Thargoid invasion - Next target systems?

[Aleks Zuno]

From the DCoH Leigong channel, looks like Jementi should already be underway with sample collection.

Lovely! I saw the other stopped attacks at M. Leigong this week, and became a bit worried that Jementi might be abandoned. Not having prevented it, I would feel terrible if Garongxians ended up on the PDES list next week! A new, Jementi-assuming plan—

Tuesday​

Hyades Sectors XO-Q b5-3, GW-W d1-82 and GW-W d1-88 to bring M. Taranis down to 7 targets, 6 inhabited.
Arrive by Ildano, finish Hyades Sector EG-N b7-3 nearby, then harvest and deliver partial completion.

Wednesday​

Complete Ildano.
Assist the Imeut operation if needed, then assist any outstanding targets such as Pegasi Sector AR-J a10-3.

 

[Aleks Zuno]

Victories in Pegasi Sectors AR-J a10-3, QE-N a8-4 and NY-O a7-0! Just as soon as I mention visiting Jementi and Pegasi Sector AR-J a10-3, they are underway and complete respectively. You are all amazing!

A very large surge at HIP 21380 brings it ahead a bit, and also raises the total Alert activity a bit to make it a bit more likely that all could be completed.

Evictions at 17:20 11th July 3309:
Matshiru Control 14% — Taranis 20 Ly, awaiting delivery
Unlikely:
Omumba Control 14% *15.2% — Hadad 14 Ly

Alerts:
Desurinbin Alert 78% *79.9% — Cocijo 25 Ly, 457k Ls starport, 2845 Ls planet
65 Kappa Tauri Alert 76% *77% — Indra 25 Ly, 71k Ls starport, 72k Ls planet
HIP 21380 Alert 48% *48.4% — Indra 27 Ly, 305 Ls outpost
Narrowly:
Khwal Alert 46% *47.5% — Cocijo 22 Ly, 67 Ls outpost, 89 Ls planet

Clean-up:
Hyades Sector EG-N b7-3 Control 76% *76.6% — Taranis 25 Ly, empty, warranted by INIV
Trianguli Sector JW-W b1-6 Control 18% — Taranis 27 Ly, empty

 

[Grimscrub]

Deliveries now in progress. Pretty surprised how far we got - turned out carrier access was mis-set but i was rushing too much to read the panel and noone pinged me over it, apologies. In the end though, all should be well - if over-gathered in some places due to overlapping efforts.

 

[Aleks Zuno]

Deliveries now in progress. Pretty surprised how far we got - turned out carrier access was mis-set but i was rushing too much to read the panel and noone pinged me over it, apologies. In the end though, all should be well - if over-gathered in some places due to overlapping efforts.

Thank you all ever so much—if I sum each of those systems and include the 705 for Matshiru and 18% progress already for Trianguli Sector JW-W b1-6, you have full completion everywhere! Even using the old estimate for Matshiru the combined delivery would be short by an easily-fixed 45, though now it ought to be over by around 110.

We have awaiting delivery the last of the M. Taranis farther attackers, plus enough to cover the deficit at Hyades Sector EG-N b7-3, which I hope very much will deprive it of an attack now and send it on-course for losing many more attacks in future. At the start of this week I asked various Commanders which systems they would like to see recaptured; insofar as everyone chose either a system by M. Taranis or chose that Maelstrom more generally, I think it quite fitting to take Ildano as well, both as one more populated system recovered and to stop one more attack!

 

[Grimscrub]

Apologies for the delay - passed out at around 11:30pm, so latter third of deliveries was delayed.
For what its worth data-wise, end result for Matshiru reading as "WarProgress:1.025988" where the last time I visited Pre turn-in was 0.001131 -- prior to 17 scout kills during that sampling run.

In hindsight I should have grabbed a final reading before handing in so we could know exactly how much it added up to without the final scout kills, but, hopefully it gives a rough datapoint to help nail things down a little either way.

All in all, happy it was done, probably can't gather 9-10k+ personally in future though, free weeks are scarce things.

 

[Aleks Zuno]

I love this part—victories in Jementi, 65 Kappa Tauri, HIPs 21380 and 25670, Trianguli Sectors JW-W b1-6, KR-W b1-4, KR-W b1-1 and FL-Y b5, Matshiru and Hyades Sectors EG-N b7-3, GW-W d1-82, GW-W d1-88, XO-Q b5-3, FB-N b7-3 and IM-L b8-5! M. Leigong loses its fifth attack, and both remaining Alerts should be within reach, minding as usual the part where today is Wednesday.

The ailing M. Taranis is now in the interesting position of probably losing its first attack since we started the practice of targeting attackers! It has outside chances of Hyades Sectors EG-N b7-2 and DQ-O b6-3 reaching EG-N b7-6 and Lovaroju, either at slightly beyond the usual ten light-years. After we complete Ildano later, for which any extra activity in the meantime is quite welcome, cases such as those should be the only such remaining if M. Taranis is to attack more than three systems next week. We will leave them as potential contributions for the @Ian Doncaster Maelstrom misbehaviour collection!

Evictions at 07:10 12th July 3309:
Ildano Control 50% — Taranis 22 Ly, 1732 strength, warranted by INIV
Unlikely:
Omumba Control 14% *15.3% — Hadad 14 Ly

Alerts:
Desurinbin Alert 98% — Cocijo 25 Ly, 457k Ls starport, 2845 Ls planet
Khwal Alert 74% *74.3% — Cocijo 22 Ly, 67 Ls outpost, 89 Ls planet

Apologies for the delay - passed out at around 11:30pm, so latter third of deliveries was delayed.
For what its worth data-wise, end result for Matshiru reading as "WarProgress:1.025988" where the last time I visited Pre turn-in was 0.001131 -- prior to 17 scout kills during that sampling run.

In hindsight I should have grabbed a final reading before handing in so we could know exactly how much it added up to without the final scout kills, but, hopefully it gives a rough datapoint to help nail things down a little either way.

It looks plausible! Our old estimate for Matshiru would have been 5191 and assuming a 3% reduction gives 5035, where your combined delivery of 5145 and that measurement yields 5021. Together, this is what we know about inhabited Control systems since that last change a few weeks ago, sorted by distance:

Week​	System​	Maelstrom​	Distance​	Delivered​	Prior​	Posterior​	Strength​
32​	Matshiru​	Taranis​	19.812697​	5145​	0.001131​	1.025988​	5021​
29​	HIP 30158​	Hadad​	20.62178​	1371​	0.263357​	58%​	4073–4330​
32​	Wangakwan​	Taranis​	20.744658​	4240​	0.000001​	1.019584​	4159​
32​	Ildano​	Taranis​	21.642763​	1837​	0.0005​	0.515042​	3571​
31​	Haushu​	Taranis​	25.238936​	1600​	0.000004​	1.040745​	1538​
32​	Rikbakara​	Taranis​	27.170954​	1550​	0.031345​	1.048962​	1524​
31​	Vogulmangoi​	Taranis​	27.458011​	1600​	0.000005​	1.051124​	1523​
31​	HIP 20509​	Thor​	30.900467​	1550​	0.010197​	1.046798​	1496​

All in all, happy it was done, probably can't gather 9-10k+ personally in future though, free weeks are scarce things.

To see a fourth Maelstrom break, as are we!

 

[Starsong]

Gandje update -
Gandje Control 0% (95.1%) - Taranis 14 Ly, 798 strength

Not long now. Delivery will begin just after the tick.

 

[Starsong]

Additionally - my alt's carrier Ascension Light KLW-52M is now buying samples for our next operation in Njorog. It's located in Hyades Sector NS-T c3-12.

 

[Aleks Zuno]

Additionally - my alt's carrier Ascension Light KLW-52M is now buying samples for our next operation in Njorog. It's located in Hyades Sector NS-T c3-12.

From either this evening or next cycle, I will start including a note about longer operations such as these!

Gandje update -
Gandje Control 0% (95.1%) - Taranis 14 Ly, 798 strength

Not long now. Delivery will begin just after the tick.

I thought a bit and actually got a bit worried about having suggested that approach; it should be fine and it seems still correct to do it with ample time for delivery and any emergency harvesting, but if performed afterwards it occurs to me that the strength or the harvest efficacy could change in the meantime. Falling significantly short due to that would be a disaster!

To help give your operation every chance of success we will choose an empty Control system, store barely enough to complete it, then deliver it immediately after the next cycle begins. If it shows complete after the first activity update, you will know that everything appears to work at least as well as before, and probably it is fine to proceed! Obviously if it falls short then one may need to review the new system strength first.

Moreover, that is something I think we could do each Wednesday generally. Definitely I will be happier on our first harvest of the week if I know that our actions will still be effective!

 

[Starsong]

We have now stockpiled enough samples to complete Gandje, and with a few hundred extra as a safety margin too! Now all that remains is to unload nearly 17,000 samples tomorrow... fun.

 

[CMDR Vulkarius]

Apologies for the delay - passed out at around 11:30pm, so latter third of deliveries was delayed.
For what its worth data-wise, end result for Matshiru reading as "WarProgress:1.025988" where the last time I visited Pre turn-in was 0.001131 -- prior to 17 scout kills during that sampling run.

In hindsight I should have grabbed a final reading before handing in so we could know exactly how much it added up to without the final scout kills, but, hopefully it gives a rough datapoint to help nail things down a little either way.

All in all, happy it was done, probably can't gather 9-10k+ personally in future though, free weeks are scarce things.
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A-ha, I tetrahedronated your systems/distances and found out your secret base must be in the Paeni system
This may be totally normal, not useful to anyone and not of any major consequence, but I found it!

Unrelated, I think something pretty neat happened at Indra...
Whoever took HIP 20056, it was a possible attacker for a few places but was first to hit Ain before it was purged.
That makes HIP 20741 the new first to hit Ain, which stops it hitting 91 Sigma-1 Tauri.
That then makes 78 Theta-2 Tauri first to hit 91 Sigma-1 Tauri, stops it hitting HIP 20686.
68 Tauri now hits HIP 20686, cannot hit HIP 21123
HIP 20605 now hits HIP 21123, cannot hit HIP 20553
57 h Tauri now hits HIP 20553, cannot hit HIP 20440 (inhab!) and was the only/last which could.
It may have been target 71/77 not counting skips or >10 LY, but it's quite cool how that chain of events keeps some ports safe in HIP 20440!

 

[Shayan al Nasarwa]

M.Oya update: Chernobo is at aprox 55% of the needed 14200 samples. Think we do that system next cycle.

 

[Felix DiCestria]

Looks like all Alerts are clear.

 

[Aleks Zuno]

Victories in Khwal and Desurinbin! Those are all for Alerts again, although I see that the unofficial Conflict zone at Trianguli Sector GG-Y c18 seems to have helped it reach a reported 296%.

Ildano will resume shortly and as scheduled, followed by delivery then a quick harvest verification withheld for tomorrow. That should become ninety systems, short of anything else awaiting delivery this evening!

Evictions at 18:10 12th July 3309:
Ildano Control 50% *51.7% — Taranis 22 Ly, 1732 strength, warranted by INIV
Unlikely:
Omumba Control 16% — Hadad 14 Ly


To keep track of those operations occurring across more than one week, I have added this:

Operations
Delivery for Gandje is scheduled next week.
Harvest for Chernobo is ~55% complete.
Harvest for Njorog has begun; sell to Ascension Light KLW-52M in Hyades Sector NS-T c3-12.

I am unsure about leaving frozen versions of it after each week, although they may make for an interesting record. Looking at it now, I will also seek to include references for each update.

M.Oya update: Chernobo is at aprox 55% of the needed 14200 samples. Think we do that system next cycle.

Great to hear, and I hope you are all well! This arrives just in time for inclusion in the new operations list.

 

[Leadfoot]

Now showing this one as complete, Thargoid withdrawl in 1 day.

If I may suggest, I think you may be a few pages behind—Bi Dhorora was complete on Sunday, announced here!

Ah, you are correct. I didn't scroll back far enough. I was doing a bunch of evacuation missions there and noted it was done as I logged in to continue. Well, on to the next alert...

 

[Aleks Zuno]

Victories in Ildano and Pegasi Sector FB-X c1-22! Now M. Taranis will have to misbehave twice if it wants to use all five attacks, for which it has the unlikely-but-present opportunity, otherwise it will be down to three and the total Alerts should be down to twenty-seven.

Including that last eviction around M. Raijin, that was ninety-one completed systems versus its thirty-two attacks. The Hyades Sector AV-O b6-5 Overachievement Award goes to Trianguli Sector GG-Y c18 for a reported 301%!

To offer an idea of what occurred at M. Taranis this week—

It took more losses than that, because some of them were systems which would not have launched an attack.

 

[Aleks Zuno]

Week 33, 13th July 3309​

Report
Twenty-seven Alerts repelled at Col 285 Sectors NR-B b14-1, YT-F b12-7, SH-B b14-5, SX-Z b14-2, OS-T d3-76 and AF-E b13-5, Pegasi Sector FW-W d1-104, Fotlandjera, Ebisu, Cephei Sector AV-Y b2, Muruidooges, Paitra, HIPs 23716, 20492, 25679, 116360, 20850 and 20019, Laumas, Arietis Sector DQ-Y c18, Holvandalla, Lahua, Isla, Aurus, Muncheim, Kagutsuchi and Poqomathi.
Fifty Control evictions at Gandje, Col 285 Sectors BP-F b12-3, NQ-F b11-3, QX-U d2-47, XT-F b12-7, TH-C b13-3, WY-F b12-0, OS-T d3-102, TN-H b11-4, TN-H b11-5, WT-Q c5-22, BA-P c6-16, BA-P c6-10, BA-P c6-4, BP-F b12-1, BP-F b12-2, OS-T d3-105, YT-F b12-4, RS-H b11-4, YT-F b12-6, YT-F b12-1, WY-F b12-5, YT-Q c5-25, YT-Q c5-27, YT-Q c5-28, KM-V d2-101 and RX-H b11-3, HIPs 21654, 10972, 116052, 40229 and 23593, Arietis Sectors VO-R b4-1, ZU-P b5-1, SD-T b3-3, TD-T b3-0, VY-S b3-3, GG-Y d65, JR-W c1-8, SD-T b3-2, GG-Y d67 and KM-W d1-81, Picenile, Hyades Sectors KH-L b8-0 and EB-N b7-0, 29 e Orionis, Vucumatha, Chernobo and Pegasi Sectors NY-O a7-3 and VK-L a9-2.
Five recaptured systems starting Recovery are Gandje, Picenile, 29 e Orionis, Vucumatha and Chernobo.
Maelstrom Leigong loses three attacks, and Taranis and Thor each lose four attacks.

Targets updated at 06:40 20th July 3309
Omumba Control 46% *46.1% — Hadad 14 Ly, ~10.8k strength
HIP 37520 Control 14% — Cocijo 30 Ly
Tougeir Control 10% *11% — Oya 16 Ly
HIP 9607 Control 10% *10.4% — Leigong 32 Ly
Kamato Control 8% *8.8% — Raijin 27 Ly
Hosan Control 6% — Raijin 28 Ly
HIP 21261 Control 4% *5.2% — Indra 20 Ly
HIP 19781 Control 2% *3.3% — Indra 26 Ly
Ceti Sector ZU-Y b4 Control 2% *2.3% — Leigong 31 Ly, empty
Liu Huang Control 2% — Oya 18 Ly
HIP 5629 Control 2% — Leigong 41 Ly, empty
Pegasi Sector PI-S b4-6 Control 2% — Raijin 24 Ly, empty

Notes
The Alert report lists predicted attackers which can be stopped this cycle.
The Alert system Paitra has a residual port conflict, with minor fines due to a no-fire zone.

Operations
Delivery for Gandje completed. Update
Delivery for Chernobo completed. Update
Harvest for Njorog is at 13.3% and needs another 14700; sell to Ascension Light KLW-52M in Hyades Sector NS-T c3-12. Update

Week 32, 6th July 3309​

Report
Thirty-two Alerts repelled at Trianguli Sectors JW-W b1-1 and GG-Y c18, Hyades Sector EG-N b7-5, Col 285 Sectors CA-E b13-1, SX-Z b14-1, NG-E b12-3, JA-G b11-3, NG-E b12-4 and UD-G b12-2, Cephei Sectors ZE-A c8 and ZZ-Y b3, Arietis Sector AQ-P b5-3, HIPs 3006, 4041, 20485 and 21380, Pegasi Sectors WK-L a9-3, QZ-M a8-0, QE-N a8-3, WK-L a9-1 and LY-O a7-0, Senocidi, HR 1403, Bi Dhorora, Gliese 9035, Vogulu, 69 Upsilon Tauri, Namayu, Hez Ur, 65 Kappa Tauri, Desurinbin and Khwal.
Fifty-nine Control evictions at Col 285 Sectors HL-O c6-3, HL-O c6-4, UH-C b13-0, UH-C b13-2, EA-Q c5-12, EA-Q c5-16, IA-G b11-1, MQ-F b11-3, NQ-F b11-1 and QX-U d2-48, HIPs 6869, 20056, 26534 and 25670, Wangakwan, Trianguli Sectors KR-W b1-5, JR-W b1-5, FG-Y d96, JW-W b1-6, KR-W b1-4, KR-W b1-1 and FL-Y b5, Pegasi Sectors NY-O a7-4, EB-W b2-2, RE-N a8-3, AR-J a10-3, QE-N a8-4, NY-O a7-0 and FB-X c1-22, Arietis Sectors KM-W d1-93 and AQ-P b5-2, Hyades Sectors EG-N b7-4, GW-W d1-86, GB-N b7-3, QN-T c3-10, PN-T c3-5, PN-T c3-7, QN-T c3-11, AA-P b6-0, AA-P b6-5, OS-T c3-0, OS-T c3-1, OS-T c3-2, CV-O b6-6, DQ-O b6-2, DQ-O b6-4, EQ-O b6-2, HB-N b7-0, EG-N b7-3, GW-W d1-82, GW-W d1-88, XO-Q b5-3, FB-N b7-3 and IM-L b8-5, Rikbakara, Ceti Sector XJ-A c18, Jementi, Matshiru and Ildano.
Seven recaptured systems starting Recovery are Wangakwan, Rikbakara, Arietis Sector AQ-P b5-2, HIP 20056, Jementi, Matshiru and Ildano.
Maelstrom Oya loses one attack, Taranis loses two attacks, and Leigong and Thor are unable to attack.

 

[Aleks Zuno]

For @Starsong @pFVD and very probably @MVBanks the week 33 Alerts which were once Control:

System​	Inhabited​	Maelstrom​	Distance​	Week evicted​
Fotlandjera​	Yes​	Hadad​	19.69 Ly​	22​
Col 285 Sector SX-Z b14-2​	No​	Hadad​	22.85 Ly​	25​
Col 285 Sector YT-F b12-7​	No​	Cocijo​	23.88 Ly​	25​
HIP 25679​	Yes​	Taranis​	17.4 Ly​	28​
Col 285 Sector OS-T d3-76​	No​	Cocijo​	29.6 Ly​	28​
Col 285 Sector NR-B b14-1​	No​	Hadad​	23.67 Ly​	28​
Cephei Sector AV-Y b2​	No​	Oya​	18.35 Ly​	28​
Col 285 Sector SH-B b14-5​	No​	Hadad​	19.63 Ly​	28​
Paitra​	Yes​	Cocijo​	24.88 Ly​	28​

Additional: 310 units delivered for Col 285 Sector BP-F b12-3 has completed it, so it is likely that a bulk delivery will be quite fine! Conversely, if its actual progress turns out to be more than around 2–2.5% over then please suspect a strength reduction.

 

[Starsong]

For @Starsong @pFVD and very probably @MVBanks the week 33 Alerts which were once Control:

System​	Inhabited​	Maelstrom​	Distance​	Week evicted​
Fotlandjera​	Yes​	Hadad​	19.69 Ly​	22​
Col 285 Sector SX-Z b14-2​	No​	Hadad​	22.85 Ly​	25​
Col 285 Sector YT-F b12-7​	No​	Cocijo​	23.88 Ly​	25​
HIP 25679​	Yes​	Taranis​	17.4 Ly​	28​
Col 285 Sector OS-T d3-76​	No​	Cocijo​	29.6 Ly​	28​
Col 285 Sector NR-B b14-1​	No​	Hadad​	23.67 Ly​	28​
Cephei Sector AV-Y b2​	No​	Oya​	18.35 Ly​	28​
Col 285 Sector SH-B b14-5​	No​	Hadad​	19.63 Ly​	28​
Paitra​	Yes​	Cocijo​	24.88 Ly​	28​

Additional: 310 units delivered for Col 285 Sector BP-F b12-3 has completed it, so it is likely that a bulk delivery will be quite fine! Conversely, if its actual progress turns out to be more than around 2–2.5% over then please suspect a strength reduction.

Reports that Paitra does indeed have CZs, but I know HIP 25679 does not and I’m pretty sure Fotlandjera doesn’t either when we checked it last time it was Alerted.

 

[Starsong]

The unloading process for Gandje has begun! Both the Sky of Diamonds and the [AXI] Starchaser are parked next to the Antai rescue ship.
EDIT: The Sky of Diamonds is now empty.