u/YobaiYamete

I'm seeing a ton of people confused about this (rightfully so) and thinking that if you select only one precursor, you will 100% get it every time. That is NOT how the system works (it should tho)

I've spent ages reading other breakdowns, so I thought I'd summarize my findings in one spot.

When you spawn into the galaxy, it is divided into pie slices, let's say 4, because I don't actually know the exact number. Forgive the horrific drawing, lmao.

Each slice has a chance to roll each available precursor, but they can only roll once. The slices are processed in clockwise order, starting at the 1 o'clock position (analog clock, not digital, obviously).

So, if you select ONLY the Cybrex as your precursor, the #1 slice will get the Cybrex and the other 3 slices will get NOTHING.

Each slice can also have more than one precursor if there are enough selected, which means the one you get is simply the one you discover first in your slice. On top of that, each precursor can only go to one empire total.

So, if your slice has both the Zroni and the Yuht in it, you will get whichever one you trigger first by doing its related activation event. And if someone else is in your slice and discovers the Yuht first, you will get the Zronii

This is an awful and misleading system IMO, and I genuinely do not understand why the devs are so against people just being able to pick the precursor they want. Or, better yet, why they don't just make the rest of them not terrible so people don't want only Cybrex or sometimes Zronii 98% of the time (baol and First league are the other 2%)

Summarizing this into a bulleted list, because people don't read anymore yo

• The galaxy is a pie.
• Precursor rolls go clockwise, starting with the top-right pie slice.
• Precursors can ONLY be assigned to one pie slice.
• Selecting only 1 precursor does NOT guarantee you get it. In fact, it does the opposite: it ensures ONLY the top-right spawn gets it, and the rest of the galaxy gets absolutely nothing.
• Multiple precursors can exist in the same slice.
• You trigger whichever precursor in your slice you meet the activation criteria for first.
• Yes, you can use the Known Precursor mod to fix this. No, you shouldn't have to.