This random event occurs in:
- Civilian Sector
- Engi Controlled Sector
- Engi Homeworlds
- Mantis Controlled Sector
- Mantis Homeworlds
- Pirate Controlled Sector
- Rock Controlled Sector
- Rock Homeworlds
- Uncharted Nebula
at a distress beacon. The Long-Ranged Scanners will detect
no ship presence. This event can occur only once per sector.
You find a number of ships fleeing from a small space station. You hail them, asking what's wrong: "Help! We're being overrun by some sort of giant alien spiders!"
- Send the crew to help! Giant alien spiders are no joke.
- Your crew boards the station, cautiously moving between corridors. Suddenly a man-sized arachnid bursts from a vent in the ceiling, followed by countless more. You fight your way back to the airlock and are forced to leave before accounting for all crew members. Not everybody made it back.
- You lose a crewmember.
- (Clone Bay) You take a hopeful trip to the Clone Bay, and to your relief a clone is already prepared for the lost crewmember.
- The lost crewmember is revived.
- (Clone Bay) You take a hopeful trip to the Clone Bay, and to your relief a clone is already prepared for the lost crewmember.
- You lose a crewmember.
- Your crew slowly creeps up on a cluster of the creatures from behind. Without warning, the giant arachnids turn and charge. However, your team stays in control and before long you've beaten them back.
- Contact the station owners.
- They are thrilled with your success and offer you a reward.
- You receive high resources with some scrap.
- They are thrilled with your success and offer you a reward.
- Contact the station owners.
- Your crew boards the station, cautiously moving between corridors. Suddenly a man-sized arachnid bursts from a vent in the ceiling, followed by countless more. You fight your way back to the airlock and are forced to leave before accounting for all crew members. Not everybody made it back.
- Leave them alone.
- You can't risk fighting some unknown alien on every backwater station you come across. You prepare to jump.
- Nothing happens.
- You can't risk fighting some unknown alien on every backwater station you come across. You prepare to jump.
- (Anti-Personnel Drone) Send your battle drone in to help. [
1 ]
- You pull up alongside the station and release the drone through the airlock. Within a short time the majority of the creatures are dead, with only a little collateral damage. They express their most sincere gratitude.
- You receive medium resources with some scrap.
- You pull up alongside the station and release the drone through the airlock. Within a short time the majority of the creatures are dead, with only a little collateral damage. They express their most sincere gratitude.
- (Boarding Drone) Launch a Boarding drone into the station. [ 1 ]
- You launch the drone and it crashes through their hull, leaving a huge breach. You watch as the drone tears through the creatures while debris and dead bodies fly out of the breach. The owners of the station are less than effusive when they thank you, and offer only a meager payment. Maybe it's a good time to leave...
- You receive low scrap with resources.
- You launch the drone and it crashes through their hull, leaving a huge breach. You watch as the drone tears through the creatures while debris and dead bodies fly out of the breach. The owners of the station are less than effusive when they thank you, and offer only a meager payment. Maybe it's a good time to leave...
- (Bio-Beam) Use the beam to pick off the spiders. (Requires Anti-Bio Beam)
- You instruct them to drop their shields and you are able to kill the creatures without damaging the station. "The monsters just started bursting into flame as we watched. What a terrifying weapon... Here, take this for your help, friend."
- You receive high resources with some scrap.
- You instruct them to drop their shields and you are able to kill the creatures without damaging the station. "The monsters just started bursting into flame as we watched. What a terrifying weapon... Here, take this for your help, friend."
Trivia[]
This event is called "DISTRESS_INFESTATION" in the datafiles.
- Due to low success rate and loss of a crewmember (especially before the Clone Bay became available with the introduction of the Advanced Edition) this event became infamous in the FTL community, and the "Giant alien spiders are no joke" line became a widespread meme.