Anomaly
Radioactive Planet
Planète radioactive
Description
We have discovered a planet containing large quantities of heavily decayed radioactive isotopes. Further investigation is warranted.
Where to find it
is_planet_class = pc_nuked
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.
Gamma-Ray Burst
Console: event anomaly.680
Description
24,000 years ago … had the misfortune of being directly in the path of a long gamma-ray burst from a collapsing star within our galaxy. The … was washed with lethal radiation, which not only produced acute radiation poisoning in most life forms on the side of … that happened to be facing the burst, but also depleted much of the ozone layer.
This extinction event killed off an estimated 86% of all biota, including an early Bronze Age civilization whose ruins can still be found in some parts of the northern hemisphere. The biosphere is only now showing signs of recovery.
No reward described.