2013 info for reference

General Information



The Scruuge are a sect of radical idealists, motivated by greed and deeply envious of others. The Scruuge claim that the galaxy is too overpopulated, and directly interfere with trade and government aid programs, especially during busy seasonal trade cycles. Ships are asked to engage and reclaim any gifts taken by the Scruuge if found.

During the Scruuge Event, the following temporary effects apply to the entire Galaxy:
-The Scruuge will sometimes blockade random planets.
-Sending materials or artifacts costs 60 energy per shipment.
-The cooldown for gifting artifacts is reduced by half.

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Medal(s)


Doorbuster Sale
During the Scruuge Event, raid mineral or artifact points from a member of all races
Value: 25 Medal Points
Reward: Doorbuster's Cache (Single use artifact)
A large cache of data and goods of various types. When opened, it grants 8 hours worth of planetary production, not to exceed your planetary and rank capacity.


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Menacing Hijack
Disable 3 or more Scruuge Hijacker ships that are blockading your planets.
Value: 10 Medal Points

Mission(s)

Mission

Gifts Unraveled
Attempts per Completion: 10, Every 20 hours (daily)
Costs: 75 energy, 1 Containment Missile per attempt
Reward: 140 experience, Gift of the Mind

Note, "Matching Mini-Game" must be completed before you get the artifact.

Mission text:


Gift of the Mind
[Limited Item - Holidays]
Upgrades an existing Refining Lab structure on your planet to a Scruuge Lab, adding +1 artifact, +1 research, and +300 attack.

Scrap Value (ea): 10000-40000 credits
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UST


Systematic Avarice - Imbues your ship with the Avarice of the Scruuge.
Increases your raiding ability by 20% for 8 hours.
Cost: 20 CTP

Note, this ability will improve your ability to raid a base.

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Planet Effect

Blockade, See NPC post 2

%Planet_Name reports that a Scruuge Hijacker has entered orbit and is blockading the planet!

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Artifact Market


Scruuge Hoarding Vault IV
[Limited Item - Holidays]
[ Planet Structure - Size:2, Artifact:3 ]
Also Increases your total planetary artifact production capacity by 7000 units.
Limit 2 / planet
Cost: 29 GP

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Thraccti Systems Upgrade
[ Limited Item - Holidays ]
Upgrades Thraccti, Scruuge Defector, boosting its Rank 100 ability and lowering its energy cost*. Thraccti's raid bonus also upgrades to 12%. Can only use when Thraccti is rank 100.
Cost: 66 GP

*From 400 down to 250.

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Scruuge Overcharged Hypernode Upgrade
[ Limited Item - Holidays ]
Upgrades a Scruuge Charged Hypernode on your ship, increasing its scan by 30, hull by 200, and its hull ability bonus to 14%, without increasing its size.
Cost: 50 GP

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Scruuge Bastion Stronghold Upgrade
[ Limited Item - Holidays ]
Upgrades a Scruuge Fortified Bastion on your base to a Scruuge Bastion Stronghold, increasing its hull bonus to 20%.
Cost: 52 GP

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NPC Post 1

Hub-GMU3, Scruuge Base

New Drop:

Scruuge Xeocore II
[ Limited Item - Holidays ]
[ Defense - Size:15, Defense:170, Energy:60 ]
Installs a Scruuge Xeocore II on your ship.
Limit 2 per ship.

NPC Post 2

%Planet_Name reports that a Scruuge Hijacker has entered orbit and is blockading the planet!



Scruuge Hijacker
( The Scruuge )
Rank %Matched Raider
Special
41000 / 41000 Hull
The Scruuge aim to stop charitable trade, in an effort to slow what they believe is "excessive population growth" in the galaxy. Their Ravagers contain gifts and goods stolen from intercepted frigates.
Enemy Type Matched
Abilities None
Attack 74990
Defense 56230
Cloak 100

Reward: 20 exo +

Scruuge Cargo Pad



[ Planet Structure - Size:1, Mining:2, Artifact:1, Defense:2000 ]
If built on a planet with a Scruuge Calibration Chamber already constructed, all bonuses of the Cargo Pad are doubled.
Limit 1 per planet.

Note: You can not extract this building from your planet.

Welcome Scruuge

Someone please please please take the plunge and figure out what the new Thraccti upgrade does

I'll know in 1 hour.

Got a Scrugge Ravager, so they are here this year too

I think you're misreading it. I think you can't use the upgrade unless Thraccti is level 100, not that it changes the level 100 ability. I would be happy for you to be wrong; might make it worth buying.

Edit: Sounds like I might be wrong (glad to be so), it changes the ability name to Scruuge Ttribute II.

Scruuge Vicar is here

Same drop as last time: Scruuge Calibration Chamber

Thank you MrSpock, for doing these event post and updating them.

Zebeeren, Scruuge Despot!
Scruuge Hovertank
Zebeeren's Cannon

If we are lucky the blockade will be shareable.

Sruugge Tribute II drops the following:

Tribute of the Ancients II-permanently increases the artifact output of a planet by 1 up to a maximum of 3X Mega Rich
Tribute of the Stars II-permanently increases the research output of a planet by 1 up to a maximum of 3X Mega Rich
Tribute of the Elements II-permanently increases the mining output of a planet by 1 up to a maximum of 3X Mega Rich
Tribute of the Void II-unknown maybe 350?

This is awesome, I suggested this a while back this year and it was done. Thanks Dan for doing even more than what I suggested!

Legionmate got blockade. Was not shared. Dropped a Scruuge Cargo Pod. "size one mining 2 arti 1 defenses 2000. if a Scruuge calibration chaber is already there all is 2x"

Hub-GMU3, Scruuge Base is back as well

So could we get a few 800+Rank Players to switch to Vygoid?

The Hub-GMU3 drops a Zeocore ll this year. Size 15 Defense 170 energy 70.

What for?