Lanius ship attacking civilian distress

 This random event occurs in:

• Abandoned Sector
  at a distress beacon.

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You immediately do a short-range scan after arriving at the beacon. It appears to be coming from a small civilian vessel under fire from a Lanius ship. Not all Lanius are content with simply scavenging the wrecks of previous battles.

1. Fight the Lanius ship.
   • You move in to intercept the ship. Detecting a greater threat, the Lanius prepare to fight.
     • Fight the Lanius ship.
2. Avoid the conflict.
   • Your crew seems unhappy to leave the civilians to such a fate but you try to convince them of the greater good. You don't speak of your own misgivings, however.
     • Nothing happens.
3. (Lanius Crew) Have your crew admonish their captain.
   • After a discussion that your translator fails to comprehend, the enemy ship powers down its weapons. You learn that your crewmember successfully reminded them of their treatise promising to leave the property of sentinent aliens alone. If this is a widespread rule of this race, there appear to be many who disagree with it. You attempt to hail the civilian ship now that it's safe.
     1. Contact the civilian ship.
   • The ship refuses all hails, even from one of its own kind. It appears to have gone completely rogue. Before you can react, it begins to target your ship. Prepare for a fight.
     • Fight the Lanius ship.

Fight the Lanius ship

• (After destroying enemy ship) The Lanius craft breaks apart. You hasten to contact the civilian ship.
  • You receive a medium amount of scrap and resources.
    1. Contact the civilian ship.
• (After killing enemy crew) No more life signs detected on the Lanius ship. You hasten to contact the civilian ship.
  • You receive a high amount of scrap and resources.
    1. Contact the civilian ship.

Contact the civilian ship

• They respond, "It's a good thing you came when you did; we'd be dead now otherwise. I'm a shipwright and I'd like to help you like you helped me."
  • The captain offers to install a piece of equipment on your ship.
    • You receive a weapon with low scrap.
• The ship you saved was badly damaged in the battle. Most of the crew accepts your offer to be dropped off at a nearby station. One offers to join your crew.
  1. Welcome aboard!
     • The survivor gets on board the ship.
       • You receive a crewmember.
  2. Decline their request.
     • Nothing happens.
• "This sector has become increasingly dangerous for friends of the Federation. I think my crew can patch up some of your hull damage as thanks."
  • Your ship receives 5 repairs.
• Apparently the ship that was being assaulted was a science vessel. They thank you for saving them and offer a small reward.
  • You receive medium scrap with resources.
• It seems the crew did not survive the assault. You take what you can from the remains of the ship.
  • You receive low scrap with resources.
• The civilian ship wisely made a fast retreat while you distracted the hostile ship.
  • Nothing happens.

Trivia

This event is called "LANIUS_DISTRESS_FIGHT" in the datafiles.