In Galactic Civilizations IV, sometimes, aquatic civilizations will send you this event:

Deepwater Festival

The {PLAYERFACTIONLONG:1} cordially invites your people to join our Deepwater Festival, a celebration of our amphibious heritage. We request some of your best swimmers to experience the depth of our oceans. It's a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But, we must admit, it comes with some risks. Will you accept?

Choice

Outcome

We will send volunteers.

It's an opportunity for cultural exchange but also some risk if any of our swimmers die.

-2% Approval

+1 Diplomacy to {PLAYERFACTION:1} for 30 Turns

This is too dangerous for us to participate in.

Even though we have some people who would jump at the chance to participate, the scandal if something went wrong would be a disaster.

-2 Diplomacy to {PLAYERFACTION:1} for 30 Turns

In a purely gameplay way, this is just one of those many events where you either loose morale or loose relations. It's actually one of less punishing ones. However, I think this is one of more interesting in a lore way. And so, I would like to ask you about it. What do you think this festival entails? How is it organized? And, most of all, why is it m

ay be dangerous?