守护者

太空生命体

太空生命体

守护者（星神兽）

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Guardians are extremely powerful Spaceborne aliens added in various DLCs. They can be found in special predetermined systems and rival moons in size and mass. They are marked with a skull icon both in the fleet power box and on the galactic map, and the exact strength number can only be seen with debug mode on. Each guardian has a unique event chain. While one can just stumble over one during exploration, they can also be found with the help of the Curator Enclave. Guardians have an immense amount of health and should only be engaged mid-late game.

Guardians get various bonuses to make them stronger based on the game difficulty. AI empires will only attack a guardian if their fleet power is at least 40k.

Empire with the Reanimators civic that kill an organic guardian will gain the option to issue a special project that costs 10000  社会学研究（Society Research） research to resurrect the guardian on their side. Reanimated guardians cannot be merged into fleets or be commanded by admirals.

Asteroid Hives

The Hive asteroid belt

A random system in the galaxy will have an asteroid belt containing 5 unique crystalline asteroids with deposits of 6-8  矿物（Minerals） and 6 unselectable asteroids with one of them producing a chirping-like sound. Entering the system for the first time will display an event window hinting that there's more to the system than meets the eye.

If the system is claimed with a Starbase the Asteroid Hives will awaken with the following MTTH based on the number of constructed mining stations:

Mining Stations	0	1	2	3	4	5
MTTH	100 years	33.3 years	11.1 years	3.7 years	1.2 years	0.4 years

The Asteroid Hives use only strike craft as their weapons. As a result carrier ships are the ideal counters as the Asteroid Hives have no point-defense themselves and launched strike craft will engage and destroy the enemy ones before attacking the guardians. In addition carrier ships have point defenses themselves.

Defeating all 6 Asteroid Hives will grant 500  能量币（Energy Credits） and 2000  社会学研究（Society Research） research in addition to allowing the system to be safely mined.

Automated Dreadnought

Automated Dreadnought patrolling the empty system's asteroid belt

A random system in the galaxy with two habitable worlds will be defended by the Automated Dreadnought, an ancient warship of old locked in patrol mode. The Automated Dreadnought uses regular ship components and can be countered appropriately.

Weapons	Utility	Core
2 Launcher T2 5 Plasma T3 3 Plasma T3 2 Disruptor T3 3 Point-Defense T3	6 Armor T5 6 Shields T5 3 Shield Capacitor 2 Regenerative Hull Tissue	Tachyon Sensors Jump Drive Sapient Combat Computer (Line) Impulse Thrusters

Defeating the Automated Dreadnought gives the following two choices:

1. Salvage the dreadnought for 5000  能量币（Energy Credits） and  矿物（Minerals） and 1000-5000  Engineering research.
2. Issue a special project to repair and use it that costs 50000  Engineering research. Its Jump Drive will be upgraded to a Psi Jump Drive if the empire has the technology.

Dimensional Horror

Dimensional Horror emerging in the current dimension

A random black hole system in the galaxy will appear empty on sensors but reveal the Dimensional Horror when first entered, a nightmarish creature that entered only partially in the current dimension. The guardian cannot move but its tentacles can strike across the entire system. Its weapons ignore armor but do -75% damage to shields. The Dimensional Horror has equal amount of shields, armor and hull as well as no evasion, making the long-ranged Kinetic Artillery or size X weapons the ideal counter.

Defeating the Dimensional Horror will leave behind a dimensional rift with a special project that takes 140 days to be researched. Once examined, it will give the following rewards:

• 4000-6000  物理学研究（Physics Research） Research
• 4000-6000  社会学研究（Society Research） Research
• Unlock the Jump Drive technology with 50% progress if not already researched
•  逝者军势（Reanimators） civic does not work on it

Enigmatic Fortress

Ancient Vault with all defenses

A random class A star system in the galaxy will house the Enigmatic Fortress, a massive space station guarded by numerous unique defense platforms. The Enigmatic Fortress uses regular components and can be countered appropriately. The installation consists of the following stations:

1 Ancient Vault	2 Ancient Guardian	2 Ancient Warden	4 Ancient Defender	8 Ancient Sentinel
7 Artillery T2 8 Shield T6 7 Armor T5 1 Enigmatic Decoder 1 Shield Capacitor Reactor T6 Sensor T4	1 Artillery T2 1 Autocannon T3 1 Point Defense T3 8 Shield T6 4 Armor T5 1 Enigmatic Decoder 1 Shield Capacitor Reactor T6 Sensor T4	1 Artillery T2 1 Autocannon T3 4 Shield T6 3 Armor T5 1 Shield Capacitor Reactor T6 Sensor T4	1 Autocannon T3 1 Point Defense T3 2 Shield T6 2 Armor T5 2 Shield T6 1 Shield Capacitor Reactor T6 Sensor T4	1 Autocannon T3 1 Armor T5 4 Shield T6 1 Shield Capacitor

Defeating the Enigmatic Fortress will start a lengthy event chain that must be completed to gain its rewards. Letting the timer expire at any point will result in the vault repowering.

No.	Choice	Outcome
1	Demolitions Team (1 army transport)	Expedition proceeds but the army is lost
	Local Power Surge - Go with the higher estimate ( -500  能量币（Energy Credits）) (science ship)	Vault repowers
	Local Power Surge - Go with the lower estimate ( -50  能量币（Energy Credits）) (science ship)	Expedition proceeds
2	Place metal rings around the remaining two poles	Vault repowers
	Search for torus-shaped indentations on the bulkhead	Vault repowers
	Rearrange the metal tori on the poles	Expedition proceeds
	Remove center and rightmost poles from the pedestal	Vault repowers
3	Home System Research - The beginning	Vault repowers
	Home System Research - The middle	Event success
	Home System Research - The end	Vault repowers
	Supply Dark Matter ( -10  暗物质（Dark Matter）) (science ship)	Event success
	Use Force (1 military ship)	Event failed - the vault and all ships in the system are destroyed, every habitable planet is turned into a Tomb world and every uninhabitable one into a Molten world.
	Black Hole Research (special project)	Event success

Successfully investigating the Enigmatic Fortress will grant 1000-5000  研究（Research） across all fields as well as unlock the Enigmatic Encoder and Enigmatic Decoder technologies.

Ether Drake

Ether Drake

A random class F star system in the galaxy will feature a Molten World called Dragon's Hoard guarded by the Ether Drake, a dragon-like guardian the size of a moon. The Ether Drake uses only energy weapons that do -20% damage to shields and has high hull and armor but no shields itself. As a result, shielded fleets equipped with energy weapons are the ideal counter. Initially the Ether Drake will stay and guard Dragon's Hoard but should it be attacked enough to lose 20% HP it will go to two random systems belonging to the attacker and destroy their starbases. After the Ether Drake leaves if the systems were colonized the starbases will be rebuild into frontier outposts. If the Ether Drake loses 85% HP it will stay or retreat to Dragon's Hoard and heal.

Defeating the Ether Drake grants the following rewards:

• 300  影响力（Influence）
• The Empire Capital gains the unique Dragonslayer Monument planetary feature
• The Empire gains the Ether Drake Trophy Relic
• If an Admiral was leading the fleet that defeated it, it will gain the Dragonslayer trait
• The Dragon's Hoard, which outputs 30  能量币（Energy Credits） and 30  矿物（Minerals）. Building a mining station above it will reveal both of the following within 50 years, though not necessarily at the same time:
  • Remains of the Ether Drake's mate: The remains can be studied to unlock the  人造龙鳞装甲（Artificial Dragonscales） technology. Alternatively, they can be grinded for 100-4000  矿物（Minerals） and 1000-100000  社会学研究（Society Research） research.
  • Ether Drake's egg: The egg can be smashed for 300  影响力（Influence） or used in a timed special project that takes 50000  社会学研究（Society Research） research to hatch a controllable Ether Hatchling with about 7K Fleet Power. Unlike the controllable Space Amoeba, the Ether Hatchling will never grow to a full sized Ether Drake.
• If you have the  逝者军势（Reanimators） civic, it can be brought back.

Infinity Machine

Infinity Machine orbiting Gargantua

A black hole system in the galaxy named Gargantua will house the Infinity Machine, the only guardian in the game that's not hostile. At first no interaction with the Infinity Machine is possible but a year or two after being discovered the guardian will send a transmission and start a special project that requires 360 days and at least a level 3 scientist leader to be finished. Completing the special project allows the following options:

• Materialist empires can attempt to hack the Infinity machine. Chance is 50% and if successful it permanently grants a +5%  研究（Research） Output empire modifier as well as either the 正电子人工智能 Positronic AI 正电子人工智能（Positronic AI） or the  零点能源（Zero Point Power） technology. If both were already researched it will grant 1000-5000  社会学研究（Society Research） research. For  格式塔意识（Gestalt Consciousness） empires this is the only option. This approach destroys the Infinity Machine.
• Spiritualist empires can declare the Infinity Machine a divine object, granting a +5%  幸福度（Happiness） empire modifier.
• Militarist empires can destroy the Infinity Machine with an army without fighting it to gain the same bonuses as when defeating it.
• All empires can communicate with the infinity Machine after the special project is completed. Militarist and  极端平等主义（Fanatic Egalitarian） empires can try saying the liar's paradox but the guardian merely finds paradoxes boring. The empire can offer to help it and start a special project that requires 1800 days and a science vessel to be finished. Finishing the project will have one of the following outcomes.
  • 50%: the project fails but the Infinity Machine will reward the empire with the 正电子人工智能 Positronic AI 正电子人工智能（Positronic AI） technology. If already researched it will grant the  零点能源（Zero Point Power） technology. If both were researched it will grant the empire a +5%  研究（Research） Output empire modifier.
  • 25%: the project succeeds and the Infinity Machine enters the black hole. It will grant the 正电子人工智能 Positronic AI 正电子人工智能（Positronic AI） technology. If already researched it will grant the  零点能源（Zero Point Power） technology. If both were researched it will grant 150  影响力（Influence）. In addition the black hole will get a 4  研究（Research） deposit.
  • 25%: the project succeeds and the Infinity Machine enters the black hole and shrinks it to a smaller size renamed Pantagruel which will get a 10  研究（Research） deposit. The empire will get 200  影响力（Influence） and permanently gain the Mirror of Knowledge modifier ( +10%  研究速度（Research Speed）). In addition a Curator Enclave can be contacted and given some info for 500  Engineering Research.

Alternatively the Infinity Machine can be attacked, forcing it to open and become aggressive. The guardian comes equipped with lasers, strike craft, heavy shields and regeneration components and has good evasion. As a result, shielded fleets using kinetic weapons are the ideal counter. Destroying the Infinity Machine will allow it to be broken down for 700-4000  矿物（Minerals） and 250-500  影响力（Influence）. Alternatively empires that are not  格式塔意识（Gestalt Consciousness） can study its nature to permanently unlock the next tier of  机械体（Mechanical） Pop research. Destroying the Infinity Machine removes any empire modifier.

Horizon Signal

If the Horizon Signal event chain has been started entering the Gargantua system, whether it's the first time or not, will have the Infinity Machine initiate contact and ask you for 800  能量币（Energy Credits） and  矿物（Minerals）. Refusing with either of the two options will have the guardian ask again next time a ship enters the system. Accepting will have the Infinity Machine disappear like the Horizon Signal science ship and add a 10  社会学研究（Society Research） Research deposit to Gargantua.

Spectral Wraith

650THz Spectral Wraith

The Spectral Wraith is a guardian that can only appear during the mid-game years. A random pulsar in the galaxy when surveyed will reveal a unique Pulse Germination modifier. The first empire that surveys the pulsar will be shown an event window pointing to the date when the mid-game starts and hinting that is the system where the Spectral Wraith will spawn.

Unlike other guardians the Spectral Wraith is completely mobile and can travel anywhere in the galaxy. It will spawn in one of three colors: red, yellow or blue. In systems with a star of the same color the Spectral Wraith will gain -50%  装甲（Armor） and  闪避（Evasion）. The guardian uses only energy weapons and armor and as a result should be engaged with shielded fleets utilizing energy weapons. The Spectral Wraith has high evasion unless in a system with a star of the same color.

Defeating the leviathan gives a permanent empire modifier with the following effects:

• 、​ +5% Physics Research Speed
• +5% Energy Weapons Damage
• +10% Energy from Jobs
•  逝者军势（Reanimators） civic does not work on it

Stellar Devourer

Real scale of the Stellar Devourer

A random class M star system in the galaxy will appear empty on sensors but reveal the Stellar Devourer when entered, a glowing spaceborne entity that feeds upon stars. If the Stellar Devourer was engaged and did not lose at least 67% HP it will attack one of the attacker's systems until the starbase is disabled and then stay for 90 days until retreating. If the system is colonized all planets will get -25%  幸福度（Happiness） and  宜居性（Habitability） until the guardian leaves.

The Stellar Devourer's weapons are mostly energy and torpedoes, so shields and point defense are an effective counter. It has extremely high hull and point-defenses, but no armor or shields, making hull-damaging weapons such as plasma weapons and particle launchers the most effective counter.

Defeating the Stellar Devourer will give the option to issue a special project to investigate its remains that takes 60 days to be finished. Once examined it will give the following options:

1. Harvest the body's energy deposits for a large bonus of 10,000  能量币（Energy Credits）, 2000  矿物（Minerals） and 80  影响力（Influence）.
2. Try to reignite the Sun in the leviathan's home System. The Project has a 30% chance to kill the scientist and its ship but is guaranteed to turn the whole System more habitable: All Frozen Planets will become Arctic planets. All other planets undergo a temperature increase as well, rerolling them completely.

Xenophobe and Militarist empires have the option to instead gain the unique Stellar Devourer Trophy planetary feature (+8  凝聚力（Unity）, +5%  幸福度（Happiness） ) on the empire capital, as well as 500  影响力（Influence）.

The Elder One

The Elder One emerging in the current dimension

A random planet in the galaxy might contain an archaeological site named The Broken Gates. It has 4 chapters, each one granting 1-5  稀有文物（Minor Artifacts）. Upon completing the final chapter the Elder One will begin manifesting and the empire will get the choice to either prevent it and gain 350-10000  Engineering Research or release it. Releasing it will destroy the system identically to a Star-Eater and the Elder One will emerge but not become hostile. If let out the Elder One will contact the empire 10 days later and offer to rebuild the starbase of the destroyed system and grant an empire modifier that gives +6%  研究速度（Research Speed） and -10%  Growth Speed. Refusing will grant 150-300  影响力（Influence） but the Elder One will become hostile.

The Elder One fights identically to the Dimensional Horror. If killed the empire modifier provided will be removed.

 逝者军势（Reanimators） civic does not work on him.

Corrupted Avatar

Corrupted Avatar

A randomly placed system with a wormhole will bring an event window when first entered, mentioning a signal coming out of the wormhole and hinting that this specific wormhole is different from the rest. Exploring the wormhole will reveal its connection to a trinary system in the galaxy with no hyperlane connections. Said system is guarded by a Corrupted Avatar (aka Psionic Entity). The Avatar uses only energy weapons that ignore armor but do -75% damage to shields. It has moderate hull and strong shields but no armor or PD, making missiles and strike craft very effective.

Base stats	Weapon components	Core components
10000 Hull 60000 Shields 150 Daily Shield Regen 25% Evasion 160 Speed	4x Psionic Blast00 300-700 (500) Damage 25% damage against  护盾（Shields）s Ignores  装甲（Armor） 4.35 day cooldown 85 Range 90% Accuracy 100% Tracking / 103.45	Psi Jump Drive Chemical Thrusters Radar System Basic Combat Computer (Line)

Defeating the Corrupted Avatar allows free access to the system, which contains a  盖亚星球（Gaia World） which when surveyed will reveal a level V anomaly. Investigating the anomaly grants access to the  神经组织工程（Neural Tissue Engineering） technology to organic empires or 300-1000  社会学研究（Society Research） if  机械智能（Machine Intelligence）. The gas giant in the system will also have an  异星天然气（Exotic Gases） deposit.

The Corrupted Avatar can be avoided by setting a science ship's stance to passive and guiding it around the guardian. This approach does not allow colonizing the Gaia World but it does allow the research reward to be claimed.

If a Sentry Array has been completed the system housing the Corrupted Avatar can be seen but cannot be entered with Jump Drives until the system has been entered via the wormhole first.

Unlike other guardians the Corrupted Avatar will always be present if the required DLC is installed. Its system is accessible only via a wormhole which will appear even if wormholes were disabled on game startup.

In the  乌托邦（Utopia） DLC Corrupted Avatars can also appear for 10 years following Shroud failures. They have the same stats but do not grant any reward upon being defeated.

Tiyanki Matriarch

Tiyanki Matriarch

A random system in the galaxy with a Gaia World and another habitable world will be home to the Tiyanki Matriarch, the eldest member of the species and the only one to be aggressive when approached. The Matriarch has two weapons - one that ignores armor and does -75% damage against shields and one that deals double damage against both shields and armor. It also has significant armor and very high hull but no shields and as a result should be engaged with energy weapons.

Defeating the Tiyanki Matriarch gives the following rewards:

• Reth Unddol, a level 5 admiral with the unique  地狱雄心（Hell's Heart） trait. Genocidal empires will kill him for 120-350  凝聚力（Unity） instead.
• AH4B, a battleship that can be used or scrapped for 1500  矿物（Minerals）. It comes equipped with the following components:

Weapons	Utility	Core
1 Missile T5 1 Whirlwind Missile T2 2 Torpedoes T3 4 Plasma T3 1 Autocannon T3	4 Armor T5 4 Shields T5 1 Shield Capacitor 1 Advanced Afterburners	Hyper Drive III Advanced Combat Computer (Artillery) Plasma Thrusters

Defeating the Tiyanki Matriarch will breach the Galactic Law if the Tiyanki Conservation Act Resolution was passed and the empire is a member of the Galactic Community. Doing so will also incur a fine of -5000  能量币（Energy Credits）.

• If you have the  逝者军势（Reanimators） civic, it can be brought back.

Voidspawn

Voidspawn

The Voidspawn is an unborn guardian, hidden within a size 20 Dry world orbiting a class G star. Within a year after colonizing a planet in the system, an event will mention how the dry world has a pulse. Within the next half a year the planet will change its appearance, add 30  破坏度（Devastation） and create 3 Rifts Blockers. Within another half a year one of two things will happen. Either the pulse will stop or the planet will once again change its appearance, add 30  破坏度（Devastation） and create 3 Rifts Blockers. Should the latter happen the Voidspawn will hatch in a few months, destroying the colony and turning the planet into a Cracked World with a 20  社会学研究（Society Research） Research deposit. A month later it becomes hostile.

The Voidspawn uses only guided weapons. It has high hull and armor but no shields, making energy weapons effective against it. Defeating the guardian grants 600-6000  凝聚力（Unity） and brings the option to start a special project to research what was left of the egg planet that takes 140 days and grants the Gargantuan Evolution technology.

If the Voidspawn did not hatch the planet will return to its original appearance once all Rifts Blockers are removed.

If you have the  逝者军势（Reanimators） civic, it can be brought back.

Scavenger Bot

Scavenger Bot in the debris field

A random class M Red Giant star system will contain an ancient battlefield debris field patrolled by the Scavenger Bot, an ancient construct constantly scrounging the debris field for new parts.

The guardian uses only guided weapons. It uses equal amounts of shields and armor but has no point-defense and barely any evasion, making both guided weapons and strike craft very effective against it.

Defeating the Scavenger Bot grants the Nanite Repair System technology, as well as two random tier V component techs or a large amount of  Engineering research if all techs were already researched.

Additionally the system has two broken worlds that bring in total 20  矿物（Minerals） when mined.

Shard

Shard

Shard is a guardian that fights identically to the Ether Drake. She appears upon the conclusion of the Kleptomaniac Rats Archaeology Site excavation. Defeating her grants the Rubricator Relic.

If the Relic World is colonized the Shard will destroy the colony in two years if she's not defeated.

As the excavation already requires claiming the system, the starbase can be upgraded into a bastion citadel in preparation for the fight. Alternatively the final Chapter of the site can be delayed to better prepare technologically.

If Shard spawns adjacent to a Fallen Empire, the Empire will send a fleet to destroy her, rendering the Rubricator unobtainable.

If you have the  逝者军势（Reanimators） civic, she can be brought back.

Base	Weapons	Utility	Core
25 Evasion 100,000 Armor 150,000 Hull	1x Dragon's Breath0 4948-12123 (8535.5) Damage 75% damage against Shields 200% damage against Armor 200% damage against Hull 21.75 day cooldown 150 Range 85% Accuracy 0% Tracking / 333.57 8x Wing Skewer0 100-150 (125) Damage 80% damage against Shields 2.1 day cooldown 80 Range 80% Accuracy 75% Tracking / 47.62 4x Drake's Lightning00 10-12 (11) Damage 80% damage against Shields 1.1 day cooldown 10 Range 80% Accuracy 50% Tracking / 8.00	2x Regenerative Hull Tissue 4x Large Dragonscale Armor	Bio Drive (Guardian)0 -80% FTL charge time Tactical jump Combat Computer (Artillery) Bio Propulsion (Guardian) Bio-Sensors (Guardian)00  探测范围（Sensor Range） 4 Hyperlane detection range 8

Sky Dragon

Sky Dragon

All empires with the  与龙共舞（Here Be Dragons） origin will start the game with a Sky Dragon guardian. The guardian is allied with the owner of its system and can only be attacked by empires who are at war with the system owner.

Between 6.5 and 13.5 years after the the game has started the owner of the system will get a notification that the Sky Dragon is hungry and be given the option to let it land on the capital, refuse or observe.

• If refused the Sky Dragon will kill 2 pops and add two blockers on the capital.
• If observing the Sky Dragon will kill 1 pop and then feed.
• Allowing it to land costs 75  影响力（Influence） and the Sky Dragon will feed.

Feeding the Sky Dragon takes 14-16 years, during which the capital will gain the Feeding Dragon planetary feature. When feeding is complete the empire will be given a reward to choose between a small amount of  研究（Research） or 1000  能量币（Energy Credits） and 100  异星天然气（Exotic Gases）. The Sky Dragon will not protect the system while feeding but if another empire attempts to invade the planet the guardian will cancel feeding and protect the system.

If the system owner researches at least 2  社会学研究（Society Research） and 2  Engineering technologies during the first 13-49 years it will gain the option to issue one of two special projects:

• Remote Dragon Scanning special project grants a moderate amount of  社会学研究（Society Research） research.
• Dragon Specimen Gathering special project brings the following outcomes:
  • 30% chance the science ship and scientist are destroyed and the project can be attempted again with a different outcome
  • 55% chance the project can be attempted again with a different outcome
  • 15% chance the project succeeds and the empire will unlock the next armor technology.
  • If the project is attempted a second time there is a 75% chance the Sky Dragon will kill 2 pops and add two blockers on the capital. The chance is reduced to 25% if the dragon was fed. If this second attempt is successful, gain 50% of the science cost for the next armor technology instead of 100%.

After either special project has completed and the empire has established communications with at least 70% of the galaxy a first contact will be established with the Sky Dragon. Finishing the first contact grants 150  影响力（Influence） and an increased amount of  凝聚力（Unity）.

After establishing first contact with the Sky Dragon, and picking 6 ascension perks, or 4 ascension perks including a phase 2 ascension path perk, the guardian will ask the empire to help raise its children. Refusing will grant 500  影响力（Influence） but the Sky Dragon will disappear. If the offer is accepted the empire will gain control of Sky Dragon and unlock the Dragon Hatchery starbase building.

An empire that kills the Sky Dragon will gain access to the  人造龙鳞装甲（Artificial Dragonscales） research option. If the technology has already been obtained from the Ether Drake it will instead grant 100-4000  矿物（Minerals） and 1000-100000  社会学研究（Society Research） research. If an Admiral was leading the fleet that defeated it, it will gain the Dragonslayer trait.

The Sky Dragon uses only energy weapons and armor and as a result ships equipped with shields and energy weapons are the ideal counter.