Archaeological site
Never Forget
Ne jamais oublier
Description
The Science Ship has picked up a strange reading emanating from ….
Dig stages
Rewards read from the event effects. Some depend on conditions (empire type, earlier choices) or on chance.
Stage 1 · difficulty 1
Beacon in the Depth
Console: event fedev.9430
Description
Only through archaeological proof and imagination can one depict a once flourishing civilization on the now desolate surface of …. So unkind has the passage of time been, that even the sturdiest buildings have been grinded down to little more than dust.
But from deep underground a strange signal is pulsing. A mysterious beacon yearning for investigation and uncovering.
« Keep digging! »
- +50 to +250 Minor Artifacts
Stage 2 · difficulty 2
Running out of Time
Console: event fedev.9435
Description
A sudden and undeniable sense of mortality has mysteriously crept upon the excavation team as they get closer to the beacon in the depths. As more dirt and rock is removed, an unescapable notion lingers in the back of everyone's mind:
Life is fleeting. Someday all this is going to end...
« Keep digging! »
- +50 to +250 Minor Artifacts
Stage 3 · difficulty 2
So very, very brightly
Console: event fedev.9440
Description
The source of the signal is an alien tombstone inscribed with strange symbols. The translation is sketchy at best. It speaks of a person of great importance, of a life's work worthy of remembrance and veneration, and of a civilization in mourning. Towards the end the translation becomes very odd, speaking of grief-induced leakage of bodily-fluids, and their subsequent dissipation due to weather conditions.
Only the very last part was successfully translated:
'Time to die.'
« Fascinating. »
- Modifier: « A Life Worthwhile »