Expeditions

Expeditions are undertakings launched from the Planet View that require a Rocket loaded with various payloads and grant large rewards upon completion. There are two types of Expeditions: Planetary Anomalies and Special Projects. Expeditions may be canceled at any point after the Rocket has launched until it reaches its destination.

Special Projects

Special Projects are undertakings that require a large payload but grant permanent bonuses when the Expedition is completed.

Special Project	Additional inventory	Expedition time	Outcome	Requirements	Description	DLC
Capture Meteors	60 Fuel	2 Sols, 12 Hours	Meteor Shower	None	Trigger a meteor shower that will yield some valuable resources - Metals, Rare Metals and Anomalies. The meteor shower falls over a random location and may threaten the colony.	None
High-speed Comm Satellite	100 Fuel 100 Metals 100 Electronics	4 Sols, 4 Hours	400 Research	None	Increases sponsor research in exchange for constructing and launching an advanced communications satellite.	None
Launch SETI Satellite	50 Fuel 50 Metals 30 Electronics	4 Sols, 4 Hours	2000M Funding	None	Grants Funding. Multiple uses of this project will yield diminishing returns.	None
Contact Exploration Access	100 Fuel 30 Polymers	4 Sols, 4 Hours	750M Funding	The Martian Trail event	Generates Funding by doing on-site research for third-party contractors.	None
Capture Ice Asteroids	100 Fuel 15 Machine Parts	3 Sols, 18 Hours	+5% Water	Interplanetary Projects technology	Crash ice asteroids on Mars' surface to improve the Water levels of the planet. This action may cause a Marsquake disaster.	Green Planet
Cloud Seeding	80 Fuel 20 Polymers	2 Sols	Rain	Planetary Projects technology	Trigger rainfalls, that improve local soil quality and help plant life.	Green Planet
Import Greenhouse Gases	30 Fuel 600M Funding	3 Sols	+2% Atmosphere +1% Temperature	Interplanetary Projects technology	Send a refurbished rocket to gather greenhouse gases from Earth's atmosphere and then dump them on Mars, improving the Atmosphere of the planet. This action may cause toxic rains that are harmful to soil quality and plant life.	Green Planet
Launch Magnetic Shield	80 Metals 20 Fuel 15 Electronics The Rocket will be lost	2 Sols, 12 Hours	Lower Atmosphere loss	Mega Satellites technology	Launch an artificial shield to improve the magnetic field of the planet, counteracting solar wind and decreasing the loss of Atmosphere. Consumes the used rocket.	Green Planet
Launch Space Mirror	35 Fuel 100 Metals 15 Electronics The Rocket will be lost	12 Hours	+10% Temperature	Mega Satellites technology	Launch a highly reflective surface to focus more sunlight on the surface of the planet, increasing the global Temperature and the power production of all Solar Panels.	Green Planet
Melt the Polar Caps	400 Fuel The Rocket will be lost	1 Sol, 16 Hours	+20% Water +10% Atmosphere	Nuclear Terraforming technology	Nuke the Polar Caps, raising the Water levels and the Atmosphere of the planet. Stops all on-going Cold Waves but may cause a prolonged Dust Storm. Each successive nuking has less effect on the ocean levels and atmosphere.	Green Planet
Seed Vegetation	35 Fuel 100 Seeds	4 Sols, 4 Hours	+5% Vegetation	Planetary Projects technology	Transport a large payload of Seeds to spread cyanophytes, green algae, lichens and more complex vegetation on the surface of the planet.	Green Planet
Spread Junk in Space	6 Engineers 20 Metals	12 Hours	+2% Temperature	Junk in Space story bit	Send an expedition to spread some more metals in space and improve the greenhouse effect on the planet.	Green Planet
Clean Junk in Space	6 Engineers 4 Drones	12 Hours	20 Metals 5 Rare Metals -5 Fuel use	Junk in Space story bit	Send an expedition to clean Mars space from dangerous junk.	Green Planet
Throw Tardigrades	6 Scientists 20 Metals	12 Hours	+3% Vegetation	Tardigrades story bit	Send a rocket to shoot Tardigrades canisters from space.	Green Planet

Planetary Anomalies

Planetary Anomalies are discovered at random intervals and require a minor payload. All Expeditions to Planetary Anomalies take 12 hours to complete. Planetary Anomalies have random names but the description will give an indication of what rewards to expect.

In Space Race Rival Colonies will occasionally start preparing an Expedition to a Planetary Anomaly, adding a timer during which an Expedition can be sent to investigate the Planetary Anomaly first.

Description	Inventory	Reward
This area registered off-the-charts readings for a while now. This prompts an expedition.	Random	Random
One-off strange readings usually don't merit much attention. This one is too weird to be a sensor glitch.	Random	Random
Multiple strange signals, detected over time, can all be traced to this area. It is now nicknamed "The Zone".	Random	Random
Something interesting seems to be going on here. On Mars many interesting things can get you killed.	Random	Random
A mysterious signal caught from this area is speculated to come from the remnants of a lost and secretive science mission.	Engineers	Breakthrough
This place is just weird. There is obviously something very wrong about our understanding of the planet and this particular area doesn’t give a damn.	Geologists	Breakthrough
Highly abnormal weather patterns in this area prove there is still a lot we don’t know about Mars. Investigating the site could bring on a breakthrough.	Scientists	Breakthrough
Observing the anomalous area brings the promise of either groundbreaking research, or the serious need to fix our observation instruments.	Scientists	Breakthrough
We have visuals of a large crater. Thе meteorite that formed it was composed of metallic iron-nickel material. Someone suggested that we use some of it to forge a sword and name it.	Colonists	Metals
Satellites have located an iron-rich region where pieces of hematite and other useful minerals can just be picked from the ground! One only needs robot patience to do that.	Drones	Metals
Readings suggest that this small black bump could actually be an obsidian-rich mountain.	Drones	Polymers
A recent dust storm revealed the crash site of what is believed to be a polymer shipment gone missing a while back.	Drones	Polymers
A spectrographic sweep of the location caught telltale signs of fluorine - a crystal used in the manufacturing of durable polymers.	RC Explorer	Polymers
Planetary scanning discovered an inactive volcano that may provide valuable insight about the plate tectonics on Mars. Several millions of years ago this was the perfect place to throw a ring into.	Colonists	Research
Glimmering salts in the area baffle our scientists. Sending a rocket filled with some baffled scientists could prove beneficial.	Geologists	Research
A huge water lake residing beneath a relatively thin sheeting of ice is what every scientist – geologists being an exception – will call a gold mine.	Scientists	Research
Rapidly shifting sands in the area present conditions fit for multipurpose research experiments.	RC Explorer	Research
Sinkholes appear here in a rate seen nowhere else on Mars. Scientific potential warrants sending a vehicle.	RC Explorer	Research
Spectrographic analyses revealed a ground cavity which seems to contain a huge deposit of precious metals. We can send a RC Rover to enter it and gather the treasure. Mission Control insisted that we name the rover "Siegfried"	RC Explorer	Rare Metals
Geological murmurs heard by our most sensitive equipment pinpoint an area of immense scientific interest.	Geologists	Technology unlock
This location is believed to be the site of a secretive military experiment from decades ago. Rummaging through the sands here could yield some technological insights.	Scientists	Technology unlock
An unidentified robotic rover roams the sands in this area. Reaching it could secure us precious knowledge.	RC Explorer	Technology unlock
Previous observations tell of a rainbow having being sighted at this spot – most probably from crystalizing water vapors. Scientists are quite vocal of the interest the area represents.	RC Explorer	Technology unlock

Story Bit Anomalies

Story Bit Anomalies can only be created following certain Story Bit decisions.

Anomaly	Crew	Additional inventory	Outcome	Story Bit	DLC
Remote Martian Laboratory	None	75 Electronics 150 Polymers 100 Machine Parts	Breakthrough	Twin Peeks	None
Rig Baby Volcano	6 Geologists	30 Fuel	+2% Atmosphere terraforming +1% Water terraforming Marsquake	Baby Volcano	Green Planet
Spread Cold-Resistant Bacteria	5 Drones	RC Commander	+2% Vegetation terraforming	Cold-Resistant Bacteria	Green Planet
Spread Tardigrades	6 Botanists	40 Food	+3% Vegetation terraforming	Tardigrades	Green Planet