Garden Variety Pollution

Garden Variety Pollution is one of the Vine Consensus quests in The Long Journey Home.

Description
The player gets intercepted by a Corrupted Vine. The Corrupted Vine is dying and directs the player to his heavily corrupted world.

When landing on the planet, the player finds a city of the Vine Consensus. The trees are all dead and filled with black maggots. The source of corruption is what seems to be a radioactive garbage pod that transformed its surroundings into a huge gelatinous sphere. If the pilot decides to pierce it, he will be able to decide whether to slice it with his machete or burn it with his plasma torch. In 60% of the cases, slicing it will result in cuts and burning it in burns. In any case a Vine ship - the Essence Of Corruption - launches, intercepts and attacks the player.

Once defeated, the destroyed Essence Of Corruption yields Fruit or Berries of the Vine. Back on the planet, the city is freed of corruption and rewards the player with a Grateful Sprout.