Here is a answer from a question I posted:
- "My understanding is that in order to win an Ascension Victory you have to "mine" 1000 Ascension points. Each turn that you have a starbase on a crystal you get 1 point. On medium maps there are 6 ascension crystals (don't know if this increases on larger maps or not), so having more starbases means collecting more points. 1000 turns if you only have 1 crystal, 500 if you have two, 333 for three, and so on." -
Heres a possibility:
If there are 6 Ascension crystals maybe the thing reading '0 of 5 mods' represents the 5 crystals remaining. To test this threory build a base on another crystal and see if the thing then reads '1 of 5 mods' or somethimg similar.