[[:start|Torque Tycoon]] > [[:components|Game Components]]

====== Encounters ======

An **encounter** is a local who approaches a pilot after a landing at a Hub or City with an offer. The offer appears as its own entry at the end of the [[components:radio-menu|Radio Menu]]; the pilot accepts it or declines.

Encounters are switched off for now. Locals no longer sell [[components:rumors|rumors]], and new offers are still to come.

===== When a local appears =====

Locals only talk to pilots who stay on the ground for a moment, and only where the Settlement trusts them: the higher its [[components:trust|Trust]], the more likely an encounter, and a Settlement in unrest has nothing to say. Landing again and again at the same place does not bring more locals.

The offer stays open for a short while and disappears on takeoff. **Show message again** repeats it.

===== Traps =====

Not every local can be trusted. Some offers are traps that send an [[components:ambushes|ambush]] after the pilot once airborne, and the region's [[components:security|Security]] decides how often. Nothing gives a trap away in advance. Declining an offer never springs a trap.

===== Related Guides =====

  * [[guides:respond-to-an-ambush|Respond to an Ambush]]

===== Related Components =====

  * [[components:trust|Trust]]
  * [[components:security|Security]]
  * [[components:ambushes|Ambushes]]