Synedrion Haven events

Events that can happen when you visit faction Haven for the first time. Havens that you never visited are marked with a blue question mark on Geoscape.

A Scanner Brightly

Conditions: Haven Leader's attitude to the Phoenix Project is more than 0.

When our operatives arrive at [HavenName], the citizens are busy setting up a new, experimental long-range scanner, developed by the eccentric Dr. Jefferson Nkrumah. Some consider Dr. Nkrumah's methods to be odd, but he insists that it's necessary to look at the world without preconceptions.

"Think of my approach as Shklovskian defamiliarization, or as the scientific equivalent of the Brechtian Verfremdungseffekt," he says. "But without proper resources and at the end of the world."

Contribute resources to the experiment (-10 Tech, -25 Materials)

The scanner works, producing an entirely new method of analyzing the world's post-Pandoravirus geography... for a little while, before exploding in a shower of sparks.

"Some data is better than no data," Dr. Jefferson Nkrumah is heard to murmur. He hands our operatives a copy of the information he collected, along with an explanation of his methodology.

Research +100, Synedrion's attitude to Phoenix Project +3, Haven Leader’s attitude to Phoenix Project +7, 2 Scavenging sites revealed, value Nkrumah=1.

Stay out of it

Dr. Nkrumah may be talented, but the Phoenix Project needs to focus on legitimate research.

A Time of Tragedies

Conditions: Haven Leader's attitude to the Phoenix Project is more than 0, Synedrion's attitude to Phoenix Project is between 0 and 25.

The citizens of [HavenName] are greatly relieved to see our operatives. The last few months have been terrible for them, one tragedy after another; they are glad to see the Phoenix Project trying to figure out the Pandoravirus.

Promise that things will get better

A belief in a better future, everyone agrees, is necessary for humanity to keep going.

Synedrion's attitude to Phoenix Project +3, Haven Leader’s attitude to Phoenix Project +7.

Contribute resources to help them recover (-50 Food)

The people of the haven are thankful for our support.

Synedrion's attitude to Phoenix Project +5, Haven Leader’s attitude to Phoenix Project +16.

An Oral History of the Pandoravirus

Conditions: Haven Leader's attitude to the Phoenix Project is more than 0.

At [HavenName], our operatives are approached by Leyla Shupak, a writer working on an oral history of the Pandoravirus. She would like to interview them about their experiences in the field. She's also interviewed people from New Jericho and various other havens; the intent is to create a complex, multi-layered document that captures something of what it was like to be a human being in this age of the world. Assuming, of course, that there's going to be someone left to read it.

The Disciples of Anu disapprove of her work, as they believe that too much of it legitimizes the idea that the fall of the old world was tragic rather than necessary. They believe that accounts of the fall must focus on humanity's ability to adapt and grow, on the changes we have to make and the opportunities that surround us, instead of nostalgia and self-pity.

Accept

The interview session proves emotionally exhausting, as old wounds are easily reopened, but it also provides our operatives with a rare feeling of recognition. It's always good to remember that human lives have a context, that we're in this mess together.

Disciples of Anu's attitude to Phoenix Project -4, Synedrion's attitude to Phoenix Project +3, Haven Leader’s attitude to Phoenix Project +9, Stamina -10, 50 Skill points received.

Decline

The story of the Pandoravirus will have to wait to be told until the Pandoravirus has actually been defeated. Until then, this kind of thing is just a distraction.

Disciples of Anu's attitude to Phoenix Project +4

Bacchanalia

Conditions: Haven Leader's attitude to the Phoenix Project is more than 25.

We have made contact with [HavenName], a Synedrion haven. A citizens' assembly is supposed to vote on contributing resources to our cause, but a significant chunk of the population appears to be busy enjoying some kind of orgy. Our operatives are invited to participate, should they be interested.

Politely decline and wait for the orgy to end

Perhaps because many of the citizens seem hungry and/or sleepy, the haven votes to donate a significant amount of food to the Phoenix Project.

FOOD +360

Make polite excuses and attempt to leave

The citizens of [HavenName] express some disappointment at the prissy attitude of the Phoenix Project, but quickly arrange a vote, as they do wish to contribute.

FOOD +70, Haven Leader’s attitude to Phoenix Project -5.

Allow our operatives to participate

As per regulation 17.4b, the details of this event are to remain private; there is to be no log of which operatives choose to participate. Later on, the assembly votes to generously support the Phoenix Project.

FOOD +150, Haven Leader’s attitude to Phoenix Project +10.

Broken Dreams

Conditions: Haven Leader's attitude to the Phoenix Project is more than 0.

The atmosphere at [HavenName] is subdued. An attack some months ago resulted in two hundred deaths, reminding the citizens that their little utopia is surrounded by an apocalypse that will not simply go away when they stop paying attention. They've never felt quite right since.

Offer our condolences

There is little that can be done for the dead, but perhaps we can help prevent such tragedies in the future.

Haven Leader’s attitude to Phoenix Project +4.

Castigate them for not taking the enemy seriously enough

Our message is received with expressions of outrage and disappointment, and our operatives are pointedly told to stay away from grieving family members. Still: if Synedrion does not start understanding the threat of the Pandoravirus, tragedies like this one will only multiply.

New Jericho's attitude to Phoenix Project +5, Synedrion's attitude to Phoenix Project -4, Haven Leader’s attitude to Phoenix Project -12.

Fund a memorial to the deceased (-25 Materials)

A memorial can't change what happened, but it can remind us that we don't just accept the deaths of our loved ones. We remember them and we use our pain and our rage at the injustice of the universe as a source of strength in the fight to build a better world for the next generation.

Synedrion's attitude to Phoenix Project +3, Haven Leader’s attitude to Phoenix Project +6.