Thargoid Encounter Shows Numbers in Ship UI

[Desupero]

Hopefully someone can make some sense of these numbers for the future... 3:36 if you don't want to see the rest

[video=youtube;ZPPexTxRb5s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPPexTxRb5s&t=20s[/video]

 

[c00ky1970]

It says "Windows Update Required"

;-)

 

[Bob McBobblehead]

That why we need Palin's Thargoid scanner from the GC.

 

[Shadowdancer]

It's yet another dumb ARG. Instinct says it's octal representation of ASCII and that produces some valid character sequences.

120 154 145 141 163 145
040 163 164 157 160 040
164 150 145 040 101 122
107 163 054 040 151 164
040 151 163 040 156 157
164 040 144 157 151 156
147 040 171 157 165 162
040 160 154 141 171 145
162 163 040 141 156 171
040 146 141 166 157 165
162 163 040 141 156 171
040 155 157 162 145 056

 

[Tadeus72]

It was already decoded yesterday. Go to the alien section for details. No spoilers here