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11 Mar 2021, 1:16pm
I doubt it's the Thargoids here.  The Thargoids have not been shown to have any sort of intelligence gathering.  They tend to be reactive or directly protective of their interests.  Thargoid attacks characteristically occur directionally from the outside of the bubble inwards.  These system attacks are all in the middle of the bubble at very specific locations nowhere near Thargoid interests.  No, my take is that it's the NMLA in response to the Sirius summit not spending enough time ironing out the details in the Marlinist agenda.

Terrorist attacks during the talks seem to the rational to be contrary to the terrorists goals.  Bombing the factions you're hoping will support your agenda seems contrary to that goal, but, the point of them is to apply pressure to force capitulation to the demands, not come to a rational agreement.

Frankly, for me, the only suspect part of this event is how easily the NMLA can commit these atrocities.  Didn't all the relevant factions go on high alert the week prior to the talks?  To be able to get Thargoid weaponry in position to attack multiple capital stations, and do so simultaneously, without any of the perpetrators being caught in the act is just...  unlikely.  Yet, they've successfully attacked multiple times now without being caught before the bombs went off.

Edit: Meta talk now. What a perfect time to get all your faction reps to max. Now everyone will be flying around in Corvettes and Cutters...
11 Mar 2021, 1:25pm
Sounds to me like someone is using the NMLA for a "false flag" operation. The questions are who and why?
11 Mar 2021, 1:38pm
for me it does not matter who did it, at least for now. im going to make sure that all of the civilians get evacuated.
11 Mar 2021, 1:45pm
Alexandrovich Shernoshenkofor me it does not matter who did it, at least for now. im going to make sure that all of the civilians get evacuated.


Just make sure you visit those systems in alphabetical order, meaning you should start with Achenar
11 Mar 2021, 1:47pm
Amata Lirein
Alexandrovich Shernoshenkofor me it does not matter who did it, at least for now. im going to make sure that all of the civilians get evacuated.



Just make sure you visit those systems in alphabetical order, meaning you should start with Achenar


i need to get gateway first, i have some friends there, alioth is second priority, then achenar.
11 Mar 2021, 2:08pm
The Empire/Federation rank grind is again dramatically sped up with the currently damaged stations. Looks like I'll be Admiral (King?) in no time. Besides, the high grade material rewards are wonderful!
11 Mar 2021, 2:43pm
SakashiroOK, so I hopped into my Courier and investigated, and here's what I found:

If you enter Sirius with something in your cargo hold, you may or may not receive a familiar message in local chat: "So the rumors were true, good I found you first" or "Big haul, surprised you made it this far" etc.

If you receive that sort of message and submit to the subsequent interdiction, you will be attacked immediately, even if you jettison your cargo.

But it gets even weirder: If your ship is fast and you manage to low-wake out, you will after a few seconds receive that sort of message in local chat again. The NPC(s) will not register that your cargo hold is now empty, and will chain-interdict you.


I have a battle wagon Anaconda for just that type of situation.
11 Mar 2021, 2:55pm
Amata LireinWell, there's still the possibility that the Jupiter Division were the mysterious Federal backers of the NMLA...


Don't look at us, I haven't located the Supreme Executive yet and I doubt he was in one of those stations


Last edit: 11 Mar 2021, 3:09pm
11 Mar 2021, 3:13pm
>28K ly from the action.

Guess I'll have to take a pass on this one.
11 Mar 2021, 3:31pm
Good news and bad news regarding the recent CG. First, the bad news: no free iClipper for me The good news: 200,000,000 in rewards
11 Mar 2021, 3:42pm
Thanatos au GrimmusGood news and bad news regarding the recent CG. First, the bad news: no free iClipper for me The good news: 200,000,000 in rewards


North of 160 million here. Those paint jobs look sweet on my little Cobra!
11 Mar 2021, 3:48pm
Rufus P. Bray
Thanatos au GrimmusGood news and bad news regarding the recent CG. First, the bad news: no free iClipper for me The good news: 200,000,000 in rewards



North of 160 million here. Those paint jobs look sweet on my little Cobra!



250mill plus for me on the last CG...
11 Mar 2021, 3:48pm
Rufus P. Bray
Thanatos au GrimmusGood news and bad news regarding the recent CG. First, the bad news: no free iClipper for me The good news: 200,000,000 in rewards



North of 160 million here. Those paint jobs look sweet on my little Cobra!


Awesome! I haven't even looked at the new paint job yet - completely forgot about it.
11 Mar 2021, 3:51pm
Sir Sprockett
Rufus P. Bray
Thanatos au GrimmusGood news and bad news regarding the recent CG. First, the bad news: no free iClipper for me The good news: 200,000,000 in rewards




North of 160 million here. Those paint jobs look sweet on my little Cobra!




250mill plus for me on the last CG...


Most impressive! You must have been in top 10.

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