Crawling Back Out Of The Silence
14 Jul 2023Scubadog
Yet another huge gap in log entries. Well, what can I say? This Thargoid thing has been going on for a while, and even escalated a bit with the arrival of the maelstroms and eventual revealing of the Thargoid Titans. And, for a hot minute, it seemed the dire predictions by all the so-called experts might be true as the bugs invaded system after system. The 'verse was full of warnings that the Colonia region would be next. Of course, I flatly rebutted, remarking how ignorant a prediction that was. I was right.
So, here we are, watching the number systems the Thargoids were invading slow and even shrink. Through a cascade of ridiculous circumstances I found myself back in the Bubble, sans any of my long-range ships. I decided to take advantage of access to materials farming that, frankly, doesn't exist in Colonia. This eventually led me to working my way up to encroaching upon one of the maelstroms. I scraped off a handful of materials from a Titan (no, they are not all that) and head back to Arexe where the rest of my ships were. I noticed on my way that, without paying any attention, I had gotten with 15% of ranking as an Elite in Combat. After making a few outfitting changes to my Krait, I found a "quiet little system" with Thargoid Marauders present and set my mind to finishing out my ranking.
Mission accomplished.
Fast forward a couple of days, and here I am, resting at Rohini before finishing my trip home to Colonia. Again, I'm certain the Thargoids are zero threat to us out there. Once I settle back in at Benzaiten I'll decide on what to do later. All I can say is that the Thargoid Titans are not all that special. Anti-climactic, to say the least.