Codex

Life, geology and alien sites of the galaxy, as commanders logged them in their codex. For every species of surface life: where it grows — atmospheres, gravity, temperature, pressure, volcanism and stars — derived by EDCAS from the finds commanders shared.

175,951
Codex finds
117
Species of surface life
41
Articles

Surface life

Plants, fungi and bacteria on landable planets. A detailed surface scan names the genera on a body; three samples of one species, taken far enough apart, sell at Vista Genomics. Each genus page lists its species with the conditions commanders found them in.

A low rosette of thick, pointed leaves, like an aloe.

Aleoida

Low rosettes of thick, pointed leaves, like an aloe.

5 species · up to 12.93M CR4,753 finds
A flat, patchy film on the ground. Easy to miss: look down, not up.

Bacterium

Flat, patchy films on the ground — the commonest life in the galaxy.

13 species · up to 8.42M CR38,663 finds
Upright ribbed columns with stubby arms, like a cactus.

Cactoida

Ribbed upright columns with stubby arms, like a cactus.

5 species · up to 16.2M CR5,363 finds
Shield-shaped cups on short stalks.

Clypeus

Shield-shaped cups on short stalks.

3 species · up to 16.2M CR2,680 finds
A single cupped shell, opening upwards like a clam.

Concha

A single cupped shell opening upwards, like a clam.

4 species · up to 16.78M CR5,735 finds
Thin glowing filaments radiating from a small base.

Electricae

Thin glowing filaments radiating from a small base.

2 species · up to 6.28M CR938 finds
A rounded mound of stacked, frilly plates.

Fonticulua

Rounded mounds of stacked, frilly plates.

6 species · up to 20M CR7,496 finds
A woody, branching shrub.

Frutexa

Low, bushy shrubs of branching stems.

7 species · up to 10.33M CR10,631 finds
Small chimneys venting plumes, near geological sites.

Fumerola

Crusted mineral chimneys around volcanic vents.

4 species · up to 16.2M CR1,132 finds
Mushroom caps on stalks, often in small clusters.

Fungoida

Clusters of puffball and mushroom caps.

4 species · up to 3.7M CR7,489 finds
Pale, bone-like plates fanning up from the ground.

Osseus

Bone-white discs, spirals and fans.

6 species · up to 12.93M CR8,373 finds
Round pods sitting on the ground, dimpled on top.

Recepta

Spiky, angular pods in sulphur dioxide atmospheres.

3 species · up to 16.2M CR878 finds
Wide, flat leaves hugging the ground in layers.

Stratum

Flat crusts and layered mats spreading over rock.

8 species · up to 19.01M CR18,469 finds
Clusters of upright tubes with open ends.

Tubus

Clusters of upright hollow tubes.

5 species · up to 11.87M CR6,954 finds
A clump of grass-like blades curving outwards.

Tussock

Grass-like tufts of thin blades.

15 species · up to 19.01M CR20,666 finds
A swollen crown on great roots arching into the ground.

Radicoida

A giant root structure, logged only in a few places.

species · up to 119K CR55 finds
A single vase-shaped plant.

Amphora Plant

Urn-shaped plants on hot, airless metal-rich worlds.

species · up to 1.63M CR13 finds
A round bulb crowned with short tentacles.

Anemone

Round, petalled growths; some glow.

7 species · up to 1.5M CR648 finds
A cone-shaped mound with bark-like ridges.

Bark Mound

Cone-shaped mounds of bark-like material.

species · up to 1.47M CR151 finds
A trunk carrying a wrinkled, brain-like crown.

Brain Tree

Trees with a wrinkled, brain-like crown.

8 species · up to 1.59M CR1,346 finds
Angular crystals jutting out of the ground.

Crystalline Shards

Fields of tall crystal spikes on frozen worlds.

species · up to 1.63M CR457 finds
Thick tubers snaking along the ground.

Sinuous Tubers

Twisting tube-like growths on volcanic worlds.

8 species · up to 1.51M CR841 finds

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Space life

Life that drifts in space: crystals, molluscs, pods and trees. The full-spectrum scanner lists them under notable stellar phenomena; fly there and scan them with the composition scanner to log them.

A cluster of long crystals growing out from one core, adrift in space.

Crystals

Clusters of ice, metallic and silicate crystals floating in space.

18 entries4,638 finds
Soft domes trailing tendrils, floating in groups.

Molluscs

Floating organisms with soft bodies: gourd, umbrella and others.

34 entries876 finds
A stalk carrying seed pods, with loose pods drifting around it.

Pods and trees

Seed pods and the trees that release them.

43 entries1,487 finds
Round mineral bodies, solid or a lattice.

Mineral spheres

Solid and lattice mineral spheres and their companions.

6 entries901 finds
Plates and spores drifting in space.

Other space life

Organisms in space the other groups don't cover.

4 entries17 finds

Geology

Fumaroles, geysers, gas vents and lava spouts on bodies with volcanism. The detailed surface scan counts them as geological signals.

A vent in a low mound, breathing plumes of hot gas.

Fumaroles

Vents breathing hot gas: sulphur dioxide, silicate vapour or water.

3 entries3,299 finds
An icy vent breathing vapour that freezes into snow.

Ice fumaroles

Vents on frozen worlds breathing water, nitrogen, methane, ammonia or CO₂.

7 entries1,329 finds
A cone throwing a jet high into the sky, its spray falling around it.

Geysers

Eruptions of water, nitrogen, methane, ammonia or CO₂.

6 entries1,918 finds
An opening in the ground releasing a steady, spreading haze.

Gas vents

Openings that release gas continuously: sulphur dioxide, silicate vapour, water or CO₂.

4 entries2,853 finds
A cone throwing glowing gobbets of molten rock.

Lava spouts

Fountains of molten iron or silicate rock.

2 entries1,842 finds

Stellar phenomena

Lagrange clouds and energy anomalies, found among the notable stellar phenomena of a system.

A coloured cloud among the stars; storm clouds crackle with lightning.

Lagrange clouds

Coloured gas clouds held at Lagrange points; some storm.

11 entries1,268 finds
A glowing orb inside rings of energy.

Anomalies

Unexplained energy phenomena in space, numbered by type.

45 entries1,020 finds

Guardian

What is left of the Guardians, a civilisation that died out about a million years ago: ruins, structures and the beacons that lead to them.

Pointed obelisks carved with glyphs, standing in the ruins.

Guardian sites

Ruins and structures: obelisks, terminals, pylons, relic towers and sentinels.

5 entries9,072 finds
A long crystal-like beacon with a glowing heart, hanging in space.

Guardian beacons

Beacons in space that point to Guardian structures.

1 entry454 finds

Thargoid

The Thargoids: their ships, the sites they built on planets, the barnacles they farm and the wrecks of their vessels.

A Thargoid interceptor from above: petals around a glowing core.

Thargoid vessels

Interceptors, scouts, hunters and scavengers.

10 entries332 finds
A broken Thargoid ship half sunk in the ground, petals strewn around.

Thargoid wrecks

Crashed interceptors and scouts on planets.

2 entries281 finds
A barnacle: a stalk with curved barbs, coral growing beside it.

Barnacles and coral

Barnacles, mega barnacles and coral the Thargoids grow.

6 entries398 finds
A dome half buried in the ground with a glowing opening.

Thargoid sites

Devices, pods and generators at Thargoid surface sites.

4 entries112 finds
A tall, thin spire rising far above the ground.

Thargoid spires

Tall spires the Thargoids built on planets during the war.

5 entries121 finds

Other finds

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Sphere ABCD 0221Inner Orion Spur (2)2026-05-162026-05-16

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