Drifting Battlefield

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Event chains

Events

Empire event chains

Habitable Worlds Survey

Comet Sighted

Fleet Maneuvers

Horizon Signal

Mass Extinction Through the Ages

Radical Cult

Sublight Exploration Probes

Wanderlust: Rogue Scientist

The Hunt for the Hyacinth

 Fountain of Youth

 Genetic Crossroads

 On the Shoulders of Giants

 Homesick

 The Cost of Freedom

 The Fear of the Dark

 The Guest

Anomaly event chains

**Drifting Battlefield**

Gas Giant Signal

Impossible Organism

Limbo

Orbital Speed Demon

Shrines to the Old Gods

The Ransomeers

 42 Years and 3 Days

 Lost Amoeba

Colony event chains

A New Species

Abandoned Terraforming Equipment

Ancient Drones

Dancing Plague

Feral Overload

Hidden Vault

Impossible Corrie

Metallic Puddles

Mharin Kharin

Migrating Forests

Mushroom Picking

Myrmeku Activity

Nemma World

Rise of the Manifesti

Subterranean Civilization

The Doorway

Underground Vault

Unexpected Mineral Seams

Primitive civilization event chains

Anti-Alien Task Force

Missing Scientist

Rogue Agent

Shuttle Crash

 Propulsion Proponent Proclamation

Drifting Battlefield is an anomaly event chain triggered by investigating the *Rubiconian Shores* anomaly that can appear on habitable planets. The conclusion of the event chain might grant the empire control of a small alien fleet.

### Of Transmissions Past

*As expected, the [science ship name] has located the source of the transmission emanating from [anomaly planet name].

While the planet is otherwise seemingly untouched by alien hands, a lone monolith of some sleek off-white mineral stands atop a hill in the southern hemisphere. It is from within this monument that the signal emerges, the enclosure clearly built for longevity rather than resonance.

Science Officer [science ship scientist] has gone out of their way to establish the parameters for a Special Project that would decode the information the signal carries.*

**An appropriate initiative.*** Issue Special Project: Monumental Transmission

**We have little to gain by listening to the dead.*** Influence Gained:  40-100

Of Transmissions Crushed

*We believed the monolith to be only a protective housing for the transmitter, but we were wrong.The transmitter, once isolated, turned out to be useless on its own. Something about the internal structure of the now-razed monolith made it work, and we have no hope of restoring its function.*

* Razed the monument
* 50% chance

Of Transmissions Decoded

*Science Officer [science ship scientist] reports that the signal broadcast by the transmission beacon on [anomaly planet name] has been decoded.It is a memorial message, decrying the loss of hundreds of lives in a battle millennia past. A stalwart alliance apparently fell victim to treachery and deceit, and a massive fleet wiped itself out before the enemy had even arrived, as ally turned on ally.Apparently these desiccated hulks were left in place as floating grave-markers, the crews having been destroyed by surgical strikes to weak points in their ships' hulls.*

**Study these records.*** Add **+8**  Engineering Research to the anomaly planet

* Point of interest: Drifting Battlefield

Of Transmissions Crushed

*The monolith disassembles with surprising ease. Contrary to earlier assumptions, the tiny transmitter at its center energizes the mineral structure of the monolith, enabling the transmission.*

* Razed the monument
* 50% chance

**Interesting.*** Research option gained:  Xenology

**Interesting.*** Research option gained:  Doctrine: Reactive Formations

Of Pirates Current

*Upon arriving in the [current system name] system, it becomes clear that the [science ship name] is too late.A pirate fleet of unknown origin discovered the straying battlefield some time ago, and cannibalized it to build a base on a nearby asteroid.Our search ends, as a violent confrontation seems unavoidable.*

* 40% chance

* A pirate station and a fleet of 6 corvettes and 2 destroyers appear in the system

Of Fleets Drifting

*The [science ship name] has located the drifting wrecks in the [current system name] system. Many of the ships referenced in the memorial beacon message have been reduced to dust and ashes over the centuries, but a few still remain remarkably intact.Between them, six military vessels should have enough engineers to restore the better-preserved hulks to working order.Consult the **Situation Log** for details.*

* 60% chance

**Most intriguing.*** Issue Special Project: Ancient Alliance Armada

### Of Fleets Commandeered

*The ancient rag-tag armada has been partially resurrected, although the dispatched engineers cannot agree on exactly how this feat was accomplished.

The vessels have been commissioned into the [main species adjective] fleets.*

* Gain a fleet of 1 alien corvette, 2 alien destroyers and 3 alien cruisers