Thargoids are possibly the biggest mystery in Elite - they pop up out of nowhere, wreak havoc with a few starports, then dissappear.
Here's a summary of what we know, as well as some crackpot theories of mine regarding what they want.
In no particular order:
Now for more tinfoil-hattery, here are my theories:
- they are not heading for sol - there may may be something of thargoid significance within the bubble, though (a dormant mothership)
- they use some kind of recognition system to "see" which starports they have attacked, some bees do this with flowers
- they may not be "attacking" starports, per se, but rather preparing them for something (what that is I have no idea)
- their ships may be the 'goids themselves - they may have altered their biology into the perfect spacewar race
- they might be studying humans, to learn our weaknesses/strengths, but maybe because they're curious about us
- their symbols - what are they for, they may have hierarchical significance (there are so many threads on this), or denote a task designtion for any one 'goid
- they evolved on an ammonia planet somewhere is Col70 or the other place (see mothership in list)
- they are responsible for merope's precise SC distances and orbital perfections and are using it for something- Doctor Who series 4 (David Tennant) last three episodes
I'll probably think up some more points after its too late to change this post, so please post your opinions on the above - I will value your feedback, and look forward to hearing some of your own theories.
Here's a summary of what we know, as well as some crackpot theories of mine regarding what they want.
In no particular order:
- Thargoid tech is obviously biomechanical
- thargoid tech may be the 'goids themselves
- they attack starports indiscriminately, and only one in each system
- they are moving outwards in a cone shape towards sol from pleiades
- we have no confirmation of their actual direction - they may not be heading to sol
- they operate in a hive structure - with queens at the top and (scavengers?) at the bottom
- around two starports are attacked each week, relatively close to one another
- no starport is attacked twice
- they use incredibly advanced weapon, shield and FSD tech
- they supposedly originated in witchspace - though some sources mention the Col70 sectors as a possible origin
- they kidnap humans (dead or alive) from their encounters - possibly to research
- we know they have territorial claims on certain parts of our galaxy
- we know they have some semblance of mapping (the TSS "map rooms")
- their is a hierarchy within different classes: hydra ranks above medusa, and cyclops ranks above the highest scout class
- FDev has hinted at a thargoid mothership - where is it? (I suspect Col70, or that place the Gnosis was prevented from jumping to)
Now for more tinfoil-hattery, here are my theories:
- they are not heading for sol - there may may be something of thargoid significance within the bubble, though (a dormant mothership)
- they use some kind of recognition system to "see" which starports they have attacked, some bees do this with flowers
- they may not be "attacking" starports, per se, but rather preparing them for something (what that is I have no idea)
- their ships may be the 'goids themselves - they may have altered their biology into the perfect spacewar race
- they might be studying humans, to learn our weaknesses/strengths, but maybe because they're curious about us
- their symbols - what are they for, they may have hierarchical significance (there are so many threads on this), or denote a task designtion for any one 'goid
- they evolved on an ammonia planet somewhere is Col70 or the other place (see mothership in list)
- they are responsible for merope's precise SC distances and orbital perfections and are using it for something- Doctor Who series 4 (David Tennant) last three episodes
I'll probably think up some more points after its too late to change this post, so please post your opinions on the above - I will value your feedback, and look forward to hearing some of your own theories.