Anomaly

The Orb

Le globe

Level 2Once per game

Description

We have discovered powerful concentrated energy in the form of an orb. Investigation is advised.

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.

Concentrated Energy

Console: event anomaly.7105

Description

The source of the unusual energy readings noted on … is confirmed to be a small, blue orb. The … report that sensors pick up tachyons of reverse polarity.

Symbols are carved into the ground around the object, perhaps placed there by an older civilization. It is unclear whether they are meant as an instruction, or a warning.

The full inscription is far from translated, but individual symbols seem related to the measuring of time and the relative positions of celestial objects in the … system.

« Study the orb. »

  • Then: Time Flows Like a River

« Eat the orb. »

  • Then: Time Flows Like a River

« Too dangerous, leave it! »

  • Then: Local Time Reversal
    • 18 months of Physics Research income