Thargons

[Fosdyke]

Can you imagine the balancing they would have to do with it.......??!

Would probably end up as strips all shields within a 3Km radius....

Solo play weapon only then

 

[Slopey]

The oldtimers may remember them, so see this as a PSA for the younger players: One of the more iconic weapons of the Thargoids of old were little drone ships called "Thargons", basically a small fighter with a single laser. After shooting down the main ship the drones went inert - you could scoop them up and sell them as alien artifacts.

Do we get launched fighters now to counter that?
Are the UA/UP broken Thargons?
Will the mining laser make a comeback for bug hunting?
And who in the void will turn out to be the Guardian of what?

Damn, I for one can't wait

I got pulled out of Witchspace yesterday on my way to Zaonce with a cargo of Lavian furs - 5 of the blighters jumped me. Saw them all off with one energy bank left, but no scoop or I would have made a fortune out of all the thargons floating about.

Had just enough fuel left to jump to the system, and crawl back to the station. Then had to queue!!!

If I get jumped again by them, I'll snap a pic.

 

[buellpilot]

The only aliens are care about are Tribbles.

Tribbles © Paramount

You must be talking about the completely different colourful infestation of Trumbles

The-trouble-with-trumbles

 

[EdzUp]

I would love to see what is gonna come of all of this

Thargons are quite tricky I loved Amiga Elite the most as it's the one I have fondest memories of.

[Snip] weird double post

 

[Dim Reaper]

Energy bomb.

I'd love to have one of those in open mode. BOOM!

Cheers,

Drew.

A Community Goal at Lave station. Open play, a full instance. I've just earned enough credits selling CG goods to the station to finally afford the new energy bomb for my Cobra MK III. I launch and decide that I have to tell everyone in the area how I just finally made enough to score an energy bomb and how I'm going to go and fight some Thargoids with it. I decide it's worth shouting this to everyone, so I go to press the caps lock on my keyboard and...accidentally press Tab. Boom! Every ship in the area loses its shields and 20% of its hull.

CMDR Blunder: "Uh, sorry everyone! Pressed Tab by mistake and just lost my new energy bomb." [wacky]

19 hollow rectangles on the scanner suddenly turn in to 19 hollow triangles and start moving towards me...


They should absolutely add the energy bomb to a game where new commanders routinely jettison their cargo because they didn't know to disable the key. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Oheck]

Was there any concept artwork ever made regarding Thargoids, or their tech?