Thargoid Interstellar Interdiction

Ambient Badger · May 14, 2019

CMDR Ambient Badger in the Pleiades Sector. I was jumping to HR 1185 to offload some opals at the Indra. I was pulled out into witch space. Interstellar interdiction. Two Thargoid interceptors. I popped a heat sink immediately and all my systems blacked out anyway. They must have lost my heat signature.

I'm sitting here in a cold sweat looking at their wakes. Reminds me the time they pulled me out of witchspace when I was just a kid on my Acorn 3000. My hand's are shaking commanders. Fly safe.

Lightspeed · May 14, 2019

I use boost .... boost away from your drop-in as many times as possible before the blackout. They are usually too far away to take notice.

Drelthar · May 15, 2019

Lightspeed said:
I use boost .... boost away from your drop-in as many times as possible before the blackout. They are usually too far away to take notice.

This, plus the heat sink, just to be safe.

Phoenix_Dfire · May 15, 2019

When flying around the Pleiades Sector, I always carry the Thargoid Field Neutraliser Module (as I always seem to be carrying thargoid bits For Professor Palin or Ram Tah).

You wait to hear the warning about the Shutdown Field, count to 2 and Activate the Field Neutraliser and keep it on (Click and hold) until the Shutdown Field has passed and then boost away and high wake before they can scan you.

if you don't have things the Thargoids want, then just go passive, let them scan you and then they'll fly away.

Lightspeed · May 15, 2019

Phoenix_Dfire said:
When flying around the Pleiades Sector, I always carry the Thargoid Field Neutraliser Module (as I always seem to be carrying thargoid bits For Professor Palin or Ram Tah).

You wait to hear the warning about the Shutdown Field, count to 2 and Activate the Field Neutraliser and keep it on (Click and hold) until the Shutdown Field has passed and then boost away and high wake before they can scan you.

if you don't have things the Thargoids want, then just go passive, let them scan you and then they'll fly away.

Is that how you are supposed to use it? I have one on my AX Phantom and could never get it to work in Thargoid CZs. Guess I need to keep that button pressed.

Darksnow47 · May 15, 2019

Yes, you put 4 pips to SYS wait for the warning and then hold it until the blue wave is over...

Drelthar · May 15, 2019

Darksnow47 said:
Yes, you put 4 pips to SYS wait for the warning and then hold it until the blue wave is over...

4 pips to SYS is important, because it uses SYS power, and a LOT of it, very fast.

sinisalo · May 15, 2019

Been carrying around Thargoid wake scan data for ages, and adding to it. I keep hoping someday it will have a purpose.

Will it? Has it every been mentioned by FDev?

Phoenix_Dfire · May 15, 2019

sinisalo said:
Been carrying around Thargoid wake scan data for ages, and adding to it. I keep hoping someday it will have a purpose.

Will it? Has it every been mentioned by FDev?

They might be of use in a future Interstellar Initiative.

RolloTreadway · May 15, 2019

Phoenix_Dfire said:
if you don't have things the Thargoids want, then just go passive, let them scan you and then they'll fly away.

And whilst you're doing so, be careful not to accidentally boost into them. Turns out they don't much like that.

War Eagle · May 15, 2019

Didn't even know this could happen - this game just keeps getting cooler.

sinisalo · May 15, 2019

Phoenix_Dfire said:
They might be of use in a future Interstellar Initiative.

Could be. I was thinking more along the lines of a new FSD experimental. Engineering is already fairly diverse, but I would like to see even more, divergent options, more struggle over opportunity cost. More to set one build apart from the next.

Wishes are not expectations though, and it's far more likely that one day I will need 50 thargoid wakes to unlock a G3 FSD engineer in Beagle Point.