Lanius ship attacking Rock

This random event occurs in:

• Abandoned Sector

at a distress beacon. The Long-Ranged Scanners will detect no ship presence. This event can occur only once per sector.

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A distress beacon pulses weakly from a Rockman ship in this system... their hull (and their crew) are being mined by the Lanius, lasers and weapons tearing through the ship!

1. Attack the Lanius ship.
   • The Rockmen need your help - you target the Lanius ship and grimly prepare for battle.
     • Fight a Lanius ship.
       • (After destroying enemy ship) The ship explodes, leaving behind a collection of useful scrap material.
         (After killing enemy crew) There are no more life-signs remaining on the ship. You strip it of useful materials.
         • You receive medium scrap with resources.
           • Contact the Rockmen.
             • The Rockman ship jumped away during the battle, but it left much of its hull and spare parts floating behind - you salvage what you can, and prepare to jump.
               • You receive medium scrap with resources.
             • The Rockmen give an awkwardly-translated message that seems to indicate something about gratitude. They then jump away without another word.
               • Nothing happens.
2. Leave the Rockmen to their fate.
   • As you make your escape, the Rockman's ship's engines explode, and you watch the Lanius ship slowly feed on the remains - and the crew.
     • Nothing happens.

Notes

This event is called "LANIUS_ROCK_DISTRESS" in the datafiles.