>>5833125>>5834618Disappointingly, when you grasp the orb and squeeze it expectantly, you do not feel any tremendous sense of joyous release, elation or discovery. It resembles exactly what Cassidy described: some sort of glassy digital optical module, perhaps a sensor or communication device. Perhaps if you took this orb relic to a scientist, they would know better. Maybe even some sort of research institute...?
QM: you gain a Mysterious Golden Orb, Digital Optical Module, or DOM. It feels like it is made of glass, metal and ancient electronics. They look somewhat similar to
>>5833139 and >>5831980Thinking back to the large and deep structure of the cylindrical pit shafts in which you encountered hundreds of these relics, you guess that they likely date from before the Crash, but the technology does not appear tremendously advanced, though the purpose seems unfathomable to you.