Thargoids in the Coalsack Nebula

[Leadfoot]

I remembered sometime back that Thargoids were floating around the Coalsack, went out there, shot a few, etc. Then the story kind of dropped off the edge of the universe. Just for fun, I took a quick survey trip out there and yeah, every system I've visited there (not all, but 7 so far), there are dozens of NHSS's out there, threat level ranging from 3 to 9. I've known they're still around the Witch Head Nebula as I do mining in that general area.

I have to assume that Frontier either forgot that part of the story and just left them there or something will happen later. I've only been hyperdicted once in that area, so I guess unless one voluntarily jumps into a NHSS instance, they leave me alone so I leave them alone.

 

[Tifu]

With that new Thargoid connected storyline brewing on Galnet, somebody should keep an eye on what's happening in the Coalsack nebula. Thanks for giving the rest of us a heads up

 

[Kira Goto]

I'm actually out there with my main account right now... but more on BGS grounds than story related. I've been... cautious, about some Thargoid upstarts out there messing up what plans I have, but they've been well-behaved so far. I'd be happy if it stays that way until I'm done with my work.

 

[Factabulous]

Coalsack hasn't changed recently - nice stable 60 Ly radius. None of the static Thargoid shells have changed since the latest phase of the war, not even the Maia shell - which traditionally does move around.

They are all tracked through EDDN. Not much point in reporting regularly 'nothing happening'.

 

[rootsrat]

I remembered sometime back that Thargoids were floating around the Coalsack, went out there, shot a few, etc. Then the story kind of dropped off the edge of the universe. Just for fun, I took a quick survey trip out there and yeah, every system I've visited there (not all, but 7 so far), there are dozens of NHSS's out there, threat level ranging from 3 to 9. I've known they're still around the Witch Head Nebula as I do mining in that general area.

I have to assume that Frontier either forgot that part of the story and just left them there or something will happen later. I've only been hyperdicted once in that area, so I guess unless one voluntarily jumps into a NHSS instance, they leave me alone so I leave them alone.

That story is done. It was a Halloween story arc that eventually revealed the place of first ever contact with Thargoids.

There isn't anything else to say in this story.

 

[Leadfoot]

That story is done. It was a Halloween story arc that eventually revealed the place of first ever contact with Thargoids.

There isn't anything else to say in this story.

I assume the same is true about the witch head nebula area but even if it's not the same thing it looks like someone has a bunch of leftovers in the refrigerator that need to be cleared out.

 

[Ian Doncaster]

That story is done. It was a Halloween story arc that eventually revealed the place of first ever contact with Thargoids.

It went on quite a bit further than that - the Adamastor was the following April the mechanism by which "Salvation" first contacted commanders to manipulate them (leading to the entire Azimuth storyline ending with the Proteus Wave a bit over a year after that), the various CGs to exploit the fresh meta-alloys by establishing permanent settlements in the nebula didn't take place until almost a year after that Halloween story, and then those settlements themselves came under Thargoid attack during the events after the Titans arrived, almost 2.5 years after the original discoveries.

 

[Wily Rites]

I'm rather late to this story, but still feel motivated to go out exploring: I've just learned about the novel 'Rendezvous with Rama' by Arthur C. Clarke and got myself a copy; It references a galaxy way beyond, but in this portion of the sol sky.

I need to have a go at some thargoid combat, so this gives me good reason to take a look. I'm starting to understand why some folk go for alts, one to chase shiny modules with and the other to explore other aspects of the game.

Addendum: Correcting Artha to Arthur, arguably from the same protoluguistic root or origin nonetheless.

 

[SCiARA]

'Rendezvous with Rama' by Artha C. Clarke

ooow this sounds right up my street, currently going through the Dune novels and am half way through house harkonnen

 

[Wily Rites]

ooow this sounds right up my street, currently going through the Dune novels and am half way through house harkonnen

I've just read the dedication and the chapter titles and I'm already smitten! Dune was just a little bit too 'Judeo christian' in its philosophical undertones, for my tastes, but great science fiction writing all the same. This appears to be relating to the source of Artha C. Clarkes three laws, and the story line highly likely to speak volumes to our current CMDR's context and conundrums.