Medusa Variant Thargoid

[graeme.firth]

7 - A rare threat level first reported on October 2, 3303. These signal sources contain large debris fields and some salvage items.[2] They were also reputed to be where powerful Cyclops Variant Interceptors could be encountered that could easily wipe out entire wings of skilled CMDRs with combat-Engineered ships, but this was never verified. On December 14, 3303, this threat level became more common and Medusa Variant Interceptors began appearing in them.[3]

http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Non-Human_Signal_Source

any sightings?

 

[GluttonyFang]

Yep, already fought with one. 96 Swarm, 6 hearts, kill meh...

[video=youtube_share;z90erJKlAfI]https://youtu.be/z90erJKlAfI[/video]

 

[graeme.firth]

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/394933-Stations-Being-Attacked/page3

ah thank you, found images in this thread.

And Well done!!!

 

[YinYin]

 

[MarktJones]

[url]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/246947772706717697/390804604658515968/unknown.png[/URL]

Needs to see a dentist sharprish!

 

[YinYin]

I wonder if these point outwards when they fold up to jump.

 

[Darkjayson]

Here is a video of I got the Madusa https://youtu.be/L-7orhWONxg

 

[GluttonyFang]

I edited in a combat footage I had with a Medusa, see my original post above.

 

[The Lawful]

It's obvious we need the T-10 Defender NOW On the spiky things: I remember smaller versions of them lying around in the torture chamber beneath the huge yellow cranes in the Stack and IIRC Klatt Enterprise INRA bases, obviously torn out. No wonder these are aggressive...

O7,
[noob]

 

[Ziljan]

So the medusa isn't aggressive either eh? Hmm. Very strange. Then who is attacking the stations?

 

[The Replicated Man]

I think this variant of thargoid is the best looking one by far!

 

[GluttonyFang]

So the medusa isn't aggressive either eh? Hmm. Very strange. Then who is attacking the stations?

People found Guardian relics around damaged stations, that could trigger Thargoid hostility.

 

[Crash1099]

People found Guardian relics around damaged stations, that could trigger Thargoid hostility.

Guardian relics i did not see any when i was there.

 

[GluttonyFang]

Guardian relics i did not see any when i was there.

I didn't either, footage is not mine:

[video=youtube_share;hjwTUwdahJY]https://youtu.be/hjwTUwdahJY[/video]

 

[Jmanis]

I didn't either, footage is not mine:

https://youtu.be/hjwTUwdahJY

That's in open (other player commanders there). I'd suggest someone is experimenting by dumping Guardian tech in the area.

 

[Macros Black]

Yep, already fought with one. 96 Swarm, 6 hearts, kill meh...

https://youtu.be/z90erJKlAfI

Good fight. Looks like those class 6 AX weapons cannot be here a moment too soon.

(Wonder why you were throwing wet paper towels at him?)

 

[CmdrZaratan]

Wow...Medusa are amazing

Just poked my first one. Between my 3 large AX multicannons, my 1 medium AX multicannon and an AX1 all firing at once I had just enough firepower to expose the first heart (but my word...the ammo cost). It was then I noticed that the Medusa is *constantly spinning*. I only got the heart to 84% before it turned off again. It is so much harder to hit a target that is moving in a circle.

Holy wow that's just fantastic I legged it with a huge grin on my face.

Disclaimer: The above was only possible by invoking 2 bugs, one to have the Thargoid stop shooting, and the other to get it to mostly sit still, both of which appear to work fine on Medusa class Thargoids.

 

[nbandister]

I managed to "attach" the camera onto one of them. A picture when she start open the wormhole: https://imgur.com/VQuuLQA
Not the best picture, that ship moves really fast, no time for precision. But man, looks crazy, creepy and deadly...

 

[Vasco Sapien]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/246947772706717697/390804604658515968/unknown.png

I think looking at the new Medusa Varient that its starting to fill out and look alot like the surface structures (crashed ships) we see on the planets surfaces.

The spires coming up from the central eye are starting to look alot like the central spire of the surface structures and the wings are staring to fill outwards towards each other.

Maybe the Thargoids are growing into something larger?

 

[nathdixon92]

So the medusa isn't aggressive either eh? Hmm. Very strange. Then who is attacking the stations?

The Thargoids are not aggressive. I believe the attack on the station was to send a message to Aegis...the ones that have been attacking the Thargoids relentlessly. Every step of the way, it has been mankind being the aggressors.