Updates & Aliens
10 Jul 2018vinnieboJ
Current Location: PLEIADES SECTOR IR-W D1-55 Planet 5 A, Thargoid Structure.So been a little while since my last log. There has been another update to the Nav-Comp and some systems have been upgraded. And 2 new ships have been revealed, first is the Alliance Challenger. An upgraded version of the Chieftain. Next ship is the Krait MkII, a reimagining of the Krait Lightspeeder from the 3100s. the Challenger is nice but I really wanted to give the Krait a good look over after the update went through, so I flew out to the nearest station that sold it and got one. It has almost the exact same internals as my Python except for one less size 6 internal. On the other hand the krait does have room for a class 6 Fighter bay, so that’s a nice addition. And one extra seat as well.
So after picking up my Krait I decided to outfit it for semi-exploration near the bubble and engineered a few modules on it to increase its jump range and stuff. Then I set out the Pleiades sector to gather a few Thargoid Probes and Sensors to use at one of the Thargoid Structures. I have been to them before, but at the time did not have the appropriate equipment to gather the needed items. So after looking around on the darker side of the Galnet I found out where I could pick up the items needed and headed out there. On my way I stopped at a station with a human Tech Broker to fit a Corrosive Resistant Cargo Rack in my Krait so I could ship these highly corrosive items. Unfortunately after finding the Probes at a crashed Thargoid ship I got interdicted by a Type-10 on my way to find the Scanners and they blew my shiny new Krait to dust…. Setting me back a cool 3 mil on rebuy (which would not have been so bad if I hadn’t been an idiot earlier and accidentally bumped into a live Thargoid that visited Site 94 which blew me out of the sky as well….)
So yeah, after getting back in my ship I had to go out and gather everything again. This time I succeeded and went to the Tharg structure. Got my probe and scanner and entered the Structure. Such a scary site it is. I went into one of the side rooms to get a Thargoid Link so I could activate the Thargoid Machine in the center of the structure. I had seen it on video clips made by other CMDR’s with their helm cams and external camera’s. But damn it is a lot different when you see it in person. It was beautiful and scary at the same time. Hundreds of little balls of light dance around the room in a set pattern. Blues and greens all around. Makes you wonder what it is and what the Thargoids do with it.
However getting the Krait and outfitting it, followed by 2 very unfortunate ship destructions, drained my bank account somewhat. So after I wrap up looking around this structure I need to get back and start to make some more credits again. Not sure where I want to go and what I want to do. I still haven’t visited the newly discovered Guardian site so I might want to go out and check those out. I also could go and finally complete Ram-Tah’s mission. It should be easier now that he has a decryption program for the Obelisks, so they show a pictogram of the various Guardian Items needed to unlock them.
But to do that I’ll need my trusty Exploration vessel the Endurance, because my Krait (named Sobriety) has a jump range of only 27 LY. And it will take a lot more jumps to get from Guardian Ruin to Guardian Ruin.
CMDR vinnieboJ signing off,
See you out in the Void CMDR’s!