5-47
| 8 C
| 16.270, 18.128
| Beta 2
| 6th site discovered on Feb. 7, 3303 by CMDR Madwax, CMDR mGtRd, and CMDR Noodlz<ref name="6 and 7">https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5137501&viewfull=1#post5137501</ref> 938.04LY from Meene.
|-
| Col 173 Sector KY-Q d5-47
| 8 C
| 46.07, -171.33
| Alpha 2
| 7th site discovered on Feb. 8, 3303 by CMDR Madwax, CMDR mGtRd, and CMDR Noodlz<ref name="6 and 7" /> 938.04LY from Meene.
|-
| HIP 39768
| A 14 F
| 7.09, 170.20
| Beta 1
| 8th site discovered on Feb. 11, 3303 by CMDR Zorbaq<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5138670&viewfull=1#post5138670</ref> 750LY from Meene.
|-
| Synuefe TP-F b44-0
| CD 1
| 59.33, 15.10
| Gamma 1
| 9th site discovered on Feb. 11, 3303 by CMDR Robbie Junior and CMDR Clanga<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5140932&viewfull=1#post5140932</ref> 733.87LY from Meene.
|-
| Synuefe TP-F b44-0
| CD 1
| 30.97, -100.16
| Beta 3
| 10th site discovered on Feb. 12, 3303 by CMDR Madwax and CMDR mGtRd<ref name="10 and 11">https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?p=5143861&viewfull=1#post5143861</ref> 733.87LY from Meene.
|-
| Synuefe TP-F b44-0
| CD 1
| 30.97, -100.16
| Alpha 1
| 11th site discovered on Feb. 12, 3303 by CMDR Madwax and CMDR mGtRd<ref name="10 and 11" /> 733.87LY from Meene.
|-
| Col 173 Sector KY-Q d5-47
| 9 A
| -15.08, -102.99
| Alpha 3
| 12th site discovered on Feb. 12, 3303 by CMDR Zorbaq<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5144176&viewfull=1#post5144176</ref> 938.04LY from Meene.
|-
| Synuefe NL-N c23-4
| B 3
| -30.54, -24.20
| Alpha 4
| 13th site discovered February 13, 3303 by CMDR Khenistry<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5144927&viewfull=1#post5144927</ref> 745.35LY from Meene.
|-
| Col 173 Sector KY-Q d5-47
| 9 A
| -37.525, 84.250
| Gamma 2
| 14th site discovered February 13, 3303 by CMDR Madwax and CMDR mGtRd<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5144931&viewfull=1#post5144931</ref> 938.04LY from Meene.
|}

==Notes==
*With the release of the 2.2.03 update on January 10, 2017, in addition to the activation of Ram Tah's archaeology mission, the layout of the first Ancient Ruins site was also slightly changed.
*The Galnet article for the Ram Tah mission was originally released in error on December 9, 3302 during the beta period for the 2.2.03 update, and so was removed. When 2.2.03 was released the Galnet article was not republished, also in error.<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/329047-Deleted-Galnet-article-for-Ram-Tah-mission?p=5144066&viewfull=1#post5144066</ref>
*The original bonus payout for collecting all 101 data items for the Ram Tah mission was 100 million credits. It was reduced in 10 million credits in July 2017.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/366268-Changes-to-Ram-Tah-Mission-Bonus-Rewards?highlight=mission+bonus][https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/366268-Changes-to-Ram-Tah-Mission-Bonus-Rewards?highlight=mission+bonus]https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/366268-Changes-to-Ram-Tah-Mission-Bonus-Rewards?highlight=mission+bonus</ref>

==Gallery==
===Pre-2.2.03===
<gallery columns="dynamic">
File:2016-10-29 (38)_Is the Ancient Ruins a Map.jpg|The original layout of the Ancient Ruins, before 2.2.03
2016-10-29 Obelisk rizing up from the ground.jpg|A tower has risen from the ground, containing an Ancient Relic
2016-10-29 Flying over Ruins.jpg|Flying low over the Ruins site
2016-10-29 Ancient Alien Ruins Area.jpg|whole site area is like a shape or pattern.
2016-10-29 edited Fighter next to Oblisks.jpg|A fighter flying low next to A group of Obelisks
2016-10-29 Obelisks.jpg|SRV next to A obelisk with a blue prism like shape
2016-10-29 Salvage item.jpg|A salvageable relic
2016-10-29 SRV next to a Lcosahedron.jpg|SRV next to a icosahedral Ancient Orb
2016-10-30 Salvage items.jpg|Selling off relics
2016-10-29 Space ship Next to Obelisks.jpg|Space ship next to Obelisk group patterns
2016-10-29 SRV Next to Oblisk.jpg|SRV next to Obelisk
Screenshot_Obelisk Data store in ship.jpg|Obelisk Data
Ancient Ruins Artifacts.png|Ancient Ruins Artifacts
</gallery>

===Post-2.2.03===
<gallery columns="dynamic">
Ancient Ruins layout 2.png|The second main configuration of ruins ("Alpha 1") on IC 2391 Sector ZE-A d101 C 3
Screenshot_0463 (2).jpg|IC 2391 Sector ZE-A d101 C 3 ruins in high contrast
Ancient Ruins layout 3.png|The third main configuration of ruins ("Gamma 1") on Synuefe TP-F b44-0 CD 1
Guardians Ancient Ruins.jpg|Guardians Ancient Ruins
Ancient-Ruins-SRV.png|Ancient Ruins SRV
Ancient-Ruin-Second-Type.png|Ancient Ruins second type
Ancient-Ruins-Relic.png|Ancient Ruins Relic
</gallery>

== References ==
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==External Links==
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SFR8ZLCgc_FG4ZVE6crbbKWCTBvjhGgk6F6WxpWIINs/pubhtml# Canonn - Ruins Data Sheet]
*[http://www.nusantara.com.my/EliteDangerous/ruins1.html Ancient Ruins site maps]
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