New red-orange dot approaching the bubble at 0.8ly per minute-- Thargoid mothership?

[Joe Cool]

It's likely just this latest batch of Gamma Strain, or maybe just too long out in the black, but I fear UIA1 might be bringing a huge, angry, pink octopus to the party.

Spoiler

 

[CMDR Timber McWolf]

“We solemnly predict that the Second Thargoid War is about to enter a new phase, and humanity may not yet be prepared to withstand it.”
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/636cd89a1a8ea972d7350c54

…well, looks like something’s up - and incoming

Yeah, I heard that, too. Alas a few hours after I posted.

 

[Brrokk]

...
Since (game-mechanics-wise) it's "a dot from FD's laser pointer against the skybox that we cannot interact with anyway" ...

Yikes, the next development is sure to be a huge ball of wool the size of an entire solar system.

 

[]M[]

I guess we can always hope for a Dyson sphere… though the first few in Sol’s neighbourhood may be Thargoid built ;]

 

[Rat Catcher]

Yikes, the next development is sure to be a huge ball of wool the size of an entire solar system.

I'd just wonder how big the kitten that chases after it is going to be...

 

[CMDR Timber McWolf]

I'd just wonder how big the kitten that chases after it is going to be...

About the size of a small galaxy, I would estimate.

 

[BL1P]

I had a thought !
The 8 UIA could form the 8 verticies of a cube, then they could use the deadly "Cube of Space Magic™" on us !!

Fig 1.

Spoiler: 3D Technical Diagram Alpha 001

 

[Moirai]

New FSS upgrade released. On Galnet in-game at present.

Apparently, it reduces interference and makes the signals clearer (implied 'more revealing'). Off to test it...

 

[DrinkyBird]

Here's the Galnet article in question:

Further FSS Scanner Upgrade Released — Galnet News

*Pilots’ Federation ALERT* A version of the FSS scanning software used to track the Thargoid anomalies has been made available to the Pilots’ Federation. Commanders should experience reduced interference when using the full spectrum system (FSS) scanner to focus on the anomalies. The team...

elite.drinkybird.net

I can also pick up the Rogue Signals Sources depsite being nowhere near them now: (I'm in LP 98-132)
Note the UI is also being glitchy.

 

[[PS4 Pro - PC] earthtone99]

I think I’ll be staying in Colonia…

 

[Moirai]

I can also pick up the Rogue Signals Sources depsite being nowhere near them now: (I'm in LP 98-132)
Note the UI is also being glitchy.

Yeah, deliberately glitchy.

Zooming in on the RSS results in some...disturbing noises.

Update: Also worth mentioning that UIA'a now appear to be targetable as a 'Rogue Signal Source'. So now, you can see its distance.

And the FSS marks them specifically at the seventh major marker on the frequency scale (which is where the signal was always the clearest), so all are now a visible source to the FSS.

 

[Helmut Grokenberger]

The end is nigh,

 

[Helmut Grokenberger]

also, here it is in the FSS zoomed in. Note that I am in the target system, here I can see its distance (and how it decreases).

 

[Cori]

Where am I ?
and
Why am I wet ?

To quote the late, great Togmeister: "Do I come here often?"

 

[Moirai]

also, here it is in the FSS zoomed in. Note that I am in the target system, here I can see its distance (and how it decreases).

Yeah. It's kinda creepy, isn't it.

Hopefully it all is...

 

[OrdinaryMan]

also, here it is in the FSS zoomed in. Note that I am in the target system, here I can see its distance (and how it decreases).

I forgot that this game could soooo simply be a "horror game".

 

[Cori]

I forgot that this game could soooo simply be a "horror game".

Only for humans. For Thargoids it's about to be a remake of "Burgertime".

 

[Helmut Grokenberger]

Maybe it is my imagination, but the sound also seems more... guttural. At the very least, it is much clearer now. Also, being able to target them for the first time feels... dangerous.

 

[Leadfoot]

also, here it is in the FSS zoomed in. Note that I am in the target system, here I can see its distance (and how it decreases).

Has anyone run that sound through Audacity yet?
Damn it, I KNEW I should have stayed out there a bit longer. Well, it's only some 40 jumps back...

 

[OrdinaryMan]

Maybe it is my imagination, but the sound also seems more... guttural. At the very least, it is much clearer now. Also, being able to target them for the first time feels... dangerous.

What system are you currently on? Or in which system can I see one of them?

Two months ago, after a 45-minute supercruise, I managed to catch them on the 2nd Stargoid. Can I still see it with the same method?