Well when you put it like that , it does sound a bit grim, doesn’t it.
Also you can read my brief history of the decline of the Takmahl Empire here.
Well when you put it like that , it does sound a bit grim, doesn’t it.
Also you can read my brief history of the decline of the Takmahl Empire here.
add to the OP the Triglavian alphabet, compilation of the Arataka Research Consortium.
thanks to all made it o7
Add this to the CONCORD INFORMATION section:
CONCORD doesn’t actually want Capsuleers going into these pockets or bringing back advanced technology. They’ve indicated anyone entering the deadspace areas with the most significant technological return will be flagged SUSPECT upon return.
do you have a source I missed this?
(I trust you, but I would prefer to add the sources)
In the latest Concord endorsed statement toward the press a warning was issued to capsuleers who travel too deep in abysal deadspace.
Those capsuleers will be flagged as suspects.
thanks you very much sir.
With the release of filament technoloogy on the official market and the latest galactic hour with Ret Glorriax, comes new informations
More info in OP
OP updated!
small update to add a link to the language analysis..
Waiting for peer reviewing and consensus before adding it to the “FACT” list.
So, here’s a thing.
It seems the TC has been enslaving some rogue drones, and is at war with the rest. The ones we see flying with them have been subverted and controlled somehow. The presence of Triglavian devices for destroying wild, if that’s the word, drones isn’t a coincidence or a strange tactical misstep. Mincing rogue drones is exactly what they’re supposed to do.
Rogue drone presence in the Abyss is confirmed up to and including battleship-scale Overminds. An undamaged Overmind with escort takes a long time to bring down, and should be considered as much or more a threat to the clock than, in a direct way, to the Abyss-diving capsuleer.
I … kind of nearly had the clock run out on me in a Fierce Firestorm Abyssal pocket after encountering such a thing. We made it out with maybe 20 seconds to spare. I’m actually thanking the spirits this morning on behalf of my crew that we didn’t run into a second.
To my fellow divers, I’d advise caution in dealing with the Abyss. It really is a dangerous place.
Back on topic: whatever the nature of the Triglavian Collective, its ships attack aggressively and on sight. Cruisers and frigates close range quickly. Battleships make a run for the pocket edge, forcing you to chase them and running down the clock. Current thinking disfavoring microwarp drives might have to be rethought at some point; the other factions seem aware that we can’t stay for long. That clock is potentially deadly.
So far all Triglavian ships I’ve encountered fit into one of two categories: “Striking” and “Starving.” The first I assume is focused more on attack, but I’m not sure how other than their entropic disintegrators. “Striking” battleships encountered in pairs cross-rep; even heavily-damaged ones will soon claw their armor back. Haven’t yet confirmed whether the smaller ships do the same, since my focus has been on killing them quickly. “Starving” ships use energy neutralizers to, well, starve us. Cap booster charges seem like an important thing to carry.
I’ve seen the frigates leading swarms of what I guess were rogue drones. The drones were present in huge numbers, but went inactive when the frigates fell and did not block my progress.
Oh-- and CONCORD’s thoughts on the exit gates seem to confirm: those really are singularities they’re playing around with. Fly carefully, pilots.
Recent Linguistic analysis of some data recovered from schematics and carvings seem that it is not enslavement but willing cooperation between the two.
But a faction inside the Triglavian colelctive disagree and consider them a threat.
I would add that CONCORD also updated it’s classification on rogue drone, and there is 5 different “faction” inside rogue drones.
Thanks for the return on the rest, I will update the OP later this evening.
thanks again for your participation o7
I already wondered about the possibility of dealing with Rogue Drones as sentient beings, and now I actually feel a little sorry for this lot. Claw your way up to intelligence only to be enslaved.
By an odd coincidence I once heard almost the exact same phrase whilst in Uni. The context was somewhat different though.
As I said, TC seem to have managed to have diplomatic relations with the Rogue drones, like the SOE in our space.
So actually, TC seem to have managed to do a better job than us on this part.
So ‘enslaved’ isn’t quite right, they are allies to some degree?
that’s what it seem to.
For more information, read this analysis.
And if you have information, feel free to comment. I need a consensus before adding it to the “known fact” list, so if you agree with the analysis, say it, if you disagree, say why too ^^
I guess that could make sense. The ones linked to the frigates acted a lot like our own drones, though-- they went inactive when the Triglavian ships went down.
that’s because the small ones are not “truly” sentient, so they are indeed much closer to classic drones.
I assume there’s no means to scoop any of the pacified rogue drones up for study? And there have been no signs of Sentient rogues inside the pockets?
Not had the time to dive yet, so I’m only working based on report of other capsuleers.
For the first question, I do not know, but it’s unlikely and the safety of your ship could be compromised if the drone awaken inside your drone cargohold.
For your second question, TC recovered data seem to indicate that at least some of sentirent have been in there.
Does it have been sighted? I do not know.
(( ooc, you can read this https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/8n6tro/lore_rogue_drones_are_up_to_something/ ))
I don’t know why you think glowing in the dark is a bad thing. Being able to naturally glow in the dark sounds awesome!
An additional Triglavian subrole for the cruisers, and I think the Leshak as well: Harrowing. Also heavy damage and remote assistance, but so far I haven’t observed these trying to get range. Of course, using missiles and drones in my Gila, I’m not really paying much attention to their distance. They simply can’t get far enough away.