Anomaly
Drops in the Ocean
Des gouttes dans l'océan
Description
Scans of … return subtle readings of something beneath the surface.
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.
Echoes from the Deep
Console: event anomaly.4045
Description
After rigorous research, the crew of … has only been able to detect a faint "echo" emanating deep beneath the surface of ….
The echo resembles a life signature, however it is so distant it is hard to tell if it is real or just the instruments giving off random variations. Science Officer …'s crew is complaining about bad rest and long hours and cannot take much more.
« Calibrate the scanners and look closer to the core! »
- Then: Echoes from the Deep
- Deposit: Ancient One
- Modifier: « Hostile Environment »
- Modifier: « Extremely Negative Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Very Negative Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Negative Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Positive Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Very Positive Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
« "The crew cannot be trusted. An expedition is needed!" »
- Then: Echoes from the Deep
« The crew's health comes first. »
- Then: Echoes from the Deep
- Modifier: « Well Rested Scientists » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Extremely Positive Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Very Positive Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Positive Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Negative Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Very Negative Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
« We cannot rest until we get to the bottom of this! »
- Then: Echoes from the Deep
- Modifier: « Pharmaceutical Innovation » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Extremely Negative Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Very Negative Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Negative Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Positive Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- Modifier: « Very Positive Media Coverage » (7,200 days)
- 12 months of Society Research income