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Something strikes you as odd about a moon in the distance.
- Check it out.
- It looks as if a team could break through the fragile layer of the moon's surface into a hidden cavern.
- Attempt to detonate some explosives to break through the surface. [ Missiles: -1 ]
- The explosives are set remotely, but the detonation achieves nothing. What a waste.
- Your explosives reveal the 'cave' is actually a secret base, located in a network of bunkers just under the surface. Everyone inside is dead; Mantis clearly came through here recently. It looks like the Zoltan were researching advanced ship weaponry. You take one of the better examples back to your ship.[ Missiles: -1 Scrap and a weapon]
- A portion of the surface layer is destroyed in an impressive display, revealing miles of caves. You don't have time to fully explore them, but you find some remains of an old subterranean base that could be useful.
- You receive a medium amount of scrap.
- Explosives are too valuable to waste on excavation work. Let's get out of here.
- Attempt to detonate some explosives to break through the surface. [ Missiles: -1 ]
- A deep scan of the surface reveals a cave system that runs for miles, and what looks like a scrap heap left over from some heavy-duty construction.
- (same as above)
- A closer inspection reveals signs of habitation on the surface, but nothing else particularly interesting.
- Sending a shuttle to explore a beckoning cave system you discover signs of a battle - and a still-functioning weapon!
- You receive a medium amount of scrap and a weapon.
- It looks as if a team could break through the fragile layer of the moon's surface into a hidden cavern.
- Leave it be.
- (Boarding Drone) Send a drone to probe the surface.
- Initial scans indicate a network of caves not far underground. You launch a boarding drone and it breaks through the surface into the cavern below. [ Drone Parts: -1]
- Your drone discovers a vast cave network and evidence of excavation. Buried deep below you find a Zoltan scientist, still hard at work. He tells you that all his colleagues are long dead. You decide not to ask questions and offer to let him join your crew.
- Receive Zoltan crewmember
- Your drone discovers a vast cave network and evidence of excavation. Buried deep below you find a Zoltan scientist, still hard at work. He tells you that all his colleagues are long dead. You decide not to ask questions and offer to let him join your crew.
- Initial scans indicate a network of caves not far underground. You launch a boarding drone and it breaks through the surface into the cavern below. [ Drone Parts: -1]