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After 7 years of alien war, Elite Dangerous pilots have finally defeated the ThargoidsOr have they?
Or have they?
Image credit:Frontier Developments
Image credit:Frontier Developments
Open that bottle of space champagne, the aliens have been wiped out. At least that’s what the interstellar pilots ofElite Dangerousare celebrating in the galaxy-sized multiplayer space sim. Earlier this month, the Thargoid menace finallylanded in the Sol system, putting earth itself under threat for the first time, not to mention other human homeworlds and colonies. This meant players were invited to drop everything and head for home - to embark on one last great stand against the final, desperate, and dangerous alien attacker: a Thargoid Titan called “Cocijo”. Don’t worry, they got him.
Elite Dangerous | Thargoid War EpilogueWatch on YouTube
Elite Dangerous | Thargoid War Epilogue
“The war is over,” say Frontier. “We vanquished the enemy at our doorstep and now is the time to rebuild.” Here’sa recording of the Titan finally being blown to bits, courtesy of player Ricardo, who recorded the final event while sitting in his ship watching the ET’s last moments. Titans are the biggest alien vessel in the game, massive capital ships certainly capable of eating a planet or two. When they were first discovered, hiding in the maelstrom clouds after a game update, they were found to bescary and noisy. “Like an orchestra of alien tubas gargling mouthwash,” said Katharine.
Developers Frontier have also celebrated the victory witha post on Steam, calling it an “epilogue” to the Thargoid saga. But they haven’t said what’s next for the aliens. Does this mean we won’t see any more Titans appearing in the galaxy? Or does it just mean the threat to Earth is over? Smaller Thargoid vessels are still around to mop up, it seems, and we’re not told yet if they’re planning to remove those or leave them around.
Eventually, the aliens attacked. Almost two years after the first signs of aggressive alien life appeared, an updatebrought combat encounterswith the Thargoids to the sim. They’ve been around in some form or another ever since,amping up their attacks on human spacesignificantly in 2022. Now, this seems to be putting a bookend on the aliens as the big bad guy.
