$ head events.txt
0;4;The \v00 Colonists you dropped on \p were massacred by the ground troops of \l.
1;5;Of the \v00 Colonists you dropped on \p, \P were destroyed by planetary defenses, the rest were massacred by the ground troops of \l.
2;3;The \v00 Colonists you forced to transport down to \p died because you did not colonize the planet first.
...

$ head lowtek.map
#;X;Y;Name
1;1012;1921;Pin Prick
2;1017;1470;Midnight
3;1021;1486;Pearl
...

#!/bin/bash

msg=0
while read line; do # From events export file
  params=( `echo $line | sed -e 's/;/ /g'` )
  if [ "${params[0]}" -eq "${params[0]}" ] 2>/dev/null; then # Message ID is numeric
    text=`grep ^${params[0]}\; events.txt | awk -F';' '{print $3}'` # Get relevant message text
    ((msg++))
  else
    echo Ignore header row >&2
    continue
  fi

  param=1
  message=
  for (( i=0; i<${#text}; i++ )); do
    if [ "${text:${i}:1}" = "\\" ]; then
      ((i++))
      ((param++))
      case ${text:${i}:1} in
        e) # environment area (note: 0 - gravity, 1 - temperature, 2 - radiation)
          case ${params[@]:${param}:1} in
            0) message=${message}"gravity"
            ;;
            1) message=${message}"temperature"
            ;;
            2) message=${message}"radiation"
            ;;
          esac
          ;;
        E) # environment area value (seems to be in clicks from the left?)
          message=${message}${params[@]:${param}:1}" clicks"
          ;;
        F|o|s) # F ship id; o|s fleet id;
          message=${message}"Fleet #"${params[@]:${param}:1}
          ;;
        g|G|i|v|V) # g|G integer, not found yet; i signed integer; v|V unsigned integer
          message=${message}${params[@]:${param}:1}
          ;;
        I) # change type (0 = decreased, 1 = increased)
          case ${params[@]:${param}:1} in
            0) message=${message}"decreased"
            ;;
            1) message=${message}"increased"
            ;;
          esac
          ;;
        j) # zero based research area id (0 - energy, 1 - weapons, 2 - propulsion, 3 - construction, 4 - electronics, 5 - biotechnology)
          case ${params[@]:${param}:1} in
            0) message=${message}"energy"
            ;;
            1) message=${message}"weapons"
            ;;
            2) message=${message}"propulsion"
            ;;
            3) message=${message}"construction"
            ;;
            4) message=${message}"electronics"
            ;;
            5) message=${message}"biotechnology"
            ;;
          esac
          ;;
        k) # technology id (4 bytes unsigned integer), stored in format: bits 0-15 is an ItemId, bits 16-31 is a GroupId
          message=${message}"Cool Stuff [${params[@]:${param}:1}]"
          ;;
        l|L|O|S|Z) # zero based player id
          message=${message}`grep "^${params[@]:${param}:1}\;" lowtek.m10.players.csv | awk -F';' '{print $3}'`
          ;;
        m) # cargo type (note: 0 - ironium, 1 - boranium, 2 - germanium, 3 - colonists, 4 - fuel)
          case ${params[@]:${param}:1} in
            0) message=${message}"ironium"
            ;;
            1) message=${message}"boranium"
            ;;
            2) message=${message}"germanium"
            ;;
            3) message=${message}"colonists"
            ;;
            4) message=${message}"fuel"
            ;;
          esac
          ;;
        M) # mine field type (0 - standard, 1 = heavy, 2 - speed bump)
          case ${params[@]:${param}:1} in
            0) message=${message}"standard"
            ;;
            1) message=${message}"heavy"
            ;;
            2) message=${message}"speed bump"
            ;;
          esac
          ;;
        n) # this param consumed 2 args, it specifies location (can be either planet id, fleet id or space coordinates)
          case ${params[@]:${param}:1} in
            65535) # planet ID
              ((param++))
              planet=$[${params[@]:${param}:1}+1]
              message=${message}`grep "^${planet}\;" lowtek.map | awk -F';' '{print $4}'`
              ;;
            *)
              message=${message}" [${params[@]:${param}:1}"
                ((param++))
              message=${message}":${params[@]:${param}:1}]"
              ;;
            esac
          ;;
        P) # percent value
          percent=$[${params[@]:${param}:1}/100]
          message=${message}${percent}%
          ;;
        p) # zero based planet id (note: you have to add 1 to match a planet id as it shown in Stars!)
          planet=$[${params[@]:${param}:1}+1]
          message=${message}`grep "^${planet}\;" lowtek.map | awk -F';' '{print $4}'`
          ;;
        X) # strange, but \X is always replaced by empty string in any event message, will be stored as empty Arg in export
          ((param--))
          ;;
        z) #\z - design id (bits 0-4 - design id, bit 5 values: 0 - ship design, 1 - starbase design)
          lastword=`echo ${message} | awk '{print $NF}'`
          case $lastword in
            new|your|Your|type) # Our fleets
              isbase=0
              slot=${params[@]:${param}:1}
              if [ ${params[@]:${param}:1} -gt 16 ] ; then
                isbase=1
                slot=$[${slot}-16]
              fi
              message=${message}`grep "^9\;${isbase}\;${slot}\;" lowtek.m10.designs.csv | awk -F';' '{print $5}'`
              ;;
            destroyed|by|nor) # Someone elses
              message=${message}[design:${text:${i}:1}-${params[@]:${param}:1}]
              ;;
          esac
          ;;
        *)
          message=${message}[TODO:${text:${i}:1}-${params[@]:${param}:1}]
          ;;
      esac

    else
      message=${message}${text:${i}:1}
    fi
  done

  #echo ${params[@]:0}
  #echo ${text}
  echo $msg:$'\t'${message}
  #echo
done < lowtek.m10.events.csv

$ ./Scraper.bash
1:    <message>
2:    <message>
...