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The central barnacle does glow; the ground around it glows all the time, and sometimes the glow is like what you see in MasoneTi's photos. It waxes and wanes over time.

Also, this is the only barnacle making music - the rest only make the rumbling/grumbling/cracking noises.

Funny. I spent an hour there last night and never saw it glow like that once. I mean, I'll take your word on it on account of the fact nobody seems too concerned by this, but it's never looked like that for me yet in my two visits.

EDIT: For context, a side-by-side of the central barnacle. My shot is the first one, and taken on the dark side of the moon. They're completely different.

2nd EDIT: Also, comparing the two some more I'm not even sure if Masone Ti's picture is of the central barnacle, there's none of the indestructible spikes around it?

In the 2nd shot as well, there's a gas cloud above the barnacle. And you can see the other barnacles in the background aren't lit up the same.

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Funny. I spent an hour there last night and never saw it glow like that once. I mean, I'll take your word on it on account of the fact nobody seems too concerned by this, but it's never looked like that for me yet in my two visits.

EDIT: For context, a side-by-side of the central barnacle. My shot is the first one, and taken on the dark side of the moon. They're completely different.

2nd EDIT: Also, comparing the two some more I'm not even sure if Masone Ti's picture is of the central barnacle, there's none of the indestructible spikes around it?

In the 2nd shot as well, there's a gas cloud above the barnacle. And you can see the other barnacles in the background aren't lit up the same.

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On occasion, Thargoids tend to party harder than usual. Generally resulting in better worker morale and increased MA yields. I've yet to find the cause of the overly dank light show seen in these pictures. However, I can say this Onionhead I got from Garry is great!
 
I've been wondering if we have a personal relationship with the Thargoids? They seem to become quite happy when they receive Meta-Alloys. Can we become 'allied', if we drop enough MAs?

In addition to MA they also like Escape Pods, Master Chefs, Slaves, Imperial Slaves and all types of prisoners. This seems like classical abduction.

Why the Thargoids are collecting humans, isn't clear to me. It could be for basic biological research. There is however an interesting plan described in 'Out of the Darkness'.
The plan is to supply the Oresrians with Elite human pilots, that has been biologically and cognitively enhanced.

The 'medicament' that is used in the book is invented by a human, but can only be produced with Thargoid technology.
Human pilots are supposedly more adaptable and quicker to come up with new tactics than the Thargoids. The Thargoids are on the other hand, much better learners. If one has learned, they have all learned.

I wonder if some of the Interceptors we meet are flown by humans? [alien]
 
I've been wondering if we have a personal relationship with the Thargoids? They seem to become quite happy when they receive Meta-Alloys. Can we become 'allied', if we drop enough MAs?

In addition to MA they also like Escape Pods, Master Chefs, Slaves, Imperial Slaves and all types of prisoners. This seems like classical abduction.

Why the Thargoids are collecting humans, isn't clear to me. It could be for basic biological research. There is however an interesting plan described in 'Out of the Darkness'.
The plan is to supply the Oresrians with Elite human pilots, that has been biologically and cognitively enhanced.

The 'medicament' that is used in the book is invented by a human, but can only be produced with Thargoid technology.
Human pilots are supposedly more adaptable and quicker to come up with new tactics than the Thargoids. The Thargoids are on the other hand, much better learners. If one has learned, they have all learned.

I wonder if some of the Interceptors we meet are flown by humans? [alien]

Well this is interesting :)

And I was wondering over the weekend, mulling over the UA morse: easily explained as a fourth-wall device to give human players something they can actually decode, or...

As a Thargoid rope-a-dope to encourage humans into a part of space outside their well-stocked, well-armed 'bubble', to maximise the opportunity of getting experiment subjects.
 
Tin foils hats at the ready!

The recent discovery of the GCS Saravati in IC 4604 Sector FB-X c1-16 hints at the presence of a sister ship, the Thunderchild, but gives no overt clues to probable location.

Redditor another_ape suggests that the name "Equinox" could refer to missions at equal and opposite locations with respect to Sol. I like this theory but I think their suggested locations of Witch Head and Flame nebulae are off. If you mirror the Saravati's coordinates about Sol, you have a location in the Hind Sector. There is even a small nebula down there around the T Tauri system.

I would love to find the Thunderchild. It's a neat War of the Worlds reference. HMS Thunder Child was a Royal Navy "ironclad" torpedo boat that was destroyed by tripods as it defended a fleeing refugee ship.

[video=youtube;tb4BWSUV8mM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb4BWSUV8mM[/video]
 
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Tin foils hats at the ready!

The recent discovery of the GCS Saravati in IC 4604 Sector FB-X c1-16 hints at the presence of a sister ship, the Thunderchild, but gives no overt clues to probable location.

Redditor another_ape suggests that the name "Equinox" could refer to missions at equal and opposite locations with respect to Sol. I like this theory but I think their suggested locations of Witch Head and Flame nebulae are off. If you mirror the Saravati's coordinates about Sol, you have a location in the Hind Sector. There is even a small nebula down there around the T Tauri system.

I would love to find the Thunderchild. It's a neat War of the Worlds reference. HMS Thunder Child was a Royal Navy "ironclad" torpedo boat that was destroyed by tripods as it defended a fleeing refugee ship.


That's an interesting find. Seems Meta-Alloys were discovered as early as 3172, but GalCop took the discovery to the grave.

I also read this to mean that Mycoids are rendered completely ineffective by the Meta-Alloy's self repairing properties.
 
Just got a confirmation that Thargoids are now INSIDE the bubble. It was nice knowing you all. Thanks to Cmdr 2301 for the find.

Nice, this post is now linked over here along with one of the images and a credit for Cmdr 2301.

Edit: I've now changed the link to point to the new "aliens inside the bubble" thread that you started.
 
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Tin foils hats at the ready!

The recent discovery of the GCS Saravati in IC 4604 Sector FB-X c1-16 hints at the presence of a sister ship, the Thunderchild, but gives no overt clues to probable location.

Redditor another_ape suggests that the name "Equinox" could refer to missions at equal and opposite locations with respect to Sol. I like this theory but I think their suggested locations of Witch Head and Flame nebulae are off. If you mirror the Saravati's coordinates about Sol, you have a location in the Hind Sector. There is even a small nebula down there around the T Tauri system.

I would love to find the Thunderchild. It's a neat War of the Worlds reference. HMS Thunder Child was a Royal Navy "ironclad" torpedo boat that was destroyed by tripods as it defended a fleeing refugee ship.


Does this mean the Original war the Thargoids came from or fled corewards?
 
That's an interesting find. Seems Meta-Alloys were discovered as early as 3172, but GalCop took the discovery to the grave.

I also read this to mean that Mycoids are rendered completely ineffective by the Meta-Alloy's self repairing properties.

Well that would indeed make sense...

If so, then it would suggest the Barnacles are placed deliberately to *provide* meta alloy since that appears to be their only (known) product.

So, a possible narrative is that the original Thargoids were almost wiped out by Mycoid first time round; and found a way around it, only not quick enough. The probes and the sensors were deployed(?) as a beacon to help future Thargoids to come along and find the aftermaths (the Thargoid Sites) and now they are here - visiting Barnacles possibly to 'top-up' on meta alloy because they've been forewarned.

Perhaps all the UAs are also Mycoid infected - but are perhaps not complex enough to be destroyed by them; or the self-repair mechanism is another, primitive, defence against its effects developed before meta alloy was 'invented'.

And *that's* why meta alloy stops UA effects in stations - it stops the Mycoid, which, in turn, stops the *need* to self-repair.

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Questions that arise from this, then, are how does a Thargoid 'plant' a barnacle? In some cases we see the meta alloy spires at the sites, others on their own, and now we have the giant Barnacle forest? How do they get there?
 
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I would love to find the Thunderchild. It's a neat War of the Worlds reference. HMS Thunder Child was a Royal Navy "ironclad" torpedo boat that was destroyed by tripods as it defended a fleeing refugee ship.


Cool!....I was singing the song in my head, while reading your post....still got the Album complete with the graphics booklet.....& the CD!.....dah, dah, daaaaah, dah dah daaaah....

Best track was Forever Autumn.....Classic!
 
Well this is interesting :)

And I was wondering over the weekend, mulling over the UA morse: easily explained as a fourth-wall device to give human players something they can actually decode, or...

As a Thargoid rope-a-dope to encourage humans into a part of space outside their well-stocked, well-armed 'bubble', to maximise the opportunity of getting experiment subjects.

While I suspect that the morse and other puzzles were originally included to give players something to do and figure out, from the story perspective you have to conclude that the Thargoids or some of their factions deliberately lured us into the Pleiades region and into the now ensuing conflict for reasons which are as yet unclear.
 
Well that would indeed make sense...

If so, then it would suggest the Barnacles are placed deliberately to *provide* meta alloy since that appears to be their only (known) product.

So, a possible narrative is that the original Thargoids were almost wiped out by Mycoid first time round; and found a way around it, only not quick enough. The probes and the sensors were deployed(?) as a beacon to help future Thargoids to come along and find the aftermaths (the Thargoid Sites) and now they are here - visiting Barnacles possibly to 'top-up' on meta alloy because they've been forewarned.

Perhaps all the UAs are also Mycoid infected - but are perhaps not complex enough to be destroyed by them; or the self-repair mechanism is another, primitive, defence against its effects developed before meta alloy was 'invented'.

And *that's* why meta alloy stops UA effects in stations - it stops the Mycoid, which, in turn, stops the *need* to self-repair.

---

Questions that arise from this, then, are how does a Thargoid 'plant' a barnacle? In some cases we see the meta alloy spires at the sites, others on their own, and now we have the giant Barnacle forest? How do they get there?

So,, that "bulb" at the top of the crashed Thargoid scout looks somewhat like the "bulb" in the crown of a barnacle.

If I'm reading you right though... you're suggesting the Thargoids are now basically now dependent on a drug for survival, and that "drug" is meta-alloys. I guess, like some sort of "blocker" for the mycoid virus.

I like it,, but what about the TS/TP pointing, and use of Morse and Octal? Octal I only assume because something Thargoids something eight. But the Morse is still an anomaly. And why does it morse wireframes of our ships?

And then of course, what the heck is the Thargoid Link for? We know what it does for us... why do the Thargoids need that? The link points to the infected sites, but the links are *in* the infected sites. That won't help the Thargoids.
 
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I've been wondering if we have a personal relationship with the Thargoids? They seem to become quite happy when they receive Meta-Alloys. Can we become 'allied', if we drop enough MAs?

In addition to MA they also like Escape Pods, Master Chefs, Slaves, Imperial Slaves and all types of prisoners. This seems like classical abduction.

Why the Thargoids are collecting humans, isn't clear to me. It could be for basic biological research. There is however an interesting plan described in 'Out of the Darkness'.
The plan is to supply the Oresrians with Elite human pilots, that has been biologically and cognitively enhanced.

The 'medicament' that is used in the book is invented by a human, but can only be produced with Thargoid technology.
Human pilots are supposedly more adaptable and quicker to come up with new tactics than the Thargoids. The Thargoids are on the other hand, much better learners. If one has learned, they have all learned.

I wonder if some of the Interceptors we meet are flown by humans? [alien]

Very Interseting! They like Master Chefs : )

I tried to offer the Tharghoids Marked Slaves yesterday. In three out of three cases they ignored my offering, but they happily took Imperial Slaves or normal slaves instead. Seems they don't like Archons Slaves. Maybe this is theire way to tell us, they are not interested into our powerplay???
 
i would like to thank my colleague modish for her post, and would like to correct her on one thing. thunderchild was a team of people within project equinox that had info they believed even the superpowers shouldn't know so left just before project equinox was shut down. so there should be more equinox early warning ships around the edge of the old frontier boarder from 3125 and also a crashed ship somewhere that the thunderchild team escaped in with the infomation they had still intact waiting to be found out there
 
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Very Interseting! They like Master Chefs : )

I tried to offer the Tharghoids Marked Slaves yesterday. In three out of three cases they ignored my offering, but they happily took Imperial Slaves or normal slaves instead. Seems they don't like Archons Slaves. Maybe this is theire way to tell us, they are not interested into our powerplay???

Did anyone try progenitor cells?

i have the feeling they are collecting humans to adapt their tech and biology to fight us. like Tyranids do in warhammer 40k.
 
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