Horizon Signal Event-chain's Ending? ***SPOILERS*** ***DON'T READ IF YOU WANT TO EXPLORE THE EVENT COMPLETELY BY YOURSELF***

[Eagle Eyes]

Hello everyone!

So I want to share my story about the Horizon Signal Event-chain and the mysterious Worm-thing. I knew some things about the event-chain beforehand but not nearly enough it seems. Towards the very end of the chain (I guess, since nothing has happened after this) I was given an option to summon the Worm to my home system. I chose to study the Worm but it didn't like it and it turns out the Worm was actually, ***SPOILERS***, the Dimensional Horror. So in conclusion the Worm that loved me so much was actually a ferocious space monster that wants to destroy me and everything I hold dear.

Luckily for me I was at that point about 150k strong in fleet-power so I killed it without any problems. It didn't give me the Jump Drive tech like the normal Horror does though. It's name was also different but it's model and attacks were identical to a Dimensional Horror. (I also encountered a normal Horror later on and managed to get Jump Drives after beating it.)

All and all the Horizon Signal Event-chain has very good benefits to your empire but if you're not careful with your choises you could get into big trouble. Luckily the Horror is stationary and can't wreck your entire empire so it effectively only blocks you from using your home system which in most cases is quite mediocre anyway and shouldn't impact your economy that much.

Thank you for reading! :)

[crgzero]

I've yet to get this event to spawn.

[Eagle Eyes]

I heard from somewhere that it has a 1/200 chance to occur when you scan a black hole.

[OwnGoal99]

I forced the event to spawn via console because I was sick of it never happening. However after the first notification nothing's happened since. Am I missing something?

[Eagle Eyes]

You might have to just wait. For me events popped up at random every few years. Also exploring and anomalies might help (atleast I found some of the events by exploring).

[LCD]

You need to build an omega alignment. It's a special building you get later after researching omega theory.

[Alugere]

Why did you try and kill the Worm? Embrace the Worm for the Worm loves us. (It also gives you even more racial boosts although these only affect your homeworld.)

Originally posted by SpaceSloth:

I heard from somewhere that it has a 1/200 chance to occur when you scan a black hole.

You don't have to scan it, you just have to enter the system. So if you just repeatedly enter and then exit the system, you have a 63% chance to get it within the first 200 attempts.

Originally posted by JurosUroki:

I forced the event to spawn via console because I was sick of it never happening. However after the first notification nothing's happened since. Am I missing something?

Did you send the scientist off to investigate?

[Eagle Eyes]

Yes, you're both right. It's been a while since I last did the event. I did indeed build those special buildings (Omega Alignment included) and that's what activated the last of the events.

I killed the Worm because it later on spawned a Dimensional Horror in my main system. So much for love after it pulled that trick on me. (also the racial boosts can be aplied to your whole species, not only your homeworld, if you so wish)

This may sound cold but my intention from the very beginning was to exploit the Worms wisdom and recources. To study it, rather than embrace it. The buildings were a fine addition to my collection and with them my empire started to prosper even more. When the time came to see the Worm itself I was given a choice: either to embrace it or to study it (effectively meaning that it spawned a D. Horror). I chose the studying option as I didn't want to be controlled by some maniacal Worm-thing that had killed some of my leaders and that was forming a cult to worship it. Obviously it didn't like my desision and tried to fight me. It took over my capital-system but I came back with my doom-stack-fleet and utterly crushed it.

So I have concluded: the Worm-event gives you lots of benefits (special buildings, resources and the total conversion of your race IF you want to). But then again, if you're not looking to change your race the only option left is to kill the Worm.

[Helios]

Originally posted by SpaceSloth:

Yes, you're both right. It's been a while since I last did the event. I did indeed build those special buildings (Omega Alignment included) and that's what activated the last of the events.

I killed the Worm because it later on spawned a Dimensional Horror in my main system. So much for love after it pulled that trick on me. (also the racial boosts can be aplied to your whole species, not only your homeworld, if you so wish)

This may sound cold but my intention from the very beginning was to exploit the Worms wisdom and recources. To study it, rather than embrace it. The buildings were a fine addition to my collection and with them my empire started to prosper even more. When the time came to see the Worm itself I was given a choice: either to embrace it or to study it (effectively meaning that it spawned a D. Horror). I chose the studying option as I didn't want to be controlled by some maniacal Worm-thing that had killed some of my leaders and that was forming a cult to worship it. Obviously it didn't like my desision and tried to fight me. It took over my capital-system but I came back with my doom-stack-fleet and utterly crushed it.

So I have concluded: the Worm-event gives you lots of benefits (special buildings, resources and the total conversion of your race IF you want to). But then again, if you're not looking to change your race the only option left is to kill the Worm.

The Story tells you that your species was once different and someone changed them (i was playing xenophile Earth at that moment and it made sense imagening they were once a warrior race ) also if you embrace the worm you get tombworld adaption.

[Axnor]

Originally posted by crgzero:

I've yet to get this event to spawn.

Console is your friend. After a bunch of retries I just used the console command. Forgot which one, but you can find it easily on the internets.

[TheSquirrelofHuscurl]

Originally posted by Juros:

I forced the event to spawn via console because I was sick of it never happening. However after the first notification nothing's happened since. Am I missing something?

Originally posted by SpaceSloth:

You might have to just wait. For me events popped up at random every few years. Also exploring and anomalies might help (atleast I found some of the events by exploring).

The event seems to have an incredibly small, like, .05% to trigger at any black hole, but once it tirggers once, the trigger % chance of any ship entering that same black hole system seems to grow and grow the more events you go through. Then, once you go through the first chain, it depends on other factors, which I'm not going to spoil. I think the first trigger has to be from a 4+ science ship, but any other ship afterwards will do. I guess I got a bit lucky this run as the black hole system it spawned in is a very active route for ships, as it's a jump point from one ring to another and also the fastest path to a colony/lots of delicious resources.

I actually just got an event to trigger with my doomstack fleet (as the entered the system, of course) while they were chasing down pirates.