Thargoids are attacking area stations in Elite Dangerous

The mysterious aliens which were popping up throughout the galaxy over the previous yr have till now been largely peaceable. There have been cases of violence however most encounters appeared extra just like the creatures had been learning gamers, this new improvement is a marked change and a potential signal of issues to come back.

Player CmdrBadPlayer posted screenshots of what they encountered in the game. It began with a precedence message:

Thargoids had attacked a station and the station commander was asking for close by gamers to try to evacuate survivors. The mission board for the station then fills with requests for pickups:

When CmdrBadPlayer truly arrived on the station it was a wreck:

That ship scan suggests the Thargoids could not have left the world.

If this marks a shift in human Thargoid relations, I ponder if this implies there’s a full-on battle coming in 2018.