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[[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.

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.  

Ancient Ruins high contrast.png|Beta

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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]]

 

=== 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.

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>:

!Guardian

Information

!Ancient

Artifact*

!Data Packages

Available

|Urn

|Totem

|Casket

|Tablet

|Orb

<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.  

* 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 100 million credits (total reward of 201 million credits).

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.

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.

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>

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"/>

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>

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

| 1 B

| 1st Ancient Ruins site discovered on Oct. 27, 3302 by CMDR XDeath

| 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>

| 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>

| 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>

| 9 B

| 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>

| 8 C

| 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>

| 8 C

| 7th site discovered on Feb. 8, 3303 by CMDR Madwax, CMDR mGtRd, and CMDR Noodlz<ref name="6 and 7" />

| A 14 F

| 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>

| 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>

| 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>

| 11th site discovered on Feb. 12, 3303 by CMDR Madwax and CMDR mGtRd<ref name="10 and 11" />

| 9 A

| 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>

| 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>

| 9 A

| 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>

*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>

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