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SYSTEM SPECIALS

Whenever you explore a star’s vicinity for the first time, there is a chance

you’ll discover something unusual about that system. These random
oddities are called System Specials, and they might be beneficial or
disastrous. Some affect the system as a whole and some only a specific
planet in the system. Specials can also be one-time effects. Except for
Space Monsters, no system will have more than one special; a system
with a monster will always have another special—that’s usually what
drew the monster there in the first place.

Artifacts: An extremely advanced civilization once inhabited a world in

the system, but has long since disappeared. Relics left behind add 2
to the amount of research generated by each scientist on that planet.
Furthermore, the first empire to discover these artifacts and colonize
the planet gets an immediate scientific breakthrough.

Cache: Your exploration vessel stumbles on a hidden cache of pirates’

booty, which is added to your treasury.

Debris: You find the valuable remnants of a wrecked ship floating

aimlessly in the system. Enterprising crewmen manage to make a
profit from it, which is added to your treasury.

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