Events at Cycle Change

This page attempts to list all game events that occur at cycle change.

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

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General Character Resources

Condition	Notification	Event
Always	Private log	All characters gain 1 .
Gravity Simulator is intact TODO: Also on the cycle at which the Gravity Simulator breaks?	Private log	All characters gain 1 .
Always	Private log	All characters gain 1 .
Character is Lying Down	Private log	Character gains 1 .
Character is selected by Logistics Expert	Private log	Character gains 1 .
Character has Lethargy Character has been Lying Down continuously for 4 cycles		Character gains 3 .
Character is in Gold Mode	Private log	Character gains 1 .
Character is human	None	Character gains 1 .
Character is Mush	None	Character loses 2 .
At Cycle 1	Private log	Chun gains 1 .
At Cycle 1	Private log	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) Nurse: 1 (up to 2) Physicist: 1 (up to 2) Shooter: 2 (up to 4) Chef: 4 (up to 8)
At Cycle 1	None	Actions with a daily limit become available again: Doing the thing Establish communications Commander: Issue mission Mush: 4x Extract a spore (limit shared between all Mush) -2 with Antispore Gas research, +1 for each Fertile Mush: Infect 2x if Infector Doorman: free Door Sabotage Defacer: Clear Logs

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

Titles and Statuses

Condition	Notification	Event
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
Always	None	Every character loses 1 Satisfaction
After 24 cycles with 0 satisfaction	None	Character becomes Starving
Character is Starving	Private log	Character loses 1
Previous holder of the title is dead Berzerker or Inactive Or a character with a higher order of succession is no longer Inactive	Announcement	A-True adjustment: Title Commander, Communications Officer or NERON Administrator is assigned to a new character

Health and Morale

Frequency	Notification	Event description and conditions
Always	Private log	Each character lying down in the same room as a Shrink gains 1 .
Always	Public log	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 log	Any Antisocial character ( Raluca) in the same room as any other character loses 1
Always	Private log	Any Germaphobe character ( Finola) being Dirty loses 1
Always	Public	Fatal depression: Any character with 0 dies This takes place after morale loss. Statuses Demoralized and Suicidal give warnings.
Random	Private log	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 log	Random healing of any Disease, of Spleen or of Vertigo
Always	None	Each character loses 1 Satisfaction
Always	Private log	Any Starving character (with 0 Satisfaction for at least 24 cycles) loses 1
At Cycle 1	Private log	Each character gains 1
At Cycle 1	Private log	Each character loses 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.

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 log	The room shakes: any character in the room loses 1-3 Unless GPU is active The amount of lost is Private
Random	Public log	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 log	A fire damages equipment (except doors) and breaks/destroys items in the room.
Random	Public log	A fire does 2-3 points of damage directly to the Armor
Random	Announcement	A fire spreads to an adjacent room.
Random	Private log	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?

TODO: break down by green jelly

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?