Infinite Space Insights: Preventing a Yellow Kawangi Invasion?

Infinite Space Insights: Preventing a Yellow Kawangi Invasion?

With Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars handling the Yellow Kawangi Invasion quest differently compared to earlier games, and even removing the unique item flag on specific items for good measure, you may be surprised to find out that these changes make it possible to prevent the Yellow Kawangi Invasion quest from starting at all. Here's how you can do it.

1. Make sure the map does not fulfill any of the requirements for the other four quests (Ravian Invasion, Urluquai Crusade, Primordius, or Swamp Pirate Rebellion). In that case, the Yellow Kawangi Invasion will be the only quest that can be triggered.
2. If the above requirement is met, play normally and explore every star system on the map except for the one where the Limited Vacuum Collapser can be found. Be warned that visiting that particular system will start the quest, and you'll never know what you'll find in a system .
3. Ensure that you have a Timeless Bauble in your cargo bay. This item can be activated and converted to any other item by typing its exact name.
4. Create a second Limited Vacuum Collapser (which is no longer a unique item in Sea of Stars, and hence can be created even if one already exists on the map) from the Timeless Bauble.
5. Make sure there is at least one star system within five light-years of the first Collapser. 
6. If such a system exists, move your fleet to that system, then activate the second Collapser (the one currently in your possession), making sure to set the fuse timer to a value that allows your fleet to escape from the blast radius before detonation.
7. Once you've reached a safe distance, stand back and watch the fireworks. The moment the star system containing the first Collapser is overwritten, the Yellow Kawangi Dreadnought will not spawn on the map at all.

Obviously, you will not be able to pull this off this trick if you are unable to perform any of the steps above. But if you can do it, you'll spare yourself a lot of hassle in dealing with a Yellow Kawangi Dreadnought, regardless of whether or not you do so in direct combat.

Above, from top: This Sea of Stars playthrough was unusual in that I was able to prevent a Yellow Kawangi invasion before it even began - by creating a second Limited Vacuum Collapser using a Timeless Bauble, followed by detonating the second Collapser within five light-years of the system containing the first Collapser (which would've triggered the quest if discovered) before I'd even visited it, thus overwriting that particular system and preventing the Yellow Kawangi from arriving at all.

In short, it takes a lot of luck (and a little bit of skill) to pre-emptively prevent a Yellow Kawangi incursion before their Dreadnought enters the sector map, but it's theoretically possible. Just don't expect to gain 5000 extra credits (which can only be acquired by destroying the Dreadnought after it has appeared, before it annihilates your home system of Glory) if you pull it off, though.