Anomaly
A Curious Signal
Un étrange signal
Description
Although … appears totally desolate and devoid of life, our scanners have picked up an encrypted signal emanating from it.
Where to find it
has_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.
Love's Labor's Lost
Console: event federations2.1
Description
Having decrypted the signal, … was astonished to discover it was broadcasting in an archaic form of one of the main … languages. Speaking in 'thees', 'thous' and 'whenceforths', it appears to be reciting one of the lost works of … - a renowned … playwright who lived some 600 years ago.
It appears that the broadcasting device - a simple satellite dish protected by a small shelter - is the only non-natural structure on …. There is no hint as to who left it there or why, but going by the wear and tear on evidence: it must have been there since shortly after the play was first written - long before … learned the secret of space travel. We can only assume it was left there by ancient visitors to … who took a liking to the play, and decided to pay our species a strange and unexpected tribute.
« Further evidence of the superiority of the … race. »
- Modifier: « Superiority Reaffirmed »
« Abhorrent. Suppress this nonsense about alien visitations. »
- 18 months of Influence income
- 12 months of Influence income
« Wonderful news! Disseminate the recording across the nation. »
- 12 months of Unity income
« A gift! We must find a way to thank our benefactors. »
- Modifier: « Gift from Mysterious Benefactor »