Archaeological site
Moon Bump
Bosse lunaire
Description
Even with the naked eye it is easy to see something highly irregular in the shape of …. The smooth curvature of the surface is suddenly interrupted by a gigantic spherical bump. At some point a moon or large asteroid collided with the planet, but must have done so in a fairly delicate manner, merely lodging itself in the planet's crust rather than rending it asunder.
Dig stages
Rewards read from the event effects. Some depend on conditions (empire type, earlier choices) or on chance.
Stage 1 · difficulty 3
Dead Center
Console: event ancrel.9000
Description
Preliminary excavations indicate that the celestial object came straight down on top of a sprawling city. At the time of the impact the inhabitants were at a technological level on par with early spaceflight. As … currently does not sustain any sapient species, it is reasonable to assume the event was the beginning of the end of this civilization.
It is unclear whether the giant rock landed smack on top of the city by design, or if it is just a bizarre, catastrophic accident.
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- +50 to +250 Minor Artifacts
Stage 2 · difficulty 4
Console: event ancrel.9005
No reward described.