A pilots tale about the Thargoid War
13 Oct 2023Arkadi Kreven
This is a long text of my latest ingame experiences with the Thargoid War. It might be boring to some. But I had a good time with the game and want to share it with you. So here it is, if you care or not.I quit my enlistment with AXI more then a year ago. Combat activities with my Anti-Xeno Krait in the Witch-Head Region overstressed my nerves. With a severe burnout I retreated from the Thargoid War and led a peacefull life on the lush meadows of LP 581-36: A 5 next to McKay Gateway.
But recently the reports of Thargoid activity near Cornsar started to worry me, since my homesystem is not far away. After a year of therapy and a calm life I decided to enter the pilot seat once more. My old friends at Axi gave me the latest insights how to deal with this in the best possible way. And it turned out, my Krait was just the right ship for this endeavour: cold-running and fast, but I had to strip it off it's shields.
I took my long range Hauler to the Witch-Head Region, where my Krait still waited for me on some remote planetary port. There were only a handfull of human settlements left. Most of the Witch-Head Region was crawling with Thargoids. However I made it back to the bubble with my old Krait.
Now I fitted my ship for Titan-Deathcloud investigation. After my first explorations to the Titan Raijin in Pegasi Sector ON-S b4-8, I found that I could dive easyly through the deathcloud until the energy surge of the Titan threw me back. But extracting samples from the emitters was another story. So I made for another meeting with my old AXI friends to get some instructions how to deal with this. In between I could call in my T9 to help restore the starport in my operation base Nibelaako.
Next problem, I needed a full size corrosion resistant cargo rack. I only had access to those small grade 2 ones. I did some fast missions to aquire necessary materials and then I went back to to the Pleiades to the Barnacle Forest at Hyades Sector AQ-Y d81 : C2. I had the impression the Forest had grown and become a lot creepier then the last time I was there. In the end it was quite easy to extract the necessary Meta Alloys. The scavangers were no real threat for my SRV luckily.
The "short" story starts really to get longwinded, I can tell of your looks buddy. I'll try to keep it short now.
After many trial and error attempts I finally got the hang on it, how to extract the Caustic Tissue Samples, whilst evading the caustic gas clouds.
And now the dramatic end:
With my last embarkments to the Titan I found that independent pilots have been successfull repairing Oramus Orbital in Nieblaako - what a good omen.
As I harvested my last Caustic Tissue Sample, setting course to the Rescue Ship Yoshida in Cornsar to turn in my harvest - I was worried of Thargoid interdiction - but what happend is this: as I entered Pegasi Sector NN-S B4-4 I was greated with an Inbox Message from the AX-Fleetcommand, that told me that the system has been cleansed of Thargoid Presence!
What a joyfull return to the Yoshida Rescue Ship.
A hearty o7 to all you brave and tireless commanders out there!
There is hope.