Damaged mega ship and the Thargoids
07 Jan 2021James C. Austin
7, January, 3307. First chance I've had to log an incident while on patrol with another squadron member. My friend, Shogun19533, and I were investigating a damaged mega ship (5, January, 3307) in the Delphi system orbiting the second planet. The vessel had taken massive damage from Thargoids. No one was on board the ship. Shogun scanned the vessel, and tried to access some of the cargo bays, but was unsuccessful in retrieving any of the contents. Shogun was at the helm of his Anaconda and I was piloting my Krait Mk 2. He was prepared for any cyclops that might show up while my ship was made ready to engage Thargoid scouts. Within the passing of the first hour we engaged numerous scouts, and two Thargoid variants. One was definitely a cyclops, but we failed to get a scan of the second. Observation made clear the other was most likely a basilisk. We both did what we were trained to do, but you never come out of these things unscathed. My hull was under twenty percent and shields were down. I had to get out... I called to Shogun. He acknowledged and agreed we needed to bug out. As I hit super cruise I hear Shogun saying he can't get away from the basilisk and had been shut down by the damn things overload technology. He was already hurting in a big way. I turned to go back for him, but it was too late. The Thargoid destroyed his ship. I don't know how he made it out alive, but I am glad he did.James C. Austin