Ancient Ruins

The Ancient Ruins on Synuefe XR-H d11-102 1 B, shown in high contrast

The 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. Additional sites in other systems were located in January and February 3303.

Description

The first, second, and fourth Ancient Ruins sites consist of one main complex of apparent earthworks or buried structures in a roughly-pentagonal shape, with two sections of concentric circular earthworks or structures. Scattered among the complex are numerous clusters of obelisks, which remain functional despite their abandonment, and inert pillar-like structures placed at intervals.

The third and fifths sites feature an alternate layout. Obelisks and other artificial structures are organized around a central, conical earthwork topped by a crater-like depression. Smaller circular earthworks of varying size surround this cone.

Data and Salvage

The features of the ruins could be scanned to acquire encrypted data packages in various patterns: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Epsilon. In addition, there were six types of salvageable items that could be found: Ancient Orbs, Tablets, Totems, Urns, Caskets, and Relics.

Decryption

Beginning on January 10, 3303, 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. 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 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. 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 has seized control of the expedition ship and cut off all communication to the rest of the galaxy.

Locations

System	Planet	Surface Coordinates	Notes
Synuefe XR-H d11-102	1 B	-31.806, -128.937	First Ancient Ruins site discovered on Oct. 27, 3302 by CMDR XDeath
IC 2391 Sector GW-V b2-4	B 1	-29.10, -30.51	Second site discovered on Jan. 29, 3303 by CMDR Zorbaq
IC 2391 Sector ZE-A d101	C 3	29.42, -59.54	Third site discovered on Jan. 30, 3303 by CMDR Khenistry
Synuefe XO-P c22-17	C 1	19.534, -141.787	Fourth site discovered on Feb. 2, 3303 by CMDR Clanga and CMDR Zwei34
Synuefe ZL-J d10-119	9 B	-23.382, 178.909	Fifth site discovered on Feb. 3, 3303 by CMDR Artyomska
Synuefe LY-I b42-2			One of three sites in the Synuefe LY-I b42-2 system.
Synuefe LY-I b42-2			One of three sites in the Synuefe LY-I b42-2 system.
Synuefe LY-I b42-2			One of three sites in the Synuefe LY-I b42-2 system.
Synuefe NL-N c23-4			One of three sites in the Synuefe NL-N c23-4 system.
Synuefe NL-N c23-4			One of three sites in the Synuefe NL-N c23-4 system.
Synuefe NL-N c23-4			One of three sites in the Synuefe NL-N c23-4 system.
Synuefe TP-F b44-0			One of three sites in the Synuefe TP-F b44-0 system.
Synuefe TP-F b44-0			One of three sites in the Synuefe TP-F b44-0 system.
Synuefe TP-F b44-0			One of three sites in the Synuefe TP-F b44-0 system.

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.

Gallery

Pre-2.2.03

• The original layout of the Ancient Ruins, before 2.2.03
  The original layout of the Ancient Ruins, before 2.2.03
• A tower has risen from the ground, containing an Ancient Relic
  A tower has risen from the ground, containing an Ancient Relic
• Flying low over the Ruins site
  Flying low over the Ruins site
• whole site area is like a shape or pattern.
  whole site area is like a shape or pattern.
• A fighter flying low next to A group of Obelisks
  A fighter flying low next to A group of Obelisks
• SRV next to A obelisk with a blue prism like shape
  SRV next to A obelisk with a blue prism like shape
• A salvageable relic
  A salvageable relic
• SRV next to a icosahedral Ancient Orb
  SRV next to a icosahedral Ancient Orb
• Selling off relics
  Selling off relics
• Space ship next to Obelisk group patterns
  Space ship next to Obelisk group patterns
• SRV next to Obelisk
  SRV next to Obelisk
• Obelisk Data
  Obelisk Data

Post-2.2.03

• The second configuration of ruins on IC 2391 Sector ZE-A d101 C 3
  The second configuration of ruins on IC 2391 Sector ZE-A d101 C 3
• IC 2391 Sector ZE-A d101 C 3 ruins in high contrast
  IC 2391 Sector ZE-A d101 C 3 ruins in high contrast