A Simple Request: 5 completions
The Council has received many reports of prototype and theoretical technologies going missing and then showing up some time later. They have suppressed the news from getting out in order to prevent panic, but they ask us to look into this before it gets out of hand.
Reward: Sacclo Schematics (artifact; fully repairs hull, returns all modules to perfect condition, and skips the next module upkeep), looks like advanced algorithms written on a dirty rag
The Sacclo’s Tale: 20 completions
On reporting our findings, the Council told us about how the Sacclo’s planet of origin was destroyed when their star became a black hole. As they scattered across the galaxy some of them fell into the dark corners of society and are treated as slaves. Perhaps if we raid some black market outposts we can free them and get some information on the thefts.
Reward: Black Market Secrets (artifact, when used grants your choice of political favor, exotic matter, complex tech parts, or XTS-9), looks like a pile of crates shrouded in darkness
Finding the Truth: 3 completions
In our search of the black market outposts we found information pointing to a man named Asran, who treats Sacclo slaves well and is using them to put together devices of unknown purpose. We also found out the location of his factories, and we are headed there now to apprehend him.
Reward: Continuum Fabrication Plant (size 1 building, grants +2 artifact and +100 attack, 1 per planet), looks like a dull chrome rectangular building, with multiple communication antennas on top and tons of small windows
Surviving the Rift: 2 completions
Our attack on the facilities liberated the Sacclo but Asran was nowhere to be found. However, in capturing the factories we discovered some plans for a machine as big as a dyson! Some coordinates on the plans point to the location of the construction, surrounding a white dwarf star somewhere in sector N… and that is right in the middle of the Subspace Rift. We will need some powerful dampeners to navigate it, because few ships have ever made it out of there in one piece. We will start making them immediately.
Reward: Subspace Rift Stabilizer (size 11 module, +20 to defense, max shield, and max energy), looks like a blue airplane tail wing with yellow satellite dishes imbedded into the side and rods extending from the back
Navigating a Storm: 1 completion
Now that we have the technology to span the Subspace Rift, we must head there immediately. We should still be careful as it is far more brutal than normal space anomalies. The Council is getting impatient of our progress and asks us to dispose of Asran if we are to find him. Coordinates are set, ready on your mark.
Risks: subspace surge (lose extra energy, common), subspace anomaly (random module damage and ship damage, common)
Reward: unlocks Eye of the Storm
Eye of the Storm: 10 completions
As you approach the construction site you find a bubble of normal space surrounding the star system. Inside, entire legions of Continuum ships are standing guard, orbiting a dyson made of technology far superior to anything you have ever seen before. We’re in for a fight, and they know we’re here.
Cost: Continuum Metal (obtained by fighting Continuum ships in the battle tab)
Reward: Pseudo Alloy Plating (size 10 module, gives +60 to hull and max shields), looks like a warped dull chrome sheet of metal with ridges imprinted in it
A Gilded Cage: 4 completions
The wreckage of countless Continuum ships orbits the dyson. We have fought all the way there only to find it protected by a shield magnified by a Planetary Aegis. Massive energy signatures are radiating from it, but we can only wait to see what Asran plans to do next. We can search the surrounding area for any bases that survived the battle for us to use while waiting for Asran’s gilded cage to wear out.
Reward: Continuum Supply Base (size 2 building, +1 mining and artifact, +200 to defense and cloak, 1 per planet), looks like a network of dull chrome warehouses with satellite dishes scattered around it.
The Sacclo: Mostly unintelligent but with a knack for repairs, their home planet was consumed when their star collapsed into a black hole, leaving them adrift in other cultures. Their small stature and thick fur has left them mostly ignored by the rest of the galactic community. Many have taken advantage of them because of this.
Racial ability: -10% to research production, +50% to hull and max shields
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