Are we going to have Aliens?

[InMemoriamSirocco]

Sure, go ahead... wake the Shadows...

Careful what you wish for!

 

[Certacito]

The idea that humans would band together in a speciesist anthropocentric crusade to wipe out a defenseless alien civilization is just horrifying. As a proper bleeding-heart sophont, I will most certainly band together with other like minded individuals in order to protest such barbaric, xenocidal causes. Any escalation to violence, will, of course, be the fault of closed-minded xenophobic bigots in charge of human systems and as such we will be free of any moral or ethical restraint in our counterstrikes in defense of the poor defenseless aliens before someone goes all space-monsanto on them and unleashes some kind of interstellar bug spray. Po' defenseless crawlies, we got yo' back!

Is this a bit like:

Hippy: "We must protect the sharks, we are in their environment and we are their friends"
Swimmer: "Has anybody told the sharks this?"

 

[Lateralus]

I think it will be a while before we see them openly... Frontier still have a lot of mileage to get out of the 'intrigue factor', which mostly goes away as soon as we start fighting them.

Aliens will be introduced very gradually, probably with encounters akin to modern day UFO sightings to build the suspense up.

 

[Stoo]

I wanna join the Thargoids!!

 

[Theodrid]

I wanna join the Thargoids!!

Are you sure? - I heard the initiation ceremony is quite extreme!

 

[Asadaine]

Given the latest galnet post regarding meta alloys and the techno plague,

1000 tons of Meta Alloys to Li Qing Jao should move things along somewhat.

https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/56cdd9c09657bae3419aaddc

 

[Stoo]

Are you sure? - I heard the initiation ceremony is quite extreme!

Sounds kinky, I'm in!

In all seriousness, it would be pretty groovy to be able to play a covert human reporting back to them The stations would be cool

 

[bisador]

I imagine they are suddenly going to warp in, with their long lost Alliance Capital ships, take out all local governments, and swarm keys systems, holding an embargo.

Then their main fleet will arrive...

They are coming.

 

[Hurricane Moon]

Wrong approach. You don't want to fight them really, it's better to cooperate)

but caramel that would not make for a good video game if they just came for tea and scones now would it?

 

[lysan]

only the Reptilians, as the Thargoids are still full of bugs.

 

[Conch]

I wanna join the Thargoids!!

we will burn you first.

 

[Stoo]

we will burn you first.

Come get me first!

 

[Salami]

Interesting, how paradoxical Uumaans are...
They want something, in this case Aliens.
They get aliens, are driven into extinction, and go "boohoo" on the same aliens they requested.

Won't you ever learn?

 

[Patrick_68000]

Will we ever have Aliens.

We will regret the happy days without them ...

 

[William J Smith]

Alien hugging is where it is right now, if you're smart.

And the aliens will hug you right back
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Bill

Get you tinfoil hats here... only $10 a time .. will surely protect you from being eaten by aliens... refunds in person only if its proven you were wearing the hat and have been eaten by aliens

 

[lysan]

Yeah, "hugging." You know how we've been treating the barnacles

All we gonna get is a facehuggger! but honestly, why do we need to fight them? Maybe they are nice and don't want to fight us?

 

[EddyRockSteady]

The Truth is out There.

 

[Saiidin]

Is this a bit like:

Hippy: "We must protect the sharks, we are in their environment and we are their friends"
Swimmer: "Has anybody told the sharks this?"

Nobody who responds to that post seems to realize it's completely tongue-in-cheek. I know sarcasm is hard to send over the internet, but you'd think referring to myself as a proper "bleeding-heart sophont" would have done the trick...

 

[Kubicide]

To the OP: yes, you probably will see aliens eventually but only in your imagination. Keep watching Galnet and get ready. You'll likely read a Galnet post one day when they're first engaged or when they first attack. Perhaps a screen shot will appear - nothing animated mind you. Then you'll have to wait for the next Galnet post to read about how they are attacking and how the brave defenders of the Alliance/Federation/Empire are battling to save the galaxy. Oh, and here's where you use your imagination if you want to 'see' these great battles play out. Then, wait for the Galnet post that declares it is over or has been won/lost. That is Elite Dangerous: the game you play with your imagination.

Seriously, there's more truth in this somewhat tongue-in-cheek reply than you realize...

 

[TiberiusMaximus]

Braben said any peaceful interactions with the thardoids wouldnt last long. Im guessing the alliance will act as the thargoids enforcers, facilitating and assisting their attacks etc. I hope they remain mysterious to a degree, I dont want to be seeing thargoid battlecruisers everywhere, ill get used to the little insectoid critters at that rate.

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To the OP: yes, you probably will see aliens eventually but only in your imagination. Keep watching Galnet and get ready. You'll likely read a Galnet post one day when they're first engaged or when they first attack. Perhaps a screen shot will appear - nothing animated mind you. Then you'll have to wait for the next Galnet post to read about how they are attacking and how the brave defenders of the Alliance/Federation/Empire are battling to save the galaxy. Oh, and here's where you use your imagination if you want to 'see' these great battles play out. Then, wait for the Galnet post that declares it is over or has been won/lost. That is Elite Dangerous: the game you play with your imagination.

Seriously, there's more truth in this somewhat tongue-in-cheek reply than you realize...

LOL!