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The death toll from the station attacks was believed to be in the thousands, but could have been far worse. Starport security feeds indicate that the Medusa Interceptors used their shutdown fields to disable station defenses before targeting the main reactor. An eyewitness speculated that the Thargoids' intent was to cripple the stations, not destroy them outright.<ref name="GSABT" /> While it was not clear why the Thargoids had targeted these three stations specifically and not others, Aegis was investigating the issue.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5a3a4ffbd27df13ee220cc2f Galactic News: Authorities Urge Public Not to Panic]</ref> | The death toll from the station attacks was believed to be in the thousands, but could have been far worse. Starport security feeds indicate that the Medusa Interceptors used their shutdown fields to disable station defenses before targeting the main reactor. An eyewitness speculated that the Thargoids' intent was to cripple the stations, not destroy them outright.<ref name="GSABT" /> While it was not clear why the Thargoids had targeted these three stations specifically and not others, Aegis was investigating the issue.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5a3a4ffbd27df13ee220cc2f Galactic News: Authorities Urge Public Not to Panic]</ref> | ||
The following week on December 21, as the three stations were stabilized and repair work begun, further attacks were reported at Bao Landing in HIP 17497, Cavalieri in Electra, and Hudson Observatory in HIP 17694.<ref>[https://i.imgur.com/hxTJhqt.png Imgur: Galactic News: Starport Status Update, December 21, 3303]</ref> | |||
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