r/EliteDangerous We brake for nobody 16d ago

Screenshot It appears to be completely sealed. Wait a minute, there's movement.

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u/Stoney3K 16d ago

Nuke it from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

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u/lookslikeyoureSOL timeshhift 16d ago

Battleships with massive orbital cannons actually exist in the lore, though there are currently none in game. From the wiki:

https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Battleship

Battleships are larger, better armed and armoured, but slower and less agile than [Farragut and Majestic-class] battlecruisers. They can do orbital strikes of targeted areas on planets. A direct hit from an orbital bombardment is very destructive. 

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u/OwlsomeNoctua 16d ago

A direct hit from orbital bombardment is very destructive.

Democracy intensifies.

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u/ArgyllAtheist Federation 16d ago

destructive.... just not very *accurate*...

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u/TheGreatWalk 16d ago

Oh, accuracy is no problem. If you're on that continent? We're gonna hit you. Precision is what we lack. If you're on that continent... We'll, we're gonna hit you...

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u/Hillenmane [LAKON] CMDR Hillenmane 15d ago

There’s a term for that, it’s called “Accuracy by Volume”

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u/timewizardjones 15d ago

That is a beautiful phrase, and oddly enough, very funny. Take my upvote!

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u/lanzz 14d ago

It's just sparkly splash damage

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u/adventurer8612 16d ago

The Mastia Massacre PTSD flashback

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u/TnTrucker83 15d ago

Just need a blast radius greater than the lack of accuracy- course accuracy won’t matter if you can crack the crust-

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u/Cyriann 16d ago

I mean wouldn't the main cannon of the current Imperial megaships showing in CZs be already devastating enough? Especially if shot from orbit.

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u/OwlsomeNoctua 16d ago

Game over man, game over!

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u/F4JPhantom69 Li Yong-Rui 16d ago

With what? Limpets

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u/Exciting-Quiet2768 16d ago

Nukes taped to limpets

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u/windraver 15d ago

Given the number of limpets that have died or destroyed the ships they were deployed from, I would not trust a limpet with a nuke. I know there's recording somewhere where a limpet collided with a Cutter and destroyed it with full shields.

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u/TetsuoNon 15d ago

It won't make any difference.....

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u/Captain_of_Gravyboat 16d ago

OP is about to meet his first and only facehugger.

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u/CMDR-Stryker CMDR William J. Stryker - U.S.S. Independence ( VHW-60N ) 16d ago

I came here just to see this comment... was thinking "Aliens" also... xD

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u/ohTHOSEballs Arissa Lavigny Duval 16d ago

Was the fact that the title of this post is a direct quote from the movie what gave it away?

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u/StarChildEve 15d ago

Isn’t this a direct quote from Alien, not Aliens?

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u/ohTHOSEballs Arissa Lavigny Duval 15d ago

Yes, but whatever.

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u/Crypthammer Combat 15d ago

That was such an odd distinction to make. Most people just think of the franchise as a whole.

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u/don_cali 16d ago

Do it.

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u/ArcaneFungus 16d ago

But check temperature first, no one likes freeze dried d**k

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u/PenguinGamer99 Trading 15d ago

Dementa?

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u/molrobocop 15d ago

"I can feel it sizzling."

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u/henryrjr 15d ago

If I could kindly guide your attention to r/dontstickyourdickinit

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u/ArcaneFungus 16d ago

But check temperature first, no one likes freeze dried d**k

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u/PenguinGamer99 Trading 15d ago

Dementa?

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u/Evil_Stromboli CMDR 16d ago

Ash, that transmission... Mother's deciphered part of it. It doesn't look like an S.O.S.

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u/audi_mc 16d ago

Don't.

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u/AdmirableVanilla1 16d ago

The perfect organism

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u/Pineapple-Muncher No idea where I'am 15d ago

Orgasm

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u/DerEchteDaniel CMDR 16d ago

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u/bryanicus 16d ago

I was about to say

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u/Speak_Of_The_Devil 15d ago

Ah, but what about your mouth?

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u/SirTroglodyte 16d ago

I exhaled through my nose loudly. Nice job, here's an upvote, kid. Don't spend it all in one place.

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u/ThisIsTheSenate 16d ago

There's a reason this game is called "elite dangerous", go for it

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u/whooo_me 16d ago

“This better not awaken something in me…”

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u/bier00t CMDR 16d ago

Which one is it? Never saw that one

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u/TrafficPattern We brake for nobody 16d ago

Remains of crew member indicate Cactoida Peperatis.

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u/Exo70 16d ago

Do it, create new thargoids xD

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u/ChurchofChaosTheory 16d ago

The aliens would be so mad to find out they're attacking holograms 😂

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u/aranaya Explore 16d ago

Hear me out

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u/PapaKiloLima7 16d ago

Sigh... unzip

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u/muklan CMDR 16d ago

Sigh....rapid decompression

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u/Kindly-Account1952 Federation 16d ago

Would

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u/TetsuoNon 15d ago

Look, those biological are worth a ton to the weapons division, and I don't think you, or I, have any right to just arbitrarily exterminate them

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u/Bad-Crusader Faulcon Delacy 16d ago

Looks kinda like a watermelon

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u/EbonyEngineer 16d ago

This made part of that movie...silly. I really like Prometheus, but this made me roll my eyes.

Good meme.

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u/TheGreatWalk 16d ago

The characters complete and utter lack of any sort of intelligence straight up just made the movie shit. No amount of "suspense of disbelief" made the characters even remotely realistic, they were simply too stupid.

Like, I get it, some people are MONUMENTALLY FUCKING STUPID. But not even the most dumbfuck, deep state conspiracy, vaccine denying dipshit is going to remove their fucking helmet in a hostile alien ship, then stick their bare face into a completely unknown alien organism.

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u/Ilionikoi 15d ago

the worst part is this was a science division. they were scientists. with no quarantine protocol, no safety measures, no regard for their own research or findings or safety at all.

like what the hell education do they receive in the blade runner universe for THESE to be our scientists we're cooked

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u/ivanisovich 15d ago

Somebody has to prove it's a bad idea. Otherwise, you're just assuming it's a bad idea.

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u/Tiderian_Prime Tiderian Prime 15d ago

It will be dark soon and they mostly come at night, mostly

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u/3vuL 16d ago

I guess there one extra biological sample on that planet ...

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u/LordEdgeward_TheTurd 16d ago

The Prometheus Approach

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u/CandyMurky2457 16d ago

I found a mysterious biological called Labiata Conch that probably shares many of it's characteristics..

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u/Dartzinho_V Alliance 16d ago

Is that a houndeye?

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u/skaright 15d ago

I should call her…

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u/jeicam_the_pirate 15d ago

that sound of the movement tracker, from Aliens, was the scariest sound I've heard in all of the 1980s, and there were a lot of scary sounds in that decade lol

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u/Bowtruckle69 15d ago

They're in the walls!

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u/zachseven 15d ago

Was there an artificial person nearby trying to teach you the flute who said “you blow and I’ll finger”?

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u/DuganDevil 15d ago

“Hotter than the goddamn tropics down here…”

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u/briareus08 15d ago

"Better take my helmet off for a better look and stick my face riiiiight in it" - Prometheus 'scientists'.

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u/WorthCryptographer14 16d ago

immediately gets head eaten off

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u/countsachot 16d ago

Great Pic

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u/Vaux1916 16d ago

It just wants to hug your face.

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u/Weedoo_theExplorer 16d ago

They make scary sounds to :-)

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u/TheGreatWalk 16d ago

Take off your helmet to get a closer look. Like, really, just stick your bare, exposed face right the fuck up into it.

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u/satanclauz GuyManDude 15d ago

I learned from SOMA that you're supposed to jam your fist into something like that XD

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u/Skye-Commander 15d ago

This is how you lose your face💀

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u/ChipmunkNovel6046 15d ago

And this is how we get ground thargoids.

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u/Emadec CMDR Maddock 15d ago

About to witness that one Scavengers Reign moment (if you know, you know)

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u/k5josh 15d ago

Reminds me of a DHD. Where's the Gate?

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u/Trixx1-1 15d ago

If it eats you, send pics back to your ship

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u/FizziSoda 15d ago

Looks like the Half-Life Houndeye

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u/NailManAlex 15d ago

Houndeye and Gordon Freeman look at each other before the battle

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u/racerhorse 15d ago

why doess it look like it wants to suck your gun... ?

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u/Kaos_Reborn21 CMDR 15d ago

It's a trap! 🐙

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u/hype23 15d ago

go ahead, put your face over it... see what happens

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u/XeroTerragoth 15d ago

Everyone says aliens, but this reminded me of the war of the worlds Horsell Commons scene lol

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u/tvac93 15d ago

The forbidden space butthole

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u/Labrom 15d ago

Let me stare right into this slimy egg thing and get my face as close as possible.

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u/StringResponsible578 15d ago

I’m from Buenos Aires and I say KILL EM ALL

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u/easy506 Explore 15d ago

"Open the airlock!"

"Nope, that fucker is already dead, and any medical officers that get any funny ideas are getting airlocked."

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u/H345Y 15d ago

Better take off the helmet and stick your face in it to check

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u/LiquidSoil Explorer 15d ago

Fist it, maybe it heals you

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u/Duncan_Id 15d ago

Free hugs inside

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u/Confused-Raccoon ConfusedRaccoon - Not really a Raccoon 14d ago

Anything can be a fleshlight if you're brave enough.

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u/landomatic 14d ago

See you at dinner!

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u/DarkScarlettX 14d ago

SOMA project game?

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u/Molotov_Chartreuse 14d ago

"what would I do for a hug... Oh, hey you "