Ancient Ruins
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.[1][2] 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 site features significant differences. 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[3] had allowed him to detect additional Guardian ruin sites. Although unable to discern the exact number of sites or their 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.[4]
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[5] |
| IC 2391 Sector ZE-A d101 | C 3 | 29.42, -59.54 | Third site discovered on Jan. 30, 3303 by CMDR Khenistry[6] |
| Synuefe XO-P c22-17 | C 1 | 19.534, -141.787 | Fourth site discovered on Feb. 2, 3303 by CMDR Clanga and CMDR Zwei34[7] |
| Synuefe ZL-J d10-119 | 9 B | -23.38, 178.91 | Fifth site discovered on Feb. 3 3303 by CMDR Artyomska |
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
- A tower has risen from the ground, containing an Ancient Relic
- Flying low over the Ruins site
- whole site area is like a shape or pattern.
- A fighter flying low next to A group of Obelisks
- SRV next to A obelisk with a blue prism like shape
- A salvageable relic
- SRV next to a icosahedral Ancient Orb
- Selling off relics
- Space ship next to Obelisk group patterns
- SRV next to Obelisk
- Obelisk Data
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Post-2.2.03
- 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
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References
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/59l4hk/cmdr_xdeath_found_the_monolith/
- ↑ https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn
- ↑ Galactic News: Data Appeal Concludes
- ↑ Galactic News: Ram Tah Discovers New Sites
- ↑ https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5079311&viewfull=1#post5079311
- ↑ https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5083224&viewfull=1#post5083224
- ↑ https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/300054-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-9-The-Canonn?p=5104589&viewfull=1#post5104589