Its that mission 4 the miranu where you cure the plague on new calcutta. The Idgazra say they will give you the medicine herbs you need if you investigate the strange asteroid (its really a shuttlecraft with stange propreties).

Does it have to do with anything else in the game?

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-Moe

No, the asteroid doesn't mean much or do anything. It just shows the Igadzra that you did a mission for them. It will come in handy later. You won't run into to it later on.
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"God is dead." - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

(This message has been edited by grand admiral thrawn (edited 12-15-2001).)

From what I know, the "strange asteroid" was supposed to be a vending machine, and the shuttle was used as a filler graphic that was never removed. There's a plug-in that makes it a Coke machine, though.

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"My guitar gently weeps." George Harrison, 1943-2001

(This message has been edited by Starkiller (edited 12-15-2001).)

My (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/dl-redirect.pl?path=evo/plugins&file;=StrangeAsteroid.sit.hqx")Strange Asteroid(/url) plug-in includes the explanation of the strange asteroid from EV Override scenario designer Peter Cartwright, and modifies the game so that the strange asteroid takes its intended form.

The strange asteroid does not, however, have any significance in the game beyond that one mission.

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David Arthur
(url="http://"http://members.aol.com/darthur1/talon-ev/")Talon Plugin for the original Escape Velocity(/url)
(url="http://"http://members.aol.com/darthur1/mc/")An Upcoming EV Override Mission Editor(/url)