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Lightning bounty! Report back from the Thargoid counteroffensive!

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Lightning bounty! Report back from the Thargoid counteroffensive!

Posted by Alex Sinclair in Elite Dangerous

Commanders, we are under attack! Galnet has reported a huge Thargoid counteroffensive overwhelming Sinrarta Dezhra. Any pilot worth their wings is called upon to lend assistance. Here's the latest from Galnet:

"A Thargoid invasion fleet has emerged in the Shinrarta Dezhra system, catching AX forces behind front lines by surprise. The massive alien force quickly struck ports in the system. Jameson Memorial remains online but damaged, with local AX forces rallying to protect the famous megamarket. An urgent call for aid by local governors has been made."

It seems when it comes to Jameson, the Thargoids don't forgive and they don't forget. You fought long and hard when it came to the Titan Thor. Now we need you to do it all over again. Report back over the course of the counterattack, letting us know how the battle fares and what part you play in it. Written testimonials of what goes down are good, but screenshots and videos are even better, and will unlock a higher tier of reward. Remember to submit them through a connected social media account!

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Created at 4:04pm, 19th September, 2024. Page last updated at 1:10pm, 30th September, 2024.
Deadline at 11:00am, 25th September, 2024.

Submissions (17)

Luriant9/24/2024

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My thargoid counter offensive was... grumpy. Before taking any action, I did some math, like always. Using only cyclops value, lot of other activities in the game, or kills with different value.

The community goal have 8Trillion combat bonds as target.
1 Cyclop = 8M Combat bond, so the CG need 1Million of cyclops killed.
But also, a cyclop kill give 1 less strenght in controlled systems, most of them with 5K strenght, and some populated have up to 11K.
With 200 empty controlled systems, and 40 once populated, we need (2005000)+(4011000)= 1.44M in combat bonds to wing the war. This community goal need 70% of the war effort needed to win the war. This rate of progress will be enough to win the war in 2 weeks.

The reward dont help, modules available in the correct tech brokers, also without cost as all the preengineered modules. And easier with the new engineering rebalance.
And most Thargoid combat bonds can be double if you pledge to some powerplay at rank 5, but need ot be done the week BEFORE, and this CG don't give time. Its like half profit for normal AX fight.

For me, the attack on Jameson Memorial was a distraction, and only a bunch of systems were captured this week because the community goal. And I feel sad.

But then, I saw something. New players joined the war, because they got hit in the station they love. This war increase the number of pilots learning about AX mechanics. Cmdr Mechan give advice, AXI discord become on fire, and the AX scene ignited again.

The current week have minor progression, but the community moved a lot. If some of this players keep doing AX combat, we can make up the lost progress in the next weeks.

Im a technocrat, no soul, only numbers and data. I miss the part of this war about raising the spirit. So I become grumpy seeing more and more new players joining a useless today war, instead thinking in the future with all the new pilots joining the defense of humanity.

I was on a holiday trip for the whole weekend, and only helped with some reddit post and discord talk. But always follow the Galactic news ;) .

MQC9/24/2024

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We were able to intercept a Thargoid transmission from Sinrarta Dezhra:

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"Alert. Operation Sinrarta Dezhra successfully completed. Human fleet surprised, defenses neutralized. Sinrarta Dezhra under Thargoid control. Minimal losses, objectives achieved. Jamenson's vicious attack will never be forgotten or forgiven. Requesting further instructions. Alert."

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Wotherspoon9/24/2024

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LiquidMorkite9/24/2024

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I was arming up my Python to prepare for a week of chill mining sessions when I saw the message about Shinrarta's going down, and the Thargoids are attacking Jameson Memorial. No need for more explication, I called over my Chieftain which has been my anti-xeno vessels for weeks to take back systems from Raijin Titan, and went to the front line the first night when the news was announce.

Everything was chaotic when I arrived to the station, everything's on fire, Hydras flying around, cmdrs flying back to the station or the rescue ship with holes opened on their hulls. "These suckers had the guts to threaten our world. We are the sons of Jameson and we shall them why we have the second armament." - I said this to myself and boosted up my Chieftain before joining the frontline.

As of today, 5 days later, we had claimed our victory against their invasion. Over 5.5 trillion credits were turned in by 8,709 CMDRs in a span of 4 days.

"The successful defense of the headquarters of the Pilot Federation will surely go down as one of the greatest battles of the Thargoid War. Whether you participated in direct combat, rescue operations, or were far removed from it all during a long trip in the black - savor this moment. The Thargoids took their biggest swing at humanity. And we soundly beat them back, together. GLORY, TO MANKIND!" - words from AXI staff, posted by CMDR Mechan, the face of the second Thargoid's war.

This has been a great experience (beside the shameless Thargoids sympathizers), which shows how much faith we still have in humanity, companionship and courage.

Oh and here some of the pictures I take during one of the last waves today.

blurred background — "Boom! Hydra eliminated"

"Boom! Hydra eliminated"

blurred background — Two CMDRs exchanging a warm embrace of companionship as we're celebrating our victory. Or at least that's what I perceived

Two CMDRs exchanging a warm embrace of companionship as we're celebrating our victory. Or at least that's what I perceived

Lambda9/24/2024

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