Special Events

This section lists all special event types. For the game mechanics of special events see [MECH:GNN & Special Events].

Event	Epidemic	Baby Boom
Scope (spatial)	Planet (random from Top 25 or due to TSS bodypart trade)	Planet (random from Top 25-40)
Scope (temporal)	6 - 9 days	6 - 9 days
Restrictions	Only possible on planets where no epidemic or baby boom active	Only possible on planets where no epidemic, baby boom, or asteroid event active
Effects	Additional daily loss of population unless medicine upkeep is provided; if provided only small additional loss Black market shortage of medicines in cluster	Additional daily increase of population in case medicine upkeep is provided; if not provided only small additional increase Black market shortage of medicines in cluster

Event	Space Flux	Magnetic Storm
Scope (spatial)	Cluster (random from all)	Cluster (random from all)
Scope (temporal)	6 - 9 days	6 - 9 days
Restrictions	Only possible in clusters where no space flux, magnetic storm, pulsar flares, or time flux active	Only possible in clusters where no space flux, magnetic storm, pulsar flares, or time flux active
Effects	+3 to movement cost	All player-ships appear as cloaked

Event	Pulsar Flares	Time Flux
Scope (spatial)	Cluster (random from all)	Cluster (random from all)
Scope (temporal)	2 - 7 days	1 - 8 days
Restrictions	Only possible in clusters where no space flux, magnetic storm, pulsar flares, or time flux active	Only possible in clusters where no space flux, magnetic storm, pulsar flares, or time flux active
Effects	25% armor loss every hour (rounded down), including docked ships	+120 APs regenerating every hour

Event	Wormhole Storm	Wormhole Stasis
Scope (spatial)	Cluster (random from all)	Cluster (random from all)
Scope (temporal)	6 - 9 days	6 - 9 days
Restrictions	Only possible in clusters where no wormhole storm or wormhole stasis active	Only possible in clusters where no wormhole storm or wormhole stasis active
Effects	Probability for receiving hull damage when jumping through wormholes or x-holes significantly increased	Probability for receiving hull damage when jumping through wormholes or x-holes significantly decreased

Event	Asteroid Impact	Sectorbloom
Scope (spatial)	Planet (random from Top 30 of Class M, I, and A planets)	Sector (random from all)
Scope (temporal)	6 - 9 days (fixed)	3 - 5 days
Restrictions	Only possible on planets where no baby boom active, planets need to have a high enough population, only one asteroid event possible at a time	Only possible in sectors where no sector bloom active
Effects	Planet needs to naturally consume 40000 tons of energy, 350 tons of electronics, 250 tons of radioactive cells, 500 tons of optical components within the given timeframe, for building a tractor array to divert the asteroid If this fails, an asteroid impact happens, resulting in a substantial population loss Black market shortages of the needed commodities in cluster	Highly increased regeneration of field resources

Event	Diplomatic Improvement	Diplomatic Decline
Scope (spatial)	Two factions (random from all)	Two factions (random from all)
Scope (temporal)	3 - 4 days	3 - 4 days
Restrictions	Only possible between factions which have faction commands and are not at war with each other, and have no good relationship with the other faction. Relations must be better than 50 points before a war would start.	Only possible between factions which have faction commands and are not at war with each other and have not been for at least 4 weeks. Relations must be better than 50 points before a war would start.
Effects	Additional daily improvement of faction relations by 10 points	Additional daily decline of faction relations by 10 points

Event	Meteor Shower	Wormhole monsters
Scope (spatial)	Sector (random from all)	Cluster (random from all neutral ones and Pardus clusters)
Scope (temporal)	4 - 10 days (fixed)	2 - 4 days
Restrictions	Only possible in sectors where no meteor shower active, two times as likely as other special events	Only possible in clusters where no wormhole monsters event active
Effects	Hourly deterioration of player-building conditions (on average ~0.3 points per hour, with a high variation between different buildings)	Wormhole monsters, indistinguishable from wormholes, spawn around wormholes The pilot who kills the most wormhole monsters per event receives a medal.

Event	Exocrabs	Exotic Crystal Generation
Scope (spatial)	Sector (random from all with exotic matter sources)	Sector (random from all with exotic matter sources)
Scope (temporal)	8 - 13 days	4 - 5 days
Restrictions	Only one exocrabs event possible at a time, only possible in sectors where no exotic suspension or cataclysm event active	This event takes place once every 3 to 7 weeks
Effects	Exocrabs spawn The pilot who kills the most exocrabs per event receives a medal.	Exotic crystals spawn

Event	Exotic Suspension	Exotic Cataclysm
Scope (spatial)	Exotic matter source (random)	Exotic matter source (random)
Scope (temporal)	6 - 14 days	6 - 14 days
Restrictions	Only possible in sectors where no exocrabs or exotic cataclysm event active	Only possible in sectors where no exocrabs or exotic suspension event active
Effects	No exotic matter regeneration	Exotic matter regeneration doubled

Event	Neural Burst	Neural Chill
Scope (spatial)	Whole region of a faction or of neutral space, excluding Pardus cluster (random)	Whole region of a faction or of neutral space, excluding Pardus cluster (random)
Scope (temporal)	16 - 20 days	16 - 20 days
Restrictions	Only possible in region where no neural burst or neural chill event active	Only possible in region where no neural burst or neural chill event active
Effects	Doubled efficiency levels of Neural Laboratories	Efficiency level of Neural Laboratories set to zero (= 50% production, 60% upkeep of base level)

Event	Pirate Invasion
Scope (spatial)	Cluster (Randomly selected from those with a critical crime level)
Scope (temporal)	Until the pirates leading the invasion have been killed.
Restrictions	Only occurs in clusters with a critical crime rate.
Effects	Pirates invade - and the longer the invasion continues the more pirates who will seize the opportunity to claim their own cluster. Pirate Captains tend to besiege buildings and misappropriate the production. The pilot who kills the last pirate captain in an invasion receives a medal.

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