Anomaly

Unusual Energy Readings

Relevés énergétiques inhabituels

Level 2

Description

We briefly detected some unusual energy readings emanating from this …. It might have been a glitch in our systems, or it could be a sign of something more.

Where to find it

Game conditions on the surveyed body.

Possible outcomes

Rewards read from the event effects. Some depend on conditions (empire type, earlier choices) or on chance.

25% of the time

Microsingularity

Console: event anomaly.610

Description

A microsingularity recently intersected …, passing straight through the core and emerging on the other side of the …. The encounter does not seem to have caused any permanent damage, but it has altered the energy output of the planetary core slightly in a way that defies our current scientific models. Further study may be warranted.

« Fascinating. »

  • Modifier: « Microsingularity »
  • Deposit: Physics +3

25% of the time

Magnetic Reversal

Console: event anomaly.615

Description

The magnetic field of … experienced a complete reversal while it was being observed by the …. This rare event has interchanged the positions of the …'s magnetic poles. Fortunately, it was all recorded by the sensors of our ship, providing our scientists with a lot of valuable data.

« Intriguing. »

  • 12 months of Physics Research income

25% of the time

Glancing Hit

Console: event anomaly.655

Description

While approaching …, the … suddenly received a glancing hit by several passing mass driver rounds. The projectiles were billions of years old, and based on their trajectory they appear to be stray rounds fired from a neighboring galaxy. After missing their intended target, they continued on their journey for untold millennia - until today. The rounds we have recovered are of an advanced design despite their incredible age.

« Incredible. »

  • 12 months of Engineering Research income

25% of the time

Bunker-Bot

Console: event distar.1040

Description

We have traced the unusual electromagnetic radiation emanating from … to a secret subterranean bunker hiding a mega-computer the size of a battleship.

Our … suspect that it may have been there for several thousand years, hard at work solving a single very complex problem, the nature of which still eludes us.

When attempting to interact with the computer they discovered that the facility, which had appeared both abandoned and unguarded, was in fact operated by a security AI, the highest purpose of which seems to be frying its visitors with extreme prejudice. When the AI was finally defeated, it broadcasted a message to an unknown recipient.

« Scrap the mega-computer for parts! »

  • Then: L-Gate Insightsrandom
  • +100 Alloys
  • +50 Rare Crystals
  • +50 Volatile Motes

« Use it to boost our own research... »

  • Then: L-Gate Insightsrandom
  • Modifier: « Bunker-Bot » (3,600 days)

« Let it continue its mysterious calculations... »

  • Then: L-Gate Insightsrandom
  • 24 months of Unity income