Forum:Known Facts List (0% speculation)

Rules
List only known facts and how that fact was obtained. Example: "Steve is a human" is pure speculation, and shouldn't be here. "Steve is a robot" might be true, but for all we know he is inside a spaceship and actually a human. "Steve is a robot in the endgame cutscene" is a sound argument, so even if it isn't guaranteed to be true at least we know why someone would declare it a fact.

This is a topic I started just now, so it is full of holes and inconsistencies. Feel free to edit this according to your knowledge. I'll be back, for now I need to visit my games, check a few things, look over the relic messages, ally with the Grox, etc.

Characters
Races or individuals present in all spore games.

Grox
A race so poisonous they are automatically ejected from your cargo hold when you attempt to abduct them. Their cities have no entertainment buildings - just town halls, factories and houses. All their cities have the maximum number of buildings and turrets. The Grox never colonise new planets nor do they ever re-colonize planets you destroy. I do not know if the Grox even rebuild the buildings you destroy or not.

If allied, the Grox send the player on missions to collect "snowglobe" artifacts and make other civilizations/planets/races extinct. If allied, their star systems can be bought.

Steve
The robot (or person inside a robot-shaped starship) inside the galactic core. He can only be visited once, by cutscene. After that the galactic core cannot be entered again.

Steve gives the staff of life, with 42 charges, when found.

He tells us that a party celebrating the sale of a large star system will be held on the "third rock from Sol." That planet is earth. However, when found, no civilizations can be found on earth. Since Sol is the largest star system in the entire galaxy, with a total of 8 planets (Pluto not included), it is probably safe to assume that when Steve mentioned a "one of our larger star systems" being sold, it is possible that Sol was the star system being sold he made mention of.

Steve declares that there are many worlds, referring to the shared content on other player's computers.

He also says that at a future point that you will "become one" with him in a figurative sense.

Steve says that you have travelled long and far to reach him which indicates that he might know about the Grox guarding the core. Between this and his mention of Sol we can safely assume that Steve knows what is going on outside the core.

Nearby Ancient Destroyed Civilization
The planet 1.3 parsecs from your homeworld with a single destroyed city on it. When the city is first scanned anti-grox probes ambush you after sending a short message.

Sea Monster
I have not confirmed whether or not the sea monster is present on just your homeworld or all planets with oceans.

By using a UFO's hologram scout you can get a good look at a sea monster. It walks on two legs and has two arms. It remains entirely underwater unless it tries to eat your UFO.

Archetypes
Name, ability, special traits, archetype change mission, what they sell, what they say, and what their corresponding set of relics say.

Stone Temples
Giant stones with different runes on each stone.

Giant Fossils
I'm not 100% sure giant fossils are present on all homeworlds yet, I'll have to go through my saved games to check later. I'm not talking about the bones you collect to get more parts, I'm talking about the giant ribcage and skull bigger than epics.

The giant fossil has a head, ribcage, and what look like arm and leg bones. That would indicate a four limbed land based creature, though the sea monster also has four limbs. I have not confirmed whether or not the sea monster has a different head shape or size though.

Volcano
Odd, isn't it, that only your homeworld has a volcano on it. The gases coming out of the volcano cause creatures that try to walk on the top to be catapulted high enough for the atmosphere to go from blue to the starry night sky. Excellent spot for creature stage stargazing.

Crashed Starship on Homeworld
If you wander around enough in the creature stage, you can find a crashed starship. Design is the same as the one found on your homeworld moon. No writing is present, just a crashed ship.

I have yet to confirm that it is still findable on civilization stage and up.

Crashed Starship on Homeworld Moon
When found this ship gives you the coordinates of a planet 1.3 parsecs away with a nearby ancient destroyed civilization, as well as beaming aboard a better interstellar drive.

Next to the crashed ship is some sort of map drawn onto the ground. It is not clear whether it is a map to find a particular planet, star system, wormhole, or even a reference to the galactic core. The meaning of the map is probably one of the only solvable unanswered mysteries left in the game.