It's happened, the day every commander feared. The final Thargoid Titan, Cocijo, has struck at the very heart of humanity. They've come for Sol. They've come for Earth. They've come for everything we hold dear.
You struck down Thor, you defended Shinrarta Dezhra, you ripped apart Raijin. Now humanity needs you one last time. We implore all commanders to do what they can. Fight. Rescue. Survive. Hold nothing back and don't let those damn bugs win. Show them what humanity is made of!
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Though I would consider myself a "newer" pilot on Elite (having been around for a couple of months), I've found anti-xeno activities quite a thrill for me, all started on that day when a buddy of mine put me on his second pilot seat, assigning the AX missiles racks to my trigger and headed out for Titan Indra.
Since then I have invested a lot of time learning how to fly, and fight, against those Thargoids bastards, with a little fleet of all engineered ships with different activities - port defense, space CZ, titan bombing, spire assaulting - but with one purpose: to push our enemies away from our spaces.
I know these aliens well enough that the moment Cocijo started moving toward Sol, I knew they're onto something, it's gonna be a big fight, I don't know what is their ultimate purposes, but I knew the systems were gonna be taken, and the last "boss fight" gonna be in our own ancestral system and planet.
Galaxy map as Cocijo's invasion at Sol and other peripheral systems
Shortly after invasion was confirmed, almost all rescue megaships were ordered to systems close to Sol to help with the defense, and shortly after their arrival, they couldn't survive the overflown waves of thargoids. According to GalNet, eight of eleven active megaships are reported as destroyed. The thargoids are not holding it back this time.
As we're fighting relentlessly to hold the lines and take back our systems, I'll keep coming back here and report with latest information.
I bring you a video I made today about the situation in the Sol system and visiting the Titan Cocijo.
The video is in Spanish but I assume that YouTube can subtitle it in English. If not, please let me know so I can leave the video script written and translated into English.
So the Thargoids in the act of desperate have attacked the Solar System and nearly 16 other in its region. Many people have already fought in this war but not everyone (like me) is good at fighting with the Thargoids 😅
But even with that, I thought that I've already seen everything in this game. This war showed me that there are still some funny things I didn't know that could happen...
The situation is, honestly speaking, not promising. The Pilot's Federation released an announcement, appealing for all commanders to get involved in the current evacuation and anti-xeno activities. In this announcement, the Pilot's Federation wrote, "There's no hope of evacuating all 22.8 billion inhabitants." I've never seen an announcement like this; I've never seen them this desperate in the past 7 years.
I've transferred half of my fleet to the Solar System, including an AX combat ship, a stealth Titan bomber, a battlefield maintenance vessel, and a refugee ship. I'll be the shield and sword of our beloved home.
UES - Rocinante, anti-interceptor combat ship
UES - Nordanvind, aim to provide repair service for other commanders in battlefield.
UES - Eclipse, Stealth Titan Bomber
UES - Agatha, aim for evacuation mission in hazardous enviroment.
As an explorer and rescuer, I've never been good at combat, and I've never tried anti-xeno combat before, but today I've killed my first Cyclops in my life, then the first Basilisk, and then the first Medusa (of course, with the help of other AX NPC pilots). I admire the Thargoids as a highly advanced intelligent lifeform, but I’ll never tolerate them rampaging through our beautiful home.
First Cyclops Kill
First Medusa Kill
The enemy has arrived, and the battle has begun. During the past few days, we have sustained severe casualties. Most of the rescue ships have been mercilessly destroyed, while billions of people are still stranded on the burning spaceports.
I don't know how this will end, but no matter how it ends, we’ll fight to the last moment of this war.
We'll fight at the burning space stations,
We'll fight over the glaciers of Europa,
We'll fight above the azure sea of our mother Earth,
Here is a long play of me soloing a surface installation at Wolf 359 in a DBX, the footage was running too long so I didn't capture the end. I completed it but skipped the Hydras at the end.
Greetings, this is Commander Odinoji reporting for Vox Galactica:
The fight is almost over—or so we thought. With the sixth Thargoid Titan destroyed, humanity dared to believe we were winning this war. How wrong we were. The final Titan, Cocijo, has suddenly moved to none other than Sol. The cradle of humanity, Earth itself, is under threat.
As I stare at Cocijo, a vast and alien presence orbiting Earth above the Pacific, I am reminded of a speech by an ancient American president, Ronald Reagan, addressing the United Nations:
"Can we and all nations not live in peace? In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world. And yet, I ask you, is not an alien force already among us? What could be more alien to the universal aspirations of our peoples than war and the threat of war?"
Two millennia later, Reagan's words seem more relevant than ever. Humanity remains divided by trivial matters, divided by religion divided by ideologies. One might hope that this war with the Thargoids would be the catalyst for uniting us once and for all, But thats not the case: among us, there are those who do not share this vision of unity or survival. I witnessed first hand dozens of commanders that have chosen to side with the Thargoids, the so-called "gankers." As I reported last month, these scoundrels target the weakest among us: damaged vessels, refugee transports, and mostly harmless commanders. Their motives remain a mystery, their leadership silent. Who are they?
My investigation into this shadowy faction has yielded more questions than answers. Are they Thargoid fanatics? Madmen sowing chaos for their own twisted amusement? Or is something even more sinister at play? Could these be Thargoid-controlled humans, their minds enslaved by the hive? And what role does the enigmatic Club play in all this? What secrets are hidden behind Polaris permit?
One thing is certain: as we approach the new year, something monumental is on the horizon and im not talking about the titan.
Billions have perished, and countless more are in grave danger. Whether it is rescuing refugees or fighting on the front lines, every contribution matters. Do your part!
I was already in days fighting against Thargs and rescuing victims, this is just one of the many fights I engage after the the Titan Cocijo has moved!
This is the battle in the system Ez Aquarii and it was though, I was rescued because my ship was destroyed by a Interceptors like the Basilisk that almost killed me and unfortunately by traitors, humans that has the mission to help the Thargoids.
It is almost impossible to understand why they would help in the annihilation of humanity, for god's sake this is almost impossible now, but for some how they prefer the enemy that their own kind... Yes I know that was us humans that started the war, but we never made such attacks, we don't even know in which system they live, there is no justification from the Thargoids to invade the Bubble like this, kidnap citizens and start to make experiments with our people.
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I never want to kill a single life been, but I want more to live and see the humanity prosper. I dreamed about a future that we could coexist with the Thargs... But it looks each day more distant... But now I must defend our lives to at least he have the minimal chance of this future.
The Ez Aquarii won't be my last fight but I hope that the end is near... this war must end, we started this mess and unfortunately we must finish what we have started and this will be a sad day, not only Thargoids will be in gaves, our brave brothers and sisters that didn't make will be among this great statistic, and I promise I will honour their name!
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so... to finish this log to all my friends and family... I'm well, just a feel scratches and light bruises... and I will be fine at the end of this, I know I am not that great help, but is you were here you would understand that we needed a lot of more of the Elite combatants here, but though hard work we are making victory after victory. First Procyon now Ez Aquarii... until we reach Sol and free the birthplace of humanity of the Thargoid presence!! Wish all commanders a great combat and kill each one of those aliens, don't feel guilty. It is them or us!
I've never been good at combat in Elite Dangerous, I never got the hang of the stick, I use it because I find it more comfortable and immersive hahaha. However, I've really enjoyed following the Thargoid war, and seeing this event with them attacking our most important space (Solar System) generates a rage and despair that goes beyond the NPCs and reaches the players very strongly!
So I spoke to my brother and we went to help in these battles. I found myself in complicated battles, but I was able to take down enemies like Cyclops and Basilisk (with help, of course, but I realized that I was able to help a lot!).
The battle is far from over, and the proof is that while we thought we were winning this war, they are literally in our backyard threatening to steal our house...
I've been using two ships in these battles: the Python MK II and the Federal Assault Ship, which have been great ships for these battles!
