Exogen

Overview

The Exogen Astrocartography Database is the result of an extensive collaboration project between Ventura Corporation, the Archangel Foundation, and a large collection of private entity corporations.

Exogen is the online metagame used to actively impact the Beyond Humanity Universe. Players login using their unique tokens from the THM Kickstarters and take on the task of managing their corporation's infrastructure and overarching expansion across the galaxy. Players also take part in community missions, and receive news bulletins from the in-universe entities as they unfold.

Currently Exogen is also planned to feature many exciting integrations with Beyond Humanity: Colonies, where game play in BHC will have an impact on the Exogen universe, and vice versa.

Using Exogen

Left Side Toolbar

The left most toolbar is home to the personal corporation data and records keeping, including:

• "My Corporation" tab, home to all of your corporate stats, as well as access to the managing technologies and corporation dialogues.
• "My MegaCorporation" tab, for all of the up and coming megacorp features. Main Article -> Exogen:Megacorps
• "My Library" tab, a convenient place to save planetary bodies for later uses such as sending missions or playing on in BHC.
• "My Missions" tab, a record of all ongoing missions in Exogen, and their statuses.

Supplementary Article -> Corporate Technology Tree

Resources Display

The resources display in the top right corner displays each resource's available quantity, followed by it's hourly income. These displays update every hour on the hour, as well as when any action is taken to cause them to change. From left to right the resources are Xenon, Water, Ore, Plasteel, and Licenses.

Supplementary Article -> Exogen:Resources

Right Side Toolbar

The right side toolbar has an additional three tabs:

• The "Terran Republic Exchange Market" or TREM, where resources can be converted for whatever purpose. The TREM traditionally takes a 10% fee on any transaction made this way.
• The global statistics tab, which shows statistics about all players/corporations in the Exogen project including record holders and running totals.
• Settings, where one can change their small orbital station behavior (share your SOS with others and opt to use other's SOS when needed) and the logout button.

Bottom Display

From left to right on the bottom display we have:

• The cursor's current coordinates in RAD-Z.
• The zoom controls for system, region, and cluster view.
• The current in-game time in YYYY:MM:DD:HH:MM format.
• A graphical scale showing how far a jump unit (JU) is at current zoom level.

Main Display

The remainder of the Exogen window is taken up with the galaxy display, where clusters of stars and systems can be viewed and interacted with via sending missions.

Sending Missions

Sending missions is the primary function of the Exogen system. There are various types of mission which are listed below. All missions cost resources and influence the ongoing activity in the game, as well as unlock or reward their sender in a different way. Some missions must target a certain type of celestial body, which will be explained in their sections. For more information about a type of mission, see it's main article.

Probes

Main Article -> Exogen:Probe

Probes are the most basic of the mission types. Probes are sent to nearby stars, and report back the celestial bodies they discover in the star's orbit. Probes only gather cursory information about the goings on in a system, but thoroughly report back on their targetted stars. Probes are required before sending all forms of other missions to uncharted systems.

Pioneers

Main Article -> Exogen:Pioneers

Pioneers are the second line of data gathering missions. Pioneers can only be sent to potentially-habitable Exoplanets and will collect much finer details about a specific Exoplanet for use later for a colonization attempt. Pioneers are required before sending out Mining Ops to qualifying planets.

Fuel Stations (FS)

Main Article -> Exogen:Fuel Station

Fuel Stations act as temporary range extenders for missions, and are often used to optimize the placement of Small Orbital Stations or to extend range coverage on a temporary basis. Fuel Stations can only be sent to explored stars.

Small Orbital Stations (SOS)

Main Article -> Exogen:Small Orbital Station

Small Orbital Stations act as permanent range extenders for missions. These small scale infrastructure modules serve to refuel any passing mission vessel as needed along their course. SOS can also only be sent to explored stars.

Mining Operations (MO)

Main Article -> Exogen:Mining Ops

Mining Operations are a special kind of mission that use a specialized crew. Currently all corporations without meeting certain requirements in a successful Beyond Humanity Colonies game are limited to having one crew deployed at a time. These crews descend on any habitable exoplanet, ringed planed, or moon, and increase the corporation's resource accumulation by 0.2/hr for that specific resource, for the duration of their mission. Mining ops on Exoplanets require Pioneering, however missions on rings and moons only require probes to have been sent to the system.

Science Vessels (SV)

Main Article -> Exogen:Science Vessel

Science Vessels are another special kind of mission that use a specialized crew. Currently all corporations without meeting certain requirements in a successful Beyond Humanity Colonies game are limited to having one crew deployed at a time. Science vessels are sent only to unique celestial bodies called Anomalies (such as the Genesis 1 wreckage near SOL). These crew conduct specific studies of the Anomalies and are awarded licenses based on their findings. Science vessels only require probing, but will only be able to be sent to very specific places that will be plainly identifiable at system zoom.

Lunar Bases (LB)

Main Article -> Exogen:Lunar Base

Lunar Bases are the most recent addition to the missions in Exogen. A highly expensive undertaking, a Lunar Base crew deploys a construction ship on any Rocky Moon orbiting an Exoplanet (not an Exoplanet orbiting another) and, after a lengthy build time, can serve not only the purpose of a refueling point identical to an SOS (without the sharing capability at this time) but also serve as a launch point for new missions in their nearby area. Missions will automatically select the closest point of origin available to their sender after a Lunar Base has been built. Lunar Bases also provide additional passive income with the appropriate technology upgrades, currently a unique feature.

Community Missions

Main Article -> Exogen:Community Missions

Community Missions are a special type of global event which all of the Exogen Partners may participate in together. CM's often feature rewards for the highest performing individuals, as well as impacts to the story of the universe as they progress. Community Missions often feature specialized mission types with their own special functions, ranging from modified probes to supercomputer satellites and array telescopes. These will be announced in special dialogues just like Exogen News, and typically will be discussed, at great length, in the Beyond Humanity community Discord.