Anomaly

Ice Lit

Lueurs dans la glace

Level 3

Description

Inexplicable optical phenomena play across the surface of …, clearly visible from space.

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.

Lightshow

Console: event anomaly.235

Description

Science Officer … reports that the luminous waves coursing through the ice that blankets … are of alien origin.

Some ancient battle has deposited scattered wreckage from an alien fighter on the frozen planet, and only the exposed core of its main weapons remains intact. It seems this alien race used lasers similar to the ones currently in use by … fleets, and the fizzling innards periodically discharge low-powered beams into the ice of …. The planet's harsh climate prevents the lasers from actually melting the ice, allowing the chilly matrix to act as a brilliant prism.

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  • Then: Contact Report: Remnants

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