Anomaly
Rainbow in the Dark
Un arc-en-ciel dans le noir
Description
Sensors pick up unusual readings in the vicinity of … - readings that are hard to explain being this close to a black hole.
Where to find it
is_star_class = sc_black_holehas_any_strategic_resource = no
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.
0% of the time
Down the Drain
Console: event anomaly.3070
Description
The readings originate from a small metal pod; Science Officer … has determined it to be a lifeboat of ancient and alien make.
Evidently caught on the outskirts of the black hole's gravity well eons ago, at an angle just short of a slingshot maneuver - whether this was the intent or happenstance is difficult to judge - and the pod's automated thrusters have been fighting its descent to the event horizon ever since. It is now too close to the horizon to salvage.
…'s report ends abruptly, and the crew of the … communicate that the Science Officer appears shaken and deeply troubled by the tragic fate of the lifeboat.
« Understandable. »
- 18 months of Physics Research income
100% of the time
Peddling Radiation
Console: event anomaly.3075
Description
The readings picked up in the this system come - somewhat surprisingly - from … itself.
As black holes go it is fairly small, which could account for some of the unexpected radiation leaking from its event horizon. Science Officer … believes that the black hole is on its way to "bleeding out" and will eventually disappear entirely - though it is difficult to say whether this process would be complete before the heat death of the universe.
Some gravitational upset in the hole's youth has rendered it - to quote … - "wobbly," further increasing the flow of energy from its event horizon.
« There is much we could learn. »
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