Surviving Mars

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Zogg Jun 28, 2019 @ 4:45am
"Foreigner in a foreign land" anomaly examined - no results?
I had this "anomaly" about a young boy playing on the surface of Mars. I sent a rocket to investigate - but when it came back, nothing happened. No message, no popup, nothing - the team stepped out of the rocket and went to their domes. (Maybe they accidently burned the boy while landing, and don't want to speak about it - who knows... ;) )

According to what I found on Google, there is _supposed_ to be a message about an 11 year old who didn't speak English, with a choice what to do - but in my case, nothing... I suppose this is a bug?
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Emmote Jun 28, 2019 @ 4:56am 
Pretty sure you get the choice when the rocket gets to the anomaly - not when it returns. So you probably escaped out of it by accident.
Aturchomicz Jun 28, 2019 @ 7:10am 
Originally posted by Emmote:
Pretty sure you get the choice when the rocket gets to the anomaly - not when it returns. So you probably escaped out of it by accident.
Eh thats properly the best choice in the end
SkiRich Jun 28, 2019 @ 10:48am 
The kid has a 50% chance to turn into Damien. So yeah, probably better off.
hagabaka Jul 14, 2019 @ 2:30am 
I also just got this event, investigated the anomaly, got my rocket and 5 medics back, and nothing else happened.
BLÀde Jul 14, 2019 @ 2:35am 
Originally posted by SkiRich:
The kid has a 50% chance to turn into Damien. So yeah, probably better off.

i've only ever gotten this once i allowed him to spread his religion and my colonists ended up killing him

is there a complete list of events including side choices and consequences all i can find was this but it's not complete?
https://survivingmars.paradoxwikis.com/Surviving_Mars_Wiki
Last edited by BLÀde; Jul 14, 2019 @ 2:43am
Moose Jul 14, 2019 @ 9:32am 
Probably been mentioned, but this is from Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" novel. The one where the word "grok" entered the English language.
The_Pastmaster Jul 14, 2019 @ 12:39pm 
Originally posted by BLÀde:
Originally posted by SkiRich:
The kid has a 50% chance to turn into Damien. So yeah, probably better off.

i've only ever gotten this once i allowed him to spread his religion and my colonists ended up killing him

is there a complete list of events including side choices and consequences all i can find was this but it's not complete?
https://survivingmars.paradoxwikis.com/Surviving_Mars_Wiki

I find it strange that none of the wikis has a complete list of events and outcomes yet.
Teufelführer Oct 21, 2022 @ 10:20am 
I guess it was just a ghost or the crew didnt find anything. Nothing happened for me either
kaki_gamet Oct 21, 2022 @ 10:11pm 
Oh, but you found a very old discussion at least : )

I never had it working and I started to play it this year. But in my last playthrough the most odd thing happened. I first got a Story Bit, "Lost Child", that made available a Planetary Anomaly, "Lost Child", then I sent my 5 doctors and nothing happened. As soon as rocket reaches 100% it starts the return trip without any pop-up. So I got back my rocket and the 5 doctors. Much later I got another Story Bit, "Foreigner in a Foreign Land", that made available another Planetary Anomaly, again "Lost Child" : / Only difference was the only pop-up that triggered the Story Bit, that was worded a bit differently than the previous but with the exact same meaning. Even outcome of the mission was the same, nothing happened, the 5 doctors went and back without a word -.-

Can give it for gone, unless someone know of a mod that make it to work properly : / Not a big loss anyway, game throws at you enough Story Bits I think ^^'
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Date Posted: Jun 28, 2019 @ 4:45am
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