Now this is a game that I haven’t touched in a pretty long time (at least 1-2 years since the completion of the LST). Going to see these Thargoid bases are what interested me in coming back.
\nWhich means I haven’t been flying blind, oh no. I’ve been watching several Youtube videos of E:D for about four days, learning about the new changes since the 2.3 patch (and there are many). Now, the theme is ‘Beyond Horizons’, in patch 3.1.3, which means FDev might be done with their whole Season Pass thing.<\/p>\n
So the Thargoids are on the move, destroying stations. However, it seems anti-chaotic when said stations are now being repaired (including The Oracle; the first space station in the Pleiades Nebula). I thought it was lost forever, when they were saying it was “damaged beyond repair”. But now…? It’s operational again, and it’s like the Thargoids were never there. But I found the LZ, and wow.. are they creepy looking. You can even go inside this weird alien ‘ship’… but not far, as there are doors that stop you. They also fuck with your electronics (almost like the aftermath of an EMP). Did a quick Google search, and discovered you need the Unknown Artifact (now known as a ‘Thargoid Sensor’), and everyone’s favorite station shutting down device; the Unknown Probe. Once unlocked, he sells corrosion resistant cargo racks (designed specifically for hauling these Thargoid-like devices). Which brings up the question — is it really<\/em> worth all of that effort, when the puzzles have already been solved a year ago? I would assume by now<\/span> (since it’s old content), FDev would had allowed anyone to just walk right in without these requirements. I wouldn’t even care if I couldn’t interact with the machine-like equipment in there.. I just want to get in, and see what others have already seen. With it getting close to bedtime, I went back to Sol. I’m thinking of getting this ‘Voice Attack’ program (that’s $12 on Steam). I could see this being quite helpful for me (with the way I’m still flailing around trying to re-learn the keys). Now this is a game that I haven’t touched in a pretty long time (at least 1-2 years since the completion of the LST). Going to see these Thargoid bases are what interested me in coming back. Which means I … Continue reading
\nThis could possibly be the same if Blizzard did this when the Cataclysm happened, then a few months later, you had the option to send supplies and eventually undo Deathwing’s destruction. As awesome as it would be to bring back old favorites, it also makes the bad guy look… less of a “Oh no, we have to do something to defend the human race from extinction!!” threat, and more of an annoyance.
\nBut what’s curious, is the pattern of these attacks. A lot of Youtubers suggested the bugs are heading for Sol (and right for me), but after looking at it myself, I don’t think so. They actually appear to be heading straight for the galactic core (or maybe even Beagle Point), destroying any station that decided to fire upon them.
\nWatching some videos, the ‘flower-type’ Thargoids (that are in Non-Human Signal Sources) seem to only be aggressive when provoked. They’re more curious about us, than see us as an enemy. Though they also seem ‘hungry’ for occupied escape pods.
\nAnother thing about them possibly ‘running away’ from something, the fact the COL 70 SECTOR systems (around the Barnard’s Loop Nebula) are still<\/span> permit locked, some are speculating this could be either the Thargoid Bubble, or the bubble of a hostile alien force that might be hunting the Thargoids.
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\nBut enough RPing, I’m ingame again, and my ThrustMaster T-Flight HOTAS X surprisingly still 100% works! I thought for sure I was going to be making a blog post stating how it died and I’ve been forced back to the ‘stone age’ (keyboard\/mouse).
\nTook awhile to re-remember the binds to the HOTAS, and the pre-flight checklist option really helped me with that. After I was finally out of the station, I plotted a course to one of these sites who have been verified as Thargoid ‘bases’. First went to PLEIADES SECTOR LS-T C3-2, and Planet 5A. I had read that these bases are so large, they can be seen from space. But what they didn’t<\/em> say is some of these bases are on the dark side of the moon (where it’s hard to see them).<\/span><\/p>\n
\nBoth of these gain you access to the internal workings of this.. whatever it is, which have chambers no human being has ever seen before. One of these chambers, can give you an ‘Unknown Link’ (which is used in the main chamber).
\nTo get these (safely as they cause corrosion damage to your ship’s internal systems), you need to go through the long, arduous task of unlocking Professor Palin in the Maia system.<\/p>\n
\nI got the first bits done (with Elvira), but now I got to begin the process of getting a Sirius system permit (just<\/span><\/em> to be able to talk to everyone’s most hated engineer, Marco Quent). And the reason why he’s greatly hated, is he wants you to bring 25 Modular Terminals to him (which aren’t easy to acquire, at least.. they definitely<\/strong> weren’t for many people back in the day). Now it’s slightly easier to complete<\/a> with Patch 2.4.
\nSo once you complete the required steps to unlock Palin, you have to bring him a bunch of things just to get him to talk to you (carrying unknown probes, which is the exact opposite of what you really wanna do.. but it’s the only way to get him to open his shop).<\/p>\n
\nBut no, that’s not the case here. FDev doesn’t work like Blizzard (who would had done what I just said, when they feel it’s old content).
\nSo what the fuck are they planning with these structures? Could these possibly be the Thargoid motherships? And these egg-like sacks at the same site as this video<\/a>, that are on the ground outside of one of the openings.. just what the hell are we even dealing with?
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\nAnyway, some important notes that I’ve seen. It seems a Thargoid base, is seen as a settlement. I made the mistake of recalling the Conda (just incase if for some rare instance, a Thargoid ‘ship’ might show up). But by doing so, I couldn’t call the ship back to me until I moved 2,700km away from this thing. Ended up doing the ‘log out and back into non-horizons’ trick, which ‘teleported’ me back to the ship in orbit of the moon.
\nAt the other site (HIP 14909, planet 2A), I decided to use my SLF(Ship-Launched Fighter) and check the area. To me, this base looked the same as the other one. In the SLF, I couldn’t attack the Scavengers. So I landed near one of the openings, and it’s like they (somewhat) took interest of me (passing by the fighter and occasionally bumping into it).<\/p>\n
\nBut that is IF<\/em> I survive this highly unusual severe weather outbreak tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"