Thargoid invasion - Next target systems?

[Kira Goto]

I was mainly talking about the possibility of it parking in Sol, not really anything else. It's already a change in the war machine mechanics to have an Alert arrive before a Titan, and would be another change if somehow clearing it drove one off.

Fair enough. Oddly these late EU hours on this Monday are seeing more progress per hour than Sunday, but I doubt it will be enough because it would need to remain sustained at this level to have a slight hope of clearing. (And I doubt it would deter Frontier from their plans here, the Titan is coming regardless. Plus if they for some reason don't want the alert clearing, they can tweak the numbers.)

Titan is currently around 228 million ls away from LHS 235, so at this current rate it's probably going to pass the main star some time tomorrow early afternoon. Though you may wish to double check yourself, I'm doing late night maths and my brain is relatively into the process of shutting down.

 

[Phill P]

Fair enough. Oddly these late EU hours on this Monday are seeing more progress per hour than Sunday, but I doubt it will be enough because it would need to remain sustained at this level to have a slight hope of clearing. (And I doubt it would deter Frontier from their plans here, the Titan is coming regardless. Plus if they for some reason don't want the alert clearing, they can tweak the numbers.)

Titan is currently around 228 million ls away from LHS 235, so at this current rate it's probably going to pass the main star some time tomorrow early afternoon. Though you may wish to double check yourself, I'm doing late night maths and my brain is relatively into the process of shutting down.

Oh hell no, I spent half of last week with Covid and the weekend getting over it, I'm knackered. I trust the mathematicians here.

 

[Kira Goto]

Oh hell no, I spent half of last week with Covid and the weekend getting over it, I'm knackered. I trust the mathematicians here.

It was a general you, not specific you. And having caught that vile illness once in the recent years, I know how it feels even with a relatively good immune system to fend it off.

 

[Mrc_NorthEast]

What is the next target for the goids is the question??? Titans have parked near alot of ammonia worlds up till now. Not sure Sol will get a Titan, but it might get taken over anyway.

I think since this is roughly going to happen around 12/10 and it is the pretty close to the 10th anniversary of Elite Dangerous as well. I think the goids will take over the center of the bubble and slowly spread outwards? A new pp2.0 power might enter the fight to control humanity, bow to your new masters

Maybe there is a reason we are getting colonization. Maybe we will to be forced to start colonizing outwards, since the goids will take over all the systems from the center of the bubble

 

[Kira Goto]

Maybe we will to be forced to start colonizing outwards, since the goids will take over all the systems from the center of the bubble

Could be. Or, I've had this thought, the Titan will strike Sol and immediate surroundings (maybe) then after causing carnage there hit Alioth and Achenar too, splintering the superpowers into what we now have as the Powerplay leaders, before it is destroyed, setting up a post-war Bubble (which may yet still not be entirely free of Thargoids, especially if they choose to use the staging points they already set up again with the spires and whatnot9. I am probably giving Frontier too much credit with this idea though.

I think since this is roughly going to happen around 12/10

Sol getting taken over/out, you mean? As it appears very likely the Titan is going to arrive by Thursday this week.

 

[Mr Lindsay]

It would be amusing if Cocijo arrived and successfully destroyed the Earth on the 10th of December, because it knew that so many players would be playing around with the Cobra V that would be when we were at our weakest.

 

[CMDR Daiyus]

I reckon something bigger and unassailable is coming. My theory is that the Titans were a scouting force; they've found something that they were looking for, and it seems centred on the Sol area, although what and why likely wouldn't make sense to us. I feel that when Cocijo arrives it'll establish a base and then act as a nav beacon for a true Thargoid mothership, perhaps even a queen, so to speak.

This thing would be impossible to kill with our current methods, but that's OK, because I believe that they're trying to insert Thargoids as a permanent part of the PowerPlay system. The queen becomes a HQ, and cannot be taken. Titans become stronghold carriers, and become vulnerable when they're fought back enough. The system would dynamically push and pull alongside the PowerPlay system, taking systems, being beaten into retreat, launching Titans to stronghold systems as they're raised, etc. It'd be a sensible way to ensure Thargoid gameplay continues to be available to CMDRs who want it. It'd also introduce merits for fighting the bugs back in systems that come into range of a Power's borders.

The fact that Sol is the centre of the Bubble also then lends Colonisation the impetus to expand the Bubble away from the Thargoid queen to create more human space when the Thargoids start taking more systems. The lower intended range on Colonisation could be to balance with Thargoid expansion efforts, and to stop humans simply starting again on the opposite side of the Galaxy.

 

[SergMx]

I reckon something bigger and unassailable is coming. My theory is that the Titans were a scouting force; they've found something that they were looking for, and it seems centred on the Sol area, although what and why likely wouldn't make sense to us. I feel that when Cocijo arrives it'll establish a base and then act as a nav beacon for a true Thargoid mothership, perhaps even a queen, so to speak.

This thing would be impossible to kill with our current methods, but that's OK, because I believe that they're trying to insert Thargoids as a permanent part of the PowerPlay system. The queen becomes a HQ, and cannot be taken. Titans become stronghold carriers, and become vulnerable when they're fought back enough. The system would dynamically push and pull alongside the PowerPlay system, taking systems, being beaten into retreat, launching Titans to stronghold systems as they're raised, etc. It'd be a sensible way to ensure Thargoid gameplay continues to be available to CMDRs who want it. It'd also introduce merits for fighting the bugs back in systems that come into range of a Power's borders.

The fact that Sol is the centre of the Bubble also then lends Colonisation the impetus to expand the Bubble away from the Thargoid queen to create more human space when the Thargoids start taking more systems. The lower intended range on Colonisation could be to balance with Thargoid expansion efforts, and to stop humans simply starting again on the opposite side of the Galaxy.

It could have been easier to invade and destroy the entire Colony. Then they did not interfere with PP2, who needed it would fly to fight in the Colony and at the same time explained why colonization can not go from the Colony, but only from the Bubble.

 

[Tifu]

I reckon something bigger and unassailable is coming. My theory is that the Titans were a scouting force; they've found something that they were looking for, and it seems centred on the Sol area, although what and why likely wouldn't make sense to us. I feel that when Cocijo arrives it'll establish a base and then act as a nav beacon for a true Thargoid mothership, perhaps even a queen, so to speak.

Scary, because this makes a lot of sense to me. And the hive queen probably sees Winters as a rival queen of humanities oldest "hive" .

 

[Kira Goto]

Scary, because this makes a lot of sense to me. And the hive queen probably sees Winters as a rival queen of humanities oldest "hive" .

Speaking of, maybe the Feds should consider moving her and Starship One out before the Titan arrives. Last I checked (on Saturday), it was still orbiting Mars.

Although Winters doesn't strike me as the kind to ditch the boat when the going gets tough, keeping administrative work going would be a lot easier when it's not in the middle of a Thargoid warzone and under constant threat of attack.

Though I'm not convinced we will get to see an actual/even bigger Thargoid hive ship... there's definitely a very strong chance that Cocijo is not going down with Sol. Or, if it is, at least probably not within the first week. If it even still is this year. Thargoid Christmas is certainly looking like a very plausible possibility, only it's still not going to be over and Santa Clops will be paying the naughty children visits with caustic sour candy.

 

[Tifu]

Though I'm not convinced we will get to see an actual/even bigger Thargoid hive ship... there's definitely a very strong chance that Cocijo is not going down with Sol. Or, if it is, at least probably not within the first week. If it even still is this year. Thargoid Christmas is certainly looking like a very plausible possibility, only it's still not going to be over and Santa Clops will be paying the naughty children visits with caustic sour candy.

The Feds should have evacuated Winters and her staff the minute it became clear Cocijo was heading Sol's way. And I agree with you that it's very likely Cocijo is here to stay. The Titan may even make some human his mouthpiece.

 

[Koma Pahu]

The Feds should have evacuated Winters and her staff the minute it became clear Cocijo was heading Sol's way. And I agree with you that it's very likely Cocijo is here to stay. The Titan may even make some human his mouthpiece.

I knew the Feds couldn’t be trusted!

 

[Felix DiCestria]

There's probably standing orders to deal with that.
The question is what is Cocijo going to do when it arrives.
That could be anything from "Greetings Earthlings..." to reverse Proteus Wave and everything is green and burning on Thursday.

 

[Tzebra]

Lock due to reputation requirements or minimum cabin class.

To paraphrase a quote: “What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some people you just can't reach. So you get what we have here, which is the way they wants it... well, they gets it.”

 

[Uname654]

It would be amusing if Cocijo arrived and successfully destroyed the Earth on the 10th of December, because it knew that so many players would be playing around with the Cobra V that would be when we were at our weakest.

LOL.. evil

 

[Doctor Dread]

I just got hyperinterdicted jumping into Sol. That's new (at least for me)

 

[Tifu]

I just got hyperindicted jumping into Sol. That's new (at least for me)

You're not the only one, saw two other such reports from commanders on the AXI Discord channel. It's officially a Thargoid blockade now.

 

[aRJay]

The Feds should have evacuated Winters and her staff the minute it became clear Cocijo was heading Sol's way. And I agree with you that it's very likely Cocijo is here to stay. The Titan may even make some human his mouthpiece.

It is starting to look as if Winters should have stalled a bit longer so that this could all be blamed on Hudson.

Unless of course the Titan surrenders to her explicitly in which case her reputation should be fine for weeks.

 

[Tifu]

It is starting to look as if Winters should have stalled a bit longer so that this could all be blamed on Hudson.

Unless of course the Titan surrenders to her explicitly in which case her reputation should be fine for weeks.

If Cocijo actually intends to renegade and declares Winters as the new Thargoid Queen - I'm going to Colonia

 

[zimms]

Nah, I think Winters will stick to her MO and just vanish in the face of a crisis. Archer is already rubbing his hands cartoonishly.