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Gravity 'stretches' over space/time. I think that lens thingy might be a focal point... see what I did there? Hurr hurr.
You haven't received any additional clues on this despite the length it's been open because some of you have already gotten so close.
For whatever reason, I'm starting to think about "Out Of The Silent Planet" but not certain why, and I agree that Hitchhiker's Guide might be a thing to poke.
Wait, is it Hubble? That's mentioned in the NASA ttrpg and it has sent pictures back as it travels across the universe.
I thought that might be the case, rrrrgle. Cripes. *folds hands and thinks*
I tried Hubble earlier, Loreguy, so that alone isn't it.
I tried Hubble earlier, Loreguy, so that alone isn't it.
I think it might be the phrasing - gravitational lenses or gravitational lensing!
😩😩 nope
The ttrpg manual seems to say that there's a lens the players are given that has the same effects of a gravitational lens. I'm not sure if it's just.... A gravitational lens or something more specific/magicky magical.
Shoot, I forgot I read Out of the Silent Planet! Great trilogy but I don't remember half of it. Just Piebald and a little about the equipment and energy people and uhhhm the frogs.
The ttrpg manual seems to say that there's a lens the players are given that has the same effects of a gravitational lens. I'm not sure if it's just.... A gravitational lens or something more specific/magicky magical.
Shoot, I forgot I read Out of the Silent Planet! Great trilogy but I don't remember half of it. Just Piebald and a little about the equipment and energy people and uhhhm the frogs.
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Appendix A, the part about red shifts/blue shifts
it is about the "GO TO MOKHSANA" message, I know it, but-
I was looking at the redshifting/blue shifting too but was distracted by the lenses I couldn't find the name of, lol.
Reminder that sometimes it's really picky about phrasing abd specific text characters.
Ilmarinen wrote:
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Yeah, I think it's definitely coming down to the phrasing on this one, hahah
Congrats on solving this symbol! The answer was "redshift".
For those of you wondering how this answer could be arrived at, here's a quick explanation.
For those of you wondering how this answer could be arrived at, here's a quick explanation.
Ilmarinen, designer of this riddle wrote:
NASA put out a TTRPG module that takes place on a high-fantasy world. The Hubble Space Telescope gets stolen by a dragon and in pursuing it, the players are faced with two puzzles involving redshifted light which lets them progress the story. Redshift is a phenomenon wherein light is stretched by the expansion of the universe, and indicates the presence of older galaxies.
it was the phrasiiiiiiing
Such a cool one
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