Live Events/A Monstrous Planet

> *Oh, hello again, I'd stay and chat but I'm a big busy...*
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> *...actually, I could really use your help again. You proved yourself on Gedi, so you're just the kind of mind we need here on Ragnarok.*
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> *I was planning on terraforming this world myself, but some odd issues have been springing up. Settlers have been reporting some downright ghoulish problems that I think I can get to the bottom of, but only if I can pass off terraforming to someone I trust. I can't be conducting experiments on vampire wards or werewolf remedies while I'm bringing life to a dead world, can I?*
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> *While I'm handing these ghastly issues, I'll need you to terraform Ragnarok. I know, I know, it's an enormous planet with an atmosphere so thick you could cut it, but just think of the pay-off! A massive new world devoted entirely to science -- not to mention the scientific discoveries we'll come across we're here!*
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> *I know it sound scary, but I hypothesize you're the best person for the job.*
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> *You in?*
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## Terraforming Goals

### Biomass

1,500,000Mt

**A Monstrous Planet** is a Halloween-exclusive live event that run during Halloween festival (and rarely some week outside the festival), starting at 12:00AM UTC on a Saturday. During the event's runtime it could be reached by tapping an icon of Ragnarok underneath the icon that allows you to Fast Forward worlds. Tapping the event icon would take you directly to the event planet, a Normal mode Ragnarok. The world was played with the Far-Future Institute faction.

Four milestones could be reached in the event, each giving different rewards. This event started with the Culture settings that come with the Far-Future Institute. (30% Knowledge, 15% Industrial, No Wealth values, Space Elevator construction cost halved)

## Milestones

Milestones can be viewed by clicking the event icon (in this case it is Ragnarok) while player are already on the event world.

This is also the place where collect your rewards after you have completed the milestones.

You can earn these milestones in any order (except the last one, that one is last).

### Toxic Fumes

*Your first step is simple: reduce the pressure to a more human level. My first step is to figure out what's causing all these reports of puncture wounds on the neck to appear. I have a bad feeling about this... pass me that garlic?*

Goal: Decrease Pressure to 100,000 Pa (or below)

Rewards: 2,000,000c

Achievement text:

Excellent work! While you reduced pressure, I fixed our vampire problem. The thinner atmosphere allowed more sunlight to pass through, and I discovered garlic flowers are just as potent as bulbs for warding off vampires! I'll be publishing my findings soon.

### New Moons

*Your next step is to create ideal oceans. Meanwhile, I'll be investigating reports of missing persons and strange howling that both occur on nights with full moons. Since we can now see both moons through the thinner atmosphere, I think I know what's happening*

Goal: Increase Sea Level to 2,500,000 cm (or above)

Rewards: Bronze Governor Pack & 5,000,000c

Achievement text:

Excellent! While you handled the water, I solved the werewolf mystery. The ancient Greeks exhaustion to cure lycanthropy, and our tests confirmed their hypothesis. The night before a full moon, the afflicted must double the standard exercise regimen. Werewolves? More like wolves where?

Next!

### Who You Gonna Call

*Now I know it's a lot, but let's speed thing up. You get Ragnarok to Plantlife habitability while I research methods to bust ghosts. If there's something weird and it doesn't look good, call me*

Goal: Achieve Plant-life Habitability (or higher)

Rewards: 30 GP, 12 Fast-Forward Hours & 10,000,000c

Achievement text:

You've done it again! Great work. Now for my good news -- with two other brilliant FFI minds; I developed a device that captures ghost and caught a particularly slimy one wreaking havoc. If the issue persists, we'll add another person to the team.

### Life, uhh... Finds a Way

*Ragnarok is looking great, but we'll need biomass to sustain our efforts. While you add the greenery, I'll investigate reports of grave-robbing and a large, grotesque man spotted near our biology labs...*

Goal: Increase Biomass to 1,500,000 Mt

Rewards: 24 Carbon Impact Points & 50 GP

Achievement text:

And they said Ragnarok couldn't be terraformed... great work! All done here! Oh, the large, grotesque man? He was one of Olivia Stein's experiments. Sound like I'll need to have a frank discussion with Dr.Stein again...

### A Monstrous Planet

*Vampires and werewolves and ghosts -- oh my! We already knew Ragnarok was scary, but spooky? That wasn't mentioned in any preliminary research reports. Oh well! Nothing the greatest minds the known universe can't handle!*

Goal: Complete all milestones

Rewards: 5 cards for Keahi Malae, 10 cards for Kaz Kojima, 50 GP & Silver Governor Pack

## Random Events

These random events can only happen during this live event. All live-event-exclusive random events have the title of their respective live event.

### Facility Destruction

*More than a city block has mysteriously vanished. When asked about its disappearance, the locals respond with cryptic chanting.*

*[number] of our facilities have been destroyed:*

*- [facility] in [city].*

Destroys facilities up to three facilities which can be in different cities.

### Pressure Increase

*A strange fog has washed over our cities; it's so thick that the overall pressure has increased!*

*Our pressure has changed by [number] Pa.*

Increases pressure by 2,000 Pa to 3,500 Pa.

### Water Increase

*We're getting sudden reports of the seas rising, followed by sightings of a strange aquatic creature!*

Our hydrosphere has changed by [number] cm.

Increases water by 19,000 cm to 85,000 cm. (15,000-95,000 cm on 8 Apr 2023 only)

### Biomass Decrease (8 Apr 2023 Only)

We're getting reports of crop circles sprouting up overnight across all major farms. We're not sure what it means, but the damage has affected our overall biomass.

Our biomass has changed by [number] t.

Decreases biomass by 40,000 t to 60,000 t. [needs testing]

## Strategy

"A Monstrous Planet" has four milestones requiring several research. Coupled with annoying and destructive random events, making it somewhat difficult. Here are some tips to complete this live event with more ease:

* To get revenue, rush researching Spaceports and place a few in cities.
	+ "Rushing" refers to spending GP to quickly finish researching a facility.
	+ Do not use culture revenue or mines. Culture revenue is too unreliable and mines are too inefficient as a source of credits.

* Spend your Culture Points on Industrial economy and get a +50% construction speed bonus as soon as possible.

* Once a spaceport is constructed, immediately make use of the 14 and 11 spaces the moons Huginn and Muninn to build even more Spaceports. This should take care of all your income needs for the entire event, while also serving as easily-replaceable decoys any events that destroy your buildings.
	+ Take advantage at least 13 Spaceports on Huginn and Muninn in order to acquire huge amounts of credits as soon as possible, generally with the Temmujin boost trick.
	+ After using said trick, you'll generally have enough credits to build the Lagrange Academy.

* It is recommended to go for pressure reduction as soon as possible, with the goal of reducing pressure below 2,000,000 Pa to stop the Facility Crushed random event from occurring.
	+ It is best to use Hydrogen Processors to achieve this. It also has the added benefit of increasing water, which you will need a lot of.
	+ After you reduce your pressure to below 100,000 Pa, try to reduce it further to between 50,000 and 90,000 Pa. **Do not** demolish your pressure reducing facilities as pressure can randomly raise between 2,000 to 3,500 Pa due to the LTE specific event. You will not be able to complete the event if your pressure raises above 100,000 Pa.

* Use Hab Domes for building slots.
	+ It is helpful to include 1 or 2 Hab Complexes to increase oxygen levels while waiting for oxygen-increasing research to be completed.

* Research and build terraforming facilities, preferably in this order.
	+ Use Aerostat Platforms to reduce Heat.
	+ Use Comet Slings to increase Water level. Anything lesser is too slow to be efficient.
	+ Use Kelp Forests to increase Oxygen. They also have a side-benefit of increasing Biomass.

* Once all of the above is done, you should research and build Coral Reefs to greatly increase Biomass growth.

## Completion Text

*Incredible! Ragnarok has been completely terraformed! This world looked scary and intimidating to others, but the greatest minds in the known universe couldn't be tricked -- and now look at it. What a treat!*

*To celebrate, I say we indulge a little. Normally I'd caution against high sugar intake, but I think free candy all night is just what this doctor ordered. Not that I'm a medical doctor, but I hold several Ph.Ds, so it balances out, right?*

*Happy Halloween!* (this line only shows up during Halloween)

**Important: only press 'Complete Event' when you are ready to leave the event world. because after that, the same world can't continue playing that. Also can't restart this event and complete this event more than once until the event occurs again in the future.**

## Trivia

* On 26th March 2022, TerraGenesis official announced on Facebook, A Monstrous Planet LTE was held again and Keahi Malae's cards were replaced with Kaz Kojima's cards for players to collect.