Thargoid Titan 'Tattoo'
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They all have unique "logograms"(I think this is what Canonn calls them) and they are unique to each Titan. ReForge Aegis have also been running a sort of research project which documents the Titan's "death screeches" when they enter meltdown, and those appear to have a unique variation for each one too (at least up to Hadad, haven't paid attention for their findings in regards to Indra). I have also noticed there was a distinct difference in the sound made by Oya when it exploded compared to Taranis/Leigong (it was lower in pitch for the former).
Active spire sites also have their respective Titan marker on them, while it is removed when inactive.
Active spire sites also have their respective Titan marker on them, while it is removed when inactive.
on the petals?
Yeah, on those “pads” which we use to land on the towers. If you haven’t seen them, you’ll only be able to see it if you go to Raijin or Cocijo now, as the sites still controlled by Thargoids around Taranis and Hadad are inactive, since there’s no Titan (well, no intact one) to use them.
I’m afraid we can’t ask them. The Titans also had them painted on when they arrived already… probably, anyway.Thargoids have decals?
Now that's the first thing we certainly have in common. We should bond with Thargoids over ARX prices for those.
Unless they got theirs for free... in which case, they deserve to die.
This is from June 9. I think it is Titan Hadad.
I captured this before we could do any damage
(there is a duplicate there, can't remember which one is duplicated and which I failed to include)
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As to whether they are different, I really can't tell!
(there is a duplicate there, can't remember which one is duplicated and which I failed to include)
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As to whether they are different, I really can't tell!
From today, Titan Thor.
Exact same tattoo as the others. Must be a popular design back at the homewold.
Exact same tattoo as the others. Must be a popular design back at the homewold.
They all a have them. So do the interceptors. At first I thought maybe they were different and would be a clue as to "clans" but they don't seem to be.
The center "glyph" always remains the same on all the Thargoid ships, the surrounding stuff differs. There are slight differences for each Titan and more noticeable ones for the different Interceptors. What it means or denotes exactly, that's still a mystery, though.
There exists a picture showing the different 'markings' of each Titan, asked around to have it dug up. Or maybe it will just be posted here thanks to my asking.
There exists a picture showing the different 'markings' of each Titan, asked around to have it dug up. Or maybe it will just be posted here thanks to my asking.
This giving anyone else Arrival vibes?
Those are just different levels of dirty
Are they? I remember a post claiming that a while back but, well, it wasn't convincing?
EDIT: Ah... right... yeah I just assumed that was differing amounts of "wear and tear" to the same logogram... unlike the ones you see on Interceptors which are all different (though not necessarily unique)
e.g interceptor ones are some combination of these:
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If you would look closely, you’d see that it is not and the level of “dirt”/wear are exactly the same and the distinction is made by which ‘arm’ of the marking has some additions made to it. Those are small but purposeful variations, not “dirt”.
Some patterns are repeated across the different Titans, yes (as we see with the Interceptors), but it is never an exact replica of another’s marking. The best guess I could have as to what they mean, though, is that they refer to the Titan in question (it is entirely possible the Thargoids only use those glyphs to distinguish their ships). Or maybe areas in the Milky Way arms it has been to?
Now that I look closely, there are definitely purposeful differences.
Both the design and the "wear and tear" of the arms look graphically unique.
But... the inner glyph has copy/pasted design AND the wear & tear blips, blops, and smears.
Okay, maybe the Thargoids intentionally included common blips, blops, and smears in their picture. Or they have a really bad stencil. But if this is a game puzzle to be carefully analyzed and figured out based on actual pictogram differences, the copy/paste of the inner glyph (including wear & tear blips & blops) is bad.
Edit: Bad from a puzzle POV because can't tell the difference between pictogram variations & similarities in the actual intended picture vs a lazy programmer's copy/paste. Are duplicated blips & blops intended or not?
Both the design and the "wear and tear" of the arms look graphically unique.
But... the inner glyph has copy/pasted design AND the wear & tear blips, blops, and smears.
Okay, maybe the Thargoids intentionally included common blips, blops, and smears in their picture. Or they have a really bad stencil. But if this is a game puzzle to be carefully analyzed and figured out based on actual pictogram differences, the copy/paste of the inner glyph (including wear & tear blips & blops) is bad.
Edit: Bad from a puzzle POV because can't tell the difference between pictogram variations & similarities in the actual intended picture vs a lazy programmer's copy/paste. Are duplicated blips & blops intended or not?
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