Elite: Dangerous Players Finally Win Years-Long Thargoid War

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Summary

  • Elite Dangerous players, after years of fighting, triumph over Thargoid aliens by taking down the final mothership.
  • The victory marks the end of a dramatic war story that has been brewing since players encountered the aliens in 2017.
  • Reaction among players varied, with some missing the intensity of battles while others are relieved to focus on personal pursuits.

As a seasoned Elite Dangerous player with countless hours spent navigating the vast cosmos and battling alien threats, I can say that the recent triumph over the Thargoids is nothing short of epic. The war has been a part of my gaming life for years now, and to finally see it come to an end feels like a significant milestone in both the game’s and my own journey.

In the game Elite Dangerous, human pilots have prevailed against the enigmatic Thargoid alien species, marking the end of a prolonged in-game conflict that spanned several years. This victory, largely orchestrated by the dedicated efforts of the Elite Dangerous player community, coincides with developer Frontier Developments’ celebration of the game’s 10th anniversary.

Despite being over a decade old, Elite Dangerous still exudes a sense of futurism due to its staggeringly vast and complex nature. Players can collect resources, traverse, and navigate their ships through approximately 400 billion star systems, making Elite Dangerous one of the most expansive open-world games ever constructed. Additionally, Frontier Developments continually updates the in-game narrative as it unfolds in real-time. For many years now, this narrative has been centered around the ongoing conflict against the enigmatic Thargoid alien race.

As a seasoned gamer of Elite Dangerous, I’ve just lived through the thrilling end of the latest Thargoid war. With our collective skill and determination, we, the veterans, managed to obliterate the final Thargoid Titan mothership, known as “Cocijo.” In a fitting climax to this epic space tale, the last Titan was defeated right at Earth’s threshold in the Sol system. Frontier Developments announced victory in the Elite Dangerous Thargoid war campaign with an in-game news post. They also created a commemorative trailer, narrated to honor this momentous occasion.

Elite Dangerous Players Achieve Victory Against the Thargoids After Years of Fighting

Thargoid Titan Cocijo was the last of eight Titan ships, massive alien crafts capable of making entire star systems extremely dangerous to travel through and launching invasion fleets across whole sectors of space. The Titans first showed up in 2022, but in truth, the Elite Dangerous Thargoid War’s narrative has been brewing since as early as 2017, when players first spotted mysterious, uncommunicative alien ships in random space encounters. Over time, it was revealed that the ships were the vanguard of one of the most powerful video game alien races, and an enemy of humanity dating back to the days of the first Elite game from 1984.

In the aftermath of the Thargoid War concluding in Elite Dangerous, reactions among players were diverse. Some expressed regret, longing for the thrilling sieges against Titans and the strategic battles required to weaken them. Others welcomed the end of the war, looking forward to returning to their individual endeavors such as deep space exploration, system colonization, or participating in the updated Elite Dangerous Powerplay system to strengthen their preferred in-game factions.

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2024-12-22 19:06