Anomaly
A Machine Legacy
Héritage de la Machine
Description
Our initial scans of … suggest this planet is rich in discarded technology, but was abandoned only recently. Electrical impulses still dance across that world while many of our remote probes struggle to keep coherent headings. What mysteries lie within the haze of these intricate electromagnetic fields?
Where to find it
No particular location is required.
Possible outcomes
Rewards read from the event effects. Some depend on conditions (empire type, earlier choices) or on chance.
A Machine Legacy
Console: event unplugged.2006
Description
The electrical impulses we observed on … are the lingering result of a bizarre, machine extinction event. Only after our sensors were tuned to compensate for such intense electromagnetism could we observe the full extent of devastation here. The planet looks to have been settled by machines many decades ago, whereupon they displaced or eradicated an existing civilization. None now survive from either empire, with almost the entire settlement reduced to slag by an act of sabotage or warfare.
Despite the sophistication of this former colony, there is little hope of salvage here. We predict the runaway 'EM' fields will burn out in approximately a century. Until then, … remains a singularly hostile graveyard.
No reward described.