Archaeological site
Hole in the Ground
Un trou dans le sol
Description
Orbital telemetry shows a massive impact crater on the surface of …. It was not caused by a meteorite strike, as the crater is surprisingly deep in proportion to its diameter. In fact, the actual depth cannot yet be determined, as the shaft is choked by rock debris part of the way down, blocking any further orbital scans.
It appears that a conventional excavation is the only way to find out what lies below.
Dig stages
Rewards read from the event effects. Some depend on conditions (empire type, earlier choices) or on chance.
Stage 1 · difficulty 5
Digging It
Console: event ancrel.9070
Description
Clearing away the rubble is a painstaking and risky business. Workers and equipment have to be hoisted down hundreds of meters to the dig site, and excavated rubble has to be lifted out. There have been numerous casualties and accidents while working in these trying conditions, but progress is being made, and every day we venture deeper. The walls of the crater are worn and cracked by time, but they plunge unerringly, straight down into the planet's core.
We can still only speculate how deep it goes, as something in the depths is garbling all our sensor readings.
« Keep digging! »
- +50 to +250 Minor Artifacts
Stage 2 · difficulty 3
Toxicity Risk
Console: event ancrel.9075
Description
The excavation has hit delays as the dig site becomes increasingly toxic the deeper we go. Parts of the shaft are dangerously irradiated, probably by the catastrophic event that dug out the crater in the first place.
The need for protective countermeasures and decontamination apparatus is slowing progress on the work.
« Keep digging! »
- +50 to +250 Minor Artifacts
Stage 3 · difficulty 4
Console: event ancrel.9076
No reward described.