My first (and second) Thargoid encounters near Sol
30 Nov 2024Valdidan
I was just hanging around at the bar in the Coleman Hub Station (GCRV 3791) when I noticed the urgent call to join the evacuation efforts at Sol. I am not an Earther, not even a Solarian, why should I care? I don't know, but something inside me triggered and a sense of duty overwhelmed me.I rushed to the the hangar. I looked at my recently bought Python trader "Pilolcura" and said to myself: let's do it! I got the cargo racks replaced by passenger cabins as fast as I could. I boarded the Pilolcura, plotted a route to Sol and launched from the station ASAP.
With the pre-engineered FSD drive, it took me only 5 jumps to get to Sol. When I was just a couple of jumps away from my destination, I noticed something wrong on my FSS. I did a full system scan and I found traces of the Titan Cocijo. I new there was no time to lose, I had to get to Sol immediately and start getting the people out of there. On the next system, I also found traces of the Titan on the FSS.
On my first visit to Sol there was no time for sightseeing. I rushed to the closest Station (Daedalus) and got 52 refugees into my ship. I got out of the station and jumped towards V886 Centaury via LHS 2447.
The Thargoids caught me off-guard, I was checking the systems in the ship computer when I heard the noise of the alarms... before I knew it I was pulled out of hyperspace and attacked by two Thargoid ships. Everything was confusing, I was under attack and multiple missiles where incoming, my shields where failing and the FSD rebooting... my point defense turret did wonders by eliminating some missiles, I finally got some power in the engines and started to run away. I managed to stabilize some of the ship systems, the FSD was ready again and I started the jump sequence out of that nightmare. Unfortunately, some of the passengers decided to evacuate in the escape pods... I couldn't do anything, if I stayed, all of us would be dead. I arrived to the rescue ship with a bitter taste. We were glad to have survived, but I lost 6 on that ambush.
I left the refugees and after repairing the Pilolcura, I came back to Sol. I evacuated some more people from Deadalus and Li Qing Jao, 53 in total this time.
I knew the Thargoids were going to be there, silently waiting for us, to hunt us one by one. But this time I was prepared. Nevertheless, there were 3 alien ships now.
As soon as they pulled me from hyperspace, I started the evasive maneuvers, again they threw all they got against me, but my Pilolcura didn't let me down, it managed to hold tight just long enough for the FSD to recharge and jump out of there towards the rescue ship. We all made it. I will now jump to nearby system where I have another ship docked to rest for a while before continuing with the evacuation.
o7 commanders!