Possibility to RP a thargoid with the new equipment?

[sinkarma]

So beyond has introduced a few new weapons

And I was wondering... We'll probably not get to pilot a thargoid interceptor... But how close can we get to it?

Well for one we have enzyme missiles that are nowhere near useful but its something...
And the shock cannon projectiles for some reason look similar to the projectiles of the thargoids weapon... 'cept can't pierce shields...
Repair limpets and AFMU lets us mimmic the regeneration... just not in combat...
The tractor beam is basically a collector limpet.
And just loads of hull armor.

so then is just needed some strange shield generator that only lasts a little while (which we probably won't get but possibly bi-weaves could do the job?)
A swarm of small SLFs is needed, though maybe if you just squint and pretend you could say use a pack-hound launcher
And we need some kind of lightning gun...

Then just need a ship that can fit all that and is pretty maneuverable

 

[Genoscythe]

Hm, I think it's not yet the time. As we have enzyme missiles which are, as you already pointed out, quite useless, we might get some more interesting thargoid mimicking gear soon maybe. I'd love to see regenerating meta-alloy hull or some kind of tractor beam instead of limpets.

The only thing one can do to mimick a thargoid now is go to maia and grief people, I think that comes closest to what they're doing. Maybe shoot down the drives and PP and use shield-penetrating burst laser and pack-hound racks (like the thargon swarm suicide mode).