#Version 3.0

[fanficfish]

Space Anchor Theory (3.0 HSR spoilers)

reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail/comments/1i26c8f/space_anchors_a_full_theory_30_spoilers/

barring the fact that now i can say "I was right!" (Here is my old post- partway in is my space anchor theory summarized: https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail/comments/153ftnd/comment/m2yfxu4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button )

So how do space anchors work? Let me do my best to explain. A little, anyways.

What is a Space Anchor?

As Dan Heng says, it's a mark of the Trailblaze. Like our abilities to acclimate to harsh climates and stay awake for long periods of time with boundless energy, space anchors are how we "trailblaze', or set up contact points.

These are set at different intervals during our travels., depending on need. They also act as a way to help the Nameless communicate with the Express according to the 3.0 story. See below for more on the WIfi theory.

How is it placed?

In this cutscene, we can see the MC holding out his hand and a space anchor unfolds.

This is assumingly how we canonically place these. If we get near, they also activate. Simple as that. And presuming locals can't change this. I'm guessing they also "burn out" over time like torches.

How does it work and who can use it?

The space anchors are handled by the Nameless, and it's highly likely they need to be placed/activated by a Nameless to work properly.

They probably act like teleport waypoints in Genshin. The Nameless can use them to get around fast and if there's enough power they can use it to "hop" around.

Other people, such as the researchers on the HSS, are most likely able to use it for minor things such as healing or, as I mentioned above and more likely to be the case, as a type of Wi-Fi signal. Potentially, since some of them are Nameless or former Nameless, they may potentially be able to use them to also move around the station. quickly.

It's also likely that if you are a Trailblazer you have to actually encounter the waypoint before being able to use it more freely.

Also this is the most likely way how trailblaze power is gained- new space anchors = land "explored" = express fuel

The wifi theory

I've mentioned these anchors' main function is communication with the Express.

A quest in the HSS has a researcher ask us to activate a space anchor. This is a time when systems on the station are down so activating a space anchor could be a way to help restore some communications. I haven't seen the quest in a while so I probably missed anything else that was mentioned, so let me know if I did.

On Amphoreus, Dan Heng mentions we can use these to communicate with the Express once enough are down and our traincar is gone (rip). Considering our attachments to people like Herta and Asta and the IPC uses the "holes" the Trailblaze pokes through when trailblazing, we can probably assume they can also be used as a type of signal generator. Like portable Wi-Fi.

TLDR: space anchors = portable wifi for all and a way to contact the outside world. Hmm maybe don't tell Aglaea that her people can now text IPC DoorDash.

Conclusion

Space anchors for the Nameless make "power" for the Express and give us a way to get around. Or at least mark where we've been.

Space anchors for everyone else act as giant routers they can't move. Good luck explaining this one, Aglaea and Phainon.

Thank you hoyo writers for finally confirming what I had suspected for a long time. Let me know if I missed something. This was just a quick dive into it anyways I'm off to go grind for Lingsha some more.

[hoyotunes]

Amphoreus' Saga of Heroes from Experience the Paths Vol. 4 Wandy.N, HOYO-MiX

[genshinmp3]

The Morn a Thousand Roses Brings from Footprints of the Traveler Vol. 2 Yu-Peng Chen, Yijun Jiang, HOYO-MiX

[incorrectstarrailquotes]

Traiblazer: I like this whole good-cop-bad-cop thing you and Mydei have going.

Phainon: It’s not really a thing. It’s more like I’m nice and Mydei is not.

[sorinethemastermind]

Snake Boi Callum Week 3.0 | Prompt: Sacrifice / Salvation

[mundane-herta]

So, Ratio is totally definitely somehow related to titankin, right?

His codex is very similar to that of the furiae philosopher, and he holds it pretty similarly to that of the furiae philosopher.

The titankin even turn into statues of themselves when idle! You know who has a bunch of statues of himself? Dr. Veritas Ratio!!!!!

Not only that, but they have the same color palette! The same blues, whites, and golds are used!

(And there's the idea of Ratio being really old -- discussed more in-depth here -- that comes from the simulated universe, which would align with theories of Amphoreus being a world being replayed within remembrance crystals, which might explain March's reaction to being in proximity to Amphoreus)

[wigglebox]

“I know who you love… what you fear…”

[victorie552]

Ok, so Noldolantë, "The Fall of the Noldor" is a lament composed by Maglor about what happened before, during and after First Kinslaying at Alqualondë. It's such a good song that it's played regularly in Aman and Valar listen to it often (I swear, I swear it was in the Silmarillion I just can't find it now).

It's also a more or less common fanon that Maglor continues writing Noldolante through the whole First Age. Makes sense - it's about fall of the Noldor, and Noldor did a lot of falling back then.

Headcannon time: So my first thought was that Noldolante must a long, long, long epic of a song. So it probably has many parts, right? Iliad has 24 books/parts, somehow I think Noldolante would be at least just as long, and there are longer epics. And again, just like Iliad, unless you're a scholar, in the daily life you don't really listen to/read the whole thing, just reread and repeat the most dramatic fragments. What I'm trying to impress upon you all is that the story would have different segments, or chapters, if you will.

And if Maglor continues to write the story during the FA, there would absolutely be a moment in the lament where the OG Noldolante becomes Noldolante 2, and even Noldolante 3. There may be the same musical motif or something, I decided that Maglor IS that good of a bard to keep it all consistent enough so you know it's all the same story, but the style changes a lot - it's been 400 years in the making, let The Music Elf have fun!

So, Point 1: Many, Many Parts, basically Maglor's FA WIP

My second thought was that, while Feanor invented his alphabet, elves learned their history mostly through oral tradition aka songs and spoken stories. Noldolante is definitely a historical record, where a historical event was archived for future generations.

(It was a also a way to deal with grief, guilt and blame Maglor and all Noldor have faced regarding First Kinslaying - free therapy! But that's not what this post is about)

Archived.

My 2.5 thought was that Noldolante isn't just recallings of how pretty and horrified the beach looked during the murdering or how mad and sorrowful the sea was at everyone during the voyage or even how awesome and charismatic Feanor looked during his speeches that every single Noldo was ready to fight Morgoth barehanded in his name - no, this is a record of who killed who, who got killed by whom, and how.

Noldor and Teleri knew each other (were friends, even!) before the First Kinslaying, so I'm confident that after a lot of interviews, detective work, and cross-referencing, Maglor could and would create a very good... name list. Practically every Noldo and Teler present during First Kinslaying would get a stanza in a song, more if he killed someone, most if he killed many people. Killers and killed would show up twice, first in a fragment listing the killers and their victims, then in a part listing the victims and their murderers. Basically it's the same thing twice, but from different POVs. With when, where and how included.

(It was seen to be in bad taste to compare kills during Maglor's Regency, when most of his interview-part work happened. People did it anyway. There were a Saddest Kill, Funniest Kill, and Weirdest Kill discusions. There was a Tier List. These were weird times to be a Feanorian Noldo.)

(It WAS in Bad Taste, but at least people talked about it. I cannot stress enough how much free therapy this lament provided)

(Little did they know, when Teleri started getting reembodied in Aman, they had very similar discussions, but more in a "I can't believe he killed me like THAT" way. Long, long, long after the First Age. Noldolante is a gift that keeps giving)

So, Maglor had all the historical grith and no common shame to create a "We Killed All These People And We Feel Bad About It" banger of a song, and every Noldo had a very personal reason to at least remember the fragments they are in. It's a hit on a scale never seen before.

(I'm not sure how to tackle the issue of Nolofinweans and Arafinweans learning about Noldolante after crossing the Ice. But there were discussions. There was anger, there was "????", there was controversy. Basically, the song got bigger and bigger rep no matter what your opinion on it was. By the time of Mereth Aderthad it was an important cultural and political piece and at least Fingon's forces were included in the main song. It had parodies.)

Point 2: Archive Function/Kill count storage. Cultural phenomen, every Noldo included

This is where my personal nonsense begins: Main Noldolante was done, there was nothing more to say about First Kinslaying, all killings and deaths were well documented.

But the Siege started. And the Noldor kept dying.

It was less dramatic than it sounded - between the big battles the siege was maintained, but orc raids also happened and sometimes one to few Noldor died in skirmishes. The legal procedure was to document the death of a fellow elf and send a word to king Fingolfin. The cultural procedure, technically started by Feranorians but adapted by many more, was to send the name, common characteristics and cause of death to Maglor's Gap. After few months, King Fingolfin would send reinforcements, short condolences and financial compensation if they had family. After few months, family of an elf would also receive a personal lament for them and a place for them in a Noldolante.

Yes, every lament Maglor created in that time was technically part of the Noldolante. Noldolante 1.5, if you will. Laments make in that time were very customized, and simpler than Noldolante Main, but were still considered a part of the same song. Of course, nobody was expected to know and remember laments for every single Noldo, younger Noldor born in Beleriand could even only know fragments about their family members. Only Maglor would ever know Noldolante in full, but it was understood that everyone had their place in The Song.

The results of Great Battles were harder to document, but Maglor did that. Of course, Dagor Bragollach was hard on him personally, but he worked his way through.

(High King Fingon forbade creating laments for his father. There were no songs for Fingolfin. Apart from in Noldolante, of course. Of course. Maglor did not share the lament with anyone, but he sat long hours and many nights with a blank paper before him, looking at the candle flame and thinking of the past and the future. The song unsung, but there)

Nirnaeth was... Maglor was never more hated and more approached at the same time than then. Still, Noldolante grew and grew, as if people knew the end was near.

It was Second Kinslaying that destroyed the myth of Maglor's song. Feanorians didn't know the Sindar they killed, but surely, they couldn't just left their names unmentioned like they did with orcs? So, Noldor talked, but the battle happened in caves - it wasn't uncommon to find dead bodies in empty rooms, with no witnesses to what happened. Surviving Sindar didn't want to share any names, even when Maglor strong-armed some into talking with him, and good for them. Maglor made a big lament anyway. Maglor, wild, with no shame and dead brothers, with legacy crumbling around him. Noldolante, with holes.

After Third Kinslaying, Noldor didn't want to talk. Lament for Sirion didn't have any names. Clearly, songs weren't a way to go anymore, it was always about live witnesses. And so Maglor raised the twins.

Lament for Maedhros was sung repeatedly. There was no one to hear it.

Point 3: Only Maglor knows Noldolante in full. But that doesn't matter, because everyone knows the important part: the Noldolante is finished. The Star of Hope rises in the West and the story goes on. The Fall has ended.

[mul-tea]

🫰😘✨

[fairymare]

No, but the fact that Sylus would win over my dad so fast! 😂 Man's obsessed with motogp and F1, has owned bikes and guns for as long as I can remember, and goes to the shooting range fairly regularly😂💀

[hes-sunshine-im-midnight-rain]

ngl I think I might come back to WHB if Gamigin gets an H-scene

[gia-batmm-crickle22]

Tale of Two Emanators

Summary:

With two masks of elation comes two Emanators. One that we know of, and the other hiding behind the curtains. Or, Giovanni visits an old friend in Jarilo-VI.

Rating:

Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warnings:

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Category:

Gen

Fandom:

崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)

Relationships:

Giovanni & Sampo (Honkai: Star Rail)

Sampo & Sparkle (Honkai: Star Rail)

Aha | The Elation & Sampo (Honkai: Star Rail)

Giovanni & Sparkle (Honkai: Star Rail)

Aha | The Elation & Akivili | The Trailblaze (Honkai: Star Rail)

Characters:

Giovanni (Honkai: Star Rail)

Sampo (Honkai: Star Rail)

Sparkle (Honkai: Star Rail)

Aha | The Elation (Honkai: Star Rail)

Additional Tags:

Sampo is a Masked Fools Member (Honkai: Star Rail)

Sampo is an Emanator of Aha | The Elation (Honkai: Star Rail)

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Mentioned Aventurine (Honkai: Star Rail)

Mentioned Akivili (Honkai: Star Rail)

Mentioned Aha (Honkai: Star Rail) - Freeform

Giovanni and Sampo are friends

Sampo and Sparkle are not friends

Sparkle is an Emanator of Aha | The Elation (Honkai: Star Rail)

Minor Violence

Event: Aetherium Wars (Honkai: Star Rail)

Post-Jarilo-VI Trailblaze Missions (Honkai: Star Rail)

Pre-Penacony Trailblaze Missions (Honkai: Star Rail)

Written Before Version 3.0 (Honkai: Star Rail)

Mentioned Trailblazers (Honkai: Star Rail)

Language: English

[scrion7]

Considering White Night's lyrics foreshadowed Aventurine's backstory, I decided to analyze Nameless Face's lyrics and HOLY SHIT. I'm pretty sure it's referring to either March 7th or Cyrene (or possibly both), and foreshadows the third path of Amphoreus.

Note that there is a separate Chinese version with different lyrics, but I don't speak Chinese. That being said, youtube comments imply its actually very different than the EN version. I don't understand Chinese, so I'm just analyzing the EN version. Also note that this is the extended version that was released by Hoyomix, not the one in the trailer.

Moonlight, a barren void to horizon / Days blur into nights of dreadful silence oh~

(A barren void to horizon could refer to outer space, and the nights of dreadful silence reinforce that. This is probably about March 7th.)

You let me see thy heart, / Lost beacon in the dark, / Our lonely souls that spark, we break apart

(A lonely sparking soul that breaks apart? Were Cyrene and March 7th originally one being? Also, who is You and who is Thy?)

We find, we strive, our journey of eternity / Desire, in mind, to set our spirits free

(The person "Our" is referring to is some sort of long lived being that had been imprisoned in some way.)

Echoes fade to oblivion / Freedom to make our own / We trod our destinies on / A path unknown

(Freedom to make our own reinforces the idea of a caged being. The reference to a path unknown could mean the future is uncertain, but more likely refers to the third of the three intersecting paths on Amphoreus.)

With you, rejoice?

(Who is with us, who is us, and why do we have a choice to rejoice or not? Probably the most mysterious line in the song.)

Silence falls upon thy shadows and void / Voyage through your labyrinth of misery oh~

(Back to singing about March's icy journey through space. Also, I had previously assumed she was asleep through it, but apparently it wasn't a calm sleep.)

Then we escape afar, / To wounded souls that scar / Prisoners of the dark, til we break apart!

("Then we escape afar" If March 7th is in fact an Amphoreus native, then she's presumably the only one who left the planet to escape (unless Acheron has more secrets to hide or something). Therefore, it's possible she's like Superman escaping Krypton.)

We pry, in line, through darkness where the shadows sleep / Our fire, resigned, they let our souls to keep

(I think "Our Fire" is referring to the Flame Chase Journey? Although if that journey is going to keep our souls I'm not sure its the right path to take. Also, "They let our souls to keep," Is it they, or is it THEY?)

Gazing for flickers of light / Yearning for fate's design / Searching for destiny of time / They've left behind?

(A "Destiny of Time" that THEY have left behind? Is the third path Finality? Considering how many Grecoroman myths and legends involve oracles and prophecies, I'm willing to take that bet.)

In hope, in vain, / To whom, who waits?

(A being that waits might refer to Terminus, the Aeon of Finality. "In Hope, In Vain" is very poetically interesting lyric that could mean a couple of things. It could refer to two separate actions from a choice, where one brings hope and one is useless. It could also refer to a useless action that was done out of hope. It could even link to Terminus, in that people will hope for a better future but their actions are already prophesied and set in stone.)

[24-7-testing]

I finished remodeling a few more parts on Wheatley, including his handles!

Fun fact: his handles on the original game model are not connected in the center, and are actually 4 separate pieces! Don't worry though, my version's handles will be connected to provide stability.

I also had to widen how far his handles stick out by 1mm on each side, to prevent them from intersecting his shell. It's fun designing parts to match as close to the game model as possible, while also fixing small inconsistencies like that one (there are several lol)!

I'm still brainstorming how to add movement to his faceplate. I'm thinking I'll incorporate his X and Y rails somehow...

[incorrectstarrailquotes]

Aglaea: No two snowflakes are at the same. They are all unique, fleeting creations.

Phainon, rolling 50,000 of them together to throw at Mydei: That's beautiful.

[owensgrumpyoranges]

2.7 done, on to TEN HOURS of Amphoreus.