Black cubes mystery

[jussr]

Right, don't spoil me - I just want to check that the mystery is still going to progress if I continue on as I have been. I am storing the cubes a little ways out from my domes and absolutely not either destroying them or building statues out of them. But nothing new has happened in over five Sols; is it going to, or should I start trying other, more stupid things?

[Name Lips]

This event took a long time for me. I did build things out of them but I don't know if that even influenced anything. It seemed to just be a matter of waiting for the next event.

I think the next event might not happen until enough cubes have spawned. They become a real nuisence and I finally gave up on trying to store them all because they started to take most of my drones time.

Just do other things and see if anything happens.

[jussr]

Will do, thanks.

[Mnementh]

Just take care to have at least one functional Concrete Extractor.

[jussr]

Originally posted by Mnementh:

Just take care to have at least one functional Concrete Extractor.

...yeah, I was waiting on running through some of my stockpile before building any more of those. I'll go do that, thanks.

[jussr]

Hmm. My sensor towers do not seem to be doing what they should. Have I messed something up, or is this a bug?

[marach]

try to cover every building no matter how small

[Name Lips]

Originally posted by sparklecatty:

Hmm. My sensor towers do not seem to be doing what they should. Have I messed something up, or is this a bug?

Spoilered for people who haven't done cubes yet.

Buildings should not be destroyed if they are in the radius of a sensor tower. Cubes might still appear in the radius, but safely out in the open.

[jussr]

Yeah, no, they were definitely taking out buildings within range. Sounds like a bug, then.

[SNIPEROFLOVE]

They are Soylent Martians. Eat them please.

[the-scrin]

how do you even store black cubes? my rc transports wont touch do it and yes i do have black cube storage

[jussr]

The transports won't move them, but drones will. You can always move a rover out if there are some your drone hubs don't have covered.

[the-scrin]

ah cool ty!

[Flush Foot]

*Spoiler Alert*
Is there any advantage to NOT building the cube-powered monolith?
My monolith-site appeared in a remote area (concrete and water extraction “outpost”) so I simply scaled back the radius of the nearest hubs and voilà! no one is building the monument...

[TonyMax.Fr]

Originally posted by jussr:

Yeah, no, they were definitely taking out buildings within range. Sounds like a bug, then.

same here.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2672552254
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2672552482
And another one in the dome of the screen 1 (a small store near the sensor).

I don't understand what to do after the useless research for upgrade the sensors... i'm bored with this game (sol ~800, this 'mystery' started at 500) i want to finish it and have the achievement, please.