"We take our Science seriously, but we do it without covering ourselves in chalkdust." There are mysterious barnacles dotted around the Elite: Dangerous universe. "Our extreme focus and diligence can be attributed to our diet of biscuits, whisky and a penchant for wearing tin foil hats," the website reads. But while the Canonn seems, on the face of it, to be a serious business, its Council - a group of 10 reliable elite players handpicked by Dr Arcanonn to manage to chaos - works with its tongue set firmly in its cheek. Here, thousands of Elite: Dangerous players work together - and sometimes alone - to test theories, follow blind alleys and analyse mysterious objects. It operates out of Thompson Dock, Varati. The Canonn was founded, according to the website, in April 3301. It's dubbed an Interstellar Research Group, or, "the home of science in the galaxy". The Canonn website is in full role-play mode. The Canonn, a name derived from "Dr Arcanonn", is currently home to 1543 people who have registered on its website, but well over 2000 players have contributed to the Threadnaught. For many, the hunt for aliens in Elite: Dangerous has been a long and winding road. But the discovery of the alien ruin is just the latest development in what has been a concerted, 18 months effort. It's exciting times inside the Canonn, then. If the Thargoids, Elite's long-running alien race, are indeed coming, then how will players respond? And if the Thargoids decimate humanity, as expected, how will humanity fight back? This recently-discovered ruin may hold the key. The recent release of the Guardians 2.2 update has re-energised its chief alien hunters, and its top scientists are trying to work out what happens next. Now, the Canonn is abuzz with excitement.
But the rush to make sense of the find has posed more questions than answers: this does not look like any of the alien objects so far seen in the game. Last week, one Canonn member made the most significant discovery yet: an alien ruin. And for the last 18 months the Canonn, one of the largest, most dedicated groups of Elite: Dangerous players there is, has sought to unravel the mysteries of its virtual universe. Aliens that aren't even in the game yet.Īliens have so far failed to turn up in Frontier's space game, but clues as to their inevitable arrival have been drip fed into the universe over the last 18 months.
This group focuses on a more scientific pursuit: hunting aliens. There are a group of Elite: Dangerous players who do not care for shooting other ships, mining for materials or trading precious resources.
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