Have you been trolled by a thargoid?

Bob McBobblehead

Bob McBobblehead
I was minding my own business when I was hyperdicted while jumping to Merope in my Anaconda. I tried to scan the Thargoid with my xeno scanner but it kept of of range at 507m, just 7m short of scanner range. I increased speed, and the Thargoid match my speed keeping the 507m distance. Well, since that is not working I decided to go backwards then forwards. I managed to scan it for 1 sec before it was back at 507m range. Grrr

My only option left was boost, but was not keen on the idea in case I rammed the Thargoid ship, but with nothing left to lose I pressed the boost button anyway. I managed to get to 400m and scan the ship in one boost.

So if you're in an Anaconda with D rated engineered thrusters, don't get trolled just boost.
 

Vardaugas

Vardaugas
I got hyperdicted and shut down but the Thargoid just waked out. Didn't even scan me. I was like, yeah, right, could have saved us both the time.

Or maybe they know me already and keep track of individual pilots?
 

StiTch

StiTch
If you're in an anaconda with D rated thrusters, change your ship. Or take it awaaay from the shooty things.
 

Teldja

Teldja
Not sure if I have been trolled but it felt like it a little bit.

I was on my way to an Unknown Structure when my ship sensor detected a Non Human Signal Source, so I dropped into it.
Imperial ships wreckage and a Thargoid Interceptor was there.
We played the "you scan me, I scan you, don't be angry with me" game. Then I dropped all the Metal Alloy I had in my cargo hold.
I stayed within 440-500 meters away from him to take a good hard look at it scooping up my offering.
Then my ships got "push away" ! By the time I realised what happened I heard and saw a new Thargoid Interceptor jumping in.

I decided to get as close as possible to the new one in order to scan him.
I don't know why I thought I could complete the scan before he could disable my ship.
Of course I failed.
And there I was, ship disabled less than 400 meters away from the second Thargoid Interceptor.
He started to give me the "standard" red flashing light warning but I couldn't move, since he has just disabled my ship...
Hum... I thought I was stupid but that Thargoid one is no better it seems.

Unaware as to why I didn't/couldn't move he got angry with me so much that he opened fire at my ship !
Luckily my ship system started the reboot sequence a second or two later, allowing me to boost away.
Checking my six, I saw that the two Thargoid Interceptors were chasing me.
Sadly I had no more meta alloy to give them in the hope to calm them down so I jumped back to Super Cruise.

Wild and very stupid guess incoming :
So, what if the "EMP effect" is just a big fat FART of whatever energy they have accumulated after a Witchspace Jump ?
Maybe, it is just a standard procedure after a Witchspace Jump completion to release a big FART of energy ?
 
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