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*From a distance away it makes a loud whale like sound with some muttering and can be spotted by some sparkling and some purple/green gas-like colours. | *From a distance away it makes a loud whale like sound with some muttering and can be spotted by some sparkling and some purple/green gas-like colours. | ||
*It seems to be made of three parts, the head (it looks like a giant egg with an place at the top where it seems like it can open up but some parts glow when the whale noise happens), the stork or spine (it seems to have four parts to it and lights up too to the whale noise), the pods or capsules (there are twelve of these). | *It seems to be made of three parts, the head (it looks like a giant egg with an place at the top where it seems like it can open up but some parts glow when the whale noise happens), the stork or spine (it seems to have four parts to it and lights up too to the whale noise), the pods or capsules (there are twelve of these). | ||
*When close to it you can clearly see it giving off a distortion field of some kind which has sparks appearing and disappearing in it with a gas in the entire area | *When close to it you can clearly see it giving off a distortion field of some kind which has sparks appearing and disappearing in it with a gas in the entire area, either green or purple. However in the debug camera you can get close enough to the point where the field and everything aren't in the way and you can get a clear view of the UA. | ||
*You can hear the sounds it gives off best when closest as you can hear a whale noise, followed by chittering and purring. | *You can hear the sounds it gives off best when closest as you can hear a whale noise, followed by chittering and purring. | ||
*While inside your ship's cargo hold the UA acts like [[Toxic Waste]] by doing corrosion damage to ALL your ship modules. | *While inside your ship's cargo hold the UA acts like [[Toxic Waste]] by doing corrosion damage to ALL your ship modules. | ||
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=== Tests done === | === Tests done === | ||
* Audio recordings have (mostly) been done in '[[Debug Camera|debug camera]]' mode, so as to eliminate ship sounds and with systems disabled (including life support) | * Audio recordings have (mostly) been done in '[[Debug Camera|debug camera]]' mode, so as to eliminate ship sounds and with systems disabled (including life support) | ||
* Tests are performed with two pilots present. | * Tests are usually performed with two pilots present. | ||
* | * Tests are done in normal space. | ||
* | * Tests with the UA next to other items are tested both in normal space and in cargo holds. | ||
* Location tests are done both in the cargo hold and in normal space if possible. | * Location tests are done both in the cargo hold and in normal space if possible. | ||
* In the case of Polaris, having a UA in your hold will not allow you to make the jump in-system. | * In the case of Polaris, having a UA in your hold will not allow you to make the jump in-system. | ||