Difference between revisions of "Events at Cycle Change"

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This page lists all events that occur at cycle change.

Note that the majority of events are triggered by certain conditions, and, in many cases, chance.

This is a recent page, there are all the more risks that it contains incorrect or incomplete data, even outside TODO's

General Character Ressources

Frequency	Notification	Event description and conditions
Always	Private	Each character gains 1
Always	Private	Each character lying down gains 1
Always	Private	Each character gains 1 Unless the Gravity Simulator is broken TODO: starting from the cycle at which it breaks?
Always	Private	Each character gains 1 . (More with Gold mode or SNC Kitchen.)
Always	None	Each human character gains 1
Always	None	Each mush character loses 2
Always	Private	One character in the same room as a Logistics Expert gains 1
At Cycle 1	Private	Some characters gain Skill-specific Action Points: 1/2/2/2/1/1/2/4 With a maximum of 2 days worth of points.
At Cycle 1	Private	Actions with a daily limit become available again: Doing it: 1x for any character Establish communications: 1x for any character Issue mission: 1x for the Commander Extract a spore: 4x for all Mush together (-2x with Antispore Gas research, +1x for each Fertile mush) Infect: 1x for any Mush (2x for an Infector) Free Sabotage of a door: 1x for any Doorman Clear Logs: 1x for any Defacer

TODO: Some cases where efficiency at repairing/shooting/whatever is reset to its base level?

Health and Morale

Frequency	Notification	Event description and conditions
Always	Private	Each character lying down in the same room as a Shrink gains 1 .
Always	Public	Each character lying down in the same room as a Shrink while having a Disorder gets therapy For this the Shrink needs to be standing up TODO: check The log shows whether the disorder is actually healed
Always	Private	Any Antisocial character ( Raluca) in the same room as any other character loses 1
Always	Private	Any Germaphobe character ( Finola) being Dirty loses 1
Always	TODO: ?	Fatal depression: Any character with 0 dies This takes place after morale loss. Statuses Demoralized and Suicidal give warnings.
Random	Private	Chances of getting a Disease or a Disorder (see Illnesses)
(Varies)	(Varies)	Symptoms of having a Disease, a Disorder or an Injury (see Illnesses)
Random	Private	Random healing of any Disease, of Spleen or of Vertigo
Always	None	Each character loses 1 Satisfaction
Always	Private	Any Starving character (with 0 Satisfaction for at least 24 cycles) loses 1
At Cycle 1	Private	Each character gains 1
At Cycle 1	Private	Each character loses 1 Unless they are The Optimist
At Cycle 1	Private	If no character with Mankind's only hope is alive, each character loses 1

Hazards

Frequency	Notification	Event description and conditions
Random (15%)	Announcement	General Patching Up (GPU) is activated for this cycle (if the NERON Project has been researched)
Random	Announcement (*)	An equipment breaks down There is no announcement for broken doors, sabotaged equipment, or equipment that is damaged by a fire or electrical spike event. Unless GPU is active
Random	TODO: ?	Electrical spikes: all equipment of the room is damaged, any character in the room loses 3 Unless GPU is active
Random	Public	The room shakes: any character in the room loses 1-3 Unless GPU is active The amount of lost is Private
Random	Public	Metal plates: one character in the room loses 4-6 Unless GPU is active The amount of lost is Private
Random	Announcement	A fire starts. Unless GPU is active
Random	Public	A fire damages equipment (except doors) and breaks/destroys items in the room.
Random	Public	A fire does 2-3 points of damage directly to the Armor
Random	Announcement	A fire spreads to an adjacent room.
Random	Private	Any character in a room on fire loses 2
Random (25%)	TODO: ?	A fire is extinguished automatically by NERON Project Sprinkers TODO: before or after the damage is done?

Items and Equiment

Frequency	Notification	Event description and conditions
Always	TODO: ?	Drones do their actions: extinguish a fire (only with firefighters upgrade), attempt a repair, or change room. TODO: firefighter works before or after the fire starts / the damage is done?
Always	None	Any item or equipment with charges restore 1 With some NERON Projects, Turrets (Rerouted Charges) and Young plants (Hydroponic Incubator) gain an additional 1
At Cycle 1		Perishable food decays one step in the series Unstable, Hazardous, Decomposing Unless Foodstuff destruction is active (default value), in which case the perishable food is destroyed.
At Cycle 1 (*)	None	The coffee machine becomes available again Also at Cycle 4 if the NERON Project Fission Coffee Roaster is complete Also at Cycles 3, 5 and 7 if the PILGRED is repaired Bug: actually, every cycle

Oxygen and Plants

See Oxygen and Gardening for more details.

Frequency	Notification	Event description and conditions
Always (*)	None (*)	The ship consumes 1 Does not happen with 20% chances if the Neron project Oxygenated Ducts is complete. An Announcement is made in this case.
Always	Announcement	Each broken oxygen tank makes the ship loose 1
Always	Announcement	Asphyxiation. If the ship has 0, a random character dies. If the selected character is holding an oxygen capsule, then that is used up instead. TODO: (Lack of) announcement in this case? TODO: characters without capsule are selected first
Random	None	A Young plant becomes adult (depending on its charge).
Random	None	A plant becomes Diseased This can happen only once a day per plant TODO: even C1?
At Cycle 1	None	Plants produce 1 each Unless they are Young, Diseased, or Dried Out Unless they are held in a character's inventory This happens after asphyxiation TODO: This happens after the Younglings have become adult, but before they become Diseased
At Cycle 1	None	Plants produce 1 fruit each (possibly 2 with Heat Lamps) Unless they are Thirsty, Young, Diseased, or Dried Out Even if they are held in a character's inventory
At Cycle 1	None	A plant becomes Thirsty, or Dried Out (if already thirsty), or dies (if already dried out) TODO: no log, even if the plant dies?

Hunters, Navigation, and Communications

Frequency	Notification	Event description and conditions
Random	Announcement	A wave of new hunters arrives
Always	Announcement	If a movement has been initiated last cycle, then the DAEDALUS reaches its destination
Always	Announcement	If a movement has been initiated last cycle, a fraction of the hunters catch up with the DAEDALUS The announcement is the same as when new hunters arrive
Always (*)	None	Hunters attack and deal damage (mainly to the ship's Armor ) Unless they arrived at this or last cycle, and unless the ship has moved (exception: Trax) Asteroids deal damage only once after a certain amount of cycles. D1000 deal damage 3 times during the cycle. TODO: all 3 at the same time, or anytime during the cycle?
Random	Announcement	A Transporter arrives
Random	TODO: ?	A Transporter leaves Always if it has been shot at during last cycle
Always	None	The Plasma Shield (if available) gains 5hp TODO: unless it has been hit this cycle? before the attack? TODO: even if not activated at the BIOS terminal?
Random	Announcement	Signal loss: The connection with Sol has been lost The risk is lower as the signal strengthens
Random (*)	Announcement	Communication attempt from a Rebel Base (provided the contact with Sol is established) Once a day on days 2-7, always at the same cycle (not cycle 8)
Random	TODO: ?	Communication attempt from a Rebel Base times out TODO: how is the time chosen/known?