Archaeological site
Ancient Battle Site
Ancien site de bataille
Description
Scans of … have revealed an area with packed with refined material and scattered radiologicals, although little is visible from orbit. To find out more we will need to investigate the site on the ground.
Dig stages
Rewards read from the event effects. Some depend on conditions (empire type, earlier choices) or on chance.
Stage 1 · difficulty 3
Ancient Battle Site
Console: event ancrel.108
Description
The refined material has been uncovered, and while further study is needed, our initial impression is that this is the remains of a vast battle site. It appears that one side descended from orbit and was engaged by planetbound defenders. Why there was no orbital bombardment and who the victor was remains unclear.
« Curious. »
- +50 to +250 Minor Artifacts
- 18 months of Society Research income
Stage 2 · difficulty 5
Forgotten Grudge
Console: event ancrel.109
Description
We have concluded that forces from "The Destroyers", a race of extra-dimensional nomads, invaded …, which at the time belonged to "Those-who-resist", a coalition of several different species. From scattered records we believe that that the war was mostly fought elsewhere in the galaxy and … was an attempt by Those-who-resist to establish a secret colony outside the reach of The Destroyers. The outcome of this battle and the larger war remains unknown, but study of the wrecked war machines has yielded some valuable information.
In every case
- +300 to +500 Minor Artifacts
« Excellent. »
- 96 months of Engineering Research income
- 96 months of Physics Research income
- 96 months of Society Research income
- 48 months of Society Research income