Query
Why is the following happening?
I believe I remember I used to get the “red lights” when holding only thargoid sensors and hyperdicted. Now, even with 64 of them, I get “green lights” and the thargoids wake out. The last one flew up to and along my direct side like we were in formation, up until I boosted away and started to charge my FSD, when he went aggro.
I have a few ideas:
• I have earned a good reputation by never harming a thargoid, almost always giving up cargo when requested, was only caught twice with AX weapons, and/or have dropped in on NHSSs a lot simply to watch, interact and gift-give with thargoid interceptors.
• No experimental utilities, tiny hull and shields.
• Applied xeno-ally decals to all ships that may encounter thargoids. As a premium decal set I can’t put much faith in this idea, but it coincides.
• My ship’s heat was at 30% for all cases they waked out. The one when we were flying in formation, it was 30% until boosting and charging, the moment of aggro.
• FSD charge, in general.
• Seeing 64 sensors with no probe or link means I won’t be to find their bases and there is only one thing I can do with so many.
• They actually want me to bomb stations.
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The heat idea along with the flight formation incident had me thinking. Maybe they see me as a friendly cold lifeform (all intelligent, warm life/ships have threatened their entire species, could be conditioning or threat assessment.) If the formation was not just coincidence, maybe it even though I was a Thargoid until I blew my cover.
Digressing, I don’t buy the argument that being cold renders you “invisible” with respect to the CMB, they shut you down and proceed to scan you for relevant cargo with precision. They see and scan “dead” ships, too.
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