Adjutant LYRA
Adjutant LYRA is your ship's AI and the voice of the beginner guide. Beyond the guide and the story Transmissions, she comments on what happens in your empire: a short message in the notification corner with her small ASCII face, which changes with her mood. She is dry, a little dramatic and secretly very fond of her crew.
Her moods
| Face | Mood | For example |
|---|---|---|
O_O |
Panic | A hostile fleet is heading for one of your planets. |
O_o |
Puzzled | Strange sensor readings, relics, wormholes, Mark upgrades. |
>_< |
Stressed | An energy deficit, or a joke she regrets. |
>_> |
Side-eye | Sarcastic or completely useless remarks, your return after a long absence. |
X_X |
Done | Full storage. |
^_^ |
Happy | New colonies, incoming deliveries, new blueprints and commanders. |
T_T |
Sad | Lost ships, failed excursions, cancelled orders, scrapped ships. |
What she reacts to
Important events
- Attacks: once for every hostile fleet heading for one of your planets. These warnings always come through, even when she is told to keep quiet.
- Deliveries: a transport from another player heading for one of your planets.
- Colonies: your first colony and every new one.
- Losses: ships lost in battle and failed excursions since she last looked, so she also notices what happened while you were offline.
- Shortages: an energy deficit or full storage on the planet you are looking at.
Chatter
- Your actions: new ship and drone blueprints ("That is a good-looking drone. I am taking one as my personal planetary cab!"), Mark upgrades, cancelled orders, scrapped ships, G.E.L.D. speed-ups, new commanders, forged and fused relics, renamed and abandoned planets, government changes, a new alliance, rocket launches and named wormholes. Many of these only get a comment now and then.
- Government milestones: a one-time comment when a government category (civilian, economy, military) reaches 3 and 6 policy points.
- Welcome back: a remark when you return after a day or more away.
- Random remarks: now and then a joke or a useless observation, at most every ten minutes.
- Idle remarks: if you leave mouse and keyboard alone for a few minutes while the game is open, she starts reading old Earth records aloud. Cats feature prominently.
She stays quiet while a story transmission is waiting for you, and never talks to bots or players on vacation.
Making her quieter
- Not now, LYRA: the button under her messages gives her the day off. For 24 hours she only warns you about attacks.
- Game settings → LYRA chatter: Everything (default) or Important only. With Important only she keeps attacks, deliveries, colonies, losses and shortages, but drops reactions to your actions, welcome-backs, random and idle remarks.