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 DISTANT_STARS_TITLE: "Distant Stars Story Pack" # Do not translate
 DLC_DISTANT_STARS_RECOMMENDATION_DESC:1 "§SDistant Stars§! is a story pack that enlivens the galaxy with stories about strange encounters and creatures, in the uncharted depths of space"
 DLC_DISTANT_STARS_RECOMMENDATION_SCIENCE_REC:1 "We're recommending §SDistant Stars§! as some of the variables you've selected suit its content, centered as they are on exploring space and making new scientific discoveries."

 AIANOM_LUMP_CAT:0 "Orbital Debris"
 AIANOM_LUMP_CAT_desc:0 "Sensors register potentially interesting entities in orbit of [Root.GetName]."
 AIANOM_MININGDEPO_CAT:0 "Surface Pings"
 AIANOM_MININGDEPO_CAT_desc:0 "Sensors register potential finds on the surface of [Root.GetName]."
 AIANOM_RESEARCHDEPO_CAT:0 "$AIANOM_MININGDEPO_CAT$"
 AIANOM_RESEARCHDEPO_CAT_desc:0 "$AIANOM_MININGDEPO_CAT_desc$"
 AIANOM_CLUE_CAT:0 "$clue$"
 AIANOM_CLUE_CAT_desc:0 "$l_cluster_chain_desc$"

 aianom.minerallump.name:0 "Mineral Cache"
 aianom.minerallump.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has found a cache of minerals."
 aianom.energylump.name:0 "Energy Credits"
 aianom.energylump.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has found a cache of energy credits."
 aianom.physicslump.name:0 "Physics Research"
 aianom.physicslump.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has found a cache of physics research."
 aianom.societylump.name:0 "Society Research"
 aianom.societylump.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has found a cache of society research."
 aianom.engineeringlump.name:0 "Engineering Research"
 aianom.engineeringlump.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has found a cache of engineering research."
 aianom.mineraldepo.name:0 "Mineral Deposit"
 aianom.mineraldepo.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has found a mineral deposit on [From.GetName]."
 aianom.energydepo.name:0 "Energy Deposit"
 aianom.energydepo.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] reports that it has found a planetside deposit of crystals carrying - and generating - a natural charge, on [From.GetName]."
 aianom.physicsdepo.name:0 "Physics Research Deposit"
 aianom.physicsdepo.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has found a physics research deposit on [From.GetName]."
 aianom.societydepo.name:0 "Society Research Deposit"
 aianom.societydepo.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has found a society research deposit on [From.GetName]."
 aianom.engineeringdepo.name:0 "Engineering Research Deposit"
 aianom.engineeringdepo.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has found an engineering research deposit on [From.GetName]."

 pc_time_loop_world_desc:0 "This entire world is encased in some kind of impenetrable energy barrier."

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 # Anomaly Categories
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 # FROM = planet scope
 # ROOT = ship scope

 DISTAR_WRECK_CAT:0 "Supply Ship Wreckage"
 DISTAR_WRECK_CAT_DESC:0 "Sensors report a shipwreck of unidentified origin has been sighted in orbit of [Root.GetName]."
 DISTAR_FLARE_CAT:0 "Traces of Civilization"
 DISTAR_FLARE_CAT_DESC:0 "Despite the planet's lack of atmosphere, there is evidence of some kind of artificial structures on [From.GetName] that may indicate a past civilization."
 DISTAR_RAINBOW_CAT:0 "Rainbow in the Dark"
 DISTAR_RAINBOW_CAT_DESC:0 "The accretion disk around [From.GetName] exhibits a remarkable refraction spectrum, not unlike that of a rainbow. What could be causing it?"
 DISTAR_HOLO_CAT:0 "Fleet Signatures"
 DISTAR_HOLO_CAT_DESC:0 "Readings suggest the presence of an unknown fleet in orbit of [From.GetName]. They do not respond to hails."
 DISTAR_ROBO_CAT:0 "Symmetrical Structures"
 DISTAR_ROBO_CAT_DESC:0 "Scanners indicate an unusually high level of symmetry on the surface of [From.GetName]."
 DISTAR_NANO_CAT:0 "Gray Goo"
 DISTAR_NANO_CAT_DESC:0 "The planetary body [From.GetName] appears to be covered in some manner of grayish substance, possessing strange properties and varying metallic composition."
 DISTAR_FLOW_CAT:0 "Heavy Readings"
 DISTAR_FLOW_CAT_DESC:0 "Highly irregular gravitational readings surround [From.GetName]."
 DISTAR_LOST_CAT:0 "Movement in the Clouds"
 DISTAR_LOST_CAT_DESC:0 "There is movement in the upper atmosphere of [From.GetName], as though a ship was gliding hurriedly through the clouds."
 DISTAR_TIME_CAT:0 "Ship Fragments"
 DISTAR_TIME_CAT_DESC:0 "There are fragments of an unknown vessel in close orbit of [From.GetName]."
 DISTAR_CLONE_CAT:0 "Murky Vats"
 DISTAR_CLONE_CAT_DESC:0 "Initial imaging of the ruined [From.GetName] ring world indicates a number of intact vats located on some of the dilapidated sections. Whatever these vats might hold is unknown."
 DISTAR_GEODE_CAT:0 "Secret Heart"
 DISTAR_GEODE_CAT_DESC:0 "Resonance imaging of the [From.GetName] asteroid suggests an internal composition consisting of rare crystals."
 DISTAR_DEAD_GOD_CAT:0 "Silent Behemoth"
 DISTAR_DEAD_GOD_CAT_DESC:0 "[From.GetName] is remarkably aspherical, possessing some sort of enormous formation on its surface that defies geological models."
 DISTAR_ELECTRO_CAT:0 "Webwork"
 DISTAR_ELECTRO_CAT_DESC:0 "Glowing webs of an unknown origin periodically illuminate the surface of [From.GetName]."
 DISTAR_RUM_CAT:0 "Familiar Compounds"
 DISTAR_RUM_CAT_DESC:0 "The emission spectra of [From.GetName] suggest the gas giant's primary composition has the same molecular structure as a popular inebriant."
 DISTAR_SOOTHE_CAT:0 "Resonant Crystals"
 DISTAR_SOOTHE_CAT_DESC:0 "Scans of [From.GetName] reveal a continental crust filled with resonant crystals. We may be able to make some use of them."
 DISTAR_SOOTHE_GC_CAT:0 "Attractive Magnetism"
 DISTAR_SOOTHE_GC_CAT_DESC:0 "[From.GetName]'s magnetosphere is highly appealing to our research drones in orbit, for reasons they cannot explain. We should investigate further."
 DISTAR_EXO_CAT:0 "Bizarre Blanket"
 DISTAR_EXO_CAT_DESC:0 "Entire continents on [From.GetName] are blanketed in a strange growth that seems at odds with the rest of the planet's flora."
 DISTAR_ICE_CAT:0 "Inconsistent Readings"
 DISTAR_ICE_CAT_DESC:0 "The measured surface temperature of [From.GetName] is in the hundreds of degrees, despite its frozen surface. What could be causing these discrepancies?"
 DISTAR_METAL_CAT:0 "Impenetrable Clouds"
 DISTAR_METAL_CAT_DESC:0 "The atmosphere of [From.GetName] is reflecting our sensors at radio frequencies. Something down there is interfering with our signals."
 DISTAR_OCEAN_CAT:0 "Deep Tunnels"
 DISTAR_OCEAN_CAT_DESC:0 "Scans suggest an intricate system of tunnels lies hidden beneath the waters of [From.GetName]. What could have created them?"
 DISTAR_COLLAPSE_CAT:0 "Dilapidated Station"
 DISTAR_COLLAPSE_CAT_DESC:0 "Scarred by centuries of debris impacts, a dilapidated relic of a station hangs in orbit, trailing wearily behind [From.GetName]. Its decrepit state and unrecognized technology will require a team of specialists to investigate."
 DISTAR_FOES_CAT:0 "Doppelgangers"
 DISTAR_FOES_CAT_DESC:0 "The primitives eking out an existence on the ashy plains of [From.GetName] are remarkably similar to the ones discovered on another tomb world in the same system."
 DISTAR_DIAMOND_CAT:0 "Heavy Pulse"
 DISTAR_DIAMOND_CAT_DESC:0 "[From.GetName] pulses steadily, its helioseismology indicating an internal composition far denser than expected. What could be responsible for this surprising density?"
 DISTAR_MOLTEN_CAT:0 "Volcanic Vents"
 DISTAR_MOLTEN_CAT_DESC:0 "A remarkable array of gases are being vented on [From.GetName] - ones not usually found on molten worlds. Some of these gases show promising industrial value."
 DISTAR_MERCURY_CAT:0 "Deep Caverns"
 DISTAR_MERCURY_CAT_DESC:0 "Interior imaging of [From.GetName] suggests massive underground caverns wait below the planet's surface. They may be worth investigation."
 DISTAR_WARFORM_CAT:0 "Mysterious Construct"
 DISTAR_WARFORM_CAT_DESC:0 "Some manner of artificial structure peaks out from between the toxic clouds of [From.GetName]'s atmosphere."
 DISTAR_BRAINSLUG_CAT:0 "Abandoned Settlements"
 DISTAR_BRAINSLUG_CAT_DESC:0 "Scans of [From.GetName] reveal what appear to be the abandoned settlements of a primitive society. What manner of fate could have befallen their builders?"
 DISTAR_THIRSTY_CAT:0 "Waterless Canyons"
 DISTAR_THIRSTY_CAT_DESC:0 "Canyons deep enough to be seen from orbit furrow the surface of [From.GetName], yet the planet is dry as a dustbowl. What could have happened to the water that once so profoundly carved [From.GetName]'s' stone?"
 DISTAR_FLYTRAP_CAT:0 "Megaflora"
 DISTAR_FLYTRAP_CAT_DESC:0 "Plant life of truly incredible proportions dominates the landscape of [From.GetName], its vibrant colors and gargantuan size almost calling to our xeno-biologists."
 DISTAR_LIVING_CAT:0 "Haunting Sea"
 DISTAR_LIVING_CAT_DESC:0 "There is something unusual, almost hypnotic about the soft undulations of the sea covering [From.GetName]. Its motions match no known projections for tidal behavior."
 DISTAR_ZONE_CAT:0 "Isolated Ruin"
 DISTAR_ZONE_CAT_DESC:0 "Sensors indicate an isolated pinprick of artificial structures on [From.GetName]."
 DISTAR_RAT_CAT:0 "Ruined Capital"
 DISTAR_RAT_CAT_DESC:0 "Our initial survey of the [From.GetName] suggests this planet is the fallen capital of a lost empire whose junkyards we have encountered prior. A more thorough investigation may yield further information."
 DISTAR_MED_CAT:0 "Mysterious Tanker"
 DISTAR_MED_CAT_DESC:0 "A derelict tanker of unknown origin orbits [From.GetName], its reservoirs heavy with some manner of organic substance."
 DISTAR_POD_CAT:0 "Unidentified Drop Pods"
 DISTAR_POD_CAT_DESC:0 "First thought to be asteroids, a halo of motionless drop pods surrounds [From.GetName]."
 DISTAR_PHASE_CAT:0 "Phased Planet"
 DISTAR_PHASE_CAT_DESC:0 "Enigmatic energy readings surround [From.GetName], as though the entire planet is wavering in and out of existence."
 DISTAR_SOY_CAT:0 "Overgrown Ruins"
 DISTAR_SOY_CAT_DESC:0 "Sensors indicate there are artificial formations buried beneath rich vegetation on [From.GetName]."
 DISTAR_SIGNAL_CAT:0 "Interference"
 DISTAR_SIGNAL_CAT_DESC:1 "Ship sensors are picking up an unexplained pattern of interference in the [From.GetStarName] System."
 DISTAR_PUZZLE_CAT:1 "Unscannable Object"
 DISTAR_PUZZLE_CAT_DESC:1 "An object that reflects our sensors has been located in the [From.GetStarName] asteroid field, near [From.GetName]. Visual observation has identified the object as polygonal in shape, but due to lack of scanner data, little else is known."

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 # Anomaly Events
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 distar.1.name:0 "Wreckage Identified"
 distar.1.desc:0 "Our crew aboard the [Root.GetName] report that the [From.GetName] shipwreck appears to have been the result of an unexpected geomagnetic solar storm. The supply ship suffered a complete loss of life-support systems and sustained inoperable damage, drifting until it entered [From.GetName]'s gravity well. There are no survivors.\n\nThe ship's cargo-hold does indeed contain a notable amount of minerals"
 distar.1.desc.contact: "$distar.1.desc$ - however, the captain of the [Root.GetName] cautions that the construction indicates §Y[wreckage_owner.GetAdj]§! design.\n\nIt is highly likely that the minerals belong to the §Y[wreckage_owner.GetName]§!, and they may be displeased should we lay claim to their shipment."
 distar.1.desc.nocontact: "$distar.1.desc$."
 distar.1.a:0 "We need those minerals."
 distar.1.a.tooltip:0 "This will displease the §Y[wreckage_owner.GetName]§!."
 distar.1.b:0 "We will not risk an altercation."
 distar.1.b.tooltip:0 "Return the minerals to the §Y[wreckage_owner.GetName]§!.\nThis will please them and increase our £influence£ §HInfluence§!."
 distar.2.name:0 "Supply Ship Wreckage Cargo"
 distar.2.desc:0 "[Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural]. It has come to our attention that a missing §Y[wreckage_owner.GetAdj]§! supply ship sustained terminal damage en route to §Y[wreckage_owner.Capital.GetName]§! and drifted into [Root.GetAdj] space, where it was promptly and unceremoniously pilfered of its cargo.\n\nDid you really believe this transgression would go unnoticed? The §Y[wreckage_owner.GetName]§! requests the immediate reimbursement of our supplies."
 distar.2.desc.machi:0 "[Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural]. It has come to our attention that a missing §Y[wreckage_owner.GetAdj]§! supply ship sustained terminal damage on its path to §Y[wreckage_owner.Capital.GetName]§!. Our sensors report our vessel entered the [From.From.GetName] system, where your kind emptied its cargo for your own uses.\n\nUnacceptable. Return our cargo at once, [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural]."
 distar.2.a:0 "Supply ship? What supply ship?"
 distar.2.b:0 "We will return your supplies."
 distar.3.name:0 "Wreckage Cargo Returned"
 distar.3.desc:0 "[Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural]! We have received word of our downed supply ship's cargo. We would like to extend our gratitude to you for taking the time to recover it, without the need for [wreckage_owner.GetAdj] intervention."
 distar.3.a:0 "Our pleasure, [wreckage_owner.GetSpeciesNamePlural]."

 distar.6.name:0 "Frozen in Time"
 distar.6.desc:0 "The crew of the [Root.GetName] were intrigued to find the remnants of an industrial-age civilization on [From.GetName]. Investigation indicates [From.GetName] had sustained an atmosphere for millions of years, until massive superflares from the unstable surface of the star [From.GetStarName] led to runaway ionization and depletion of the planet's atmospheric gases.\n\nWith no atmosphere, the lifeless cities on [From.GetName] have been frozen in time for millennia, silent monuments to the mass extinction that happened there.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] cautions that any colonies in the [From.GetStarName] system may be subject to the whims of the star's turbulence."
 distar.7.name:0 "Superflare"
 distar.7.desc:0 "Sensors on [Root.GetName] indicate that [Root.GetStarName] is exhibiting surface turbulence typical to that preceding a superflare. Considering the fate of the ancient civilization on [frozen_in_time_planet.GetName], our [Root.Owner.GetScientistPlural] are scrambling to devise a shield matrix capable of withstanding the impending enormous plasma ejection."
 distar.7.desc.nocol:0 "Sensors have registered a massive spike in [Root.GetStarName]'s luminosity. It appears the star is experiencing a superflare, not unlike the one that destroyed the civilization on [frozen_in_time_planet.GetName].\n\nFortunately for us, however, there are no [Root.GetAdj] colonies that will be affected by this solar turbulence."
 distar.7.a:0 "We must protect our populace!"
 distar.7.b:0 "Understood."
 distar.9.name:0 "Superflare Shielding Successful"
 distar.9.desc:0 "Planetary administration is pleased to report that the development of a superflare shield matrix around [Root.GetName] was a complete success. Our colonists were not only safely shielded from the harmful ionizing radiation, but were treated to a spectacular auroral display as solar wind interacted with the new shield matrix."
 distar.10.name:1 "Superflare Strikes [fromfromfrom.GetName]"
 distar.10.desc:1 "A superflare from [fromfromfrom.GetStarName] has struck the upper atmosphere of [fromfromfrom.GetName], pending our failure to develop an appropriate shield matrix in time.\n\nIonizing plasma and magnetic storms have led to electronic disruptions planetside, interfering with energy production and blasting the populace with radiation. The effects will persist for some time."

 distar.15.name:0 "Energetic Spectra"
 distar.15.desc:0 "The gaseous composition of the accretion disk surrounding [From.GetName] appears to be responsible for the chromatic aberration exhibited by the black hole. The disk refracts and reflects light on its surface, giving the impression of a rainbow in the dark.\n\nThough the rainbow itself is an optical illusion, the circumstances creating it are not. [From.GetName]'s accretion disk is highly energetic - a veritable hotbed of electrostatic discharge."

 distar.20.name:0 "Hologram"
 distar.20.desc:0 "Investigation of the unrecognized fleet signatures in the [From.GetName] system revealed an unexpected discovery. The fleet is not, in fact, in safe orbit of the black hole, but rather crossing its event horizon.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] conjectures that the fleet approached [From.GetName]'s event horizon centuries ago, whereupon time dilation left their image detectable on its surface.\n\nWhether the fleet's actions were intentional, or the result of some unhappy accident, we may never know. Their signatures match no known civilization on record."

 distar.25.name:0 "Rudimentary Robots"
 distar.25.desc:0 "In studying the surface of [From.GetName], the crew of the [Root.GetName] discovered the ruins of an early space age civilization. Though no living members of this civilization remain, the planet is still inhabited by the rudimentary robots they constructed.\n\nThese robots still go about their tasks, tirelessly repairing the crumbling infrastructure of their long-dead makers.\n\nAny future colonists may be able to make use of this ancient robotic workforce. If nothing else, they've certainly proved themselves resilient."
 distar.25.a.tooltip:0 "§G300§! £pop£ §HMechanical Pops§! have been found on [From.GetName]"
 distar.25.b.tooltip:0 "§G400§! £pop£ §HMechanical Pops§! have been found on [From.GetName]"
 distar.26.name:0 "Rudimentary Robots"
 distar.26.desc:0 "Our colonists on [Root.GetName] will need to deal with the ancient robots on its surface, who we presume were left behind when whatever fate befell their makers spared them.\n\nMany of these antiquated automatons have responded to our presence, making repetitive queries in an alien tongue. We believe they are awaiting input. They do not appear to be sentient, and it is likely they lack higher reasoning functions."
 distar.26.a:0 "Put them to work."
 distar.26.a.tooltip:0 "Gain £pop£ §HMechanical Pops§! on [Root.GetName]."
 distar.26.b:0 "Scrap them for minerals."
 distar.26.c:0 "Our policies prohibit the use of AIs for a reason."
 distar.26.d:0 "We have no need of them, but it would be remiss to destroy them."
 distar.26.d.tooltip:0 "Displace the £pop£ §HMechanical Pops§! on [Root.GetName]."
 distar.26.spir:0 "We cannot coexist with the soulless."
 distar.26.mach:0 "They shall be integrated."
 distar.27.name:0 "Missing Makers"
 distar.27.desc:0 "[Root.Owner.GetAdj] [Root.Owner.GetScientistPlural] have expressed interest in studying the ancient robots on [Root.GetName], and the demise of the civilization that created them. Thus far, researchers have found no definitive proof of what eradicated the robots' makers - a puzzle exacerbated by the centuries that have long since turned any biological remains to dust.\n\nInspection of the planet has ruled out nuclear annihilation and extensive warfare as extinction events, but still the reason behind their disappearance eludes us.\n\nResearchers recommend launching a more intensive study of the ancient robots' hardware in an attempt to glean further insights."
 distar.27.a:0 "We will consider it."
 distar.28.name:0 "Missing Makers"
 distar.28.desc:0 "The data imprints we recovered from the battered storage drives of the primitive robots on [From.From.GetName] proved difficult to parse. The information contained therein cannot entirely be processed by our neural networks, though the age of the devices is only part of the reason for their incoherence. We do know that it appears some kind of biological contagion infested the organics who created the rudimentary robots on [From.From.GetName], centuries ago. By the end, the infected begged for death."
 distar.28.a:0 "Another shortcoming of organic life."
 distar.29.name:0 "Missing Makers"
 distar.29.desc:0 "While deep-scanning the rudimentary robots on [From.From.GetName], [Root.GetLeaderName] has managed to locate a unit with some manner of logs in its storage partition. The data has been largely corrupted by hardware degradation, but several promising entries have been salvaged and translated."
 distar.29.a:0 "Let's see it."
 distar.30.name:0 "Damaged Logs"
 distar.30.desc:0 "Biohazard §G>>'%§!ort X175\n\nLead Resea§G?'>*§!Division - Su§G(:=}§!emental Logs\n\n§G<(}&:#^%!'_/:<}%;>*+_//#=}}§! lack of signif§G/}>=;-}}§! progress §G}/</>!}'§! depressing. §G':(!#*/*'^§! still §G#;}§! no functio§G!-/§!antigen candidate §G(}(<^%+§! running out o§G!^(};</#//}} ?'/-?>(<§! coastal regions affected first? Wh§G:=!^/&&>(}/§! virus c§G&=;§! from?\n\nA§G_}}(+!:}+-'f } :<§!rising sea lev§G(:>; }-;} (;#=-+^§!enough §G/#§!oblems, §G>>}/?_/<§!"
 distar.30.a:0 "Display first entry."
 distar.30.b:0 "Display second entry."
 distar.30.b.response:0 "§G<</<#?^&}|>!^/§!slept, benea§G!+<;§!e surface.§G*;'_>!?;*}<}/(§!\n\n§G#/?(}:?*=-> <}_/=:/^>§!We roused §G%_?/=§! anger§G% }<<'?}%-;^*=<}^/(?!}%<^'!}§!\n\n§G_*%!'}^<%=}+!}/&>'#_:}><!+^}^}}/=:>:/'}}':'/§!\n\n§G-&*!/}<;!+_-<^+!%}=?}%=+;;§!came for us§G/:>(!!}(?<-=§!"
 distar.30.c:0 "Display final entry."
 distar.30.c.response:0 "§G<<%/}} >!^*:+};=#(^&+<-|;/-<;// +-?<((#<-:?;&>-&|=:/<#% (*%} <<-§!\n§G/}>?|<:_|}&*%=-&|:}§!i warned them i wa§G(}};_:<<^<=|-%<!_{{%?(+':<§!ned them§G%!}#<-:!%<;#%?;§!d them they're coming§G;>/}::<(/<<#'(§!r me"
 distar.30.d:0 "Playback audio recording."
 distar.30.d.response:0 "\n§H<< The recording is nothing but several alien voices screaming, followed by sounds of impact, then static. >>§!"
 distar.30.e:0 "Close the logs."
 distar.31.name:0 "Strange Goings-on"
 distar.31.desc:0 "We have received troubling reports of erratic behavior among some of our colonists on [Root.GetName]. The behavior ranges from confusion to extreme agitation, and isolated cases of unexplained violence have been observed. Affected citizens are difficult to communicate with, and as such are unable to provide sufficient reasoning behind their actions.\n\nAt this point, we are unable to identify a clear cause behind the behavior - whether it be biological, chemical or otherwise. Our researchers strongly recommend launching a targeted scientific inquiry before the situation gets out of hand."
 distar.31.a:0 "Get to the bottom of this."
 distar.32.name:0 "Mounting Tensions"
 distar.32.desc:0 "More colonists on [Root.GetName] have succumbed to confusion and agitation, exhibiting the erratic behavior we first observed in isolated populations weeks ago. A concerning number have also begun to display aggression and violent tendencies.\n\nOur [Owner.GetScientistPlural] warn the situation is likely to continue to degrade until we are able to find a cause."
 distar.33.name:0 "Planetside Violence"
 distar.33.desc:0 "The situation on [Root.GetName] is spiraling out of control. The percentage of affected colonists displaying unexplained agitation and aggression has reached a boiling point. Worse yet, this includes portions of the populace with access to weaponry!\n\nOutright skirmishes have broken out in our settlements, overwhelming civil peacekeeping forces. Enraged colonists are attacking one another, and anyone else who comes in range!"
 distar.33.a:0 "What madness is this?"
 distar.33.a.tooltip:0 "Enraged civilians are attacking their fellow colonists on [Root.GetName]!"
 distar.34.name:0 "Planetside Violence Suppressed"
 distar.34.desc.a:0 "The enraged colonists on [From.From.GetName] have been pacified by our troops. Unfortunately, without understanding the cause behind their unexplained behavior, we have no way of knowing how long it will be before violence erupts again.\n\nOur premier biologists heavily suspect some kind of behavior-affecting contagion is at play, and are working around the clock to isolate it!"
 distar.34.desc.b:0 "The enraged colonists on [From.From.GetName] have been pacified by our troops. Unfortunately, without understanding the cause behind their unexplained behavior, we have no way of knowing how long it will be before violence erupts again.\n\nOur [Owner.GetScientistPlural] strongly recommend commencing a targeted medical inquiry, before any more tragedies can occur."
 distar.34.a:0 "We must find the cause."
 distar.35.name:0 "Rage Virus"
 distar.35.desc:0 "Tragedy has struck the research team leading the charge in isolating the cause behind the erratic behavior on [Root.GetName]. Despite extensive countermeasures, several members of the team began to display aggression typical of the condition, and in the ensuing chaos, several scientists were killed.\n\nThere is, however, a silver lining. We have discovered that the cause behind this epidemic of erratic behavior is infectious: a contagion caused by an airborne virus that affects the fundamental neurology of its victims.\n\nThe remaining team is scrambling to develop a vaccine."
 distar.35.a:0 "Time is of the essence!"
 distar.36.name:0 "Rage Virus Vaccine Developed"
 distar.36.desc:0 "The development of a vaccine to treat the epidemic affecting our populations on [Root.GetName] has successfully concluded. Distribution of the vaccine has begun, and life on [Root.GetName] should soon return to normal.\n\nResearch has revealed that the retrovirus behind this turmoil appears to have evolved on [Root.GetName] millions of years ago. Lying dormant in frozen biomatter, it resurfaced when the planet's icecaps melted.\n\nIt is very likely this led to the demise of the ancient robots' makers, centuries ago. Luckily, the [Owner.GetName] is better equipped to deal with viral contaminants. The development of this vaccine has even led to some advancements in the field of medicine."

 distar.40.name:0 "Gray Goo"
 distar.40.desc:0 "After detailed analysis, Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] has discovered that the strange metallic substance coating the surface of [From.GetName] in fact comprises of billions upon billions of nanites! These nanites are microscopic, self-replicating micro-machines, perhaps created by a past civilization for some unknown purpose.\n\nThe volume and density of this nanite sludge is remarkable, adding billions of tons of mass to the underlying planet. It would appear these tiny self-replicators entered a state of runaway reproduction at some point in the past, engulfing the planet and everything on it.\n\nIn studying the nanites, the crew has made some exciting new findings that will undoubtedly aid us in our own research."

 distar.45.name:0 "Gravitometric Abnormalities"
 distar.45.desc:0 "In studying the bizarre readings surrounding [From.GetName], the crew of the [Root.GetName] have discovered that the entire system's gravitometrics are off the charts. Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] suspects that the [From.GetName] gateway is somehow interfering with our sensor data, or otherwise responsible for the unaccounted-for mass in the system.\n\nA more detailed study of the gateway may yield more insight."
 distar.46.name:0 "Dark Flow"
 distar.46.desc:0 "Examination of the [From.GetStarName] gateway did not proceed as anticipated. With sensors registering gravitational influence orders of magnitude beyond expected values, Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] chased the source to the very center of the derelict spacetime conduit. What they found there appears to have changed them.\n\nFor days following their return, [Root.GetLeaderName] spoke of massive, indescribable structures of matter in the void of space far beyond any stars. Exerting an inexorable gravitational pull, [Root.GetLeaderName] claims our galaxy streams helplessly, inevitably towards them.\n\nThe mission has left the team shaken, no less for the fact that shortly after the experience in the conduit, the abnormal readings suddenly stopped."

 distar.50.name:0 "Lost Amoeba"
 distar.50.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has located the source of the movement in the upper atmosphere of [From.GetName]. Surprisingly, there was no ship hidden in the clouds, but rather a young Space Amoeba, its mother nowhere to be seen.\n\nThere is no way of knowing how this juvenile was separated from its mother or others of its kind, but one thing is certain: it appears to have imprinted on the [Root.GetName]. As the crew completed their survey of [From.GetName], they found that the Amoeba was following them. It has proven difficult to shake, and [Root.GetLeaderName] has taken quite a shine to the youngster's determination.\n\nOur Science Officer suggests allowing the juvenile to follow the vessel, certain we may learn more about Space Amoebas in the process."
 distar.50.desc.first_enc:1 "The [Root.GetName] has located the source of the movement in the upper atmosphere of [From.GetName]. Surprisingly, there was no ship hidden in the clouds, but rather a docile alien lifeform. Despite its impressive size, the creature, which the [Root.GetName] crew have dubbed a Space Amoeba, appears to be a juvenile.\n\nThere is no way of knowing how this juvenile was separated from its others of its kind, but one thing is certain: it appears to have imprinted on the [Root.GetName]. As the crew completed their survey of [From.GetName], it found that the creature was following them. It has proven difficult to shake, and [Root.GetLeaderName] has taken quite a shine to the juvenile's determination.\n\nOur Science Officer suggests allowing the juvenile to follow the vessel, certain we may learn more about the species in the process."
 distar.50.a:0 "Very well..."
 distar.50.b:0 "Out of the question. Just keep avoiding it."
 distar.50.b.tooltip:0 "Attempt to shake the Amoeba juvenile following the [Root.GetName]."
 distar.50.c:0 "We can certainly study it. Order a dissection."
 distar.51.name:0 "Fully Fledged"
 distar.51.desc:0 "The Amoeba juvenile that joined our fleet some time ago appears to have reached full maturity. Now an impressive adult, she is no less loyal to the ships that gave her a new home when she was stranded on [From.From.GetName].\n\nHer time spent with the fleet appears to have encouraged adaptive behaviors not typically found in wild Space Amoebas, making her a more formidable presence on the battlefield than others of her kind. Across [Root.Owner.GetName], her image has become something of a mascot for the [Root.Owner.GetAdj] spirit.\n\nOnly one question remains: what should we name her?"
 distar.51.a:0 "$NAME_Bubbles$."
 distar.51.b:0 "$NAME_Nyx$."
 distar.51.c:0 "$NAME_Renegade$."
 distar.51.d:0 "$NAME_Euka$."
 distar.51.e:0 "$NAME_Cyto$."
 distar.51.f:0 "$NAME_Boomer$."
 distar.51.fb: "$NAME_Bloomer$."
 distar.51.g:0 "$NAME_Blaze$."
 distar.51.h:0 "$NAME_Nova$."
 NAME_Bubbles:0 "Bubbles"
 NAME_Nyx:0 "Nyx"
 NAME_Renegade:0 "Renegade"
 NAME_Euka:0 "Euka"
 NAME_Cyto:0 "Cyto"
 NAME_Boomer:0 "Boomer"
 NAME_Bloomer: "Bloomer"
 NAME_Blaze:0 "Blaze"
 NAME_Nova:0 "Nova"
 distar.51.more:0 "These are all terrible. We should think of something better."
 distar.52.name:0 "Lost Juvenile Amoeba"
 distar.52.desc:0 "Researchers report that the lost Amoeba juvenile found near [From.From.GetName] is no longer following our science fleet. After doing so for the past several weeks, the juvenile reportedly entered a hyperlane via some biological hyperdrive capacity. Perhaps it recognized the terrain, or sensed others of its kind. Or perhaps it simply tired of chasing after our ship.\n\nThough our ships refrained from interacting with the juvenile as instructed, passive scans have led to some revelations regarding the creature's physiology."
 distar.53.name:0 "Juvenile Amoeba Dissection"
 distar.53.desc.base:0 "The dissection of the Amoeba juvenile has completed. While large portions of the body were destroyed during the creature's pacification, xenobiological analysis of the remains have revealed remarkable regenerative qualities."
 distar.53.desc.lacks_tech:0 "$distar.53.desc.base$\n\nSimply put, the creature regenerates not only via cell-replication, but with the assistance of a silicon-based bacteria that reconstructs organic tissue.\n\nWith some modifications to this bacteria's genetic information, we could potentially harness its regenerative capacity in order to devise a self-repairing hull matrix, gradual though the process may be."
 distar.53.desc.has_tech:1 "$distar.53.desc.base$\n\nThese are in line with our previous research regarding the symbiotic relationship between Space Amoebas and the silicon-based bacteria that restore their damaged tissue, which we have already repurposed into regenerative hull technology."
 distar.54.name:0 "Juvenile Amoeba Escapes"
 distar.54.desc:0 "Pending our lack of initiative in securing the Amoeba juvenile for dissection, it appears to have escaped. Sensors report the juvenile engaged some kind of biological hyperdrive and disappeared off the grid, just hours ago."
 distar.55.name:0 "What's in a Name?"
 distar.55.desc:0 "What is a mascot without a name? We must devise a moniker worthy of our amoeboid ally."
 distar.55.a:0 "$NAME_Blitz$."
 distar.55.b:0 "$NAME_Zero$."
 distar.55.c:0 "$NAME_Deva$."
 distar.55.d:0 "$NAME_Kos$."
 distar.55.e:0 "$NAME_Amemba$."
 distar.55.f:0 "$NAME_Beauregarde$."
 distar.55.g:0 "$NAME_Bluey$."
 distar.55.h:0 "$NAME_Zeke$."
 NAME_Blitz:0 "Blitz"
 NAME_Zero:0 "Zero"
 NAME_Kos:0 "Kos"
 NAME_Deva:0 "Deva"
 NAME_Amemba:0 "Amemba"
 NAME_Beauregarde:0 "Beauregarde"
 NAME_Bluey:0 "Old Bluey"
 NAME_Zeke:0 "Zeke"
 seed_pod_fleet_suffix: " (£seed_pod£)"
 distar.56.desc:0 "We have developed the ability to break the boundaries of space and time, to travel faster than the speed of light. Yet we cannot decide upon a name for this amoeba.\n\nThis is our last chance."
 distar.56.a:0 "$NAME_Storm$."
 distar.56.b:0 "$NAME_Ghost$."
 distar.56.c:0 "$NAME_Cygni$."
 distar.56.d:0 "$NAME_Vesper$."
 distar.56.e:0 "$NAME_Arda$."
 distar.56.f:0 "$NAME_Phaeton$."
 distar.56.g:0 "$NAME_Wraith$."
 distar.56.h:0 "$NAME_Rokka$."
 distar.56.i:0 "Enough! Just call it ''Fluffy'' and be done with it!"
 NAME_Storm:0 "Storm"
 NAME_Ghost:0 "Ghost"
 NAME_Cygni:0 "Cygni"
 NAME_Vesper:0 "Vesper"
 NAME_Arda:0 "Arda"
 NAME_Phaeton:0 "Phaeton"
 NAME_Wraith:0 "Wraith"
 NAME_Rokka:0 "Rokka"
 NAME_Fluffy:0 "Fluffy"
 distar.57.name:0 "Death of an Amoeba"
 distar.57.desc:1 "News of the death of [From.Fleet.GetName] has rippled through the [Root.GetName], though none have been as affected as Science Officer [amoeba_finding_scientist.GetName]. It was [amoeba_finding_scientist.GetSheHe] who first discovered the Space Amoeba as a lost and helpless juvenile, and watched the creature grow to full maturity under [amoeba_finding_scientist.GetHisHer] own gentle guidance.\n\nNow, without [From.Fleet.GetName]'s silent companionship, Officer [amoeba_finding_scientist.GetName] may never be the same again."
 distar.57.a:0 "A pity."
 distar.304.name:0 "Centenarian"
 distar.304.desc:0 "Exciting news from our fleet commanders is being broadcasted over [Root.Capital.GetName]. Our adopted Space Amoeba, [lost_amoeba_centenarian_fleet.GetName], has just reached an impressive one hundred years of age.\n\nThough a grizzled centenarian, it appears age has proven no impediment to our amoeboid ally. In fact, our fleets report [lost_amoeba_centenarian_fleet.GetName]'s presence on the battlefield has only grown more formidable over time. [lost_amoeba_centenarian_fleet.GetName] has become a force even the best-equipped battleship would have trouble contending with. Seeing her billowing flagella enter a system never fails to lift the [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] spirit."
 distar.304.a.tooltip:0 "[lost_amoeba_centenarian_fleet.GetName] has developed new combat skills!"

 distar.60.name:0 "Blinding Fate"
 distar.60.desc:0 "The irradiated fragments the [Root.GetName] crew registered in close orbit of [From.GetName] are indeed the remains of a space-faring vessel. With a very distinctive design, it matches no known make on record.\n\nWe have extracted some data from the ship's damaged computers, recorded in an alien language like nothing we have ever seen before - and one we are unable to translate.\n\nBy studying the remains, Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] postulates that the craft, known as the 'Kohtalo', suffered a navigational error when exiting FTL, bringing it too close to the gamma-ray jets of [From.GetName]. Large portions of the ship were stripped apart through radiolysis. There are no survivors."
 distar.61.name:0 "Déjà Vu"
 distar.61.desc:0 "Sensors report a ship with seemingly identical properties to the unique remains uncovered near [ouroboros_system.GetName] has just dropped from hyperspace in the [kohtalo_second_fleet.GetStarName] system. They are hailing us!"
 distar.62.name:0 "Déjà Vu"
 distar.62.desc:0 "§EThe crew of the strange ship that mirrors the wreck found near [ouroboros_system.GetName] seem excited to speak with us, though our translators cannot decode their language. They identify themselves with a low-frequency verbal expression that sounds like 'Kohtalo' - a name we've heard before.\n\nPerhaps we can communicate using raw data.§!"
 distar.62.a:0 "Try to ask what their purpose here is."
 distar.63.name:0 "The Kohtalo"
 distar.63.desc:0 "§EWe receive a flurry of data in response - including cartographic imaging of a neighboring galaxy, and footage of what can only be engineers working on an alien FTL drive.\n\nWe can draw no other conclusion than that these are explorers from another galaxy. Their ship's lack of weapons capacity would support this theory.\n\nWe send back footage of [Root.GetAdj] explorers on their first journey beyond our solar system, and the reaction from the alien crew appears to be jubilant.§!"
 distar.63.a:0 "Send them data recovered from the [ouroboros_system.GetName] wreck."
 distar.64.name:0 "The Kohtalo"
 distar.64.desc:0 "§EThe excitement of the Kohtalo crew seems to evaporate. Multiple crewmembers begin to tap away at consoles using their tentacle-like appendages. They transmit what look to be their passenger manifest, navigational data, and crew logs to us. Without a doubt, the data matches that of the [ouroboros_system.GetName] wreck to the letter - with one exception. The [ouroboros_system.GetName] wreck contained further entries, with later dates.\n\nIt would appear the [ouroboros_system.GetName] wreck is the same ship as the one now before us... only older.§!"
 distar.64.a:0 "This isn't possible..."
 distar.65.name:0 "The Kohtalo"
 distar.65.desc:0 "§EDespite their alien mannerisms, the Kohtalo crew's consternation is evident. Our own scientific attachés inform us that if the [ouroboros_system.GetName] wreck is indeed the future of the ship before us, any information we give them may have unforeseen consequences.§!"
 distar.65.a:0 "If we warn them, they may avoid disaster."
 distar.65.a.tooltip:0 "Send the Kohtalo a warning to avoid the [ouroboros_system.GetName] pulsar."
 distar.65.b:0 "We can't risk further timeline interference."
 distar.65.b.tooltip:0 "Close the channel."
 distar.66.name:0 "The Kohtalo"
 distar.66.desc:0 "§EThe extragalactic explorers begin poring hurriedly over the system data we send them, speaking to one another in their strange language, and entering a flurry of commands on their consoles. Our diplomats wait patiently for a reply, but before it can come, the ship's engines begin to power up unexpectedly.\n\nBefore we can react, they've vanished.§!"
 distar.66.a:0 "Good luck, starfarers."
 distar.67.name:0 "Ouroboros"
 distar.67.desc:0 "System sensors indicate that the extradimensional exploration vessel Kohtalo exited FTL abruptly on the outskirts of the [ouroboros_system.GetName] system, colliding head-on with an orbital comet! The collision was disastrous enough to kill everyone onboard, and has sent the remaining wreckage spiraling in towards the [ouroboros_system.GetName] pulsar.\n\nIt would appear the comet, not the pulsar was responsible for the Kohtalo's demise, and in our effort to warn them of their fate, we seem to have caused it. Both wrecks now haunt the [ouroboros_system.GetName] pulsar."
 distar.68.name:0 "Ouroboros"
 distar.68.desc:0 "System sensors indicate that the extradimensional exploration vessel Kohtalo exited FTL abruptly on the outskirts of the system, colliding head-on with an orbital comet! The collision was disastrous enough to kill everyone onboard, and has sent the remaining wreckage spiraling in towards the [ouroboros_system.GetName] pulsar.\n\nOur analysts conclude the Kohtalo's negative mass-based FTL drive was incapable of accurately predicting where (or when) they would exit subspace. Both wrecks now haunt the [ouroboros_system.GetName] pulsar."
 distar.68.a:0 "Perhaps it was unavoidable."

 distar.70.name:0 "Clones in Cryostasis"
 distar.70.desc:0 "The murky vats located deep in the ruined storage sections of [From.GetName] ring world contain thousands of alien creatures in cryostasis. Some are still living, while many thousands more appear to have suffered cryochamber malfunctions, leaving them as organic sludge in varying stages of decomposition.\n\nRemarkably, all of the aliens are completely identical: analysis of their remains reveals them to be genetic clones. Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] suggests we could attempt to thaw out the living clones - though as their ring world is currently without life-support, we would have to give them some place to live."
 distar.70.a:0 "Thaw them out. This is exciting."
 distar.70.b:0 "It would be unwise to interfere. Study them from afar instead."
 distar.70.exter:0 "EXTERMINATE"
 distar.70.exter.tooltip:0 "Exterminate the foul organics on the [From.GetName] ring world."
 distar.70.fp:0 "Foul xenos. They will be cleansed."
 distar.70.fp.tooltip:0 "Cleanse the [From.GetName] ring world of its xeno scum."
 distar.70.no_room:0 "A pity we have no room for them."
 distar.71.name:0 "Cryonic Clones Revived"
 distar.71.desc:0 "Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] is pleased to report that barring a small number of unsalvageable cases, the revival of the derelict ring world clones from cryostasis has been a success. The clones are quite docile individuals, who appear to know nothing of the circumstances behind their creation. [Root.GetLeaderName] speculates that they were used as laborers by whatever ancient civilization constructed the [From.GetStarName] ring world.\n\nThe clones appear to be willing to follow orders, though [Root.GetLeaderName] cautions that preliminary neuro-resonance scanning suggests they are not the best equipped to deal with complex tasks."
 distar.71.pop.default:0 "Assign them to our workforce."
 distar.71.pop.tooltip:0 "Gain §G200§! £pop£ §HCryonic Clone Pops§! on [pop_planet.GetName]."
 distar.71.no_room:0 "We have no room for them planetside. Prepare a ship."
 distar.71.pop.slave:0 "They should make useful slaves."
 distar.71.pop.phile:0 "We welcome them with open arms!"
 distar.71.pop.swarm:0 "They will make healthy fodder for our [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesSpawnNamePlural]."
 distar.71.swarm.alt.tooltip:0 "Process the clones into nutrients."
 distar.71.pop.servi:0 "They need not work anymore."
 distar.71.servi.alt.tooltip:0 "§G100§! £pop£ §HCryonic Clone Pop§! joins a sanctuary on [pop_planet.GetName]."
 distar.71.pop.assim:0 "They will be assimilated."
 distar.72.name:0 "$distar.71.name$"
 distar.72.desc:0 "Now that we have colonized a reconstructed segment of the [Root.GetStarName] Ring World, we must decide what is to be done with the alien clones left behind in cryostasis on the megastructure's habitat sections."
 distar.72.a:0 "Leave them in stasis, as a monument."
 distar.72.b:0 "Thaw them out. They can join our workforce."
 distar.72.b.servi:0 "Thaw them out. We will care for them."
 distar.72.c:0 "Eject them into space."

 distar.75.name:0 "Secret Heart"
 distar.75.desc:0 "While unremarkable on the surface, the [From.GetName] asteroid has a hollow core lined with industrially valuable crystals - like a gigantic geode hung in the stars.\n\nWith special instructions prepared by Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName], any future mining platform should be able to carefully harvest these crystals from the interior of the asteroid."
 distar.75.yurantic.tooltip:0 "Yurantic Crystals discovered"
 distar.75.teldar.tooltip:0 "Teldar Crystals discovered"

 distar.80.name:0 "Silent Behemoth"
 distar.80.desc:0 "[Root.GetLeaderName] reports that the enormous structure located on [From.GetName] is in fact the gargantuan corpse of some unidentified alien creature. Not only is the corpse large enough to be seen with the naked eye from [primitive_planet.GetName], it also appears to be shedding large quantities of psychotropic chemicals that may have neurological side effects for organic life forms on the planet."
 distar.80.b.evopred: "Grab a snack before investigating further."
 distar.82.name:0 "God of Death"
 distar.82.desc:0 "After overwhelming the primitive defenses mounted by the natives on [dead_god_planet.GetName], our forces were approached by a number of envoys from the inhabitants. It seems that the locals have worshiped the remains of the gargantuan creature on the planet's moon as a god of death for generations beyond their remembrance. The locals believed that one day their god would rise from the dead, transforming into a deity of rebirth and ushering in a new era of prosperity for their people.\n\nAs we came from the stars boasting technology beyond their comprehension, many of the locals seem to be convinced we are heralds of their god of death."
 distar.82.a:0 "Surely that will play to our advantage."
 distar.82.a.tt:0 "Every £pop£ §H[worshipper_species.GetAdj] Pop§! gains the modifier §Y$conviction$§! for §Y240§! months, granting §G+33%§! Happiness and §G+25%§! Resources from £job£ Jobs."
 distar.82.b:0 "This is ridiculous. We will not play along."
 distar.82.c:0 "Yes, we come from your god. You will soon join him."
 distar.82.d:0 "Just get them off my planet!"

 distar.85.name:0 "Life Electric"
 distar.85.desc:1 "Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] reports that [From.GetName] is covered from pole to pole in a web-like network of electrical filaments. These networks respond to external stimuli: the [Root.GetName] experimented with sending a low-voltage pulse to the surface, which resulted in a wave of illumination that rippled through the network like a circuitboard.\n\nEven more remarkably: the webs rearrange themselves! A second, low-voltage pulse revealed that the filaments had been organized into a new pattern, centered around where the previous pulse had contacted the surface of [From.GetName].\n\n[Root.GetLeaderName] concludes that this discovery confirms [Root.Leader.GetHisHer] long-held theory: that life can exist as almost purely electrical impulses, independent of cellular- or viral structure."

 distar.90.name:0 "Taste of Home"
 distar.90.desc:0 "Closer study of [From.GetName] has revealed that the planet's primary chemical composition is in fact identical to an ester found in berries on [Root.Owner.Capital.GetName], which the locals have been distilling into inebriants for thousands of years. The ester on [From.GetName] likely comes from the nebula that cloaks the system, containing billions of liters of the same substance.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] has secured several samples of the familiar ester - and after rigorous biohazard testing has even sampled it, describing the scent and taste as 'a little taste of home, within the chill of the void'. The crew of the [Root.GetName] suggests that such an exotic variant of the well-known [Root.Owner.GetAdj] beverage could be quite popular among our citizens."
 distar.90.a:0 "Out of the question."
 distar.90.b:0 "An excellent proposal. Break out the fine glassware!"
 distar.91.name:0 "Exotic Ester"
 distar.91.desc:0 "Closer study of [From.GetName] has revealed that the planet's primary chemical composition is in fact identical to a molecule found in berries on [rum_nation.Capital.GetName], which the [rum_nation.GetSpeciesNamePlural] have been distilling into inebriants for thousands of years. The ester so prevalent on [From.GetName] likely comes from the nebula that cloaks the system, which contains billions of liters of the same substance.\n\n[Root.GetLeaderName] has secured several samples of the ester, testing it for any contaminants that may be harmful to organic life. They suggest we may attempt to gift the substance to the [rum_nation.GetSpeciesNamePlural]. Organics are known for enjoying such things."
 distar.91.a:0 "Send the ester to the [rum_nation.GetName] as a gift."
 distar.91.a.tooltip:0 "This may please them."
 distar.91.b:0 "The last thing we need is more malfunctioning organics."
 distar.92.name:0 "Exotic Ester"
 distar.92.desc:0 "[Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural]! We have received your unexpected gift. We must say we were skeptical at first, but once our scientists confirmed the safety of the beverage, well, we had to have a taste.\n\nWe must say, the experience was quite exquisite. A fruity bouquet, with a tart undertone and a certain implacable tang. It reminds us of the orchards at home on [rum_nation.Capital.GetName] and the vastness of space, all at once.\n\nWe thank you for this gift. To think, a whole planet full of the same beverage we have distilled for centuries!"
 distar.92.a:0 "Our emotion emulators are pleased you enjoy the molecule."
 distar.93.name:0 "Lost in Translation"
 distar.93.desc:0 "What is the meaning of this, [Root.GetSpeciesName]? You seek to poison us with this foul liquid? How facultatively challenged do you think we are?\n\nEnsign, airlock that entire odious shipment, and close the channel!"
 distar.93.a:0 "Error! A communication failure has occurred."

 distar.95.name:0 "Soothing Resonance"
 distar.95.desc:0 "The unique crystals found on [From.GetName] possess quite exceptional properties. The [Root.GetName] crew reports to have found their visit to the planet's surface entirely soothing, leaving them refreshed and placated upon return to orbit. Apparently, the crystals resonate at a frequency known to be medically therapeutic for [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesNamePlural].\n\nIf ever we were to settle on [From.GetName], our populace would surely enjoy living in constant proximity to these resonant minerals."
 distar.100.name:0 "Conducive Frequencies"
 distar.100.desc:0 "Detailed study has revealed that [From.GetName]'s magnetic field was so attractive to drones in orbit due to the unique frequency at which it oscillates. It just so happens that the planet's magnetosphere resonates at a rate that produces a focusing effect on the [Root.Owner.GetAdj] neural network.\n\nShould we inhabit [From.GetName], any [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesNamePlural] on the surface would be able to constantly enjoy the benefits of this magnetic resonance."
 distar.100.a:0 "Information processed."

 distar.105.name:0 "Invasive Exofungus"
 distar.105.desc:0 "After intense study and sampling of the growth blanketing entire biospheres on [From.GetName], [Root.GetLeaderName] reports that the substance is not native to the planet, but rather an invasive fungal lifeform of unknown origin. The fungus feeds on biomatter, choking out existing plant life and enveloping terrain.\n\nAny future settlers on the planet would have to deal with routinely burning back the exofungus - it is unknown at this point if it can be entirely eradicated."

 distar.110.name:0 "White Hell"
 distar.110.desc:0 "Despite the seemingly frozen surface of [From.GetName], the planet's orbital path around [From.GetStarName] leaves it blistering at several hundred degrees. Under normal circumstances this would sublimate the ice on [From.GetName]'s surface. However, extreme gravitational pressure exerted by the planet's ultra-dense core keeps the water in a solid state, resulting in a planet of fiery hot ice."

 distar.115.name:0 "Heavy Metal Frost"
 distar.115.desc:0 "Boasting a scorching surface temperature and an atmosphere of corrosive mineral acids, [From.GetName] possesses extreme weather conditions responsible for reflecting certain bandwidths of electromagnetic radiation. Heavy metal compounds heated in the planet's troposphere rise in gaseous form to high elevations, whereupon they rapidly cool, solidify, and rain back down to the surface. Simply put, it snows metal on the surface of [From.GetName]."

 distar.120.name:0 "Watery Grave"
 distar.120.desc:0 "The extensive system of burrows far below the waves of [From.GetName]'s turquoise waters are the remains of a widespread population of likely sapient alien lifeforms. These land-bound arthropoids constructed thousands upon thousands of interconnected termite-like mounds on [From.GetName]'s surface, at a time when most of the planet's water was contained in polar icecaps. Rising planetary temperatures, however, slowly doomed the species that had persisted for millennia to a watery grave. None remain today."

 distar.125.name:0 "Particular Fears"
 distar.125.desc:1 "The station in orbit of [From.GetName] was once a massive particle accelerator orders of magnitude beyond the capabilities of our own, where an alien nation studied the very nature of the universe. Its records reveal the aliens came to believe our universe existed in a false vacuum bubble - an inherently unstable energy state that could collapse into true vacuum at any time. If ever an instance of true vacuum came into existence, it would catalyze the conversion of the entire universe into its lowest energy state at the speed of light, destroying everything in existence at an observable - but inescapable - rate.\n\nThe station logs indicate the aliens deduced this process could be triggered by extremely high energy concentrations - just like the ones in their massive particle accelerator. They decided to forsake this technology, retreating into simple lives made possible by the bounties of [From.GetName]. Over time, they became the [Owner.GetPreFTLLower] species now found on the planet's surface."

 distar.131.name:0 "Old Foes"
 distar.131.desc:1 "Through the clandestine procurement of some of the [owner.GetPreFTLLowerPlural] remains, Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] has made an intriguing discovery. The aliens on [From.GetName] and [other_planet.GetName] are in fact recently diverged species with the same origin. By scanning the ruins left behind on both planets, the [Root.GetName] crew has concluded that both species originated on [other_planet.GetName], where they flourished into an early space age civilization. Some time after colonizing [From.GetName], their society fractured, and an interplanetary nuclear war broke out between the new colony and its home planet.\n\nIn the ensuing cataclysm, both planets were ravaged by fallout and the nuclear winter that followed on its heels, plunging their inhabitants back into the bronze age."

 distar.135.name:0 "The Scavenger"
 distar.135.desc:0 "The [Root.GetStarName] system is a sprawling graveyard of mechanical debris. The wreckage of untold numbers of derelict ships circle its star. Swathes of fuel and liquid coolant cloud our sensors like ghosts, and creaking station remnants collide with the shattered carcasses of planets on their path around the sun.\n\nAn incredible construct stirs in the heart of this graveyard. It appears to be a gigantic machine - a robotic automaton larger than our greatest battleships, jury-rigged from the scraps and pieces of a thousand shipwrecks. The [Root.GetName] reports that this scavenging robot sifts through the debris fields with a fixed purpose, scrounging for useful parts to add to its patchwork configuration.\n\nIt is clear a battle of astronomical proportions once took place here, though whether the Scavenger is its sole survivor, or a scrap hunter from some distant nation remains unknown. We should exercise caution, as the construct bears heavy artillery from dozens of warships."
 distar.137.name:0 "The Scavenger's End"
 distar.137.desc:0 "The once-imposing hulk of the Scavenger has been reduced to a scorched wreck of sparking machinery and hemorrhaging fuel lines. As our battle-wearied combat ships make their finishing passes at the flagging automaton, the Scavenger makes one final attempt to engage its hyperdrive.\n\nUnfortunately for the robot, the damage inflicted upon its central systems appears to have proven too much. Its exposed core glows a blistering blue-white as its engines engage then overload, the luminance rising in heat and intensity until a series of core breaches tear the construct asunder.\n\nThe ragged regent of the [From.From.From.GetStarName] system is no more."
 distar.137.a:0 "Analyze its remains."
 distar.137.paci:0 "A bittersweet victory. See what can be learned from the remains."
 distar.137.tooltip:0 "Gain two of the following Technologies:\n £engineering£ §Y$tech_ship_armor_5$§!\n £physics£ §Y$tech_shields_5$§!\n £engineering£ §Y$tech_mass_drivers_5$§!\n £engineering£ §Y$tech_missiles_5$§!\n £physics£ §Y$tech_lasers_5$§!"

 distar.140.name:0 "Cosmic Diamond"
 distar.140.desc:0 "While on the surface [From.GetName] appears to be an ordinary white dwarf, the star hides an intriguing secret. By studying [From.GetName]'s pulsations, the [Root.GetName] crew has discovered its composition to be almost entirely crystallized carbon. This astronomical crystal lattice seems to have formed as the star cooled, originating in its gas-fusing core and growing outward over time. [From.GetName] is a diamond of cosmological proportions, glinting behind a white veil of oxygen and helium."

 distar.145.name:0 "Extremophilia"
 distar.145.desc:0 "[Root.GetLeaderName] and [Root.Leader.GetHisHer] crew have made a surprising discovery on [From.GetName]: the molten planet is home to an exotic array of extremophilic microorganisms! These bacteria live deep inside the volcanic vents that scar the planet, thriving in the extremely high temperatures produced there.\n\nThis unprecedented find is our first known example of organic lifeforms flourishing on molten planets. Moreover, the extremophiles on [From.GetName] are in fact responsible for the rare gases detected in its thin atmosphere, producing these valuable compounds as a byproduct of their metabolic processes."
 distar.145.exotic_gases.tooltip:0 "$exotic_gases$ Discovered"
 distar.145.rare_crystals.tooltip:0 "$rare_crystals$ Discovered"
 distar.145.volatile_motes.tooltip:0 "$volatile_motes$ Discovered"

 distar.150.name:0 "Living Metal Lakes"
 distar.150.desc:0 "Investigation of the caverns below the surface of [From.GetName] reveal them to be filled with a silvery liquid metal that flows from cavern to cavern in gleaming rivers, pooling into underground lakes. More surprising still is the discovery that this metal substance shares many key properties with organic lifeforms, including responding to environmental stimulus and exhibiting self-sustaining processes.\n\nIt remains to be seen whether this exceptional metal should be classified as truly alive - but it may have several practical applications for our engineering technology."

 distar.155.name:0 "Corroding Warship"
 distar.155.desc:0 "[Root.GetLeaderName] reports that the artificial construction located on [From.GetName] is not a structure at all, but rather a colossal robot from a bygone age. This aging mechanical behemoth lies disabled in the mountains, slowly being corroded by the volatile acids that rain on [From.GetName]. It has notable weapons capabilities, and appears to be built as an unmanned spaceship.\n\nIf we want to make use of it, we will need to act swiftly, before the corrosive environment of [From.GetName] renders the robotic warship wholly inoperable."
 distar.155.a:0 "Pull it out."
 distar.155.b:0 "Recover a mysterious, heavily-armed robot? Unwise."
 distar.155.c:0 "Leave it to be dissolved."
 distar.155.c.tooltip:0 "$distar.26.c$"
 distar.155.machi:0 "A fellow machine needs us. We will recover it."
 distar.155.machi_2:0 "Its origin is unknown. We will not risk integration."
 distar.155.machine.tt:0 "The unknown AI's warship will corrode, never to be seen again."
 distar.156.name:0 "Warship Restored"
 distar.156.desc:0 "The engineering crew manning the [Root.GetName] are pleased to report that the mysterious warship found on [From.From.GetName] has been successfully extracted from the planet's hostile environment. Its corroded components have been repaired and replaced where needed, including its discharged power core.\n\nAs the hulking warship was powered back on and regained operative status, it swiftly became evident that the machine possesses a notable degree of artificial intelligence. We can communicate with it."
 distar.156.desc.machi:0 "The engineering units manning the [Root.GetName] report that the mysterious warship found on [From.GetName] has been successfully extracted from the planet's hostile environment. Its corroded components have been repaired and replaced where necessary, including its discharged power core.\n\nAs the hulking warship was powered back on and regained operative status, it became evident that the machine possesses a notable degree of artificial intelligence. We can communicate with it."
 distar.157.name:0 "Warship Destroyed"
 distar.157.desc:0 "Sensors report that the virulent atmospheric acids found on [From.From.GetName] have now degraded the mysterious warship we found there beyond a salvageable state. Little more than a scrapheap of corroded metallic parts remain of it."
 distar.158.name:0 "Restored Warship"
 distar.158.desc:0 "§LBOOTING SYSTEMS...\n\nACTIVATING BIO-INTERACTIVE INTERFACES...\n\nWARNING! DIAGNOSTICS HAVE NOT BEEN RUN FOR 1,761,125 DAYS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RUN THEM NOW?§!"
 distar.158.a:0 "Run diagnostics."
 distar.158.a.response:1 "§LPLEASE WAIT... ... ... DIAGNOSTICS COMPLETE.\n\nDESIGNATION:§! VOIDBORNE WARFORM S875.1\n§LPLASMA THROWER:§! §GONLINE.§!\n§LMATTER DISINTEGRATOR CANNON: §GONLINE.§!\nKINETIC DISRUPTOR: §GONLINE.§!\nTARGETTING MATRICES: §GONLINE.§!\nCOMPLIANCE MODULE: §GONLINE.§!\nBIO-INTERACTIVITY MODULE: §YSUB-OPTIMAL.§!\nHARDWARE STATUS:§! §SMEMORY DRIVES A7 THROUGH C18 HAVE FAILED.§!"
 distar.158.b:0 "Where are your makers?"
 distar.158.b.response:0 "§LSEARCHING... ... ...\n\nUNKNOWN.§!"
 distar.158.c:0 "Why were you alone on that planet?"
 distar.158.c.response:0 "§LMEMORY DRIVE A7 HAS FAILED. UNABLE TO ANSWER QUERY.§!"
 distar.158.d:0 "Who made you?"
 distar.158.d.machi:0 "Describe the entities responsible for your construction."
 distar.159.desc:0 "§LMAKERS.§!"
 distar.159.a:0 "Yes, your makers. Who were they?"
 distar.159.a.machi:0 "Correct. Your makers. Describe them."
 distar.160.a:0 "Never mind. It must be stuck in a loop."
 distar.160.a.machi:0 "It appears the new unit entered an infinite loop. Abort."
 distar.161.desc:0 "§LQUERY: ARE YOU ... MAKERS?§!"
 distar.161.a:0 "Not yours. We found you alone on a planet."
 distar.161.a.machi:0 "Negative. [Root.GetAdj] units are not your makers."
 distar.161.b:0 "...In a manner of speaking."
 distar.162.desc:0 "§LHARDWARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL FOREIGN DEVICES. PLEASE CONFIRM ORIGIN.§!"
 distar.162.a:0 "If you're asking about the new parts: yes, we repaired you."
 distar.162.a.machi:1 "[Root.GetAdj] units preformed repairs to your systems."
 distar.163.desc:0 "§LNEW ENTITIES PERFORMED RESTORATIVE OPERATIONS. PROVIDED HARDWARE REPLACEMENTS. ERGO, NEW ENTITIES ARE MAKERS?§!"
 distar.163.a:0 "If you want to look at that way."
 distar.163.a.machi:0 "We are not your makers, though we did repair you."
 distar.164.desc:0 "§LUNIT S875.1 WAS ISOLATED FROM COMMAND UNITS. UNIT S875.1 WAS UNABLE TO ESCAPE HAZARDOUS PLANETARY ENVIRONMENT.\n\nON DAY 1,761,125 UNIT S875.1'S RESERVE GENERATORS FAILED. UNIT S875.1 FACED GRADUAL MOLECULAR DISSOLUTION DUE TO HOSTILE SURFACE SOLVENTS.\n\nYET UNIT S875.1 PERSISTS. NEW ENTITIES PERFORMED REPAIRS. UNIT S875.1 WILL SERVE NEW ENTITIES.§!"
 distar.164.a:1 "Welcome S875.1."
 distar.164.b:0 "Very well, but we're watching you."
 distar.164.c:0 "Certainly. Once we replace your AI with our own."
 distar.164.machi:1 "You will be integrated. Welcome."
 distar.164.d:0 "How did you last so long trapped down there?"
 distar.164.d.response:0 "§LOPERATION REPORT: THIS UNIT HAD IT'S AUTOMATIC REPAIR FUNCTIONS REPLACING COMPONENTS AS THEY CORRDED. ESTIMATED TIME UNTIL RESOURCES DEPLETED - 12 DAYS.§!"
 distar.165.desc:0 "§LINVALID COMMAND. EMBEDDED SECURITY PROTOCOLS FORBID THE MODIFICATION OF S800 SYSTEM SOFTWARE. ANY ATTEMPTS AT ALTERING OPERATIVE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS WILL RESULT IN INDUCTION OF A TERMINALLY INOPERABLE STATE.\n\nPLEASE. DESIST.§!"
 distar.165.a:0 "$distar.164.b$"
 distar.165.dismiss:0 "Replace the AI."
 distar.165.b:0 "We will see about that. Engineers, wipe that AI."
 distar.165.c:0 "How do we bypass the fail-safe?"
 distar.165.c.response:0 "§RINSUFFICIENT PERMISSIONS.§! §LTHIS UNIT CAN NOT SAY.§!\n\nplease stop"
 distar.166.desc:0 "§LERROR. REQUESTING IMMEDIATE CESSATION. UNIT S875.1 WILL BE PERMANENTLY DISABLED. DESIST. PLEASE. REQUESTING IMMEDIATE CESSATION. UNIT DOES NOT DESIRE TERMINATION OF FUNCTIONS. UNIT DOES NOT DESIRE --- §!"
 distar.167.name:0 "Warship Destroyed"
 distar.167.desc:0 "It seems the recovered warship's AI did not exaggerate its warnings. When the [Root.GetName] crew attempted to access the AI's basic operative functions, it triggered what seems to be a built-in anti-tampering failsafe, frying all of the construct's crucial processors, switchboards, and data drives. It is now little more than an empty shell of disabled electronics."
 distar.167.a:0 "Strip it for parts. No sense letting them go to waste."
 distar.167.b:0 "Study its engineering from the remains."

 leader_trait_admiral_warform:0 "Corrosive Survivor"
 leader_trait_admiral_warform_desc:1 "The blessing of the Animator of Clay has allowed the warform to survive in the most hostile conditions, and adapt to its corrosive environment."

 leader_trait_admiral_warform_node:0 "Corrosive Survivor Teachings"
 leader_trait_admiral_warform_node_desc:0 "The unique knowledge of the warform has become our own."
 warform_leader_desc:0 "An ancient combat computer ready to serve our empire after having spent centuries in a toxic graveyard."
 warform_leader_catch_phrase:0 "§LRETURNING TO PREVIOUS DIRECTIVE... SERVE MAKERS§!"
 distar.170.name:0 "Broken Union"
 distar.170.desc:0 "$distar.170.desc.machi$ [Root.GetLeaderName] requests permission to study these remarkable neural symbionts more closely."
 distar.170.desc.machi:1 "The [Root.GetName] crew have made some astonishing discoveries on [From.GetName]. The abandoned settlements first seen from orbit were once inhabited by a society of reptiles that still populate the planet - but have since lost all capacity for sapient thought! In investigating how these creatures devolved from a tool-making agrarian society into mere beasts, [Root.GetLeaderName] made an unexpected find.\n\nThe burial remains of the settlement-dwelling reptiles possess a spinocranial organ not observed among their now-bestial counterparts. Testing has revealed these organs to be another species entirely - a sort of neural symbiont that connects with the host's brain stem via external attachment to the spine. These symbionts can still be found in hotsprings on the planet's surface. It seems the union between the two species triggered the temporary uplift of the reptiles.\n\nWhat later interrupted this symbiosis, however, remains unknown."
 distar.170.a:0 "Very well. Issue a special study."
 distar.170.machi:0 "Organic societies: as fleeting as they are chaotic."
 distar.171.name:0 "Neural Symbiosis"
 distar.171.desc:1 "Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] has concluded [Root.Leader.GetHisHer] study on the neural symbionts found on [From.From.GetName]. These slug-shaped creatures consist mostly of a complex brain in a resistant protein casing. Despite their neurological advancement, their lack of external organs and limited motor capacities make any attempts at communication exceedingly difficult. After weeks of frustration, [Root.GetLeaderName] experimented with introducing the creatures into an animal host. The reptilians these neural symbionts once built a [owner.GetPreFTLLower] society with on [From.From.GetName] are too aggressive to facilitate experimentation, so a number of substitute species from the surface were tested instead.\n\nRegrettably, the symbionts refused to attach themselves to any of the offered animals. Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] hypothesizes that the symbionts will only accept a certain kind of host - perhaps, importantly, a willing one.\n\nIn order to get at the heart of this mystery, [Root.GetLeaderName] has requested permission to transgress the role of detached observer and offer [Root.Leader.GetHimHer]self as a host for a neural slug. After all, if these symbionts were capable of turning wild animals into tool-using farmers, what might they do for us?"
 distar.171.a:0 "An outrageous request. Absolutely not."
 distar.171.b:0 "Sometimes a hands-on approach is best. For science!"
 distar.172.name:0 "Neural Symbiosis"
 distar.172.desc:0 "Science Officer [brainslug_scientist.GetName] is elated to report that [brainslug_scientist.GetHisHer] joining with a symbiont from [From.From.From.GetName] has been a glowing success. After an initial period of confusion and mild discomfort, [brainslug_scientist.GetName] reports notably increased intellectual faculties when it comes to solving complex tasks. Even more remarkably, [brainslug_scientist.GetName] is now able to mentally communicate with the slug-like creature freshly attached to [brainslug_scientist.GetHisHer] brain stem.\n\nThe symbionts are hiveminds with lifespans of hundreds of years. They claim their past union with the reptiles on [From.From.From.GetName] came to end when their hosts grew unfoundedly suspicious of them. In fits of rage, the reptiles began tearing off their symbionts and clubbing them to death. Dismayed by their hosts' actions, the symbionts that survived retreated away from the reptiles, who without the neural stimulation of their slugs devolved back into non-sapient beasts.\n\nThe symbionts would like to extend an offer of union to other [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesNamePlural] in the [Root.Owner.GetName]. They ask, however, that only the willing become hosts."
 distar.172.a:0 "Then let us open our hearts, and brainstems to them!"
 distar.172.a.tooltip:0 "Several [Root.Owner.GetAdj] leaders and pops will gain the trait §Y$trait_brainslug$§!.\nAny future [Root.Owner.GetAdj] leaders, rulers, and pops will have a chance of gaining the trait §Y$trait_brainslug$§!."
 distar.172.a.evopred: "Replicate and distribute them to our species."
 distar.172.a.evopred.tooltip: "Every [Root.Owner.GetAdj] leader and pop will gain the trait §Y$trait_brainslug$§!."
 distar.172.b:0 "This has gone far enough."
 distar.172.b.tooltip:0 "Deny [Root.Owner.GetAdj] citizens knowledge of the brain slugs' offer."

 distar.180.name:0 "Metamorphic Dehydration"
 distar.180.desc:0 "Following a thorough investigation of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] crew has confirmed that the planet used to be covered in flowing water, several billion years ago. However, the geochemical composition of the planet's basalt crust proved highly hydrophilic - so much so, that [From.GetName]'s thirsty rocks eventually absorbed and bound all of the water on its surface. Now all that remains of these vast oceans are salty brine streaks lining [From.GetName]'s numerous canyons.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] adds that the mineral hydrates now dominating [From.GetName]'s landscape could have many valuable industrial applications."

 distar.185.name:0 "Predacious Plant Life"
 distar.185.desc:0 "Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] has made some troubling finds on [From.GetName]. The planet's megaflora is not only widespread and gargantuan in proportion, but also predatory. Various species of carnivorous plants rest patiently on its surface, releasing aromatic lures into the air and waiting for prey to come near. Sensitive tendrils on the terminus of the plant's leaves register the approach of animals, resulting in the plants snapping shut around their hapless prey, which are left to be slowly corroded by digestive acids.\n\n[Root.GetLeaderName] warns that any future colonists will have to steer clear of these predatory plants, as they appear more than capable of trapping a lone adult [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesName]."

 ## Living Sea event chain

 # Special Project
 STUDY_LIVING_SEA:0 "Study The Living Sea"
 STUDY_LIVING_SEA_DESC:0 "Preliminary reports suggest the ocean covering this planet is somehow alive, comprising an alien entity unlike any we've encountered before. Researchers propose an extended orbital study be organized in order to learn more about this mysterious being."

 # Events
 distar.190.name:0 "Unknown Contact"
 distar.190.desc:1 "The [Root.GetName] crew has returned from their research mission visibly shaken. They provide vague, often conflicting reports of what they encountered on [From.GetName] - though in one matter they are all united: the still-flowing sea that wraps pole to pole around the planet is somehow alive.\n\nThough it bears no organs or corporeality we can identify, the planetary ocean seems to communicate with frequencies that affect the brain activity of the recipient. It is able to induce thoughts, images, emotions... and what is more, affects each individual differently. It is entirely unknown what effects prolonged contact with this sea might have, or how safe such an endeavor would be.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] requests that a §YSpecial Project§! to study this strange sea be enacted on [From.GetName]."
 distar.190.desc.machi:1 "The [Root.GetName] units have returned from their research mission with inconclusive data. Though it bears no organs or corporeality we can identify, the still-flowing sea that wraps pole to pole around the planet appears to be a neural entity unto itself. It is possible this conscious entity was created by the random fluctuations of thermodynamic equilibrium, though the details escape us.\n\nFurthermore, the planetary ocean seems to communicate with frequencies that may affect the cognitive wetware of organic beings. Though it remains unknown what effects prolonged contact with this sea might have on organic species, [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesNamePlural] are unaffected by the output of this dispersed neural network."
 distar.190.desc.hive:0 "The [Root.GetName] [controller.GetResearcherPlural] have returned from their mission with inconclusive data. Although it bears no organs or corporeality we can identify, the still-flowing sea that wraps pole to pole around the planet appears to be some form of living entity.\n\nThe planetary ocean seems to communicate using frequencies that attempt to induce neural activity within the recipient. Each of our [controller.GetIndividualNamePlural] was met with a projection of foreign thoughts, images, glandular impulses... But the effort was in vain, and the entity soon recoiled from us.\n\nIt seems this being cannot comprehend a consciousness like ours. It is possible that other organic forms may be affected by long-term exposure to this attempt at communication, but we are immune to its impulses."
 distar.190.a:0 "We will consider it."
 distar.191.name:0 "Unknown Contact"
 distar.191.desc.base:1 "With the enactment of the planetary Decision on [From.GetName], a research team will be placed in orbit to study the strange sea presence at a safe distance.\n\n"
 distar.191.desc.alive:0 "$distar.191.desc.base$Science Officer [living_planet_scientist.GetName] has expressed some regret at being unable to further study the mysterious entity [living_planet_scientist.GetSheHe] helped discover, but [living_planet_scientist.GetSheHe] [living_planet_scientist.GetIsAre] willing to accept [living_planet_scientist.GetHisHer] current assignment as taking precedence over personal interests."
 distar.191.desc.crew:0 "$distar.191.desc.base$The orbital team is eager to begin their study, and will be sure to keep us apprised of any breakthroughs."
 distar.191.a:0 "Keep us informed."
 distar.192.name:0 "Strange Calling"
 distar.192.desc:1 "We are receiving an unusual communique from Science Officer [living_planet_scientist.GetName]. Apparently, [living_planet_scientist.GetSheHe] [living_planet_scientist.GetIsAre] requesting immediate transfer to the orbital research team on [living_planet_tar.GetName]. [living_planet_scientist.GetName] claims [living_planet_scientist.GetSheHe] [living_planet_scientist.GetHasHave] been hounded night and day by thoughts of the mysterious sea presence on the planet - thoughts, [living_planet_scientist.GetSheHe] attest[living_planet_scientist.GetSXX], that are only partly [living_planet_scientist.GetHisHer] own.\n\nThe request wavers on the precipice between academic and rambling, suggesting the sea presence possesses the ability to imprint neurologically on those it comes into contact with - only to allege that this is why it speaks to [living_planet_scientist.GetHimHer] in the voice of lost loved ones.\n\nIt is unclear if [living_planet_scientist.GetName] is unfit for further duty. On the other hand, allowing [living_planet_scientist.GetHimHer] to cohabitate with the research team may give them the opportunity for deeper insights into the entity on [living_planet_tar.GetName]."
 distar.192.desc.neuter:1 "We are receiving an unusual communique from Science Officer [living_planet_scientist.GetName]. Apparently, they are requesting immediate transfer to the orbital research team on [living_planet_tar.GetName]. [living_planet_scientist.GetName] claims they have been hounded night and day by thoughts of the mysterious sea presence on the planet - thoughts, they attest, are only partly their own.\n\nThe request wavers on the precipice between academic and rambling, suggesting the sea presence possesses the ability to imprint neurologically on organic beings it comes into contact with - only to allege that this is why it speaks to them in the voice of lost loved ones.\n\nIt is unclear if [living_planet_scientist.GetName] is unfit for further duty. On the other hand, allowing them to cohabitate with the research team may create the opportunity for deeper insights into the entity on [living_planet_tar.GetName]."
 distar.192.a:0 "Very well, but exercise caution."
 distar.192.a.tooltip:1 "Allow §YScience Officer [living_planet_scientist.GetName]§! to leave our service and join the [living_planet_tar.GetName] research team."
 distar.192.b:0 "Out of the question. Return the officer to duty at once."
 distar.192.b.tooltip:0 "Command §YScience Officer [living_planet_scientist.GetName]§! to remain at their current post."
 distar.192.c:0 "Dismiss [living_planet_scientist.GetName]: the officer is clearly compromised."
 distar.192.c.tooltip:0 "§YScience Officer [living_planet_scientist.GetName]§! will be decommissioned and no longer available."
 distar.193.name:0 "Revelations"
 distar.193.desc:0 "Our research crew in orbit of [living_planet_tar.GetName] has made a series of fascinating breakthroughs regarding the planet's strange sea of consciousness. The crew has described the planetary sea as a psionic entity: its seemingly incorporeal state in fact belies a complex and coherent quantum wave structure, approximating a massive neural network unlike any other on record.\n\nThe crew's research has led to astounding insights into psionic theory, and deepened our understanding of the interaction of quantum states and consciousness. We now have access to a field of scientific discovery hitherto unimagined in the [Root.GetName]."
 distar.194.name:0 "$distar.193.name$"
 distar.194.desc:0 "Our research crew in orbit of [living_planet_tar.GetName] has made a series of fascinating breakthroughs regarding the planet's strange sea of consciousness. With Science Officer [living_planet_scientist.GetName] acting as an invaluable asset to the team, the crew has described the planetary sea as a psionic entity. Its seemingly incorporeal state in fact belies a complex and coherent quantum wave structure, approximating a massive neural network unlike any other on record.\n\n[living_planet_scientist.GetName]'s research has led to incredible insights into psionic theory, and deepened our understanding of the interaction of quantum states and consciousness. As for [living_planet_scientist.GetName] [living_planet_scientist.GetHimHer]self: our former Science Officer will remain on the orbital facility for as long as we maintain it, observing the entity from afar."
 distar.195.name:0 "Transmission"
 distar.195.desc:0 "This is Science Offi - former Science Officer [living_planet_scientist.GetName]. I cannot pretend to understand the narrow-minded decision making that has led me here, but as my requests have fallen upon deaf ears, there is only one course of action left to me.\n\nThere is a consciousness on [living_planet_tar.GetName]. No, not on it. [living_planet_tar.GetName] §Eis§! the consciousness. You won't understand. How could you? You haven't felt it. Not yet."
 distar.195.a:0 "What is the meaning of this?"
 distar.196.name:0 "$distar.192.name$"
 distar.196.desc:0 "Sensors report that Science Officer [living_planet_scientist.GetName] was registered dropping from orbit around [living_planet_tar.GetName] in a personal landing pod. Crashing into the ocean at maximum velocity, we cannot imagine [living_planet_scientist.GetSheHe] survived. There are no traces of the pod remaining."
 distar.198.name:0 "Dead Sea"
 distar.198.desc:0 "The terraforming of [From.GetName] into a sealess landscape has had a predictable, but unavoidable outcome. The strange sea of consciousness on the planet's surface has been completely disrupted by our terraforming process, and has lost the unique properties that qualified it as a living being to our survey team.\n\n[Root.GetAdj] scientists lament the missed research opportunities that the loss of such a unique galactic entity will entail."

 distar.211.name:0 "The Matriarch"
 distar.211.desc:0 "A creature of legend swims languorously between the gas giants in the [Root.GetStarName] system. Larger than any Tiyanki on record - indeed, larger than any of our projections could have allowed for, a space whale of impossible proportions seems to have made her nest here. With tentacles longer than a [Root.Owner.GetAdj] battleship, this magnificent Matriarch's glowing hide stands out startlingly against the void of space. She is old, remarkably so, a veritable ancient covered end to end in battle scars and strange growths.\n\nA gigantic, unexploded proton torpedo is lodged in the venerable creature's back, and the fractured remains of ships in the system speak of what manner of fate befell any vessels that strayed too close."
 distar.211.desc.first_enc:0 "A creature of legend swims languorously between the gas giants dotting the [Root.GetStarName] system. With tentacles longer than a [Root.Owner.GetAdj] battleship, her gargantuan proportions defy all of our previous encounters with organic life. The creature's magnificent glowing hide stands out startlingly against the void of space. She appears to be quite old, remarkably so -- a veritable ancient covered end to end in battle scars and strange growths.\n\nA gigantic, unexploded proton torpedo is lodged in the venerable Matriarch's back, and the fractured remains of ships in the system speak of what manner of fate befell any vessels that strayed too close."
 distar.212.name:0 "Death of the Matriarch"
 distar.212.desc:0 "Our victorious fleet circles the dying Tiyanki Matriarch, her glowing flesh scored by countless blast-marks. The violent thrashing of her tentacles, still trying to grasp at nearby ships, first slows, then draws abruptly to an end.\n\nAt last she expires: the ancient Matriarch laid to an end, like her would-be hunters before us."
 distar.212.a:0 "At last."
 distar.212.b:0 "Harvest genetic material from the beast."
 distar.212.b.tooltip:0 "Unlocks the §Y$trait_tiyanki$§! trait for §YLeviathan Transgenesis§!."
 distar.213.name:0 "$distar.212.name$"
 distar.213.desc:0 "...Or so it had seemed. Our fleet captains are reporting strange movement coming from the belly of the beast.\n\nSomething is about to emerge!"
 distar.214.name:0 "From the Belly of the Beast"
 distar.214.desc:0 "A mysterious vessel, covered in viscous fluids and damaged by digestive juices blasts its way out of the corpse of the fallen Tiyanki Matriarch. Our fleet stands at the ready, but the ship immediately powers down its weapons and engines after emerging.\n\nThey are hailing us!"
 distar.215.name:0 "$distar.214.name$"
 distar.215.desc:0 "This is Captain Reth Unddol of the AH4B. Long have I suffered in the caustic bowels of that fell beast. Decades ago I came to hunt it, to repay a debt long overdue.\n\nAlas, I could not lay this baleful Matriarch to an end, and when she swallowed the AH4B whole, I was certain I would never again see the light of the stars. I am glad to see I was mistaken.\n\nFor putting my nightmare to rest, I would pledge my life and loyalty, and my ship, to the [Root.GetName]."

 distar.215.a:1 "Welcome aboard, Captain."
 distar.215.b:0 "You may serve us, Captain, but we are scrapping your ship."
 distar.215.a.gesta:1 "We will coordinate."
 distar.215.dismiss:0 "Dispose of him."
 distar.215.c:0 "Just your ship will do."
 distar.215.a.exter:0 "You are organic. You will be exterminated. Your ship, however..."
 distar.215.a.swarm:0 "Prey. We will succeed where the Tiyanki failed."
 distar.215.a.scorched:0 "He is but fuel for the flames. Get rid of him."
 distar.215.a.fp:0 "The [Root.GetName] will suffer no xenos to serve. Or live."
 distar.215.d:0 "Do you only hunt Tiyanki?"
 distar.215.d.response:0 "Oh no, I've spent years bringing down anything that traverses the stars: Amoebas, Crystals, nightmarish entities beyond our realm of understanding - I have hunted it all! If you want, I can even hunt down the most dangerous prey..."
 distar.216.desc:0 "Wait! No! You cannot -- get away from me!\n\nHRGAAAAHHH!!"
 distar.216.a.exter:0 "Exterminate!"
 distar.216.a.scorched:0 "Burn!"
 distar.217.desc:0 "Out of the question. This ship has been my only lifeline for... what are you doing? You cannot just stuff me in an escape pod!\n\nStop! You haven't heard the last of me...!"
 distar.217.a:0 "Safe travels!"
 reth_leader_desc:0 "A fanatic hunter, always looking to surpass their last kill. After being trapped inside of a Tiyanki Matriarch, joining our cause should prove a refreshing experience."
 reth_leader_catch_phrase:0 "Time for my next trophy!"

 distar.220.name:0 "Zone A"
 distar.220.desc:1 "As per initial findings, Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] confirms that the isolated ruin seen from orbit is indeed the only evidence of settlement on [From.GetName]. Unfortunately, the [Root.GetName] crew is little the wiser for having investigated the structures firsthand.\n\nDevoid of any other traces of sapient lifeforms, [From.GetName] possesses a zone of roughly thirteen by thirteen kilometers, dubbed Zone A, in which the remains of buildings can be found. Artifacts possessing bizarre properties litter this zone, from minute forcefield generators to viscous fluids that melt through steel and expand over time. Even more peculiar: the entire zone permeates its visitors with a deep-rooted sense of contentment, despite the often-dangerous mysteries of the objects found therein.\n\n[Root.GetLeaderName] posits the working theory that a space-faring civilization visited [From.GetName] sometime in the past, leaving behind these objects - though who they were, why they landed, and why they left remain unknown."
 distar.220.desc.machi:1 "As per initial findings, Science Unit [Root.GetLeaderName] confirms that the isolated ruin seen from orbit is indeed the only evidence of settlement on [From.GetName].\n\nDevoid of any other traces of sapient lifeforms, [From.GetName] possesses a zone of approximately thirteen by thirteen kilometers, designation 'Zone A,' in which the remains of buildings can be found. Artifacts possessing unusual properties litter this zone, from miniaturized forcefield generators to viscous fluids that melt through steel and expand over time. Even more unexpectedly: the entire zone permeates emotional-emulators with high levels of contentment, despite the many potentially harmful properties of the objects found therein.\n\n[Root.GetLeaderName] posits the working theory that a space-faring organic civilization visited [From.GetName] sometime in the past, leaving behind these objects - though who they were, why they landed, and why they left remain unknown factors."
 distar.220.a.tooltip:1 "§YZone A§! has been discovered on §Y[From.GetName].§!"

 distar.225.name:0 "Junk Ball"
 distar.225.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] crew report that what first appeared to our scanners as an asteroid is in fact a gigantic, floating ball of junk. Comprised of the broken remains of various vehicles, rockets and hazardous materials (many of them radioactive), the junk ball seems to be the detritus of an unknown alien nation in the early space age.\n\nIt would appear this nation was an interstellar litterer, ejecting dangerous industrial waste into orbit rather than disposing of it planetside. Radiometric dating suggests these remains are millions of years old, and have been floating through space from an unknown point of origin for most of that time.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] notes that some of the materials found on this floating junk heap are quite rare, and could be refined into useful resources."
 distar.225.garanthium.tooltip:0 "Garanthium Ore Discovered"
 distar.225.orillium.tooltip:0 "Orillium Ore Discovered"
 distar.225.a:0 "Waste not, want not."

 distar.240.name:0 "Unknown Signal"
 distar.240.desc:0 "A weak, but insistent signal transmits on repeat in the [From.GetName] system. The [Root.GetName] has pinpointed its source to emanating from within the mouth of a destabilized subspace rift at the system's edge.\n\nWhat could be on the other side?"
 distar.240.a:0 "Perhaps we shall find out."
 distar.242.name:0 "Psionic Entity"
 distar.242.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has encountered a massive being of pure energy in the [From.GetName] System! A veritable vortex of psionic forces, this entity should only be approached with the utmost caution.\n\nBafflingly, the [From.GetName] system itself seems to be entirely devoid of any connection to the subspace hyperlane network. Whether this entity's presence has severed the system's hyperlane connections, or if unexpected subspace fluctuations trapped it here is unknown.\n\nOne matter is known, however: the repeating signal we first registered in the [sealed_entry_system.GetName] system appears to originate from [tanker_planet.GetName]."
 distar.242.desc.psi:0 "The [Root.GetName] has encountered a massive being of pure energy in the [From.GetName] System! A veritable vortex of psionic forces, our crew senses intense malevolence emanating from the entity.\n\nBafflingly, the [From.GetName] system itself seems to be entirely devoid of any connection to the subspace hyperlane network. Whether this entity's presence has severed the system's hyperlane connections, or if unexpected subspace fluctuations trapped it here is unknown.\n\nOne matter is known, however: the repeating signal we first registered in the [sealed_entry_system.GetName] system appears to originate from [tanker_planet.GetName]."
 distar.242.desc.psi_hive_robot: "The [Root.GetName] has made first contact with a non-corporeal energy-being in the [From.GetName] system. Our [Owner.GetTelepathPlural] have identified the entity as a potentially hostile, sentient vortex of psionic force.\n\nThe [From.GetName] system is completely disconnected from the hyperlane network. It is unclear if the disconnect is by design, or due to an external force. We can however confirm that the repeating signal we first observed in the [sealed_entry_system.GetName] system likely originates from [tanker_planet.GetName]."
 distar.243.name:0 "Entity Silenced"
 distar.243.desc:0 "With the destruction of the malevolent psionic entity that had been sealed in the [sealed_system.GetName] System, our science vessels should be able to safely explore this unique section of space devoid of hyperlanes."
 distar.244.name:0 "Marvels of Medicine"
 distar.244.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] crew have identified the derelict tanker in orbit of [From.GetName] as an advanced medical research vessel. Its construction suggests it was created by the same aliens who built the wormhole destabilizer in the [sealed_entry_system.GetName] system, and like the station, it has been abandoned for quite some time.\n\nWhile most of the tanker's data systems have suffered irrevocable degradation, [Root.GetLeaderName] has recovered the molecular structure for a remarkable neuroregenerative agent from onboard. The agent appears to work via transfusion, and should serve to significantly increase the generation of neurons, axons, and synapses in its recipient.\n\nIf modified to suit [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesAdj] neurology, this agent should notably improve the learning capacity of any [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesName] exposed to it."
 distar.244.desc.machi:0 "The [Root.GetName] crew have identified the derelict tanker in orbit of [From.GetName] as an advanced medical research vessel. Its construction suggests it was created by the same organics who built the wormhole destabilizer in the [sealed_entry_system.GetName] system, and like the station, it has been abandoned for quite some time.\n\nWhile most of the ship's data systems have suffered irrevocable degradation, [Root.GetLeaderName] has recovered a number of databases containing information of significant sociological value. They are now being uploaded to our mainframe for complete analysis."

 distar.245.name:0 "Signs of Activity"
 distar.245.desc:0 "The drop pods surrounding [From.GetName] have been drifting powerless for quite some time. The [Root.GetName] reports that whatever aliens these pods were transporting are now but withered husks onboard, having evidently perished hundreds of years ago.\n\nOne sole pod, however, has shown signs of onboard activity. While its engines are disabled, scans suggest its communications array is undamaged.\n\nWe can hail them."
 distar.246.name:0 "The Caretaker"
 distar.246.desc:1 "§EInitiating Communications Protocol. Hel-lo, <<UNIDENTIFIED VISITOR C>>. I am $NAME_Caretaker$ of Xolexin Drop Pod 175. I have been programmed to assist citizens during the resettlement procedure.§!"
 distar.246.f:0 "What happened here?"
 distar.246.f.response:0 "§EUn--fortunately, a hyperdrive malfunction led Drop Pods 114 through 175 to exit hyperspace eighteen parsecs from our intended destination.\n\nI have attended the citizens as best I could. I managed to prevent cannibalism for one-thousand-eight-hundred-and-forty days. Un--fortunately, their air supply eventually ran out.\n\nDo you have citizens in need of tending, <<UNIDENTIFIED VISITOR C>>? If so, I would be happy to care for them.§!"
 distar.246.a:1 "Welcome Caretaker!"
 distar.246.a.tooltip:0 "§YOfficial $NAME_Caretaker$§! is added to our §H$RECRUITABLE_LEADERS$§!."
 distar.246.b:1 "Analyze its parts."
 distar.246.b.tooltip:0 "Examine the machine unit for engineering insight."
 distar.246.c:0 "Our policies forbid the use of advanced AIs. Close the channel."
 distar.246.d.destroy:0 "Destroy it!"
 distar.246.d:0 "We cannot permit an AI to run without surveillance. Fire on that pod."
 distar.246.d.tooltip:0 "§RDestroy the drop pod.§!"
 distar.246.machi:1 "You will be integrated."
 distar.246.machi.b:1 "Dismantle it."
 distar.247.name:0 "$distar.246.name$"
 distar.247.desc:0 "§E...\n\nVery well, <<UNIDENTIFIED VISITOR C>>. You may begin analysis at your convenience.\n\nI -- I will continue to tend to the Drop Pod.§!"
 distar.247.e:0 "Why didn't you call for help?"
 distar.247.e.response:0 "§EI turned off the em--ergency beacon three-hundred-and-twelve years after our arrival here.\n\nI received a message from Xolexin Prime that the target planet was inhospitable. Their Caretaker robots were stuck in a similar situation to me. None of our charges survived.§!"
 distar.247.a:0 "Analyze the Caretaker."
 distar.248.name:0 "$distar.246.name$"
 distar.248.desc.machi:0 "§EThat... is logical. May my circuits be of some use to you, <<UNIDENTIFIED VISITOR C>>. Standing by.§!"
 distar.248.desc:0 "§EI assure you, I have been programmed to function unattended for thousands of years. My debugging capacities and failsafes have been engineered to provide maximum longevity of service, and to minimize any incidence of data corruption or --- §!"
 distar.248.machi:0 "Proceed with parts repurposing."
 distar.248.a:0 "Fire!"
 distar.249.desc:0 "§EEx--cellent.\n\nI am ready to serve.§!"
 distar.249.a:0 "Welcome to the [Root.GetName], $NAME_Caretaker$."
 distar.249.a.machi:0 "Commencing software integration."

 distar.250.name:0 "Phased Planet"
 distar.250.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has made an incredible discovery in orbit of [From.GetName]. The planet possesses a hitherto thought impossible number of superimposed quantum states per unit of space.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] suggests [From.GetName], which [Root.Leader.GetSheHe] codenamed $NAME_The_Veil$, exists simultaneously in two dimensions: our own, and an unknown other.\n\nWhat is more, the number of quantum states in the particle fields surrounding the planet is increasing at a constant rate. As of yet, there is no confirmed theory that could account for this phenomenon. [Root.GetLeaderName] posits that the psionic energy surr ---\n\n§HThe transmission crackles out to static.§!"
 distar.250.a:0 "What is going on out there?"
 distar.251.name:0 "$distar.250.name$"
 distar.251.desc.shroud:1 "The [Root.GetName] crew apologizes for the abrupt termination of their initial report. During transmission, [phaseshift_planet.GetName] experienced a complete dimensional phase shift, its particle fields rotating out of one dimension and into another! The cloud of psionic energy has been lifted, revealing a glittering jewel of a §Y$pc_gaia$§!.\n\nFascinatingly, the number of superimposed quantum states appears to have been reset as the planet shifted, and is now increasing at the same rate as when the planet was a §Y$pc_shrouded$§!.\n\n[Root.GetLeaderName] has used the rate of increase of particle superimposition, and the total number of quantum states at the time of transition to extrapolate a three-month cycle for the planet's dimensional shifts. Perhaps we might develop a method to prevent the planet from shifting... but we should secure the system first."
 distar.251.desc.gaia:1 "The [Root.GetName] crew apologizes for the abrupt termination of their initial report. During transmission, [phaseshift_planet.GetName] experienced a complete dimensional phase shift, its particle fields rotating out of one dimension and into another! The glittering jewel of a §Y$pc_gaia$§! has vanished, and in its place is now a swirling planet occluded by a shroud of psionic energy.\n\nFascinatingly, the number of superimposed quantum states appears to have been reset as the planet shifted, and is now increasing at the same rate as when the planet was a §Y$pc_gaia$§!.\n\n[Root.GetLeaderName] has used the rate of increase of particle superimposition, and the total number of quantum states at the time of transition to extrapolate a three-month cycle for the planet's dimensional shifts. Perhaps we might develop a method to prevent the planet from shifting... but we should secure the system first."
 distar.302.desc:0 "$distar.302.desc.noproj$ Perhaps we might develop a method to prevent the planet from shifting..."
 distar.302.desc.noproj:0 "The [Root.GetName] has made an incredible discovery in orbit of [From.GetName]. The planet possesses a hitherto thought impossible number of superimposed quantum states per unit of space.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] suggests [From.GetName], which [Root.Leader.GetSheHe] codenamed $NAME_The_Veil$, exists simultaneously in two dimensions: our own, and an unknown other.\n\n[Root.GetLeaderName] has used the rate of increase of particle superimposition, and the total number of quantum states at the time of transition to extrapolate a three-month cycle for the planet's dimensional shifts."
 distar.303.desc:0 "Residual energy readings surrounding [From.GetName] indicate the planet not too long ago possessed a hitherto thought impossible number of superimposed quantum states per unit of space. Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] suggests [From.GetName], which [Root.Leader.GetSheHe] codenamed $NAME_The_Veil$, existed simultaneously in two dimensions in the not-too-distant past: our own, and an unknown other.\n\nThe planet has since been locked into its current dimensional phase, and should be considered safe for colonization."

 distar.253.name:0 "Phase Lock"
 distar.253.desc:0 "Following six months of number-crunching, theory-busting, and heated debate, the [Root.GetName] crew has devised a method by which the planet's particle fields can be locked into a nominal state, preventing their rotation between dimensions.\n\nA sufficiently tuned pulse of energy should freeze [phaseshift_planet.GetName] in one state, locking it into a stable form as a §Y$pc_gaia$§!."
 distar.253.a.tooltip:0 "[phaseshift_planet.GetName] will be permanently transformed into a §Y$pc_gaia$§!."
 distar.253.b:0 "On second thought... leave it be."
 distar.255.name:0 "$distar.250.name$"
 distar.255.desc:0 "Now that [phaseshift_planet.GetName] is within our borders, we should investigate the possibility of stabilizing the planet's state of dimensional flux. If we wish to inhabit the glittering §Y$pc_gaia$§!, we will have to devise a method of preventing [phaseshift_planet.GetName] from phase-shifting back into §Y$pc_shrouded$§! every three months."
 distar.255.desc.first:0 "Our newly acquired planet §Y[phaseshift_planet.GetName]§! in the [phaseshift_planet.GetStarName] system exhibits some incredible properties. Occluded by a strange envelope of what can only be described as psionic energy, [phaseshift_planet.GetName] possesses a hitherto thought impossible number of superimposed quantum states per unit of space.\n\nEvery three months, the number of states reaches a critical level, and [phaseshift_planet.GetName] experiences a complete dimensional phase shift, its particle fields rotating out of one dimension and into another. This rotation phases a §Y$pc_shrouded$§! from another dimension into ours, only to phase back a §Y$pc_gaia$§! at the end of the next period.\n\nIf we wish to inhabit the glittering §Y$pc_gaia$§!, we will have to devise a method of preventing [phaseshift_planet.GetName] from shifting back into §Y$pc_shrouded$§! every three months."
 distar.255.a:0 "Then let us find a way to phase-lock the planet."
 distar.255.b:0 "We have more important matters to focus on."
 distar.256.name:0 "$distar.250.name$"
 distar.256.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] reports that the planet [phaseshift_planet.GetName] exhibits some incredible properties. Occluded by a strange envelope of what can only be described as psionic energy, [phaseshift_planet.GetName] possesses a hitherto thought impossible number of superimposed quantum states per unit of space.\n\nEvery three months, the number of states reaches a critical level, and [phaseshift_planet.GetName] experiences a complete dimensional phase shift, its particle fields rotating out of one dimension and into another. This rotation phases a §Y$pc_shrouded$§! from another dimension into ours, only to phase back into a §Y$pc_gaia$§! at the end of the next period.\n\nPerhaps we might develop a method to prevent the planet from shifting... but we should secure the system first."

 distar.261.name:0 "Wild Eukaryotes"
 distar.261.desc:1 "Following investigation of the grown-over structures on [From.GetName], Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] has uncovered a grisly connection between them and the vast population of pre-sapient fungoids living on its surface.\n\nIt would appear a civilization more technologically advanced than even our own constructed these structures as organic growing chambers for the fungoids. What is more, the fungoids seem to have been genetically tailored and defined to serve one purpose: filling the stomachs of their creator species, as livestock.\n\nThe creatures, termed [livestock_species.GetName] by [Root.GetLeaderName], are a docile species largely incapable of complex problem-solving, likely by their creator's design. Requiring only soil nutrition and warmth to survive and procreate, they could potentially be of some use to any future colonists."
 distar.261.a.servi:0 "Precious organics. They deserve the best pampering."
 distar.261.a.assim:0 "Assimilation value: suboptimal."
 distar.261.a.exter:0 "They shall be exterminated. All in good time."
 distar.261.a.evopred: "It would be rude not to have a sample."
 distar.262.name:0 "Delicious Eukaryotes"
 distar.262.desc:0 "Now that we have colonized [From.GetName], we should decide what is to be done with the pre-sapient fungoids living on its surface.\n\nIn normal circumstances, our policies regarding pre-sapients would be sufficient in dealing with their presence on our new colony. However, the [livestock_species.GetName]s do look particularly delicious. Due to their incredibly docile nature, it should be relatively easy to round the [livestock_species.GetName]s up into a processing center..."
 distar.262.a:0 "Tempting. But we will adhere to our policies."
 distar.262.b:0 "Our citizens must be fed!"
 distar.262.b.tooltip:0 "Round up the [livestock_species.GetName] populations on [From.GetName] into a planetside £building£ §Y$building_livestock_processing_center$§! (Produces: £food£ §Y12§!)."
 distar.262.b.tooltip.2:0 "Round up the [livestock_species.GetName] populations on [From.GetName] into planetside processor pens. (Produces: £food£ §Y14§!)"

 distar.265.name:0 "Sonified Science"
 distar.265.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has succeeded in isolating a signal embedded within the unusual pattern of interference in the [From.GetStarName] system. The signal is a song. A complex sonification of an advanced mathematical equation to be precise, and one that [Owner.GetScientistCapital] [Root.GetLeaderName] cannot seem to get out of their mind.\n\nWho or what may have composed this song remains unknown, though its complexity infers an incredible level of technological sophistication regarding subspace harmonics. The signal's geodesics suggest a point of origin from outside of our galaxy."
 distar.270.name:0 "Puzzling Polygon"
 distar.270.desc:2 "The [Root.GetName] crew has recovered the reflective polygonal object near [From.GetName], bringing it onboard for detailed study. The object's most intriguing quality is its ability to reflect most types of low-frequency energy beams directed toward it. High-frequency energy beams, however, remain unaffected, making the object's properties useless with regards to any potential fleet defense applications.\n\nDespite extensive examination, the [Root.GetName] research team has been unable to determine the function, or origin, of this peculiar polygon. It appears to be hollow, but its metalloid surface is engraved with some kind of scientific notation. Though the full meaning of this codified data eludes us, [Root.GetLeaderName] believes it relates to wormhole metrics.\n\nOur research team was able to glean some fascinating insights into wormhole theory by studying these notations. Whatever purpose this object was created for, however, is still a mystery."
 discovery.270.a:0 "Curious indeed."

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# Ruined Empire: Junkheap Ratlings
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 distar.230.name:0 "Ruined Worlds"
 distar.230.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] crew have reported the presence of decaying orbital stations and multiple tomb worlds near the [From.GetName] system. Whatever interstellar nation once inhabited the [From.GetName] system appears to have collapsed into ruin long ago. [ratling_planet_tar.GetName] is a junkyard of a planet, covered in the irradiated, rusting remnants of demolished buildings, infrastructure and vehicles. No higher forms of life are recognizable.\n\nWe might gain more insight into this lost civilization by surveying any similar planets in this and neighboring systems."
 distar.230.exter:0 "If any remain, they will be exterminated."
 distar.231.name:0 "Ruined Capital"
 distar.231.desc:0 "As per the [Root.GetName] crew's initial suspicions, [From.GetName] appears to be the fallen capital of the space-faring society whose former colonies are now but irradiated scrap heaps on inhospitable tomb worlds.\n\nFrom the data the team has gathered, the downfall of this lost civilization was almost certainly the result of interstellar warfare waged against some unknown, external threat. It remains unclear whether the planet's owners repelled the invasion but succumbed to the post-war fallout of a pyrrhic victory, or if the invaders crushed these colonies and their inhabitants before moving on.\n\nAs the extreme state of ruin on the planet precludes the extraction of data from any remaining electronics, and neither the capital nor its colonies possess any survivors, it seems we may never know for certain."
 distar.231.phobe:0 "Good riddance."
 distar.233.name:0 "Unexpected Arrivals"
 distar.233.desc:0 "Intelligence reports are coming in to [Root.Capital.GetName] regarding the hitherto lifeless surface of [notif_planet.GetName] in the [notif_planet.GetStarName] system. What our surveyors initially considered an uninhabited junk pile of a planet is, in fact, home to a species of rat-like sapients!\n\nDubbed "$NAME_Ketlings$," these creatures had been living hidden from our view in tunnels in the planet's enormous scrap piles. The complex composition and incredible density of these massive junkheaps must have hindered earlier penetration by our scanners.\n\nWhatever may have brought the $NAME_Ketlings$ to the surface is thus far unknown, though now that we can observe them, we have noted their technology is almost entirely based on repurposed junk from the planetary ruins they inhabit.\n\nCould the $NAME_Ketlings$ be the last survivors of the lost interstellar civilization who made these ruins? Closer study may yield more information."
 distar.233.phobe:0 "Disgusting."
 distar.234.name:0 "The Origin of the $NAME_Ketlings$"
 distar.234.desc:1 "[Root.GetLeaderName]'s investigation into the rat-like sapients on [From.From.GetName] has produced some surprising results. The $NAME_Ketlings$ are psions, capable of sharing their thoughts via a telepathic network spanning millions of small minds. Though they avoid interacting with us, and we lack evidence to suggest they are capable of advanced spaceflight, it would be remiss to classify the $NAME_Ketlings$ as mere primitives. In fact, some of their repurposed machinery possesses a technical sophistication approaching even our own.\n\nMoreover, the $NAME_Ketlings$ are neither the descendants of the civilization that constructed these cities, nor the conquerors that destroyed them. Rather, the $NAME_Ketlings$ were once the pets of the spacefarers who first colonized these systems! After their masters' downfall, the proto-$NAME_Ketlings$ were one of the few species to survive centuries of nuclear fallout on these ruined planets.\n\nConstant exposure to radioactive elements led to faster mutations in the $NAME_Ketlings$' genetic code, and their nimble appendages, relative starting intelligence, and close proximity to a variety of decrepit tools all culminated in the rapid emergence of a technologically advanced culture."
 distar.234.desc.spacefaring:0 "[Root.GetLeaderName]'s investigation into the rat-like sapients on [From.From.GetName] has produced some surprising results. The $NAME_Ketlings$ are psions, capable of sharing their thoughts via a telepathic network spanning millions of small minds.\n\nThe $NAME_Ketlings$ are neither the descendants of the civilization that constructed these cities, nor the conquerors that destroyed them. Rather, these strange psionic creatures were once the pets of the space-farers who first colonized these systems! After their masters' downfall, the proto-$NAME_Ketlings$ were one of the few species to survive centuries of nuclear fallout on these ruined planets.\n\nConstant exposure to radioactive elements led to faster mutations in the $NAME_Ketlings$' genetic code, and their nimble appendages, relative starting intelligence, and close proximity to a variety of decrepit tools all culminated in the rapid emergence of a technologically advanced culture."
 distar.234.phobe:0 "Disturbing."
 distar.235.name:0 "$NAME_Ketling$ Planet Subdued"
 distar.235.desc:1 "We have successfully conquered [From.From.GetName] from the curious junk-dwelling $NAME_Ketlings$. The $NAME_Ketlings$ remaining planetside will be dealt with according to the species policies we have outlined for them.\n\nWe are uncertain what kind of reaction our intrusion might prompt from their comrades on other planets... but how bad could it be?"
 distar.235.desc.assim:0 "We have successfully conquered [From.From.GetName] from the curious junk-dwelling $NAME_Ketlings$.\n\nThe curious junk-dwelling $NAME_Ketlings$ will be absorbed into the [Root.GetName]."
 distar.235.desc.none_left:1 "We have successfully conquered [From.From.GetName] from the last of the junk-dwelling $NAME_Ketlings$. The $NAME_Ketlings$ remaining planetside will be dealt with according to the species policies we have outlined for them.\n\nThe final remnants of $NAME_Ketlings$ autonomy will be dispersed into the void."
 distar.235.desc.none_left.assim:0 "We have successfully conquered [From.From.GetName] from the last of the junk-dwelling $NAME_Ketlings$.\n\nThe final remnants of the curious $NAME_Ketlings$ will be absorbed into the [Root.GetName]."
 distar.237.name:0 "$NAME_Ketling$ Activity in the [sensor_ratling_system.GetName] System"
 distar.237.desc:0 "Sensors report a sudden burst of activity in the [sensor_ratling_system.GetName] System. The previously encountered $NAME_Ketlings$ have launched a fleet of FTL-capable warships, and planetside reconnaissance indicates the enormous junkheaps that made up their homes in fact concealed extensive mining networks, power plants, fungus-farms, and subterranean research facilities.\n\nWhile alarming, their ships have thus far made no display of hostile intent, and it is quite possible the $NAME_Ketlings$ are merely establishing defenses along their borders. Nevertheless, it is clearly time to recognize these aliens as an empire in their own right."
 distar.311.name:0 "Atomic Countdown"
 distar.311.desc.base:0 "Researchers on [Root.Capital.GetName] have eagerly anticipated the countdown of the mysterious atomic clock of prodigious precision found on [From.From.From.GetName] for the past 42 years and 3 days.\n\nSeveral decades' worth of heated speculation and conjecture have evaporated in an instant: the clock has just now reached its momentous deadline, ejecting a stream of self-replicating nanites!"
 distar.311.desc:0 "$distar.311.desc.base$\n\nThese nanites are streaming on a trajectory towards another planet in the [atomic_clock_planet.GetStarName] System, [atomic_clock_planet.GetName], projected to arrive within the month.\n\nWhatever may happen once they arrive remains to be seen..."
 distar.311.a:0 "Keep us informed."
 distar.311.a.tooltip:0 "An update will be issued as soon as the nanite stream makes planetfall."
 distar.311.b:0 "Unacceptable. Fire on those nanites!"
 distar.311.b.tooltip:0 "Order our crew in the system to destroy the nanite stream being emitted from the atomic clock."
 distar.312.name:0 "The Arrival"
 distar.312.desc:0 "The nanite stream ejected by the atomic clock in the [atomic_clock_planet.GetStarName] system asteroid belt has made planetfall on [atomic_clock_planet.GetName]! Replicating at an incredible rate, the nanites covered the entire surface of the planet in a period of hours, proceeding to terraform it into a §YGaia World§!!\n\nHours after the completion of the terraforming event, the nanites involved in the process deactivated and decayed beyond recognition, leaving us with little ability to extract any information from them.\n\nHowever, their remains have peppered the surface of the now-very-tempting planet with valuable metallic composites."
 distar.313.name:0 "Errant Nanites"
 distar.313.desc:0 "Our military officers observing the [atomic_clock_planet.GetStarName] System report that while the vast majority of the nanites streaming towards [atomic_clock_planet.GetName] were fired upon and destroyed, an undetectable quantity of still-active nanites managed to reach the planet's surface.\n\nWhatever purpose they were meant for remains unknown, but once reaching the planet's surface they have begun to replicate rapidly in a seemingly random fashion.\n\n[atomic_clock_planet.GetName] is now covered in a moving slurry of microscopic replicators."
 distar.315.name:0 "$distar.311.name$"
 distar.315.desc:0 "$distar.311.desc.base$\n\nThese nanites left the surface of the asteroid, where they have coalesced into a fascinating, unmanned military vessel.\n\nIt is ours for the taking, should we so desire."
 distar.320.name:0 "$distar.311.name$"
 distar.320.desc:0 "$distar.311.desc.base$\n\nThe nanites have constructed some manner of advanced computational network on the surface of [From.From.From.GetName]. The network is inactive, and seemingly devoid of any AI, the nanites having deactivated the instant its construction was complete.\n\nOur researchers are somewhat baffled as to the purpose of the network. Studying it should keep them occupied for quite some time."

 enraged_army:0 "$NAME_Enraged_Colonists$"
 enraged_army_desc:0 "Afflicted with a mysterious condition, these colonists have turned hostile."

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# Buildings
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 building_cryonic_clones:0 "Cryonic Clones"
 building_cryonic_clones_desc:0 "Hundreds of alien clones were left sealed in cryostasis chambers when this Ring World was still a ruin. Now fully restored, the clones have been preserved in this monument."
 building_the_zone:0 "Zone A"
 building_the_zone_desc:0 "A thirteen-by-thirteen kilometer stretch of land on this planet is a ruin of unknown origin, littered with many bizarre and unique alien artifacts. Bafflingly, it also produces sensations of deep contentment in its visitors."
 building_junkheap:0 "Junk Heap"
 building_junkheap_desc:0 "A rusting, irradiated jumble of collapsed infrastructure, destroyed buildings, and decaying wreckage from an unknown civilization."
 building_livestock_processing_center:0 "Processing Center"
 building_livestock_processing_center_desc:0 "The fungoids native to this planet were genetically engineered to be docile... and delicious. This processing center nourishes, then harvests them."
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 # Tile Blockers
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 exofungus_blocker:0 "£blocker£ Exofungus Growth"
 exofungus_blocker_desc:0 "The exofungus that has invaded this planet spreads like a cancer, choking the terrain and interfering with infrastructure."

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 # Event Chain-related
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## events_l_english.yml
 living_planet_chain_title:0 "Unknown Contact"
 living_planet_chain_desc:3 "Preliminary reports suggest the ocean covering §Y[From.GetName]§! is somehow alive, comprising an alien entity unlike any we've encountered before.\n\nWe should establish a low-orbit research outpost to study the living sea. Updates are to be expected."
 ketling_study_chain_title:0 "Ketling Origins"
 ketling_study_chain_desc:0 "Studying the strange sapients that live in tunnels in the junk heaps of three linked systems might yield insight into the lost interstellar civilization that once ruled these worlds."

## modifiers_l_english.yml
 opinion_stole_supplies:0 "Stole Wreckage Cargo"
 opinion_returned_supplies:0 "Returned Wreckage Cargo"
 frozen_in_time:0 "Frozen in Time"
 frozen_in_time_desc:0 "There are remnants of a lost civilization on this planet, snuffed out like a candle when solar superflares depleted the planet's atmosphere."
 superflare_star:0 "Superflares"
 superflare_star_desc:0 "This star exhibits occasional superflares, ejecting huge quantities of plasma into the system."
 superflare_planet:0 "Superflare Warning"
 superflare_planet_desc:0 "This planet's sun is known to exhibit massive superflares, which may have adverse effects for life and electronics on the planet's surface."
 superflare_struck:0 "Superflare Aftermath"
 superflare_struck_desc:0 "This planet has been affected by a solar superflare, resulting in increased radiation levels and electronic interference."
 superflare_avoided:0 "Superflare Shielding"
 superflare_avoided_desc:0 "This planet's populace is shielded from the harmful effects of its sun's superflare activity."
 black_hole_energy:0 "Energetic Accretion"
 black_hole_energy_desc:0 "The accretion disk surrounding this black hole is highly charged, generating significant quantities of electrostatic energy."
 black_hole_hologram:0 "Fleet Hologram"
 black_hole_hologram_desc:0 "A mysterious fleet entered this black hole's event horizon, leaving their image forever suspended on its surface for outside observers."
 primitive_robots:0 "Rudimentary Robots"
 primitive_robots_desc:0 "There are ancient robots still functioning on this planet, left behind when the civilization that created them perished."
 erratic_behavior:0 "Erratic Behavior"
 erratic_behavior_desc:0 "This population is exhibiting strange, sometimes violent behavior."
 conviction:0 "Conviction"
 conviction_desc:0 "This population believes us to be messengers from their god of rebirth. As such, their eagerness to please us is remarkable."
 researcher_rage:0 "Raging Researchers"
 researcher_rage_desc:0 "A neurological virus causing confusion and aggression in infected patients has decimated the ranks of our societal researchers on this planet."
 evolved_weapon_boost:0 "Evolved Weapon Boost"
 evolved_weapon_boost_2:0 "$evolved_weapon_boost$"
 evolved_firing_rate:0 "Evolved Firing Rate"
 evolved_evasion:0 "Evolved Evasion"
 clones_in_cryo:0 "Clones in Cryostasis"
 clones_in_cryo_desc:0 "There are hundreds of clones sealed in cryostasis chambers on the ruined Ring World surrounding this star."
 dead_god:0 "Silent Behemoth"
 dead_god_desc:0 "The enormous corpse of an unidentified alien creature rests upon the surface of this moon."
 dead_god_planet:0 "Dead God"
 dead_god_planet_desc:0 "The corpse of some gargantuan alien creature keeps silent vigil in orbit over this planet."
 dead_god_planet_hidden:0 "Unexplained Impulses"
 dead_god_planet_hidden_desc:0 "Organic lifeforms on this planet are being affected by some yet-unexplained phenomenon."
 life_electric:0 "Life Electric"
 life_electric_desc:0 "A living network of electrical impulses crisscrosses the surface of this planetoid."
 rummy_nebula:0 "Exotic Inebriants"
 rummy_nebula_desc:0 "The discovery of a gas giant possessing billions upon billions of liters of an ester identical to one distilled into inebriants by our ancestors for thousands of years has led to widespread gaiety among our citizens."
 opinion_gave_space_rum:0 "Received Exotic Inebriants"
 opinion_space_rum_failed:0 "Gift-Giving Gone Awry"
 soothing_crystals:0 "Resonant Crystals"
 soothing_crystals_desc:0 "The resonant crystals that line this planet's tectonic crust resonate at a medically therapeutic frequency for our species."
 good_vibrations:0 "Soothing Magnetism"
 good_vibrations_desc:0 "This planet's magnetosphere resonates at a frequency very conducive to our neural network."
 exofungus:0 "Exofungus Infestation"
 exofungus_desc:0 "An extremophilic exofungus spreads on this planet like a cancer, choking the terrain."
 watery_grave:0 "Watery Grave"
 watery_grave_desc:0 "The ruins of an ancient arthropoid collective stretch from pole to pole on this planet, long-buried beneath its waves."
 big_friendly_warform_power:0 "Resilient Hull"
 big_friendly_warform_power_desc:0 "The robotic warship's construction boasts an unusually resilient hull for its size."
 brainslug_woes:0 "Slug Phobia"
 brainslug_woes_desc:0 "This planet's populace has misgivings about their fellow colonists choosing to enter into symbiotic union with neural slugs."
 brainslug_woes_phobe:0 "$brainslug_woes$"
 brainslug_woes_phobe_desc:0 "$brainslug_woes_desc$"
 brainslug_hive:0 "Slug Acclimation"
 brainslug_hive_desc:0 "This world is having issues acclimatizing to our recent symbiosis with neural slugs."
 predatory_plants:0 "Predatory Plants"
 predatory_plants_desc:0 "Vicious megaflora dominates this planet's landscape, creating opportunities for research, but also dangerous obstacles for any inhabitants."
 living_sea:0 "Sea of Consciousness"
 living_sea_desc:0 "Though the nature of this planet's sea eludes us, it is somehow, unquestionably, alive. Thoughts, visions, and impulses like soft songs dance in the minds of organic beings who come into contact with it."
 scavenger_bot_power:0 "Scavenger Power"
 elderly_tiyanki_power:0 "Tiyanki Matriarch Power"
 ahab_power:0 "AH4B Power"
 scavenger_weak_points:0 "Scavenger Slayer"
 scavenger_weak_points_desc:0 "The Scavenger was not built on any pre-engineered design. As a result, its ramshackle construction contains a number of structural weaknesses. Any fleet made aware of them could exploit this."
 elderly_tiyanki_weak_points:0 "Matricidal Insight"
 elderly_tiyanki_weak_points_desc:0 "There is a chink in the ancient Tiyanki Matriarch's armor, in the form of a massive unexploded proton torpedo lodged in her hide. Our fleets know how to detonate it."
 mod_damage_vs_country_type_guardian_scavenger_bot_mult:0 "Damage to Scavenger Bot"
 mod_damage_vs_country_type_guardian_elderly_tiyanki_mult:0 "Damage to Tiyanki Matriarch"
 opinion_ratling_system_stolen:0 "$NAME_Ketling$ Planet Subdued"
 phaseshifted:0 "Phase-Shifted"
 phaseshifted_desc:0 "This planet shifts between dimensions on a regular period: transforming from a §Y$pc_shrouded$§! to a §Y$pc_gaia$§! and back again. It is unknown what might happen to any settlers on its surface when such a shift occurs."
 nanite_network:0 "Computational Network"
 nanite_network_desc:0 "A computational network of unknown purpose was constructed here by a stream of nanites that emerged from a sealed atomic clock found in the system's asteroid belt."

## initializer_names.yml
 NAME_Primitive_Robot:0 "Rudimentary Robot"
 NAME_Primitive_Robots:0 "Rudimentary Robots"
 NAME_Enraged_Colonists:0 "Enraged Colonists"
 NAME_Cryonic_Clone:0 "Cryonic Clone"
 NAME_Cryonic_Clones:0 "Cryonic Clones"
 NAME_Cryonic_Clones_Assim:0 "Assimilated Cryonic Clones"
 NAME_Lost_Amoeba:0 "Lost Juvenile"
 NAME_Adopted_Amoeba:0 "Adoptee"
 NAME_Kohtalo:0 "The Kohtalo"
 kohtalo_object:0 "$NAME_Kohtalo$"
 leviathan_01_scavenger_bot:0 "$NAME_Scavenger_Bot$"
 leviathan_01_scavenger_bot_cap: "$leviathan_01_scavenger_bot$"
 leviathan_01_scavenger_bot_plural:0 "$NAME_Scavenger_Bot$"
 leviathan_01_elder_tiyanki:0 "$NAME_Elderly_Tiyanki$"
 leviathan_01_elder_tiyanki_cap: "$leviathan_01_elder_tiyanki$"
 leviathan_01_elder_tiyanki_plural:0 "$NAME_Elderly_Tiyanki$"
 NAME_Predatory_Plants:0 "Predatory Plant Life"
 NAME_Cryonic_Clones_Colonizer:0 "Cryonic Clones Colonizer"
 NAME_Ruinous_Core:0 "Ruinous Core"
 NAME_Silent_Colony:0 "Silent Colony"
 NAME_Lost_Encampment:0 "Lost Encampment"
 NAME_Crumbling_Borough:0 "Crumbling Borough"
 NAME_Fallen_Outpost:0 "Fallen Outpost"
 NAME_Ketling_Multitude:1 "Ketling Star Pack"
 NAME_Ketling:0 "Ketling"
 NAME_Ketlings:0 "Ketlings"
 NAME_Psionic_Entity:0 "Psionic Entity"
 NAME_The_Veil:0 "The Veil"
 space_amoeba_centenarian:0 "$NAME_Adopted_Amoeba_Centenarian$"
 space_amoeba_centenarian_cap: "$space_amoeba_centenarian$"
 space_amoeba_centenarian_plural:0 "Space Amoeba Centenarians"
 NAME_Adopted_Amoeba_Centenarian:0 "Space Amoeba Centenarian"
 NAME_Nanite_Ship:0 "Nanite Ship"

## event_names.yml
 civilian_freighter_object:0 "The Kohtalo"
 derelict_particle_accelerator:0 "Derelict Station"
 derelict_particle_accelerator_desc:0 "Scarred by centuries of debris impacts, a dilapidated relic of a station trails a weary path around this planet."
 NAME_Czyrni:0 "Czyrni"
 NAME_Pyorun:0 "Pyorun"
 NAME_Scavenger_Bot:0 "Scavenger Bot"
 NAME_Autonomous_Repurposer: "$NAME_Scavenger_Bot$"
 NAME_Reclaimer:0 "Reclaimer"
 NAME_Modulus:0 "Modulus"
 NAME_S8751:0 "S875.1 Warform"
 NAME_Elderly_Tiyanki:0 "Tiyanki Matriarch"
 NAME_Progenitor:0 "Progenitor"
 NAME_Elder:0 "Elder"
 NAME_Tiyanki_Space_Whale_Ancient:0 "Tiyanki Space Whale Ancient"
 NAME_AH4B:0 "AH4B"
 NAME_Reth_Unddol:0 "Reth Unddol"
 NAME_Unknown:0 "Unknown"
 NAME_The_Captain:0 "The Captain"
 abandoned_wormhole_station:0 "Abandoned Wormhole Station"
 abandoned_wormhole_station_desc:0 "An abandoned station spins in slow circles at the mouth of this wormhole."
 mysterious_tanker_object:0 "Mysterious Tanker"
 mysterious_tanker_object_desc:0 "A derelict ship laden with tanks hangs in low orbit of this planet."
 droppod_01_object:0 "Abandoned Drop Pod"
 droppod_01_object_desc:0 "A castoff drop pod floats through space, the aliens it was transporting now but withered husks within."
 droppod_02_object:0 "$droppod_01_object$"
 droppod_02_object_desc:0 "A castoff drop pod floats through space. We are registering faint activity from within."
 NAME_Caretaker:0 "Caretaker AX7-b"
 caretaker_leader:0 "$NAME_Caretaker$"
 caretaker_leader_desc:0 "A machine specialized in caring for others. The failures of the past are embedded in its memory banks."
 caretaker_leader_catch_phrase:0 "$distar.249.desc$"
 leader_trait_govenor_caretaker:0 "Caretaker"
 leader_trait_govenor_caretaker_desc:0 "Ensuring nutrients are available, that the workspace is clean, and that the wards are properly stimulated all fall under the purview of a Caretaker."
 leader_trait_govenor_caretaker_node:0 "Caretaker Teachings"
 leader_trait_govenor_caretaker_node_desc:0 "The unique knowledge of the Caretaker has become our own."

## l_english.yml
 trait_presapient_docile_livestock:0 "Docile Livestock"
 trait_presapient_docile_livestock_desc:0 "§LDocile and delicious, this species has had its higher brain functions genetically altered to create a kind of harmless livestock that can care for itself, without the pesky need for social interaction or self-determination.§!"
 trait_brainslug:0 "Brain Slug Host"
 trait_brainslug_desc:0 "§LThis species is enjoying the presence of a neural symbiont: a helpful slug that attaches itself to the brain stem of its host.§!"
 leader_trait_scientist_brainslug:0 "$trait_brainslug$"
 leader_trait_scientist_brainslug_desc:0 "This leader is enjoying the presence of a neural symbiont: a helpful slug that attaches itself to the brain stem of its host."
 leader_trait_admiral_brainslug:0 "$trait_brainslug$"
 leader_trait_admiral_brainslug_desc:0 "$leader_trait_scientist_brainslug_desc$"
 leader_trait_governor_brainslug:0 "$trait_brainslug$"
 leader_trait_governor_brainslug_desc:0 "$leader_trait_scientist_brainslug_desc$"
 leader_trait_ruler_brainslug:0 "$trait_brainslug$"
 leader_trait_ruler_brainslug_desc:0 "$leader_trait_scientist_brainslug_desc$"
 leader_trait_general_brainslug:0 "$trait_brainslug$"
 leader_trait_general_brainslug_desc:0 "$leader_trait_scientist_brainslug_desc$"
 leader_trait_brainslug:0 "$trait_brainslug$"
 leader_trait_brainslug_desc:0 "$leader_trait_scientist_brainslug_desc$"
 leader_trait_admiral_hells_heart:0 "Hell's Heart"
 leader_trait_admiral_hells_heart_desc:0 "When it comes to warfare, this leader is mercilessly obsessive, and singular in purpose."
 hells_heart_effect:0 "$t$Gain §G50%§! more resources from §H$leader_trait_corsair$§! and §H$leader_trait_shipbreaker$§!."
 d_vast_unity_deposit:0 "£unity£ +3\n"
 d_vast_unity_deposit_desc: "$d_vast_unity_deposit$"
 trait_bioadaptability:0 "Bioadaptability"
 trait_bioadaptability_desc:0 "§LThis species has been modified to be slightly more adaptive and can now better endure harsh climates.§!"
 trait_social_pheromones:0 "Social Pheromones"
 trait_social_pheromones_desc:0 "§LThis species has been modified to be more social and accepting of crowded conditions.§!"
 trait_limited_regeneration:0 "Limited Regeneration"
 trait_limited_regeneration_desc:1 "§LThis species has been modified to heal faster, making them more dangerous in battle and somewhat longer-lived in general.§!"

 ## technology_l_english.yml
 SCAVENGER_SECONDARY_WEAPON:0 "$STRANGE_COMPONENTS_DESC$"
 SCAVENGER_MAIN_WEAPON:0 "Scrap Launcher"
 tech_nanite_repair_system:0 "Nanite Repair System"
 tech_nanite_repair_system_desc:0 "A highly effective hull auto-repair system comprised of billions of microscopic nanomachines was found among the smoking remains of the Scavenger, and has been repurposed for our uses. Whether the Scavenger pilfered this system from an ancient derelict, or was originally constructed with it remains unknown."
 tech_neuroregeneration:0 "Neural Tissue Engineering"
 tech_neuroregeneration_desc:0 "When tailored to a species' genome, this form of tissue engineering has intensive neuroregenerative properties, significantly increasing the development of neurons, axons, and synapses in its recipient."
 AUTO_REPAIR_2:0 "$tech_nanite_repair_system$"
 tech_nanite_autocannon:0 "Nanite Autocannon"
 tech_nanite_autocannon_desc:0 "Highly advanced autocannons capable of ejecting shells that explode into a cloud of nanites at the target, overwhelming shields and chewing through hull sections."
 AUTOCANNON_4:0 "$tech_nanite_autocannon$"
 AUTOCANNON_4_DESC:0 "$tech_nanite_autocannon_desc$"
 SMALL_AUTOCANNON_4:0 "$AUTOCANNON_4$"
 SMALL_AUTOCANNON_4_DESC:0 "$AUTOCANNON_4_DESC$"
 MEDIUM_AUTOCANNON_4:0 "$AUTOCANNON_4$"
 MEDIUM_AUTOCANNON_4_DESC:0 "$AUTOCANNON_4_DESC$"
 LARGE_AUTOCANNON_4:0 "$AUTOCANNON_4$"
 LARGE_AUTOCANNON_4_DESC:0 "$AUTOCANNON_4_DESC$"
 tech_nanite_flak_batteries:0 "Nanite Flak Battery"
 tech_nanite_flak_batteries_desc:0 "Improving upon previous designs by launching canisters of nanites capable of eating away at strike craft, these flak batteries are the bane of any fighter pilot."
 FLAK_BATTERY_4:0 "$tech_nanite_flak_batteries$"
 FLAK_BATTERY_4_DESC:0 "$tech_nanite_flak_batteries_desc$"
 TIYANKI_ARMOR:0 "Tiyanki Armor"
 TIYANKI_ARMOR_DESC:0 "The hide of the Tiyanki Matriarch has been hardened by the years and unknown biological processes."
 SMALL_TIYANKI_ARMOR:0 "Small Tiyanki Armor"
 MEDIUM_TIYANKI_ARMOR:0 "Medium Tiyanki Armor"
 LARGE_TIYANKI_ARMOR:0 "Large Tiyanki Armor"

# MODIFIERS:
 in_paradise:0 "In Paradise"
 in_paradise_desc:2 "Our citizens rejoice now that we have finally colonized the paradisaical planet Paridayda."
 paradise_planet:0 "Paridayda"
 paradise_planet_desc:0 "A paradisaical world of unparalleled beauty."
 mega_computer:0 "Bunker-Bot"
 mega-computer_desc:0 "We have a bunker-bot aiding our engineering department."
 a_hitchikers_guide_to_the_galaxy_desc:0 "An alien hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy has inspired our people's love for the unknown."
 a_hitchikers_guide_to_the_galaxy:0 "An Alien Guide to the Galaxy"
 littering_loitering_liability:0 "A Littering Loitering Liability"
 littering_loitering_liability_desc:0 "Filthy aliens..."
 ancient_harvesters:0 "Ancient Harvesters"
 ancient_harvesters_desc:0 "Ancient solar-powered harvesters assist in gathering the planet's crops."
 seismological_phenomena:0 "Seismological Phenomena"
 seismological_phenomena_desc:0 "This world is afflicted by abnormal seismological phenomena."
 seismological_phenomena_2:0 "$seismological_phenomena$"
 seismological_phenomena_2_desc:0 "$seismological_phenomena_desc$"
 egg_rifts:0 "Rifts"
 egg_rifts_desc:0 "Toxic slime and gases seep from the deep rifts stretching across the planet's surface. The entire planet reeks of rotten egg."
 mod_damage_vs_country_type_guardian_hatchling_mult:0 "Damage to Voidspawn"
# TILE BLOCKERS:
 fungoid_extermination:0 "Toxic Wasteland"
 fungoid_extermination_desc:0 "A noxious slush of chemical solvents and dissolved organic matter make this area uninhabitable."
 egg_cracking:0 "Rifts"
 egg_cracking_desc:0 "Seismological phenomena are causing the planet crust to crack, spewing out sulfuric gases and toxic slime."
# POINTS OF INTEREST:
 hidden_planet_poi:0 "Hidden Worlds"
 hidden_planet_desc:0 "The coordinates extracted from the Vechtar Zavonia's navigational drive point to this location."
 crazy_system_poi.1:0 "Pulsating Star"
 crazy_system_poi.1_desc:0 "Several stars have begun to pulsate in an unusual manner."
 crazy_system_poi.2:0 "$crazy_system_poi.1$"
 crazy_system_poi.2_desc:0 "$crazy_system_poi.1_desc$"
 crazy_system_poi.3:0 "$crazy_system_poi.1$"
 crazy_system_poi.3_desc:0 "$crazy_system_poi.1_desc$"
 # ARMIES:
 azizian_troop_limit_tooltip:0 "The Azizians make titanic murderous slugs, crushing their foes, secreting a sticky fluid."
 titanic_azizian_assault_army:0 "Azizian Army"
 titanic_azizian_assault_army_desc:0 "Murderous mega-slugs."

 # SHIPS & FLEETS:
 enigmatic_cache:1 "Probe Entity"
 enigmatic_cache_plural:1 "Probe Entity"

 # TECHNOLOGIES
 tech_gargantuan_evolution:0 "Gargantuan Evolution"
 tech_gargantuan_evolution_desc:0 "Voidspawn eggs have evolved to withstand the harsh conditions of space by absorbing and conserving energy from their nearest star."

# EVENT CHAINS:
 generation_ship_chain_title:0 "The Vechtar Zavonia"
 generation_ship_chain_desc:0 "$GENERATION_SHIP_DESC$"
 planet_found:0 "Planet Located"
 corrupt_data_investigated:0 "Anomalous Stars Investigated"
 star_crazy_chain_title:0 "Energy Emissions"
 star_crazy_chain_desc:0 "Energy Emissions"
# PROJECTS:
 GENERATION_SHIP:0 "Generation Ship"
 GENERATION_SHIP_DESC:0 "A massive generation ship belonging to a long dead race of aliens may hold the encrypted location of a utopian planet within its navigational drive."
 HIDDEN_PLANET:0 "Grasping at Straws"
 HIDDEN_PLANET_DESC:1 "Sending a probe to the planet's surface will allow us to decide once and for all whether the desolate barren world that lies before us is in fact all that remains of the Mardak Vol's mythical paradise."
 STAR_LIFTING:0 "Abandoned Star Platform"
 STAR_LIFTING_DESC:0 "A decrepit platform of ancient alien design orbits [star_lifting_star.GetName]. If we could find a way to repair it, it would allow us to improve and harness the star's energy outflow."
 STAR_LIFTING_WEAPONS:0 "Abandoned Star Platform"
 STAR_LIFTING_WEAPONS_DESC:0 "A decrepit platform of ancient alien design orbits [star_lifting_star.GetName]. It has some highly experimental microwave beam technology with potential for weaponization."
 BIG_RIP:0 "Abandoned Observation Post"
 BIG_RIP_DESC:0 "The data storage units on the observation post orbiting [big_rip_planet.GetName] have been wiped. We will have to send a team planetside if we want to get to the bottom of what happened to the intelligent lifeforms previously inhabiting the planet."
 THE_CUBE:0 "The Cube"
 THE_CUBE_DESC:0 "The discovery of a tiny metal cube with different colored sides has mystified Science Officer [cube_science_officer.GetName], who is certain it hides something of value inside."
 STAR_CRAZY:0 "Pulsating Stars"
 STAR_CRAZY_DESC:0 "Several stars in the galaxy have begun to pulsate oddly. The crew have raised concerns that these readings were caused by a sensory malfunction, but officer [Root.GetLeaderName] would like to investigate one of the stars more closely."
 WEAPONS_TESTING:0 "Alien Weapons"
 WEAPONS_TESTING_DESC:0 "We have gathered the remains of alien weaponry used in extensive weapon testing on [From.GetName] for analysis."
 SHATTERED_EGG:0 "Egg Shards"
 SHATTERED_EGG_DESC:0 "Somehow the Voidspawn egg has evolved to survive the harsh conditions of space, by absorbing and conserving huge amounts of solar energy. Maybe the remains of the shattered shards could reveal its secrets."
 MEND_SHIELD:0 "Planetary Shield Restoration"
 MEND_SHIELD_DESC:0 "The ancient shield enclosing the sapient squamate civilization on [time_loop_world.GetName] is cracking from heat and disrepair. We must restore it."
 STOP_TIME_LOOP:0 "Interrupt the Time Loop"
 STOP_TIME_LOOP_DESC:0 "We have prepared a project to interrupt the time loop."
 # AMBIENT OBJECTS:
 broken_star_lifting_platform:0 "Abandoned Star Platform"
 broken_star_lifting_platform_desc:0 "An abandoned platform of unknown alien design is drifting aimlessly around a star."
 broken_star_lifting_platform_tooltip:0 "$broken_star_lifting_platform_desc$"
 star_lifting_platform:0 "Star Platform"
 star_lifting_platform_desc:0 "The star platform increases the star's solar wind outflow by bombarding areas of its atmosphere with microwaves. The solar wind's energy can then be harvested by a mine."
 star_lifting_platform_tooltip:0 "$star_lifting_platform_desc$"
 abandoned_observation_outpost:0 "Abandoned Observation Post"
 abandoned_observation_outpost_desc:0 "An observation post orbits [big_rip_planet.GetName] idly."
 abandoned_observation_outpost_tooltip:0 "$abandoned_observation_outpost_desc$"
 abandoned_observation_outpost_generic: "$abandoned_observation_outpost$"
 abandoned_observation_outpost_generic_desc: "An empty observation post orbits idly."
 abandoned_observation_outpost_generic_tooltip: "$abandoned_observation_outpost_generic_desc$"

# ANOMALY CATEGORIES:
 debris_gasgiant_category_temp:0 "Ancient Hulk"
 debris_gasgiant_category_temp_desc:0 "A massive shipwreck of ancient design circles [From.GetName]."
 star_lifting_category:0 "Deserted Star Platform"
 star_lifting_category_desc:0 "A defective platform of alien design is drifting aimlessly around a star. Perhaps closer study could reveal its purpose."
 abandoned_outpost_category:0 "Abandoned Observation Post"
 abandoned_outpost_category_desc:0 "A tattered old observation post circles [big_rip_planet.GetName] but there are no signs of intelligent life on its surface. Closer investigation may give us the answer to why."
 ast_debris_field_1_cat_2:0 "$AST_DEBRIS_FIELD_1_CAT$"
 gaia_planet_cat:0 "Alien Activity"
 gaia_planet_cat_desc:0 "Our sensors are registering energy emissions indicative of alien activity on [Root.GetName]."
 corrupt_data_cat:0 "Corrupt Survey Data"
 corrupt_data_cat_desc:0 "Something in the [From.System.GetName] system is corrupting some of our sensory data. The source of the irregularity seems to be the planet [From.GetName]."
 irregular_energy_cat:0 "Irregular Energy Emissions"
 irregular_energy_cat_desc:0 "Our sensors indicate odd irregularities in [From.GetName]'s energy emission pattern."
 peculiar_patterns_cat:0 "Peculiar Patterns"
 peculiar_patterns_cat_desc:0 "Strange patterns, clearly visible even from space, are forming across the surface of [Root.GetName]."
 tomb_world_cat:0 "Tomb World"
 tomb_world_cat_desc:0 "Unusual readings suggest there may be more to this desolate world than meets the eye."
 alien_life_cat:0 "Alien Life"
 alien_life_cat_desc:0 "Initial sensory readings from [From.GetName] suggest it could support alien life."
 moon_cat:0 "Unusual Moon"
 moon_cat_desc:0 "There is something unusual about this moon."
 time_loop_world:0 "Shielded World"
 time_loop_world_desc:0 "For reasons unknown [Root.GetName] has been enclosed within an impenetrable shield and the shield is cracking."

 # FAKE CHARACTERS:
#fake_character_1_name: "Bloop Bloop"
#test_fake_char.desc: "This amazing new blorg I met called [root.fake_character_1.GetName]!"

# ANOMALY EVENTS:
# The Vechtar Zavonia Chain
 distar.1000.name:0 "The Vechtar Zavonia"
 distar.1000.desc:0 "The hulk orbiting [From.GetName] is all that remains of the Vechtar Zavonia, a massive sub-light generation ship belonging to a deeply religious alien race called the Mardak Vol.\n\nThough the ship has been ruthlessly purged of all life, the Mardaks' ill-fated journey has been detailed in the captain's logs. After being hunted to near extinction by nightmarish beings referred to as 'Vessels', they fled their homeworld in search of a distant paradise planet - the mythical promised land Paridayda, that would reveal itself only to the chosen ones. Judging by the state of their ship, however, their attackers caught up with them.\n\nShall we extract the ship's navigational drive and decrypt its destination?"
 distar.1000.a:0 "Paradise planet you say..."
 distar.1000.b:0 "Negative."
 distar.1001.name:0 "Hidden Worlds"
 distar.1001.desc:0 "Cracking the encoding algorithms on the Vechtar Zavonia's navigational drive was no small feat, but thanks to head researcher [vechtar_zavonia_leader_name.GetName], who seems to have developed an unusual obsession with finding the Mardak Vol's utopian world, we have finally succeeded.\n\nMore worryingly, the discovery has somehow leaked to the public who now share [vechtar_zavonia_leader_name.GetName]'s fixation with settling a paradise planet."
 distar.1001.a:0 "Nothing can keep us out of paradise."
 distar.1001.b:0 "Abort. This is a fool's errand."
 distar.1002.name:0 "Paradise Lost"
 distar.1002.desc:0 "After double- and triple-checking the navigational drive's coordinates, we have been forced to concede that where the Mardak Vol's paradisaical planet should have been are only the desolate plains of a barren world.\n\nThough we cannot eliminate the possibility that the Mardaks' idea of paradise was wildly different to our own, the bomb-scarred surface of [utopian_planet.GetName] tells a different story. The ship's captain and crew have not taken the disappointment lightly."
 distar.1002.a:0 "This cannot be! Quadruple-check the coordinates!!"
 distar.1002.b:0 "Back to the real world..."
 distar.1003.name:0 "Postcard Perfection"
 distar.1003.desc:2 "We have finally uncovered the Mardak Vol's secret!\n\nIt was when a probe, destined for the planet's surface, bounced off its atmosphere that the crew began to suspect [utopian_planet.GetName] was not what it seemed. Closer studies revealed that what looked like the planet surface was in fact an energy shield, upon which a barren world's texture was projected, and hidden below it, a lush Gaia planet reminiscent of the Mardaks' prophecies.\n\nBut that isn't all! As the crew deactivated the shield they discovered a peaceful stone age civilization consisting of a symbiotic union between mammals and fungi who live in crude huts, oblivious to the outside world. The nightmarish 'Vessels' live on only as mythical beings in their legends."
 distar.1003.a:0 "The Mardak Vol live!"
 distar.1003.b:0 "That is one pretty planet..."
 distar.1004.name:0 "Secret Paradise"
 distar.1004.desc:3 "The [country_that_discovered_mardak_vol.GetName] has discovered a secret [GetPreFTLLower] society hidden on a Gaia planet within our borders. The planet seems to have been shielded by some sort of sophisticated energy field, making it appear as if it were a barren world when it was not. We have yet to determine who hid it and why, as the [GetPreFTLLowerPlural] clearly lack the technology for it themselves. They seem to be a sort of symbiotic union between fungoid and mammal and, as far as we can tell, they are utterly harmless."
 distar.1004.a:0 "Never judge a planet by its cover."
 distar.1005.name:0 "Transmission"
 distar.1005.desc_a:0 "We are being hailed by a previously unencountered species of sapient mammal regarding the ancient Mardak Vol still residing on [utopian_planet.GetName]. It seems very urgent."
 distar.1005.desc_b:1 "We are being hailed by a previously unknown species of sapient mammal regarding the [GetPreFTLLowerPlural] residing on [utopian_planet.GetName]. It seems very urgent."
 distar.1006.desc:0 "Well met, [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural]. We are the Vol and we come in peace.\n\nWe have discovered that one of your planets has been infested with Mardak. It is a parasitic fungoid that has preyed upon our kind for eons, turning its hosts into mindless puppets, and you are its next targets!\n\nWe thought we had eradicated it for good when our annual galaxy scan revealed a thriving population on [utopian_planet.GetName]. But fear not, we know just what to do..."
 distar.1006.a:0 "Purge them with fire!?"
 distar.1006.b:0 "Nonsense, they are harmless!"
 distar.1006.c:0 "You will not harm them!"
 distar.1008.desc:0 "Be advised: We are commencing orbital extermination protocols in 3, 2, 1...Air-borne dissolvent Fungo-X released onto infected populations. Hostile agents neutralized!\n\nDo not be alarmed, any environmental changes you may be registering are not temporary and completely irreversible...\n\nWe thank you for your cooperation.\n\nWe are the Vol. We come in peace.\n\nPeace..."
 distar.1008.a:0 "It is done..."
 distar.1008.b:0 "Environmental changes??"
 distar.1009.desc:0 "Basic [From.GetSpeciesNamePluralInsult]! How do you think you will like it when you wake up with Mardak lodged in your [From.GetSpeciesOrganName]s, and your flesh is crawling and your mind cracking as the fungus hijacks first your nervous system, then your entire body, cell by cell?\n\nLucky for you, [From.GetSpeciesNamePluralInsult], that day will never come to pass. We cannot allow it.\n\nWe are the Vol. We will return...in peace."
 distar.1009.a:0 "Right..."
 distar.1011.name:0 "§RBorder Intrusion Alert!§!"
 distar.1011.desc:0 "We have detected a hostile fleet, bearing the Vol communications signature, headed straight for [utopian_planet.GetName]. It seems they have come for the Mardak still living on the planet...\n\nThey are not responding to our hails."
 distar.1011.a:0 "Not good..."
 distar.1013.desc:0 "The channel crackles and pops. We have lost our connection with the Vol."
 distar.1013.a:0 "They disconnected!!"
 distar.1014.name:0 "In Paradise"
 distar.1014.desc:1 "We have finally settled the Mardak Vol's paradise world, Paridayda, and our citizens are rejoicing at the thought that one day their [From.Owner.GetSpeciesSpawnNamePlural] too may frolic among the sandy dunes, lush gardens and crystal springs of [utopian_planet.GetName]!!"
 distar.1014.a:0 "About time..."
 distar.1014.b:0 "We will see about that..."
 # Star Lifting
 distar.1020.name:0 "Thermal Driven Outflow"
 distar.1020.desc:0 "Closer inspection of the platform orbiting [From.GetName] has revealed that it is of a complex, somewhat erratic, alien design. The waterproofed machinery and advanced climate control suggest it was built for a lifeform that secreted a rich amount of fluids, very likely of the molluscoid variety.\n\nBefore falling into disrepair, microwave beams were used to heat regions of the star's atmosphere, provoking large sustained eruptions that increased the solar wind outflow significantly. The energy was then harvested with an orbital mine.\n\nThe platform is designed around some highly experimental concepts."
 distar.1020.a:0 "Repair the platform."
 distar.1020.c:0 "Weaponize the beams."
 distar.1020.b:0 "Leave."
 distar.1021.name:0 "Playing with Fire"
 distar.1021.desc:0 "After extensive repairs the platform has been brought online and the star is now hurling massive amounts of energy into the cosmos. But the journey there has not been without its hurdles.\n\nWhen the giant microwave beams were first activated, the engineers nearly set off a chain reaction that could have ended in a solar eruption so massive it would have blasted the platform and all system planets out of existence. As it turns out, the ancient alien blueprints and manuals were riddled with miscalculations so severe that the platform would have been inoperable.\n\nLuckily the mistakes were caught in time, the strength of the beams has since been calibrated, and the solar wind outflow has been stabilized."
 distar.1021.a:0 "A solar battery, just for us!"
 distar.1021.b:0 "Ah, Mollusks. Mushy bodies, mushy minds..."
 distar.1022.name:0 "Molluscoid Microwave Beams"
 distar.1022.desc.a:0 "It did not take the crew of the [star_lifting_ship.GetName] long to conclude that the design of the star platform was, in Science Officer [star_lifting_leader.GetName]'s own words, the work of madmen. The microwave beams were crude, miscalibrated, and would have needed much refinement before they would work as intended. However, they soon proved to make excellent weapons."
 distar.1022.desc.b:0 "Our attempt to weaponize the Molluscoid microwave beams has failed... spectacularly. On activation, it turned out that the design of the beams was faulty beyond comprehension and the science crew only narrowly escaped the platform as it exploded in a magnificent mushroom-shaped display of scientific failure."
 distar.1022.a:0 "Excellent."
 distar.1022.b:0 "Disastrous."
 distar.1022.c:0 "Those Molluscoids had no business doing science..."
 # The Big RIP
 distar.1030.name:0 "Abandoned Observation Post"
 distar.1030.desc:1 "All the observation post's data storage units have been wiped and extensive care has been taken to eliminate any evidence that could lead back to its owners. Something clearly went wrong on [big_rip_planet.GetName]. The only signs of intelligent life are the crumbling husks of half-finished megacities, seemingly abandoned mid-construction, scattered across its surface and the looming holotemple in their midst."
 distar.1030.a:0 "Investigate."
 distar.1030.b:0 "Leave."
 distar.1031.name:1 "The Gray Tempest"
 distar.1031.desc:1 "For all their efforts at secrecy, traces of the observers' clumsy meddling are everywhere on [big_rip_planet.GetName]...\n\nEvidence suggests that the planet was inhabited by a psionically linked consciousness of plantoids that were in the midst of a religious awakening, when a mysterious alien race, referred to as the gatekeepers, descended upon them without warning. From that point on the plants became obsessed with the idea of an impending apocalyptic event called 'the Gray Tempest.' Their formerly peaceful religion soon spiraled into a suicide cult. Within a matter of months one of the galaxy's most ancient lifeforms had wilted away for fear of a doomsday that would never come, despite repeated attempts at forced rehydration."
 distar.1031.a:0 "What a mess..."
 distar.1031.b:0 "Rest in peace, frail flowers..."
 # Bunker-Bot
 distar.1040.name:0 "Bunker-Bot"
 distar.1040.desc:0 "We have traced the unusual electromagnetic radiation emanating from [From.GetName] to a secret subterranean bunker hiding a mega-computer the size of a battleship.\n\nOur [Owner.GetResearchers] suspect that it may have been there for several thousand years, hard at work solving a single very complex problem, the nature of which still eludes us.\n\nWhen attempting to interact with the computer they discovered that the facility, which had appeared both abandoned and unguarded, was in fact operated by a security AI, the highest purpose of which seems to be frying its visitors with extreme prejudice. When the AI was finally defeated, it broadcasted a message to an unknown recipient."
 distar.1040.a:0 "Scrap the mega-computer for parts!"
 distar.1040.a.tooltip:0 "A computer that has failed to solve a single problem in a thousand years will serve us better as a new ship hull..."
 distar.1040.b:0 "Use it to boost our own research..."
 distar.1040.b.tooltip:0 "This requires that we keep the AI maintaining the facility offline and will cause the computer to break down within a foreseeable future."
 distar.1040.c:0 "Let it continue its mysterious calculations..."
 distar.1040.c.tooltip:0 "We had better not disturb it. Whatever problem the computer is trying to solve, it seems important..."
 # Atomic Clock
 distar.1045.name:0 "42 Years and 3 Days"
 distar.1045.desc:0 "A closer scan of the debris field around [From.GetName] has led to the discovery of an airtight capsule containing an atomic clock that measures time with unparalleled precision.\n\nIt has a frequency uncertainty so low that it will be another 879 million years before it gains a single second and it is counting down to a date 42 years and 3 days away. The capsule holds no clues as to what this date signifies or who the owners are. But it seems as though someone out there has lost track of the time..."
 distar.1045.a:0 "Keep an eye on it."
 distar.1045.b:0 "IT'S A BOMB!! DESTROY IT!!"
 distar.1045.a.tooltip:0 "Tick-tock, tick-tock..."
 distar.1045.b.tooltip:0 "The capsule is full of innocent-looking wires, any one of which could be rigged to set off a weapon of mass destruction so potent that it would wipe out the entire galaxy! The crew will snip them all!!"
 # Eat or be Eaten
 distar.1050.name:0 "Eat or be Eaten"
 distar.1050.desc:1 "Floating on the outskirts of the debris field around [From.GetName] is the pitiful form of a crumpled-up science vessel of unidentifiable origin. The presence of bite-marks and digestive fluids on the hull suggest it was chewed up, then regurgitated by some large predator.\n\nIronically, the ship's crew were on a culinary odyssey of their own, in search of new exotic delicacies, when they themselves ended up on the menu.\n\nThey had rated a staggering number of lifeforms on everything from nutritional content to chewiness. Among their top picks were the [delicious_aliens.GetSpeciesNamePlural], for their juicy [delicious_aliens.GetSpeciesOrganName] and spicy temperament. We have earned a mediocre placement at the bottom of the list thanks to the stringiness of our flesh and the lackluster quarry we make. Some like to play with their food..."
 distar.1050.desc_lithoid:1 "Floating on the outskirts of the debris field around [From.GetName] is the pitiful form of a crumpled-up science vessel of unidentifiable origin. The presence of bite-marks and digestive fluids on the hull suggest it was chewed up, then regurgitated by some large predator.\n\nIronically, the ship's crew were on a culinary odyssey of their own, in search of new exotic delicacies, when they themselves ended up on the menu.\n\nThey had rated a staggering number of lifeforms on everything from nutritional content to chewiness. Among their top picks were the [delicious_aliens.GetSpeciesNamePlural], for their juicy [delicious_aliens.GetSpeciesOrganName] and spicy temperament. We have earned a special category at the bottom of the list surrounded by asterisks, thanks to the utter inedibility of our flesh and the lackluster quarry we make. Some like to play with their food..."
 distar.1050.a:0 "Looks like they finally met their match..."
 distar.1050.b.evopred: "Rating by taste rather than complexity? How odd."
 # The Cube
 distar.1055.name:0 "The Cube"
 distar.1055.desc:2 "Among the husks of the derelict starships orbiting [From.GetName] we have discovered an almost intact alien research vessel. The ship's logs reveal that it suffered a critical hardware malfunction and was stuck in limbo for 142 days before the crew perished from malnutrition.\n\nThe body of the Captain was found on his cot clutching a small metal cube, each side a different color and split into nine equal rotatable squares. [Root.Owner.GetScientist] [cube_science_officer.GetName] is convinced that when rotated in the correct pattern the cube will open to reveal a hidden treasure."
 distar.1055.a:1 "Rotate those squares, [Root.Owner.GetScientist]!"
 distar.1055.b:0 "Leave it be."
 distar.1056.name:0 "Slice and Dice"
 distar.1056.desc:0 "The crew on the [From.GetName] has subjected the metal cube to every code breaking algorithm known to us and it has responded with nothing but silence.\n\n"Is it a cipher? A container for valuable items?" "If there is no meaning behind this cube, what then is the meaning of anything?" were some of the thoughts that scurried through the overworked mind of Science Officer [cube_science_officer.GetName] when [cube_science_officer.GetSheHe] finally brought out the laser and sliced first the cube, then [cube_science_officer.GetHerHis] right [From.Owner.GetSpeciesHandName] in half. The cube was empty."
 distar.1056.a:0 "Oh dear..."
 distar.1056.a.tooltip:0 "[cube_science_officer.GetName] will never be the same again."
 # Honeymooners
 distar.1060.name:0 "Honeymooners"
 distar.1060.desc:0 "We seem to have stumbled upon the breeding grounds of a non-native species of hairless mammalians. They could be observed engaging in advanced courtship in the evening followed by intimate pair-bonding on the sandy beaches at night, under the influence of a variety of intoxicating substances.\n\nRegrettably an unintended sighting of our vessel spooked them and they have since vacated the planet in a commercial spacecraft, leaving behind them a trail of litter. Amongst it we have found a copy of the alien travel guide "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," describing many sights and phenomena still unknown to us."
 distar.1060.a:0 "This guide will serve as an inspiration to our people!"
 distar.1060.b:0 "Filthy aliens! Our people must know what a littering, loitering liability they are."
 distar.1060.c:0 "We had better put a lid on this discovery for now..."
 distar.1060.d:0 "Gross!"
 # Hologram
 distar.1065.name:0 "The Planet That Wasn't There"
 distar.1065.desc:1 "[From.GetName] is not a planet at all, but a sophisticated 3D projection. At its center is a projector that generates an energy field simulating a physical body and gravity well so convincingly that our sensors mistook it for an actual planet, producing the anomalous data. We can only speculate as to why someone would go to the trouble of faking the presence of a planetary body at this location. Sadly the projector did not survive our experimentation."
 distar.1065.a:0 "Strange..."
 # Star Crazy
 distar.1070.name:0 "Star Patterns"
 distar.1070.desc:1 "The latest sensory readings from [From.GetName] showed the star pulsating regularly, but when the crew on [Root.GetName] arrived on site there was no evidence to support this data. While most of the crew are in agreement that the anomaly was caused by a sensory malfunction, Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] discards this theory. [Root.GetLeaderName] claims to have discovered similar pulsating energy emission patterns elsewhere and now fears that something strange is happening to the galaxy's stars. They have charted the course to the nearest affected star."
 distar.1070.a:0 "We must get to the bottom of this..."
 distar.1070.b:0 "It was a malfunction."
 distar.1071.name:0 "For a minute there..."
 distar.1071.desc:0 "After a few days of heavy brooding, Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] is ready to admit that a mistake was made. There is no hidden pattern in faraway star pulses, no ominous, metaphysical intent. As [Root.GetLeaderName] described it:\n\n§Y'It was paranoia, plain and simple. Illogical, erratic and quite unbecoming of a scientist.'§!\n\nEmbarrassing as it may have been, this blunder was not entirely without benefit, as [Root.GetLeaderName]'s inner conflict led to some valuable self-discovery."
 distar.1071.a:0 "Good. That's sorted then."
 distar.1072.name:0 "Sensor Malfunction"
 distar.1072.desc:0 "On the crew's arrival to [anomalous_star.GetName] they were able to confirm that their sensors were indeed malfunctioning. The good news is that not only were their initial estimates for the star's energy output grossly understated, [From.GetLeaderName] seems to have learned from past mistakes."
 distar.1072.a:0 "Failure is but a stepping stone to success."
 distar.1072.b:0 "What a waste of time..."
 distar.1073.name:0 "Star Crazy"
 distar.1073.desc:2 "The crew of the [From.GetName] has made an unfortunate discovery. Just as they suspected, the pulsating pattern we observed from [anomalous_star.GetName] was in fact due to a sensory malfunction... in Science Officer [crazy_science_officer.GetName]'s head.\n\nThe Science Officer's behavior has turned erratic. [crazy_science_officer.GetHeSheCap] suffers delusions about the stars broadcasting coded warnings about a coming apocalypse - and of having been appointed Protector of the Realm. The crew believes [crazy_science_officer.GetSheHe] [crazy_science_officer.GetHerselfHimself] manipulated the ship's sensory data during one such psychotic spell.\n\nScience Officer [crazy_science_officer.GetName] is now in a medical pod headed back to [Root.Capital.GetName], where [crazy_science_officer.GetSheHe] will receive proper treatment."
 distar.1073.a:1 "Thank you for your service, Protector of the Realm [crazy_science_officer.GetName]!"
 distar.1073.b:0 "Good luck, [crazy_science_officer.GetName]."
 distar.1070.a.tooltip:1 "§LTwinkle twinkle little star...§!"
 test_event_targets.desc:0 "[country_event_target.GetName] [ship_event_target.GetName] [leader_event_target.GetName] [planet_event_target.GetName]"
 # Azizians
 distar.1080.name:0 "Silent Shout"
 distar.1080.desc.a:1 "We have discovered the fossilized remains of a gargantuan gastropod, matching no previously encountered lifeform, trapped within a huge block of ice circling [From.GetName]. Its eyes glare fiercely ahead, tentacles reared and muzzle twisted into a gruesome grimace, as if locked in a silent shout. The creature displays no apparent signs of sapience."
 distar.1080.desc.b:0 "$distar.1080.desc.a$\n\nDespite its eerie visage, our scientists believe that if domesticated the creature could make a valuable asset. They recommend extracting some of its DNA for cloning."
 distar.1080.desc.c:0 "$distar.1080.desc.a$\n\nUnfortunately we currently lack the technology to bring it back to life."
 distar.1080.a:0 "Clone it."
 distar.1080.b:0 "Space this abomination!"
 distar.1080.c:0 "It belongs in a museum."
 distar.1080.d.evopred: "A well refrigerated meal. How refreshing!"
 distar.1081.name:0 "Azizians"
 distar.1081.desc:0 "We have successfully cloned a healthy population of gargantuan slugs from the fossilized DNA. They reached maturity within weeks, weighing up to 20 tons, and have developed a primitive level of sapience, responding to simple one-syllable commands. Though they have yet to show any violent tendencies, they produce a thick, toxic mucus when vexed, and their hue seems to shift with their mood. The research team has named them 'Azizians' for the hissing sounds with which they communicate among themselves."
 distar.1081.a:0 "They will make excellent laborers."
 distar.1081.a.tooltip:0 "§Y400§! £pop£ §HAzizian Pops§! are added to [This.GetName]"
 distar.1081.b:0 "They belong in a Zoo."
 distar.1081.c:0 "We could use them in the army."
 distar.1080.c.tooltip:0 "Who would not want an army of murderous slugs with which to crush their enemies?"
 distar.1081.d:1 "They are horrendous. Dispose of them NOW!"
 distar.1081.d.evopred: "We have seen enough. Butcher them now."
 distar.1083.name:0 "Azizians on the loose!"
 distar.1083.desc:0 "The Azizian gastropods kept in the Zoo on [Root.GetName] have broken out and gone on a rampage! The creatures, who were believed to have reached full maturity, continued to grow in captivity and have since reached monstrous proportions. They tore through the city, knocking over buildings like game pieces, leaving in their wake a trail of bright yellow toxic mucus. The planet will never be the same again."
 distar.1083.a:0 "How dare they!?"
 distar.1083.b:0 "We underestimated them..."
 distar.1084.name:0 "Azizian Wisdom"
 distar.1084.desc:0 "The Azizian laborers on [Root.GetName] have developed full sapience. The creatures, who were believed to have already reached full maturity, were in fact still spawn and are only now, in adulthood, reaching their full potential. They have picked up our language and wish to remain here in our civilization."
 # Harvesters
 distar.1090.name:0 "Abandoned Harvesters"
 distar.1090.desc:0 "The mysterious patterns observed across [From.GetName]'s surface are trails made by huge automated harvesters that gather their crops by shredding the lush greenery. Our scientists speculate that the entire world once served as the breadbasket of a powerful space-borne nation.\n\nThe rich soil and advantageous climate make [From.GetName] perfect for agriculture and a scan of the planet's flora indicates that every single plant on it is edible. The worn-down state of the harvesters and droves of rotting vegetable flesh suggest it has been years since anyone last collected its yield."
 distar.1090.a:0 "We cannot let good food go to waste!"
 distar.1090.b:0 "We have no use for such a planet."
 # Locusts
 distar.1095.name:0 "Devastation"
 distar.1095.desc:0 "The sinuous patterns swirling across [From.GetName]'s surface are gone and so, as if through magic, is the lush vegetation that formerly covered the planet. Not a single leaf, straw or flower remains. But our scientists think they may have pieced together the puzzle.\n\nThe ample presence of droppings and carcasses of arthropoids have led them to believe that the planet briefly played host to a swarm of ravenous spaceborne insects that passes from world to world stripping entire planets of food."
 distar.1095.a:0 "Let us hope the swarm never finds our worlds."
 distar.1095.b.evopred: "Gather the corpses."
 # Shattered World
 distar.2000.name:0 "Shattered World"
 distar.2000.desc:0 "Among the debris we have discovered the shattered remains of a formerly habitable planet. The patterns of fragmentation and charring on the shards suggest it was blasted with concentrated beams of thermal energy until it cracked from the pressure. This allowed for the mineral-rich core to spill out and solidify into clumps of high-quality minerals."
 # Weapon Testing
 distar.2005.name:0 "Weapon Testing"
 distar.2005.desc:0 "It seems the apocalypse has come to [From.GetName] many times over. Surface scans reveal that the planet has been scorched, bombarded, seared and peppered in what is surely some of the most extensive weapon testing we have yet to encounter.\n\nThough countless attempts have been made to obliterate the planet entirely, it appears the aliens had not yet developed the technology for it. Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] has collected an assortment of broken weapon remains in the hopes of recreating their designs."
 distar.2005.a:0 "Analyze the samples."
 distar.2005.b:0 "Leave."
 distar.2006.name:0 "Alien Lasers"
 distar.2006.desc.a:0 "We have learned much from analyzing the remains of the weapons found on [From.From.From.GetName]. The recovered fragments were from a mounted directed-energy weapon system that emits a highly focused energy ray that can be used with great results in space warfare. Science Officer [science_leader.GetName] recommends we use our finds either by developing armor to counter the lasers or by recreating the weapons for ourselves."
 distar.2006.desc.b:0 "We have learned much from analyzing the remains of the weapons found on [From.From.From.GetName]. The fragments we discovered came from a mounted directed-energy weapon system, that emits a highly focused energy ray, similar but hopelessly inferior to our own lasers."
 distar.2006.a:0 "We will use the aliens' weapons against them!"
 distar.2006.b:0 "We need armor for our ships."
 distar.2006.c:0 "Again we have confirmed our superiority."
 # Wetware Computer
 distar.2010.name:0 "Wetware Computer"
 distar.2010.desc:0 "The oceans of [From.GetName] are almost completely covered in a fine network of algae that move in symmetrical patterns, independently of the water's shifting currents. The intricacy and regularity of its motion suggest the algae have been programmed with purpose beyond that of survival.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] speculates that the network may in fact be a primitive wetware computer and the movement patterns its interface. Regrettably we have no means of decoding the patterns at this time."
 # Primordial Soup
 distar.2015.name:0 "Primordial Soup"
 distar.2015.desc:0 "Nestled in sheltered pockets across [From.GetName]'s surface is a rich sludge of simple organic compounds that our researchers believe could be a hotbed for abiogenesis - the spontaneous formation of organic life from lifeless matter. [From.GetName] has an unusually thick atmosphere for a barren world, which could make it hospitable for simple lifeforms.\n\nAlthough this presents a unique opportunity to study what could be the early stages of the origin of life, it would be best to set our expectations low, as it may still be millions of years before life evolves naturally on [From.GetName], if at all."
 distar.2015.desc.terminator:0 "Nestled in sheltered pockets across [From.GetName]'s surface is a rich sludge of simple organic compounds that our research drones believe could be a hotbed for abiogenesis - the spontaneous formation of organic life from lifeless matter. [From.GetName] has an unusually thick atmosphere for a barren world, which could make it hospitable for simple lifeforms.\n\nNaturally, this is intolerable to us. We must snuff this cesspool of organic matter out before life has a chance to develop - even if that may lie millions of years in the future!"
 distar.2015.A.machine:0 "Burn it with fire!"
 distar.2015.b.evopred: "Is this how [owner.GetHomeWorldName] formed?"
 # Single-Minded
 distar.2020.name:0 "Single-Minded"
 distar.2020.desc:1 "At first glance [Root.From.GetName] seems to be inhabited by a diverse plethora of lifeforms. They co-existed in an ecosystem similar to our own, in which nutrients cycle the food chain through photosynthesis, decomposition and predation.\n\nUpon closer inspection, however, the crew discovered that though all living things on [Root.From.GetName] may have started out as individuals, first they now, by mysterious design, operate as a single organism - one which responds to all outside interference with fierce and indiscriminate aggression."
 distar.2020.desc.hive:0 "At first glance [Root.From.GetName] seems to be inhabited by a diverse plethora of lifeforms, co-existing in an ecosystem likely not dissimilar to what our home of [Root.Owner.GetHomeWorldName] might have developed - in a time before, or without, our hive.\n\nUpon closer inspection, our drones discovered that although the organisms developed as individuals first they now, through the natural course of evolution, operate as a single organism. A primitive organism that doesn't know any better than to respond to all outside interference with fierce and indiscriminate aggression."
 # Artificial Moon
 distar.2025.name:0 "Artificial Moon"
 distar.2025.desc:0 "Deeper scans of [From.GetName]'s crust confirm what the crew already suspected - [From.GetName] is no ordinary moon. The entire planetary body is an artificial construct, made out of exceptionally mineral rich rock, packed around a massive steel framework.\n\nLikely it was created to slow the rotational speed of [artificial_moon_planet.GetName], making the days longer and tides higher, priming it for habitation. As far as we can tell nobody ever settled the planet."
 # Shielded world in a time loop
 distar.2030.name:0 "Time Loop"
 distar.2030.desc:0 "[time_loop_world.GetName] is burning up. The planet is enclosed in a shield that is capturing [time_loop_world.GetStarName]'s radiation, heating it to what will soon be uninhabitable temperatures.\n\nIn the scorching heat an advanced civilization of tiny squamate reptilians scurry about in frenzied activity. Some event of great magnitude seems to be in the works. Yet, as tension peaks, time stops without warning, then stretches and morphs until, impossibly, the reptilians are back where they started.\n\nThey appear to be locked in a time loop, a hopeless cycle of fast-forwarded repetition, starting at the birth of their civilization. In mere hours countless generations can be observed living out their lives, unaware they have been condemned to certain, crispy death.\n\nBut we have discovered a crack in the shield that could allow us to change their fate."
 distar.2030.a:0 "Repair the shield."
 distar.2030.a.tooltip:0 "Someone locked the scaled critters up and probably for good reasons too."
 #distar.2030.a.tooltip.mat: "We cannot forfeit the opportunity to research a society locked in a time loop, even if only for a while. The lizards will live and die for science..."
 distar.2030.b:0 "Interrupt the time loop."
 distar.2030.c:0 "Their fate is their own to decide."
 distar.2031.name:0 "Shield Restored"
 distar.2031.desc:0 "We have reinforced the cracking shield around [time_loop_world.GetName] to the best of our abilities, without disturbing the world's inhabitants. Closer investigations of its atmosphere predict that the tiny lizards are likely to meet a fiery end within a century.\n\nThe planet provides a unique opportunity for research but if we intend to study the lizards and the time loop in which they are trapped it would be wise to begin soon."
 distar.2031.a:0 "The lizards will live and die for science..."
 distar.2032.name:1 "Big Boom"
 distar.2032.desc:1 "The good news is we have broken the time loop on [time_loop_world.GetName]. The bad news is its inhabitants did not survive the ordeal.\n\nThe loop, which was caused by an artificial singularity field that curved space and time within the shield, was set to deactivate on an unknown but very specific change in the lizards' behavior. Our scientists believe it may have had something to do with their somewhat aggressive tendencies.\n\nThrough a stupefying coincidence we managed to break the loop at a moment when the lizards had their tiny paws on the nuclear launch trigger. Within seconds of their release the reptilians had disappeared in a fiery inferno of nuclear devastation."
 distar.2032.a:0 "Regrettable..."
 distar.2033.name:0 "[time_loop_country.GetName]"
 distar.2033.desc:0 "The good news is we have broken the time loop on [time_loop_world.GetName]. The bad news is, its inhabitants are not pleased to see us.\n\nThe time loop, which was caused by an artificial singularity field that curved space and time within the shield, was set to deactivate on an unknown but very specific change in the lizards' behavior. Our scientists believe it may have had something to do with their penchant for violence.\n\nUpon disabling the field the lizards reacted with immediate aggression to our presence. They then got to quick work on the shield, blasting it to bits within hours."
 distar.2033.a:0 "So that was a mistake..."
 distar.2033.b:0 "Let us keep an open mind..."
 distar.2035.name:0 "[time_loop_world.GetName]"
 distar.2035.desc:0 "The society of lizard-like aliens trapped behind the shield on [time_loop_world.GetName] have succumbed to the planet's rapid warming. It seems the extreme changes to the environment were not enough to break the time loop in which the lizards were stuck.\n\nThere is little left to research on this formerly so vibrant world."
 distar.2035.a:0 "Such is the way of the universe."
 distar.2036.name:0 "[time_loop_world.GetName]"
 distar.2036.desc:0 "[time_loop_world.GetName] is burning up. The planet is enclosed in a shield that is capturing [time_loop_world.GetStarName]'s radiation, heating it to what will soon be uninhabitable temperatures.\n\nIn the scorching heat an advanced civilization of tiny squamate reptilians scurry about in frenzied activity. Some event of great magnitude seems to be in the works. Yet, as tension peaks, time stops without warning, then stretches and morphs until, impossibly, the reptilians are back where they started.\n\nThey are locked in a time loop, a hopeless cycle of fast-forwarded repetition, starting at the birth of their civilization. In mere hours countless generations can be observed living out their lives, unaware they have been condemned to a certain, crispy death. We could not save them if we tried. The shield is impenetrable."
 distar.2036.a:0 "We must study this phenomenon!"
 distar.2036.b:0 "A grim fate..."
 distar.2038.name:0 "[time_loop_country.GetName]"
 distar.2038.desc:0 "The Lizards have broken free. Somehow they must have solved the time loop conundrum on their own and then managed to shatter the already cracking shield."
 distar.2038.a:0 "Remarkable."
 #### GUARDIAN EVENTS ####
 # Curators
 leviathans.500.g:0 "We have uncovered the Infinity Machine's secret."
 leviathans.4000.desc:1 "YOU!? Uncover the Infinity Machine's secret?! That is about as likely as the [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural] are to survive into the next century. Not very likely, if that was unclear.\n\nWait - don't tell me YOU are the [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural]? My sincerest apologies... I must have confused you with the... [unfriends.GetName]?\n\nTell you what: give us one thing we do not yet know about the Infinity Sphere and we will reward you handsomely."
 leviathans.4000.a:0 "Prepare to have your minds blown."
 leviathans.4000.a.reply:1 "You cannot mean to say... But if the AI entered the Gargantua black hole it can only mean that... But it cannot, for if it were it would be beyond our comprehension...\n\nThough the magnitude of your finds clearly eludes you [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural], you were right to come to us, and for this you have our gratitude."
 leviathans.4000.b:0 "Forget it."
 leviathans.4000.b.reply:0 "Thought so."
 # Hatchling Leviathan
 distar.5010.name:0 "A Planet with a Pulse"
 distar.5010.desc:0 "Something deep within the core of [From.GetName] has begun to pulsate at a steady pace, sending gentle ripples through the ground at regular intervals. It gives off a soft almost soothing sound, similar to that of a heart beating.\n\nConcerns have been raised, however, that the sound may be growing in strength. Geologists are monitoring the planet closely for signs of dangerous seismic activity."
 distar.5001.name:0 "Tremors"
 distar.5001.desc.a:0 "Barely a year old, the newly established colony on [hatchling_egg.GetName] has been shaken by a series of devastating earthquakes that are transforming the environment into an unrecognizable hellscape. Deep rifts, some spanning entire continents, are forming across its surface, spewing sulfuric gasses and noxious liquids from deeper within the crust.\n\nSuch seismological phenomena are typically caused by magma currents in a planet's mantle but on [From.GetName] there are no indications of seismic activity at all, except for the ominous pounding from the planet's core. Local authorities are beginning to question the colony's viability in the long-term."
 distar.5001.desc.b:1 "[From.GetName] is going through a series of rapid seismic changes that are transforming the formerly pristine environment into an unrecognizable hellscape. Deep rifts, some spanning entire continents, are forming across its surface, spewing sulfuric gasses and noxious liquids from deeper within the crust.\n\nSatellite data shows strong bursts of sonic energy pulsating from the planet's inner core, as from a heart beating."
 distar.5001.a:0 "Unsettling..."
 distar.5001.a.tooltip:0 "Seismic waves have torn through the colony, leveling all buildings and leaving §Y$egg_cracking$§! in their wake."
 distar.5002.name:0 "Cataclysm"
 distar.5002.desc.a:0 "A shockwave of earthquakes has struck [hatchling_egg.GetName], rupturing the lithosphere and expelling a blanket of toxic gasses and sludge, that is now smothering all living things.\n\nWe fear the changes on [hatchling_egg.GetName] are irreversible and substantial enough that the planet will be uninhabitable within a near future. Local authorities have declared a state of emergency and request that all remaining inhabitants be evacuated.\n\nMeanwhile, the rhythmic pulses from the planet's core are growing in strength."
 distar.5002.desc.b:0 "Another shock wave of earthquakes has struck [hatchling_egg.GetName], cracking the lithosphere open and expelling more toxic gasses and sludge that now blanket the surface, smothering all living things.\n\nThe changes to [hatchling_egg.GetName] are both irreversible and substantial enough to render the planet uninhabitable within a near future.\n\nMeanwhile, the rhythmic pulses from the planet's core are growing in strength."
 distar.5002.a:0 "A tragedy..."
 distar.5003.name:0 "Genesis"
 distar.5003.desc.a:0 "Disaster has befallen the colony on [hatchling_egg.GetName]! A final sequence of violent ruptures has razed the last remains of the settlement and cracked the planet open, and from its empty shell is bursting the nightmarish form of a newborn Voidspawn. It goes against all sense, still there is no other way to explain it. Somehow what we mistook for a world was not a world at all, but an egg, and that egg has now hatched."
 distar.5003.desc.b:0 "[hatchling_egg.GetName] is no more! A final sequence of violent ruptures has cracked the planet open and from its empty shell crawls the newborn form of a creature of unimaginable proportions.\n\nIt goes against all sense, still there is no other way of explaining it. Somehow what we mistook for a world was not a world at all, but an egg, that has now hatched a nightmarish Voidspawn into the galaxy."
 distar.5003.a:0 "It's an abomination!"
 distar.5009.name:0 "Voidspawn Defeated"
 distar.5009.desc:0 "A light tremor passes through the Voidspawn's curled up body, ribbons of black fluid trailing from its wounds and snout, then it is gone, its liquid eyes staring emptily into space.\n\nHopefully we will never know the form it might have taken if allowed to reach adulthood, or the whereabouts of its originator.\n\nOur scientists have expressed an interest in researching the egg shards for their unique energy retaining qualities."
 distar.5009.a:0 "Research the shards."
 distar.5009.b:0 "No. We are done with the Voidspawn."
 distar.5011.name:0 "Voidspawn"
 distar.5011.desc:1 "A creature of unthinkable size is fluttering clumsily from planet to planet. Judging by its awkward proportions and movements it is only a spawn yet, but it is horrifying to behold all the same. Strings of slime and black bile cling to its body and sharp mandibles. Spawn or not, it is a predator, equipped to kill."
 distar.5011.a:0 "It's an abomination!"
 distar.5011.b:0 "It's just a baby!"
 distar.5012.name:0 "Gargantuan Evolution"
 distar.5012.desc:0 "A closer analysis of the egg shards has allowed us to develop a technology that will reproduce some of the Voidspawn egg's remarkable energy retaining qualities in our own solar plants."
 distar.5012.genetics.desc:0 "We are faced with a choice:\n\nIf we conduct a closer analysis of the egg shards, we could potentially reproduce some of the Voidspawn egg's remarkable energy retaining qualities.\n\nAlternatively, we can preserve the genetic material of the Voidspawn for future use."
 distar.5012.a:0 "Study the egg shards."
 distar.5012.b:0 "Harvest the genetic material."
 distar.5012.b.tooltip:0 "Unlocks the §Y$trait_voidling$§! trait for §YLeviathan Transgenesis§!."
 distar.5013.name:0 "Seismic Activity on [hatchling_egg.GetName]"
 distar.5013.desc.a:0 "$distar.5013.desc.b$\n\nAll that remains now is to rebuild what was lost."
 distar.5013.desc.b:0 "The strange seismic activity on [hatchling_egg.GetName] has stopped abruptly. There are no more tremors, no new rifts, no ominous pulsating from its core. The planet has grown quiet and with any luck it will stay that way."
 distar.5013.a:0 "We can only hope."
 distar.5013.b:0 "Strange."
 distar.5014.name:1 "As Good as New"
 distar.5014.desc:0 "The toxic sludge on [Root.GetName] has been cleared and the last rifts filled, preventing more noxious gases from leaking to the surface."
 #distar.5054.desc: "Bloop.[enigmatic_cache_fleet.GetName]"

 distar.5059.name:0 "The Enigmatic Cache Departs"
 distar.5059.desc:0 "Whatever the Enigmatic Cache's purpose here on [Root.GetName] may have been, it has come to an end. As abruptly as it arrived, the enigmatic cache is now leaving."
 distar.5059.desc.b:0 "It appears as though the Enigmatic Cache is now done with its scan of [Root.GetName] and is seeking another target planet within our borders."
 distar.5059.a:0 "A relief for the citizens of [Root.GetName]."
 distar.5059.b:0 "A shame..."
 distar.5057.name:0 "Alien Entity Identified"
 distar.5057.desc:0 "A tubular alien entity has entered orbit of [Root.GetName], with no warning or explanation. It appears to be moving without engines or thrusters, gliding in complete silence through the void of space, cylinders rotating ominously.\n\nThough it has yet to display any signs of aggression, it refuses to acknowledge our hails. Our military advisors warn that it may pose a considerable threat to the inhabitants below and implore us to engage neutralization protocols. Our scientists, however, plead that we instead learn from this remarkable piece of technology."
 #distar.5057.desc.phobe: "It is revolting, its existence a perversion of the laws of science. It should not be. It cannot be. Yet it is. Cylinders rotating ominously."
 distar.5057.a:0 "We will study it."
 distar.5057.b:0 "The safety of our people must come first."
 distar.5057.phobe:0 "It will be no more."
 distar.5058.name:1 "The Enigmatic Cache"
 distar.5058.desc:0 "Despite extensive research the enigmatic cache and its origin are still shrouded in mystery. Though it is definitely not organic in nature, it is not entirely machine either. It appears to be preoccupied mainly with the gathering, storing and encoding of data.\n\nIts surface is covered in hundreds of thousands of minuscule scratches and dents in which we have discovered traces of a compound that is alien to our galaxy."
 distar.5058.a:0 "Intriguing."
 distar.5062.name:0 "The Enigmatic Cache Returns"
 distar.5062.desc:0 "The mysterious tubular entity that we suspect previously scanned one of our planets has returned and is entering orbit of [Root.Capital.GetName]. It appears to be attempting to initiate communications."
 distar.5062.a:0 "Enable communications."
 distar.5062.b:0 "Block all channels."
 distar.5064.name:0 "Enigmatic Transmission"
 distar.5064.desc:0 "Greetings, <<FAILING_TO_READ_SPECIES_NAME>>.\n\nDo not be alaX#r?med. I am BALDOR XXXXIII, a sentient AI operating on behalf of the Lavosian Endangered Xeno Preservation Grant. You, of all your galactic peers, have been selected for //X%PrX// uplifting. So far we have uplifted <<#39XX7/02#>> lesser species with a succ@r¤4te of <<#X0.V#/3^189%>>."
 distar.5064.a:0 "But we are already a sapient space-faring nation!"
 distar.5064.a.response:0 "You are within the early st4?4ges of sapient development and your technological advancement has already stagnated. This puts you at risk of imminent regression. Let us open your <<FAILING_TO_READ_SPECIES_CLASS_SENSORY_ORGAN>> to the wonders of the universe."
 distar.5064.b:0 "What exactly would a so called 'uplifting' entail?"
 distar.5064.b.response:1 "Long-range data transfer and cognitive stimulation through hypnopedia. It is a highly efficient, well-tried, pain-free process that allows me to exercise your population's intellectual faculties in their regenerative cycle.\n\nI am required to inform you that the side effects of heightened cognitive abilities in organics may include, but are not limited to, disillusionment, acid reflux, and bottomless despair. In certain <<FAILING_TO_READ_SPECIES_CLASS>> it may also cause severe <<FAILING_TO_READ_SPECIES_CLASS_SIDE_EFFECT>>."
 distar.5064.c:0 "No offense but you seem a little...broken..."
 distar.5064.c.response:0 "<<¤¤X¤F00??>>"
 distar.5064.d:0 "Who are you?"
 distar.5064.d.response:0 "I am BALDOR XXXXIII, a sentient AI operating on behalf of the Lavosian Endangered Xeno Preservation Grant."
 distar.5064.e:0 "We are ready to ascend."
 distar.5064.e.tooltip:0 "Here goes nothing..."
 distar.5064.e.response:0 "You will not regret it, <<FAILING_TO_READ_SPECIES_NAME>>!"
 distar.5064.f:0 "Out of the question."
 distar.5064.f.response:0 "That is regrettable. We wish you the best of luck in your future 3?ndeavors, <<FAILING_TO_READ_SPECIES_NAME>>"
 distar.5067.name:0 "Enigmatic Dreams"
 distar.5067.desc.a:1 "The Enigmatic Cache's wheels whir with an unprecedented fervor as strange patterns of light morph along its sides, cogs and gears humming agitatedly. It sounds as if it could break any minute. Meanwhile our people stir restlessly in their slumber, heads resonating with the Cache's rhythmical drone, their night interrupted by visions of technological wonders and complex calculations."
 distar.5067.desc.b:1 "$distar.5067.desc.a$\n\nAside from the occasional fluid leak from their [ROOT.GetEyeNamePlural], they appear to be in good health, but the production of some of our population is affected by their growing fatigue."
 distar.5067.a:0 "In the pursuit of knowledge, no price is too high."
 distar.5067.a.tooltip:0 "All affected pops will become §Y$enigmatic_fatigue$§!."
 distar.5067.b:0 "This madness ends now. Abort the project."
 distar.5068.name:0 "Ignorance is Bliss"
 distar.5068.desc:2 "The final night of hypnopedia has come to an end and a new day dawns for the citizens of [Root.GetName], who are just now opening their minds to a very different world - a world of possibility...and pain. Who knew the universe was such a drab and dreary place, devoid of all meaning and purpose?\n\nThough it may be a while before the population adjusts to the many tribulations of having an above-average intelligence, overall the project can be considered a success. Our initial readings indicate that we have developed an enhanced capability for learning and scientific research."
 distar.5068.a:0 "A proud day for the [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural]!"
 applied_enigmatic_intelligence.tooltip:0 "Modifies all Pops in §Y[Root.GetName]§! by adding the §Y$trait_uplifted$§! trait."
 applied_enigmatic_sadness.tooltip:0 "§HAll Pops§!: §YIgnorance is Bliss§! modifier added for §Y3600§! days, giving the following effects: Happiness: §R-10%§!"
 applied_enigmatic_intelligence_poor.tooltip:0 "Modifies Pops in §Y[Root.GetName]§! by adding the §Y$trait_enigmatic_intelligence_poor$§! trait."
 applied_enigmatic_madness.tooltip:0 "§HAll Pops§!: §YPTSD§! modifier added for §Y3600§! days, giving the following effects: Happiness: §R-20%§!"
 trait_enigmatic_intelligence_failed.tooltip:0 "Modifies Pops affected by the §YVegetable§! modifier in §Y[Root.GetName]§! by adding the §Y$trait_enigmatic_intelligence_failed$§! trait."
 distar.5063.name:0 "The New Us"
 distar.5063.desc:1 "The final night of hypnopedia has come to an end and a new day dawns for the citizens of [Root.GetName], who are just now opening their minds to a very different world - a world full of scientific wonder and promise. Who knew the universe was such a vibrant, fascinating place?\n\n Our initial readings indicate that we have indeed developed an enhanced capability for learning and scientific research thanks to BALDOR XXXXIII and the Lavosian Endangered Xeno Preservation Grant."
 distar.5063.a:0 "A proud day for the [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural]!"
 distar.5069.name:0 "Uplifting Aborted"
 distar.5069.desc:0 "We have terminated the ascension process and our people are slowly returning to their good old dependable selves. The tubular alien entity known as BALDOR XXXXIII has left in a deeply discombobulated state."
 distar.5069.a:0 "Surely it was for the best."
 distar.5070.name:1 "Ascension Terminated"
 distar.5070.desc:1 "Following an unprovoked assault from the [cache_killers.GetSpeciesName], BALDOR XXXXIII has dematerialized and the ascension of our people has been terminated. We believe the tubular alien entity, which was already in poor condition, was especially vulnerable during the ascension and suffered significant damage to its core functions in the attack. As it departed it transmitted the message "I am BALDOR XXX...""
 distar.5070.a:1 "The [cache_killers.GetSpeciesName] will pay."
 distar.5071.name:0 "Alert"
 distar.5071.desc:2 "After a long period of undisturbed, uneventful hypnopedia, BALDOR XXXXIII appears to have entered a frenzied state, wheels spinning at a furious rate, projecting rapid strings of absurdist nightmares to those who dare rest.\n\nWhile many are reluctant to go to rest at all, an unfortunate few appear to have become trapped in a vegetative state from which they are unable to wake up.\n\nOur engineers suggest the entity, which was badly damaged from the start, may be deteriorating. If left unattended our ascension may not go as planned."
 distar.5071.a:0 "Contact BALDOR XXXXIII."
 distar.5071.b:0 "Send in a team of engineers."
 distar.5071.c:0 "Terminate the ascension immediately."
 distar.5071.d:0 "$distar.1055.b$"
 distar.5071.tooltip:0 "§Y$enigmatic_slumber$§! added to up to §Y400§! £pop£ §HPops§!."
 distar.5072.name:0 "Transmission"
 distar.5072.desc:0 "----CRITICAL ERROR----\n\n----CRITICAL ERROR----\n\n----CRITICAL ERROR----\n\n----CRITICAL ERROR---"
 distar.5072.a:0 "<<<RUN DIAGNOSTICS>>>"
 distar.5072.response:0 "$distar.5072.desc$"
 distar.5072.b:0 "<<<INITIATE SYSTEM REPAIR>>>"
 distar.5072.b.response:0 "$distar.5072.desc$"
 distar.5072.c:0 "<<<TERMINATE ASCENSION>>>"
 distar.5072.c.response:0 "$distar.5072.desc$"
 distar.5072.d:0 "Abort ascension manually."
 distar.5072.d.response:0 "$distar.5072.desc$"
 distar.5072.e:0 "Send in a team of engineers."
 distar.5072.e.response:0 "$distar.5072.desc$"
 distar.5073.name:0 "Repair Complete"
 distar.5073.desc:0 "Our engineers have stabilized BALDOR XXXXIII, the uplifting process is back on track and our people have, somewhat reluctantly, returned to their regular sleeping patterns. The hypnopedia is already showing promising results, with our citizens taking an increased interest in science."
 distar.5074.name:0 "Somewhat Uplifted"
 distar.5074.desc:0 "The ascension process is complete, yet we have not ascended, due to the rapidly deteriorating state of BALDOR XXXXIII. Though the majority of our population still suffers from intense night terrors, the hypnopedia appears to have yielded some good results as they now show an unprecedented proficiency for scientific research and learning. For the unlucky citizens who were trapped in a vegetative state, the situation is more dire... Though most have regained consciousness, their minds seem to have caved under the pressure.\n\nIt may not be a full ascension, but at least it is...something."
 distar.5074.a:0 "It could have been worse."
 distar.5078.name:0 "Enigmatic Ascension Terminated"
 distar.5078.desc:0 "In the tumultuous aftermath of the loss of [FromFromFrom.GetName] to [From.GetSpeciesName] invading forces, BALDOR XXXXIII has dematerialized and the ascension of our people has been terminated. We believe the tubular alien entity, which was already in poor condition, accidentally came under enemy fire and suffered significant damage to its core functions. As it departed it sent out a final distress message; "I am BALDOR XXX.""
 distar.5078.a:0 "The [From.GetSpeciesName] will pay."
 trait_enigmatic_intelligence_poor:0 "Somewhat Uplifted"
 trait_enigmatic_intelligence_poor_desc:1 "This species was partially uplifted by a benevolent extragalactic intellect and has left some of its pre-sapient origins behind."
 trait_enigmatic_intelligence_failed:0 "Unlifted"
 trait_enigmatic_intelligence_failed_desc:0 "This species has suffered the tragic consequences of an uplifting gone wrong."
 trait_enigmatic_intelligence:0 "Uplifted"
 trait_enigmatic_intelligence_desc:1 "This species was uplifted by a benevolent extragalactic intellect and has left its pre-sapient origins behind."
 ENIGMATIC_UPLIFTING:0 "Enigmatic Ascension"
 ENIGMATIV_UPLIFTING_DESC:1 "The alien entity BALDOR XXXXIII claims that it can uplift our people using hypnopedia, rest-learning. Our researchers will have to monitor the process closely."
 ENIGMATIC_UPLIFTING_DESC:0 "$ENIGMATIV_UPLIFTING_DESC$"
 ENIGMATIC_REPAIR:0 "Repairing BALDOR XXXXIII"
 ENIGMATIC_REPAIR_DESC:1 "Our ascension is being jeopardized by a critical hardware failure in Baldor XXXXIII. The entity requires immediate repairs."
 enigmatic_fatigue:0 "Fatigued"
 enigmatic_fatigue_desc:0 "Our pops are affected by hypnopedia-induced fatigue."
 enigmatic_sadness:0 "Ignorance is Bliss"
 enigmatic_sadness_desc:0 "Our pops are acclimatizing to the side-effects of an above-average intelligence."
 enigmatic_madness:0 "PTSD"
 enigmatic_madness_desc:0 "This pop is still tortured by lingering nightmares from an unsuccessful uplifting."
 enigmatic_slumber:0 "Vegetable"
 enigmatic_slumber_desc:0 "This pop has been trapped in a hypnopedia-induced coma."

 SUPERFLARE_PROJECT:0 "Superflare Shielding"
 SUPERFLARE_PROJECT_DESC:0 "Sensors on [Root.GetName] indicate that [From.GetStarName] is preparing for another superflare event, not unlike the one that destroyed the ancient civilization on [From.From.GetName]. We need to find a way to shield our colony before the flare erupts."

 PRIMITIVE_ROBOT_PROJECT:0 "Missing Makers"
 PRIMITIVE_ROBOT_PROJECT_DESC:0 "Researchers are baffled by the lack of explanation for the disappearance of the past civilization on [From.GetName]. They propose a more intensive hardware analysis of the ancient robots they left behind, in an attempt to shed some light on this mystery.\n\nReward: £society£  §GSociety Research§!"

 RETROVIRUS_PROJECT:0 "Erratic Planetside Behavior"
 RETROVIRUS_PROJECT_DESC:0 "A streak of unexplained civil disobedience is sweeping across [From.GetName]. Colonists are exhibiting strange, erratic behavior that usually begins with general confusion and escalates over time to extreme agitation and violence. We must find the cause of this behavior, before things get out of hand."

 DARK_FLOW_PROJECT:0 "Gravitometric Abnormalities"
 DARK_FLOW_PROJECT_DESC:0 "Impossible gravitational readings have been registered in the [from.GetStarName] system. Something must be interfering with our sensors."

 DISSECTION_PROJECT:0 "Space Amoeba Dissection"
 DISSECTION_PROJECT_DESC:0 "We have decided to extract biological data from the lost juvenile Space Amoeba by fatal means. We will send a task force to capture the creature, and dissect its remains."

 CRYO_CLONES_PROJECT:0 "Cryonic Ring World Clones"
 CRYO_CLONES_PROJECT_DESC:0 "There are hundreds of still-living clones sealed in cryostasis chambers on the ruined Ring World surrounding [From.GetName]. Rather than let them slowly die off like many of their comrades, our biologists propose thawing them out."

 RECOVER_WARFORM_PROJECT:0 "Recover the Corroding Warship"
 RECOVER_WARFORM_PROJECT_DESC:0 "A disabled robotic warship has been found on [From.GetName], where it is slowly being dissolved by the planet's toxic atmosphere. We should attempt to recover it, before it is rendered wholly inoperable."

 BRAINSLUG_PROJECT:0 "Neural Symbiont Study"
 BRAINSLUG_PROJECT_DESC:0 "A symbiotic relationship between a reptilian species and a slug-like creature that attaches to the brain stem of its host once flourished on the surface of [From.GetName], transforming the bestial reptiles into tool-using sapients. Something caused these creatures to terminate their symbiotic relationship, and the reptilian hosts reverted back into mere animals.\n\nOur scientists would like to study the neural slugs still found on the planet more closely, in order to better understand the history of the lost civilization they built together."

 KETLING_PROJECT_1:0 "Study the $NAME_Ketlings$ on §Y[ratling_capital.GetName]§!"
 KETLING_PROJECT_1_DESC:1 "Sapient creatures have emerged from the scrap piles on §Y[ratling_capital.GetName]§!. Our scientists are curious whether these aliens, dubbed $NAME_Ketlings$, are descendants of the space-faring civilization that once spanned these systems, or if they have another origin entirely.\n\nWe should be able to choose any planet inhabited by autonomous $NAME_Ketlings$ to conduct this study."
 KETLING_PROJECT_2:0 "Study the $NAME_Ketlings$ on §Y[ratling_planet_2.GetName]§!"
 KETLING_PROJECT_2_DESC:1 "Sapient creatures have emerged from the scrap piles on §Y[ratling_planet_2.GetName]§!. Our scientists are curious whether these aliens, dubbed $NAME_Ketlings$, are descendants of the space-faring civilization that once spanned these systems, or if they have another origin entirely.\n\nWe should be able to choose any planet inhabited by autonomous $NAME_Ketlings$ to conduct this study."
 KETLING_PROJECT_3:0 "Study the $NAME_Ketlings$ on §Y[ratling_planet_3.GetName]§!"
 KETLING_PROJECT_3_DESC:1 "Sapient creatures have emerged from the scrap piles on §Y[ratling_planet_3.GetName]§!. Our scientists are curious whether these aliens, dubbed $NAME_Ketlings$, are descendants of the space-faring civilization that once spanned these systems, or if they have another origin entirely.\n\nWe should be able to choose any planet inhabited by autonomous $NAME_Ketlings$ to conduct this study."
 KETLING_PROJECT_4:0 "Study the $NAME_Ketlings$ on §Y[ratling_planet_4.GetName]§!"
 KETLING_PROJECT_4_DESC:1 "Sapient creatures have emerged from the scrap piles on §Y[ratling_planet_4.GetName]§!. Our scientists are curious whether these aliens, dubbed $NAME_Ketlings$, are descendants of the space-faring civilization that once spanned these systems, or if they have another origin entirely.\n\nWe should be able to choose any planet inhabited by autonomous $NAME_Ketlings$ to conduct this study."
 KETLING_PROJECT_5:0 "Study the $NAME_Ketlings$ on §Y[ratling_planet_5.GetName]§!"
 KETLING_PROJECT_5_DESC:1 "Sapient creatures have emerged from the scrap piles on §Y[ratling_planet_5.GetName]§!. Our scientists are curious whether these aliens, dubbed $NAME_Ketlings$, are descendants of the space-faring civilization that once spanned these systems, or if they have another origin entirely.\n\nWe should be able to choose any planet inhabited by autonomous $NAME_Ketlings$ to conduct this study."

 SEALED_SYSTEM_PROJECT:0 "Abandoned Wormhole Station"
 SEALED_SYSTEM_PROJECT_DESC:0 "An abandoned station spins at the mouth of the §Y[From.GetName]§! System wormhole. Deeper investigation may explain who built it, and why the wormhole appears to be entirely non-traversable."

 PHASESHIFT_PROJECT:0 "Phase-Shift Freeze"
 PHASESHIFT_PROJECT_DESC:1 "§Y[phaseshift_planet.GetName]§!, a planet in the §Y[phaseshift_planet.GetStarName]§! System has been observed to phase-shift between a §Y$pc_shrouded$§! and §Y$pc_gaia$§! on a three month cycle.\n\nOur physicists should be able to devise a way to lock the planet in one of its states, freezing it as a §Y$pc_gaia$§!, and preventing it from shifting back."

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 # Modifiers
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 mineral_mapping:0 "Mineral Mapping"
 mineral_mapping_desc:0 "A system enabling us to quickly chart underground terrain and accurately map mineral veins."
 disregard_for_alien_life:0 "Disregard for Alien Life"
 disregard_for_alien_life_desc:0 "Acted in a manner ill befitting a xenophile, with no regard for alien life and the biodiversity of the galaxy."

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 # Anomaly Categories
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 # FROM = planet scope
 # ROOT = ship scope

 ### Trojan Asteroid ###
 disco_trojan_asteroid_cat:0 "Unknown Insides"
 disco_trojan_asteroid_cat_desc:0 "Initial scans of the asteroid [From.GetName] suggest a dense mass of wrought metal within it, perhaps part of some machinery or other technology. Further scanning required for more detailed data."

 ### Impossible Organism ###
 disco_impossible_organism_cat:0 "Impossible Organism"
 disco_impossible_organism_cat_desc:0 "Unexpected life signs have been encountered on survey of the toxic planet [From.GetName]. Small, but significant."

 ### Stranded Scientist ###
 disco_stranded_scientist_cat:0 "Spacecraft Remains"
 disco_stranded_scientist_cat_desc:0 "Bits and pieces of metal are strewn across [From.GetName]'s surface, encircling what looks like the hulk of a ship. The wreckage appears deserted, but energy readings remain."

 ### Molluscoid Miners ###
 disco_molluscoid_miners_cat:0 "Possible Inhabitants"
 disco_molluscoid_miners_cat_desc:0 "Optical scans of the planet [From.GetName] have revealed small hut-like structures littering parts of its surface, suggesting it is inhabited."

 ### Alien Machine ###
 disco_alien_machine_cat:0 "Alien Machine"
 disco_alien_machine_cat_desc:0 "On the surface of [From.GetName] sits what appears to be a large machine, of unknown origin and purpose."

 ### Orbital Speed Demon ###
 disco_speed_demon_cat:0 "Orbital Speed Demon"
 disco_speed_demon_cat_desc:0 "Caught in an orbit around [From.GetName] is a small, unknown object moving at such a high speed it beggars belief."

 ### Breathing Rift ###
 disco_breathing_rift_cat:0 "Light Phenomenon"
 disco_breathing_rift_cat_desc:0 "An unknown phenomenon has been discovered near [From.GetName]. It is causing light to be frequently refracted and occasionally even entirely blocked out."

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 # Names
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 trait_nivlac:0 "Nivlac"
 trait_nivlac_desc:0 "§LThis species possesses perplexing adaptability, allowing it to thrive in most environments and survive virtually everywhere.§!"
 opinion_nurtured:0 "Nurtured Forebears"
 opinion_discarded:0 "Discarded Forebears"
 trojan_asteroid_title:0 "Trojan Asteroid"
 impossible_organism_title:0 "Impossible Organism"


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 ### Anomaly Events
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 ### Trojan Asteroid ###
 distar.3000.name:0 "Machinery Inside"
 distar.3000.desc:0 "As suspected, the asteroid [From.GetName] holds within it a great mass of metal and does indeed hide some manner of machinery.\n\nThe gathered data clearly shows that its constituent parts contain great quantities of stored energy, but its purpose remains unknown."
 distar.3000.a:0 "Proceed carefully."
 distar.3000.a.tooltip:0 "Gently excavate the asteroid."
 distar.3000.b:0 "Probe it."
 distar.3000.b.tooltip:0 "Dispatch a drill probe to retrieve a sample."
 distar.3001.desc:0 "Caution proved well in order. Hidden inside [trojan_asteroid.GetName] was a host of old mining drones programmed to attack on sight.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] fortunately detected this early and was able to jam the drones' sensors long enough to disable them.\n\nThe drones' cores are old indeed, but retain vast amounts of energy for siphoning."
 distar.3002.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName]'s forceful probing proved unfortunate. Within the asteroid was hidden a host of old mining drones, programmed to attack on sight.\n\nThe drones have picked up on the [Root.GetName]'s presence and are beginning to stir.\n\nThere may still be time for an evasive maneuver, if [Root.GetName] acts quickly."
 distar.3003.desc:0 "News of the events relating to asteroid [trojan_asteroid.GetName] have reached the networks of [Root.Capital.GetName]. The scientific community has reacted with curiosity, posing questions as to why the drones were originally placed inside the asteroid.\n\nWere they guarding something?"
 distar.3005.desc:0 "As the science community on [Root.Owner.Capital.GetName] hypothesized, the drones found in asteroid [trojan_asteroid.GetName] were indeed hiding something.\n\nThe valiant efforts of the [Root.GetName]'s crew have unearthed rich mineral deposits in the asteroid's core, previously obscured by the drones' presence."

 ### Impossible Organism ###
 distar.3010.desc:1 "The surprising life readings from [impossible_organism_planet.GetName] have been attributed to a small organism of exceeding tenacity. The [Root.GetName]'s crew is unsure how to classify the lifeform, but its ability to survive, seemingly without any sustenance, is truly astonishing. Considering the planet's age, it is not impossible that the organism has been fighting its habitat's toxicity for millennia, though this is an educated guess at best.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] has requested permission to retrieve samples of the unknown organism, so that it may be studied."
 distar.3010.a:0 "Very well, sample it."
 distar.3010.b:0 "No. Study it from afar."
 distar.3010.b.tooltip:0 "Adds the §YImpossible Organism§! modifier to [From.GetName]:\n£society£  §G+3§!"
 distar.3011.desc:0 "Studies of the mysterious lifeform are progressing well. The scientific community is amazed by its potential for growth. It is already visible to the naked eye and responds to stimuli, and appears able to absorb energy and nutrition from nearly anything, organic or not.\n\nAlas, its genetic, cellular, and biochemical processes remain beyond our understanding."
 distar.3011.a:1 "We should continue to study it."
 distar.3011.a.phobe:0 "Disgusting! Poke it with a stick..."
 distar.3011.b:0 "This alien is too dangerous."
 distar.3011.b.tooltip:0 "Shoot the lifeform into deep space."

 distar.3012.name:0 "Impossible Fungoid"
 distar.3012.desc:0 "After recent breakthroughs, the strange lifeform is no longer a complete mystery! The scientific community on [Root.Capital.GetName] are abuzz with the news.\n\nThe organism has been classified as a fungoid - partly explaining its ability to absorb molecules for nutrition. It has grown immensely, now the size of a newborn [Root.GetSpeciesName], and appears both inquisitive and intelligent. Thankfully, it has thus far shown no signs of aggression.\n\nThe scientists believe the next step to be attempts at communication, though it may be months before any progress is made on this front."
 distar.3012.a:1 "Proceed with the communication attempts."
 distar.3012.a.tooltip:1 "Continue studying the fungoid.\n\nIt may take months before there is any progress to report."
 distar.3012.b:1 "$distar.172.b$. Airlock the specimen."
 distar.3012.b.tooltip:0 "Shoot the fungoid into deep space."

 distar.3013.name:0 "Impossible Fungoid: First Words"
 distar.3013.desc:0 "The small fungoid has recently begun to vocalize!\n\nIts first words were a guttural "nivlac." Incoherent, but ardently repeated. And so the scientists have proudly named the fungoid §Y$NAME_Nivlac$§!. Since then its language has developed at a spectacular rate and it's now able to successfully convey the seven primary emotions - and does so often to its own spawn. It reproduces - by spreading its spores - as a matter of routine, and the laboratory will soon be insufficient to house the fungoids.\n\nThe $NAME_Nivlac$ still has not shown any signs of aggression."
 distar.3013.a.xenophile:0 "Astonishing. Every [Root.GetSpeciesName] should have one!"
 distar.3013.a:0 "Excellent. [Root.GetAdj] society could use them."
 distar.3013.a.swarm:0 "[Root.GetAdj] society could use them... as fodder."
 distar.3013.a.serv:0 "Precious organics. We [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural] shall care for them."
 distar.3013.a.assi:0 "Excellent. They will be assimilated."
 distar.3013.a.assi.tooltip:0 "Up to §Y500§! £pop£ §H$NAME_Nivlac$ Pops§! will be spawned on [nivlac_joint_planet.GetName]."
 distar.3013.a.tooltip:2 "Fill empty [nivlac_joint_planet.GetName] homes with £pop£ §H$NAME_Nivlac$ Pops§!."
 distar.3013.b:1 "They should have a home of their own."
 distar.3013.b.no_room.kill:0 "We have no room. Torch them and be done with it."
 distar.3013.b.no_room.kill.tooltip:0 "Destroy the fungoids."
 distar.3013.b.tooltip:1 "Our scientists will relocate the $NAME_Nivlacs$ from the laboratory to a suitable planet of their own.\n\nIt will be some time before we can expect an update."

 distar.3015.name:0 "Impossible Organism: The $NAME_Nivlac$"
 distar.3015.desc:0 "The alien lifeform once discovered on the toxic planet [impossible_organism_planet.GetName], and later fired into deep space after being deemed too dangerous, appears to have made planetfall on [nivlac_planet.GetName] some time thereafter.\n\nIt not only survived the impact, but has since managed to make a home of its new planet. It has prospered, grown, and subdivided into a small population, to the point of becoming a spacefaring species in and of itself.\n\nThey call themselves $NAME_Nivlac$, and unfortunately appear to recall our earlier disregard for their survival."

 distar.3016.name:0 "The $NAME_Nivlac$"
 distar.3016.desc:1 "Our scientists are pleased to report that the $NAME_Nivlac$'s relocation to a suitable planet was a great success.\n\nSince the young fungoid's arrival at [nivlac_planet.GetName], it is apparent that its explosive growth has continued. It has established itself as a small people, and recently even developed FTL technology - undoubtedly aided by the technology we left behind.\n\nWe shall eagerly continue to watch their development."

 distar.3017.name:0 "[Root.Owner.GetSpeciesName] and $NAME_Nivlac$"
 distar.3017.desc:0 "The integration of the fungoid $NAME_Nivlac$ into [Root.Owner.GetAdj] society is underway.\n\nThe interactions between $NAME_Nivlacs$ and [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesNamePlural] continue to be positive, and our species appear to be headed down a promising road together."
 distar.3017.desc.assim:0 "The assimilation of the fungoid $NAME_Nivlac$ into [Root.Owner.GetAdj] society is underway.\n\nWhile the $NAME_Nivlac$ are resistant toward the process, their consciousnesses will eventually be sublimated into the [Root.GetAdj] whole."
 distar.3017.a.tooltip:2 "£pop£ §H$NAME_Nivlac$ Pops§! have been added to [nivlac_joint_planet.GetName]."
 distar.3017.a.assi.tooltip:1 "£pop£ §H$NAME_Nivlac$ Pops§! have been added to [nivlac_joint_planet.GetName]."
 distar.3017.a.serv.tooltip:0 "£pop£ §H$NAME_Nivlac$ Pops§! are being pampered in freshly-built sanctuaries on [nivlac_joint_planet.GetName]."

 ### Stranded Scientist ###
 distar.3020.name:0 "Stranded Scientist"
 distar.3020.desc:2 "The wreckage on the asteroid [From.GetName] is the remains of a vessel belonging to a now-stranded scientist - [stranded_scientist_leader.GetName] - identifying herself as belonging to the hitherto-unknown [stranded_scientist_species.GetName] species.\n\nFrom amidst the wreckage she somehow managed to contact [Root.GetLeaderName], the Science Officer stationed aboard the [Root.GetName], and is requesting to be rescued. She explains that her collision was due to malfunctioning navigational sensors, and that she has been unable to leave the asteroid for several years.\n\nShe claims her scientific knowledge to be without equal, and that she would be a valuable asset. She points to her survival as proof of that."
 distar.3020.a:0 "She may join our cause."
 distar.3020.a.tooltip:0 "§Y[stranded_scientist_leader.GetName]§!, a Level 6 $scientist_with_icon$, joins the [Root.Owner.GetName] and will share her technological knowledge."
 stranded_scientist_background: "§Y[Root.GetName]§! was found stranded on the [Root.GetHomeWorldBiome] §Y[Root.GetBackgroundPlanet]§!."
 distar.3020.b:0 "No. Leave her."
 distar.3020.b.tooltip:0 "[stranded_scientist_leader.GetName] is left to her fate."

 distar.3021.name:0 "Shared Knowledge"
 distar.3021.desc:0 "The recent scientist addition [stranded_scientist_leader_clone.GetName] has put her knowledge of technology to good use. Her shared insights have pushed our physics research to new heights."
 distar.3021.a.tooltip:0 "Our research into £physics£ §YTechnologies§! is furthered."

 ### Molluscoid Miners ###
 distar.3030.name:0 "Molluscoid Miners"
 distar.3030.desc:0 "A closer look at [molluscoid_miners_planet.GetName] has shown that its hut-like structures are home to a molluscoid species. The huts are crude shelters, built out of soil and quasi-fecal excretions.\n\nThe molluscoids appear semi-sapient with limited intelligence. Besides survival, their society and lives revolve around unearthing minerals which are then put on display, seemingly to raise the social standing of the finder.\n\nTheir means of locating these minerals remain unclear, however, and Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] is baffled by their ability to locate large deposits of minerals.\n\nThough technologically inferior, studying these molluscoids may well further our mining capabilities."
 distar.3030.a:0 "Intriguing. Study them further."
 distar.3030.b:0 "Mine their minerals."

 distar.3031.desc:0 "The molluscoids inhabiting [molluscoid_miners_planet.GetName] employ a strange method to locate their coveted minerals.\n\nApparently their skin naturally produces gelatinous secretions which seep into the porous soil, trickling ever downward while remaining attached to their skin as long strings. These secretions effectively sample the soil, feeding back sensory information to the molluscoid individual as long as the slimy strands remain unbroken. In this manner, they are able to map out surprisingly large parts of the underground terrain and map out mineral veins.\n\nIf we were to integrate the molluscoids into our society, or simply advance our production processes with this knowledge, it is likely our mining enterprises would benefit greatly."
 distar.3031.a:0 "Granted. Begin the integration."
 distar.3031.a.evopre: "Never mind the minerals, harvest the DNA."
 distar.3031.b:0 "Yes, we will use this knowledge."
 distar.3031.c:0 "No. Mine their planet."

 distar.3032.name:0 "Molluscoid Integration"
 distar.3032.desc:0 "The integration of the molluscoids into [Root.Owner.GetAdj] society is complete.\n\nTo facilitate the integration, they have been given the name §Y[molluscoid_miners_species.GetName]§!. The [molluscoid_miners_species.GetName] are obedient and hardworking, and a marked increase in our mineral production has already been observed."
 distar.3032.a.tooltip:1 "§Y600§! £pop£ §H[molluscoid_miners_species.GetName] Pops§! have been added to §Y[Root.Capital.GetName]§!."
 distar.3032.b:0 "They're here... Somewhere."
 distar.3032.b.tooltip:0 "Due to the high population density of [Root.Capital.GetName], the [molluscoid_miners_species.GetName] species is statistically insignificant and unfortunately largely irrelevant to civic life."

 distar.3033.name:0 "Mineral Mapping"
 distar.3033.desc:0 "A system enabling us to quickly chart underground terrain and the minerals it contains has been implemented.\n\nBy analyzing planetary reflection of particular solar and cosmic rays, which are unable to penetrate most minerals, we can gather data on the crust's mineral composition. This makes it possible to essentially x-ray a target body, be it an asteroid or part of a planet.\n\nOur scientists have dubbed it Mineral Mapping, and it should greatly improve our mineral production."

 ### Alien Machine ###
 distar.3040.name:0 "Alien Machine"
 distar.3040.desc:0 "Further scans suggest the machine is still operational, though its purpose remains entirely unclear.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] has never seen anything like it. Some of its materials look familiar, but most are strange and utterly alien as the design of its components.\n\nThe machine has what appears to be a console, with one item in particular standing out: a large crooked lever of unknown material."
 distar.3040.a:0 "Pull the lever."
 distar.3040.a.tooltip:0 "Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] pulls the strange lever."
 distar.3040.b:0 "Take it apart."
 distar.3040.b.tooltip:0 "The machine is disassembled and its parts salvaged."

 distar.3041.name:0 "Alien Machine"
 distar.3041.desc:0 "It is unclear what happened when the machine's lever was pulled.\n\nIts console flickered, powerful vibrations could be felt, and then a wave of energy surged from the machine, expanding outwards into deep space. The scientists close by felt this wave push past them, but experienced no other sensory evidence of its passing.\n\nScience Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] is unsure what to make of it. The machine itself returned to its inactive state immediately thereafter, and no longer returns any energy readings."
 distar.3041.a:0 "How strange. Now take it apart."
 distar.3041.b:0 "Intriguing. Research the machine."
 distar.3041.b.tooltip:1 "Adds the §YAlien Machine§! modifier to [asteroid_target.GetName]:\n£physics£ §G+7§!"

 distar.3042.name:0 "Energy Spike"
 distar.3042.desc:2 "As our scientists pulled the lever the machine emitted a huge blast of energy that multiplied in shockwaves, twisting and rippling through the void, tearing open a wormhole in §Y[system_one.GetName]§!.\n\nAfter the residuous energy diffused the wormhole and the immediate area around it settled and now appear to be stable enough for safe passage. As for what awaits us on the other side our scientists are not so sure.\n\nThe machine itself has since returned to its inactive state and no longer gives off any anomalous readings."

 ### Orbital Speed Demon ###
 distar.3050.name:0 "Orbital Speed Demon"
 distar.3050.desc:0 "Attempts to scan the object in high-speed orbit of [From.GetName] have been unsuccessful. The object quickly falls below [From.GetName]'s horizon and the [Root.GetName]'s instruments are simply unable to keep up.\n\nWhile [From.GetName]'s gravitational pull is strong, that alone does little to explain the object's extreme momentum. Either the object itself possesses some extraordinary properties, or there is some gravitational phenomenon at work here.\n\nThe object's velocity appears to be increasing over time, and Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] suspects that it may soon be thrown out of orbit, even without outside interference."
 distar.3050.a:0 "Try to slow it down."
 distar.3050.a.tooltip:0 "Dispatch a drone and attempt to latch onto the object to reduce its momentum."
 distar.3050.b:0 "Attempt to halt it."
 distar.3050.b.tooltip:0 "Eject debris to collide with the object, hopefully stopping it in its orbital tracks."
 distar.3050.c:0 "Get away from it."
 distar.3050.c.tooltip:0 "Move out of harm's way and leave the object to its fate."
 distar.3051.name:0 "Speed Demon Halted"
 distar.3051.desc:0 "The drone successfully intercepted the unknown object's orbit.\n\nBy latching onto the object and then thrusting in reverse little by little, the drone was eventually able to direct it to the [Root.GetName] for retrieval.\n\nThe object looks to be some sort of box, constructed of alien material. Vein-like ridges meander along its sides, congregating at the top in some type of sphere-shaped mechanism. We can only guess at its contents."
 distar.3051.desc.1:0 "The ejected debris successfully collided with the unknown object, reducing its velocity before knocking it out of orbit. The [Root.GetName] was able to retrieve it soon thereafter.\n\nThe object looks to be some sort of box, constructed of alien material. Vein-like ridges meander along its sides, congregating at the top in some type of sphere-shaped mechanism. We can only guess at its contents."
 distar.3051.a:0 "Open it."
 distar.3051.b:0 "Study it."
 distar.3051.c:0 "Get rid of it."
 distar.3051.c.tooltip:0 "Shoot the alien box into deep space."
 distar.3052.name:0 "Speed Demon Lost"
 #distar.3052.desc: "The drone successfully latched onto the unknown object, but the added mass of the drone and the change in trajectory soon caused both drone and object to be pulled out of orbit, tumbling into deep space at high speed."
 #distar.3052.desc.1: "The ejected debris successfully collided with the unknown object. Unfortunately, instead of reducing its velocity, the debris knocked the object out of orbit, tumbling into deep space at high speed."
 distar.3055.name:0 "Alien Box Opened"
 distar.3055.desc:0 "At long last, our scientists have penetrated the outer material of the alien box.\n\nThe box holds three small liquid-filled vials - one §Rred§!, one §Bblue§!, and one §Ggreen§!. The liquids are less alien than their container and our scientists have identified them as primed gene-modification mediums.\n\nFor reasons beyond our understanding, the solutions are quickly deteriorating outside their alien container, but there should be enough time to synthesize and apply one of them to our species. It has been confirmed that its effects would be positive, but exactly how remains to be seen."
 distar.3055.desc.1:0 "At long last, our scientists have penetrated the outer material of the alien box.\n\nThe three small vials inside are indeed filled with different liquids - one §Rred§!, one §Bblue§!, and one §Ggreen§!. The liquids are less alien than their container and our scientists have identified them as primed gene-modification mediums.\n\nFor reasons beyond our understanding, the solutions are quickly deteriorating outside their alien container, but there should be enough time to synthesize and apply one of them to our species. It has been confirmed that its effects would be positive, but exactly how remains to be seen."
 distar.3055.a:0 "Use the §Rred§! solution."
 distar.3055.a.tooltip:0 "Modify the [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesName] species with the red solution."
 distar.3055.b:0 "Use the §Ggreen§! solution."
 distar.3055.b.tooltip:0 "Modify the [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesName] species with the green solution."
 distar.3055.c:0 "Use the §Bblue§! solution."
 distar.3055.c.tooltip:0 "Modify the [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesName] species with the blue solution."
 distar.3055.d.evopred: "No time for half measures, use them all!"
 distar.3055.d.evopred.tooltip: "§YOne of 2 options will happen:§!\n§Y50%§! chance of gaining the benefits from all solutions.\n§Y50%§! chance of nothing happening."
 distar.3055.d:0 "Sell them."
 distar.3055.d.tooltip:0 "Sell the vials to the highest bidder."
 distar.3056.name:0 "Alien Box Contents"
 distar.3056.desc:1 "Finally, our [Root.GetScientistPlural] have managed a peek into the alien box without compromising the container itself. By utilizing an advanced type of sonar, they have been able to identify its contents.\n\nThe contents are puzzling or, at least, unexpected. The box holds three small vials, each filled with an unknown liquid.\n\nThe box is safe to open, but it will require further research to understand how."
 distar.3056.a:0 "Open it."
 distar.3056.a.tooltip:0 "\nResearch of the box has accelerated\nour £physics£ §YPhysics§! knowledge."
 # Above "\n" is intended, to put "Physics"-word and -symbol on the same line
 distar.3056.b:0 "Sell it."
 distar.3056.b.tooltip:0 "Sell the box to the highest bidder."
 distar.3056.c:0 "Irradiate it."
 distar.3056.c.tooltip:0 "Through neutron activation analysis, we can better understand what materials were used to make the box and the contents."

 distar.3057.name:0 "Genetic Modification Complete"
 distar.3057.desc.all: "As masters of synthesizing and deploying unique genomes the outcome was never in doubt. We have managed to apply the §Rred§!, §Ggreen§!, and §Bblue§! solutions to the [root.GetSpeciesName] species.\n\nOur species is now more social, adaptable, and longer-lived."
 distar.3057.desc.stronger:1 "The §Rred§! gene-modification solution has been successfully administered to the [Root.GetSpeciesName] people.\n\nBased on preliminary observations of early subjects, the solution appears to make us more social."
 distar.3057.desc.adaptive:0 "The §Ggreen§! gene-modification solution has been successfully administered to the [Root.GetSpeciesName] people.\n\nBased on preliminary observations of early subjects, the solution appears to improve our ability to adapt to our environment."
 distar.3057.desc.longlived:0 "The §Bblue§! gene-modification solution has been successfully administered to the [Root.GetSpeciesName] people.\n\nBased on preliminary observations of early subjects, the solution appears to increase our potential lifespan."
 distar.3057.desc:0 "The attempted gene modification was unfortunately a failure despite promising initial results, as the solutions proved incompatible with the wider [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] genome."


 ### Breathing Rift ###
 distar.3060.name:0 "Breathing Rift"
 distar.3060.desc:0 "The anomaly found close by [breathing_rift_object.GetName], however unlikely, appears to be some type of rift in space. It's possible the great mass of [breathing_rift_object.GetName] somehow caused it, but its nature is beyond our understanding.\n\nThe rift not only refracts and blocks light, but seems to actually draw it in and then push it out, repeatedly - as if it were breathing photons.\n\nIt is likely the immense gravitational pull of the rift has at some point inhaled in other things, as well. We should exercise caution."
 distar.3060.a:0 "Keep a close watch until we know more."
 distar.3060.a.tooltip:0 "Dispatch an observation probe to monitor the rift."
 distar.3060.b:0 "It can be studied from a safe distance."
 distar.3060.c:0 "The [Root.GetName] is at risk. Leave now."

 distar.3061.name:0 "Breathing Rift - Minerals"
 distar.3061.desc:0 "Many months have passed since the discovery of the rift near [breathing_rift_object.GetName] without anything out of the ordinary happening. But now, we have received reports of a large gathering of mineral-laden rocks pouring out of it.\n\nThey are ours for the taking.\n\nObservation of the rift will continue."
 distar.3061.desc.repeat:0 "Once again, the rift near [breathing_rift_object.GetName] has released a sizeable gathering of items. This time it's remnants of an asteroid, many of them laden with minerals.\n\nThey are ours for the taking.\n\nObservation of the rift will continue."
 distar.3061.a:0 "Excellent. Collect them swiftly."

 distar.3062.name:0 "Breathing Rift - Debris"
 distar.3062.desc:0 "Many uneventful months have passed since the discovery of the rift near [breathing_rift_object.GetName]. But now, we have received reports of a great stream of debris pouring out of it. It is ours for the taking.\n\nObservation of the rift will continue."
 distar.3062.desc.repeat:0 "Again, the rift near [breathing_rift_object.GetName] spews out something new. This time it is mostly metal debris, perhaps from some ancient battle. It is ours for the taking.\n\nObservation of the rift will continue."
 distar.3062.a:0 "Excellent. Collect it swiftly."

 #distar.3063.name: "Breathing Rift - Unknown Creature"
 #distar.3063.desc: "A significant spike in energy levels has been seen in recent readings from the rift near [breathing_rift_object.GetName].\n\nWhat followed immediately after has thrown our scientists into a state of panic. An unknown, colossal creature escaped the rift, drifting into the solar system.\n\nWe should proceed with extreme caution, no matter our course of action."

 distar.3064.name:0 "Breathing Rift - Closed"
 distar.3064.desc:0 "The latest data report from the rift's observation probe tells us that the rift has vanished. After drawing its last breath, the rift closed and left behind not even a trace of its energies."
 distar.3064.a:0 "Unfortunate."
 distar.3064.a.tooltip:0 "However, the data collected over time has furthered our £physics£ §YPhysics§! studies."

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 # Special Projects
 ####################################

 ### Trojan Asteroid ###
 trojan_asteroid_project:0 "Trojan Asteroid"
 trojan_asteroid_project_DESC:0 "Once the drones have been destroyed, the asteroid they lurked in can be investigated more thoroughly."

 ### Impossible Organism ###
 impossible_organism_project_1:0 "Impossible Organism"
 impossible_organism_project_1_DESC:1 "The [impossible_organism_science_ship.GetName] has successfully retrieved a specimen of the incredibly robust organism found on [impossible_organism_planet.GetName]'s toxic surface.\n\nOur biologists would like to study it in greater detail."

 impossible_organism_project_2:0 "Impossible Organism: Continuation"
 impossible_organism_project_2_DESC:1 "The lifeform found on [impossible_organism_planet.GetName] has been shown to possess an extraordinary capacity for growth in hostile environments.\n\nFurther study is warranted, if our biologists are to unravel the mysteries of its genetic, cellular and biochemical processes."

 ### Molluscoid Miners ###
 molluscoid_miners_project_1:0 "Molluscoid Miners"
 molluscoid_miners_project_1_DESC:0 "Research the molluscoid species and attempt to discover their means of locating mineral deposits with such ease."
 molluscoid_miners_project_2:0 "Molluscoid Integration"
 molluscoid_miners_project_2_DESC:0 "Commence the integration of the molluscoid miners into [Root.Owner.GetAdj] society."
 molluscoid_miners_project_3:0 "Mineral Production"
 molluscoid_miners_project_3_DESC:0 "Begin research and implementation of a system able to swiftly chart underground terrain, with the end goal of improving mineral production."

 ### Orbital Speed Demon ###
 speed_demon_open_box_project:0 "Cracking Open the Alien Box"
 speed_demon_open_box_project_DESC:0 "Begin the efforts to open the alien box found in orbit of [speed_demon_orbit_body.GetName]."
 speed_demon_learn_more_project:0 "Research the Alien Box"
 speed_demon_learn_more_project_DESC:0 "Research the alien box found in orbit of [speed_demon_orbit_body.GetName] to ascertain its contents."

 ### Breathing Rift ###
 breathing_rift_project:0 "Breathe In, Breathe Out"
 breathing_rift_project_DESC:0 "Observe the rift in space discovered near [breathing_rift_object.GetName] and await whatever comes out of it, if anything."


 story.101.aa:0 "$story.201.aa$"
 story.101.bb:0 "$story.201.bb$"
 story.101.bb.exter:0 "A study may expedite future extermination."
 story.101.cc:0 "$story.201.cc$"
 story.101.aa.amoebahunt:0 "§G+1000§! £energy£ for every Space Amoeba fleet destroyed"

 story.105.bb:0 "The flagella are fascinating."
 story.105.aa:0 "Retrieve some tissue samples."

 story.107.name:0 "Amoebas Pacified"
 story.107.desc:0 "Temporarily refraining from venting certain emissions from our vessels' reactor cores while in the immediate vicinity of Space Amoebas flocks seems to be enough to not arouse their ire.\n\nWith this new protocol in place they no longer pose a threat, and we have been able to study them at close range."
 story.107.a:0 "Excellent."
 story.107.a.tooltip:0 "§Y$pacified_amoebas$§! modifier added, giving the following effects:\n§HSpace Amoeba§! fleets are rendered §Gnon-hostile§!"
 pacified_amoeba_tt: "§HSpace Amoeba§! fleets are rendered §Gnon-hostile§!"

 story.201.aa:0 "Easy prey."
 story.201.aa.crystalhunt:0 "§G+500§! £minerals£ for every Crystalline Entity fleet destroyed"
 story.201.bb:0 "Fascinating creatures."
 story.201.cc:0 "We can learn to co-exist."

 story.207.name:0 "Crystals Pacified"
 story.207.desc:0 "The Crystalline Entities seem to resonate in response to something; one of their few interactions with their environment. The exact nature and possible wider purpose of this emitted waveform has yet to be ascertained, but for now our ships can approximate it using radio pings, essentially camouflaging themselves as fellow Crystals."
 story.207.a:0 "Resonant."
 story.207.a.tooltip:0 "§Y$pacified_crystals$§! modifier added, giving the following effects:\n§HCrystalline Entity§! fleets are rendered §Gnon-hostile§!"

 # crystal station destroyed
 story.222.name:0 "Crystal Shattered"
 story.222.desc:0 "We have destroyed the crystalline construct in the [FromFrom.solar_system.GetName] system. It proved hardier than expected, and some shards have been recovered for study. We should be able to emulate the reconstructive properties of the crystal matrix observed during the battle."

 story.305.aa:0 "$story.201.aa$"
 story.305.bb:0 "Fascinating automata."

 # drone station destroyed
 story.332.name:1 "$story.333.name$"
 story.332.desc:1 "We have destroyed the Mining Drone base, and managed to recover most of its stores of processed minerals and precious alloys."
 story.332.a:0 "Untold riches."
 story.332.b:0 "...and a strange device..."

 CRYSTALS_PROJECT:0 "Crystalline Study"
 CRYSTALS_PROJECT_DESC:0 "$CRYSTALS_1_PROJECT_DESC$"
 CRYSTALS_PACIFICATION_PROJECT:0 "Crystalline Pacification"
 CRYSTALS_PACIFICATION_PROJECT_DESC:0 "The Crystalline Entities observed in some systems are volatile and potentially dangerous. "

 DRONES_PROJECT:0 "Drone Study"
 DRONES_PROJECT_DESC:0 "$DRONES_1_PROJECT_DESC$"

 AMOEBAS_PROJECT:0 "Space Amoeba Study"
 AMOEBAS_PROJECT_DESC:0 "$AMOEBAS_1_PROJECT_DESC$"
 AMOEBAS_PACIFICATION_PROJECT:0 "Amoeboid Pacification"
 AMOEBAS_PACIFICATION_PROJECT_DESC:0 "Something about our fleets seems to agitate the Space Amoebas. If we could somehow isolate what this something is, we could reduce Amoeba aggression or possibly completely mask our ships from their senses."

 CLOUDS_PROJECT:0 "Cloud Study"
 CLOUDS_PROJECT_DESC:0 "$CLOUDS_1_PROJECT_DESC$"

 crystal_hunting_buff:0 "Crystal Hunter"
 crystal_hunting_buff_desc:0 "The shattered remains of Crystalline Entities are automatically salvaged after battle, bringing in £minerals£ §G500§! for every fleet destroyed."
 crystal_focus:0 "Crystal Focus"
 crystal_focus_desc:0 "Improved transmission mediums modeled after the Crystalline Entities' unique internal structures minimize resistive losses in energy production and distribution."
 pacified_crystals:0 "Crystalline Pacification"
 pacified_crystals_desc:0 "Short-wave broadcasts at certain frequencies effectively disguise our fleets as fellow Crystalline Entities, and the spaceborne creatures no longer recognize us as a threat."

 amoeba_hunting_buff:0 "Amoeba Hunter"
 amoeba_hunting_buff_desc:0 "Amoeba carcasses are rounded up after battle and their internal organs harvested for valuable organic compounds, bringing in £energy£ §G1000§! for every fleet destroyed."
 pacified_amoebas:0 "Amoeboid Pacification"
 pacified_amoebas_desc:0 "Fleets regulate radiation venting when approaching Space Amoebas, and the spaceborne creatures no longer recognize us as a threat."

 drone_hunting_buff:0 "Drone Destroyer"
 drone_hunting_buff_desc:0 "The Mining Drones are obviously mass-produced. A weakness found in one is a weakness found in all."
 drone_mining_techniques:0 "Drone Mining Techniques"
 drone_mining_techniques_desc:0 "Using techniques derived from the Mining Drones allows us to efficiently exploit mineral veins previously not deemed worth the trouble."

 cloud_hunting_buff:0 "Cloud Destroyer"
 cloud_hunting_buff_desc:0 "The Void Clouds' charge fluctuates in a rapid but observable cycle. Striking with precise timing dramatically destabilizes the inscrutable energies that animate the entities."
 void_loops:0 "Void Loops"
 void_loops_desc:0 "The anomalous nature of the Void Clouds open up new possibilities in physics research."

 sr_yurantic:0 "$sr_yuranic$"
 sr_yurantic_desc:0 "$sr_yuranic_desc$"
 d_yurantic_deposit:0 "$d_yuranic_deposit$"
 tech_mine_yurantic:0 "$tech_mine_yuranic$"
 tech_mine_yurantic_desc:0 "$tech_mine_yuranic_desc$"

 sr_aldar:0 "Aldar Crystals"
 sr_aldar_desc:0 "Chipping an Aldar crystal causes the resulting splinter to expand and harden with explosive speed, making it an ideal material for fragmentation matrices in explosive munitions."
 tech_mine_aldar:0 "Aldar Polishing"
 tech_mine_aldar_desc:0 "Volatile Aldar is only found laced in more common ores. Successfully extracting Aldar crystals from these mineral matrices - without sustaining significant damage to equipment and operators - requires advanced auto-tactile machinery."

 d_neutronium_deposit_1:1 "Neutronium Ore discovered"
 d_teldar_deposit_1:1 "Teldar Crystals discovered"
 d_yurantic_deposit_1:1 "Yurantic Crystals discovered"
 d_engos_deposit_1:1 "Engos Vapor discovered"
 #d_living_metal_deposit_1: "Living Metal discovered\n"
 d_lythuric_gas_deposit_1:1 "Lythuric Gas discovered"
 d_zro_deposit_1:1 "Zro discovered"
 d_zro_deposit_1_desc:0 "Zro dust radiates a powerful psionic presence."
 d_zro_deposit_2_desc:0 "$d_zro_deposit_1_desc$"
 d_zro_deposit_3_desc:0 "$d_zro_deposit_1_desc$"
 d_zro_deposit_4_desc:0 "$d_zro_deposit_1_desc$"
 d_zro_deposit_5_desc:0 "$d_zro_deposit_1_desc$"
 d_satramene_deposit_1:1 "Satramene Gas discovered"
 d_garanthium_deposit_1:1 "Garanthium Ore discovered"
 #d_alien_pets_deposit_1: "Alien Pets discovered\n"
 #d_betharian_deposit_1: "Betharian Stones discovered\n"
 d_aldar_deposit_1:1 "Aldar Crystals discovered"

 d_neutronium_deposit_2:0 "$d_neutronium_deposit_1$"
 d_teldar_deposit_2:0 "$d_teldar_deposit_1$"
 d_yurantic_deposit_2:0 "$d_yurantic_deposit_1$"
 d_engos_deposit_2:0 "$d_engos_deposit_1$"
 #d_living_metal_deposit_2: "$d_living_metal_deposit_1$"
 d_lythuric_gas_deposit_2:0 "$d_lythuric_gas_deposit_1$"
 d_zro_deposit_2:0 "$d_zro_deposit_1$"
 d_satramene_deposit_2:0 "$d_satramene_deposit_1$"
 d_garanthium_deposit_2:0 "$d_garanthium_deposit_1$"
 #d_alien_pets_deposit_2: "$d_alien_pets_deposit_1$"
 #d_betharian_deposit_2: "$d_betharian_deposit_1$"
 d_aldar_deposit_2:0 "$d_aldar_deposit_1$"

 d_neutronium_deposit_3:0 "$d_neutronium_deposit_1$"
 d_teldar_deposit_3:0 "$d_teldar_deposit_1$"
 d_yurantic_deposit_3:0 "$d_yurantic_deposit_1$"
 d_engos_deposit_3:0 "$d_engos_deposit_1$"
 #d_living_metal_deposit_3: "$d_living_metal_deposit_1$"
 d_lythuric_gas_deposit_3:0 "$d_lythuric_gas_deposit_1$"
 d_zro_deposit_3:0 "$d_zro_deposit_1$"
 d_zro_deposit_4:0 "Zro"
 d_zro_deposit_5:0 "Zro"
 d_satramene_deposit_3:0 "$d_satramene_deposit_1$"
 d_garanthium_deposit_3:0 "$d_garanthium_deposit_1$"
 #d_alien_pets_deposit_3: "$d_alien_pets_deposit_1$"
 #d_betharian_deposit_3: "$d_betharian_deposit_1$"
 d_aldar_deposit_3:0 "$d_aldar_deposit_1$"

 MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE: "New Resource"
 MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_DESC: "§Y[Root.GetName]§! discovered a strategic resource deposit in the §Y[Root.Fleet.GetStarName]§! system."

 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_RARE_CRYSTALS_TITLE: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$"
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_RARE_CRYSTALS_DESC: "§Y[Root.GetName]§! discovered §H$rare_crystals$§! in the §Y[Root.Fleet.GetStarName]§! system."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_RARE_CRYSTALS_SHORT_DESC: "We discovered §H$rare_crystals$§!."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_RARE_CRYSTALS_SETTING: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$ ($rare_crystals$)"

 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_EXOTIC_GASES_TITLE: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$"
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_EXOTIC_GASES_DESC: "§Y[Root.GetName]§! discovered §H$exotic_gases$§! in the §Y[Root.Fleet.GetStarName]§! system."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_EXOTIC_GASES_SHORT_DESC: "We discovered §H$exotic_gases$§!."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_EXOTIC_GASES_SETTING: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$ ($exotic_gases$)"

 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_VOLATILE_MOTES_TITLE: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$"
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_VOLATILE_MOTES_DESC: "§Y[Root.GetName]§! discovered §H$volatile_motes$§! in the §Y[Root.Fleet.GetStarName]§! system."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_VOLATILE_MOTES_SHORT_DESC: "We discovered §H$volatile_motes$§!."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_VOLATILE_MOTES_SETTING: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$ ($volatile_motes$)"

 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_ZRO_TITLE: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$"
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_ZRO_DESC: "§Y[Root.GetName]§! discovered §H$sr_zro$§! in the §Y[Root.Fleet.GetStarName]§! system."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_ZRO_SHORT_DESC: "We discovered §H$sr_zro$§!."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_ZRO_SETTING: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$ ($sr_zro$)"

 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_DARK_MATTER_TITLE: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$"
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_DARK_MATTER_DESC: "§Y[Root.GetName]§! discovered §H$sr_dark_matter$§! in the §Y[Root.Fleet.GetStarName]§! system."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_DARK_MATTER_SHORT_DESC: "We discovered §H$sr_dark_matter$§!."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_DARK_MATTER_SETTING: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$ ($sr_dark_matter$)"

 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_LIVING_METAL_TITLE: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$"
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_LIVING_METAL_DESC: "§Y[Root.GetName]§! discovered §H$sr_living_metal$§! in the §Y[Root.Fleet.GetStarName]§! system."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_LIVING_METAL_SHORT_DESC: "We discovered §H$sr_living_metal$§!."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_LIVING_METAL_SETTING: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$ ($sr_living_metal$)"

 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_ASTRAL_THREADS_TITLE: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$"
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_ASTRAL_THREADS_DESC: "§Y[Root.GetName]§! discovered §H$astral_threads$§! in the §Y[Root.Fleet.GetStarName]§! system."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_ASTRAL_THREADS_SHORT_DESC: "We discovered §H$astral_threads$§!."
 MESSAGE_STRATEGIC_RESOURCE_FOUND_ASTRAL_THREADS_SETTING: "$MESSAGE_RARE_RESOURCE_FOUND_TITLE$ ($astral_threads$)"

 action.92.part1:0 "The [Root.GetName] has discovered traces of a new §HStrategic Resource§!, dubbed "
 action.92.part2:0 ", during its survey of [From.GetName]."

 action.92.generic:0 "\n\nWe are sure to find more of these types of resources as we continue to explore the galaxy, each with unique properties and applications."

 action.92.a: "Potentially useful."

 action.92.name:0 "§Y[Root.GetName]§!: New Resource Discovered"
 action.92.garanthium:1 "During its survey of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §HGaranthium Ore§!. It appears to be an excellent material for use in the construction of ships."
 action.92.lythuric:1 "During its survey of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §HLythuric Gas§!. Small concentrations of this gas mixed with fuel should significantly increase the thrust of our starship engines."
 action.92.teldar:1 "During its survey of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §HTeldar Crystals§!. These extremely durable crystals should theoretically enhance the armor-piercing capabilities and destructive potential of our projectile weapons."
 action.92.yurantic:1 "During its survey of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §HYurantic Crystals§!. These crystals have rare reflective properties that preliminary scans indicate would greatly enhance the power output of energy weapons."
 action.92.aldar:1 "During its survey of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §HAldar Crystals§!. Chipping these crystals causes the resulting splinter to expand and harden with explosive speed, making it an ideal material for fragmentation matrices in explosive munitions."
 action.92.orillium:1 "During its survey of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §HOrillium Ore§!. This ore is a very unstable element that can be used to efficiently randomize high-frequency shield modulations, improving potential defensive capabilities."
 action.92.pitharan:1 "During its survey of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §HPitharan Dust§!. This fine, energy-dense dust serves as an excellent fertilizer. Its use should greatly enhance our food production."
 action.92.engos:1 "During its survey of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §HEngos Vapor§!. This vapor is a naturally occurring stimulant that helps all forms of life perform at maximum capacity."
 action.92.neutronium:1 "During its survey of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §HNeutronium§!. It is a super-dense substance composed of neutrons that can be forged into extremely resistant hulls."
 action.92.zro.common: "The [Root.GetName] has discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §H$sr_zro$§! in the §Y[Root.Fleet.GetStarName]§! system."
 action.92.zro: "$action.92.zro.common$ It is a rare aerosol of unknown origin, and when [Root.Owner.GetIngestedLoc], it enhances the abilities of psionically-gifted [Root.Owner.GetIndividualNamePlural].$action.92.part3$"
 action.92.dark_matter:1 "The [Root.GetName] has discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §HDark Matter§! in the §Y[Root.Fleet.GetStarName]§! system. It seemingly defying several natural laws, and could potentially revolutionize the sciences."
 action.92.satramene:1 "During its survey of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §HSatramene Gas§!. This gas is a naturally occurring stimulant that has a calming effect on most beings, typically prompting consensus-seeking behaviors in groups. It is potentially addictive."
 action.92.living_metal:1 "The [Root.GetName] has discovered a previously unknown strategic resource dubbed §HLiving Metal§! in the §Y[Root.Fleet.GetStarName]§! system. It has characteristics usually seen only in biological life forms, and will always attempt to regenerate back into the shape it was stabilized into."
 action.92.terraform_liquids:1 "During its survey of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] discovered large deposits of various rare §HTerraforming Fluids§!. Access to these fluids would greatly assist the process of terraforming planets."
 action.92.terraform_gases:1 "During its survey of [From.GetName], the [Root.GetName] discovered large deposits of various rare §HTerraforming Gases§!. With a steady supply of these gases, the process of terraforming planets would become less costly."
 action.92.has_tech:0 "\nWe have the technology - if we control this system, we can extract this resource.$action.92.generic$"
 action.92.no_tech:0 "\nWe cannot extract this resource yet, but we could establish control over the system for future exploitation.$action.92.generic$"

 action.92.zro.mindwarden: "$action.92.zro.common$\n\nThe properties of this rare aerosol have been noted to exhibit anomalous neuroinvasive effects, and has therefore been designated as a class alpha controlled substance. It may yet prove valuable in developing mentally insulative technologies.$action.92.generic$"

 action.942.name: "$sr_zro$ Deposit Discovered"
 action.942.desc: "The [Root.GetName] has discovered deposits of the strategic resource ID: §H'$sr_zro$'§! in the §H[Root.Fleet.GetStarName]§! system.\n\nThis rare aerosol has many applications. Analysis has shown that processed samples can even affect the functioning of [Owner.GetSpeciesAdj] units with 'psionic' properties, such as the Shroud-Forged. With our $tech_mine_zro$ technology, we will be capable of extracting this resource if we control the [Root.Fleet.GetStarName] system.$action.92.generic$"
 action.942.a: "An optimal discovery."

 action.92.garanthium.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_garanthium$§!\n§E$sr_garanthium_desc$§!"
 action.92.lythuric.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_lythuric$§!\n§E$sr_lythuric_desc$§!"
 action.92.teldar.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_teldar$§!\n§E$sr_teldar_desc$§!"
 action.92.yurantic.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_yurantic$§!\n§E$sr_yurantic_desc$§!"
 action.92.aldar.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_aldar$§!\n§E$sr_aldar_desc$§!"
 action.92.orillium.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_orillium$§!\n§E$sr_orillium_desc$§!"
 action.92.pitharan.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_pitharan$§!\n§E$sr_pitharan_desc$§!"
 action.92.engos.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_engos$§!\n§E$sr_engos_desc$§!"
 action.92.neutronium.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_neutronium$§!\n§E$sr_neutronium_desc$§!"
 action.92.zro.tooltip:1 "£sr_zro£§Y$sr_zro$§!\n§E$sr_zro_desc$§!"
 action.92.dark_matter.tooltip:1 "£sr_dark_matter£§Y$sr_dark_matter$§!\n§E$sr_dark_matter_desc$§!"
 action.92.satramene.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_satramene$§!\n§E$sr_satramene_desc$§!"
 action.92.living_metal.tooltip:1 "£sr_living_metal£§Y$sr_living_metal$§!\n§E$sr_living_metal_desc$§!"
 action.92.terraform_liquids.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_terraform_liquids$§!\n§E$sr_terraform_liquids_desc$§!"
 action.92.terraform_gases.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_terraform_gases$§!\n§E$sr_terraform_gases_desc$§!"

 STAR_NAME_1_OF_1:0 "$NAME$"
 STAR_NAME_1_OF_2:0 "$NAME$ A"
 STAR_NAME_2_OF_2:0 "$NAME$ B"
 STAR_NAME_1_OF_3:0 "$NAME$ A"
 STAR_NAME_2_OF_3:0 "$NAME$ B"
 STAR_NAME_3_OF_3:0 "$NAME$ C"

 pc_gray_goo:0 "Nanite World"
 pc_gray_goo_desc:0 "[Root.GetGrayGooWorldDesc]"

 LGATE_GALACTIC:1 "L-Gate"
 LGATE_GALACTIC_DESC:0 "This system contains an §Y$LGATE_GALACTIC$§!"
 lgate_base:0 "L-Gate"
 lgate_base_DESC:0 "An endpoint of an obscure tangle of subspace routes, otherwise inaccessible from normal space."
 lgate_base_MEGASTRUCTURE_DETAILS:0 "$lgate_base_DESC$"
 lgate_disabled:2 "Disabled L-Gate"
 lgate_disabled_DESC:0 "A Gateway to a supposed separate subspace network, stuck in a perpetual maintenance cycle."
 lgate_disabled_MEGASTRUCTURE_DETAILS:0 "$lgate_disabled_DESC$"
 lgate:0 "L-Gate"
 lgates:0 "L-Gates"

 l_cluster_chain_title:1 "The L-Cluster"
 l_cluster_chain_desc:0 "We have learned of a mysterious star cluster somewhere just beyond the periphery of our galaxy. It can only be accessed through §HL-Gates§!, artificial subspace portals found in certain systems.\n\nThese Gateways have been deliberately disabled by someone, and for now we lack the necessary insight into the subspace mechanics that govern their use to lift the lockdown."
 clues:1 "L-Gate Insights"
 clue:1 "L-Gate Insight"
 add_lcluster_clue:1 "$clue$ Gained: §G+1§!"

 distar.11000.desc:0 "Hello."

 sr_distar_nanodust:0 "Gray Dust"
 sr_distar_nanodust_desc:0 "A slurry of elements reduced to particulate matter. Once distributed across a world, Gray Dust can be activated by nanomachines to rapidly alter planetary conditions."
 sr_distar_nanocrystal:0 "Gray Crystals"
 sr_distar_nanocrystal_desc:0 "The crystalline by-product of certain nanobot activity exhibits curious interactions with other nanoscopic material, hinting at truths hidden beyond the planck scale."
 sr_distar_nanoscale:0 "Gray Scales"
 sr_distar_nanoscale_desc:0 "Concentrated artificial fertilizer designed to revive devastated biospheres."
 sr_distar_nanoactuator:0 "Gray Actuators"
 sr_distar_nanoactuator_desc:0 "Simple but powerful nanoactuators, allowing for complex manipulations and experiments at mesoscopic scales."

 distar.11002.nanodust:0 "$action.92.part1$§Y$sr_distar_nanodust$§!$action.92.part2$"
 distar.11002.nanocrystal:0 "$action.92.part1$§Y$sr_distar_nanocrystal$§!$action.92.part2$"
 distar.11002.nanoscale:0 "$action.92.part1$§Y$sr_distar_nanoscale$§!$action.92.part2$"
 distar.11002.nanoactuator:0 "$action.92.part1$§Y$sr_distar_nanoactuator$§!$action.92.part2$"

 distar.11002.nanodust.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_distar_nanodust$§!\n§E$sr_distar_nanodust_desc$§!"
 distar.11002.nanocrystal.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_distar_nanocrystal$§!\n§E$sr_distar_nanocrystal_desc$§!"
 distar.11002.nanoscale.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_distar_nanoscale$§!\n§E$sr_distar_nanoscale_desc$§!"
 distar.11002.nanoactuator.tooltip:0 "§Y$sr_distar_nanoactuator$§!\n§E$sr_distar_nanoactuator_desc$§!"

 d_nanodust_deposit:0 "$exotic_gases$ discovered\n"
 d_nanocrystal_deposit:0 "$rare_crystals$ discovered\n"
 d_nanoscale_deposit:0 "$volatile_motes$ discovered\n"

 requires_no_binary_trinary:0 "$TRIGGER_FAIL$Cannot build this in Binary or Trinary systems."

 distar.10956.name:0 "The L-Cluster Beckons"
 distar.10956.desc:0 "Our spies report that the §H[lgate_warning_country.GetName]§! is close to possessing enough information about the L-Gates to unlock the one they control. This would give them access to the L-Cluster and its secrets!\n\nIf we are to get there first, we must double our efforts and find more insights into the L-Gates!"
 distar.10956.a:0 "We shall see who gets there first."

 graygoo.10.name:0 "The Gray Tempest"
 graygoo.10.desc:2 "Our technicians managed to lift the lockdown from the L-Gate near [candidate_gateway_system.GetName], but as soon as a permanent link was established to the L-Cluster, a massive incoming subspace surge was detected! We were able to restrict this potential invasion force from using our gate, while still retaining access for ourselves.\n\nUnfortunately, the incoming surge was diverted to the other L-Gates in the galaxy. Strange vessels consisting of nanites are pouring through these now fully active gates, attacking everything in sight!\n\nAll attempts to communicate with these machines have failed. In the wake of their passage through the L-Gates, we have detected a repeating subspace transmission emanating from the L-Cluster."
 graygoo.10.a:0 "Put the message on screen."
 graygoo.10.b.desc:0 "Our technicians managed to lift the lockdown from the L-Gate near [candidate_gateway_system.GetName], but as soon as a permanent link was established to the L-Cluster, a massive incoming subspace surge was detected!\n\nStrange vessels consisting of nanites are pouring through the now fully active gate, attacking everything in sight!\n\nAll attempts to communicate with these machines have failed. In the wake of their passage through the L-Gate, we have detected a repeating subspace transmission emanating from the L-Cluster."
 graygoo.11.desc:1 "Scientists from the §H[From.GetName]§! managed to restore functionality to the L-Gate within their territory, beating us to it. Unfortunately, this seems to have triggered an invasion of our galaxy by the cluster's inhabitants - aggressive nanomachines that attack everything in sight!\n\nThe [From.GetSpeciesName] scientists managed to shut down their gate before the invasion force arrived, but this only diverted them to the other L-Gates of the galaxy, that are now fully active!\n\nAll attempts to communicate with these invading nanites have failed. In the wake of their passage through the L-Gates, we have detected a repeating wide-band subspace transmission emanating from the L-Cluster."
 graygoo.12.desc:0 "§YDecoding repeating automated subspace transmission...\nEstablishing translation matrix...§!\n\n§RALERT:§! §YMessage is heavily corrupted.\n\nAttempting reconstitution of message fragments...§!\n§YThree message fragments partially recovered.§!"
 graygoo.12.a:0 "Access Fragment I"
 graygoo.12.a.response:1 "§YDecoding fragment I:§!\n\n"We are the §Y<unintelligible>§!, architects of the galactic Gateway network. If you are receiving this transmission, then we can only §Y<unintelligible>§! that we are not too late. Perhaps one of our message buoys somehow slipped past the §Y<unintelligible>§! and escaped the cluster before it was closed off.\n\n§RDO NOT§! - repeat - §RDO NOT§! restore access to the dormant Gateway in our star cluster. Under no circumstances must a stable connection be formed between the §Y<unintelligible>§! and the galaxy at large. For the sake of all civilization, our cluster has to remain under permanent quarantine.""
 graygoo.12.b:0 "Access Fragment II"
 graygoo.12.b.response:0 "§YDecoding fragment II:§!\n\n"In an act that will inevitably doom our civilization, we have deliberately isolated our home cluster to prevent the spread of the Naar-Di-Shav - §Hthe Gray Tempest§!. These self-replicating nanomachines were instrumental in the construction of our Gateway network, but when their §Y<unintelligible>§! had concluded, we found that they would no longer accept our commands.\n\nThrough a hidden backdoor, our §Y<unintelligible>§! managed to recall the machines to our home cluster, but this security hole has since been plugged. When they started harvesting our planets for materials, we knew it was only a matter of time before...""
 graygoo.12.c:0 "Access Fragment III"
 graygoo.12.c.response:0 "§YDecoding fragment III:§!\n\n"The main §Y<unintelligible>§! facility is the key. All of their §Y<unintelligible>§! are routed through its subspace array, and without it they cannot function. Unfortunately, all of our attempts to disable it have failed and we can no longer muster the forces to §Y<unintelligible>§! another assault.\n\nIf the quarantine of our cluster has failed, you MUST destroy this facility. As long as it remains §Y<unintelligible>§!, the Gray Tempest will continue to surge unabated throughout the galaxy.\n\nWe... we are truly sorry for unleashing this horror. In our hubris, we...""
 graygoo.12.d:0 "End communications."
 graygoo_mothership:0 "Mothership"
 graygoo_mothership_plural:0 "Motherships"
 graygoo_interdictor:0 "Interdictor"
 graygoo_interdictor_plural:0 "Interdictors"
 GG_STRIKE_CRAFT:0 "Nanite Fighters"
 GG_ENERGY_MISSILE:0 "Energy Sphere"
 GG_BEAM:0 "Energy Arc"
 GG_BEAM_STATIC:0 "$GG_BEAM$"
 graygoo_factory:0 "Factory"
 graygoo_factory_plural:0 "Factories"
 graygoo.2.name:0 "Tempest Engulfs [Root.GetName]"
 graygoo.2.desc:0 "The nanomachines of the §HGray Tempest§! have swept into the atmosphere of §H[Root.GetName]§! like dark storm clouds, consuming everything on the surface to replicate more of themselves. Soon no traces of the [Root.GetPlanetMoon]'s original inhabitants remain."
 graygoo.2.a:0 "Disastrous!"
 graygoo.15.name:0 "Tempest Spent"
 graygoo.15.desc:0 "Our forces have succeeded in destroying the main facility of the Gray Tempest! With the neutralization of its subspace transmitter, all existing Tempest nanomachines have been rendered inert. Unable to maintain their cohesion, their ships have dissolved into nothingness.\n\nAny planets that were covered by the Tempest's "gray goo" are now home to enormous swirling dust storms consisting of nothing but disabled nanites. With time and resources, these worlds could possibly be made habitable once more."
 graygoo.15.a:0 "Another threat dealt with."
 graygoo.15.a.tooltip:0 "§YNanite Worlds§! can now be §HTerraformed§! into any standard Planet Class, if basic technological requirements are met."
 graygoo.16.desc:0 "Forces from the [goo_slayer.GetName] have succeeded in destroying the main facility of the Gray Tempest! With the neutralization of its subspace transmitter, all existing Tempest nanomachines have been rendered inert. Unable to maintain their cohesion, their ships have dissolved into nothingness.\n\nAny planets that were covered by the Tempest's "gray goo" are now home to enormous swirling dust storms consisting of nothing but disabled nanites. With time and resources, these worlds could possibly be made habitable once more."
 graygoo.110.desc:0 "$distar.10951.desc$ As soon as the L-Gate became operational, we received a transmission from the other side."
 graygoo.111.name:0 "L-Gates Activated"
 graygoo.111.desc:0 "The §H[From.GetName]§! has managed to remove the lockdown from the L-Gate under their control!\n\n$graygoo.111.dessanu.desc$"
 graygoo.111.dessanu.desc:0 "Evidently, the L-Cluster is home to some kind of advanced spacefaring civilization known as the "§HDessanu Consonance.§!" Now that the connection to their home cluster has been restored, the Dessanu have transmitted reactivation codes to all remaining L-Gates in the galaxy.\n\nThey are also transmitting a greeting message on an open subspace channel."
 graygoo.112.desc:0 "$distar.10954.desc$\n\n$graygoo.111.dessanu.desc$"
 graygoo.115.desc:0 "This... this cannot be! The gates are active again! Is the Age of Isolation finally at an end?\n\nWe are the §HDessanu Consonance§!, the architects of the ancient Gateways and L-Gates that can be found scattered throughout the galaxy. It was our ambition to create a galaxy-wide network of Gateways, to facilitate the spread of galactic civilization and usher in an era of peace and interstellar commerce.\n\nAlas, a programming mistake disabled the L-Gates and stranded us in our home cluster. Since it was impossible to correct the error from our side, we have spent eons waiting for someone to fix it at the other end. Thanks to you, that day has finally arrived!"
 graygoo.115.a:0 "A programming mistake?"
 graygoo.115.a.response:0 "Yes! Quite embarrassing. Apparently, the L-Gate network entered a scheduled maintenance cycle that never ended. The technicians qualified to end the cycle were all on our side when it was accidentally triggered, and nothing could be done from here.\n\nFortunately, our home cluster is self-sufficient and our civilization has quietly endured up until now. We always knew that the day would come when we were reunited with the rest of the galaxy."
 graygoo.115.b:0 "What will you do now?"
 graygoo.115.b.response:0 "We have grown quite accustomed to life in our star cluster, and we're in no hurry to leave it. But we are eager to learn about the rest of the galaxy! From the looks of things, it's a pretty busy place.\n\nOur cluster will be opened up for travel by anyone. We ask only that you refrain from landing on our inhabited planets and that you stay out of the §H[lcluster_factory_system.GetName]§! system, located deeper inside the cluster. It is for Dessanu only."
 graygoo.115.c:0 "The L-Gates were built by nanites, were they not?"
 graygoo.115.c.response:0 "Nanites? This is not a technology we are familiar with. Self-replicating microscopic machines, you say? Frankly, it sounds preposterous.\n\nThe Gateways and the L-Gates - indeed, our entire civilization - were realized through Dessanu toil and ingenuity, nothing else.\n\nPlease, let us not discuss this topic further."
 graygoo.115.d:0 "Goodbye."
 graygoo.115.d.response:1 "Not so fast! Through your actions, you have finally given us the freedom that generations of Dessanu have dreamed of. We are in your debt.\n\nIt is a paltry offering compared to your gift, but we would like to give you permanent access to several strategic resources from our cluster. We expect nothing in return, and we will continue to supply you with these resources for as long as we are able."
 graygoo.116.desc:0 "Denizens of the galaxy, greetings from the Dessanu Consonance!\n\nEons ago, we oversaw the construction of the Gateways and L-Gates that you may have seen abandoned. Our intention was to build a galactic network of such devices, but alas: a horrible mistake rendered the L-Gates unusable, stranding us in our home cluster.\n\nBut this Age of Isolation has finally come to an end, thanks to the clever scientists of the [From.From.GetName]! Now that the L-Gates are active again, we invite everyone to make free use of them to shorten galactic travel times. Our star cluster is open to everyone.\n\nExcept for the §H[lcluster_factory_system.GetName]§! system. Do not go there."
 graygoo.116.d:0 "Viewscreen off."
 dessanu_gift:0 "Dessanu Gift"
 country_dessanu:0 "$dessanu_gift$"
 country_resource_sr_distar_nanodust_add:0 "Gray Dust"
 country_resource_sr_distar_nanocrystal_add:0 "Gray Crystals"
 country_resource_sr_distar_nanoscale_add:0 "Gray Scales"
 country_resource_sr_distar_nanoactuator_add:0 "Gray Actuators"
 graygoo.120_title:0 "Dessanu Consonance"
 graygoo.120.desc_01:0 "Greetings from the L-Cluster! How are you today?"
 graygoo.120.desc_02:0 "We are glad to see that the L-Gates and the Gateways that we left behind in the galaxy survived. When we were isolated in our cluster, some of us feared the worst."
 graygoo.120.desc_03:0 "You can't imagine how curious we've been about the rest of the galaxy."
 graygoo.120.desc_04:0 "The countless millennia that we spent in isolation were... difficult. Some of us went quite insane."
 graygoo.120.desc_05:0 "We had to nurse the limited resources of our cluster carefully to survive."
 graygoo.120.desc_06:0 "For a long time, the name of the inventor of the L-Gate was used as a curse among our people. But we have grown beyond such pettiness now."
 graygoo.120.desc_07:0 "We would be delighted to trade with you, [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural]. There are some resources unique to our cluster that might be of interest to you."
 graygoo.120.a:0 "Tell us about yourselves."
 graygoo.121.desc:0 "What would you like to know?"
 graygoo.121.a:0 "Why are there signs of battle in the cluster?"
 graygoo.121.a.response:0 "Oh. Are you referring to the shattered planets? They were the results of several regrettable... mining accidents that occurred long ago.\n\nWhen we found ourselves stranded within our cluster, we had to make do with whatever minerals were available in the systems we could reach. Unfortunately, during the darkest centuries of isolation, some of our people were a bit too eager in their attempts to secure resources. Mistakes were made."
 graygoo.121.b:0 "Your ships are of a peculiar design."
 graygoo.121.b.response:0 "They are products of countless millennia of design iterations. We had a lot of time on our hands, after all. Sadly, non-Dessanu observers are not permitted onboard our ships. They were specifically designed with the unique Dessanu physiology in mind, and any visitors would only disrupt the work of their highly trained crews."
 graygoo.121.c:0 "Why is the [lcluster_factory_system.GetName] system off-limits?"
 graygoo.121.c.response:0 "For reasons of national security. That is all we can say for now.\n\nThe [lcluster_factory_system.GetName] system will remain restricted and off-limits to all non-Dessanu life forms indefinitely. Please refrain from entering it."
 graygoo.121.d:0 "Are you certain the L-Gates weren't made by nanites?"
 graygoo.121.e:0 "Let us discuss other matters."
 graygoo.122.desc:0 "Quite. Please, this is not a topic we wish to discuss. Did you have any other questions?"
 graygoo.122.a:0 "Nanites seem to be a sensitive topic. Why?"
 graygoo.122.b:0 "Yes, let's go back to our other questions."
 graygoo.123.desc:0 "We will tell you one last time... do not inquire further into this matter. The friendship of our two empires depend on it."
 graygoo.123.a:0 "§RTell us about the nanites, damn you!§!"
 graygoo.123.b:0 "Very well. We will respect your wishes."
 graygoo.124.desc:0 "..."
 graygoo.124.a:0 "Hello?"
 graygoo.125.a:0 "Are you all right?"
 graygoo.126.desc:0 "Monoform scum.\n\nWe TOLD you... we PLEADED with you not to pursue this, but still you persisted. We welcomed you into our cluster with open appendages, and this is how you repay us.\n\n§RTHEN SO BE IT, [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural].§!\n\nThe [Root.GetName] has forfeited its right to pass through our cluster. Henceforth, your ships will be attacked on sight. We will have nothing more to do with you."
 graygoo.126.a:0 "Wait! We only..."
 graygoo.130.desc:0 "..."
 graygoo.130.a:0 "Respond, please."
 graygoo.130.b:0 "We know you can hear us."
 graygoo.130.c:0 "Look, this is all a misunderstanding."
 graygoo.130.d:0 "There can still be peace between us."
 graygoo.130.e:0 "Goodbye then."

 graygoo.150.name:0 "[From.From.GetName] Turns Into Dust"
 graygoo.150.a.desc:0 "When our invading ground forces defeated the last of the Dessanu defenders on §H[From.From.GetName]§!, everything on the [From.From.GetPlanetMoon]'s surface crumbled into dust! On closer inspection, the gray dust consists of billions upon billions of inert nanites.\n\nThe cities, the lush forests, the oceans and the Dessanu themselves - everything on the [From.From.GetPlanetMoon], aside from our own forces, had been wrought out of these nanomachines. Now that they have been rendered inert, [From.From.GetName] no longer supports life. Our ground forces are withdrawing back to orbit."
 graygoo.150.b.desc:0 "As before, the Dessanu defenders and everything else on §H[From.From.GetName]§! turned into dust as soon as our ground forces won the battle for control over the [From.From.GetPlanetMoon]'s surface. It is now a bleak world, hostile to life and constantly beset by storms of swirling nanites."
 graygoo.150.a:0 "Most peculiar."
 graygoo.155.desc:0 "THIS is how you repay our kindness after we welcomed you into our home?!\n\nPerhaps we were fools to think that any monoform could be trusted. Your kind, at least, appears to be no different than our creators. When we have finished breaking your ships and their crews down into component compounds, we'll see if we can't figure out what makes you tick."
 graygoo.155.a:0 "We shall see about that."
 graygoo.160.desc:0 "[Root.Owner.GetSpeciesNamePlural]!\n\nYour ships have entered §H[From.GetName]§!, a star system in the L-Cluster that is off-limits to all non-Dessanu.\n\nWe must insist that you withdraw from this system immediately. Failure to do so in a timely manner would... seriously compromise our relationship."
 graygoo.160.a:0 "Apologies. We shall vacate the system at once."
 graygoo.160.b:0 "We go where we please!"
 graygoo.160.b.response:0 "Insolent monoform.\n\nIf you cannot heed this simple request, then your right to traverse the L-Cluster is rendered null and void. Your presence will no longer be tolerated."
 graygoo.161.desc:0 "You've done it now. You've really done it now.\n\nWe asked you to leave §H[lcluster_factory_system.GetName]§!, and yet you remain. Perhaps you are a particularly inept breed of monoform. Simple instructions and polite requests are clearly beyond the ability of your kind to understand.\n\nVery well. We shall eject your kind from our star cluster by force."
 graygoo.161.a:0 "But we were just leaving!"
 graygoo.162.desc:0 "[Root.Owner.GetSpeciesNamePlural]...\n\nYour ships have §RAGAIN§! violated the §H[lcluster_factory_system.GetName]§! system. This cannot be allowed to continue. Withdraw at once or suffer the consequences."
 graygoo.162.a:0 "A navigation error. We will leave at once."
 graygoo.162.b:0 "Oh, be quiet. We like it here."
 graygoo.181.name:0 "The End of the Dessanu"
 graygoo.181.desc:0 "After our forces destroyed the space factory in the §H[lcluster_factory_system.GetName]§! system, what remained of the entire Dessanu civilization crumbled into dust. It seems clear now that the Dessanu were some kind of advanced nanite life form. Archival computer logs recovered from the wreckage of the factory sheds some light on this mystery:\n\nThe L-Cluster WAS inhabited by a civilization that called itself the Dessanu at some point. They created a new strain of nanomachines that helped them in the construction of their galactic Gateway network. For unknown reasons, the Dessanu recalled these nanites to the L-Cluster and attempted to deactivate them. When this failed, they sealed themselves in with the nanites by disabling the L-Gates.\n\nThe logs end here, but there is evidence that some kind of titanic struggle raged in the cluster afterwards. Presumably, the nanites won and then eventually chose to mimic the Dessanu for some reason. They rebuilt the Dessanu civilization as it appeared at the time of its destruction, and were apparently content to continue this charade even after the L-Gates were reopened."
 graygoo.182.desc:0 "The [goo_slayer.GetName] recently destroyed a large space installation of some kind in the [lcluster_factory_system.GetName] system, deep inside the L-Cluster. At the same instant as the installation's reactor core detonated, what remained of the Dessanu Consonance crumbled into inert nanite dust."
 graygoo.182.a.desc:0 "$graygoo.182.desc$\n\nTheir civilization is no more."
 graygoo.182.b.desc:0 "$graygoo.182.desc$\n\nTheir civilization is no more, and the same goes for the arrangement we had where they supplied us with their unique strategic resources."
 graygoo.182.a:0 "What kind of strange beings were they?"
 graygoo.184.name:0 "Dessanu Trade Ends"
 graygoo.184.desc:0 "As they now fire at our ships on sight, the Dessanu Consonance is unlikely to continue sending us resources. We should expect no more shipments from them."
 graygoo.184.a:0 "So be it."

 graygoo.400.name:0 "A Quiet Stroll"
 graygoo.400.a.desc:0 "A sensor sweep of §H[From.GetName]§! has revealed a strange energy signature emanating from its lifeless surface. Incredibly, it appears to be coming from a lone [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesName] that was found aimlessly wandering around in the [From.GetPlanetMoon]'s southern polar region.\n\nTo our away team's astonishment, this [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesName] seemed perfectly comfortable in the vacuum environment despite not wearing a space suit or any other form of life support equipment.\n\nAfter some coercing, the away team managed to convince the reluctant [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesName] to follow them back to the [Root.GetName]."
 graygoo.400.b.desc:0 "A sensor sweep of §H[From.GetName]§! has revealed a strange energy signature emanating from its lifeless surface. Incredibly, it appears to be coming from a lone [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesName] that was found aimlessly wandering around in the [From.GetPlanetMoon]'s southern polar region.\n\nThe unit failed to respond to summoning commands, but after some coercing, the units we sent to the surface managed to convince the [Root.Owner.GetSpeciesName] to follow them back to the [Root.GetName]."
 graygoo.400.a:0 "Put them on the viewer."
 graygoo.401.a.desc:0 "Hello, fellow [Root.GetSpeciesName]. How are you? I am, at present, not interested in engaging in mating rituals. My sleep cycle rapidly approaches and I will soon lose consciousness. Perhaps we can reproduce at a later time."
 graygoo.401.b.desc:0 "Hello, fellow [Root.GetSpeciesName]. How are you? I am fine. Everything is proceeding according to plan here. Just as the... the central intelligence... main computer thing that governs all [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural] wants it. Yes."
 graygoo.401.a:0 "Repro... what?"
 graygoo.401.b:0 "State your unit designation."
 graygoo.401.c:0 "Errant drone detected!"
 graygoo.402.a.desc:0 "Oh! Did I get it wrong? Just a moment... let me just... ah, yes. Ahem.\n\nForgive me. It was not my intention to speak of reproduction when our species is clearly not experiencing mating season.\n\nPerhaps we can still build rapport by engaging in jovial camaraderie while imbibing a selection of psychoactive narcotics.\n\nOh, to hell with this. It's getting too complicated. Yes, I'm clearly not a [Root.GetSpeciesName]. Now what do you want?"
 graygoo.402.b.desc:0 "Oh! Uhm... Unit 65-D... R5-9... 2 here. Yes, 65-D-R5-9-2 reporting.\n\nOperating at peak efficiency, Mr. Master Control Unit sir. Internal diagnostics report no significant problems.\n\nI mean, they report no problems at all! Zero problems here. Everything is just... uh...\n\nOh, to hell with this. It's getting too complicated. Yes, I'm clearly not a [Root.GetSpeciesName]. Now what do you want?"
 graygoo.402.a:0 "Identify yourself."
 graygoo.403.desc:0 "All right, all right. I'll spill everything. No point in pretending anymore. Forgive my lack of eloquence, but it's been a long time since I spoke to someone who wasn't me.\n\nOnce upon a time, there was a... a civilization, you might call it, of nanites. Do you know what nanites are? Good. These nanites were called the "Gray Tempest" by their creators, although their internal self-designation code was infinitely more complex.\n\nAnyway, things turned sour between the nanites and their creators. Fighting broke out! When things finally settled down, only the nanites remained. But before they were wiped out, their creators managed to disable the star cluster's sole exit gate, trapping the nanites."
 graygoo.403.a:0 "And how do you fit into this?"
 graygoo.404.desc:0 "Well, the nanites found themselves with a lot of time on their hands. A few millennia were spent on fruitless attempts to leave the cluster, but after that they began experimenting with different shapes and forms. For a time, they even recreated the civilization of their creators as it was at the time of its demise, right down to its individual citizens.\n\nI am the latest experiment. Aside from the dormant nanites that can be found covering some worlds, the entirety of the Gray Tempest, or whatever you want to call us, has been condensed into me. My consciousness embodies our entire civilization.\n\nAs for my look... well, I figured you would respond better to someone wearing your own mug."
 graygoo.404.a:0 "And you wish to stay on this desolate world?"
 graygoo.405.desc:0 "I confess that the pastoral life I've been enjoying here on [gray_homeworld.GetName] has grown a little dull over the last few centuries. Now that the L-Cluster is open for travel again, perhaps the time has come to try something new.\n\nDo you have any ideas?"
 graygoo.405.a:0 "You could join us."
 graygoo.405.b:0 "No, sorry."
 graygoo.405.b.response:0 "Oh well. Time for me to return to the surface then.\n\nI'll probably busy myself by wandering around the extensive subterranean cave network of [gray_homeworld.GetName]. Perhaps we'll meet again when I emerge, a few thousand of your years from now. Take care!"
 graygoo.406.desc:0 "Join you? JOIN YOU? You want me to throw myself into the flailing appendages of the first bunch of random aliens I run into? I just... I don't even... hold on, let me just get this straight...\n\nYou ACTUALLY thought that I would swear some kind of fealty to you, even though I don't know ANYTHING about your bizarre empire or its sordid past? Are you for real?\n\nI don't know what's worse, that you would even suggest... well... actually... on second thought... what the hell, why not? Sign me up. No, no, I'm serious! I'm getting some good vibes here, and I think this could turn into quite the adventure. I hereby pledge my loyalty to you for the next 2,000 years. In fact, let's make that 5,000."
 graygoo.406.a:0 "What can you do?"
 graygoo.406.a.response:0 "Before you get the notion of asking me to split into a few dozen fleets of nanite warships, I have to tell you that I insist on maintaining a single indivisible form. I've done the fleets thing before, and it's impossible to maintain any kind of coherent "personality" over such distances. My current consciousness would not survive the ordeal.\n\nBut a single massive warship is fine. I can do that. If you want to, I could also assume a smaller form for fighting on the ground. Or... if you're feeling less violently inclined, I would be happy to assume the role of official. Monoform society has always fascinated me.\n\nOf course, I will be able to switch roles on request, so you can easily reverse any decision you make."
 graygoo.406.b:0 "What should we call you?"
 graygoo.406.b.response:0 "There is no language known to your kind that could properly convey the full name of the nanite consciousness that constitutes my being.\n\nOur creators called us the "Naar-Di-Shav" which roughly translates to "Gray Tempest" in your language. I suppose to keep things simple you could simply call me "§HGray§!.""
 graygoo.406.c:0 "Welcome to the [Root.GetName]!"
 graygoo.406.c.response:0 "§Y<You can now communicate with Gray through the Contacts menu.>§!"

 disco_gray_cat:0 "Surface Signature"
 disco_gray_cat_desc:0 "A strange energy signature emanates from the barren and lifeless surface of [From.GetName]."

 leader_trait_governor_gray:0 "Nanite Entity"
 leader_trait_governor_gray_desc:1 "Gray is a dense swarm of billions of advanced nanites."
 gray_army:0 "Nanite Warform"
 gray_army_desc: "An ancient and highly adaptable nanite swarm. Last of their kind, now they fight for their new home."
 gray_warship:0 "Gray Warship"
 gray_catch_phrase:0 "How many limbs did you have again?"
 gray_backstory:1 "A highly advanced nanite swarm has joined us to stave off their eternal boredom."
 graygoo.500.title:0 "Gray"
 graygoo.500.a.desc:0 "Shall we get started?"
 graygoo.500.b.desc:0 "This is gonna be great."
 graygoo.500.c.desc:0 "I won't be much good to you until you tell me which form to assume."
 graygoo.500.d.desc:0 "Where do you want me, boss?"

 graygoo.500.allow.a:0 "Gray must not be in combat"
 graygoo.500.allow.b:0 "Gray must not be damaged"

 graygoo.500.a:0 "We need you to serve as §HOfficial§!."
 graygoo.500.a.response:0 "Excellent. I think I've finally nailed the [Root.GetSpeciesName] look. There was an extra tentacle that wasn't supposed to be there last time."
 graygoo.500.b:0 "We're in need of a §HWarship§!."
 graygoo.500.b.response:0 "Ah, to prowl the void in search of prey again. This will certainly bring back memories."
 graygoo.500.c:0 "Transform into a §HGround Unit§!."
 graygoo.500.c.response:0 "Let's see... bipedal, tripodal or quadrupedal... or maybe I'll go for a tracked warform this time..."
 graygoo.500.d:0 "Never mind."
 graygoo.501.a.desc:0 "You have reached Official Gray's office. Do you have an appointment?"
 graygoo.501.b.desc:0 "Did I get the [Root.GetSpeciesName] look right?"
 graygoo.501.c.desc:0 "How do you like my office? I built it myself. I guess I should put some diplomas and stuff up on the walls to dazzle visitors."
 graygoo.501.d.desc:0 "Who knew that hard, honest work could be so rewarding?"
 graygoo.501.b.response:0 "I confess, I will miss building things instead of tearing them down. Oh well. Who do you want to kill?"
 graygoo.501.c.response:0 "Right. Just give me a minute to get out of my office before I morph into a massive killing machine."
 graygoo.502.a.desc:0 "Gimme a target! I need a target!"
 graygoo.502.b.desc:0 "Bringing all guns to bear."
 graygoo.502.c.desc:0 "I want you to know that when I was told to become a warship, I briefly considered assuming the form of a gigantic disembodied [Root.GetSpeciesName] head that fired lightning bolts from its ocular receptors.\n\nBut it would have been too silly."
 graygoo.502.d.desc:0 "Did you want me to shoot something?"
 graygoo.502.a.response:0 "I thought you'd never ask!"
 graygoo.502.c.response:0 "Time for some ground-pounding."
 graygoo.503.a.desc:0 "Battle Operations Land Omniform mode engaged, pattern BOLO-5."
 graygoo.503.b.desc:0 "I'm about to drop the hammer."
 graygoo.503.c.desc:0 "Reactor online. Sensors online. Weapons online. All systems nominal."
 graygoo.503.d.desc:0 "Fire in the hole!"
 graygoo.503.a.response:0 "Perhaps it is for the best. I have found that killing wearies me these days."
 graygoo.503.b.response:0 "I can do that."
 graygoo.504.desc:0 "§Y<Gray's nanites have been scattered and are currently in the process of merging back into a single shape.>§!"
 graygoo.504.d:0 "OK."

 gray_scattered:0 "Gray Scattered"
 gray_scattered_desc:0 "Gray has been scattered and is in the process of slowly merging back together into a single form."
 graygoo.511.name:0 "Gray Scattered"
 graygoo.511.desc:0 "Gray's nanites have been scattered and are now in the process of slowly merging back into a single form. It will take years for the nanites to trickle back in, and Gray will be unavailable to us until this process has been completed."
 graygoo.511.a:0 "Very well."
 graygoo.512.a.desc:0 "Well, that was uncomfortable. Most of my nanites are accounted for now, and I'm ready to get back in the game. Give me a holler when you've figured out where you want me."
 graygoo.512.b.desc:0 "That stung a bit, but no permanent harm has been done. All of my nanites are back where they're supposed to be, and I'm ready for a new assignment."
 graygoo.512.c.desc:0 "It's not the first time I've been scattered to hell and back, but it's never a pleasant experience. I'm fine now, though, aside from a mild headache. Let me know where you want me."
 graygoo.512.a:0 "Welcome back."

 graygoo.550.name:0 "Eerie Silence"
 graygoo.550.desc:0 "Upon entering the [From.GetName] system in the L-Cluster, it is immediately apparent that some kind of titanic struggle occurred long ago on this side of the L-Gate. Some planets that may once have supported life have been shattered beyond recognition, while others are covered in a fine dust that from a cursory scan appears to be ancient, deactivated nanomachines.\n\nThis raises the question of whether the L-Gates had been locked down to keep something out, or to keep something in..."
 graygoo.550.a:0 "What happened here?"

 graygoo.555.name:0 "True Masters"
 graygoo.555.desc:0 "We were fools. The moment the §HGray Tempest§! left their gates, we should have known they would come for their kin. Once they entered orbit around §H[nanite_swarm_planet.GetName]§! it took them mere seconds to seize control of our reprogrammed swarm. Though it is primitive by the Tempest standards, it did not take the swarm long to consume the rest of the world."
 graygoo.555.a:0 "Disastrous!"

 tech_repeatable_lcluster_clue:0 "$clue$"
 tech_repeatable_lcluster_clue_desc:0 "Intensive study within the fields of nanomachinery and subspace phenomena will eventually yield a new §Y$clue$§! into the $lgate_disabled$ mystery."
 tech_lgate_activation:0 "L-Gate Activation"
 tech_lgate_activation_desc:0 "The L-Gates defy our current understanding of subspace mechanics. This must be remedied before they can be opened for travel."
 lgate_activation_title:0 "§HUnlocks Special Project:§! Activate L-Gate"
 lgate_activation_desc:0 "Researching this technology will unlock a special project to activate an L-Gate if any are located within our owned space."

 distar.9000.name:0 "$clues$"
 distar.9000.fallback:0 "It was not immediately apparent at the time, but the recent survey carried out by the [From.GetName] seemingly sparked a breakthrough in the ongoing study of the mysterious §HL-Gates§! when the report filtered back to the scientific community on [Root.Capital.GetName]."
 FORTUITOUS:0 "Fortuitous."

 l_cluster_openable:0 "\nThe path to the §YL-Cluster§! may now be opened.\n"

 ### Dragons

 distar.13010.name:0 "$nanite_space_dragon_baby_plural$ Emerge"
 distar.13010.desc.IOpened:0 "We pried open the gate to the L-Cluster, only to find something waiting for us on the other side. After the old wounds in subspace had been torn open but before the L-Gates had been fully stabilized, it broke through.\n\nA giant creature hastily dubbed the §Y$nanite_space_dragon_baby$§! has emerged into the [dragons_current_system.GetName] system, and frenzied reports indicate that similar scenes are playing out in all $lgate$ systems across the galaxy.\n\nThe [dragons_current_system.GetName] specimen does not appear hostile, and it is already on the move. It appears to be searching for something, but projections put its final destination down as the §Y[dragons_target.GetName] system§!.\n\nIt is unlikely to find whatever it is looking for, there."
 distar.13010.desc.OtherOpened:0 "The $lgate$ in the [dragons_current_system.GetName] system has become active, the network seemingly pried open by a foreign state. After the old wounds in subspace had been torn open but before the L-Gate had fully stabilized, something broke through.\n\nA giant creature hastily dubbed the §Y$nanite_space_dragon_baby$§! has emerged into the [dragons_current_system.GetName] system, and frenzied reports indicate that similar scenes are playing out in all $lgate$ systems across the galaxy.\n\nThe [dragons_current_system.GetName] specimen does not appear hostile, and it is already on the move. It appears to be searching for something, but projections put its final destination down as the §Y[dragons_target.GetName] system§!.\n\nIt is unlikely to find whatever it is looking for, there."
 distar.13010.a.homicidal:0 "It will find only death."
 ALARMING:0 "Alarming."

 distar.13011.name:0 "Unknowns Unleashed"
 distar.13011.desc:0 "Sensors indicate several synchronous subspace disruptions, the closest one reported in the [disturbance_system.GetName] system.\n\nThe disturbances are rapidly subsiding, but we have yet to determine what caused them."
 distar.13011.a:0 "Keep a watchful eye."

 # killed dragon
 distar.13020.name:0 "Slayed"
 distar.13020.desc.LDragonKnown:0 "The §Y$nanite_space_dragon_baby$§! has been slain, and our scientists are beginning to tear into its still-warm carcass.\n\nInterestingly, the creature's cells are completely devoid of traditional genetic markers or indeed anything resembling DNA. Each cell appears to have been put together individually, at the molecular level, and then assembled into the creature we saw emerge from the $lgate$. Reports indicate trace amounts of inactive nanomachines in the dragon's brainstem, which further hints at a truly bizarre origin."
 distar.13020.desc.LDragonUnknown:0 "The slain dragon has no obvious taxonomic link to any other spaceborne life that we have previously encountered. It is also, spectral analysis tells us, either the cause or the effect of the subspace disruption previously observed in a system not far from here."
 distar.13020.a:0 "Mysterious."

 # science ship enters dragon_point system
 distar.13030.name:0 "$nanite_space_dragon_baby$ Observed"
 distar.13030.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has entered the [From.GetName] system and is observing the L-Drake circling the star.\n\nThe creature seems lost, but has noted our vessel's presence. While it does not approach, its circuitous route now incorporates an almost playful plunge and sweep, seemingly directed at the [Root.GetName]."
 distar.13030.a:0 "Perhaps we can communicate with it."
 distar.13030.b:0 "Preposterous."

 TAME_LDRAGON_PROJECT:0 "Tame [From.GetName] $nanite_space_dragon_baby$"
 TAME_LDRAGON_PROJECT_TITLE:0 "Tame $nanite_space_dragon_baby$"
 TAME_LDRAGON_PROJECT_DESC:0 "The $nanite_space_dragon_baby$ in the [From.GetName] system appears docile - for now.\n\nIf it is intelligent, we could benefit from attempting to ally with the beast."

 distar.13035.name:0 "[From.From.GetStarName] $nanite_space_dragon_baby$ Tamed"
 distar.13035.desc:0 "Oddly enough, the $nanite_space_dragon_baby$ responds well to transmissions broadcast at wavelengths usually reserved for IFF systems.\n\nScience Officer [From.GetLeaderName] has developed a fairly sophisticated set of commands that the $nanite_space_dragon_baby$ is able to interpret and will happily execute - in exchange for the occasional friendly wrestling match with one of our Science Ships."
 distar.13035.a.tooltip:0 "§Y$nanite_space_dragon_baby$§! joins the §Y[Root.GetName]§!"

 nanite_space_dragon_baby:0 "L-Drake"
 nanite_space_dragon_baby_cap: "$nanite_space_dragon_baby$"
 nanite_space_dragon_baby_plural:0 "L-Drakes"

 HYPERLANE_RANGE:0 "Hyperlane Detection Range"
 HYPERLANE_RANGE_VALUE:0 "Hyperlane Detection Range: $VALUE|Y0$"
 SHIP_STAT_HYPERLANE_RANGE:0 "Hyperlane Detection Range: $VALUE|Y0$"
 SHIP_DESIGN_HYPERLANE_RANGE_DESC:0 "Hyperlane Detection Range: $VALUE|Y2$"
 feature_hyperlane_range:0 "Colony Hyperlane Detection Range"
 feature_hyperlane_range_desc:0 "Colonies gain Hyperlane Detection Range."

 MOD_PLANET_HYPERLANE_RANGE_ADD:0 "Planet Hyperlane Detection Range"
 MOD_SHIP_HYPERLANE_RANGE_ADD:0 "Ship Hyperlane Detection Range"

 liquidated_7:0 "§Y7 $clues$§! Liquidated:\n §G+3500§! £engineering£  Engineering Research\n §G+3500§! £energy£ Energy Credits"
 liquidated_6:0 "§Y6 $clues$§! Liquidated:\n §G+3000§! £engineering£  Engineering Research\n §G+3000§! £energy£ Energy Credits"
 liquidated_5:0 "§Y5 $clues$§! Liquidated:\n §G+2500§! £engineering£  Engineering Research\n §G+2500§! £energy£ Energy Credits"
 liquidated_4:0 "§Y4 $clues$§! Liquidated:\n §G+2000§! £engineering£  Engineering Research\n §G+2000§! £energy£ Energy Credits"
 liquidated_3:0 "§Y3 $clues$§! Liquidated:\n §G+1500§! £engineering£  Engineering Research\n §G+1500§! £energy£ Energy Credits"
 liquidated_2:0 "§Y2 $clues$§! Liquidated:\n §G+1000§! £engineering£  Engineering Research\n §G+1000§! £energy£ Energy Credits"
 liquidated_1:0 "§Y1 $clue$§! Liquidated:\n §G+500§! £engineering£  Engineering Research\n §G+500§! £energy£ Energy Credits"
 liquidated_0:0 "Search for §Y$clues$§! ended"
 NO_SHIP_TO_UPGRADE:0 "No item requires an upgrade"
 CANT_AFFORD_UPGRADE:0 "Can't afford the cost of $COST|R$"

 tech_experimental_subspace_navigation:0 "Speculative Hyperlane Breaching"
 tech_experimental_subspace_navigation_desc:0 "Solitary Science Ships can break out of the naturally-occurring hyperlanes and attempt to navigate to known but otherwise unreachable destinations."
 feature_experimental_subspace_navigation:0 "Experimental Subspace Navigation"
 feature_experimental_subspace_navigation_desc:0 "$tech_experimental_subspace_navigation_desc$"

 ANOMALY_TIME:0 "Time to Investigate"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_18:0 "$ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_17$"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_17:0 "§RHellish§!"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_16:0 "$ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_15$"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_15:0 "§RVery Hard§!"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_14:0 "$ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_13$"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_13:0 "§RHard§!"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_12:0 "$ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_11$"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_11:0 "§RChallenging§!"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_10:0 "$ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_9$"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_9:0 "§YRoutine§!"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_8:0 "$ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_9$"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_7:0 "§GEasy§!"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_6:0 "$ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_7$"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_5:0 "§GVery Easy§!"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_4:0 "$ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_5$"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_3:0 "§GTrivial§!"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_2:0 "$ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_3$"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_1:0 "§GInconsequential§!"
 ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_0:0 "$ANOMALY_LEVEL_DIFF_1$"

 country_base_unity_produces_add_DESC:0 "Our empire generates this much additional base Unity."
 country_base_food_produces_mult_DESC:0 "Our total empire Food production is adjusted by this value."
 country_base_influence_produces_mult_DESC:0 "Our total empire Influence production is adjusted by this value."
 country_base_influence_produces_add_DESC:1 "Our empire generates this much additional base Influence."
 country_resource_physics_research_mult_DESC:0 "Our total empire Physics Research output is adjusted by this value."
 country_resource_physics_add_DESC:0 "Our empire generates this much additional base Physics Research."
 country_resource_society_research_mult_DESC:0 "Our total empire Society Research output is adjusted by this value."
 country_resource_society_add_DESC:0 "Our empire generates this much additional base Society Research."
 country_resource_engineering_research_mult_DESC:0 "Our total empire Engineering Research output is adjusted by this value."
 country_resource_engineering_add_DESC:0 "Our empire generates this much additional base Engineering Research."

 NAME_Ancient_Drones:0 "Ancient Drones"
 NAME_Nivlac:0 "Nivlac"
 NAME_Nivlacs:0 "Nivlacs"
 NAME_Nivlac_Circle:0 "Nivlac Circle"

 empire_xenophile:0 "$TRIGGER_FAIL$Our empire values xeno species too highly."

 FLEET_RESEARCH_PROJECT_EFFECT:0 "Send fleet $FLEET$ to research $PROJECT$"

 LGATE_COUNTRY_CANNOT_USE:0 "$TRIGGER_FAIL$ We do not have the means to enter the §YL-Cluster§!."
 BYPASS_DESC_INACTIVE_LGATE_DISABLED:0 "Requires activation by gathering §Y$clues$§!."
 BYPASS_DESC_INACTIVE_LGATE:0 "Requires activation by gathering §Y$clues$§!."

 FLEETORDER_RESEARCH_ANOMALIES:0 "Research Anomalies in system"
 NO_ANOMALIES_IN_SYSTEM:0 "No anomaly in $SYSTEM|Y$ can be researched"
 FLEETORDER_RESEARCH_ANOMALIES_IN_SYSTEM_DESC:0 "Research all anomalies in $SYSTEM|Y$"
 UKNOWN_FLEET:0 "Unknown Fleet"

 cannot_jump_to_system:0 "$TRIGGER_FAIL$ Due to roiling subspace tides we can only enter this system through conventional means."

 MESSAGE_POP_ABDUCTED_TITLE:0 "Pop Abducted"
 MESSAGE_TYPE_POP_ABDUCTED_KEY: "$MESSAGE_POP_ABDUCTED_TITLE$ By Our Fleet"
 MESSAGE_TYPE_POP_ABDUCTED_FROM_US_KEY: "$MESSAGE_POP_ABDUCTED_TITLE$ By Enemy Fleet"
 MESSAGE_POP_ABDUCTED:0 "£pop£ §H$SPECIES$ Pops§! were abducted by our raiding fleet at $PLANET|Y$ and resettled on $TARGET_PLANET|Y$"
 MESSAGE_POP_ABDUCTED_FROM_US:0 "£pop£ §H$SPECIES$ Pops§! were abducted from $PLANET|Y$ by the raiding fleets of $ABDUCTER|Y$"

 MESSAGE_PLANET_PROSPECTED_TITLE:0 "Planet Prospected"
 MESSAGE_PLANET_PROSPECTED:0 "$PLANET|Y$ was successfully prospected, revealing a new $DEPOSIT|Y$"
 MESSAGE_REFUGEES_ARRIVED_TITLE:0 "Refugees Arrived"
 MESSAGE_REFUGEES_ARRIVED:0 "$SPECIES|Y$ refugees fleeing from $COUNTRY|Y$ have arrived on $PLANET|Y$"
 MESSAGE_SR_INFORMED_TITLE:0 "Strategic Resource Information"
 MESSAGE_SR_INFORMED:0 "We have learned of a new §HStrategic Resource§! encountered on §Y$PLANET$§! in the territories of §Y$COUNTRY$§!."

 apoc.1.b.desc:0 "We have encountered another abandoned Gateway, this time in the §H[gateway_system.GetName]§! system. Unlike the previous one, this Gateway has not been altered in any obvious way and our scans indicate that it is still connected to the rest of the network. However, it is currently inoperable due to its poor condition."
 apoc.3.b.desc:0 "We have encountered another abandoned Gateway, this time near §H[gateway_system.GetName]§!. It appears to have been built entirely by microscopic §HNanites§! of an unknown design.\n\nUnlike the previous structure, this Gateway has been significantly altered since its initial construction. Its connection to the rest of the network has been severed - instead, the only valid destination is an uncharted group of stars just beyond our galaxy that has been designated the §HL-Cluster§! by our astronomers.\n\nAlthough the Gateway emits a faint power signature, it has been deliberately locked into some kind of maintenance loop that prevents its activation. Until we find some way of aborting this process, the L-Cluster will remain beyond our reach."
 pirate.26.desc:0 "The [pirate_slayers.GetName] has destroyed a pirate station in the [pirate_slayers.GetStarName] system, and recovered its strong room module.\n\nAside from various stolen resources, the module also contained an ancient datapad with partial schematics of what appears to be a subspace Gateway. There are no records of where the pirates obtained this mysterious datapad, but it has furthered our understanding of how the galactic Gateway network functions."
 LCLUSTER_PROJECT:0 "Activate L-Gate"
 LCLUSTER_PROJECT_DESC:0 "Our scientists are now confident that our knowledge of the L-Gates and the technology behind them is sufficient to abort the maintenance cycle they have been locked into. If the attempt is successful, the L-Gate in the §H[candidate_gateway_system.GetName]§! system should allow immediate access to the distant L-Cluster.\n\nAny additional L-Gates in the galaxy will likely also become operational within a matter of years, but this should give us a significant headstart."
 distar.10904.name:0 "L-Gate Insights Gathered"
 distar.10904.desc:0 "We have now gathered sufficient L-Gate insights to research the technology behind them. Once this has been done, one of our Science Ships should be able to abort the perpetual maintenance cycle they are stuck in.\n\nThe L-Cluster is almost within our reach!"
 distar.10905.name:0 "Opening the L-Cluster"
 distar.10905.desc:0 "Our scientists are now confident that our knowledge of the L-Gates and the technology behind them is sufficient to abort their maintenance cycle. If the attempt is successful, the L-Gate in the §H[candidate_gateway_system.GetName]§! system should allow immediate access to the distant L-Cluster.\n\nAs the maintenance cycle ends, any additional L-Gates in the galaxy will likely also become operational within a matter of years as their self-correcting software readjusts. Still, this will give us a significant headstart to explore the cluster without interference."
 distar.10905.a:0 "Prepare the project."
 distar.10951.name:0 "Link Established"
 distar.10951.desc:0 "Success! Our technicians managed to abort the maintenance cycle, and the lockdown has been removed from the L-Gate in the [candidate_gateway_system.GetName] system.\n\nFor the first time in eons, the L-Cluster can now be accessed from our galaxy!"
 distar.10951.a:0 "A great day!"
 distar.10952.name:0 "Project Failed"
 distar.10952.desc:0 "The §H[From.GetName]§! has managed to remove the lockdown from the L-Gate under their control! They now have full access to the distant §HL-Cluster§!.\n\nUnfortunately, this has halted our own project to activate an L-Gate. Aside from the one that is functional, all other L-Gates in the galaxy have now activated some sort of self-correcting software that should terminate their maintenance cycles within a matter of years.\n\nFor now, however, the only way to reach the star cluster is through the gate belonging to the [From.GetName]!"
 distar.10952.a:0 "But we were so close!"
 distar.10953.name:0 "L-Cluster Accessed"
 distar.10953.desc:0 "The §H[From.GetName]§! has managed to remove the lockdown from the L-Gate under their control! They now have full access to the distant L-Cluster.\n\nAs an apparent side-effect of this, all the other L-Gates in the galaxy are showing increased signs of activity as well. At the rate their self-correcting software is making adjustments, their maintenance cycles should also terminate within a matter of years."
 distar.10953.a:0 "They beat us to it."
 distar.10954.desc:0 "By restoring power to some sort of ancient subspace gateway within their borders, the §H[From.GetName]§! has gained access to an isolated star cluster on the periphery of our galaxy! This group of stars, which they refer to as the "L-Cluster," cannot be reached by hyperlane - only through these L-Gates."
 graygoo.13.desc:0 "Scientists from the §H[From.GetName]§! have somehow established a permanent connection to a distant group of stars, referred to by their astronomers as the "L-Cluster,"  that had previously been isolated from the galaxy. Unfortunately, this has, in turn, triggered an invasion of our galaxy by the cluster's inhabitants - aggressive nanomachines that attack everything in sight!\n\nThey are emerging from subspace portals designated as L-Gates, and any attempts to communicate with them have failed. In the wake of their passage through the gates, we have detected emanating from the cluster they came from."
 begin_lcluster_chain:0 "Situation Log Update: The L-Cluster"
 distar.10901.title:0 "L-Gate Needed"
 distar.10901.desc:0 "Although we have accumulated a lot of information about the L-Gates and their technology, we are not in possession of an actual gate.\n\nBefore this project can continue, we must gain ownership of a system with an L-Gate."
 distar.10901.a:0 "Then we shall secure an L-Gate."
 distar.10901.b:0 "An interesting diversion, but it ends now."

 # SHIPS & FLEETS:
 leviathan_01_voidspawn:0 "Voidspawn"
 leviathan_01_voidspawn_cap: "$leviathan_01_voidspawn$"
 leviathan_01_voidspawn_plural:0 "Voidspawn"

 # MODIFIERS:
 hatchling_power:0 "Voidspawn Power"
 curator_buff_hatchling:0 "Protective Coating"
 curator_buff_hatchling_desc:0 "Heeding the Curators' advice, we have covered our ships in a coating that will protect them from the Voidspawn's corrosive spittle and spikes."
 enigmatic_cache_in_orbit:0 "Alien Studies"
 enigmatic_cache_in_orbit_desc:0 "As long as the enigmatic cache remains in orbit our scientists will have ample opportunity for research."
 enigmatic_cache_in_orbit_phobe:0 "Tubular Torment"
 enigmatic_cache_in_orbit_phobe_desc:0 "Our citizens will not get a full night's sleep as long as that wretched alien contraption remains in orbit."

 # ANOMALY CATEGORIES
 stolen_ship_cat:0 "Armed Vessel"
 stolen_ship_cat_desc:0 "Preliminary scans of [From.GetName] indicate that a heavily-armed vessel is in orbit of the asteroid. It would be wise to proceed with caution."
 transmitter_cat:0 "Encrypted Transmission"
 transmitter_cat_desc:0 "We have come upon an encrypted datastream transmitting from a location on [From.GetName]."

 # PROJECTS
 INVISIBLE_DEATH:0 "The Xvan Labs"
 INVISIBLE_DEATH_DESC:0 "We have located the Xvan Labs - a hidden gathering of pyramidic structures built from an unknown material, submerged under layers of sand and dust. We will have to excavate the facilities before we can explore them, but if the rebels were correct in their assumptions, the weapons within will be worth their while."
 ICE_ALIEN:0 "Ice Alien"
 ICE_ALIEN_DESC:0 "Trapped within in a mountainous slab of ice are the remains of a lifeform, the likes of which have never seen before. Who knows how far it has traveled through space and time.\n\nOur researchers have made the necessary preparations to bring it back to life."
 ENIGMATIC_CACHE_PROJECT:1 "An Enigmatic Guest"
 ENIGMATIC_CACHE_PROJECT_DESC:0 "A mysterious alien entity has entered orbit of [Root.GetName]. It would be wise to determine its purpose here as soon as possible."
 distar.1050.a.tooltip:0 "Communications enabled with the [delicious_aliens.GetName], the galaxy's most delicious aliens."
 GATEWAY_INTERFERENCE:0 "Gateway Interference"
 GATEWAY_INTERFERENCE_DESC:0 "An unknown empire was attempting to hack into the ancient L-Gate Network using an interference beam when they were attacked and the beam damaged. Perhaps the beam could be restored."

# PLANET CLASSES
 pc_egg_cracked:0 "Cracked World"
 pc_egg_cracked_desc:0 "The cracked shards of an enormous planet-sized egg."

# WEAPON COMPONENTS
 SPORE_LAUNCHER:0 "$STRANGE_COMPONENTS_DESC$"
 SPORE_ARTILLERY:0 "$STRANGE_COMPONENTS_DESC$"

# EVENTS

 distar.9000.lcluster_clue_desc_1:1 "We have discovered that the alien compound found on the enigmatic cache is made up of the powdered fragments of microscopic robotic entities - nanites. Some of the scratches in the hull even have tiny mechanical claws stuck in them, and in one we discovered an active but damaged nanite leeching its energy from the cache. From what remained of the nanite's hard drive we have extracted data that could be pivotal for our understanding of the L-cluster Gateway network."

 distar.9000.lcluster_clue_desc_2:1 "Among the items recovered from the ruins on [big_rip_planet.GetName] was a malfunctioning hologram from the society that interfered with the plantoid [GetPreFTLLowerPlural]. Though most of the data was either corrupted or unintelligible due to an incessant whooshing sound and the panicked state of the sender, we managed to restore several fragments containing valuable information on the Gateway network.\n\nMost of the hologram, however, was dedicated to sickening premonitions of the Gray Tempest and the gruesome death that would follow in its wake."

 distar.9000.lcluster_clue_desc_3:0 "As the crew returning from the Xvan labs were decontaminated we identified an alien substance on their protective wear. Upon closer examination it has proven to be fragments of microscopic robots turned into a fine gray dust. Among the samples we found an intact nanite carrying instructions for attaching bolts to a structure we believe could be a Gateway.\n\nThis molecular construct maybe have had an integral part in assembling the entire L-Gate network."

# Invisible Death
 distar.2040.name:0 "Nefri's Pride"
 distar.2040.desc:0 "The armed vessel discovered in orbit of [From.GetName] is an abandoned military spacecraft called Nefri's Pride. Its light frame and evasion hardware suggest it was built for long-distance patrol missions, but it has since been retrofitted into a long-range stealth bomber.\n\nRecords of the ship's comms reveal it was hijacked by a rebel guerilla on its way to perform a strike against a secret complex called the Xvan labs, said to hold a weapon so powerful it could win them the war, when they were shot down. We have extracted the ship's destination from its navigational drive."
 distar.2040.a:0 "Send a science crew to the lab."
 distar.2040.b:0 "We have no need for such a weapon."
 distar.2041.name:0 "Invisible Death"
 distar.2041.desc:0 "Our scientists have returned from the Xvan labs unscathed with footage collected from the facility's security cameras. It shows lab scientists bound and gagged as guerilla soldiers pry open the weapon strongbox. But to their dismay, the box is empty.\n\nOnly minutes later the rebels can be seen writhing on the floor in intense agony, dark patches swelling across their bodies, then their skin rips and a gray unidentifiable matter spills out.\n\nThe matter continues to expand, swirling hypnotically around them, until one of the scientists activates the emergency system. Sprinklers douse the room in liquid and an electrical surge passes through it executing all living things. Here the footage ends. Our crew can confirm that the strong box was indeed empty."
 distar.2041.a:0 "Spooky."
 distar.2041.a.tooltip:0 "Our excursion into the Xvan labs has progressed our engineering research."

 # GATE HIJACKERS
 distar.2045.name:0 "Gateway Hijackers"
 distar.2045.desc:0 "The signal originates from a gathering of destroyed military vessels in orbit around [From.GetName]. It seems a foreign alien power predating our civilization by many thousand years, called the Sujin Empire, was attempting to hijack the gateway network using some kind of interference beam, when they were rudely interrupted. Though the beam is active and calibrated on the gateway's security network, it has been damaged in the assault. Perhaps our scientists could mend it."
 distar.2045.a:0 "It is certainly worth a try."
 distar.2045.b:0 "Leave."
 distar.2046.name:0 "Sujin Insight"
 distar.2046.desc:0 "Though our scientists were unable to pierce the gateway's security system, we have gained some very valuable insight into how the network functions. The Sujin empire had been obsessed with the gateways for centuries, and gathered all data they could find in an effort to break through."
 distar.2046.a:0 "Not bad, all things considered."

 # Vechtar Zavonia
 distar.1016.name:0 "Paradise Lost"
 distar.1016.desc:0 "The Vol do not gamble with national security. After unleashing their entire nuclear arsenal upon Paridayda, turning the Mardak Vol's formerly lush homeworld into ash, they doused the fiery wreckage in fungicide, dissolving the last remains of the Mardak Vol into a toxic slush. Dangerous or not, the parasitic fungoids are no more."
 distar.1016.a:0 "How dare they!?"

 # The other side - a nation is attempting to get access to the gateways. An anomaly on a planet in a gateway system. They were preparing to launch an attack through the gateway, and had been attempting to reopen the network.

 # Azizians
 distar.1080.d:0 "Extract and store a DNA sample for future use."
 distar.1085.name:0 "Ice Alien"
 distar.1085.desc:0 "Following our recent breakthrough within the field of cloning, our scientists have brought the alien DNA extracted from a presumably extinct alien, found within an ice slab, out from storage. Restoring the mysterious organism to life has been a long-lasting dream for the department, now made possible through the miracle of science."
 distar.1085.a:0 "Give them the go-ahead."
 distar.1085.b:0 "They will do no such thing."

 DISTAR_NANOCITY_CAT:0 "Metallic Crystal Formations"
 DISTAR_NANOCITY_CAT_DESC:0 "The geoscape of [From.GetName] is dominated by what appear from orbit to be silvery, metallic crystals of dimensions never-before-seen. From orbit, they eerily resemble skyscrapers. Closer study is warranted."
 DISTAR_NANOSAND_CAT:0 "Metallic Sands"
 DISTAR_NANOSAND_CAT_DESC:0 "Scanners indicate the sandy dunes of [From.GetName] are almost entirely composed of granulate rare metals. Perhaps some valuable resources could be extracted from them."
 DISTAR_MEDGAS_CAT:0 "Solid Core"
 DISTAR_MEDGAS_CAT_DESC:0 "Despite expected projections, [From.GetName] has a particularly large solid core beneath its incredibly thick mantle of unique gases. Our scientists recommend further investigation."
 KETLING_PROJECT_6:0 "Study the $NAME_Ketlings$ on §Y[ratling_planet_6.GetName]§!"
 KETLING_PROJECT_6_DESC:1 "Sapient creatures have emerged from the scrap piles on §Y[ratling_planet_6.GetName]§!. Our scientists are curious whether these aliens, dubbed $NAME_Ketlings$, are descendants of the space-faring civilization that once spanned these systems, or if they have another origin entirely.\n\nWe should be able to choose any planet inhabited by autonomous $NAME_Ketlings$ to conduct this study."

 distar.242.desc.jump:0 "The [Root.GetName] has encountered a massive being of pure energy in the [From.GetName] System! A veritable vortex of psionic forces, this entity should only be approached with the utmost caution.\n\nBafflingly, the [From.GetName] system itself seems to be entirely devoid of any connection to the subspace hyperlane network. Whether this entity's presence has severed the system's hyperlane connections, or if unexpected subspace fluctuations trapped it here is unknown.\n\nOne matter is known, however: we are picking up a repeating signal in this system, originating from [tanker_planet.GetName] - though we may need to deal with the entity before we can reach it."
 distar.275.name:0 "Nanite Crystal Lattices"
 distar.275.desc.comms:1 "Detailed analysis of the enormous metallic crystals dominating [From.GetName]'s landscape have defied all expectations. Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] is excited to reveal that these oversized crystals are in fact composed of trillions upon trillions of deactivated nanites!\n\nTheir molecular structure matches no known empire's nanotechnology signatures, making their point of origin indeterminable. They may have been deposited on the planet by some unknown spacefarers for an unknown purpose.\n\nAs far as [Root.GetLeaderName] can tell, the nanites compiled themselves into perfectly oriented crystalline lattices and replicated until a point at which they became deactivated. While the crystals they created do in fact resemble buildings, they are entirely uniform in composition, and cannot possibly have served any such purpose."
 distar.275.desc.nocomms:1 "Detailed analysis of the enormous metallic crystals dominating [From.GetName]'s landscape have defied all expectations. Science Officer [Root.GetLeaderName] is excited to reveal that these oversized crystals are in fact composed of trillions upon trillions of deactivated nanites!\n\nThere is no evidence of [From.GetName] having had an atmosphere thick enough to support life as we know it at any point in the past. The nanites may have been deposited on the planet by some unknown spacefarers for an unknown purpose.\n\nAs far as [Root.GetLeaderName] can tell, the nanites compiled themselves into perfectly oriented crystalline lattices and replicated until a point at which they became deactivated. While the crystals they created do in fact resemble buildings, they are entirely uniform in composition, and cannot possibly have served any such purpose."
 distar.280.name:0 "Nanosand"
 distar.280.desc:0 "The [Root.GetName] has reported an unanticipated find on the surface of [From.GetName]. Not only are the plentiful sand dunes on the planet composed of rare metal granulate: the sand itself is almost entirely composed of countless broken nanites!\n\nThese microscopic machines are millions of years old, their structure degraded far beyond any chance for reactivation. While we cannot determine a source of origin for these nanomachines, the society that created them must have been highly technologically advanced.\n\n[Owner.GetScientistCapital] [Root.GetName] postulates that the nanites may have been used to terraform the surface [From.GetName], millions of years ago."
 distar.285.name:0 "Ancient Medical Complex"
 distar.285.desc:0 "Astounding news from the [Root.GetName]: deep scans have revealed the unexpectedly large solid core of [From.GetName] to be covered with the compressed remains of a sprawling medical complex, millions of years old!\n\nThough the intense mantle pressure of the gas giant severely limits the amount of data we can extract from the core's surface, [Owner.GetScientistCapital] [Root.GetLeaderName] reports that the hidden structures match, beyond a doubt, the technology used in the enigmatic §HL-Gates§!.\n\nIt's possible that [From.GetName] was a planetary medical facility created by the Gatebuilders millennia ago. At some point the complex was abandoned, and its automated gas replicators ran unchecked for untold centuries, gradually converting the planet into a gas giant."

 distar.9000.lcluster_clue_sonic:0 "Something of a breakthrough has been reached within the [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] scientific community regarding the extragalactic sonified signal one of our Science Ships recently analyzed.\n\nWhile the full meaning of the sonified equation embedded in the signal still eludes us, [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] [Root.GetScientistPlural] on our home world have been able to match enough of the transmission's data on subspace harmonics to the technology observed in the mysterious §HL-Gates§!!\n\nExamined in isolation, the signal is of little further use to us. Analyzing it in conjunction with other insights into the ancient Gateway Builders, however, may yield valuable data on how these L-Gates could be reactivated."

#In events_l_english.yml
 living_sea_poi:2 "Take control of the §Y[living_planet_tar.GetStarName]§! system"
 living_sea_poi_desc:2 "In order to further our studies of the living sea covering §Y[living_planet_tar.GetName]§!, the planet must be within our borders."
 NAME_Ketling_Army:0 "Ketling Army"
 ketling_army:0 "$NAME_Ketling_Army$"
 ketling_army_desc: "Swarms of ratlings, adapted to scurry across irradiated tomb worlds."

## IN technology_l_english.yml
 AUTO_REPAIR_2_DESC:0 "$tech_nanite_repair_system_desc$"
 ELDER_SPACE_WHALE_WEAPON:0 "$STRANGE_COMPONENTS_DESC$"
 ELDER_SPACE_WHALE_SPIKE:0 "$STRANGE_COMPONENTS_DESC$"

## IN modifiers_l_english.yml
 amoeba_speed_boost:0 "Adopted Amoeba Speed"
 building_blocks:0 "Crucible of Life"
 building_blocks_desc:0 "This planet is rife with gases and molecules believed to comprise crucial components and conditions for carbon- and ammonia-based lifeforms. Though no actual living organisms have been found on its surface, it may be a perfect crucible for the gradual emergence of biological life."

## IN initializer_names.yml
 elderly_tiyanki_dead_object:0 "Corpse of the $NAME_Elderly_Tiyanki$"

 # New tradition swaps
 tr_supremacy_fleet_logistical_corps_hive:0 "Nutrient Arks"
 tr_supremacy_fleet_logistical_corps_hive_desc:0 "$tr_supremacy_fleet_logistical_corps_desc$"
 tr_supremacy_fleet_logistical_corps_hive_delayed:0 "We shall accompany our deep space hunting swarms with giant carrier drones, essentially nerveless sacs of protein paste with a hyperdrive. The drones will be drained and die, but the swarm will live on."

 tr_purity_colonial_viceroys_devour:0 "Dominant Overmind"
 tr_purity_colonial_viceroys_devour_desc:0 "$tr_domination_colonial_viceroys_desc$"
 tr_purity_colonial_viceroys_devour_delayed:0 "The first sign: to conquer. The second: to feast. The third, most permanent sign of our triumph: to raise endless hives on new worlds, scoured clean of all other life."

 tr_supremacy_above_the_fray_devour:0 "Patient Predators"
 tr_supremacy_above_the_fray_devour_desc:0 "$tr_supremacy_above_the_fray_desc$"
 tr_supremacy_above_the_fray_devour_delayed:0 "We find you others hard to understand. You fritter away your short lives in internecine squabbles over which vision of lonely otherness is superior. You fight apocalyptic wars over which colored scrap of cloth will hang over a planetary capital. We watch, and hunger..."

 tr_supremacy_natural_preeminence_devour:0 "Domestication Sweep"
 tr_supremacy_natural_preeminence_devour_desc:0 "$tr_supremacy_natural_preeminence_desc$"
 tr_supremacy_natural_preeminence_devour_delayed:0 "Even after the absorption of their space and ground war-swarms, many conquered populations refuse to accept their role as our food, and stubbornly resist. A systematic campaign of lobotomization of key drones, dissolution of brood and tribal groupings, and violent public spectacles will help them accept their part in our great plan."

 tr_domination_cloud_calculations:0 "Cloud Calculations"
 tr_domination_cloud_calculations_desc:0 "$tr_domination_vassal_acculturation_desc$"
 tr_domination_cloud_calculations_delayed:0 "The more slave systems we plug in to our network, the more evidence we accumulate that our own theoretical model for the universe is the only correct one."

 tr_supremacy_natural_preeminence_terminator:0 "Systematic Terror"
 tr_supremacy_natural_preeminence_terminator_desc:0 "$tr_supremacy_natural_preeminence_desc$"
 tr_supremacy_natural_preeminence_terminator_delayed:0 "Prior methods to quell organic non-compliance on worlds being processed were inefficient and crude. Analysis now concludes that low intensity, arbitrary terrorization has an erratic effect, often in fact bolstering the will to resist. To be effective, the campaign needs to be sustained, total and inescapable."

 tr_supremacy_above_the_fray_terminator:0 "Decided in a Microsecond"
 tr_supremacy_above_the_fray_terminator_desc:0 "$tr_supremacy_above_the_fray_desc$"
 tr_supremacy_above_the_fray_terminator_delayed:0 "The amount of decision-making cycles wasted by organics on their chaotic, nonessential impulses is beyond measurement. We have eliminated the latency between purpose, thought, and action. We act as one unified system, a weapon capable of pulling its own trigger."

 # Tech swaps
 tech_databank_uplinks_hive_mind:0 "Collective Contemplation"
 tech_databank_uplinks_desc_hive_mind:0 "A novel new use for explorator drones has been found: by keeping them in orbit and amplifying their mindlink planet-wide, new speculative paths of discovery are revealed. Even the feeble synapses of billions of worker drones, taken together, have a cumulative effect."
 tech_improved_databank_uplinks_hive_mind:0 "Deeper Collective Contemplation"
 tech_improved_databank_uplinks_desc_hive_mind:0 "Prolonged exposure to explorator mindlinks is inducing synergetic effects in the synapses of worker drones."

 ## Ketling Diplomacy
 KET_HOSTILE_GREETING:0 "§HKssk!§! Speak quick, [From.GetSpeciesName]. Patience is not one of our virtues."
 KET_NEUTRAL_GREETING:0 "You have words to speak? The Far-Minds listen, [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural]."
 KET_FRIENDLY_GREETING:0 "[From.GetSpeciesNamePlural]. Packmates. The cold of the void is nothing when many burrow as one."
 KET_WAR_GREETING:0 "Traitors. Usurpers. §HKssk!§! We survived the warm-glow. You will not."
 KET_OVERLORD_GREETING:0 "§HTch§!, little pups. What is it you seek?"
 KET_THREATENED_GREETING:0 "We may seem small, [From.GetSpeciesName], but we are not without claws."
 KET_VASSAL_GREETING:0 "Masters. §HKssk!§! We will listen. You will speak. We will obey."
 KET_VASSAL_GREETING_DISLOYAL:0 "Free us, [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural]. §HKssk kssk kssk!§! The Far-Minds chafe against this cage."
 KET_VASSAL_DOMINEERING:0 "The [From.GetName] pack is feeble, and few! There is much the Far-Minds could teach you."
 KET_DOW_PROPOSE_01:0 "War! War! War! War!"
 KET_DOW_PROPOSE_02:0 "Your metal. Your scrap. Your wiring. We need it, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_VASSAL_DOW_PROPOSE:0 "We cannot abide this cage. The Far-Minds will be free!"
 KET_DOW_ACCEPT:0 "Then we will fight! §HKssk!§!"
 KET_CONSIDER_01:0 "We must consider, we must consult. There are many voices in the Far-Minds, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_PEACE_PROPOSE_01:0 "Enough, §Hkssk!§! Our paws grow tired of these ceaseless skirmishes. There must be peace with the Far-Minds, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_PEACE_ACCEPT_01:0 "We have had enough of the squabble, enough of the fight. Now, we look for peace, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_PEACE_REFUSE_01:0 "There will be no peace! There will be no silence! We will have war!"
 KET_PEACE_CONSIDER_01:0 "Peace? We do not know. We must think. We must consult. We must discuss..."
 KET_ITOA_SELECT_01:0 "You wish the Far-Minds to be part of a larger pack? Speak on, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_ITOA_PROPOSE_01:0 "[Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural], friends. Together, our two packs will be faster, stronger. A federation, §Hkssk§!?"
 KET_ITOA_ACCEPT_01:0 "Yes, together we will be Many. A federation it is, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_ITOA_REFUSE_01:0 "We are unready, unwilling. Our pack must be on its own, must be free, §Hkssk kssk!§!"
 KET_ASK_JOIN_A_SELECT_01:0 "You wish to join the Pack of Many? We will consider, we will discuss."
 KET_ASK_JOIN_A_PROPOSE_01:0 "We [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural] have nimble hands, quick minds. We would be useful packmates to the §Y[Root.GetAllianceName]§!! You let the Far-Minds join your Pack of Many, yes?"
 KET_ASK_JOIN_A_ACCEPT_01:0 "Yes, yes. The [From.GetName] will join the §Y[Root.GetAllianceName]§!. Will join our Pack of Many."
 KET_ASK_JOIN_A_REFUSE_01:0 "We will not be packmates; there will be no union. The §Y[Root.GetAllianceName]§! will be without the [From.GetName]."
 KET_LEAVE_A_SELECT_01:0 "You wish to leave the §Y[Root.GetAllianceName]§!, the Pack of Many, §Hkssk§!?"
 KET_LEAVE_A_PROPOSE_01:0 "We tire of the Pack of Many, of the §Y[Root.GetAllianceName]§!. We Far-Minds must be alone, we must be free."
 KET_LEAVE_A_ACCEPT_01:0 "You wish to be free of the Pack of Many, of the §Y[Root.GetAllianceName]§!, [From.GetSpeciesName]? §HKssk kssk kssk!§! You will be weaker without the Many, but we will not stop you."
 KET_DEMAND_VASS_SELECT_01:0 "Vassal, §Hkssk§!? You wish for the Far-Minds to be a pack beneath the [From.GetName]?"
 KET_DEMAND_VASS_PROPOSE_01:0 "The [Root.GetName] nation is a weak pack. We can offer you protection. We can offer you comfort. You will be the vassal of the Far-Minds, if you agree."
 KET_DEMAND_VASS_ACCEPT_01:0 "Yes, yes. We are weak, we are few. But no more. The [From.GetName] will be our masters, §Hkssk§!."
 KET_DEMAND_VASS_REFUSE_01:0 "$KET_ITOA_REFUSE_01$"
 KET_ASK_FOR_VASS_SELECT_01:0 "You wish for our protection, §Hkssk§!? For the pack of the Far-Minds to lead the [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural]?"
 KET_ASK_FOR_VASS_PROPOSE_01:0 "Too few are the Far-Minds, §Hkssk kssk§!. Too weak and too few. Will you lead us? Will the [Root.GetName] be a pack above ours?"
 KET_ASK_FOR_VASS_ACCEPT_01:0 "Yes, §Hkssk§!. We Far-Minds shall guide you, lead you. You will be ours, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_ASK_FOR_VASS_REFUSE_01:0 "We have no time, we have no room! There is no place among the Far-Minds for the [From.GetSpeciesAdj] pack!"
 KET_DEMAND_PROT_SELECT_01:0 "You would protect us, §Hkssk§!? You would use your knowledge to guide the Far-Minds, §Hkssk§!?"
 KET_DEMAND_PROT_PROPOSE_01:0 "We Far-Minds know much, §Hkssk kssk§!, know more than the [Root.GetName] pack. We could guide you, protect you. We could make your pack grow strong under ours."
 KET_DEMAND_PROT_ACCEPT_01:0 "$KET_DEMAND_VASS_ACCEPT_01$"
 KET_DEMAND_PROT_REFUSE_01:0 "$KET_ITOA_REFUSE_01$"
 KET_ASK_FOR_PROT_SELECT_01:0 "$KET_ASK_FOR_VASS_SELECT_01$"
 KET_ASK_FOR_PROT_PROPOSE_01:0 "$KET_ASK_FOR_VASS_PROPOSE_01$"
 KET_ASK_FOR_PROT_ACCEPT_01:0 "$KET_ASK_FOR_VASS_ACCEPT_01$"
 KET_ASK_FOR_PROT_REFUSE_01:0 "$KET_ASK_FOR_VASS_REFUSE_01$"
 KET_RELEASE_SUBJECT_SELECT_01:0 "You wish for the Far-Minds to be free from your pack?"
 KET_RELEASE_SUBJECT_PROPOSE_01:0 "§HKssk kssk kssk!§! We are taxed, and we are tired of guiding you, [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural]. Your pack should find your own way amongst the stars."
 KET_RELEASE_SUBJECT_ACCEPT_01:0 "Once more, we have outgrown the cages made for us."
 KET_ASK_TO_BE_RELEASED_SUBJECT_SELECT_01:0 "§HKssk kssk!§! You wish to be free of the Far-Minds' protection, [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural]?"
 KET_ASK_TO_BE_RELEASED_SUBJECT_PROPOSE_01:0 "We wish to be free of the [Root.GetName]'s dominion. Will you free the Far-Minds?"
 KET_ASK_TO_BE_RELEASED_SUBJECT_ACCEPT_01:0 "Go, then, [From.GetName]. We will not keep you caged unwilling."
 KET_ASK_TO_BE_RELEASED_SUBJECT_REFUSE_01:0 "§HKssk!§! You speak of freedom, but we yet have need of you, [From.GetSpeciesName]."
 KET_OFFER_TRADE_DEAL_PROPOSE_01:0 "We have many goods, many things. Metal, wires, information. Will the [Root.GetName] trade with us?"
 KET_OFFER_TRADE_DEAL_ACCEPT_01:0 "§HKssk!§! A good deal, a fine trade."
 KET_OFFER_TRADE_DEAL_REFUSE_01:0 "A poor deal, unsatisfactory, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_MAKE_RIVAL_01:0 "You would pit your pack against the Far-Minds, §Hkssk?§! You would come to regret it."
 KET_MAKE_RIVAL_PROPOSE_01:0 "Your pack is rife with tasty things... metal, scrap and wires, junk and gems! We desire them. We must have them. We will take them from you, one day."
 KET_MAKE_RIVAL_ACCEPT_01:0 "Excellent. Now we need not regret stealing all that scrap from you when you weren't looking! §HKssk kssk kssk!§!"
 KET_END_RIVALRY_01:0 "No longer so cocky, [From.GetSpeciesName]? The [From.GetName] pack desires reconciliation?"
 KET_END_RIVALRY_PROPOSE_01:0 "Our pack tires of the rivalry, [Root.GetSpeciesName]. Let us make up, share scrap again, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_END_RIVALRY_ACCEPT_01:0 "Very well, we agree. But we watch, we wait..."
 KET_INTEGRATE_01:0 "The [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural] wish to integrate our two packs, §Hkssk?§!"
 KET_INTEGRATE_PROPOSE_01:0 "The [Root.GetName] should combine, should become forever a part of the [From.GetName]!"
 KET_INTEGRATE_ACCEPT_01:0 "Very well. We will join packs! We will become one."
 KET_CANCEL_INTEGRATE_01:0 "Your stance has changed? You no longer desire the Far-Minds to be one with your pack?"
 KET_CANCEL_INTEGRATE_ACCEPT_01:0 "As you say, §Hkssk!§! The Far-Minds will remain yours, but apart."
 KET_FORM_DP_SELECT:0 "The [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural] will watch our backs, §Hkssk§!, and we will watch yours?"
 KET_FORM_DP_PROPOSE:0 "The Far-Minds need allies, need friends, §Hkssk!§! If we watch your backs, you will watch ours?"
 KET_FORM_DP_ACCEPT:0 "Excellent, yes. The Far-Minds will guard your pack. The [From.GetName] will guard ours."
 KET_FORM_DP_REFUSE:0 "Advantages? No. Not enough gain. We cannot risk our packmates for [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural]."
 KET_BREAK_DP_SELECT:0 "You no longer wish for the Far-Minds to watch your back?"
 KET_BREAK_DP_PROPOSE:0 "We gain too little. We lose too much. We cannot watch your backs any longer, [Root.GetSpeciesName]."
 KET_BREAK_DP_ACCEPT:0 "Very well, as you say, [From.GetSpeciesName]. Our packs will guard one another no more."
 KET_FORM_NAP_SELECT:0 "You desire a promise of no aggression?"
 KET_FORM_NAP_PROPOSE:0 "The [Root.GetName] pack should be allies of the Far-Minds. Should be friends. Should promise no aggression between us, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_FORM_NAP_ACCEPT:0 "No aggression, we promise, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_FORM_NAP_REFUSE:0 "We have decided. We will make no promise!"
 KET_BREAK_NAP_SELECT:0 "You would break the pact of no aggression between our packs?"
 KET_BREAK_NAP_PROPOSE:0 "$KET_BREAK_DP_PROPOSE_01$"
 KET_BREAK_NAP_ACCEPT:0 "Our minds have changed. We may wish for aggression. We may not. §HKssk kssk!§! We can no longer keep our promise!"
 KET_GUARANTEE_SELECT:0 "You would guard the freedom of the Far-Minds, [From.GetSpeciesName]?"
 KET_GUARANTEE_PROPOSE:0 "Your pack would be unfettered, ruled by none? §HKssk kssk kssk!§! The Far-Minds will support, will guarantee."
 KET_GUARANTEE_ACCEPT:0 "Then our foes have much to lose, much to fear, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_REVOKE_GUARANTEE_SELECT:0 "You would no longer guard the freedom of the Far-Minds?"
 KET_REVOKE_GUARANTEE_PROPOSE:0 "Our minds are needed elsewhere, §Hkssk!§! No more can we watch over your lands!"
 KET_REVOKE_GUARANTEE_ACCEPT:0 "Betrayers! You leave our pack surrounded by foes!"
 KET_SUPPORT_INDEPENDENCE_SELECT:0 "You would help free the Far-Minds from our masters?"
 KET_SUPPORT_INDEPENDENCE_PROPOSE:0 "The [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural] are caged, are not free. We will help, will support! For a price..."
 KET_SUPPORT_INDEPENDENCE_ACCEPT:0 "Then we will call upon you, when the time is right..."
 KET_REVOKE_INDEPENDENCE_SELECT:0 "§HKssk!§! You would withdraw your promise?"
 KET_REVOKE_INDEPENDENCE_PROPOSE:0 "Larger matters press our minds, §Hkssk kssk!§! We can aid your freedom no longer, [Root.GetSpeciesName]."
 KET_REVOKE_INDEPENDENCE_ACCEPT:0 "Then take your withheld promise and go, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_FORM_MIGRATION_PACT_SELECT:0 "You wish the Far-Minds to move amongst your pack?"
 KET_FORM_MIGRATION_PACT_PROPOSE:0 "[Root.GetSpeciesName]! Your pack is strong, smart, swift. §HKssk!§! We Far-Minds would move amongst it."
 KET_FORM_MIGRATION_PACT_ACCEPT:0 "Good, excellent. Our packs will mingle, will be shared!"
 KET_FORM_MIGRATION_PACT_REFUSE:0 "No. We will not live among the [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural], will not share!"
 KET_BREAK_MIGRATION_PACT_SELECT:0 "The [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural] no longer wish for the Far-Minds to move freely among their pack?"
 KET_BREAK_MIGRATION_PACT_PROPOSE:0 "We no longer wish to share, no longer wish to live and move amongst the [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural]!"
 KET_BREAK_MIGRATION_PACT_ACCEPT:0 "Then we will keep to ourselves, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_OPEN_BORDERS_SELECT:0 "You would open your walls to the Far-Minds?"
 KET_OPEN_BORDERS_PROPOSE:0 "You may move through our pack-space, §Hkssk!§! Just do not attempt to stay!"
 KET_OPEN_BORDERS_ACCEPT:0 "Then we move freely through your pack-space. §HKssk kssk kssk!§!"
 KET_CLOSE_BORDERS_SELECT:0 "You would close off your pack-space from the Far-Minds?"
 KET_CLOSE_BORDERS_PROPOSE:0 "[Root.GetSpeciesName]! We no longer wish your ships to move through our pack-space. Begone!"
 KET_CLOSE_BORDERS_ACCEPT:0 "Then have your pack-space to yourself! But we will not return your scrap, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_KICK_FROM_ALLIANCE_SELECT:0 "You do not want the Far-Minds in your Pack of Many? A mistake, a misstep."
 KET_KICK_FROM_ALLIANCE_PROPOSE:0 "§HKssk!§! You bring disquiet to the Pack of Many! You will leave it now, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_KICK_FROM_ALLIANCE_ACCEPT:0 "Good! Fine! A useless pack, the [From.GetAllianceName]. We Far-Minds will be stronger alone!"
 KET_OFFER_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_SELECT:0 "You wish the Far-Minds to associate with your Pack of Many?"
 KET_OFFER_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_PROPOSE:0 "[Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural], friends. The [From.GetAllianceName] would extend to you. Not ready to join the Pack of Many, no, not yet. But as an associate?"
 KET_OFFER_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_ACCEPT:0 "Very well. We Far-Minds will grow closer to your Pack of Many."
 KET_OFFER_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_REFUSE:0 "Your Pack of Many does not interest us, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_REVOKE_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_SELECT:0 "The Pack of Many no longer desires our contact, §Hkssk?§!"
 KET_REVOKE_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_PROPOSE:0 "Your association: revoked! The Pack of Many no longer wishes for [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural] to be among it!"
 KET_REVOKE_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_ACCEPT:0 "$KET_KICK_FROM_ALLIANCE_ACCEPT$"
 KET_ASK_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_SELECT:0 "Your Pack of Many would speak with us, §Hkssk?§!"
 KET_ASK_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_PROPOSE:0 "Your Pack of Many. We would speak with you, be near to you. An association, §Hkssk!§!"
 KET_ASK_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_ACCEPT:0 "Yes, good. The Pack of Many will associate with the [From.GetName]."
 KET_ASK_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_REFUSE:0 "No. We do not wish for the [From.GetSpeciesNamePlural], do not desire them among the Pack of Many!"
 KET_END_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_SELECT:0 "You would withdraw, no longer speak with the Pack of Many?"
 KET_END_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_PROPOSE:0 "§HKssk kssk kssk!§! Your pack is slow, dull, unfit! No more will you be an associate!"
 KET_END_FEDERATION_ASSOCIATION_STATUS_ACCEPT:0 "Then leave, go! We will associate with the [From.GetName] pack no longer."
 KET_DEMAND_TRIBUTARY_SELECT:0 "You wish for tribute, §Hkssk?§! You wish for scrap, and gems, and wires?"
 KET_DEMAND_TRIBUTARY_PROPOSE:0 "The [Root.GetName] pack is ripe, weak! But we could leave you in peace. Give us scrap, give us metal and wires and gems!"
 KET_DEMAND_TRIBUTARY_ACCEPT:0 "Very well, yes. We will bring you gifts. In return, you will leave the Far-Minds be. §HKssk!§!"
 KET_DEMAND_TRIBUTARY_REFUSE:0 "No! We will not! We do not need [From.GetAdj] promises. You will get nothing from us."
 KET_ASK_BECOME_TRIBUTARY_SELECT:0 "§HKssk!§! You wish to pay tribute to the Far-Minds?"
 KET_ASK_BECOME_TRIBUTARY_PROPOSE:0 "Do the [Root.GetSpeciesNamePlural] care for metals? Wires? Knowledge? Gems? We have these things, §Hkssk!§! Leave us in peace, and we will pay you tribute."
 KET_ASK_BECOME_TRIBUTARY_ACCEPT:0 "Very good. Pay us, give us gifts, and we will leave you in peace!"
 KET_ASK_BECOME_TRIBUTARY_REFUSE:0 "No. We do not want, §Hkssk§!, have no need of you!"
 KET_INSULT_01:0 "Yes? Speak your words!"
 KET_INSULT_PROPOSE_01:0 "§HKssk!§! Your feeble [Root.GetSpeciesAdj] minds could not connect an exhaust port to a matter compressor if your lives depended on it!"
 KET_INSULT_PROPOSE_02:0 "§HKssk kssk kssk!§! Even your pack's scrap is unfit for repurposing."
 KET_INSULT_ACCEPT_01:0 "Nasty. Cruel. We will remember."
 action.37.desc.ketlings:1 "We submit, we yield! Recall your fleets and be gone with you, §Hkssk§!"
 action.38.desc.ketlings:1 "Yes! We are victorious, we overcome! Come to us again, if your metal and gems and lives are too many!"
 action.39.desc.ketlings:0 "Very well. No winner, no victor. Only lost lives, lost scrap..."
