Slug hacker (choice)

This random event occurs in:

• Slug Controlled Nebula
• Slug Home Nebula
  in a nebula. The Long-Ranged Scanners will detect no ship presence. This event can occur only once per sector.

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You are immediately hailed by a dangerous looking ship. "I'm feeling generouss today. I shall allow you to choose your own death. Which do you like leasst: shields, oxygen, or weaponsss?"

1. Shields.
   • "Very good then!" Your shield power suddenly drops and they charge.
     • Fight a Slug ship with your Shields halved.
       • (After destroying enemy ship) The Slug ship breaks apart and your shields return to normal. You collect what you can.
         • You receive medium scrap with resources.
       • (After killing enemy crew) With their crew dead, you quickly shut off their hacking module and your shields return to normal. You strip the ship.
         • You receive high scrap with resources.
2. Oxygen.
   • "A being that would choose sssuffocation? Who am I to judge..." Your life support shuts off and they move in to attack.
     • Fight a Slug ship with your Oxygen system halved.
       • (After destroying enemy ship) The Slug ship breaks apart and your systems return to normal. You collect what you can.
         (After killing enemy crew) With their crew dead, you quickly shut off their hacking module and your systems return to normal. You strip the ship.
         • You receive medium scrap with resources.
3. Weapons.
   • "Your acceptance of death is almosst admirable... Almosst." Your weapons system registers a hacking module. You hardly have time to respond before they attack.
     • Fight a Slug ship with your Weapon Control halved.
       • (After destroying enemy ship) The Slug ship breaks apart and your weapon system returns to normal. You collect what you can.
         (After killing enemy crew) With their crew dead, you quickly shut off their hacking module and your weapon system returns to normal. You strip the ship.
         • You receive high scrap with resources.
4. Offer 35 scrap to leave you alone.  [ 35 ]
   • "I really am feeling generousss..." They take the scrap and leave.
     • You avoided the fight.
5. (Hacking System) Counter any hack attempt.
   • "Sssilence won't protect you. I'll make the choice mysself... Wait. Why isn't this working?" You cut transmission and move in to attack.
     • Fight a Slug ship with your Hacking offline.
       • (After destroying enemy ship) The Slug ship breaks apart and their hacking module is destroyed. You collect what you can.
         (After killing enemy crew) With their crew dead, you quickly shut off their hacking module and your weapon system [sic] returns to normal. You strip the ship.
         • You receive high scrap with resources.

Trivia

This event is called "NEBULA_SLUG_CHOOSE_DEATH" in the datafiles.

• The "Shields" hack option can be chosen despite having no Shields system.
• The "Oxygen" hack option doesn't fully disable upgraded Oxygen system. (it works the same way as Oxygen lv2+ blue option in Slug hacker (oxygen) event)
• The "Weapons" hack option doesn't affect Artillery Beam or Flak Artillery systems.