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[[File:Barnacle.jpeg|thumb|300px|A Barnacle surrounded by Barbs]]
[[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. A number of Barnacles have been documented in the [[Pleiades Nebula]] since 3302.
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.


== Appearance ==
== Appearance ==
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[[File:Alien-Structure-Barnacle.png|thumb|250px|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 ==
== Large Clusters ==
[[File:Barnacle large cluster above.png|thumb|250px|A large cluster of barnacles seen from above]]
[[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>
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</ref>


== Interaction ==
== Interaction ==
The barnacle appears to be fairly benign and has so far been unresponsive to interaction. The central column is impervious to damage. It also cannot be targeted by ships or SRVs, and does not 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.
 
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>


Unknown Artefacts (UA) interact with the barnacle via a sort of tractor beam. The barnacle gives off visual and sound effects as any nearby debris slowly rises within the beam towards the UA, only to be dropped back onto the barnacle, having no obvious effect on anything in the end.
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===
===Connection to Thargoids===
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[[File:Thargoid-Interceptor-Particle-Cloud-Barnacles.png|thumb|250px|Thargoid Interceptor Particle Cloud at Barnacles]]
[[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" />


It's been observed when a Thargoid Interceptor visits a Barnacle site it releases a cloud of green "particles" This could be a shield that they enable or disable. Or maybe a chemical compound to trigger something such as growth in the Barnacles.<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/749fzs/discussion_green_particle_cloud_from_thargoids_at/</ref>
=== 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]].


The Interceptor has a similar shield in combat when it takes too much damage. That usually happens when one of its petals (hearts) gets destroyed. The Thargoid ship may need to disable its shields before it can refuel/fire the green beam at the barnacles.<ref name=":0" />
==== 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.


=== Barnacle Seeding ===
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.
[[Ram Tah]] decrypted ancient [[Guardian]] logs and found that the Thargoid barnacles are designed to extract resources from a planet and transform them into [[meta-alloys]] – an essential ingredient in the creation of Thargoid ships and technologies. The Guardians surmised that for the Thargoids, seeding a planet with barnacles is an important process in preparing an area for occupation.<ref name="GC1"/>


== Known Locations ==
== Known Locations ==
=== Small clusters ===
=== 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
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| 5 C
| 5 C
| -26.35, -156.40
| -26.35, -156.40
| First Barnacle 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 (Found 2 Meta-Alloys, Sept. 23)
| 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
| 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
| Exhausted
| Exhausted
|-
|-
| 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.
|-
|-
|Pleiades Sector IX-S B4-4
| California Sector LC-V c2-10
|B 1
|  
|<nowiki>-40.46, 25.81</nowiki>
|  
|Active (3 Dec 2017)
| Multiple sites in system
Not guarded
|-
 
| Musca Dark Region PJ-P b6-1
Exhausted (Found 1 Meta-Alloy, Feb. 16)
| 3
 
|
| First Barnacle in the Coalsack Nebula discovered in October 3306. Multiple sites in system.
|}
|}
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=== Large clusters ===
=== Large 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
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! Notes
! Notes
|-
|-
| Witch Head Sector GW-W c1-4
|data-row-id="Evangelis"| Evangelis
alias Witch Head Sector GW-W c1-4
| A 4
| A 4
|  
|  
| Planet A 4 features 14 different sites
| 14 sites on planet A 4
|-
|-
| Witch Head Sector LC-V c2-10
|data-row-id="Wellington"| Wellington
alias Witch Head Sector LC-V c2-10
|  
|  
|  
|  
| 84 sites in system
| 84 sites in system
|-
|-
| Witch Head Sector FB-X c1-11
|data-row-id="Onoros"| Onoros
alias Witch Head Sector FB-X c1-11
|  
|  
|  
|  
| 73 sites in system
| 73 sites in system
|-
|-
| Witch Head Sector DL-Y d17
|data-row-id="Shenve"| Shenve
alias Witch Head Sector DL-Y d17
|  
|  
|  
|  
| 36 sites in system
| 36 sites in system
|-
|-
| Witch Head Sector HW-W c1-7
|data-row-id="Lembass"| Lembass
alias Witch Head Sector HW-W c1-7
|  
|  
|  
|  
| 31 sites in system
| 31 sites in system
|-
|-
| Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2
| 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
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| 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
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|-
| Pleiades Sector IH-V c2-16
|  
|  
|  
|  
| 51 sites in system
| 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
|-
|-
| Pleiades Sector IH-V c2-16
| California Sector BA-A e6
| 4
|  
|  
| 16 sites on planet 4
|-
| rowspan="5" | California Sector DL-Y d4
| C 2
|  
|  
| 41 sites in system
| 5 sites on planet C 2
|-
|-
|Pleiades Sector PN-T b3-0
|data-row-id="California Sector DL-Y d4 (2)"|C 3
|A5
|Lat: -4.4946 Long: 145.6557
|
|
|8 sites on planet C 3
|-
|-
| California Sector DL-Y d4
|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
| 36 sites in system
|-
|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
|-
|-
| Hyades Sector AQ-Y d81
| Hyades Sector AQ-Y d81
| C 2
| C 2
| 9.29, -153.98
| 9.29, -153.98
| 131,667 ls from arrival point
|  
|-
|Pleiades Sector PN-T b3-0
|A5
|Lat: -4.4946, Long: 145.6557
|Possibly depleted, 4 found 8/2/2018
|-
|-
| Outotz ST-I d9-6
| Outotz ST-I d9-6
| 2 A
| 2 A
| Site 1: 76.23, -78.35<br>Site 2: 55.30, -85.63
| <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="Expand (2 sites)"  data-collapsetext="Collapse"><br/>
| 2 sites in system
1: 76.23, -78.35<br/>
2: 55.30, -85.63
</div>
| 2 sites on planet 2 A
|}
|}
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==Notes==
==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>
*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==
==Videos==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Elite_Dangerous_-_Mega_Barnacle_Site_Found
File:Elite Dangerous - Mega Barnacle Site Found
File:Elite_Dangerous_Thargoid_%22Barnacle%22_Sound
File:Elite Dangerous Odyssey - Thargoid Barnacle Forest
File:Elite_Dangerous_Barnacle_Garden
</gallery>
</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:Barnacles_and_Python.png|Barnacles and a Python
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
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Barnacle large cluster.png|A Barnacle in a large cluster
Barnacle large cluster.png|A Barnacle in a large cluster
Barnacle large cluster above.png|Barnacle Forest
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  
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>


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