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* Blatrimpe (08.05.3301 confirmed) - convoy UA<ref name="imgur.com">[http://imgur.com/a/dDJrg Find convoi Blatrimpe 08.05.3301], Imgur, 2015-07-04 09:00 GMT</ref>

* UN NO MYOIN (confirmed)

* Wolf 289 (confirmed) - convoy UA{{Cite}}

* HR 1185 (confirmed) - salvage UA{{Cite}}

===Timeline of events===

'''3300'''

'''02 May''': MB says that they are "exceedingly rare [sic] and can only be found within a certain region of space - that does include multiple systems though." and then later clarifies that they can only be found in "certain regions in the galaxy".{{Cite}}

{{Quote|3276 - A strange object of unknown origin is discovered in the vicinity of Liazeda (-12,3). Named the LRA (Liazeda RadioAnomoly), the Alliance research ship, the Lion, is sent toinvestigate. The LRA and the ship disappears and its fate is still unknown in 3296. Only a handful of crew, who were deploying probes from two Explorer-class vessels return.|Elite: Dangerous Pilots Guide}}

'''13 May''': President Halsey sets off from [[Sol]].<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/05536c768f3cc2432a738c08ad198530bd7c2e88 President Halsey Sets Out from Sol], GalNet News, 3301-05-13</ref>

'''17 May''': ''[Player Submitted]'' 'Dr' Arcanonn accuses [[Federation]] a cover-up about the UAs.<ref name="community.elitedangerous.com">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/c07072d20059e82cfa731acf8469dd104a7f88fc Federation Accused of Cover-up], GalNet News, 3301-05-17</ref>

'''20 May''': ''[Player Submitted]'' Tonnes of [[Biowaste]] dropped at 78 Ursae Majoris in protest against Federal cover-up of the UA, Dr Arcanonn denies links with the action.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/32edcb230646f31c35f0edc87880b5f692f33452 Anti-Federation Terrorists Linked to Artefact Research], GalNet News, 3301-05-20</ref>

'''28/29 May''': Conspiracy theories abound.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/8b77b16c574e3d023419b49c2a0a662d6bcc7cea The Truth is Out There], GalNet News, 3301-05-28</ref>

'''22 June''': CMDR MahdDogg publishes his panel discussion about Powerplay, in which CMDR Kerrash mentions that "about the whole UA thing, there ''is'' something behind that, but no one has figured it out yet" (29m 30s) and that "[Frontier] have put some really obvious [clues] in there and we don't want to put anything else in" for fear of spoiling what is to come in the future.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYWolEEM_e0 State of the Game - Elite: Dangerous Panel Discussion], Mahd Dogg, YouTube, 2015-06-22</ref>

'''27 June''': CMDR Kerrash talks about various things, including Thargoid conjecture ("They are coming"), and that the UA and confirms there is something to it, and that "if any people watching have got in with the UA thing and got halfway in and not looked into it anymore, please pleeease carry on looking, there is something there, there is an interesting secret there, please look, and the SAP 8 containers as well, there is something going on, dont give up!".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RD6rmO_28s?t=10m53s Elite: Dangerous - Kerrash Landing #110 - 2/2], Kerrash Landing, YouTube, 2015-06-27</ref>

'''10 July''': [player submitted] UA Scientists claim a breakthrough that the UA broadcasts its closest celestial body (or station) in a form of morse code.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/559fde649657ba225a47e853 Breakthrough in Artefact Research?], GalNet News, 3301-07-10</ref>

* The Decoy Beacon Theory

** Along the lines of President Halsey's mysterious disappearance, her ship jumped and never arrived at the point it was expected. This theory proposes that the UA acts as a decoy nav beacon, drawing its unlucky victim into a waiting ambush instead of the usual arrival point.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=162998&p=2611454&viewfull=1#post2611454 Unknown Artefact (or artifact) Community Thread - The Canonn], Grumbleweed, Elite: Dangerous Forums, 2015-07-30 08:18 GMT</ref>

** Based on consistent lore from [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/And_Here_The_Wheel John Harper's And Here the Wheel] and in-game [[:Category:Events|Events]], as well as [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/FFE/Journals from Frontier First Encounters], this theory posits that the UAs are being used to generate fear of aliens, via propaganda linking them to such events as the Cerberus Plague and the disappearance of Starship One. [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/INRA INRA], or a breakaway faction of [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/The_Dark_Wheel the Dark Wheel,] the Circle of Elite Independent Pilots, or "Ceepers", would be behind the appearance of the UAs and the propaganda, and the assassination of the Federation President and linking that event to the UAs and aliens, in order to force a war between the Federation and Empire so that humanity would unite under the winner against the purported alien threat. It is possible that the crystal at the heart of the SAP-8 Core Container is a data crystal from a Ceeper Base containing information related to Soontill, Raxxla, and aliens.

* The Alien Probe or Alien Terraformer theory

** Or, the probe is looking for something, like a suitable planet for terraforming, and transmitting its coordinates using the stylized Morse. Once it has found what it is looking for, this message will change.

** Neither hold a lot of water as it deteriorates over time in space. Although the probe could be damaged.

* Tested with Baltah'sine Vacuum Krill (a space-born delicacy) in the ring they supposedly spawned in, theory being the UA has expensive taste = Nothing <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo-vaZOmGL4</ref>

* Tested with HIP Proto-Squid = Nothing <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCEQIpjZRMQ</ref>

* Attempted shutting off Life Support to see if it would affect the toxic corrosion (w/o O2 in the cargo hold) = Nothing <ref name=":5" />

* CMDR's have jumped systems or into supercruise while near a UA or into a system with the UA being deployed to no effect. This has been done in a Wing as well, with part of the Wing in one system and the UA and the rest of the Wing in an adjacent system, with the UA dropped in normal space to see if it would work as some sort of system to system jump beacon for a Wing, to no effect.

* Regor Sector - Still Permit Unknown Required with a UA

* Voyagers

== Proposed Testing Regimen==

#* '''Expected Outcome:''' UA will reply with different Morse other than closest celestial object name

#* '''Taken on by: '''CMDR Branch

# Take a UA to the planet Quy in Quiness system

#* '''Purpose:''' See if behaviour changes in a system with a known Thargoid presence from FFE (and possibly in ED given description of the planet)

#* '''Expected Outcome:''' Unknown

#* '''Taken on by: '''CMDR Branch

# Reproduce a mis-jump in an identical convoy of a T9 carrying a UA in a wing with 2 Anacondas.

#* '''Purpose:''' See if a mis-jump occurs either in the Anacondas or the T9

*Ensure landing gear is up before scooping, some ship models have the front landing gear blocking the cargo hatch.

*The UA can make you a target for other CMDR/player groups!

*When testing make sure you are keeping at very low speeds and never pointing at the UA as it's very easy to crash into one and blow it up, this also goes for anyone else with you as destructions by that has happened.