Bear with me, I'm donning the tinfoil.
Thargoids know what we are and where we are. If these things are Thargoid related then the stealthy industrial complex they are building worries me.
Im not convinced they are Thargoid related however. The question is still valid though. If the marking on the barnacles is a property mark as some believe then it would indicate the concept of ownership. It's somewhat strange that the UA don't have any such markings though. If a sentient race with a concept of ownership sent them then why didn't the check for other life before setting up facilities. A lot of ppl say our intervention with these creatures will cause a war. I'd say that mining resources in someone else's back yard might result in the same.
(bear in mind I believe UA and barnacles are connected)
So, an alien race sends probes out to some potentially rich mining areas (for them). Those probes start encountering oddities (us) who move them, destroy them, travel with them through the Galaxy etc. The probes emit a sound, one element of which is the morse for the system they are in. As time goes by this behaviour changes and the probes and the probes scan for what is near them. The key point here is that their behaviour changes, across all UA, and it appears to change in response to us. my conclusion is that the controlling species saw what was going on and wanted more info. They did not change the message though. They didn't want us to know more. Now they send mining organisms to areas they know are populated by another species. People say we might cause a war, I'm pretty convinced it's coming anyway.
Thargoids know what we are and where we are. If these things are Thargoid related then the stealthy industrial complex they are building worries me.
Im not convinced they are Thargoid related however. The question is still valid though. If the marking on the barnacles is a property mark as some believe then it would indicate the concept of ownership. It's somewhat strange that the UA don't have any such markings though. If a sentient race with a concept of ownership sent them then why didn't the check for other life before setting up facilities. A lot of ppl say our intervention with these creatures will cause a war. I'd say that mining resources in someone else's back yard might result in the same.
(bear in mind I believe UA and barnacles are connected)
So, an alien race sends probes out to some potentially rich mining areas (for them). Those probes start encountering oddities (us) who move them, destroy them, travel with them through the Galaxy etc. The probes emit a sound, one element of which is the morse for the system they are in. As time goes by this behaviour changes and the probes and the probes scan for what is near them. The key point here is that their behaviour changes, across all UA, and it appears to change in response to us. my conclusion is that the controlling species saw what was going on and wanted more info. They did not change the message though. They didn't want us to know more. Now they send mining organisms to areas they know are populated by another species. People say we might cause a war, I'm pretty convinced it's coming anyway.