Frontier have released a new ship to help players fight the rising tide of aliens. The Type-10 Defender is specifically designed to take down Thargoids, it’s heavily armed and heavily armoured, making it perfect for going toe-to-toe with the mysterious aliens destroying space stations throughout the galaxy.
Players have been studying Elite Dangerous’ Thargoids for months.
The Type-10 defender was announced on Twitter, and with it specifically mentioning “the Thargoid threat” it certainly seems like the ramp up to a full on war in 2018:
The Alliance & Lakon Spaceways proudly present their newest ship; The Type-10 Defender. Designed to withstand the rising Thargoid threat, the Type-10 Defender won’t let you down! Available now from most Alliance-controlled, High-Tech systems. pic.twitter.com/mGnqtya21H
— Elite Dangerous (@EliteDangerous) December 20, 2017
According to a post on the Elite Dangerous forums, the Type-10 is “a military behemoth specifically built for combat and absorbing heavy hits. It’s available now from most Alliance-controlled, high-tech systems.”
The post also showed off the ship looking particularly glorious.
Hopefully, it’s not all for show and can actually survive a scrape with the Thargoids.