Everyone loves to see that energy cube in the daily reward box. But if you dont see it or the trii-matrix emblem it can get rather disappointing. I propose that there can be hourly rewards that are rare, and obtained at random at the time of the resource shipment. If this was to be implimented, there would be 2 options that i could see.

1) The bonuses are all the same and are small ie,
*Minerals: "The miners on your planet uncover some rare gems. double mining points awarded for the hour"
*Artifact: "Recent excavations have uncovered an ancient kings tomb filled with treasured in perfect condition. double artifact points awarded for the hour."
*Research: "Your scientists had a breakthrough! double research points awarded for the hour"

or option 2, where there is a specific artifact awarded that would help the player but be able to be used at any time. such as

*Mining: "A strange glow eminates from within one of the recent mining shipments. You find (i dont know what the name will be, but it can be the 1/2 energy refill artifact).
*Artifact: Recent findings have uncovered some treasured family heirlooms for the local royal family. You gain 15 political favor.
OR
Recent findings have uncovered a massive Prejoran City! you gain 15 prejoran tech.
*Research: Recent findings have lead to a breakthrough! You find (this would open up a new artifact tree, with the artifacts being the upgraded version of the previous artifact. This would include mutagenic cartriges, paradox generators, omicron mines, and even hyperterraformers and dyson expanders along with all the other special artifacts. The rarity of each of these artifacts would be the same as the regular version (so the hypper terraformer and dyson expander would still be impossible to find, but not improbable to find) while the mutagenic cartriges, omicron mines, and paradox generators would still be rather common.

This would not be a regular occurence, it might occur once every 2-3 days for the second options, or maybe once a day for the first option. just a small boost that would be kind of exciting to get every once and a while.

+1 I quite like this idea

yea me too...all i get is tri-matrixes and i think theyre too valuable to use...i want energy cubes

Yeah, honestly, I would say just use those like you would energy cubes. I mean, if you don't have any damage and you have an energy cube use that first, but otherwise I would say the energy is the big part of it, so just ignore the rest. But that's just me; I have to be very specific with these things, if I level up and use all my energy on medium experience return missions then the energy refill will still be more than enough to level me up, so for me I have to plan ahead and can't afford to worry about the shields and hull. If that's not a problem for you then I guess it could make a difference.

idk thats the prob, i feel like its such a waste to refill energy and have everything else full but idk whatever idc

Just a while ago people were complaining that there wasn't enough energy from the daily rewards!

lol. with the implimention of the Tri Matrixes they DEFINITLY fixed that problem. i'm actually happy with the daily reward system now.

I like the times get an item idea but they dyson and Hyperterreformer for planets is to much know if they where just the spacial expander and transformer or the toxic purifier data thingy and the planet flux that are the really rares that would be cool

the hyper terraformer and dyson expander would be as rare as getting GP from the daily reward.