Slipping into orbit of Polaris 4a revealed the mysterious “????” signal to be something called a Thargoid-Transporter:
When I attempted communications I was given the option to dock - at which point the vessel/artefact “closed up”
...looking a bit more Thargoid-y, and after a bit of manoeuvring I was able to see what appeared to be a docking port:
Nothing much seemed to happen after I was grabbed by the device, so after a brief time staring at the alien bulkhead in front of me the Inter-Species Translator was used again - all I was given was the option to undock.
After reversing out of the Transporter I was surrounded by multiple “????” contacts - a quick scan showed several small “traditional” Thargoid ships as per original Elite, as well as one of the larger vessels briefly seen in the FFE intro:
...and it appeared I was no longer inKansas Polaris, Toto A quick look at the GalMap showed Polaris to be 625ly away
Soon after the following message came up on my screen:
I’m not going to make the same mistake Humanity made last time during First Contact with the Thargoids - I’ll stay my trigger finger and go for a chat...and hope the Thargoids don’t remember Great-Grandpa Arioch quite happily blasted dozens of Thargoid ships back in the day
“Greetings Human...an unusual name for one of your kind, it sounds...familiar”
(awkward silence from the Argent’s Quest)
When I attempted communications I was given the option to dock - at which point the vessel/artefact “closed up”
...looking a bit more Thargoid-y, and after a bit of manoeuvring I was able to see what appeared to be a docking port:
Nothing much seemed to happen after I was grabbed by the device, so after a brief time staring at the alien bulkhead in front of me the Inter-Species Translator was used again - all I was given was the option to undock.
After reversing out of the Transporter I was surrounded by multiple “????” contacts - a quick scan showed several small “traditional” Thargoid ships as per original Elite, as well as one of the larger vessels briefly seen in the FFE intro:
...and it appeared I was no longer in
Soon after the following message came up on my screen:
I’m not going to make the same mistake Humanity made last time during First Contact with the Thargoids - I’ll stay my trigger finger and go for a chat...and hope the Thargoids don’t remember Great-Grandpa Arioch quite happily blasted dozens of Thargoid ships back in the day
“Greetings Human...an unusual name for one of your kind, it sounds...familiar”
(awkward silence from the Argent’s Quest)