Teaser: Divine Inferno (Patreon)

Hey folks and hello to a little teaser of what's coming in VFE-Deserters!

What you can see in the video is Divine Inferno. This is an end-game event which ends your game. Hence, it's an end-game event. You know, because it ends the game.

Divine Inferno happens when you join the Deserters, and then absolutely disregard the mechanics of the deserters and make yourself a public enemy of the Empire. It happens when you say 'screw being a sneaky revolutionary' and start raiding imperial outposts left right and center.

If the player fails to bring down their Visibility level in time after reaching maximum visibility, Divine Inferno event triggers.

When Divine Inferno triggers, following red event appears:

LetterLabel: Divine Inferno initiated

LetterText: The Orbital Slicer Beam satellites have finished arranging into a beautiful flower pattern above your colony. What comes next can only be described as total destruction. The slicer beams fire down from the sky, creating a web of energy that systematically levels everything in its path. The terrain itself seems to buckle and heave as the beams slice through the earth, leaving behind deep crevices and rubble-filled craters. People, vehicles, and even buildings are reduced to nothing more than dust and ash in a matter of seconds. The air itself is superheated by the intense energy of the beams, creating a blast wave that can travel for miles.

There is no escape from the Divine Inferno. Those caught in its path are instantly vaporized, leaving behind nothing but charred remnants of what was once there. Even underground shelters are no match for the destructive power of the slicer beams, as they cut through the earth like a hot knife through butter.

The aftermath of Divine Inferno is a wasteland of destruction. The landscape is unrecognizable, with little more than rubble and ash as far as the eye can see. The air is still thick with the acrid smell of burnt flesh and melting metal. The once-thriving colony is now nothing more than a scorched and lifeless husk.

During this event, new slicer beams spawn every 5 seconds. It's the same slicer beam you can summon in VFE-Empire via a permit. It’s an orbital fire beam that travels between two points. This event sets these points to be random for every individual slicer beam. They can travel any distance - there is no limit on the distance between point A and B.

In total, there is 30 slicer beams deployed. After that, the colony will most likely disappear from the surface of the planet.

The local temperature increases by 200 degrees. It gradually goes down by 20 degrees per day until it reaches normal temperatures again.

Once this event fires, player visibility goes down to 0.

How to avoid Divine Inferno? Keep track of your visibility and sometimes, maybe sometimes, do quests that lower the visibility instead of going for bigger rewards.