Open that bottle of space champagne, the aliens have been wiped out.
At least that’s what the interstellar pilots ofElite Dangerousare celebrating in the galaxy-sized multiplayer space sim.
Don’t worry, they got him.
“The war is over,” say Frontier.
“We vanquished the enemy at our doorstep and now is the time to rebuild.”
“Like an orchestra of alien tubas gargling mouthwash,” said Katharine.
The asplosion comes just two weeks after the shipsshowed up in Sol, on December 5th.
Titans are fought by bombing them to kingdom come.
This means earth defenders had to load out their ships with some swish sci-fi gear.
Say what you like about the dry space trucking of the sim, this is excellent sci-fi craic.
Few video games can result in video guides assatisfyingly dambusters as this.
A successful bombing run netted players millions of credits in payment for an alien well-whacked.
But they haven’t said what’s next for the aliens.
Does this mean we won’t see any more Titans appearing in the galaxy?
Or does it just mean the threat to Earth is over?
The Thargoids have had a fun history in the game when you pile it all up.
Players soon started to discoverspooky distress signalshinting at further dangers from beyond known space.
“Oh my gods, it can’t be,” read one of the ill-fated messages.
“These things are a myth… That noise…” Soon enough players foundcrashed remainsof extraterrestrials.
Eventually, the aliens attacked.
Now, this seems to be putting a bookend on the aliens as the big bad guy.
I guess we’ll see!
