Wanderlust: Rogue Scientist

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Radical Cult

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**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

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 Propulsion Proponent Proclamation

Wanderlust is one of the 4 story event chains that can take place very early. It is extremely rare, having only a 1% chance of taking place in a game. The event chain is completely linear, each event leading only to the next until the event chain is over.

### Wanderlust

 *The Head of the [empire name]'s Physics Research Department has gone missing.

Along with their privately-funded, highly experimental prototype Science Ship.

The incident has the scientific community on [capital name] in an uproar.*

Not  Gestalt Consciousness

**How odd.*** Scientist assigned to leading  Physics research disappears

### Wanderlust: With Purpose

 *The whereabouts of the Head - now technically the former Head of Physics Research - have yet to be ascertained. Certain details regarding the prototype Science Ship and the Head's private research have reached our ears, and while some aspects seem too fantastical to be true, it is clear that it is in the [empire name]'s interest to find and recover the Chair as soon as possible.

The Situation Log has been updated.*

Wanderlust

* Adds 3 systems 1-5 hyperlanes away as points of interest in the Situation Log

### Wanderlust: Dead End

 *The Department Head is not in this system.

Either the lead was a dud, or the trail has gone cold.*

Wanderlust: With Purpose

### Wanderlust: The Drones

 *The Chair has vanished, inexplicably, yet again.

However, they did leave a number of drones behind, as promised. The drones are armed, and their weapons are powering up!*

Wanderlust: Dead End

**Battlestations!*** 2 hostile Ancient Mining Drones appear above the system's star

### Wanderlust: The Drones Destroyed

 *The drones' IFF modules had been removed, likely a result of the Head Physicist's repairs, but their threat assessment processors remained intact and somewhat stressed by the Head's invasive procedures.

It is unlikely that the head meant for the drones to attack us, but fact remains that they covered the scientist's escape nicely.

Consult the Situation Log for a Special Project to track the Head from their last known location.*

Wanderlust: The Drones

**OK*** Issue Special Project: What Was Left Behind

### Wanderlust: Special Project Completed

 *Having decoded the intricate web of energy signatures left behind by the Chair's elusive Science Ship, we are on their trail once again.

Consult the Situation Log for details.*

Wanderlust: The Drones Destroyed

* Adds a system 3-8 hyperlanes away as point of interest in the Situation Log

### Wanderlust: The Blinds

 *A quick check confirms the Head's claims, and the [empire name] has enjoyed a small but not insignificant boost to our collective body of physics research.

The Physicist has vanished once again, but this time their course had been divined before they were even out of the system.

If they are headed for this Window, then so are we.

Consult the Situation Log for details.*

Wanderlust: Special Project Completed

* Physics Research Gained:  350-100000
* Adds a system 3-8 hyperlanes away as point of interest in the Situation Log

### Wanderlust: The Window Closes

 *The Science Ship is empty.

All suits for extra-vehicular activity remain in their pods, and the ship logs state that the airlock has never been exit-cycled.

The ship still orbits the star, but is now under [main species adjective] control.*

Wanderlust: The Blinds

* Gain a Science Ship
* The Extradimensional Invaders crisis is 50% more likely to occur