HIP 22460

HIP 22460 is an uninhabited system near the Pleiades Nebula within the Inner Orion Spur. Prior to 3303, it was a major staging point for the covert paramilitary unit Black Flight and a research hub for Project Seraph, which was analyzing two local Thargoid Surface Sites. Access to HIP 22460 is restricted, and requires a permit that is given to all players by default.

After the failure of Salvation's Proteus Wave in August 9, 3308, the Thargoids destroyed most human presence in the system. Pilots that travel to HIP 22460 should exercise extreme caution, as the Thargoids will attack on sight and in large numbers. In addition, a lingering energy field exists in HIP 22460 that will damage and disable Hybrid modules. The damage will negate the effects of Auto Field-Maintenance Units. While normal human derived modules are not effected, the constant damage and disabling of Hybrid modules from simply being in the system means that any combat with the Thargoids is not only ill-advised, but should be avoided at all costs. Explorers are advised to avoid contact and make heavy use of Silent Running whenever possible to avoid Thargoid detection, as all Thargoids will be instantly hostile, regardless if they possess Guardian, Hybrid, or Thargoid items or technology in their ships.

At the end of the Second Thargoid War, after the destruction of Titan Cocijo above Earth in December 3310, HIP 22460 was the last remaining area of aggressive Thargoid presence in Human dominated space. Determined to eliminate this last vestige of the invasion, two player groups decided to blockade the system and attack all hostile Thargoids in an effort to reclaim the system for humanity. The Anti-Xeno Initiative and Xeno Strike Force groups put out a call for any and all independent pilots to join them and participate in the blockade event.

On 12 January 3311, approximately 1500 pilots descended on the system to join in what may be the largest community-driven combat event in the history of Elite:Dangerous. AXI and XSF pilots from around the globe coordinated to host geographically regional instances to place as many participating players within the same instance as possible. The official event ended after roughly 4 hours, but many commanders stayed in the system for far longer to clear out as many Thargoids as they could. Thanks to the efforts of everyone involved in the blockade the system was declared to be free of all Thargoid presence, and the Anti-Guardian Field that prevented the use of Guardian technology in the system was also eliminated. In the end, it was a grassroots effort by the players themselves that finally reversed the effects within the system of the failed firing of the Proteus Wave device by Salvation in August 3308.

System Layout

• HIP 22460 (Class F star)
  • HIP 22460 A Belt
  • HIP 22460 1 (High metal content world)
  • HIP 22460 2 (High metal content world)
  • HIP 22460 3 (High metal content world)
    • HIP 22460 3 a (Rocky body)
  • HIP 22460 4 (High metal content world)
    • HIP 22460 4 a (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 4 b (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 4 c (Rocky body)
  • HIP 22460 5 (Class III gas giant)
    • HIP 22460 5 a (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 5 b (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 5 c (Rocky body)
  • HIP 22460 6 (Helium-rich gas giant)
    • HIP 22460 6 a (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 6 b (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 6 c (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 6 d (Rocky body)
  • HIP 22460 7 (Helium-rich gas giant)
    • HIP 22460 7 a (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 7 b (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 7 c (Rocky body)
      • Fort Asch (Settlement)
      • HIP 22460 7 c a (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 7 d (Rocky body)
  • HIP 22460 8 (Gas giant with water-based life)
    • HIP 22460 8 a (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 8 b (Rocky body)
  • HIP 22460 9 (Gas giant with water-based life)
    • HIP 22460 9 a (Rocky body)
  • HIP 22460 10 (Helium-rich gas giant)
    • HIP 22460 10 a (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 10 b (Rocky body, Thargoid Surface Site (INACCESSIBLE SINCE PROTEUS WAVE))
      • Bright Sentinel (Damaged Megaship)
      • Overlook (Megaship)
    • HIP 22460 10 c (Rocky body)
  • HIP 22460 11 (Gas giant with water-based life)
  • HIP 22460 12 (Gas giant with water-based life)
    • HIP 22460 12 a (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 12 b (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 12 c (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 12 d (Rocky body)
  • HIP 22460 13 (Class III gas giant)
    • HIP 22460 13 a (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 13 b (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 13 c (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 13 d (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 13 e (Rocky body)
      • HIP 22460 13 e a (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 13 f (Rocky body)
  • HIP 22460 14 (Gas giant with ammonia-based life)
    • HIP 22460 14 a (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 14 b (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 14 c (Rocky body)
  • HIP 22460 15 (Class III gas giant)
    • HIP 22460 15 a (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 15 b (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 15 c (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 15 d (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 15 e (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 15 f (Rocky body)
    • HIP 22460 15 g (Rocky body)
  • HIP 22460 16 (Helium-rich gas giant)
    • HIP 22460 16 a (Icy body)
    • HIP 22460 16 b (Icy body)
    • HIP 22460 16 c (Icy body)
    • HIP 22460 16 d (Icy body)
      • HIP 22460 16 d a (Icy body)
  • HIP 22460 17 (Water giant)
    • HIP 22460 17 a (Icy body)

Notes

• Initially, HIP 22460 was not permit-locked, and could be freely visited by players. From the time the permit requirement was added until August 26, 3307, when the permit first became obtainable, players who had previously scanned the system were still able to view its System Map and observed that it contained a Flight Operations Carrier megaship named Overlook, which was controlled by the Pleiades Resource Enterprise, a Federation-aligned minor faction. At the same time the permit became available, Overlook was retconned into a Bulk Cruiser megaship, removing the Pleiades Resource Enterprise's presence in the system.
• Before the permit was given to all players, it could only be obtained by scanning the Listening Post located in Synuefe GB-O c9-8.