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=====Onslaught and trepidation===== | =====Onslaught and trepidation===== | ||
[[File:Thargoid attacks May 10 3304.png | [[File:Thargoid attacks May 10 3304.png|thumb|250px|The extent of Thargoid attacks on stations as of May 10, 3304]] | ||
The same day as Aegis's report made waves in the media, the station Glazkov Terminal in Irandan was attacked by the Thargoids after a month of relative calm. Both Irandan and HIP 21559 had been identified as likely targets for imminent Thargoid attacks by [[Eagle Eye]], but only the latter system had seen a heavy influx of independent combat pilots come to its defense over the preceding week. | The same day as Aegis's report made waves in the media, the station Glazkov Terminal in Irandan was attacked by the Thargoids after a month of relative calm. Both Irandan and HIP 21559 had been identified as likely targets for imminent Thargoid attacks by [[Eagle Eye]], but only the latter system had seen a heavy influx of independent combat pilots come to its defense over the preceding week. | ||
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On June 21, 3304, the Thargoids ended humanity's string of victories with an attack on Hennepin Prospect in Assinda. The attack appeared to be an outlier rather than an indication of Thargoid resurgence, however, as Eagle Eye did not intercept any new signals from Thargoid sites, and all Eagle Eye installations began transmitting the same message: "no new signal detected thargoid activity unknown initiate protocol xeno 55". That same day, Aegis also declared that the Thargoids were retreating from the Core Systems and had been pushed back to their original beachhead of Bhal. Admiral Tanner thanked Commanders for their efforts in defending the Core Systems, but noted that while Thargoid incursions had been reversed in many regions, the Thargoids remained entrenched in the Pleiades Nebula.<ref name="TRFCS">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5b28ebb3b98e8528935995c6 GalNet: Thargoids Repelled from Core Systems]</ref> | On June 21, 3304, the Thargoids ended humanity's string of victories with an attack on Hennepin Prospect in Assinda. The attack appeared to be an outlier rather than an indication of Thargoid resurgence, however, as Eagle Eye did not intercept any new signals from Thargoid sites, and all Eagle Eye installations began transmitting the same message: "no new signal detected thargoid activity unknown initiate protocol xeno 55". That same day, Aegis also declared that the Thargoids were retreating from the Core Systems and had been pushed back to their original beachhead of Bhal. Admiral Tanner thanked Commanders for their efforts in defending the Core Systems, but noted that while Thargoid incursions had been reversed in many regions, the Thargoids remained entrenched in the Pleiades Nebula.<ref name="TRFCS">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5b28ebb3b98e8528935995c6 GalNet: Thargoids Repelled from Core Systems]</ref> | ||
[[File:Thargoid Scouts 3.1.png|thumb|250px|A Thargoid Scout Berserker (center), Regenerator (left), and Inciter (right)]] | |||
On June 28, Aegis reported that Eagle Eye had detected a massive surge in Thargoid transmissions. Admiral Tanner asserted that the previous week's lull in activity in the Core Systems must have been only a brief delay while the Thargoids regrouped and summoned reinforcements from the Pleiades. Tanner issued an emergency call for aid for Garay Terminal in Deciat, which Eagle Eye identified as the Thargoids' main target. A transmission from an unknown Commander in the Deciat system also indicated that a new type of [[Thargoid Scout]] was present among the invading force.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5b34b13246fe331e2f6ca222 GalNet: Thargoid Assault on the Deciat System]</ref> Three new types of Scouts were subsequently identified: the Berserker, the Regenerator, and the Inciter. | On June 28, Aegis reported that Eagle Eye had detected a massive surge in Thargoid transmissions. Admiral Tanner asserted that the previous week's lull in activity in the Core Systems must have been only a brief delay while the Thargoids regrouped and summoned reinforcements from the Pleiades. Tanner issued an emergency call for aid for Garay Terminal in Deciat, which Eagle Eye identified as the Thargoids' main target. A transmission from an unknown Commander in the Deciat system also indicated that a new type of [[Thargoid Scout]] was present among the invading force.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/5b34b13246fe331e2f6ca222 GalNet: Thargoid Assault on the Deciat System]</ref> Three new types of Scouts were subsequently identified: the Berserker, the Regenerator, and the Inciter. | ||