A Mysterious Asteroid

The player can find this event randomly on the strategy map.

''Floating alone in deep space, this mysterious Asteroid appears quite clearly to have been artificially created. By whom and for what purpose remains a total mystery. We could study it if we wanted to dedicate some resources to the task.''


 * Tow it back to the nearest colony for study. -5 Freighters for 10 turns. Gain special project Study Mysterious Asteroid


 * Dispatch a science team to take extensive reading. -100 BC, gain special project Study Mysterious Asteroid


 * We don't have time for mysteries and we can't afford to let our enemies unlock whatever secrets are here. Plant explosives and destroy the asteroid!


 * Leave the asteroid alone for now


 * That's No Asteroid- Once the special research project granted from discovering the "A Mysterious Asteroid" event is completed this event will be triggered.

''Our study of the artificial asteroid has revealed some startling results. Quantum dating places the age of this object at nearly 2.3 Billion years. The object is infused with large quantities of a jet black substance that has proven highly reactive to organic materials. When exposed to bio-matter, this 'proto-molecule' is capable of quickly integrating with and altering the gene sequences of the underlying bio-matter.''


 * We have learned enough about this mystery. We will shut the project down.


 * Our citizens will make excellent test subjects. Take 2 citizens from a populated world and expose them to the material. -20 Approval on the colony for 20 turns.


 * Gruesome Results

''The results are in from our decision to expose some citizens to the protomolecule. The results were interesting. We divided the test subjects into two groups, dosing one group with the protomolecule and leaving the other as a control group.''


 * (Gain Protobomb) Excellent. Perhaps we can find some suitable targets for this weapon.