Events at Cycle Change

This page attempts to make an extensive list of all game events that occur at cycle change.

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

General Character Resources

Main article: Resources.

Notification	Condition	Event
Private log	Always	All characters gain 1 .
Private log	Gravity Simulator is intact (or has just broken down)	All characters gain 1 .
Private log	Always	All characters gain 1 .
Private log	Character is Lying Down Character is Mush or is not targeted with Nightmarish	Character gains 1 .
Private log	Character is selected by Logistics Expert	Character gains 1 .
TODO: ?	Character has Lethargy and has been Lying Down continuously for 4 cycles	Character gains 1 .
Private log	Character is in Gold Mode	Character gains 1 .
Private log	Character is Human and not Inactive	Character gains 1 .
Private log	Character is Mush	Character loses 2 .
Private log	Character has Panic and half the crew is Mush	Character gains 1 and 1 .
Private log	At Cycle 1	Chun gains 1 .
Private log	At Cycle 1	Characters with the following skills gain skill-specific Action Points: Technician: 1 (up to 2) Botanist: 2 (up to 4) Designer: 2 (up to 4) IT Expert: 2 (up to 4) Polymath: 1 (up to 2) Nurse: 1 (up to 2) Physicist: 1 (up to 2) Shooter: 2 (up to 4) Chef: 4 (up to 8)

Titles and Statuses

Main article: Titles. Main article: Status.

Notification	Condition	Event
Public log	Character has full and gauges TODO: after getting this cycle's points?	Character becomes Inactive
	Character has been inactive for 48 hours	Character becomes Highly Inactive
None	Character has at least 1 Satisfaction	Character loses 1 Satisfaction
None	Character drops to 2 Satisfaction	Character loses status Full Stomach
None	After 24 cycles with 0 Satisfaction	Character becomes Starving
Private log	Character is Starving	Character loses 1
Announcement	A title-holder is dead, Berzerker or has just become Inactive, or a character of higher rank is no longer Inactive	A-True adjustment: Title Commander, Communications Officer or NERON Administrator is assigned to a new character

Health and Morale

Main article: Health.

Notification	Condition	Event
Private log	At Cycle 1	All characters gain 1
Private log	At Cycle 1	All characters lose 2 Reduced by 1 for all characters if Mankind's only hope is present and alive. Additionally reduced by 1 for characters with The Optimist.
Private log	Character is in the same room as a crewmate	Antisocial character ( Raluca) loses 1
Private log	Character is Dirty	Germaphobe character ( Finola) loses 1
Private log	Character is lying down in the same room as a Shrink	Character gains 1 .
Private log	Character is Human Random chance	Character gets a Disease or a Disorder (see Illnesses)
(Varies)	Character has a Disease, a Disorder or an Injury Conditions depend on specific illness	Symptoms of the illness: may include loss of , , etc. (see Illnesses)
Private log	Character has a Disease, Spleen or Vertigo Random chance	Character is cured.
Public log	Character with Disorder is lying down in the same room as a Shrink Even if the shrink is also lying down	Character gets therapy. The log shows whether the disorder is actually cured.
Announcement	Character has 0	Fatal depression: character dies. With Self-sacrifice, character loses 1 instead. TODO: notification in this case? Note: this happens only at cycle change, but after morale loss: statuses Demoralized and Suicidal give warnings.

Hazards

Main article: Dangers.

Notification	Condition	Event
Announcement	15% chance with General Patching Up	General Patching Up (GPU) is activated for this cycle
Announcement (except for doors)	Random chance, never when GPU is active	An equipment becomes damaged
Announcement	Green Jelly slimed equipment 1-4 cycles earlier	An electrical equipment becomes damaged
Confirm: Announcement	Random chance, never when GPU is active	Electrical spikes: All equipment of the room is damaged All characters in the room lose 3
Public log	Random chance, never when GPU is active	The room shakes: All characters in the room lose 1-3 The amount of lost is Private
Public log	Random chance, never when GPU is active	Metal plates: One character in the room loses 4-6 The amount of lost is Private
Announcement	Random chance, never when GPU is active	A fire starts.
Announcement	Random chance (25%) when room is on fire with Automatic Sprinklers	A fire is extinguished automatically before it does any damage
Public log	Random chance when room is on fire	The fire damages equipment (except doors) and breaks/destroys items in the room. Items held in a character's inventory are protected
Public log	Random chance when room is on fire	The DAEDALUS loses 2-3
Announcement	Random chance when room is on fire	The fire spreads to an adjacent room.
Private log	Random chance when room is on fire	Character in the room loses 2 the event is independent for each character in the room

Items and Equipment

Main article: Inventory. Main article: Equipment.

Notification	Condition	Event
Public log	Always	Drones do their actions: extinguish a fire (only with firefighters upgrade), attempt a repair, or change room. Repairs happen before random equipment breakdown. TODO: firefighter works before or after the fire starts / the damage is done?
None	Always	Charged items or equipments restore 1 Except in-flight patrol ships With Rerouted Charges, Turrets restore another 1 With Hydroponic Incubator, Young plants in Hydroponic Garden restore another 1
None	At Cycle 1, if BIOS Foodstuff destruction is on (default)	Perishable food is destroyed.
None	At Cycle 1, if BIOS Foodstuff destruction is off	Perishable food decays one step in the series Unstable, Hazardous, Decomposing
None	At Cycle 1 Also at Cycle 4 with Fission Coffee Roaster Always if the PILGRED is repaired Bug: should be only Cycles 3, 5 and 7	The coffee machine becomes available again

Oxygen and Plants

Main article: Oxygen. Main article: Gardening.

Notification	Condition	Event
Announcement	20% chance with Oxygenated Ducts	Oxygenated Ducts are activated for this cycle
None	Always, unless Oxygenated Ducts are active	The ship consumes 1
None	Always, even with active Oxygenated Ducts.	Each broken Oxygen Tank makes the ship lose 1
Announcement	The ship has 0	Asphyxiation: a random character dies. Characters without Oxygen Capsule are selected first If the selected character is holding an oxygen capsule, then that is used up instead. TODO: (Lack of) announcement in this case?
None	Young plant is mature (reaches its threshold)	Young plant becomes adult
None	At Cycle 1 Plant is neither Young, Diseased, nor Dried Out	Each plant produce 1 This happens after asphyxiation
Public log	At Cycle 1 Plant is neither Thirsty, Young, Diseased, nor Dried Out	Plant produces 1 fruit
Public log	At Cycle 1: 50% chance with Heat Lamps Plant is in Hydrophonic Garden and has already produced 1 fruit	Plant produces 1 fruit
None	Random chance	Plant becomes Diseased
None	At Cycle 1	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

Main article: Hunters. Main article: Navigation. Main article: Communications.

Notification	Condition	Event
Announcement	Random chance	A wave of new hunters arrives
Announcement	DAEDALUS is moving	The DAEDALUS reaches its destination
Announcement	DAEDALUS has been moving	A fraction of the Hunters and all Traxes catch up with the DAEDALUS The announcement is the same as when new hunters arrive
None	Hunters surround the DAEDALUS For a Hunter: unless it arrived at this cycle change or last cycle, and unless the ship has moved For a Trax, an Arack or a D1000: unless it arrived at this cycle change or last cycle For an Asteroid: this happens only once after a certain amount of cycles	Hunters try to attack and damage the Ship Armor (or the Plasma Shield instead if it is built) Each D1000 tries to attack and deal damage 3 times during the cycle change. They have aproximately a 50% chance of firing doing around 1-3 damage Confirm: numbers
Announcement	Random chance	A Transporter arrives
Announcement	Random chance Always if it has been shot at during last cycle	A Transporter leaves
None	With Plasma Shield	The Plasma Shield gains 5hp
Announcement	Random chance The risk is lower as the signal strengthens	Signal loss: The connection with Sol has been lost
Announcement	Contact with Sol is established Confirm: does it really need to be contacted at least once? Once a day on days 2-7 Always the same cycle, but randomized between ships	Communication attempt from a Rebel Base
Confirm: None	Random chance TODO: how is the time chosen/known?	The communication attempt from a Rebel Base times out

Miscellaneous

Notification	Condition	Event
Announcement	All humans are dead TODO: (or out of the ship?) This happens before asphyxiation	A-True protocol: the DAEDALUS is destroyed, Mush win.
None	At Cycle 1	Actions with a daily limit become available again: Doing the thing Establish communications Commander: Issue mission Mush: 4x Extract a spore -2 with Antispore Gas, +1 for each Fertile Limit shared between all Mush Mush: Infect 2x if Infector Doorman: free Door Sabotage Defacer: Clear Logs Metalworker: Search for bonus items Using the emergency Refectory shower when both shower are dismantled Limit shared between all characters
None	With NERON Participation	The NERON Project which has been advanced last (in green) progress by 5%

As a consequence of events listed so far, the following can be triggered at cycle change. Those events may also happen at any time.

Notification	Condition	Event
Announcement	Character has 0	Character dies.
Private log	A character dies (by anything except fatal depression)	All humans lose 1 Confirm: this seems to happen before fatal depression.
None	Character has 5	Character becomes Demoralized
None	Character has 1	Character becomes Suicidal
Irrelevant?	DAEDALUS has 0	The DAEDALUS is destroyed, Mush win.