Unique systems

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This article has been verified for the current PC version (3.0) of the game.

Exploration

Exploration

FTL

Anomaly

Precursors and Archaeology

Unique systems

L-Cluster

Unique systems can only spawn once per galaxy and have a unique event or anomaly related to them. Unique systems in the base game are rare while those added by DLCs have a higher chance to appear.

Spawn chances

Unique systems have their spawn chanced determined by the galaxy size. They will never appear in hyperlane choke points and a few of them require distance from all empires to spawn and they might not appear if the galaxy is started with a max number of fallen empires and AI empires, especially if advanced starts are used. The percentages for each unique system to spawn are the following:

Galaxy Size	Sanctuary	Zanaam	Shallash	Sol	Trappist	Manufactory	Ruined Ringworld	C.A.R.E.	Leviathans systems	Distant Stars systems	Ruined megastructures	Guaranteed systems
Tiny	4%	6%	6%	50%	20%	25%	6%	16%	16% for each system	16% for each system	8% for each system	Hauer Wenkwort At least one Curator enclave system At least one Artisan enclave system XuraCorp enclave system Corrupted Avatar system Omni system Shielded Relic system
Small	8%	12%	12%	50%	40%	25%	12%	32%	32% for each system	32% for each system	16% for each system
Medium	12%	18%	18%	50%	60%	25%	18%	48%	48% for each system	48% for each system	24% for each system
Large	16%	24%	24%	50%	80%	25%	24%	64%	64% for each system	64% for each system	32% for each system
Huge	20%	30%	30%	50%	100%	25%	30%	80%	80% for each system	80% for each system	40% for each system

Hauer

The Tannhäuser Gate

Hauer is a unique class G system that will always spawn in the galaxy. It contains a unique object, the Tannhäuser Gate, guarded by 3 Ancient Mining Drones. In addition a planet in the system called Spjuuht will reveal the Never Forget Archaeology Site that can be excavated.

	Chapter 1	Chapter 2	Chapter 3
Difficulty	1	2	2
Rewards	1-5 Minor Artifacts	1-5 Minor Artifacts	A Life Worthwhile empire modifier

Wenkwort

Wenkwort is a unique star system that will always spawn in the galaxy. It contains a Gaia world called Wenkwort Artem that has the Wenkwort Gardens modifier as well as a level IV anomaly. When the anomaly is investigated it grants a very large amount of  society research and issues a special project on a barren world called Rellrait and creates 3 neutral Ancient Mining Drones that patrol the system. The special project adds a deposit of 3  Society Research to Rellrait and gives it the Terraforming Candidate planet modifier as well as a unique planet modifier granting it +3%  Happiness and -15%  Upkeep from Jobs.

Wenkwort Artem has a unique planet modifier with the same name. When the planet is first colonized the player will be contacted by a custodian robot and informed that industrialization of the planet is to be kept at a minimum. If the request is accepted Wenkwort Artem will gain a second planet modifier giving it the following effects:

• +40%  Culture worker output
• +20%  Researcher output
• -30%  Artisan output
• -70%  Miner output
• -70%  Gas refiner output

Refusing will have a fleet of around 7K fleet power arrive in 20 days and give one last chance to accept the modifier before attacking.

Sol

If none of the starting empires have Sol as their home system there's a 50% chance that it will spawn in the galaxy, Earth being found in one of the following states:

Crusader Kings Age

Humans are  Authoritarian,  Spiritualist and  Xenophobe and have primitive armies made up of feudal levies. The name is also a reference to Paradox's Crusader Kings game series, set in a comparable medieval era.

Hearts of Iron Age

Humans are  Materialist and  Fanatic Militarist, and have the industrial armies of Nazi Germany, the USSR, the US, the UK and Imperial Japan. In Ironman mode successfully invading at this time will unlock the Outside Context achievement. If they advance to Atomic Age they might start a nuclear war. The name is also a reference to Paradox's Hearts of Iron game series, set in World War II.

Present Day

Humans are  Xenophile and  Fanatic Egalitarian, and have the post-atomic armies of the US, China, Russia and the European Union. ISS II orbits Earth. If they discover FTL they will become the United Nations of Earth. They cannot start a nuclear war at this stage.

Nuclear Wasteland

Humanity has wiped itself out in a nuclear war and Earth is a tomb world. The planet has a unique level I anomaly which when investigated will reveal a species of pre-sapient cockroaches with the  Tomb World climate preference and the  Adaptive trait.

Trappist

Trappist is a real life system that has a significant chance of spawning in the galaxy. It contains 3 habitable planets, one from each climate category, making it above or below average depending on the habitable worlds game setting. The features and possible modifiers of all planets are randomized.

Planet	Trappist I	Trappist II	Trappist III	Trappist IV	Trappist V	Trappist VI	Trappist VII
Class	Molten	Barren	Toxic	Desert	Continental	Arctic	Frozen
Size	16	16	12	14	16	18	12

Sanctuary

Sanctuary with all defenses

Sanctuary is a system containing an abandoned ring world of previous Enigmatic Observers. Originally created to act as a nature preserve and house primitive life, the system was abandoned but left guarded by multiple defense platforms of approximately 42k fleet power. Upon discovering the system an empire is contacted by the automated defense facility, which explains the history and purpose of the facility. Every message ends in "Do not approach this facility under any circumstances" and indeed the defenses will fire upon any ship that approaches it.

The Sanctuary defenses contain the following stations:

1 Sanctuary Core	4 A-1 Fortresses	11 A-2 Outposts
10 Kinetic Artillery 10 Gauss Cannon	6 + 10 Laser T5 4 Plasma Cannon T3	2 + 5 Laser T5 2 Point-Defense T3 5 000 3 Armor T5 3 Shield T5 2 Shield Capacitor
4 Point-Defense T3 10 000 10 Armor T5 10 Shield T5 4 Shield Capacitor
Zero Point Reactor Tachyon Sensors

Despite having no engine modules, stations are, in fact, mobile, and therefore cannot be engaged with artillery ships from a safe distance, one by one. Defeating them may prove a challenge but destroyed platforms are not rebuilt, allowing the system to slowly be overtaken.

The ring world is almost completely intact and each habitable segment houses a randomized pre-FTL species, none of them advanced beyond the Steam Age. Any empire that manages to defeat the platforms can lay claim to the extremely valuable system and decide the fate of the inhabiting species. It should be noted that since the species have evolved and reached sapience on the ring world they have the  Ring World climate preference which hampers their ability to colonize without compensatory methods.

Zanaam

A rare special system, which will be randomly named when generated, contains Zanaam, a size 25 Gaia world with the unique Valley of Zanaam Planetary Feature, and defended by an 11k fleet named "Guardians of Zanaam". Aside from the planet, the system has 3 broken worlds, an asteroid ring and 6 shipwrecks. The planets can have random anomalies as usual.

The fleet guarding it consists of 24 Guardian Class Destroyers, named from Alpha to Omega, which look like Ancient Mining Drones but use far more advanced components. They use all energy weapons and have twice as much armor as shields.

Upon entering the system, the player is given a message stating they will be destroyed. The fleet is hostile, however it is not set to aggressive stance, simply blocking any approach to the planet. After they are defeated the planet can be colonized as usual.

Once Zanaam is colonized, the planet provides four additional researcher jobs.

Shallash

Shallash and the battlecruiser

A system that can only spawn bordering the Xenophobic Isolationists may contain Shallash, a Tomb World orbited by 6 moons equidistantly that contains the Ruined Star System Archaeology Site that can be excavated. The system also contains multiple  Minerals deposits. It is patrolled by a Xenophobic Isolationists battlecruiser.

	Chapter 1	Chapter 2	Chapter 3	Chapter 4
Difficulty	1	2	3	4
Rewards	1-5 Minor Artifacts	1-5 Minor Artifacts	1-5 Minor Artifacts	10-30 Minor Artifacts Next level of terraforming technology if the Xenophobic Isolationists were not defeated Next level of robotic pops technology if the Xenophobic Isolationists were defeated and the main species is biological 700-4000 Unity if the Xenophobic Isolationists were defeated and the main species is robotic

Ancient Manufactory

A random system in the galaxy will contain an asteroid field where one of the large asteroids is orbited by an Ancient Manufactory identical to the Mining Drone stations. Surveying the asteroid will reveal a level III anomaly. Investigating it will bring the option to either:

• Leave the manufactory alone.  Xenophobe and  Fanatic Xenophobe empires will gain 100  Influence from this option.
• Start a Special Project to restore the manufactory with a fleet. Not available to  Fanatic Xenophobe empires. Possible outcomes are granting the Rare Crystals Manufacturing technology, launching the manufactory into the star and awakening 3 hostile Ancient Mining Drones or Crystalline Entities. If the system has been claimed another possible outcome is turning the manufactory into a mining station and adding a deposit of 10  Minerals to the star.

Ruined Ringworld

A random system in the galaxy will contain a ruined ringworld. As with all ruined megastructures the ringworld can be repaired if the empire has the  Mega-Engineering technology.

If the  Distant Stars DLC is also installed the star has a 50% chance to contain a unique level VI anomaly. Investigating it will add a deposit of +3  Physics to the star. If the empire is  Fanatic Purifiers or  Determined Exterminator it will gain 125-250  Influence and 100-500  Unity. Otherwise investigating the anomaly will bring the option to either:

• Issue a special project to thaw the clones. The project takes 30 days to complete and will create on a random world two Pops of a species with the  Proles,  Strong,  Nerve Stapled and  Tomb World climate preferencetraits. If the empire has the  Devouring Swarm civic it will instead gain 350-2000  Food and 100-500  Unity.
• Leave the clones in stasis and a deposit of +4  Society Research to the star. If a ringworld segment is repaired and colonized the empire will get the option to either instantly thaw the clones and create on the colonized segment two Pops of a species with the  Proles,  Strong,  Nerve Stapled and  Tomb World climate preference traits or leave the clones in stasis and add the Cryonic Clones Monument planetary feature to the colonized segment.

Distant Stars systems

Junk Rattlings

Rattling world

A random pulsar system in the galaxy might contain a Tomb World planet called Ruinous Core orbited by a Tomb World moon called Lost Encampment, as well as various debris throughout the system. A similar nearby system will contain three Tomb Worlds: Silent Colony, Decayed Hub and Crumbling Borough. A second nearby system will contain a Tomb World called Fallen Outpost. Unlike other Distant Stars systems, these systems will give a notification when one is entered for the first time. Surveying Ruinous Core will reveal a level II anomaly. Investigating it will grant a significant amount of  Society research.

25 to 35 years after the first system has been entered a species called Ketling will emerge in any of the three systems that haven't been claimed by an empire. A special project will be added to investigate any Tomb World in one of those systems and doing so will grant a large amount of  Society research.

Planets with Ketlings cannot be colonized but can be invaded. If invaded they will suffer a 5 years Culture Shock identical to invading an Early Space Age civilization.

Another 25 to 35 years after the Ketling have emerged they will become the Ketling Star Pack. All their planets will be filled with buildings and they will get 10 armies and a fleet of 8 cruisers, 8 destroyers and 10 corvettes. If any of their systems have been invaded or claimed with a starbase they will have a temporary -20  Opinion towards the Starbase's owner empire.

The exact delay of both the species emergence and the empire creation are set at the moment the preceding event occurs, so reloading a save prior to their appearance will not change the delay unless the save is far enough back.

Gish

A class B star system contains a Shielded World typically called Gish showing a desert planet underneath, although the name may vary. Surveying will reveal a level IV anomaly. Investigating it will bring the option to either:

• Repair the shield with a science ship to add a 8  Physics and 4  Society deposit to the world for a few decades.
• Interrupt the time loop with a science ship, gaining a small amount of  Physics research. There is a 50% chance of the world turning into a tomb world and a 50% chance of creating the Prikkiki-Ti empire.
• Leave the planet alone and gain 150 of  Physics and  Society research. Around a decade later the Prikkiki-Ti empire will emerge.

Twin Tomb World Civilizations

This star system contains two Tomb Worlds, both with humanoid Bronze Age civilizations. Surveying the second Tomb World will reveal a level III anomaly. Investigating it will grant a moderate amount of  Society research. The species are always the following:

Czyrni	Pyorun
Tomb World climate preference  Charismatic  Quarrelsome  Intelligent  Talented  Solitary	Tomb World climate preference  Charismatic  Quarrelsome  Resilient  Strong

This system will not spawn if primitives have been disabled.

Paridayda

One anomaly in the galaxy might be called The Vechtar Zavonia when successfully investigated, describing a planet called Paridayda and a species called Mardak Vol. Choosing the option to search for the planet will start a special project. Finishing it will create a neighbor system and point to a Barren World inside. Choosing to investigate further when entering the system will start a special project to investigate the planet with a science ship. Finishing the special project takes 60 days and will reveal the planet as a size 25 Gaia World with the Stone Age Mardak Vol civilization and the unique Paridayda planet modifier.

A few days after the system has been claimed a species called the Vol will arrive with a fleet to purge the Mardak Vol. Accepting will destroy the civilization and add a removable blocker to the planet. Refusing will have the fleet attack the system. If their fleet is not defeated they will bombard the planet with the Armageddon stance. Once all Mardak Vol pops are killed by bombardment all tiles on the planet will get 4 removable blockers.

Accepting is the recommended course of action as not only does it avoid the fight but the Mardak Vol would take a long time to enlighten or remove Stellar Culture Shock and have the  Gaia World climate preference. In addition if the planet is colonized the colonists will gain +10%  Happiness for 10 years.

Other systems

Abandoned Observation Post

This class F star system contains an Abandoned Observation Post orbiting a habitable world. Surveying the planet will reveal a level IV anomaly. Investigating it will bring the option to either:

• Investigate the observation post with a science ship to gain a moderate amount of  Society research.
• Leave the observation post alone for 50  Influence.

Abandoned Star Platform

This system contains an Abandoned Star Platform orbiting a pulsar star. Surveying the star will reveal a level IV anomaly. Investigating it will bring the option to start a 60 days special project to either:

• Repair the platform with a construction ship to add a 6  Energy deposit to the pulsar.
• Salvage the platform with a science ship to gain 20% to the next level of lasers technology.

Caretaker Escape Pod

This binary star system has as its last planet a Gas Giant with escape pods in orbit. Surveying the planet will reveal a level III anomaly. Investigating it will bring the option to either ignore the pod for a small amount of  Influence or hail it and get the following options:

• Valid if AI is not outlawed: Accept Caretaker AX7-b as a leader, gaining a level 4 governor Leader.
• Valid if AI is not outlawed: Examine Caretaker AX7-b for a moderate amount of  Engineering research.
• Valid if AI is outlawed: Destroy the pod for a small amount of  Influence.
• Valid if  Machine Intelligence: Recycle Caretaker AX7-b for a small amount of  Minerals and  Engineering research.

Gaia Civilization

This class M star system contains a Gaia moon orbited by a derelict station. Surveying the moon will reveal a Stone Age molluscoid civilization with the  Extremely Adaptive,  Slow Breeders,  Sedentary and  Gaia World climate preference traits, as well as a level VI anomaly. Investigating it will grant a significant amount of  Physics and  Society research. This system will not spawn if primitives have been disabled.

Rudimentary Robots

This star system contains a single habitable world with the Metal Boneyards planetary feature among other uninhabitable planets. Surveying the planet will reveal a level I anomaly. Investigating it will add 3 or 4 robot Pops on the planet. After the planet is colonized you will be given the option to either:

• Dismantle the robot Pops and gain 100  Minerals.
• Keep using the robots. 90 days later a special project to investigate the robots with a science ship is given. Finishing the special project takes 30 days and gives a large amount of  Society research.

Regardless of the chosen option, around 5 years after the planet has been colonized a number of colonists will gain the Erratic Behavior modifier, giving -25% to  Happiness,  Governing Ethics Attraction and Resource Production, and a special project to investigate it will be added, costing 60  Society research. Finishing the research project grants a random  Biology technology. If the special project is not completed in 4 months three enraged colonists armies will form and attempt to occupy the planet.

Sea of Consciousness

This class A star system contains a size 24 Ocean World among other uninhabitable planets. Surveying the planet will reveal a level II anomaly. Investigating it will give the planet a deposit of 5  Society. If the empire is not a  Machine Intelligence it will also grant a moderate amount of  Society research and start a special project to build a research station over the planet. If the scientist is alive, then in 6 months you will get three options:

• Allow the scientist Leader to leave. One year later it will bring a large reward of  Physics and  Society research as well as a random psionic technology.
• Disallow the scientist Leader to leave. 3 months later the Leader will send a message and die 10 days afterwards.
• Remove the scientist Leader, ending the event chain.

If the scientist is dead, you will get a random psionic technology in 10 years instead of 6 months.

Superflares

This class G star system contains a number of uninhabitable planets and a gas giant with multiple moons, one of them being a Tomb World with the unique Irradiated Valley planetary feature. Another one of the planets is a frozen world with a level I anomaly. Investigating it will add a 4  Society deposit to the world. The star also has a 3  Physics deposit instead of a regular Energy one. A year after the planet is colonized a special project will be added to shield the colony with a science ship. The project takes 30 days to complete and gives the planet a +10%  Unity from Jobs modifier. The scientist will also gain the Expertise: Field Manipulation trait. If the project is not started in 150 days one pop will die and the planet will get -10%  Habitability and -15% Energy from Jobs for 20 years.

The Veil

This binary star system contains a planet that will appear either as a Gaia World or a Shrouded World. Surveying it will reveal the Phase-Shifted planet modifier (-50% Planet Build Speed) and the only level X anomaly besides certain precursor anomalies in the game. Investigating it will describe how every 3 months the planet shifts between a Gaia World and a Shrouded World and grant a moderate amount of  Physics. Once the system has been claimed you will be given the option to either:

• Leave the planet for a moderate amount of  Influence.
• Start a special project to use a science ship to freeze the phase-shift. The project takes 180 days and finishing it permanently sets the planet to a Gaia World. It will also grant a moderate amount of  Physics research.

Great Wound

This system consists of a large central black hole orbited by several smaller ones. Three void cloud fleets with 20K power patrol the system. The central black hole has a guaranteed large deposit of 10 Dark Matter. Added since DS.

Broken Ringworld

A few segments of a broken ringworld orbiting a black hole, probably formed when the original star went supernova. Void clouds patrol the system, and Dark Matter can be found. Added since DS.

Ancient Relics systems

Shielded Relic system

A random binary system in the galaxy will always contain a size 25 Shielded World guarded by a fleet of 5k fleet power with ships identical to the ones guarding Zanaam. Surveying either the Shielded World or its moon will reveal a unique Archaeology Site that can be excavated.

Site	Chapter 1 rewards	Chapter 2 rewards	Chapter 3 rewards	Chapter 4 rewards
Moon Base	1-5 Minor Artifacts	1-5 Minor Artifacts	1-5 Minor Artifacts The Shielded World is turned into a Relic World with the Abandoned Ecumenopolis Archaeology Site
Abandoned Ecumenopolis	1-5 Minor Artifacts	1-5 Minor Artifacts	1-5 Minor Artifacts	10-30 Minor Artifacts Miniature Galaxy Relic

Omni system

A random system in the galaxy will always contain a Relic World. Surveying it will reveal the unique Ruined World Archaeology Site that can be excavated.

	Chapter 1	Chapter 2	Chapter 3	Chapter 4
Difficulty	4	4	5	6
Rewards	1-5 Minor Artifacts	None	1-5 Minor Artifacts	10-30 Minor Artifacts The Omnicodex Relic

C.A.R.E.

A random binary system in the galaxy might contain a Relic World. Surveying it will reveal the Planetary Machinery Archaeology Site that can be excavated.

	Chapter 1	Chapter 2	Chapter 3	Chapter 4	Chapter 5	Chapter 6
Difficulty	3	3	3	4	4	5
Rewards	120-350 Society research	120-350 Society research 1-5 Minor artifacts	2 Minor artifacts	1-5 Minor artifacts	1-5 Minor artifacts	120-350 Engineering research

Finishing the excavation will open a dialogue window with C.A.R.E. Interactive Interface. Agreeing to help it will issue the Develop A Cure For The Ferrophage Special Project. Finishing it takes 10 years and grants the Defragmentor Relic while the Relic World gains a permanent +10% Energy from Jobs modifier. Refusing will grant 100  Influence instead.

Privateers

This system will not appear if the  Apocalypse DLC is enabled, Privateers being replaced by the Marauders.

A random system in the galaxy will be home to the Privateers, a group of 3 pirate fleets which must be defeated:

• Young Blood contains 12 corvettes and uses tier I components
• Scarred Veterans contains 4 corvettes, 16 destroyers and 20 cruisers, and uses tier II components
• Old Guard contains a battleship and uses tier III components

All fleets are balanced but have a slight bias towards armor components, making fleets with a slight bias towards energy weapons the counter. However the system's only resources are two asteroids with slightly higher  Minerals deposits.