So the Thargoids have returned, so says CMDR Lewis

[DarkMere]

So they have destroyed a Federal Cap Ship and left the crew dead, the derelict Ship is in HIP 17044 with a repeating message.

Message sent by Commander Edward Lewis. I double checked its not April 1st, so it must be true

[DarkMere]

Message sent:

This is an urgent message from Commander Edward Lewis.

There are forces out there that don’t want you to know the truth, but I have to make this public.

I found a ship in HIP 17044. A Federal cap ship, shot to pieces. They were carrying the data the Feds stole from Professor Palin. The crew is dead, but they discovered something important about the Unknown Ships.

There’s beacon in the wreckage broadcasting a message, over and over.

It proves what we suspected. They’re back. And the whole galaxy needs to know. The Thargoids have returned.

[Sinvious]

I just received a data mission when the announcement dropped, connected?

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[Trinity Star]

There's two dead cap ships, plus a bunch of smaller ships.

[Roger Wilco Jr]

Does this mean I now need to worry about getting interdicted by NPC Thargoids that are twice as bad as the most difficult engineered NPC? I hope you can run from them, but I don't think you can. Maybe their fighters won't have the ability to disable your systems. Or maybe you can get engineered to shield them.

[uvelius]

Where exactly?

EDIT: Ah, according to Discord ...
Relix Typhon: HIP 17044, go to second planet, point towards asterope. Fly 10k ls and look for a distress call

EDIT the message does not appear for me, only "Unknown Ship Signature".

[Cmdr Kharma]

I was only 2 jumps away when that appeared in game......

Went there.......

Scanned every planet....Flew around......Tor joined me.......Found jack shit.......Got bored....Jumped out.....

[smartroad]

And yet nothing on Galnet

[TorTorden]

And again, fd manage to take the most predictable, and least interesting progress forward.

It's a token evil aliens, routine I was honestly slightly hoping they wouldn't do it cause it would be too obvious.

So for a little while we have these super npc's doing their thing.
Then over time more and more modules, engineering recipes will wittle down their superiority until it's basically no more a challenge than current npc's.

[Roger Wilco Jr]

EDIT the message does not appear for me, only "Unknown Ship Signature".

I think it only plays at the bottom of the hour (stupid is as stupid does).