I predict a riot

[Relix Typhon]

Has something happened to point to Colonia or just speculation?
I find the story hard to follow, especially as I can't be bothered sorting through all the fluff on the official forums.

Speaking of which, does anyone know of any sites that summarise the lore, story and events so you can easily keep up to date? Been meaning to ask for a while.

[Dave Sewell]

The only thing going on at the moment is that the highway is open to Colonia, the series of stations making the journey far easier are now all open and there is a big fleet gathering to deliver aid (epic journey) I am thinking that the two tie in nicely if you wanted a significant number of players on the edges of inhabited space to witness the arrival of the big bad wolves. As a story tie in, the expansion outwards by humanity could be seen as a threat to the Thargoids (or whoever) and lead to the first encounters. It's all just a theory..and I havent read it anywhere else, so it's almost definately wrong, but it's what I would do if I wanted to feed in the Thargoids, especially after the wreck sites and unknown artifacts etc...

[Walter]

But you must bear in mind that the Christmas Carriers Convoy is an event created and promoted by players. I would imagine that FD's plotline for the introduction of Thargoids requires a lot of programmatic planning that is not susceptible to ad hoc changes.

Details of the CCC are here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthrea ... ers-Convoy

[Dave Sewell]

Yes, but the creation of the highway and the new accesability to the area was NOT player created. There seems to be a deliberate 'opening up' of access to the outer edges of the universe and although player initiated it is as a direct result of the new highway..cause and effect. "If you build it they will come" if you like.

With or without player initiatives like this, there would still be an influx of players to the new bubble and it is conveniently placed to allow story progression. The thargoids (or whoever) could not really just appear within current space, it would break role play somewhat..but to have them arrive from without is perfect, and as a plot device, expansion serves very well as an introductory link.

I don't expect the convoy to get 'bumped' as it is not part of the Dev's plan, but there will be players perfectly located to witness the arrrival..and the highway enables this.