Story events

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This is a list of all story related events (from /Stellaris/events/story_events.txt).

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Contact Report: Simple Forms of Life

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The [Root.GetName] is abuzz with news of the alien organisms discovered by the [From.GetFleetName] some time ago.

While far from intelligent, there is life out there.

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Trigger conditions The following country flags are not set: Story1 Story2 Story3 Story4 Story5 Story6 Story7	Is triggered only by Progress event "The Discovery of Alien Life" Anomaly events: "Ocean Beneath the Ice" "Grasping Vines" "Old-Timey Tunes" "Nimkip" "On the Shoulders of Giants" "Strength from Small Places"
Immediate effects Set the country flags: first_alien_life StoryFirst Story1
Option conditions  Enabled if: Does not have ethic Xenophobe or Fanatic xenophobe. Intriguing None  Enabled if: Has ethic Xenophobe or Fanatic xenophobe. Disconcerting. None

Contact Report: Deep Space Dwellers

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The [Root.GetName] is abuzz with news of the alien organisms encountered by the [From.GetFleetName] some time ago.

Seemingly native to deep space, they make the extremophile creatures of [Root.Capital.GetName] appear frail by comparison.

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Trigger conditions The following country flags are not set: Story2 Story3 Story4 Story5 Story6 Story7	Is triggered only by Anomaly events: "Asteroid Fauna" "Careless Pawing" "Silicon Life Forms" "Gigantic Skeleton"
Immediate effects Set the country flags: first_alien_life StoryFirst Story2
Fascinating. None

Contact Report: Planetary Animalia

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The [Root.GetName] is abuzz with news of the alien life found by the [From.GetName].

While hardly intelligent by [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] standards, the fascinating beings defy easy classification and hint at the immense complexities and possibilities of the universe.

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Trigger conditions The following country flags are not set: Story3 Story4 Story5 Story6 Story7	Is triggered only by Progress event "The Discovery of Alien Life" Anomaly events: "What Music They Make" "Wooden Hegemony" "Life Finds a Way" "The Rulers of the Water Plains" "Lurking in the Dark"
Immediate effects Set the country flags: first_alien_life StoryFirst root
Interesting. None

Contact Report: Pre-Sentient Beings

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The [Root.GetName] is abuzz with news of the alien beings encountered by the [From.GetName] some time ago.

Their near-intelligence is fascinating, and it is sobering to realize that while the [Root.GetName] may only just have made its entrance on the galactic stage, we have already come a long way.

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Trigger conditions The following country flags are not set: has_uplifted_species Story4 Story5 Story6 Story7 Story41	Is triggered only by Anomaly events: "Echoes from the Deep" "Echoes from the Deep" "Echoes from the Deep" Uplift events: "Serpentine" "To Rise Above the Waters" "To Rise Above the Waters" "Upliftable Species Found" "Upliftable Species Found" "Terra Firma" "Terra Firma" "Welcome to the Jungle" "Welcome to the Jungle" "Frozen Wastes" "Frozen Wastes" "A Species of Ice and Ice" "A Species of Ice and Ice" "Shifting Sands" "Shifting Sands" "Pre-Sentient Species Found" "Crawling, on the Planet's Face"
Immediate effects Set the country flags: first_alien_life StoryFirst Story4
OK. None

Contact Report: Remnants

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The [Root.GetName] is abuzz with news of the alien remnants studied by the [From.GetFleetName].

These leavings are considered definitive proof of intelligent, purposeful alien activity at some point in the past - we may still be alone now, but we are at least not the first to be so.

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Trigger conditions The following country flags are not set: Story5 Story6 Story7	Is triggered only by Anomaly failure event "Critical Failure" Tutorial event "Secrets at the Doorstep" Precursor events: "The Vultaum Star Assembly" "The Yuht Empire" "The First League" "The Irassian Concordat" "The Cybrex" Anomaly events: "Pirate Treasure" "Derelict Shipyard" "Junkyard" "Crashed Scout Craft" "Automated Mining Base" "Weapons Target Range" "Crashed Ore Freighter" "Abandoned Cargo Pod" "Social Experiment" "Aerostat Colonies" "Debris Field" "Crushed Cruiser" "Mummified Pilot" "Ancient Life Pod" "Alien Writing" "Solar Sailer" "Glancing Hit" "Towed Asteroid" "Nuclear Devastation" "Runaway Greenhouse Effect" "Ammonia Biosphere" "Ancient Survey Marker" "Signs of Battle" "Alien Mural" "Automated Shipyard" "Gas Giant Ship" "Important to Someone Else" "Cell Cells" "Eddic, Monolithic" "Abandoned Amusement Park" "Illicit Matter" "Moon Projected" "Misty Shores" "Geothermal" "Lightshow" "A Whiff of Something" "Apocalypse Past" "Mineral Factorial" "Alien Drag Racing" "Fender Bender" "Abandoned Thrusting" "Up is Down" "Gilded Cage" "Crystal Codex" "Alien Barracks" "Ancient Automata" "Hard Shoulder" "Grinding Lattice" "Head in the Sand" "Toy Factory" "Life Finds a Way" "Lost in Space" "The Final Rest" "Leviathan Down" "Old Explorer" "The Servants of Sand" "Mining Your Own Business" "Abandoned Sensor Array" "Adrift" "The Fumes Lie Thick" "Lights Out in the Mines" "Teachings of Settlers" "Teachings of Explorers" "Teachings of Traders" "Cryopod Warrior" "Limbo"
Immediate effects Set the country flags: first_alien_life StoryFirst Story5
OK. None

Contact Report: Primitives

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The [Root.GetName] is abuzz with news of the primitive alien civilization found by our fleets.

They may not be capable of space-flight, but the aliens of the [From.From.GetName] are quantifiably intelligent and their society shows all the hallmarks of a moderately advanced culture.

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Trigger conditions Country flag Story6 is not set Country flag Story7 is not set	Is triggered only by Anomaly event "Special Project Completed" On action events: "[primitive_civ.GetName] Encountered" "[primitive_civ.GetName] Encountered"
Immediate effects Set the country flags: first_alien_life StoryFirst Story6
OK. None

Contact Report: Enigmatic Spacefarers

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

It did not take long for the [Root.GetName] to come across intelligent alien life.

The fleet's report to the [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] capital somewhat understates just how alien these forces appear, and only in passing mentions the failure to open comms.

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Trigger conditions Country flag Story7 is not set Opponent is not: Awakened fallen empire Fallen empire Guardian Primitive Opponent has none of the below relation flags set towards Our Empire: AbandonedRefugees no_coms pirate_relation Opponent has none of the below country flags set: day_0 radical_cult	Is triggered only by On first contact Nomad event "Galactic Nomads"
Immediate effects Set the country flags: first_alien_life has_encountered_other_empire StoryFirst Story7
OK. None

Contact Report: Leviathan

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The discovery of a giant monstrosity living in the void has made the [Root.GetName] appear all the more insignificant in the grand scheme of things. The first creature our proud empire encounters might just be its last. The leviathan's image has spread across the empire, causing mass hysteria and pleas for action.

Our fleet's report stated that the beast appears powerful enough to crush even the most capable armada, and recommends caution.

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Trigger conditions Country flag Story8 is not set	Is triggered only by Guardian events: "Stellar Devourer" "The Infinity Equation"
Immediate effects Set the country flags: first_alien_life first_contact_event StoryFirst Story8
Option conditions  Enabled if: Country flag StoryFirst is not set Is this darkness all that exists? None  Enabled if: Country flag StoryFirst is set Is not Xenophile or Fanatic xenophile We are but motes of dust. None  Enabled if: Country flag StoryFirst is set Is Xenophile or Fanatic xenophile It is awe-inspiring. None

(Hidden) Space Amoebas known

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Special project "Investigate [Prev.From.GetName]"
Immediate effects Space Amoebas become known to Our Empire Get the country event "Space Amoebas"
(Hidden) Space Amoebas known None

id 101 - 210

Space Amoebas

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The entities encountered by our fleets some time ago are new, spaceborne lifeforms.

Quickly nicknamed "Space Amoeba" following an analyst's gross misreading of initial sensor output, the creature is in fact larger than the average [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] corvette.

Despite its apparent orneriness, further study is warranted - we can remotely monitor the creature and its kin from [Root.Capital.GetName].

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Space Amoebas known"
Issue a special project for remote Space Amoeba study. Enable (at location) research of the special project "Space Amoeba Observation"  Enabled if: Is not: Fanatic pacifist Fanatic spiritualist Fanatic xenophile We expect our fleets to make short work of the creature. Start the event chain "Space Amoeba Specimen"

Space Amoebas Forever

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The Space Amoebas - the name has stuck as the pronunciation of the proper xeno-taxonomic denominator is too unwieldy for the average [Root.GetSpeciesName] - are solitary animals, when left to their own devices. All but the youngest specimens are accompanied by quasi-independent flagella, organisms spawned by the Amoeba and programmed through liquid, RNA-laced secretions to do the bidding of the host. These flagella are capable of manipulating and even attacking objects in an impressive yet restricted range around the host, periodically returning to lodge inside the host Amoeba's body for re-programming.

There are potential military applications of the graceful patterns of circulation apparent in the flagella's movement.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Special project "Space Amoeba Observation"
Fascinating indeed. Gain the modifier Cosmic Ray Catalysis: +5% Energy output

(Hidden) Amoeba kill-check

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions Started the event chain "Space Amoeba Specimen" Opponent is Space Amoebas	Is triggered only by On destroying a fleet
Immediate effects Gain +1 Specimen procured Get the country event "Space Amoeba Dissected" in 5 days
(Hidden) Amoeba kill-check None

Space Amoeba Dissected

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The Space Amoebas - as they defy easy classification according to traditional [Root.Owner.Capital.GetSpeciesAdj] taxonomy, the name has stuck - are much more complex than anticipated. Their hardy exteriors protect a great number of pockets housing smaller "amoebas," creatures that our fleets have observed effectively acting as strike craft when engaging the "mothership amoeba." While superficially similar beyond the obvious differences in size, the "strike amoeba" are much less physiologically complex than the Space Amoeba proper. Inside the Space Amoeba, beyond these pockets, lie hundreds of delicate organs doubtlessly all integral to surviving the harsh vacuum of space. Many of these organs ruptured or were simply incinerated in the process of dispatching the Amoeba, leaving us with a largely incomplete carcass. Xenobiologists assigned to the Space Amoeba project believe this to be enough however, as they have already successfully identified several physiological features and weaknesses unique to the Space Amoebas.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Amoeba kill-check"
Option conditions  Enabled if: Is Xenophobe or Fanatic xenophobe Whatever helps us be rid of them faster. Gain the modifier Amoeba Extirpator: +20% Damage to Space Amoebas  Enabled if: Is Militarist or Fanatic militarist Target practice. Gain the modifier Amoeba Extirpator: +20% Damage to Space Amoebas  Enabled if: Is not Militarist or Fanatic militarist Is not Xenophobe or Fanatic xenophobe Target practice. Gain the modifier Flagellating Movement: +5% Ship evasion
Effects after selecting any option End the event chain "Space Amoeba Specimen"

(Hidden) Crystalline Entities known

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Special project "Investigate [Prev.From.GetName]"
Immediate effects Crystalline Entities become known to Our Empire Get the country event "Crystalline Entities" in 5 days
(Hidden) Crystalline Entities known None

Crystalline Entities

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The reports of strange, free-floating crystal-like objects observed in certain systems have been investigated.

The ship-size objects and their slightly smaller but equally crystal-like satellites at first appeared inert, but sudden shifts in their orientation relative to our ships and new energy signatures emerging from within the prisms, indicate that they should be regarded as hazardous and approached with caution.

We can either attempt to engage with the potentially dangerous objects directly, or establish remote surveillance and observe them from a safe distance.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Crystalline Entities known"
Issue a special project for remote study of the crystals. Set country flag crystal_nonhostile_approach Enable (at location) research of the special project "Crystalline Entity Observation"  Enabled if: Is not Fanatic pacifist Is not Xenophile or Fanatic xenophile We expect our fleets to break them apart. Set country flag crystal_hostile_approach Start the event chain "Crystalline Entity Shard"

Crystalline Entities Are Unbreakable

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The Crystalline Entities - the name itself a compromise between rival factions of xeno-biologists and xeno-geologists on [Root.Capital.GetName] - are probably alive.

An earlier and perhaps more descriptive name for them was "silicate-animate matter," as they have little in common with biological life. They are solitary beings, each individual Crystal Sovereign rarely seen with more than a Sentinel and a smaller Cohort entity. Aside from the Cohort and Sentinel clearly being subservient to the Sovereign of the group, the subtle nuances of the Crystalline Entities' socio-hierarchical relationships are lost on us.

The Entities do not seem to mate, and we have yet to observe any Crystals that are recognizably older or younger than others. Contrary to an early hypothesis, the shifts in hue between individual Crystalline Entities seem to be related not to their age but to their latent internal charge - which can be violently unleashed - and it appear as if though sporadic fluctuations in this charge alter the refractive properties of the Crystal.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Special project "Crystalline Entity Observation"
Immediate effects Set country flag crystal_armor_1_weight
Find some practical use for this information. Set country flag crystal_sonar_edict_available Unlock the edict Crystal Sonar: Lose −30 Energy for instant system survey (if containing Crystalline Entities)  Enabled if: Either: Is Pacifist or Fanatic pacifist Is Xenophile or Fanatic xenophile This knowledge will surely be a great boon to the sciences. Gain the modifier Prismatic Lenses: +10% Physics output

(Hidden) Crystal kill-check

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions Started the event chain "Crystalline Entity Shard" Opponent is Crystalline Entities	Is triggered only by On destroying a fleet
Immediate effects Gain +1 Shard collected Get the country event "Crystalline Entity Shattered" in 5 days
(Hidden) Crystal kill-check None

Crystalline Entity Shattered

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The Crystalline Entities - informally re-named after it became obvious that the crystals' behavior is actual behavior and not some obscure mineralogical process - are aggressive and outright hostile to [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] ships. Perhaps they perceive our fleets as Metallic Entities, to be ousted from Crystal territory by any means necessary.

Our engagements have allowed us to pinpoint structural weaknesses that should, theoretically, be shared among all individual Crystalline Entities. Additionally, changes in levels of apparent aggression and the internal generation of power - that drives their weapon-like discharge - are accompanied by shifts in how the crystals break light.

In essence, it is likely that [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] ships will eventually encounter Crystalline Entities in different colors, and should be prepared for differences in behavior and combat capabilities.

As peaceful interaction seems impossible at present, we are left with little choice but to continue to engage the Crystalline Entities in direct combat if we wish to learn more about them.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Crystal kill-check"
Noted. End the event chain "Crystalline Entity Shard" Start the event chain "Crystal Kaleidoscope"

id 211 - 300

(Hidden) Crystal kill-check

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions Started the event chain "Crystal Kaleidoscope" Opponent is Crystalline Entities	Is triggered only by On destroying a fleet
Immediate effects Gain +1 Crystals shattered If Crystals shattered >3 End the event chain "Crystal Kaleidoscope" Get the country event "Crystalline Entities Crushed"
(Hidden) Crystal kill-check None

Crystalline Entities Crushed

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

Despite frequent clashes, the Crystalline Entities remain as enigmatic as ever. They do not seem to mate, and it is difficult to imagine some kind of vast, spacer geode naturally producing the things.

We have found some uses for the shards of destroyed Crystalline Entities, but fear that some things, such as the truth of their actual nature, simply are fundamentally unknowable.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Crystal kill-check"
Immediate effects Set country flag crystal_armor_1_weight
Option conditions  Enabled if: Is Militarist or Fanatic militarist Over truth, victory. Gain the modifier Crystal Breaker: +20% Damage to Crystalline Entities  Enabled if: Is Materialist or Fanatic materialist We must make the most out of what the universe brings. Set country flag greater_crystal_bounty_edict_available Unlock the edict Greater Crystal Bounty: Gain +100 Minerals per destroyed fleet of Crystalline Entities  Enabled if: Is not Materialist or Fanatic materialist Is not Militarist or Fanatic militarist A pity. Set country flag crystal_bounty_edict_available Unlock the edict Crystal Bounty: Gain +50 Minerals per destroyed fleet of Crystalline Entities

(Hidden) Check for destroyed crystal fleet

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions Opponent is Crystalline Entities	Is triggered only by On destroying a fleet
Immediate effects Gain reward as per enabled edict: Crystal Bounty: Gain +50 Minerals Greater Crystal Bounty: Gain +100 Minerals
(Hidden) Check for destroyed crystal fleet None

(Hidden) Crystal Sonar enabled

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions Crystal Sonar is enabled Crystalline Entities are present	Is triggered only by On fleet entering a system
Immediate effects Get the country event "Crystal Sonar"
(Hidden) None

Crystal Sonar

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The [From.GetFleetName] has encountered Crystalline Entities in the [From.From.GetName] system.

Using some stored Energy, our ships can generate an intense but harmless high-frequency blast to fire at the Crystalline Entities. The Entities act as prisms and resonators, breaking up the pulse and scattering it across the star system, and the waves reflected from planetary bodies are picked up by our ship sensors.

The whole system surveyed, in an instant.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Crystal Sonar enabled"
Option conditions  Enabled if: Energy is >29 Do it. Lose −30 Energy Get (at location) instant system survey  Enabled if: Energy is >29 Not this time. None  Enabled if: Energy is <30 We do not have the resources to spare. None

Crystal Ball

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The [Root.GetName] reports a significant crystalline presence in the [From.GetName] system. There is little to indicate whether this is an ancestral home of the creatures, but never before have this many crystalline entities been observed in one system at once.

Initial readings point to the unusual crystal construct in the system being of some interest, should we be able to... disassemble it.

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Trigger conditions Solar system: Star flag elite_system is set Crystalline Construct station is present Either country flag is set: crystal_hostile_approach crystal_nonhostile_approach Country flag crystal_nonhostile_approach is not set	Is triggered only by On fleet entering a system
Immediate effects Set country flag found_crystal_construct
Option conditions  Enabled if: Country flag crystal_nonhostile_approach is set Make it so. Enable (at location) research of the special project "The Crystal Construct"  Enabled if: Country flag crystal_hostile_approach is set Battlestations! None

Scried

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A xenoscience department on [Root.Capital.GetName] reports that they have concluded their remote study of the crystalline construct.

Again, the sheer lack of observable behavior exhibited by these entities makes it difficult to draw any solid conclusions. However, their physiological properties continue to intrigue. The study of the construct has allowed our xenobiologists, in close cooperation with our materials engineers, to begin to emulate the advanced reconstructive properties observed in the crystalline construct.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Special project "The Crystal Construct"
Commendable. Gain the research option Crystal-Forged Plating Gain +25% research progress in said technology

(Hidden) Crystal Construct fail

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions Opponent is Crystalline Entities Crystalline Construct station is present	Is triggered only by On destroying a fleet
Immediate effects Get the country event "Scrying Interrupted" if Has the special project "The Crystal Construct"
(Hidden) Crystal Construct fail None

Scrying Interrupted

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A xenoscience department on [Root.Capital.GetName] reports that the crystalline construct observed in a distant system has been destroyed, and remote study is no longer possible.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Crystal Construct fail"
Immediate effects Abort the special project "The Crystal Construct"
A shame. None

(Hidden) Ancient Mining Drones known

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Special project "Investigate [Prev.From.GetName]"
Immediate effects Ancient Mining Drones become known to Our Empire Get the country event "Ancient Mining Drones" in 5 days
(Hidden) Ancient Mining Drones known None

id 301 - 330

Ancient Mining Drones

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

Reports of deep-space drones in certain systems have been investigated. The drones appear to be the workers and custodians of an autonomous orbital mining operation, established millennia ago and then soon abandoned by all but the drones themselves, judging by the state of the processing equipment. The drones possess powerful mining lasers and make obviously threatening, if not outright hostile, overtures toward [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] vessels when approached.

They may only be old drones, but they should be kept under close watch by the [Root.GetName].

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Ancient Mining Drones known"
Establish a listening post on [Root.Capital.GetName]. Enable (at location) research of the special project "Mining Drone Observation"  Enabled if: Is not Pacifist or Fanatic pacifist Let us see what they are made of - take them apart. Start the event chain "Mining Drone Analysis"

Mining Drone Work Ethic

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The drones and their tireless, endless work of extracting ever-diminishing resources from their local planetoids make for a somewhat dull, but nevertheless informative subject of study. In fact, Mining Networks on [Root.Capital.GetName] could stand to learn a thing or two about maximizing mineral extraction rates while conserving energy.

Additionally, we have found that the drones are not completely silent. They emit signal pings, though extremely infrequently and at a wavelength hard to isolate from background noise. If there is anyone left to receive these pings may be a mystery for another time.

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Trigger conditions None

Is triggered only by Special project "Mining Drone Observation"

Find out how they evaluate mining sites. Start the event chain "High-Value Mining Targets" Get the country event "(Hidden) Mineral-rich Planetoids"  Enabled if: Country flag droning_optimizations_edict_available is not set Either: Is Pacifist or Fanatic pacifist Is Xenophile or Fanatic xenophile Noted. Set country flag droning_optimizations_edict_available Unlock the edict Droning Optimizations: Gain +10% Minerals output  Enabled if: Country flag droning_optimizations_edict_available is set Either: Is Pacifist or Fanatic pacifist Is Xenophile or Fanatic xenophile Noted. Gain +2000 Energy credits

(Hidden) Mineral-rich Planetoids

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "Mining Drone Work Ethic"
Immediate effects From Our Empires capital for 4 Unowned closest systems (minimum steps of 5) Star flag drone_home_system is not set Star flag hostile_system is not set Planet flag mineral_planet_Xn is not set Has a planet with orbital tile deposit with Minerals yield >3 Set the following flags Planet flag mineral_planet_Xn Country flag mineral_planet_Xn_exists Note: Xn = 1 ~ 4 From Our Empires capital for closest system (minimum steps of 5) With star flag drone_home_system is set Set planet flag mineral_planet_5n Set country flag mineral_planet_5n_exists Get the country event "(Hidden) Mineral Planet PoI"
(Hidden) Mineral-rich Planetoids None

(Hidden) Mineral Planet Survey

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions Started the event chain "High-Value Mining Targets" Planet flag mineral_planet_Xn is set (Note: Xn = 1 ~ 5)	Is triggered only by On survey
Immediate effects Gain +1 Deposits surveyed If Deposits surveyed >4 (includes previously surveyed) End the event chain "High-Value Mining Targets" Get the country event "Deposits Surveyed"
(Hidden) Mineral Planet Survey None

(Hidden) Mineral Planet PoI

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Mineral-rich Planetoids"
Immediate effects If country flag mineral_planet_Xn_exists is set (Note: Xn = 1 ~ 5) Marked planet is unsurveyed by Our Empire Get the PoI "Mineral Riches" If Deposits surveyed >4 End the event chain "High-Value Mining Targets" Get the country event "Deposits Surveyed"
(Hidden) Mineral Planet PoI None

(Hidden) Drone kill-check

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions Started the event chain "Mining Drone Analysis" Opponent is Ancient Mining Drones	Is triggered only by On destroying a fleet
Immediate effects Gain +1 Drone disassembled Get the country event "Mining Drone Disassembly" in 5 days
(Hidden) Drone kill-check None

Mining Drone Disassembly

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The mining drones were destroyed in a heated battle with [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] vessels. As luck would have it, their energy cells are by far the sturdiest component used in their construction, and some were recovered by our ships. The technology behind these cells is beyond us at present, but initial tests show we are quite capable of converting their output to Energy Credits.

As the final energy cell bled out, the engineers handling the test noticed a dip in background radiation. It would appear that the drones are not silent, but have been sporadically broadcasting on unusual frequencies since we first encountered them, possibly ever since they were first deployed. It is unlikely that there is anyone left to receive these transmissions.

At any rate, the drones could prove to be a potent but limited source of energy, should we be able to find and disable them efficiently enough.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Drone kill-check"
Very well. Set country flag drone_bounty_edict_available Unlock the edict Drone Bounty: Gain +50 Energy per destroyed fleet of Ancient Mining Drones End the event chain "Mining Drone Analysis"

(Hidden) Drone Bounty enabled

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions Drone Bounty is enabled Opponent is Ancient Mining Drones	Is triggered only by On destroying a fleet
Immediate effects Gain +50 Energy credits
(Hidden) Drone Bounty enabled None

Deposits Surveyed

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All high-mineral deposits discovered by the reverse-engineered Ancient Mining Drone evaluation algorithms have been surveyed.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Mineral Planet Survey" Story event "(Hidden) Mineral Planet PoI"
OK. None

Ancient Mineral Processing Hub

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The [Root.GetName] has encountered a significant Ancient Mining Drone presence in the [From.GetName] system. It appears to be a major mining and mineral processing hub, perhaps the last of its kind in the galaxy.

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Trigger conditions Star flag drone_home_system is set Country flag seen_drone_home is not set Ancient Mining Drones are known to Our Empire	Is triggered only by On fleet entering a system
Immediate effects Set country flag seen_drone_home
Sure it is. None Let us see what we can learn from it. Enable (at location) research of the special project "The Processing Hub"

id 331 - 510

Processing Observed

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Leaving the ancient mining drone mineral processing hub undisturbed was, ultimately, a wise decision. By observing its monotonous rhythms over an extended period of time, we have been able to identify several systemic techniques in its automated handling of raw materials that surpass our own.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Special project "The Processing Hub"
Then we make these techniques ours. If country flag droning_optimizations_edict_available is Set: Gain +2000 Minerals Set: Set country flag droning_optimizations_edict_available Unlock the edict Droning Optimizations: Gain +10% Minerals output

(Hidden) Station Destroyed

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Trigger conditions Opponent is Ancient Mining Drones Fleet flag droning_optimizations_edict_available is set	Is triggered only by On destroying a fleet
Immediate effects A random planet with the planet flag ore_grinder_planet set Replaces current orbital tile deposit with 4 Minerals yield Every empire with the country flag seen_drone_home Gets the country event "Mining Drone Base Destroyed"
(Hidden) Station Destroyed None

Mining Drone Base Destroyed

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We have received reports that the mineral processing hub observed in the [location_planet.GetStarName] system has been destroyed. Its significant stores of raw and processed minerals were jettisoned and have made planetfall on [location_planet.GetName] in the local asteroid belt.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Station destroyed"
Immediate effects If special project "The Processing Hub" is available Set country flag abort_1 Abort the special project
Option conditions  Enabled if: country flag abort_1 is set We have studied enough wrecks. Clear country flag abort_1  Enabled if: country flag abort_1 is not set Jackpot. None

(Hidden) Void Clouds known

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Special project "Investigate [Prev.From.GetName]"
Immediate effects Void Clouds become known to Our Empire Get the country event "Void Clouds" in 5 days
(Hidden) Void Clouds known None

Void Clouds

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

An investigation into a peculiar cluster of debris and space-dust has yielded surprising results; it is a particulate cloud bristling with a powerful charge of unknown origin that has no business exhibiting simple reflexive actions, let alone movements with purpose.

And yet it does.

There is something undeniably ominous about the hazy subject of the relayed video feeds. Perhaps there are things in the universe we should not tangle with.

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Trigger conditions None

Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Void Clouds known"

Option conditions  Enabled if: Is Spiritualist or Fanatic spiritualist Conduit for the divine or not, it must be studied. Enable (at location) research of the special project "Void Cloud Observation"  Enabled if: Is Spiritualist or Fanatic spiritualist We leave the matter in the capable hands of our admirals. Start the event chain "Void Cloud"  Enabled if: Is not Spiritualist or Fanatic spiritualist Let us watch, but not interfere with it. Enable (at location) research of the special project "Void Cloud Observation"

Void Unclouded

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The Void Clouds are, as far as [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] researchers can tell, among the oldest entities in the universe. They seem to have originated just a scant few billion years after matter as we know it first appeared, the tremendous forces of the young cosmos making something out of nothing. They would have been stars once, but were not.

Explaining their apparent animal intelligence is more difficult, but the answer might lie in the abnormally strong electromagnetic fields that keep them together - another product of their primordial beginnings. It is not inconceivable that, given enough time, the circulation of its strange stardust and gravitic fields aligned in a flexible approximation of neural pathways.

Moreover, the Clouds seem to be receiving impulses from one another, if not outright communicating, lightyears apart. Quantum entanglement is suspected to play a role in this phenomenon.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Special project "Void Cloud Observation"
Option conditions  Enabled if: Is Spiritualist or Fanatic spiritualist Humbling. Gain the modifier Grand Design for 7200 days: +10% Happiness  Enabled if: Is not Spiritualist or Fanatic spiritualist They will not stand in our way. Gain 6x Physics output (potential yield gain of 60 ~ 150) Gain the modifier Cloudbuster: +10% Damage to Void Clouds

(Hidden) Cloud kill-check

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions Started the event chain "Void Cloud" Opponent is Void Clouds	Is triggered only by On destroying a fleet
Immediate effects Gain +1 Stardust sifted Get the country event "Dark Clouds" in 5 days
(Hidden) Cloud kill-check None

Dark Clouds

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

Victory over the Void Cloud was hard-won.

While we suffered heavy casualties, the fact remains that the [Root.GetName] has overcome one of the galaxy's most terrifying enigmas.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Cloud kill-check"
Option conditions  Enabled if: Is Spiritualist or Fanatic spiritualist How could we atone, not knowing who we have wronged? Gain the modifier Malefaction for 1460 days: –10% Happiness  Enabled if: Is not Spiritualist or Fanatic spiritualist A day to be remembered. Gain the modifier Cloudbuster: +10% Damage to Void Clouds
Effects after selecting any option End the event chain "Void Cloud"

(Hidden) Tiyanki known

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(This event is hidden and is used to trigger other events and/or effects.)

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by Special project "Investigate [Prev.From.GetName]"
Immediate effects Tiyanki become known to Our Empire Get the country event "Tiyanki"
(Hidden) Tiyanki known None

Tiyanki

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The below description is one of several available for this event.

The spaceborne lifeforms - which the [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] Head of Society Research has come to refer to as "§YTiyanki§!" - are docile creatures. Capable of accessing some lower dimension of subspace, they roam from system to system with remarkable ease.

They graze on gases common to the upper layers of many gas giants. It is highly unlikely, to say the least, that this is their only food source, but intake of other nutrients has yet to be observed.

They will rarely, if ever, attack, even when provoked. They can safely be ignored.

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Trigger conditions None

Is triggered only by Story event "(Hidden) Tiyanki known"

Enabled if: Is Spiritualist or Fanatic spiritualist Venerable If Frequency Tuning research option has been Acquired: Gain +60% research progress in said technology Acquired: Gain said technology as a research option Gain +20% research progress in said technology  Enabled if: Is Materialist or Fanatic materialist Hunting them would be a net loss anyway. If Frequency Tuning research option has been Acquired: Gain +30% research progress in said technology Acquired: Gain said technology as a research option Gain +10% research progress in said technology  Enabled if: Is not Materialist or Fanatic materialist Is not Spiritualist or Fanatic spiritualist OK. If Frequency Tuning research option has been Acquired: Gain +30% research progress in said technology Acquired: Gain said technology as a research option Gain +10% research progress in said technology