![]() The update also adds a revamped Thargoid ship called an Orthrus-a reference to a two-headed dog guardian from Greek mythology, brother of the more well-known Cerberus. Frontier tells me that there are intriguing mysteries to be found for any players brave enough to go inside-and aggressive aliens too. I saw some early footage of a pilot travelling inside one, and it was an impressive sight with turbulent storm clouds, cracks of lighting, and a general feeling that they really shouldn't be in there. These weird clouds of energy have appeared alongside the Thargoids, and developer Frontier wants you to fly into them. One of the most interesting new features in this update is the introduction of Maelstroms. Elite Dangerous has never been more, well, dangerous. Now if you venture into the Bubble, a nickname for the populated regions of space, you'll find battles erupting among the stars as humanity gathers its forces to fight the Thargoid threat. The biggest in the game's history, in fact. Now it's a full-on invasion, and the Milky Way will never be the same again. The Thargoids are done hovering at the fringes of space, tormenting lone pilots, and lurking mysteriously in the shadows. All it did was destroy a bunch of friendly capital ships, whose gargantuan, shattered wrecks can be found in the HIP 22460 system, and annoy the Thargoids. ![]() A scientist calling himself Salvation developed a weapon called the Proteus Wave that he claimed would drive the Thargoids back to whichever godforsaken corner of space they came from. For players like me who spend their time in the game space trucking, which is a largely quiet, uneventful career, being yanked out of supercruise by freaky biomechanical ships is a real shock.Īfter two years of build-up, and bolder, deeper incursions into human-occupied space, humanity fought back against the Thargoids. The idea of some other form of life showing up here-especially an intelligent, seemingly malevolent one-is the stuff of nightmares. This isn't a sci-fi setting like Mass Effect or Star Trek where all kinds of species co-exist. What makes the Thargoids' presence especially impactful in Elite Dangerous is that this is a galaxy populated entirely by human beings. Related: I'm Never Happier In Elite Dangerous Than When I'm Space Trucking They pulled me out of supercruise and seemed to be studying my ship, but I flew the hell out of there before they had a chance to do anything. I met them myself while trading in the depths of space. These creepy, inquisitive extraterrestrials, whose existence can be traced all the way back to 1984's original Elite, seem to have some interest in humanity-and not a healthy one. For years now the enigmatic Thargoids-a race of mysterious, unknowable aliens-have been terrorising Elite's replica of the Milky Way.
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