Archaeological site
Dark Secret
Sinistre secret
Description
The coordinates point to an arbitrary spot down on the surface of …. Closer scans indicate nothing out of the ordinary.
Dig stages
Rewards read from the event effects. Some depend on conditions (empire type, earlier choices) or on chance.
Stage 1 · difficulty 1
Hidden Cave
Console: event origin.1290
Description
The team we sent down to the surface of … encountered far more obstacles than anticipated.
The coordinates we received in the ancient alien research base pointed to an exceptionally craggy part of …, where the landscape was filled with vertical stone surfaces and deep fissures.
The team pressed on, and eventually reached the indicated location: a natural cave formation. No need to ask them to take a closer look; the spelunking is already afoot.
« Proceed. »
- +50 to +250 Minor Artifacts
Stage 2 · difficulty -1
Cold, Hard Cache
Console: event origin.1295
Description
The archaeology team that was investigating the natural cave down on … have reported back. They found a tremendous, abandoned stockpile of valuable resources. There were no doors, no locks and no traps - just a cave full of industrial valuables.
Head Scientist … would like to investigate further still. Plentiful as it may be, the obviousness of the booty has evoked a theory that the hidden cache is merely a ruse - that another type of treasure is yet to be found.
« Go on, keep searching. »
- +50 to +250 Minor Artifacts
- 24 months of Minerals income
- 18 months of Alloys income
- 18 months of Exotic Gases income
Stage 3 · difficulty 1
Console: event origin.1296
No reward described.
Stage 4 · difficulty -1
Console: event origin.1297
No reward described.