Live Events/Rise of Ishtar

> *For too long, the Daughters of Gaia have remained hidden on the surface of Venus. My father has shown our strength to the solar system, but we must also show our grace.*
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> *Above all, the Gaian doctrine of Veriditas stands for the promotion of life. Terraforming a planet is never easy, and Venus is one of the harshest environments humanity has ever had to face. But if we can do it here, it will stand as proof before all of humanity that the Daughters of Gaia can achieve our dreams on any world, anywhere.*
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> *Will you help me prove that the Gaian dream can be made a reality?*
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**Rise of Ishtar** is a legendary live event that runs occasionally, usually starts at 12:00 AM UTC on some Saturdays. During the event's runtime it can be reached by tapping an icon of Venus underneath the icon that allows you to Fast Forward worlds. Tapping the event icon will take you directly to an the event planet, a Normal mode Venus. The world is played with the Daughters of Gaia faction.

Four milestones can be reached in the event, each giving different rewards. This event starts with the culture settings that comes with the Daughters of Gaia. (30% Ecological, 15% Transformation, No Industrial Economy, Soletta construction cost halved)

## Milestones

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

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

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

### Infrastructure

*Before we can do anything else, we'll need to expand our infrastructure. If we can build eight new cities on the surface, we'll be able to move forward with strength.*

Goal: Construct 8 cities

Rewards: 5,000,000c & 10 GP

Achievement text:

*Our infrastructure is in place, thanks to you. Now all that remains is to transform the planet that surrounds them.*

### Clearing the Air

*Venus has many problems that will need to be solved, but foremost among them is its crushing atmosphere. Get it down fast, so the real work can begin.*

Goal: Decrease pressure to 1,000,000 Pa

Rewards: 30 GP, Bronze Governor Pack, & 10,000,000c

Achievement text:

*Excellent work. With the skies clear, we now have habitability in our grasp!*

### Acolytes

*For all our grand visions and cosmic beliefs, the Gaians are still people. We'll need significant population growth if we are to take our place as the leaders of humanity.*

Goal: Increase population to 1,000,000

Rewards: Silver Governor Pack, 50 GP, & 20,000,000c

Achievement text:

*Nicely done. Our ranks are swelling quickly, and new coverts are flocking to our banner. All that remains is to secure our place on this world.*

### The Gaian Dream

*All our work here will have been for nothing, if we cannot make Venus habitable. It is the core belief of our people, the single demand of our faith. Make it happen.*

Goal: Achieve human/animallife habitability

Rewards: 18 Fast-Forward Hours, 100 GP, Silver Governor Pack x2

Achievement text:

*Finally, to be able to stand on the surface of Venus and breath* *the air... It is truly a dream come true.*

### Rise of Ishtar

*Venus will be our first great triumph, the breathing demonstration of our vision for the universe. But only if you make it so.*

Goal: Complete all milestones

Rewards: 10 cards for Alana Freyja Lee, 48 Fast-Forward Hours

## Strategy

*Rise of Ishtar* is one of the most difficult live events. A lot of things have to be researched, for you have to lower the pressure considerably, lower the heat, increase the oxygen and sea level, and raise biomass and population. All of that while dealing with a faction that doesn't allow for Industrial Economy, which leads to increased building times as well, until you build the Lagrange Academy.

* Increasing revenue can be done in one of the following ways:
	+ Building 2+ cities and wait for random events like "Trade Route Established".
	+ Using Spaceports is recommended.
	+ Watch transmissions and use revenue governors to boost income.
* Spend culture points on Industrial.
	+ Building the Lagrange Academy will take 50,000,000c and 24 hours with 0% Industrial.
	+ The Academy will allow you to freely adjust Culture, allowing you to slide to 50% Industrial and Knowledge when starting to build/research then back, keeping biomass and revenue production high.
	+ You may also want to spend Points on Conservation to increase the amount of building slots in each city, then slide to maximum Transformation once the planet is Habitable.
* Rush researching Spaceports and Hydrogen Processor.
	+ "Rushing" refers to using GP to speed up researching a facility.

* Build and upgrade enough Hydrogen Processors to get anywhere from –5000 to –6000 Pa/min. More is not necessary but will speed up the process.
	+ Use pressure reduction governors.

* Use Aerostat Platforms to deal with excess temperature an as a secondary source of revenue.
* Use Hab Complexes for early habitations and to increase oxygen.
	+ Use Kelp Forests if the oxygen increase from Hab Complexes are not enough.
		- Kelp Forests can also be used to increase biomass.

* Use Aquifer Networks to increase water and Coral Reefs to increase biomass.
	+ Alternatively, building the Sky Farm will allow you to bypass the water and biomass requirement for human habitability. This will help with the third milestone.
		- This will take 50,000,000c and 12 hours to build if your culture is +50% Industrial.

* If you managed to complete all milestones and have been saving up on culture points or received almost enough for independence, you may want to avoid completing the event first - after all, you've already done more than 90% of the work. Achieving victory, even in Live Events, will grant 20 GP. At this point, you would already have had 8 cities, numerous terraforming facilities and significant income to simply terraform a habitable world into a paradise world.

## Completion Text

*Perfection. Venus now stands as a true twin to Mother Earth, a blue and green gem orbiting our bright yellow star. Thanks to your efforts, the Daughters of Gaia are flourishing not only because of our strength, but because of our vision.*

*You have earned the gratitude of my people, and their leader. As we continue our great work throughout the cosmos, you can consider us a friend.*

**Important: only press 'Complete Event' when you are ready to leave the event world, because you cannot continue playing that same world after that. You also can't restart and complete this event more than once.**

## Trivia

* On 23st April 2022, to celebrate Earth Day, Carbon Impact Point rewards increased in this Live Event