Players of the Children of Raxxla squadron organised themselves on the forum into amazingly well setup search areas to find them. Just like the Angels organise themselves for expansion now, maybe even better!
You can see their efforts here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-formidine-rift-expedition-3302.281088/
And they were being watched…
They put out a Galnet request for help too:
Freelance Report: Formidine Rifters Seek Help
18 JUN 33021
The Formidine Rifters are an unlikely collective of explorers from various backgrounds, systems and factional allegiances who have put aside their political differences to work together toward a common goal. For several months, they have been working together to map the region between the two farthest galactic arms just past the Heart and Soul Nebula.
Commander Finn McMillan of the Earth Expeditionary Fleet, one of the many Rifters devoted to this project, addressed the galactic exploration community today:
“We would like to invite all explorers dedicated to expanding human knowledge to join us in the Formidine Rift. We have reason to believe that there is something beyond the galactic arm that may change humanity’s view of the cosmos, but we simply need more eyes, ears and minds to help us unravel this mystery.”2
Through well organised but pure brute force searching, four sites in the Rift were finally found.
Want to know where? Right On, Commander…
Drew’s Footnotes
- At this point in ED history, players could make their marks on the future of the galaxy and several player submitted GalNet articles were created. ↩︎
- Frontier had to create an emergency patch during this period as one of the sites caused a crash to desktop on loading. This set back the story line by almost two months before it could be fixed. ↩︎
