Structured terrain populates hillsides with giant interlocking stone polyhedra and petrified star-jacks that look as though an ancient geometric civilisation crystallised overnight. On malfunctioning Weird worlds, the scanner identifies this anomaly using three unmistakable adjectives: Ossified, Petrified, or Calcified. Several standard climates including Frozen, Radioactive, Barren, Toxic, and Lush can also borrow these stone jacks as exotic surface props.
Collecting Ossified Star Reality Glitches
When exploring an Ossified, Petrified, or Calcified Weird world, activate your Analysis Visor and watch for yellow question-mark icons tucked among the colossal stone jacks. Smaller star-shaped polyhedra pulsing with an internal cerulean hum are Collectible Reality Glitches called Ossified Stars; interacting with them picks them up whole so you can place them around bases and freighter corridors and even recolour their glow.
Adopting rolling geometric fauna
Every Exotic structured planet supports exactly one anomalous species: sentient smaller ossified stars that tumble rapidly across valleys with a rhythmic mineral clatter. Toss a Creature Pellet to tame one as a companion, and scan it before leaving orbit to pocket the single-species planetary completion bonus in your Discoveries tab.
Distinguishing normal biome overlays
When giant petrified star-frames appear on a Frozen or Lush planet instead of a Weird anomaly, the yellow question-mark trophies do not spawn, and those stone frames mine solely into Pure Ferrite or secondary minerals. In return, the normal planet keeps its full crop of Frostwort or Star Bramble alongside standard multi-species wildlife and normal elemental storms.