EDIT: Looks like just another bug, some previous attacks have shown the same damage.
Last Thursday, three stations in the Pleiades were disabled, as well as Professor Palin's megaship coming under attack. The attack on Palin carries all the typical marks of a Thargoid attack - green goop everywhere, lots of exterior damage, and naturally, Thargoids. However, that's not the case for the three stations, which appear to have been disabled in an entirely new manner.
Convieniently, they've all suffered attacks in the past, so comparison is easy. Here's a picture of Titan's Daughter in the Taygeta system following it's very first attack some time ago. Note the copious amount of green goo, exterior fires, holes, etc.
Now, here it is following it's most recent attack on Thursday. Oh, and here's a close up of the mailslot, just in case it wasn't clear from that picture that an attack has actually taken place.
Zero green goo, zero external damage that couldn't have been caused by an inexperienced Beluga pilot, and of course, no Thargoids in the system either before or after the attack. So now let's take a look at the inside. Here we do see some damage, there are a few fires going, some burn marks, that sort of thing. Still no goo, mind you.
It's largely the same for the other two stations, though not perfectly- while the main structure of all three is untouched, there is some external damage to the "extra" bits of those stations, like the big hammer-thingies at Cavalieri, one of which has snapped off, and Cylenne Orbital has had it's external storage bays cracked open. That's all peanuts compared to the previous damage, however. The main part of all three stations show no signs of a Thargoid attack.
So to recap, the recent attacks (with the sole exception of Palin), caused practically zero damage to the exterior, no green goo, and no Thargoids were seen before or after. And yet, the interiors still show comparable damage. This can't simply be a change of tactics, because otherwise Palin would have similarly been affected - and besides, Thargoids are big. Good luck fitting one through the mailslot to exclusively attack the interior.
Given the position of the damage, and the lack of any factors that might suggest actual Thargoids performing the attack, it seems likely that the damage was done by internal explosions. Possibly they were caused by the Aegis labs present on all three stations, deliberately or not. The storage pods were also emptied at this time (or did something break out...?). In an attempt to cover up the incident, Aegis claim it was done by Thargoids. They only have to get by until Thursday, after all- once repairs begin, the evidence will be gone.
It will be interesting to see what their next move is.
Last Thursday, three stations in the Pleiades were disabled, as well as Professor Palin's megaship coming under attack. The attack on Palin carries all the typical marks of a Thargoid attack - green goop everywhere, lots of exterior damage, and naturally, Thargoids. However, that's not the case for the three stations, which appear to have been disabled in an entirely new manner.
Convieniently, they've all suffered attacks in the past, so comparison is easy. Here's a picture of Titan's Daughter in the Taygeta system following it's very first attack some time ago. Note the copious amount of green goo, exterior fires, holes, etc.
Now, here it is following it's most recent attack on Thursday. Oh, and here's a close up of the mailslot, just in case it wasn't clear from that picture that an attack has actually taken place.
Zero green goo, zero external damage that couldn't have been caused by an inexperienced Beluga pilot, and of course, no Thargoids in the system either before or after the attack. So now let's take a look at the inside. Here we do see some damage, there are a few fires going, some burn marks, that sort of thing. Still no goo, mind you.
It's largely the same for the other two stations, though not perfectly- while the main structure of all three is untouched, there is some external damage to the "extra" bits of those stations, like the big hammer-thingies at Cavalieri, one of which has snapped off, and Cylenne Orbital has had it's external storage bays cracked open. That's all peanuts compared to the previous damage, however. The main part of all three stations show no signs of a Thargoid attack.
So to recap, the recent attacks (with the sole exception of Palin), caused practically zero damage to the exterior, no green goo, and no Thargoids were seen before or after. And yet, the interiors still show comparable damage. This can't simply be a change of tactics, because otherwise Palin would have similarly been affected - and besides, Thargoids are big. Good luck fitting one through the mailslot to exclusively attack the interior.
Given the position of the damage, and the lack of any factors that might suggest actual Thargoids performing the attack, it seems likely that the damage was done by internal explosions. Possibly they were caused by the Aegis labs present on all three stations, deliberately or not. The storage pods were also emptied at this time (or did something break out...?). In an attempt to cover up the incident, Aegis claim it was done by Thargoids. They only have to get by until Thursday, after all- once repairs begin, the evidence will be gone.
It will be interesting to see what their next move is.
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