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[[File:Barnacle.jpeg|thumb|250px|The Alien structure or "Barnacle" and its surrounding organic growths]]
[[File:Barnacle.jpeg|thumb|300px|A Barnacle surrounded by Barbs]]
 
A '''Thargoid Barnacle''' is an organic [[Thargoid]] structure that extracts resources from a planet and converts them into [[Meta-Alloys]], a key component in Thargoid ships and technologies.<ref name="GC1">[https://canonn.science/codex/guardians-codex/ Guardian Codex 1/28 : Thargoid Log – Barnacle Seeding]</ref> The main structure consists of an organic growth with a central, ribbed peak surrounded by [[Thargoid Barnacle Barb]]s. The first Barnacles were documented in the [[Pleiades Nebula]] and [[California Nebula]] in 3302, and additional sites were discovered in the [[Witch Head Nebula]] in 3305 and the [[Coalsack Nebula]] in 3306.
An '''Alien Structure''' (colloquially referred to as a "Barnacle") is an organic structure, consisting of a central, ribbed peak surrounded by [[Organic Structure|Organic Structures]]. The existence of these objects was first hinted at during a trailer for [[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]] released on December 15th 2015.<ref>[https://youtu.be/VKWIJ-H-WxI?t=1m Elite Dangerous: Horizons Launch Trailer]</ref>


== Appearance ==
== Appearance ==
At first sight the central column looks very much like a regular, sea-based barnacle sitting on the ground. However closer up, it looks more like a number of individual obelisks make up the structure. At ground level the obelisks do not quite meet, leaving gaps through which a more organic looking material can be seen which radiates a blue-green light. It is approximately 1.5 to 2 times the height of a [[Scarab]] [[SRV]].
At first sight the central column looks very much like a regular, sea-based barnacle sitting on the ground. However, closer up, it appears to consist of a number of individual obelisks making up the structure. At ground level the obelisks do not quite meet, leaving gaps through which a more organic looking material can be seen which radiates a blue-green light. It is approximately twice the height of a [[Scarab]] [[SRV]].


[[File:Alien-Structure-Barnacle.png|thumb|250px|Alien Structure Barnacle]]
[[File:Alien-Structure-Barnacle.png|thumb|250px|Barnacle]]
The peaks of each obelisk is coloured a creamy white, with a strange symbol visible on the side. This is currently the cause of much speculation amongst commanders with many believing it to be a reference to Barnard's Loop, an emission nebula in the Orion constellation.


The peaks of each obelisk is coloured a creamy white, with a strange symbol visible on the side. This is currently the cause of much speculation amongst commanders with many believing it to be a reference to Barnard's Loop, an emission nebula in the Orion constellation.
== Large Clusters ==
[[File:Barnacle large cluster above.png|thumb|250px|A large cluster of barnacles seen from above]]
After September 26, 3303, CMDRs began discovering much larger clusters of Alien Structures aka "Barnacles". These clusters had grown into a roughly octagonal shape, with crystal-like formations erupting from the ground and linking them together. It is possible that these large clusters are the precursors of future [[Thargoid Surface Site]]s. It's also called a Barnacle Forest due to the large scale.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/355713-Alien-archeology-and-other-mysteries-Thread-10-The-Canonn?p=5952184&viewfull=1#post5952184 Frontier Forums: Alien archeology and other mysteries Thread 10 The Canonn?]</ref>


== Interaction ==
== Interaction ==
The barnacle appears to be fairly benign, and has so far been unresponsive to interaction. The central column seems to be impervious to damage, with commanders having tried firing on it with a wide range of weapon types.{{Cite}} It also cannot be targeted by ship or SRV systems, and doesn't show up on scanners.
Thargoid Barnacles have thus far been entirely unresponsive to all attempts at communication as well as attacks, and they are also impervious to damage. Ships and SRVs cannot directly target them, and they do not appear on scanners.
 
When nearby, a strange sound can be heard coming from it, which sounds similar to an [[Unknown Artefact|Unknown Artefacts]], but rather sounds more like an animal noise.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8CW2U5IJGc Elite dangerous: Barnacles sound]</ref>


There have been reported anomalies near these objects,{{Cite}} with ship scanner glitches being fairly common. When nearby, a strange sound can be heard coming from it, which sounds similar to an [[Unknown Artefact|Unknown Artefacts]], but rather sounds more like an animal noise.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8CW2U5IJGc Elite dangerous: Barnacles sound]</ref>
===Connection to Thargoids===
[[File:Unknown Ship Barnacle Laser.png|thumb|250px|Thargoid Interceptor lasers a barnacle]]
On June 2, 3303, CMDR Mobiusetti documented the first known interaction between a [[Thargoid Interceptor]] and Barnacles on Pleiades Sector OI-T C3-7 A 6 at coordinates -42.77, -21.70, confirming the two are related. The Unknown Ship approached one Barnacle, incapacitating any nearby ships and SRVs. The craft then rotated until its propulsion array faced and was aligned with the Barnacle, before drawing a pulsing beam of light or energy from it for a brief period. The Unknown Ship then departed as rapidly as it arrived. It is possible that Barnacles serve as refueling stations of some kind for Unknown Ships, and the [[Meta-Alloys]] they produce are fuel or repair materials for them, but this is currently only conjecture.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8S-4Oq9Xvc YouTube: They're Here...]</ref>


Many attempts have been made to make an Unknown Artefact (UA) interact with the barnacle, but no response has been evoked. The UA appears to decay as normal if dropped on or near it, and scanning the spires with the UA in the ship or SRV cargo hold also appears to have no response.
[[File:Thargoid-Interceptor-Particle-Cloud-Barnacles.png|thumb|250px|Thargoid Interceptor Particle Cloud at Barnacles]]
It has been observed when a Thargoid Interceptor visits a Thargoid Barnacle site, the Barnacle releases a cloud of green "particles".<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/749fzs/discussion_green_particle_cloud_from_thargoids_at/</ref> The Interceptor deploys a shield with a similar appearance when it receives enough damage to The Thargoid ship may need to disable its shields before it can refuel/fire the green beam at the barnacles.<ref name=":0" />


[[File:Unknown Ship Barnacle Laser.png|thumb|250px|Unknown Ship Barnacle laser]]
=== Barnacle Seeding ===
[[Ram Tah]] decrypted ancient [[Guardian]] logs that indicated Thargoid Barnacles were designed to extract resources from a planet and transform them into [[Meta-Alloys]] for use in the production of Thargoid ships and technologies. The Guardians surmised that for the Thargoids, seeding a planet with barnacles was an important process in preparing an area for occupation.<ref name="GC1"/> The Thargoids' seeding of a region of space that was later developed by the Guardians became the basis for the [[Guardian-Thargoid War]].


===Connection to Unknown Ships===
==== Barnacle Matrices ====
Following the escalation of the [[Second Thargoid War]] after the battle of [[HIP 22460]] and the subsequent arrival of the [[Thargoid Titan|Titans]], Thargoid forces began invading the bubble in late 3308. By mid-3309 (after facing stiff opposition from human forces and the newly reformed [[Aegis]]), Thargoid forces began entrenching themselves in systems featuring Ammonia worlds. Over time, small clusters of barnacle like structures began appearing on these planets.


On June 2, 3303, CMDR Mobiusetti documented the first known interaction between an [[Unknown Ship]] and Alien Structures on Pleiades Sector OI-T C3-7 A 6 at coordinates -42.77, -21.70, confirming the two are related. The Unknown Ship approached one Alien Structure, incapacitating any nearby ships and SRVs. The craft then rotated until its propulsion array faced and was aligned with the Alien Structure, before drawing a pulsing beam of light or energy from it for a brief period. The Unknown Ship then departed as rapidly as it arrived. It is possible that Alien Structures serve as refueling stations of some kind for Unknown Ships, and the [[Meta-Alloys]] they produce are fuel or repair materials for them, but this is currently only conjecture.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8S-4Oq9Xvc YouTube: They're Here...]</ref>
By late 3309, many of these '[[Thargoid Barnacle Matrix|Matrix sites]]' had grown into vast Thargoid production sites, known as Spires. The purpose and function of these growths have not yet been determined.


== Known Locations ==
== Known Locations ==
=== Small clusters ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1"
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1"
! System
! System
Line 33: Line 44:
| 5 C
| 5 C
| -26.35, -156.40
| -26.35, -156.40
| First Alien Structure discovered on Jan. 15, 3302 by CMDR Octo86.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5698e0529657ba4b5ba11205 Alien 'Barnacles' Discovered in the Pleiades], GalNet, 15 Jan 3302</ref><br />Exhausted
| First ever Barnacle discovered on Jan. 15, 3302 by CMDR Octo86.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5698e0529657ba4b5ba11205 GalNet: Alien 'Barnacles' Discovered in the Pleiades] </ref><br />Exhausted
|-
|-
| Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2
| Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2
| 1
| 1
| 22.79, 94.08
| 22.79, 94.08
| Possibly exhausted
| Exhausted
|-
|-
| Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2
|data-row-id="Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2 (2)"| Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2
| 1
| 1
| 21.91, 96.97
| 21.91, 96.97
| Guarded by turrets and skimmers.
| Exhausted
Active
|-
|-
| Pleiades Sector JC-U B3-2
|data-row-id="Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2 (3)"| Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2
| 1
| 1
| -8.80, -13.36
| -8.80, -13.36
| Exhausted
| Exhausted
|-
|-
| Pleiades Sector OI-T C3-7
| Pleiades Sector OI-T c3-7
| A 6
| A 6
| -42.77, -21.70
| -42.77, -21.70
| First sighting on Unknown Ship interaction on Jun. 2, 3303 by CMDR Mobiusetti.<br />Active
| First sighting of Thargoid Interceptor interaction on Jun. 2, 3303 by CMDR Mobiusetti.<br />Exhausted
|-
| Pleiades Sector IX-S b4-4
| B 1
| -40.46, 25.81
| Exhausted
|-
| California Sector BA-A e6
|
|
| Multiple sites in system
|-
| California Sector DL-Y d4
|
|
| First Barnacle in the California Nebula discovered in June 3302 by CMDR Wooblytickle.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/57555e7a9657ba916d671d92 GalNet: Freelance Report: Fresh Fruit Meets Bitter Harvest]</ref><br/>Multiple sites in system.
|-
| California Sector LC-V c2-10
|
|
| Multiple sites in system
|-
| Musca Dark Region PJ-P b6-1
| 3
|
| First Barnacle in the Coalsack Nebula discovered in October 3306. Multiple sites in system.
|}
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=== Large clusters ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1"
! System
! Planet(s)
! Surface Coordinates
! Notes
|-
|data-row-id="Evangelis"| Evangelis
alias Witch Head Sector GW-W c1-4
| A 4
|
| 14 sites on planet A 4
|-
|data-row-id="Wellington"| Wellington
alias Witch Head Sector LC-V c2-10
|
|
| 84 sites in system
|-
|data-row-id="Onoros"| Onoros
alias Witch Head Sector FB-X c1-11
|
|
| 73 sites in system
|-
|data-row-id="Shenve"| Shenve
alias Witch Head Sector DL-Y d17
|
|
| 36 sites in system
|-
|data-row-id="Lembass"| Lembass
alias Witch Head Sector HW-W c1-7
|
|
| 31 sites in system
|-
| rowspan="2" | Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2
| 1
| <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="Expand (25 sites)"  data-collapsetext="Collapse"><br/>
1: 21.3368, 91.9810<br/>
2: 21.6231, 89.0229<br/>
3: 20.1809, 86.7213<br/>
4: 19.2466, 92.0927<br/>
5: 22.8062, 94.0677<br/>
6: 21.9129, 96.9749<br/>
7: -55.7840, 102.7433<br/>
8: -57.8323, 107.4274<br/>
9: 28.4238. -34.7232<br/>
10: -9.3642, -13.0645<br/>
11: -8.7990, -13.3664 (2)<br/>
12: 9.3390, 22.4387<br/>
13: 0.9977, 25.8488<br/>
14: 2.4134, 23.5579<br/>
15: 25.3372, 25.5319 (2)<br/>
16: -59.7577, -100.9596 (2)<br/>
17: -59.7283, -100.8134<br/>
18: -58.6943, -98.2877<br/>
19: -49.6752, -93.1665<br/>
20: -23.1951, -94.0199<br/>
21: -24.6363, -94.3902<br/>
22: -21.2794, -85.6073<br/>
23: -22.4144, -85.0394<br/>
24: -63.0318, -130.8715 (2)<br/>
25: -67.3041, -106.5550
</div>
| rowspan="2"|51 sites in system<br/>Exhausted
|-
|data-row-id="Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2 (2)"|2
| <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="Expand (20 sites)"  data-collapsetext="Collapse"><br/>
1: 61.2111, -56.0105<br/>
2: 60.3882, -51.7986<br/>
3: 59.3733, -59.7278<br/>
4: 46.7283, -61.9831<br/>
5: 46.6405, -62.8999<br/>
6: 13.0023, 18.2415<br/>
7: -28.0485, 29.5102<br/>
8: -23.7905, 57.0949<br/>
9: -24.5298, 57.0327<br/>
10: -19.2437, -17.3568<br/>
11: -17.9331, -17.2734<br/>
12: -17.6204, -18.0465<br/>
13: -2.7067, -45.2754<br/>
14: -1.8683, -45.1720<br/>
15: -1.8551, -43.6217<br/>
16: 49.5343, 102.0783<br/>
17: 49.7537, 102.1620<br/>
18: 49.9904, 101.5106<br/>
19: 49.9082, 102.7219<br/>
20: 49.0655, 102.9378
</div>
|-
| Pleiades Sector IH-V c2-16
|
|
| 41 sites in system<br/>Exhausted
|-
| Pleiades Sector PN-T b3-0
| A 5
| <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="Expand (5 sites)"  data-collapsetext="Collapse"><br/>
1:<br/>
2:<br/>
3:<br/>
4:<br/>
5: -4.4946, 145.6557<br/>
</div>
| 5 sites on planet A 5
|-
| California Sector BA-A e6
| 4
|
| 16 sites on planet 4
|-
| rowspan="5" | California Sector DL-Y d4
| C 2
|
| 5 sites on planet C 2
|-
|data-row-id="California Sector DL-Y d4 (2)"|C 3
|
|8 sites on planet C 3
|-
|data-row-id="California Sector DL-Y d4 (3)"|C 4
|
|8 sites on planet C 4
|-
|data-row-id="California Sector DL-Y d4 (4)"|C 5
|
|5 sites on planet C 5
|-
|data-row-id="California Sector DL-Y d4 (5)"|C 6
|
|10 sites on planet C 6
|-
| rowspan="6" | California Sector LC-V c2-10
| A 3
|
| 4 sites on planet A 3
|-
|data-row-id="California Sector LC-V c2-10 (2)"|A 4
|
|7 sites on planet A 4
|-
|data-row-id="California Sector LC-V c2-10 (3)"|A 5
|
|7 sites on planet A 5
|-
|data-row-id="California Sector LC-V c2-10 (4)"|A 6
|
|7 sites on planet A 6
|-
|data-row-id="California Sector LC-V c2-10 (5)"|A 7
|
|8 sites on planet A 7
|-
|data-row-id="California Sector LC-V c2-10 (6)"|B 1
|
|7 sites on planet B 1
|-
|-
|Pleiades Sector IX-S B4-4
| Hyades Sector AQ-Y d81
|B 1
| C 2
|<nowiki>-40.46, 25.81</nowiki>
| 9.29, -153.98
|Not guarded
|
|-
| Outotz ST-I d9-6
| 2 A
| <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="Expand (2 sites)"  data-collapsetext="Collapse"><br/>
1: 76.23, -78.35<br/>
2: 55.30, -85.63
</div>
| 2 sites on planet 2 A
|}
|}
</table-progress-tracking>
==Notes==
*The existence of Barnacles was first hinted at during a trailer for ''[[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]]'' released on December 15th 2015.<ref>[https://youtu.be/VKWIJ-H-WxI?t=1m Elite Dangerous: Horizons Launch Trailer]</ref>
==Videos==
<gallery>
File:Elite Dangerous - Mega Barnacle Site Found
File:Elite Dangerous Odyssey - Thargoid Barnacle Forest
</gallery>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Alien-Structure-Barnacle.png|Alien Structure Barnacle
Alien-Structure-Barnacle.png|A Thargoid Barnacle
Alien-Structure-Barnacle-SRV-Anaconda.png|Alien Structure Barnacle SRV Anaconda
Alien-Structure-Barnacle-SRV-Anaconda.png|An SRV examining a Thargoid Barnacle
File:Barnacle close up.jpg|Cropped image of the barnacle itself
File:Barnacles_and_Python.png|Barnacles and a Python
File:Barnard's_Loop?.png|Symbol on the side of the barnacle
File:Barnard's_Loop?.png|Symbol on the side of the barnacle
File:Barnacle anaconda crash.jpg|View of the barnacle reported at the Anaconda crash site ([https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5697c9829657ba153248c09b GalNet article]). This one does not seem to be persistent, and is not visible to all Commanders.
File:Barnacle anaconda crash.jpg|View of the barnacle reported at the Anaconda crash site ([https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5697c9829657ba153248c09b GalNet article]). This one does not seem to be persistent, and is not visible to all Commanders.
File:Unknown Ship Alien Structure interaction.png|An Unknown Ship interacting with an Alien Structure
File:Unknown Ship Alien Structure interaction.png|A Thargoid Interceptor interacts with a Barnacle
Unknown Ship Barnacle Laser.png|Unknown Ship Barnacle laser
Unknown Ship Barnacle Laser.png|Thargoid Interceptor Barnacle laser
Thargoid-Interceptor-Particle-Cloud-Barnacles.png|Thargoid Interceptor Particle Cloud at Barnacles
Barnacle large cluster.png|A Barnacle in a large cluster
Barnacle large cluster above.png|Barnacle Forest
Barnacle-Forest-Pleiades-Sector-PN-T-b3-0.png|Barnacle Forest in Pleiades Sector PN-T b3-0
File:Wrecked SRV Thargoid Barnacle.png|Thargoid Barnacle near the Wrecked SRV on Musca Dark Region PJ-P B6-1 3
</gallery>
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Alien Crash Site]]
*[[Unknown Artefact]]
*[[Unknown Probe]]
*[[Unknown Ship]]


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