63 Eridani has been specifically requested for assistance from the Brazilian Pilots.
Thargoid invasion - Next target systems?
- Thread starter Aleks Zuno
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Brazil!
They deserve all the assistance they need; M. Taranis really stomped upon their space much more so than has occurred with many/most other affected factions. I remember lamenting their situation over a week ago while I was demonstrating the INTRA changes for update 14, where I used their Hupang system as an example.
@Aleks Zuno
Can't say I can as I need a new PC but I would be interested in a list of affected systems, if you have one, or can redirect me to one?
Not Discord please.
Can't say I can as I need a new PC but I would be interested in a list of affected systems, if you have one, or can redirect me to one?
Not Discord please.
INTRA keeps an informal Thargoid system list for warning purposes, though note that it is not actually an AX utility. For lists built more specifically for purpose, try the AXI Thargoid Watch, the Inara Thargoid War, or the CMDR tblFlip Thargoid Radar.
Well, if some fine Brazilian ladies are in need of some rescuing, who am I to turn them down, right? I've just made my first run to Hartlib Terminal. There's no Brazilian Pilots PMF in the system. Is the info still up-to-date?
Yes, we have been doing Evac the Critically Wounded there for the last 6 hours with the faction and are making progress but more people are always good.
At 16:16 today
A few minutes ago, at 22:50
Roger that. I just completed my first haul of critically wounded to Altair. Is there any BGS voodoo I need to take into consideration or can I just collect as many cargo as I can fit into my ship regardless the faction?
No. You're good, just do as much as you are able. This is not the BGS. It is its own thing. Call it a self contained BGS if you like but I prefer not to because that leads to a false association. It's the Thargoid War Machine, with its own rules.
Every single misconception about how it works comes from comparing it to the regular BGS. Level caps, activity caps, diminishing returns, all of it. There's not a shred of evidence for any of that, and given the effort needed to move just one progress bar all the way over in a week it's not even logical or sensible that there would be.
We need to get away from this line of thinking because it's holding us back. Understand the war machine for what it is and stop constantly comparing it to what it isn't.
In any case none of the regular BGS rules apply. You either do enough to move the progress bar all the way over in a week or you don't.
Vukurbeh Alert at 92%; if it matters to anyone that a secondary Alert target is ready then there is a small 4% head-start in HIP 20527, over by M. Indra. The other Alert systems around M. Taranis appear not to be in populated systems.
The HIP 25679 Invasion is up to 62%, and we have yet more new Invasion activity in Liu Huang and in Arietis Sector KM-W d1-94. I am quite surprised that I have yet to see at least one progress point in a Controlled system, and I imagine it could be worth trying an exploratory strike at a nearby system such as Matshiru—perhaps next cycle, though.
The HIP 25679 Invasion is up to 62%, and we have yet more new Invasion activity in Liu Huang and in Arietis Sector KM-W d1-94. I am quite surprised that I have yet to see at least one progress point in a Controlled system, and I imagine it could be worth trying an exploratory strike at a nearby system such as Matshiru—perhaps next cycle, though.
Vukurbeh is complete.
Vukurbeh Alert repelled! Delivery efforts should consider a few options next:
- Discovering what happens if the Recovery is completed in HIP 23716 (6%).
- Continuing the modest start towards repelling the Alert in HIP 20527 (4%).
- Choosing another Alert in a populated system.
- If able, switching to evacuation and assisting HIP 25679 (66%).
Imeut only has 6 days left, yet progress is a bit slow there.
Massive Invasion push in 63 Eridani overnight, jumping it up to 46%, second only to HIP 25679 at 76%. Akbakara and Tougeir join the Invasion effort.
At just over two days into this cycle, I note that the top seven Invasions have a combined progress of 234%. Even without a burst of activity on the weekend, simply staying that course and moving efforts down the list as each Invasion is defended should result in taking all seven systems (HIP 25679, 63 Eridani, Ebisu, Awara, Lahua, Imeut, Obamumbo).
Whether a system has one total week remaining may matter when selecting it for action, but when talking about progress, note that all of those systems only have six days remaining (now five, which the interface displays unhelpfully as four without counting the other 22 hours).
At just over two days into this cycle, I note that the top seven Invasions have a combined progress of 234%. Even without a burst of activity on the weekend, simply staying that course and moving efforts down the list as each Invasion is defended should result in taking all seven systems (HIP 25679, 63 Eridani, Ebisu, Awara, Lahua, Imeut, Obamumbo).
Whether a system has one total week remaining may matter when selecting it for action, but when talking about progress, note that all of those systems only have six days remaining (now five, which the interface displays unhelpfully as four without counting the other 22 hours).
Yup, this. And pretty much the same for Wakata (forever!) station.
At least this is more realistic than begging for beer, wine, tobacco and onionhead.
If you're not sure what to bring on the first trip out there to get missions, bring a boatload of either animal meat or water purifiers. You'll find they need them on the mission board, select it and deliver. If they've changed requirements and don't have it on the mission board, sell in commodities and you'll still make a profit.
Reminder: Knight and Wolf are outposts, so a python is the max size you can land there (medium pads).
Wakata (forever!!!) Station is a full-size station.
There are also a couple of large-pad surface ports, if you're concerned that the cargo has to specifically be brought to a station under repair (no-one knows) but want to haul larger amounts.
This is a bit of an unknown, if the station delivered to matters, but what seems to happen at the weekly maintenance is that the entire system moves one step towards Thargoid Controlled or one step towards Post-Thargoid Recovery and all the stations in that system go down or up a step from where they were. So if a system goes a step towards Thargoid Controlled, stations that were active and unattacked became attacked, like Wakata Station did. Stations that were attacked became damaged and classed as inactive. Stations which were previously damaged became abandoned. The same seems to happen in reverse as when HIP 23716 came back online. Wakata Station, which had only just become attacked the week before, was fully restored as a normal undamaged station. Knight Enterprise came back online from abandoned. Farkas and Wolf Orbital became less damaged and all of them started taking deliveries again.
This would suggest that it doesn't matter which station is delivered to and therefore it is logical that stations with large pads would offer faster further recovery, but it is only a suggestion. Targeted operations at specific stations may also work but more testing is needed there.