编辑“The Ransomers”

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The Ransomers is an anomaly event chain triggered by investigating the ''Doppler Effect'' anomaly that can appear on uninhabitable planets. The conclusion and effects of the event chain depend on whether the objective is accomplished by the player empire or by another empire.

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{{Event
|version = Timeless
|event_name = The Ransomers: Emergency Buoy
|img = [[File:Evt satellite in orbit.png]]
|event_text = An emergency transmission buoy floats in gentle orbit around [planet name]. Its outer casing is heavily damaged, seemingly by glancing weapons fire or a powerful explosion.<br><br>It might be a [main species adjective] model for civilian ships - designed to be ejected as an emergency measure should the comms systems fail - but the extent of the damage makes it impossible to know for certain.<br><br>It is repeating a weak, distorted signal.
|trigger = 
* Not {{iconify|Gestalt Consciousness}}
* Encountered space pirates
|triggered only = Investigating the ''Doppler Effect'' anomaly
|options = 
{{option |option_text = Clean up the transmission.|effect = 
* Issue Special Project: Emergency Buoy}}
{{option |option_text = It could be a trap - best leave it be.|effect = }}
}}

{{Event
|version = Timeless
|event_name = The Ransomers: SOS
|img = [[File:Evt satellite in orbit.png]]
|event_text = The buoy has been verified as one of [main species adjective] make, and the signal it's relaying has been stabilized.
|trigger = 
* The Ransomers: Emergency Buoy
|triggered only = Finishing the ''Emergency Buoy'' special project
|options = 
{{option |option_text = [main species adjective] authorities. Identify yourselves.|effect = 
* A pirate station and a fleet of 5 corvettes appear in a a system 1-6 hyperlanes away. That system is added as point of interest in the Situation Log.}}
{{option |option_text = Shut it down. No one is to speak of this.|effect = 
* Influence: {{icon|influence}} {{red|-50}}}}
}}

{{Event
|version = Timeless
|event_name = The Ransomers: Best Laid Plans
|img = [[File:Evt pirates attacking cargo.png]]
|event_text = The pirate base, while fairly inconspicuous, is obvious when you know what to look for.<br><br>A fleet in confused formation slowly drifts out from behind the re-purposed mining complex - they were obviously not expecting company.
|trigger = 
* The Ransomers: SOS
|triggered only = Entering the point of interest system
|options = 
{{option |option_text = Open comms. The captives need to be ready.|effect = }}
}}

{{Event
|version = Timeless
|event_name = The Ransomers: Picking Up The Pieces
|img = [[File:Evt large explosion.png]]
|event_text = As the pirate base slowly tears itself apart in a savage chain reaction instigated by our military vessels, the search for the captive crew of the Luxion begins.<br><br>If they made it to a lifeboat, they should be attempting to hail us by now...
|trigger = 
* The Ransomers: Best Laid Plans
|triggered only = Destroying the pirate station
|options = 
{{option |option_text = Scan all frequencies.|effect = }}
}}

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{{Event
|version = Timeless
|event_name = The Ransomers: All's Well?
|img = [[File:Evt pirate armada.png]]
|event_text = With the crew of the Luxion safely on their way back to [empire capital name], disaster has been averted. The [empire adjective] people are sure to glory in the decisive actions of the [empire name]'s [ruler title].<br><br>The situation with the kidnapping Ransomeer pirates, as well as the pirate band itself, has come to an end. Some questions remain, mainly relating to the much larger piratical navy the captives claim to have seen through portholes shortly after their capture. But, considering the circumstances, it can safely be assumed that the threat appeared to be much greater than it actually was.<br><br>The Ransomeers are over and done with.
|trigger = 
* The Ransomers: Picking Up The Pieces
* 50% chance
|triggered only = Closing the previous event
|options = 
{{option |option_text = {{Hover box|Ends the The Ransomers Event Chain.|I wonder...}}|effect = 
* Influence Gained: {{icon|influence}} 80-175
* {{yellow|Savior}} modifier added for 120 months, giving the following effects: {{iconify|Happiness}} {{green|+10%}}}}
}}
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{{Event
|version = Timeless
|event_name = The Ransomers: Smoke and Ashes
|img = [[File:Evt large explosion.png]]
|event_text = The kidnapped [main species adjective] never made it off the pirate base. We are unable to determine exactly where they met their end - if the lifeboat failed to launch, or if they never made it out of their holding cell - but fact remains that they are dead.<br><br>The [main species adjective] people are sure to appreciate the swift actions undertaken by the [ruler title] of the [empire name], but they are also unlikely to soon forget this tragedy.
|trigger = 
* The Ransomers: Picking Up The Pieces
* 50% chance
|triggered only = Closing the previous event
|options = 
{{option |option_text = {{Hover box|Ends the The Ransomers Event Chain.|Indeed...}}|effect = 
* Influence Gained: {{icon|influence}} 40-100
* {{yellow|Failed Savior}} modifier added for 60 months, giving the following effects: {{iconify|Happiness}} {{red|-10%}}}}
}}
|}

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{{Event
|version = Timeless
|event_name = The Ransomers: Unexpected Saviors
|img = [[File:Evt large explosion.png]]
|event_text = Military action by the [attacking empire name] has destroyed the Ransomeer forces.<br><br>The [main species adjective] captives made a successful escape attempt during the attack, and are now safely on board a lifeboat well on its way to be a rendezvous [main species adjective] rescue vessels.
|trigger = 
* The Ransomers: SOS
* 50% chance
|triggered only = A known empire destroys the pirate station
|options = 
{{option |option_text = {{Hover box|Ends the The Ransomers Event Chain.|We are eternally grateful.}}|effect = 
* The empire gains a permanent {{green|+10}} {{iconify|opinion}} towards the empire that destroyed the pirate station}}
}}
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{{Event
|version = Timeless
|event_name = The Ransomers: Dust and Echoes
|img = [[File:Evt large explosion.png]]
|event_text = The Ransomeer pirate base has been destroyed, and the [main species adjective] prisoners along with it. It appears the captives managed to hail the alien ships that attacked, but were ignored.
|trigger = 
* The Ransomers: SOS
* 50% chance
|triggered only = A known empire destroys the pirate station
|options = 
{{option |option_text = {{Hover box|Ends the The Ransomers Event Chain.|We will never forget this tragedy.}}|effect = 
* The empire gains a permanent {{red|-10}} {{iconify|opinion}} towards the empire that destroyed the pirate station}}
}}
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{{Event
|version = Timeless
|event_name = The Ransomers: Assailed
|img = [[File:Evt large explosion.png]]
|event_text = Military action by an unknown force destroyed the Ransomeer pirates.<br><br>Miraculously, the [main species adjective] captives managed to break out and steal a lifeboat during the attack, and are now well on their way back to [empire capital name].
|trigger = 
* The Ransomers: SOS
|triggered only = An unknown empire destroys the pirate station
|options = 
{{option |option_text = {{Hover box|Ends the The Ransomers Event Chain.|Most fortuitous, and mysterious.}}|effect = }}
}}
|}

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