Thargoid Non-Aggression Pact!

Cmdr Lucca1985

Cmdr Lucca1985
I myself am all for the peaceful overture. We can't however trust that the developers wont trigger an all out offensive on us from the thargoids due to the actions of glory hunters neither can we guarantee that on the day of our final victory against them the griefer crowd wont instantly turn on and annihilate everyone in the instance either. I support the peaceful overtures but i say get yourself a big hard heavy hitter with plenty of regen tech and rebuys because theres going to be more than one Harry Potter out there when this all over.

Peace first, war Last

Ps I hope the alliance side with the Thargoids so there can be some human involvement in enforcing peace.
 

CMDR Shiva Chaos

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My theory is that at the end of the last war they dropped "flags" or seeds to create new bases on our fringe to "claim territory".
So now we are in the beginning of another border war.
 

Kaltern

Kaltern
It would be nice if we knew what we do here makes a difference to the future and isn't just like an interactive story which has a predetermined outcome.
 

Surprised Brony

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Moribus said:
I think you've missed the point of what I was saying. We've been stealing from them for years, invading their bases, taking their probes (which may well be Thargoid children for all we know), we've destroyed millions of their scavenger drones (all of which are completely non-hostile until you attack). It seems likely that we've invaded their space. That's where my analogy of the guy on the subway comes in.

Yours suggests a totally random unprovoked warning from a random guy. Whereas the reality is that we've been aggressive and hostile to the Thargoids for years, so them warning us to back off before attacking as a last resort is exceptionally laid back. So your analogy is flawed because it doesn't take into account the history you might have with the subway guy, hence my correction to include the precipitating event.

The aggressive hyperdictions are an anomaly it's true, however it seems likely to me that they are retaliating against some people. I've personally flown all over the Pleiades and encountered the Thargoids dozens and dozens of times and I've never had a hostile hyperdiction. It seems likely to me that it's possibly a reaction to something, like maybe the fact we're blasting them apart en mass. Or, alternatively, this fabled second faction that are more warlike.

As I said, which you ignored, I think if the roles were reversed and the Thargoids had been doing to us what we've been doing to them then our first 'live' interactions with them we wouldn't warn them to back off first, we'd go in guns blazing and try to find ways to kill them faster. Because that's exactly what we are doing, and anyone calling for a more reasonable approach to assess the situation more rationally is being shouted down pretty aggressively by the pro-kill-them-all camp.

You're right, Occam's Razor is indeed the case, and in this case the simplest explanation is that we've been invading their space and playing with their toys and they're justified in laying out some ground rules.
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The problem is that they apparently know how to communicate with us. Why wouldn't they stop by and say that those Barnacles are theirs? Why wouldn't they set up defenses around their property? Lastly, why the hell were they hiding while they let us do all of this? This territory of theirs wasn't clearly occupied at all. It was rather abandoned.
 

Trafalgar Law

Trafalgar Law
TGC Brony TO said:
The problem is that they apparently know how to communicate with us. Why wouldn't they stop by and say that those Barnacles are theirs? Why wouldn't they set up defenses around their property? Lastly, why the hell were they hiding while they let us do all of this? This territory of theirs wasn't clearly occupied at all. It was rather abandoned.
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More to the point why did they lure us to Pleiades region with their puzzles and codes in the first place?
 

StiTch

StiTch
Trafalgar Law said:
More to the point why did they lure us to Pleiades region with their puzzles and codes in the first place?
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Louis Calvert

Louis Calvert
TGC Brony TO said:
The problem is that they apparently know how to communicate with us. Why wouldn't they stop by and say that those Barnacles are theirs? Why wouldn't they set up defenses around their property? Lastly, why the hell were they hiding while they let us do all of this? This territory of theirs wasn't clearly occupied at all. It was rather abandoned.
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It could be just they don't think like that. Maybe if they found a human <thing> They'd just leave it alone because they know it's not theirs. Maybe they learned about stealing stuff from us!! :D
 

Louis Calvert

Louis Calvert
Kaltern said:
It would be nice if we knew what we do here makes a difference to the future and isn't just like an interactive story which has a predetermined outcome.
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Totally. I wondered if it was some basic stuff running in the BGS like "Number of peaceful encounters vs number of aggressive encounters". So as long as the overall balance is more people don't shoot them than do, we'll get the "peaceful" next progression, I don't know if it's anything like that or anything as basic as that, but it would be nice to know if it's even worth while considering our actions.

If the game is pre-set to lead to Thar war because gunz are cool then I may as well stock up on AX missiles and go bug hunting.
 

Assimilator1

Assimilator1
Maybe they're taking our escape pods to ultimately use them as hostages!

Btw has anyone here had the Thargoids go to allies (green on radar)? Either permanently or temporarily? Someone in another thread claimed to, permanently IIRC - [edit] yep, here
 
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Louis Calvert

Louis Calvert
Assimilator1 said:
Maybe they're taking our escape pods to ultimately use them as hostages!

Btw has anyone here had the Thargoids go to allies (green on radar)? Either permanently or temporarily? Someone in another thread claimed to, permanently IIRC - [edit] yep, here
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No but I saw that post too, going to try it out. Feed them meta alloys right?
 

Archduke

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You who claim to want peace and end hostilities with Thargoids are hypocrites whule you continue to use FSD technology developed from the [strikeout]blood[/strikeout]xenofluids of a thousand Thargoids.
 

PK555

PK555
I've been observing and launching research limpets at um and dropping stuff and seening hoe they act, trying to figure a way we might chat however, I have been instantly shot at by a flower so that said I REFUSE to go down without a fight! My ReconCourier the Farscape II is rigged with research gear and weapons, I highly dout I can solo one in that but, if laying down some fire with the speed helps me not eat a rebuy via Thargoid then I will return fire, they do evade fire now, I hope to take a non-confrontational approach as much as possible but won't go quietly if attacked.
 
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