Mission Briefing

Location: Skubalon IV

Survey notes:

• Old Empire waste facility (type 3b; a midden-moon)

• Energy crystals present (zero-point tech; still active)

• Reclaimable resources estimated worth: 7 trillion kudos

Directives:

• Excavate the identified sites

• Power the facility using the crystals

• Deliver all resources requested by the Hub

A factory game in reverse

Take complete products and strip them down into materials and resources. Juggle recipes that yield more items than you put in. Sort sushi-belts. Deal with the irredeemable waste and excess items somehow.

No ordinary base layouts here

The ancients left free energy just laying around in crystals, yay! But they emit energy beams that don't behave like your familiar set-and-forget electricity grid, boo! At first glance the colorful beams don't seem to cross, but there's probably a way to engineer your way around that problem with some tricky optics.

Old-empire AI can help out

AI trained on advanced ancient tech is potent and you'll need them to help with safe disassembly and classification of stuff. They're also extra creative when in groups so delivering a bunch to your Hub to collaborate together will unlock a range of base upgrades.

There's lost cryptocurrency in them there hills

There are stories of fat crypto wallets lost to the ages, buried beneath miles of muck. It's possible the ancients simply did not care enough to them dig up, or perhaps they were simply too bureaucracy-bound to get around to it. Either way, collect any wallets you find and try to crack them with AI. Coins yield wildcard upgrades.

The Demigod Candle

Craft one of these to win the game.