This random event occurs in:
- Abandoned Sector
- Civilian Sector
- Engi Controlled Sector
- Engi Homeworlds
- Pirate Controlled Sector
- Slug Controlled Nebula
- Slug Home Nebula
- Zoltan Controlled Sector
- Zoltan Homeworlds
Can also occur at an exit beacon and as a filler event in any sector. The Long-Ranged Scanners will detect no ship presence. This event can occur only once per sector.
Scans reveal a large asteroid field nearby. Short-range scanners may discover useful materials while we wait for the FTL to recharge.
- Explore the asteroid field.
- Scans reveal a number of asteroids with useful compositions. You extract some fuel.
- You receive high fuel.
- You discover the remains of ship embedded into an asteroid. It still has some functional missiles.
- You receive medium missiles and scrap.
- You happen upon an abandoned mining site. A few mining drones were left behind and could be repurposed.
- You receive medium drone parts and scrap.
- A pirate ship hiding behind one of the larger asteroids attacks you!
- Fight a Pirate ship (default rewards) in anasteroid field.
- The asteroid field proved more dangerous than expected. Some asteroids managed to get through your ship's defenses.
- A brief exploration yields nothing of interest.
- Nothing happens.
- Scans reveal a number of asteroids with useful compositions. You extract some fuel.
- Too dangerous. We'll just wait for the FTL to charge.
- Nothing happens.
- (Scrap Recovery Arm) Attempt to mine the asteroids.
- You carefully extract as much usable material as possible from the nearest asteroids while waiting for the FTL to charge.
- You receive high scrap.
- You carefully extract as much usable material as possible from the nearest asteroids while waiting for the FTL to charge.
Trivia[]
This event is called "ASTEROID_EXPLORE" in the datafiles.
- This event can occur as one of the scenarios in an out-of-fuel Explore the system event, but with a single difference: this event has Scrap Recovery Arm blue option.
- This is the only event to utilize Scrap Recovery Arm as a blue option tool.