Thargoid invasion - Next target systems?

[Ian Doncaster]

Can you remind me which systems are under a visitation ban ? For some reason I thought it was near Col285 (the last Titan).

Col 285 is the sector roughly containing the bubble itself. That one's fine.

You might be thinking of Col 70, which is on Cocijo's side of the bubble, but a lot further out in the direction of Barnard's Loop. There are various other locked sectors in that area.

 

[SergMx]

Col 285 is the sector roughly containing the bubble itself. That one's fine.

You might be thinking of Col 70, which is on Cocijo's side of the bubble, but a lot further out in the direction of Barnard's Loop. There are various other locked sectors in that area.

Okay. The last Titan being in this direction is just a coincidence.

 

[Kira Goto]

Okay. The last Titan being in this direction is just a coincidence.

Taranis did come from roughly in the Col 70 direction (and passed through a portion of it on its way to the Bubble). Cocijo, well, that one's not so sure. At best there could be a link to the Coalsack nebula, but only from direction, not distance (not even close).

Oya and Raijin, those just seemed to come from a direction with absolutely no association to the Thargoids. There could be Titans all over the galaxy and unless they were moving around, we wouldn't even know about it.

 

[App1eseed]

What is the most effective way to shut down systems at the moment? For now I am collecting samples from Mapon

 

[Aleks Zuno]

What is the most effective way to shut down systems at the moment? For now I am collecting samples from Mapon

Indeed to focus upon one specific Control system, the Research samples remain a dependable way; they have also retained the advantage of being able to store them on a Carrier until enough are collected for the entire system, without losing anything due to Thursday reinforcements.

If the system has appropriate Conflict zones (not all have that!) and some Commanders can complete them repeatedly and reliably, that can also give progress at a similar rate. I think salvaging at Signal sources is still much slower, despite being increased along with combat a few months ago.

For once-populated systems such as Mapon, they can be completed with a much faster rate in a later week when they become Counterstrike eventually, providing a Conflict zone which has a reactivated port for restock—but obviously that is not helpful immediately.

If no specific system is the target, the best means are:

• Spire sites, albeit causing some weeks such as this one where there are none remaining; the trade-off is that we get several systems back immediately when the Thargoids need to retreat and reoccupy their Spires, and Spire progress has the general advantage of not being lost on Thursdays.
• Titan rescues, noting that many Commanders stopped doing that when the 15-system limit was introduced. For those who are, I suggest stockpiling Bio-storage until we have Spire sites again, or generally some other way to ensure all of that divided Rescue progress is secured before the end of the week.

 

[App1eseed]

For once-populated systems such as Mapon, they can be completed with a much faster rate in a later week when they become Counterstrike eventually, providing a Conflict zone which has a reactivated port for restock—but obviously that is not helpful immediately.

Okay, I'll continue collecting scout samples.

 

[Grimscrub]

A small side-factor to be aware of - when spires are All offline, the remaining place in the galaxy for finding Revenants (and thus acquiring Tactical Core Chips for anti-guardian resistance) is cut down to thargoid systems featuring Military odyssey settlements - the reactivation missions may be gone, but the skimmers still spawn.

That list is down to three systems at present, Desurinbin, Mapon, and HIP 38235 (full list of the settlements therein, with thanks to LilacLight for demonstrating how to structure the inara search: https://inara.cz/elite/nearest-stat...&pi5=0&pi7=0&pi23=0&pi6=0&pa3[]=3&ps3=&pi24=0 )

Mapon will have been seeing minor progress on and off for a number of months due to said revenant farming - the system features a banshee-free settlement (Pelissier's Command, body 6a - noted by Cmdr NightShade_7 on the discord a while back) for easy acquisition of such via airstrike/collector limpets..


That aside - Hello, hope folk have been keeping well - the offline (work, cats, vehicle maintenance) had buried me for a bit.

For now had primarily been pushing 'systems with visible progress' (which made me spot OS-T d3-130 to look here), then half looking at the feasibility of blocking Sukurbago and-or HIP 38134 invasions due to their ~60kLs potential ports, and-or the dormant spire to clean up confusion... those three may prove to be a longer-term aim though.

 

[Felix DiCestria]

Also if you do go to Pelisier's Command, please check there isn't anyone on foot before unloading a salvo of missiles...

 

[LadyLucida]

• Titan rescues, noting that many Commanders stopped doing that when the 15-system limit was introduced. For those who are, I suggest stockpiling Bio-storage until we have Spire sites again, or generally some other way to ensure all of that divided Rescue progress is secured before the end of the week.

Operation Thunderstruck currently has about ~17k pods stored from Cocijio, and our plan is to continue stockpiling until Spire Sites are active again.

 

[Neestar]

our plan is to continue stockpiling until Spire Sites are active again.

What's going to happen when the "last" 8th Titan goes meltdown byebye soon? Will all 'spire sites' be gone forever? Is there anything limited or rare a relatively new/newb player like me ( who has only just done his 2nd Titan ever ) should be trying to prepare, collect, & accomplish before 8th Titan becomes attackable?

As in, any activity or content that might become impossible to see or do once that 8th Titan falls?

 

[Kira Goto]

What's going to happen when the "last" 8th Titan goes meltdown byebye soon? Will all 'spire sites' be gone forever? Is there anything limited or rare a relatively new/newb player like me ( who has only just done his 2nd Titan ever ) should be trying to prepare, collect, & accomplish before 8th Titan becomes attackable?

As in, any activity or content that might become impossible to see or do once that 8th Titan falls?

Spire sites would likely be one, but unless the 'Invasion' state requires a Titan (unlikely, given that Witch Head reused those assets without a visible/any progress bar), the station assaults would likely remain. Not sure on the alert state... Thargoid Controlled is somewhat self-explanatory, but whether it will remain is a different question. Maybe only for spire locations, if it does so.

... and I think Frontier would likely have plans to keep using these things they developed for the Thargoid/Titan war, instead of just dumping them and leaving derelict Titans and abandoned spires waiting to be reactivated (or removed, whether that is by collapsing or salvaging from one party or another) as vestiges of a past conflict.

 

[Felix DiCestria]

Revenants seem about to vanish if you wanted to experience that.
Obviously you've done Titan bombing.
Beyond that AX is generally self contained.
AXCZs and the starport battles might be worth doing while they're going. They'll happen again with the next incursion but that could be some time.

 

[Ian Doncaster]

As in, any activity or content that might become impossible to see or do once that 8th Titan falls?

Very hard to say.

If (which is highly unlikely!) Frontier plans to end the current Thargoid conflict with the destruction of Cocijo and put them back in the box for a few years, all the content surrounding them would no longer be available. It'd probably be easier to list what would be left at that point
- you'd have various signal sources around Pleiades / Witch Head / California / Coalsack nebulae which could be entered for fights with Thargoid scouts and interceptors
- HIP 22460 would presumably continue to be itself
- since they haven't yet, several years on, it's unlikely the various attacked megaships, capital ships, etc. scattered around from before the war would be removed, and again Thargoid ships could be encountered there
- the remains of the Spire sites would still be around the bubble
- Thargoid Barnacles and other surface sites could still be found in the nebulae
- the Titan wrecks would still be out there
All the rest is tied to the war simulation and would stop.

If that's not their plan, then no-one other than Frontier knows which bits will stick around, which bits will reappear in a different context, and which bits are just going.

 

[Neestar]

Spire sites would likely be one, but unless the 'Invasion' state requires a Titan (unlikely, given that Witch Head reused those assets without a visible/any progress bar),

... and I think Frontier would likely have plans to keep using these things they developed for the Thargoid/Titan war, instead of just dumping them and leaving derelict Titans and abandoned spires waiting to be reactivated (or removed, whether that is by collapsing or salvaging from one party or another) as vestiges of a past conflict.

Yeah it's pretty fun & immersive content, in my opinion, so i hope most of it remains ( somehow ) .

Also: sorry but what exactly is "Witch Head" ? ( looks like Ian Doncaster also mentioned it below.... )

Revenants seem about to vanish if you wanted to experience that.

the starport battles might be worth doing while they're going. They'll happen again with the next incursion but that could be some time.

ah yeah i actually was able to experience ( for the 1st time ) those epic 'starport battles' a few weeks ago during and had a blast ! It was connected to a Community Goal though i think? Is that normal or are the 'starport battles' just randomly activated on GalMap from time to time?

Also, sorry again for newb question but what exactly are "Revenants" ? ( yes i realize i can just Google this info ,but i enjoy chatting with u guys about it first on forums post )

- you'd have various signal sources around Pleiades / Witch Head / California / Coalsack nebulae which could be entered for fights with Thargoid scouts and interceptors
- HIP 22460 would presumably continue to be itself
- since they haven't yet, several years on, it's unlikely the various attacked megaships, capital ships, etc. scattered around from before the war would be removed, and again Thargoid ships could be encountered there
- the remains of the Spire sites would still be around the bubble
- Thargoid Barnacles and other surface sites could still be found in the nebulae
- the Titan wrecks would still be out there

ok yeah i've mostly been doing 'debris fields' ( Titan wrecks ) to farm materials and i really enjoy doing it since the atmosphere is sooo spooky in there! Anyways all that ^ sounds very cool THANKS for the list CMDR!

Between all of this final Thargoid stuff , plus new PowerPlay 2.0 update , i should have plenty to keep busy within EliteD.

 

[Kimosabe_X]

Also: sorry but what exactly is "Witch Head" ?

The Witch head nebula region...

 

[MartinG]

Also: sorry but what exactly is "Witch Head" ? ( looks like Ian Doncaster also mentioned it below.... )

The Witch Head Nebula sector, where some ports were attacked by Thargoids early previous year. The attack lasted a few months and left several ports abandoned.

ah yeah i actually was able to experience ( for the 1st time ) those epic 'starport battles' a few weeks ago during and had a blast ! It was connected to a Community Goal though i think? Is that normal or are the 'starport battles' just randomly activated on GalMap from time to time?

That one, in the Shinrarta Dezhra system, was special.
Normal starport battles occur in systems that are in the Invasion state or have a reactivated port — see the first post in this thread (updated regularly). Unfortunately these days Invasions are almost always repelled before Saturday (they always start on Thursday morning UTC). Also, these days most starport battles are planetside — easier because Thargoid Interceptors cannot use their swarms there, but sometimes challenging if on a high gravity body.

Also, sorry again for newb question but what exactly are "Revenants" ? ( yes i realize i can just Google this info ,but i enjoy chatting with u guys about it first on forums post )

Revenants are Thargoid planetary drones. Visit any military settlement in a Thargoid-controlled system and you’ll see… (many also feature Banshees, which is another — and more dangerous — type of Thargoid planetary drone).

 

[Neestar]

The Witch Head Nebula sector, where some ports were attacked by Thargoids early previous year. The attack lasted a few months and left several ports abandoned.

ah ok yeah i sorta figured it was some 'nebula' , based on @Ian Doncaster 's list reply ( as well as Kimosabe_X's subsequent reply ) but i wasn't sure of the details & such , so THANKS MartinG for the extra bit of intel yep, o7

That one, in the Shinrarta Dezhra system, was special.

gotcha ok yeah honestly that week was some of the most SPACE fun i've ever had in EliteD...or any video game.

Normal starport battles occur in systems that are in the Invasion state or have a reactivated port — see the first post in this thread (updated regularly). Unfortunately these days Invasions are almost always repelled before Saturday (they always start on Thursday morning UTC). Also, these days most starport battles are planetside — easier because Thargoid Interceptors cannot use their swarms there, but sometimes challenging if on a high gravity body.

ahhhh interesting , ok i'm def. gonna try to check those out then yeah and who knows maybe new 'Mandalay' will help as an AX outfitted ship for the "high gravity" ...

Revenants are Thargoid planetary drones. Visit any military settlement in a Thargoid-controlled system and you’ll see… (many also feature Banshees, which is another — and more dangerous — type of Thargoid planetary drone).

wow i never knew about those! Can't wait to go exploring soon....

Which reminds me: Regarding the ingame CODEX ... Past couple days, while scanning Thargoids & Guardian sites too , i've definitely achieved some new blue scan 'confirmations' Entry ( in upper righthand INFO panel ) yet for some odd reason my 'Discoveries' aren't showing as blue confirmed within Codex. Today for example, i absolutely scanned & confirmed ( blue message in Info panel ) multiple 'Guardian Codex' objects yet my Hub-->Discoveries--> Guardian Objects entry still shows empty blue check mark aka not confirmed. ---- Is this maybe because i didn't actually goto the exact listed originally REPORTED location system within that Codex box?

Unfortunately, i had to logout before i could either screenshot the blue message on Info panel , and/or scroll back to screenshot my session history as proof.

 

[Felix DiCestria]

To find the starport battles look for the red skull icon on the map. Some are invasions others are counterstrikes.

The Codex is a bit derpy as to what it picks up. You might look again once you cash in the discoveries.

 

[Neestar]

To find the starport battles look for the red skull icon on the map. Some are invasions others are counterstrikes.

ok will do! i been wondering what those 'red skulls' meant all this time , so now i have a more informed reason to go investigate them soon.

The Codex is a bit derpy as to what it picks up. You might look again once you cash in the discoveries.

Bingo , that ^ worked yep THANKS so much! --- btw, newb that i still am , i also realized i can scan certain Thargoid & Guardian site objects/structures with BOTH my 'Comp scanner' and my 'Data-Link' scanner ( from SRV ) and each type of scan yielded me a different thing. ( like 'encoded data' )

btw i know this all seems so obvious to u guys vets of EliteD , but for me playing only 6 months now it's just really fun stumbling trial & error onto some of this super cool endgame content & locations.

 

[Felix DiCestria]

Mapon has fallen, so that's the end of that then.