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GEK FACTORY PUZZLES
PuzzleType: TRA_FACTORY
Alien: Warning! High temperature!
Something deep within the complex is malfunctioning. Surfaces feel hot to the touch. Hidden machinery clanks and whirrs.
A bead of sweat rolls down my forehead.
{Engage coolant chamber network}
Danger indicators plummet.
The facility springs into life.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Activate fusion dampening field}
The system no longer responds to my commands.
{Initialize laser refraction systems}
The system remains inoperable.
Alien: Mining production stalled! Low power! Uncommon isotope required!
All systems have stalled. Warning lights blink on and off.
Vaults that usually store uncommon elements mined on the planet have run low...
{Insert uncommon isotope}
The production facility becomes operational.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Insert common isotope}
Lights flicker, but my offering clearly wasn't enough.
Alien: High gas pressure! Breach detected!
The outpost is offline. My exosuit's atmospheric toxicity gauge starts to flicker.
Figures on the terminal suddenly plunge downwards. There's a leak in the system.
{Vent excess gas}
Toxicity levels stabilise.
The facility is operational.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Flush coolant chamber}
The facility remains non-operational.
{Increase system pressure}
Toxicity levels rise.
I breathe in damaging fumes.
---DAMAGESMALL---
---HAZARDSMALL---
Alien: Fusion critical! Initiate emergency radiation dampening measures!
A warning panel shows a power core overwhelmed from the inside. Strange symbols pulse urgently.
This is a nuclear system. All bad news...
{Activate radiation dampening field}
The fusion breach is contained.
Production returns to normal.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Shut the system down}
The facility powers down safely.
It releases unused resources.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
---SUBST_FUEL---
{Evacuate in panic}
There isn't time.
An instant energy overflow pulses through me.
---DAMAGESMALL---
Alien: Warning! Increase oxide delivery! Warning! Excess oxide catalyst usage creates radiation breach!
The terminal oversees element usage. I can adjust the amount of oxides pouring from resource vaults into the production systems.
Warning lights flash, and a timer ticks down...
{Maintain oxide levels}
The system ceases production.
{Increase oxide levels}
The system maintains its production.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Dramatically increase oxide levels}
The system maximises production.
A radiation breach occurs.
---DAMAGELARGE---
---RECIPE_LIST---
---USEFUL_PROD---
Alien: Warning! Magnetic coil overcharged! Production low!
I feel heavy. My multi-tool pulls me down, and my helmet forces itself into my shoulders.
It's not just me impacted. Production processes are going haywire...
{Reboot gravitational stabilisers}
Gravity momentarily destabilises.
The system remains inoperable.
{Reduce electromagnetic flow}
The facility springs back into operation.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Power down facility}
The facility powers down.
Some systems align, and residual elements become available..
---RECIPE_LIST---
Alien: Warning! Unexpected system detected! Bypass chip template detected! Gek Trade Federation informed!
The terminal isn't running proprietary code. It's possibly illegal, and emptying resource vaults of rare silicates.
I could revert the facility to its original use, but I could also see where the system hijack leads...
{Revert system}
The system reboots, and rewards me.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Insert rare silicate}
The system hijack uses my resources to create an illegal, but useful, device.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_DEC_TRA---
Alien: Friend! Know language, know commerce! Units buy knowledge! Choose Vy'keen, choose Korvax or choose a refresher in the language of the benevolent Gek!
Three vast columns of words endlessly scroll on-screen, each in a strange alphabet. Bloodied runes scratched in sand, precise sequences of dots and a hand-written font full of exclamatory punctuation.
Each comes with separate unit cost.
{Select the bloodied runes}
I learn some of the language of a distant warrior race.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
{Select the dot patterns}
I learn some of the language of a distant scientific race.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
{Select the hand-written font}
I learn how to better communicate with a local race of strange beaked traders...
---RECIPE_LIST---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
Alien: Gek Trade Federation dispatch! Planetary oxide demand high! Collection ship imminent!
My scanner picks up traces of rare elements in nearby trade vaults, but the security alert is closing them off.
The terminal is tracking an approaching trade ship. If throw some elements in before they lock, I could benefit...
{Insert rare oxide}
The trade vault closes on my offering.
A relieved beaked trader shouts its thanks through the speaker systems above the noise of the alert.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Insert rare silicate}
The trade vault slams shut.
I only receive a small payment.
---MONEY---
{Insert rare isotope}
The trade vault slams shut.
I only receive a small payment.
---MONEY---
Alien: Warning! Resource vault flooded! Production system operation forbidden!
There's been a recent fire alert. The screen is wet to the touch. Panels in the ceiling drip where a sprinkler system has been engaged.
A warning flashes on the terminal.
{Drain capacitor banks}
The system sputters a little, then dies.
{Drain resource vault}
The drained resource vault feeds rare elements into the production system.
The facility is back online.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Drain laser-assisted replication tank}
The facility remains offline.
Alien: Friend healing and repair station initializing!
A biological probe launches from the terminal and pierces my exosuit. It's pinned deep into my chest. I can barely move.
There's no indication if this is the facility's function, or a security measure.
{Escape}
I use my jetpack's propulsion to pull back and break the probe.
It contains something useful...
---RECIPE_LIST---
{Wait}
The probe pumps healing liquid into my exosuit.
I am healed, and my equipment is repaired.
---HEALTHLARGE---
---RECIPE_LIST---
Alien: Warning! Product recipe unselected! Assign recipe! Gek Trade Federation lose units!
The alarm has rebooted the facility. An automated start-up routine is running.
Three chemical symbols flash on-screen: a silicate, an isotope and an oxide. Machines around me hum as they warm up...
{Choose the isotope}
The installation start-up procedure is completed.
It rewards me with a product formula!
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Choose the oxide}
The installation start-up procedure is completed.
It rewards me with a product formula!
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Choose the silicate}
The installation start-up procedure is completed.
It rewards me with a product formula!
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
Alien: User warning! Common oxide resource vault empty! Production permanently disengaged!
The production facility is dormant, but still has enough charge to operate. The resource vaults that feed the alien machinery are empty.
I need to act quickly, but the element I need isn't immediately clear...
{Insert common isotope}
The isotope is drawn into the production chamber.
It makes no impact.
{Insert common silicate}
The silicate is drawn into the production chamber.
It makes no impact.
{Insert common oxide}
The oxide is drawn into the production chamber.
Production is renewed. The facility awakes.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
Alien: Alert! Alert! Liquid frenium leak! Charge cylinders frozen! Increase temperature!
An unknown fault has forced the whole system offline. I exhale deeply and notice condensation appearing in my visor.
It isn't long before the security alert will force a total shutdown.
{Activate incineration banks}
Warmth spreads through the facility.
Systems return online.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Supercharge coolant flow}
Systems remain frozen.
The air takes on an icy chill.
{Initialise charge cylinder sequence}
The noise of muffled explosions can be heard beneath my feet.
Alien: Electrolyte acidity test positive! Acidity slug detected! Release alkaline neutrality fluid into solution tank!
A recent scan shows a small alien lifeform crushed in the machinery below. Equipment all round it has corroded.
The impact has been near-catastrophic. Emergency measures have initialised.
{Neutralise electrolyte solution}
The acidic taste in the air subsides.
The installation is operational.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Acidify heridium tanks}
A complete system shutdown is initiated.
{Release suspension fluid}
A frenzied chemical reaction can be heard somewhere beneath my feet.
A complete shutdown is initialised.
Alien: Resource vault fire detected! Element stockpile destroyed!
Something, somewhere in the facility is on fire. A faint smoke begins to rise, and my scanner registers a steadily increasing temperature.
Whatever product is created here won't last long...
{Starve production chamber of oxygen}
The facility will require extensive repair work.
{Starve resource vaults of oxygen}
Flames lick the edges of the resource vault, before automated systems initiate.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Initialise facility sprinkler system}
The facility sprinkler system briefly operates.
It has no impact on the internal fire.
Alien: Entity! Geological scan in progress! Medial strata mined. Uncommon isotope required to recall. Danger! Rare isotope overcharges!
A geological probe is buried deep below the installation. If I'm quick, I can call it back up to the surface - along with its cargo.
Resource vaults are empty. I need an isotope with the right amount of power...
{Insert common isotope}
A deep, distant noise of thunder is heard.
The process does not have enough power to bring the probe to the surface.
{Insert uncommon isotope}
The noise of underground thunder shakes the facility.
A mechanical procedure deposits a reward into my waiting hands.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Insert rare isotope}
The probe's return mechanism is overpowered.
It collides with the gravitational well. Nothing can be salvaged.
Alien: SENSORS REPORT INORGANIC BLOCKAGE IN SECTOR 9A
The factory recycles bundles of clothing and other materials harvested throughout the galaxy, spitting out new items for Gek exosuits.
Amidst the detritus of the production line, the body of a Korvax scientist appears to drift, their lights disabled, their limbs completely motionless.
The factory's systems allow outbound communication. Numerous options are available.
{Report to Vy'keen}
I report what I have seen to the Vy'keen. The warriors are outraged, claiming that the Gek have returned to their genocidal ways.
They promise to dispatch warships at once.
---STD_INC_WAR---
---STD_DEC_TRA---
{Report to Gek}
I report what I have seen to the Gek. They claim that this is a terrible mistake, and that the perpetrators will of course be punished.
They send through a generous reward for my altruism and my silence.
---MONEY---
{Report to Korvax}
I report what I have seen to the Korvax. They tell me that the carapace in question is empty, its soul returned to their Convergence.
They will dispatch a ship to bring the body home, claiming that it is of sentimental value to its previous owner. They thank me.
---STD_INC_EXP---
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#34
Alien: Interloper! Vent energy! Increase production at once!
The factory produces components for starships, fabricating them from the resources available on this world.
This installation creates parts for Vy'keen fighters. Whilst Vy'keen buildings are heavily fortified to withstand bombardment, their starcraft prioritise the speed and flexibility required for their hunts.
A video feed on the terminal shows a warning, a warrior shaking their hands wildly at a camera deep within the factory's heart.
{Increase production speed}
I increase the production speed.
A message informs me that heat levels are now back within normal limits, the extra energy dissipating within the factory's depths.
The warrior rewards me with a gift, thanking me for saving their life.
---TECH_ALL---
{Decrease production speed}
I decrease the production speed.
The warrior begins to panic, screaming as their whole body is burned by the rising heat of the overactive factory.
The video cuts off, and the factory's processes slowly grind to a halt.
{Wave your hands back}
I wave my hands back at the warrior.
The warrior begins to panic, screaming as their body is burned by the rising heat of the overactive factory.
The video cuts off, the smell of smoke starting to drift through the air. I should depart.
#35
Alien: PRODUCTION HALTED: IMMOBILE ORGANIC MATTER IN PIPE 17
The factory produces bladed weapons, free from any energy-based component at all.
The manifest suggests they are destined for ceremonial usage within the Vy'keen fleet, a reminder that the greatest death arrives when you stare your opponent in the eyes, free from technology, face to face in final combat...
Something has gone wrong. Production is blocked by foreign material.
{Disable production line}
I initiate a shutdown of the production line, allowing a creature to wriggle free from its machinery. The automated factory system offers me a reward.
---MONEY---
{Purge biological matter}
I initiate purge of biological matter in the factory below. The terminal confirms the death of an unknown creature. The automated factory system offers me a reward.
---STD_INC_WAR---
{Take technology}
Ignoring the production line, I focus on the technology behind the system. I harvest several nanite clusters from the machine.
---TECHFRAG_S---
#36
Alien: Do not drink the water... warriors lost... Grah! This was preventable, this -
The factory appears to have ceased production long ago, its systems derelict and unused.
Yet the sigil of the Vy'keen still occupies these terminals, blinking away, awaiting input. An audio log plays on loop.
{Attempt factory reset}
I attempt to reset the factory's systems. Nanite Clusters come pooling forth from the factory's innards. I take some with me.
---TECHFRAG_L---
{Alert Vy'keen authorities}
I alert the Vy'keen authorities to the loss of their factory. An inquisitorial team is dispatched to this world and I am rewarded for my trouble.
---STD_INC_WAR---
{Take technology}
I attempt to extract blueprints from the factory's systems, succeeding in gaining a new technology.
---TECH_ALL---
#21
Alien: // SPACE // WARP // LARGE //
The alert has obscured the information on the primary terminal. I can only make out a few words.
If I can work out what was being worked on here, I can restart the workflow – and restore operations.
{Drop pod}
I fail to access the resident warrior's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
{Starship}
I fail to access the resident warrior's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
{Freighter}
The resident warrior's workflow is restored.
The system comes back online.
---TECH_SHIP---
---STD_INC_WAR---
#24
Alien: POWER REPORT. Electromagnetic coil: charge falling. Power core: acceptable boundaries. Primary motherboard: levels high.
The facility's production harvest is underway. I can speed up systems by boosting some of the machinery operating below me.
What appears to be a power management screen is open on the terminal...
{Boost power core}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Boost primary motherboard}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Boost electromagnetic coil}
I retrieve a formula from the operational facility.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_WAR---
#14
Alien: Grah! Education blob! Greetings Vy'keen cub! Insert units for education!
An animated gilled blob is on-screen waving a gun. It talks in the language of the warriors, but brightly and happily.
It springs happily between bloodied runes, then asks for a donation of units.
{Insert units}
The educational program teaches me some of the language of the warriors!
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
{Insert units}
The educational program teaches me some of the language of the warriors!
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
{Walk away}
The animated blob senses my withdrawal from the terminal.
It has been programmed to start crying at this point.
#22
Alien: // OFFENSIVE // WEAPON // STARSHIP //
Interference from the security alert has turned the screen to static. I can hardly make out anything beyond a few words.
If I work out which workflow has been scrambled I can restore systems...
{Boltcaster}
I fail to access the resident warrior's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
{Photon Cannon}
The resident warrior's workflow is restored.
The system comes back online.
---TECH_SHIP---
---STD_INC_WAR---
{Mining Laser}
I fail to access the resident warrior's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
#25
Alien: SUBSIDIARY SYSTEMS. Temporal capacitor: operational. Central AI core: operational. Gravitational stabilisers: unscheduled drain, disconnection advised.
The security alarm hasn't impacted production. Below my feet unseen equipment prepares the mineral harvest.
I can speed up the process by eliminating unnecessary systems. The on-screen automated report will help...
{Remove temporal capacitor}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Remove central AI core}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Remove gravitational stabilisers}
The facility production rate is increased.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_WAR---
#15
Alien: Interloper electrification initializing! Punishment commencing!
A biological probe antenna launches from the terminal and fuses with my exosuit. I can't move.
There's no way to tell if this is a normal function, or a security measure.
{Escape}
I use my jetpack's propulsion to break the probe.
It contains something useful...
---RECIPE_LIST---
{Wait}
The probe becomes electrified.
The smell of burnt flesh spreads up into my visor.
---DAMAGESMALL---
#26
Alien: LASER SYSTEMS REPORT. Refraction systems: full efficiency. Laser assisted replication tank: full efficiency. Beam integrity systems: poor efficiency and performance. Engineer alerted.
An automated report finished just before my incursion. As it did so, laser beams in resource vaults dimmed.
I can find a way to tweak this system, and to speed up the production cycle...
{Reconfigure laser refraction}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Reconfigure laser-assisted replication}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Reconfigure laser beam integrity}
I retrieve a formula from the operational facility.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_WAR---
#23
Alien: // ENEMY // PATHETIC // BEAK // DOOMED // TRADER //
The screen is a jumble of words, few of which aren't drowned in static.
The on-screen workflow is scrambled. If I can identify it, I can bring it back online...
{Gek}
The resident warrior's workflow is restored.
The system comes back online.
---TECH_WEAPON---
---STD_INC_WAR---
{Sentinels}
I fail to access the resident warrior's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
{Atlas}
I fail to access the resident warrior's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
#18
Alien: Grah! Pathetic interloper! Honourable warning: cut red wire? Certain death!
A warrior has booby-trapped the terminal. The security alert has triggered the timer on an explosive charge. There are two wires exposed.
The warrior has left a note. Only seconds remain...
{Cut red wire}
The explosion takes the terminal out of action, and almost me with it.
---DAMAGESMALL---
{Cut blue wire}
The bomb is defused.
Operations are restored.
---TECH_ALL---
---RECIPE_LIST---
{Move back}
I move away just in time.
The terminal is damaged and inoperable.
#27
Alien: GAS INTEGRITY REPORT. Distribution network: full efficiency. Storage tank: breach detected. Pressure valves: operational.
The noise of gas being flushed through systems beneath my feet can be heard over the noise of the alert. An automated report flashes onto the terminal.
I can use it to boost production speed, and hopefully maintain it.
{Rebalance distribution network}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Rebalance storage tank}
I retrieve a formula from the operational facility.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_WAR---
{Rebalance pressure valves}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
#28
Alien: COOLANT OVERVIEW. Coolant chamber: full. Coolant pump hydraulics: operational. Coolant network: suspected blockage, reduced operations. Engineer notified.
A faint chill can be felt while the security alert sounds. Coolant pipes are flushed, and an automated report appears on-screen.
I can use its findings to boost the production cycle, and maybe maintain it.
{Repair coolant chamber}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Repair coolant pump}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Repair coolant network}
I retrieve a formula from the operational facility.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_WAR---
#12
Alien: Pathetic warrior learn Vy'keen language! Pass test or encounter fighting pits! ERROR ERROR INSERT SILICATE ERROR ERROR MALFUNCTION
The warrior stationed here has abandoned its training. A vast amount of data still flows through the circuitry.
The terminal is asking for a particular variety of common element.
{Insert oxide element}
The comprehension test powers down.
It has been failed.
{Insert isotope element}
The comprehension test has been failed.
{Insert silicate element}
I pass the comprehension test, and am rewarded with words of unknown cultures.
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
---RECIPE_LIST---
#13
Alien: Grah! Bountiful Sentinel hunt! Initiate rare silicate extraction!
Sentinel components are being fed into the production machinery from resource vaults.
The terminal needs instructions on what it should extract.
{Initiate oxide extraction}
I hear the robots being crushed and incinerated.
Nothing is extracted.
{Initiate isotope extraction}
I hear the robots being crushed and incinerated.
Nothing is extracted.
{Initiate silicate extraction}
I hear the robots being crushed and incinerated.
A rich reward is extracted.
---USEFUL_PROD---
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_WAR---
#16
Alien: Grah! Gek war preparation disrupted! Ammunition production stalled! Common isotope required!
The alarm hasn't disrupted the factory's production line. Resources are being drawn from the vaults below me, but they have run dry.
I could obtain whatever the mechanisms are creating with the right element...
{Insert common isotope}
The war factory's work is allowed to continue.
I reap my reward.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_WAR---
{Insert common silicate}
I hear the sound of the manufacturing process imploding with my contribution.
The war factory grinds to a halt.
{Insert common oxide}
I hear the sound of the manufacturing process imploding with my contribution.
The war factory grinds to a halt.
#17
Alien: Gek war approaches! Scarce elements required! High Command demand rare oxide! Contribute warrior!
Elements are being stockpiled. Storage vaults have been filled by local warriors.
There's still space for an oxide, but my scanner can't tell which one...
{Insert common oxide}
An automated bark of confusion is played.
My contribution goes unrewarded.
{Insert uncommon oxide}
An automated bark of confusion is played.
My contribution goes unrewarded.
{Insert rare oxide}
An automated bark of thanks is played.
I receive a reward.
---USEFUL_PROD---
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_WAR---
#19
Alien: Security scan initializing! Motion detection cameras operational!
A secondary security sweep is underway. Scanners emerge from the ceiling and start to pan towards where I stand.
If they detect me the facility will go into a full lockdown...
{Move to hiding spot}
The scanners detect me ducking down to hide.
The facility becomes offline.
{Stand still}
The scanners pass over me. Their sweep concludes.
The installation remains operational.
---RECIPE_LIST---
#29
Alien: Help... us. Harvested... get out...
The terminal reveals that this installation produces enzymes and fluids required for Vy'keen tattoos. It is unclear how the pigment is generated. There is no record of any inbound supplies of ink or fluid. Various aliens have arrived, but there is neither evidence of their presense nor their departure.
Then I hear it. Through the hum of the factory, a strange beating in the walls, whispers from unknown voices... The terminal awaits input.
{Request battle tattoo}
The machine attempts to brand me with tattoo fluid, but it does not appear to have been intended for my unique physiology.
I leave, burned and damaged.
---DAMAGESMALL---
{Disable power}
I disable the power. The screen shows multiple life signs within the facility, a hundred or more souls that soon begin to flatline.
It feels like mercy. The production line ceases, half-converted blood spilling out from various tubes.
---STD_INC_WAR---
{Steal technology}
I move through their computers looking for data to harvest. I discover a blueprint for an unknown technology.
As I extract it, something begins to smash against one of the inner walls. I should leave.
---STD_DEC_WAR---
---TECH_ALL---
#30
Alien: Universe real. We are real. All who oppose this truth shall be struck down, grah! So speaks Hirk Sentinelbane, Abyss Keeper and Lord of Final Monolith...
Though the surroundings seem familiar, the video feed shows a Vy'keen assembly line unlike any other I have seen. Reams of paper are pouring from chattering presses, etched with the bloody runes of the Vy'keen.
{Shut down production}
I shut down production. There cannot be many Vy'keen printing presses in the galaxy, and now there is one fewer.
Amidst the detritus of the factory, I find some discarded technology. Perhaps it will be of use.
---TECH_ALL---
{Report to Vy'keen authorities}
I report the factory's existence to the Vy'keen authorities. They claim I have committed blasphemy, threatening to hunt me down. They issue an electric shock through the terminal.
---STD_DEC_WAR---
---DAMAGESMALL---
{Steal technology}
I attempt to steal technology, but the factory's automated defense systems blast a bolt of energy at my suit instead. Whatever is here, it is not worth the trouble.
---DAMAGESMALL---
#31
Alien: UPLINK ONLINE : ALL LIFESIGNS POSITIVE : ENZYME PRODUCTION 100%
The screen displays the dead heart of a warrior. Thousands like it are available in the archives of this place, starved of power for a long time.
The log shows that the hearts mutinied. They would no longer allow their battle enzyme to be used for the good of High Command. They wanted the death that had been promised.
This system has been set up to deceive the authorities. Vy'keen High Command believes this installation to still be active, full of harvested bodies compliantly producing enzymes.
{Alert authorities}
I alert the authorities. The Vy'keen are glad of my assistance, claiming they will now commit appropriate acts of retribution and justice for these crimes.
---STD_INC_WAR---
{Reactivate system}
I reactivate the system, but nothing happens. Death is death.
{Steal technology}
I try to steal technology from the terminal. I gain nanite clusters.
---TECHFRAG_S---
#32
Alien: Grah! Sentinel trophy rises - should have killed it - run - no honour in -
The terminal shows numerous attempted Sentinel incursions.
Each time the Sentinels sent drones, they attempted to scan the building for entry points rather than engage in a display of brute force. For a while, they just hovered by a specific point on the outside wall.
That was months ago. This location now shows a breach, venting the factory's life support systems. The final audio log of the factory's overseer plays.
{Alert authorities}
I alert the Vy'keen authorities to the loss of their factory. A Sentinel hunt is dispatched to this world. I am rewarded for my trouble.
---C_VYKEENEFFIGY---
{Scan for Sentinels}
I scan for Sentinels but find nothing. Whatever was here is long gone.
{Attempt repair}
I attempt to repair the breach in life support, but the system rebels and I end up receiving damage instead. I should leave. There is nothing for me here.
---DAMAGESMALL---
#33
Alien: UNREGISTERED USER : DEPLOYING GRAHGRAH FROM EMERGENCY SUPPLY
As I approach the terminal, the air grows thick with an unknown gas.
My breathing becomes rapid, my chest appearing to swell with an unknown energy. The terminal identifies the substance as Grahgrah. I feel as if I could scream...
{Scream}
I scream, not a cry of fear but a shout of battle. Gas levels begin to decrease but, nevertheless, those who created this factory observed my response.
Amused, they reward me using the terminal.
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
---STD_INC_WAR---
{Fight against the impulse}
I fight against the impulse to scream, holding my breath and attempting to accelerate my suit's hazard protection.
As I struggle, the gas levels decrease. The terminal registers a disappointment from those who created this factory.
---STD_DEC_WAR---
{Smash the terminal}
I smash the terminal, causing the concentration of gas to rise and rise.
Eventually, the scream emerges uncontrollably, tearing my vocal chords as it does. The gas begins to dissipate, and all I am left with is pain and battlelust.
---DAMAGELARGE---
VY'KEEN FACTORY PUZZLES
PuzzleType: WAR_FACTORY #1 Alien: Suspicious interloper visual detection system initiated! The alarm has locked the terminal. Security scanners appear and slowly turn towards me. A message displays itself letter-by-letter on the terminal. {Cut the camera feed} The security alert does not trace me. The facility becomes operational. ---RECIPE_LIST--- ---STD_INC_WAR--- {Cut the alarm} The alarm continues to sound. The facility remains offline. {Cut heat sensors} The alarm continues to sound. The facility remains offline. #2 Alien: Vy'keen voice security scan initializing... The terminal is only intended for use by a certain species. A flap flicks open and a microphone emerges. A distant voice shouts 'Grah!'. I am expected to respond. {Bark 'Grah!'} The terminal releases some products. My subterfuge is rewarded. ---RECIPE_LIST--- ---STD_INC_WAR--- {Say everything's fine} I explain there was a slight weapons malfunction, but everything's perfectly alright now. A powerful electric current pulses through my body. ---DAMAGESMALL--- ---STD_DEC_WAR--- {Apologise} I hear a gruff noise of acceptance. ---RECIPE_LIST--- #3 Alien: Intruder detected! Respiration gas concentration high! Enemy respiration!! A laser scan refracts through my visor, then another traces the air around my breathing exhaust. My gas concentration levels don't match the warrior standard. {Use exosuit to decrease gas concentration} I feel nauseous. Nothing happens. {Use exosuit to increase gas concentration} I feel dizzy, but the system is online. ---RECIPE_LIST--- ---STD_INC_WAR--- #4 Alien: Security alert! Pathetic interloper destroyed war factory entrance door! Sentinels absent! Two holographic security circuit images are on-screen. An open metal doorway, and the facility's Sentinel detection system. I can cut one off to reduce the alert. I need to act quickly {Cut doorway alert} The facility becomes operational. ---RECIPE_LIST--- ---STD_INC_WAR--- {Cut sentinel intrusion alert} The terminal initiates an emergency shutdown. #5 Alien: Vy'keen security system alert! Pressure pad enemy detection confirmed! Too heavy! The floor feels unsteady, and something clicks beneath my feet. The screen locks. Systems are aware I'm not the lifeform that usually operates here... {Use jetpack to hover} The pressure pad has no weight to report. The terminal remains inoperative. {Reduce weight} I briefly set my heavy multi-tool aside. The facility becomes operational. ---RECIPE_LIST--- ---STD_INC_WAR--- {Stand on one leg} Warrior laughter emanates from nearby speakers. The terminal remains powered down. ---STD_INC_WAR--- #6 Alien: Intruder alert! Commence detonation sequence! Isotope fuel flow initiated! My presence has triggered a security alert. I hear elements being drawn from the two open vaults below me. On-screen: a clear countdown. An intense exothermic elemental reaction is being charged. It's a trap. {Remove Isotope element} Disaster is averted. The factory restarts operations. ---SUBST_FUEL--- ---STD_INC_WAR--- {Remove Oxide element} I remove the catalyst. A minor explosion scorches my arm, before facility operations resume. ---SUBST_COMMOD--- {Wait} A blast of flame coats me from below. The facility remains non-operational. ---STD_DEC_TRA--- ---DAMAGESMALL--- #20 Alien: Intruder alert! Battle enzyme production halted! Electrical charge removed from body harvest circuit! A warrior's heart is on-screen. It is connected to wires and artificial valves. It pumps a biological liquid through harvested organs deep within the facility. Its beat is irregular. It has been compromised by the security alert. {Increase electrical flow} The heart's beat is maintained. Its strange existence continues. The facility remains online. ---RECIPE_LIST--- ---STD_INC_WAR--- {Initiate adrenalin flux} The heart beats faster, but then suddenly beats no more. The terminal dies with it. {Power down systems} The terminal goes offline. The body organs that relied on its processes are starved of oxygen, and die. #7 Alien: Intruder alert! Incinerating trading vault: empty. Incinerating power vault: fuel. Incinerating storage vault: multi-tool. Security procedures are incinerating the content of all the vaults in the facility. Power surges are igniting them one-by-one. I can isolate one vault from the destruction but I can't see inside... {Isolate trading vault} The trading vault is empty. The surrounding vaults are incinerated. {Isolate power vault} I salvage something useful from the power vault. ---RECIPE_LIST--- ---USEFUL_PROD--- {Isolate storage vault} I salvage something very useful from the storage vault. ---WEAPON--- #8 Alien: Security breach! Military action unstoppable! Vy'keen High Command vessel coordinate upload imminent! A transmission is firing on emergency frequencies. A ship is in orbit trying to determine the facility's location. It's preparing weapon systems. I don't have long to act. {Cut security alert transmission} A disruption bolt strikes the roof of the facility. It is rendered inoperable. ---DAMAGESMALL--- {Change stored coordinates} I hear a distant explosion and the screams of burning animals. The facility's processes return to normal. ---RECIPE_LIST--- {Wait} A disruption bolt strikes the roof of the facility. It is rendered inoperable. ---DAMAGESMALL--- #9 Alien: Interloper detection! Heat detection systems confirm report! High temperature intruder! Security scanners click and whirr as they focus. My bright red image is on-screen. Black lines that match the position of my exosuit's coolant mesh are clearly visible. {Increase coolant flow} My image disappears from the screen. I extract my reward from the facility. ---RECIPE_LIST--- {Decrease coolant flow} The image suddenly blooms bright red. The terminal becomes entirely inoperable.
#20
Alien: Danger! Excess power! Decrease energy use immediately! Delivery at maximum!
Systems are super-charged despite the security alert. Equipment beneath my feet buzzes and whirrs with a high intensity.
Suddenly, I detect the smell of burning. A warning appears.
{Reduce power delivery levels}
Power delivery is reduced across the board.
The installation returns to acceptable activity levels.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Increase fan power delivery}
The added strain on power delivery leads to a small internal fire.
Systems are now offline.
{Increase coolant power delivery}
The added strain on power delivery leads to a small internal fire.
Systems are now offline.
#22
Alien: Databank back-up process stalled. Common silicate required to finish process.
The alarm has triggered the instant incineration the elements used here. The process they were being used for, however, is still online.
My scanner is picking up traces of silicates, but there's no indication of which ones.
{Insert common silicate}
The facility uses my element, and feeds it back to me in a new form.
---RECIPE_LIST---
{Insert uncommon silicate}
The facility takes in my element, before the resource vaults judder and spark.
The system becomes non-operational.
{Insert rare silicate}
The facility takes in my element, before the resource vaults judder and spark.
The system becomes non-operational.
#30
Alien: Warped flesh with metal, saw the truth - the truth - the -
The terminal shows numerous schematics relating to the technology of Sentinel drones and walkers.
The creators of this facility appear to have been particularly interested in something called a Vortex Cube. They were attempting to replicate its design.
Sensors in the bowels of the factory show strange signs. Something still shakes down there in the darkness, something neither alive nor truly dead...
{Purge depths}
I use the factory's purge protocol to release a gas into the factory's depths, apparently causing the hidden creature to lie motionless.
I take what technology I can find and leave. No good can come of remaining here.
---TECHFRAG_M---
{Take Vortex Cube}
I take a Vortex Cube and leave. No good can come of remaining here.
---R_CAVECUBE---
{Scan for Sentinels}
I initiate a scan for Sentinels. The result is incorrect... it must be. According to this scan, they are all around me, watching me even as I stand here.
I take what technology I can find and leave. No good can come of remaining here.
---TECH_ALL---
#31
Alien: Where is entity?! Transfer failure / non-existence / terminate! Transfer, transfer!
The factory appears to produce replacement parts for the exosuits of the alien Korvax, spitting out face mask after face mask, arms, datapads, even feet.
As I witness the production line on the terminal, one of the disembodied masks begins to scream.
The terminal awaits input, a timer informing me that a ship will be on its way quite soon.
{Reassure the mask}
I reassure the mask, telling it that a ship is on its way. I show the mask its surroundings, transmitting audiovisual data on the entire complex.
The mask appears to calm a little, but still it shakes with a deep and abiding terror. It awaits rescue.
{Report system malfunction}
I report a system malfunction, causing the mask to immediately grow still, purged of its individuality.
---R_CURIO7---
{Cease production}
I initiate a shut-down of all production, causing the conveyor belt to cease movement. But soon, something else happens.
The various other limbs on the production line begin to shift, moving towards the mask as if to assemble themselves into a bipedal figure.
But they just flail past one another, some of them falling to the floor, others beginning to spark energy. They merely possess the illusion of life, nothing more.
#32
Alien: MONITOR SYSTEM NORMAL... ALL LIFEFORMS WITHIN OPERATING PARAMETERS
The terminal shows a variety of motionless lifeforms standing in colossal rows in the darkness beneath the factory.
They look like Gek and Vy'keen, unblinking, apparently unaware of where they are.
{Initialise system}
I initialise the system, causing the lifeforms below to wake up. They lurch forward, their heads slowly turning towards the camera. They reward me for my assistance in their awakening.
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Report to Gek}
I report the factory's existence to the Gek authorities. They respond with anger and fear, claiming that this complex and others like it produce 'SynthetiGek', artificial versions of the Gek for espionage and infiltration. They reward me for my assistance.
---STD_DEC_EXP---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Report to Vy'keen}
I report the factory's existence to the Vy'keen authorities. They respond with confusion, promising to send starships to uncover the factory's purpose.
---STD_DEC_EXP---
---STD_INC_WAR---
#33
Alien: Echoes fade. Origin remains. Start of time, Korvax will persist... Even in face of end. Even before abyss.
The factory is unlike the other Korvax facilities I have seen. It does not appear to produce machines or files, but strange reams of a plastic substance, covered in precise sequences of dots.
It looks like writing, but what use would the Korvax have for such primitive communication?
{Shut down production}
The dots on the plastic rolls appear to move as I look at them. No good will come of this place. I shut down production.
Amidst the detritus of the factory, I find some discarded technology. Perhaps it will be of use.
---TECHFRAG_M---
{Report to Korvax authorities}
I report the factory's existence to the Korvax authorities. They claim that the installation was not for me to see, paying me dearly for my silence.
---MONEY---
{Steal technology}
I attempt to steal technology, but the factory's automated defense systems blast a bolt of energy at my suit instead. Whatever is here, it is not worth the trouble.
---DAMAGESMALL---
#34
Alien: Trapped in system... please, help me...
The factory stands vacant, producing nothing. The production lines have long since ceased, and though the alarm sounds, it is unclear why.
A voice calls out, sad, alone.
{Start production}
I start the production line once more, restarting the assembly of what appears to be Korvax body parts.
After a short time, enough parts have been assembled for a lifeform to rise and thank me profusely for its rescue. I am rewarded for my efforts.
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Wipe system}
I wipe the system. The error is fixed.
{Alert Korvax authorities}
I alert the Korvax authorities to their faulty factory. They dispatch a science team to examine the anomaly, thanking me for my trouble.
---STD_INC_EXP---
#35
Alien: TRANSFER IN PROCESS: 38% PROGRESS. SEE MORE DETAIL?
The factory produces components for starships, fabricating them using the resources available on this world.
This installation creates parts for Korvax exploration vessels. They are asymmetrical, prioritising verticality and function far more than the worldview of any organic organism would allow.
When I examine the terminal more closely I see a transfer in progress. Data leaps from ship to ship, altering blueprints as it goes.
{Disable process}
I disable the process. The factory abruptly grinds to a halt for a few moments before the process begins anew.
The machine fires a bolt of energy at me when I try to interact again. The console communicates in broken speech, telling me that these ships are not tools to be turned on and off.
The console tells me that Korvax ships are living bodies, just like Korvax bipeds... all contain the souls of the scientist race.
---DAMAGESMALL---
{Attempt download}
I attempt to download the data. As I do, a sound emerges from the console, from the walls, from every component in this entire installation...
It is the sound of screaming. The data is mine. I receive nanite clusters to form as I desire.
---TECHFRAG_M---
{Wait and watch}
I wait and watch the console.
After a few minutes, the process is complete. I see it then, clear upon the screen: each Korvax starcraft is alive.
Each of their ships has a soul, no different from the bipedal bodies in which they normally stand. I have witnessed the birth of new entities.
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
#24
Alien: // TOXIC // ATMOSPHERIC // INVISIBLE//
An automatic process has scrambled the output of the terminal. I can make out a few words, but the rest is lost in static.
They could lead me to the overseer's workflow, and bringing the facility back online.
{Gas}
The electronic overseer's workflow is restored.
The system comes back online.
---TECH_SUIT---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Shield}
I fail to access the electronic overseer's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
{Exosuit}
I fail to access the electronic overseer's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
#14
Alien: Warning! Temporal capacitor disengaged! Production time loop detected!
I rapidly flick through alien warnings to discover what's brought the facility offline. All too late, I realise I'm doing the exact same thing again. And again.
I've done this before. Many times.
{Recharge flux crystals}
I loop in time for several days.
An automated process eventually rescues me.
{Engage temporal capacitor}
The temporal capacitor ends the time loop.
The facility resumes operations.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Reset clock}
I loop in time for several days.
An automated process eventually rescues me.
#25
Alien: // HIGH // ORBITAL // TECHNOLOGICAL //
My intrusion has led to the work underway on the primary terminal being scrambled. It's a jumble of words.
Using what's visible I can reboot the overseer's workflow, and get systems online.
{Satellites}
The electronic overseer's workflow is restored.
The system comes back online.
---TECH_SHIP---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Asteroids}
I fail to access the electronic overseer's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
#6
Alien: Korvax research log. Primary entity: product recipe research. Secondary entity: technological blueprint reconstruction.
Two electronic lifeforms are registered on this terminal.
The primary entity's work is full of complicated chemical symbols, the secondary entity focuses on diagrams of electronic circuitry.
{Login as Primary Entity}
The primary entity's workflow procedure provides some useful knowledge.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Login as Secondary Entity}
The secondary entity's workflow procedure provides a technology blueprint.
---TECH_ALL---
---STD_INC_EXP---
#11
Alien: Eheu Entity! Vital words accidentally corrupted? Pay units to relearn!
A wired metal dart springs from a panel and slams through my visor. It pierces the skin on my forehead, and I feel a faint electrical current.
Whether ransom, paid service or security device - the terminal seems to want payment...
{Insert units}
I learn more of the binary language of the electronic lifeforms.
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
{Insert units}
I learn a little of the binary language of the electronic lifeforms.
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
{Remove dart}
I remove the dart.
The terminal's processes conclude.
---SUBST_TECH---
#26
Alien: // CRIMINAL // STARSHIPS // CONTRABAND //
The security alert that's firing is jamming the terminal. Static covers most of the screen, obscuring nearly all relevant information.
The words left unobscured could lead me to the outpost's current research focus...
{Pirates}
The electronic overseer's workflow is restored.
The system comes back online.
---TECH_SHIP---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Traders}
I fail to access the electronic overseer's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
{Orbital station}
I fail to access the electronic overseer's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
#2
Alien: Warning. Calm, entity! Contact Convergence technology entity for help
The primary terminal is non-responsive, but comms seem open.
I can open up conversation with whoever - or whatever - installed it.
{Request remote help}
The bright lights of an electronic lifeform appear on a nearby screen. It chitters brightly.
I receive a reward for my report.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Hard reset the system}
The facility becomes entirely unresponsive.
#17
Alien: Warning! Vy'keen vessel transmission detected. Data upload to starship.
The installation has been hacked. A coded transmission has breached security and is stealing data.
Two wavelengths are open. One from this planet's surface, and the other from high above.
{Block planetary signal}
The coded transmission takes full control.
The terminal powers down.
{Block orbital signal}
The coded transmission is blocked.
The facility returns to an operational status.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Report intrusion}
The transmission is blocked.
I receive a note of thanks from the facility overseer.
---TECH_ALL---
---USEFUL_PROD---
---STD_INC_EXP---
#23
Alien: Help! Feed me silicates! With silicates I escape! Combine with technological Korvax Entity! Escape!
The terminal talks to me. A basic AI program rapidly spells out words in the language of the electronic lifeforms.
At my feet, a resource vault hatch falls open.
{Insert common isotope}
The AI program is unaffected.
It powers down the terminal
{Insert common silicate}
The AI program escapes the terminal.
Systems become operational.
---TECH_ALL---
---STD_DEC_EXP---
{Insert common oxide}
The AI program is unaffected.
It powers down the terminal
#27
Alien: // WORSHIP // PRAISE // RED // ORB // JOURNEY // STARSHIP // ATLAS //
The security breach has obscured the screen with a glowing red orb. Few readable words remain.
Working out what the overseer was studying here would reestablish its workflow...
{The Atlas}
The facility pulses red. I am energised. I am thanked.
I am complete.
---TECH_ALL---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{The Foretold}
The facility pulses red. I am energised. I am thanked.
I am complete.
---TECH_ALL---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{The Traveller}
The facility pulses red. I am energised. I am thanked.
I am complete.
---TECH_ALL---
---STD_INC_EXP---
KORVAX FACTORY PUZZLES
PuzzleType: EXP_FACTORY
#1
Alien: Initialize reboot? Data loss probability warning.
The screen is full of product formulas, but the system is crashing.
An error message appears alongside a countdown timer.
{Save data}
I save the data before a system reboot.
The terminal restores instantly. I am rewarded.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Wait}
The system reboots instantly with a blank screen.
All data has been lost.
#3
Alien: Save failed! Tech blueprint data corrupted! Reconstruction probability: high
A fragmented file has frozen systems. The machine is stuck in a loop trying to open it.
Its deletion could free up the outpost, but the file would be lost forever.
{Attempt file reconstruction}
The file manages to reconstruct!
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Delete file}
The research system silently resumes its work.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
#4
Alien: Virus detection warning! File extracting valuable data!
An unknown program has hijacked the terminal. It looks... more alien than expected.
The code is enmeshed with vital research drives. I can quarantine it before damage is done.
{Quarantine unknown process}
The virus is removed.
The facility's overseers are relieved.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Allow unknown process}
The virus extracts a useful reward.
It's shared with me.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_DEC_EXP---
#21
Alien: Unexpected biological blockage detected. Power delivery network disruption!
A small creature is scrambling through the wiring below me, woken by the security alert. Its choice of nesting location was unwise...
I can't regain control until it has been removed from the system.
{Initiate power surge}
A smell of roasted meat wafts up from the systems below.
The system is back online.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Flush production network}
The creature makes its escape, but its nest remains.
The facility remains offline.
{Leave creature alone}
The creature appears at my feet.
It squeaks, and gives me units as a token of its thanks.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---MONEY---
#28
Alien: Education Blob fun! Common silicate: Korvax language back-up! Common oxide: non-intelligent Gek! Common isotope: non-intelligent Vy'keen!
An enthusiastic gilled blob is on-screen wearing a mask with a central coloured light. It energetically jetpacks around an alien alphabet.
The blob makes a demand. Common element trade vaults open.
{Insert common isotope}
The delighted Education Blob teaches me some of the language of the traders.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
{Insert common silicate}
The delighted Education Blob teaches me some of the language of the electronic lifeforms.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
{Insert common oxide}
The delighted Education Blob teaches me some of the language of the warriors.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
#5
Alien: Warning! Interruption forbidden! Sentinel scan ending soon! Control returning to overseer imminently!
The outpost's sole focus is a complex planetary scan. Every single facility system has been directed into its completion.
Intriguing storage vaults are at my feet, but are locked.
{Cancel planetary scan}
All scan data is lost.
The installation is shut down remotely.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_DEC_EXP---
{Leave planetary scan running}
The planetary scan unexpectedly concludes.
Storage vaults open.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
#7
Alien: Entity! Geological scan in progress! Medial strata mined. Uncommon isotope required to recall. Danger! Rare isotope overcharges!
A geological probe is buried deep below the installation. If I'm quick, I can call it back up to the surface - along with its cargo.
Resource vaults are empty. I need an isotope with the right amount of power...
{Insert common isotope}
A deep, distant noise of thunder is heard.
The process does not have enough power to bring the probe to the surface.
{Insert uncommon isotope}
The noise of underground thunder shakes the facility.
A mechanical procedure deposits a reward into my waiting hands.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Insert rare isotope}
The probe's return mechanism is overpowered.
It collides with the gravitational well. Nothing can be salvaged.
#8
Alien: Eheu. Korvax Entity experiment failure. Product becomes common element. Clarify experiment!
A valuable product is being scanned. An imminent procedure will see it consumed, and perhaps transformed.
I only have seconds to decide whether to allow the experiment to take place.
{Take product}
The research work is cut short.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_DEC_EXP---
{Allow experiment to take place}
The item is transformed into... a common isotope.
The research experiment concludes.
---STD_INC_EXP---
#10
Alien: Researcher! Experiment reject impure silicate sample! Fire hazard probable! Insert pure silicate sample immediately!
A rare silicate sample has set fire to a resource vault.
I can starve the flames of oxygen, but the experiment is still running despite the fire...
{Put out fire}
The flames in the resource vault subside.
I take what's left of the element.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Add more to sample}
The element stokes the flames.
The experiment takes place, producing valuable trade goods.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
#13
Alien: Eheu, drill motor automated disconnection! Motor fire! Repair immediately Entity!
Machinery here is mining an asteroid for oxides. The process has stalled. The facility reeks of burnt metal, and the floor is hot to touch.
I can direct automated repairs, but it's unclear where.
{Repair drill bit}
The asteroid mining drill bit is replaced.
It remains non-operational.
{Repair drill motor}
The asteroid mining drill motor is replaced, and operational.
---SUBST_COMMOD---
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Repair charge banks}
The drill's charge banks are repaired and restored.
The asteroid mining process remains offline.
#15
Alien: Warning! Silicate overload! Circuit board technology overheat warning!
The sound of cascading elements can be heard beneath the floor. Systems are struggling to cope with the overflow.
An automated emergency stop is about to be issued.
{Detach oxide supply chute}
The cascading elements force all systems offline.
{Detach silicate supply chute}
The noise of cascading elements subsides.
Systems return online.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Detach isotope supply chute}
The cascading elements force all systems offline.
#16
Alien: Alert! Alert! Power core isolated! Central artificial intelligence core endangered! Corrosive toxins detected!
The air is compromised. Atmospheric toxins have breached sensitive systems, and brought production to its knees.
Even the primary terminal is corroding at my finger-tips...
{Seal off power core}
The power core is further safeguarded.
The vital systems it energises are not.
{Seal off primary motherboard}
The facility grinds to a halt, despite the protected motherboard.
{Seal off central AI}
The central AI is now protected.
Its governance systems return systems to full running order.
---USEFUL_PROD---
---RECIPE_LIST---
#18
Alien: Bad data. Sentinel drone activity scan corrupted. System disengaged.
Operations are offline. A recent research scan has been corrupted, crashing every system in the outpost.
Marking the right file for deletion could restore order...
{Delete planetary quadruped scan}
The file refuses deletion.
The system remains offline
{Delete Sentinel scan}
The file is removed.
The installation's primary processes become available.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Delete geological survey}
The file refuses deletion.
The system remains offline
#19
Alien: Alert! Electronic terminal operator power discharge! Reset primary interface!
Wild energy fluctuations have brought research operations to a standstill. While I investigate a residual electric charge earths itself through my exosuit.
The security alert is about to pull all power. I need to act.
{Stabilise production battery}
Operations throughout the installation stabilise.
The primary terminal continues to malfunction.
{Reset primary terminal}
The terminal's power fluctuations cease. It brings order to the outpost's systems.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Open fusion capacitor}
Operations throughout the installation stabilise.
The primary terminal continues to malfunction.
#30
Alien: QA SYSTEM FULLY ONLINE... ALL COMPONENTS LOGGED... LOG FULLY COMPLIANT...
The factory produces components for starships, fabricating them with the resources available on this world.
This installation creates parts for Gek trade vessels. They are designed to hold the maximum possible cargo whilst protecting against Sentinel and pirate attacks.
The terminal shows a video feed of the factory's depths. A group of Gek appear to be removing key components from each ship.
{Alert Gek Trade Federation}
I alert the Gek Trade Federation to potential criminal activity, broadcasting this feed to their central computers.
A representative rewards me for my trouble.
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Demand bribe from Gek}
I demand a bribe from the Gek in exchange for concealing their criminal activities. Reluctantly, they agree.
---C_GEKRELIC---
{Ask what they are doing}
I ask what the Gek are doing down there. They turn immediately to the source of the audio, firing at it and disabling my video feed. By the time the system repairs itself, they are gone.
#31
Alien: The glass - it - we were wrong... we were -
As I approach the terminal, it is clear that something terrible has happened in this place. The facility produces items known as 'Gek Charms', supposedly granting luck to their bearers.
The video feed shows strands of Nanite Clusters overrunning the facility's depth. Bulbous green masses extending from a great deal of the machinery, teeth sprouting from within. A voice cries out in an unknown tongue.
{Take Nanite Clusters}
I take the Nanite Clusters, and the mass immediately collapses. It wishes to go with me, I am sure of it...
---TECHFRAG_M---
{Report Production Failure}
I report a production failure. Gek authorities tell me to remain here and await quarantine.
But I think I should leave. I take some Nanites with me as I go. They want to escape...
---TECHFRAG_S---
{Take Gek Charms}
I take some Gek Charms. I feel luckier already. The probability of the entire universe is turned in favour of my survival.
---C_GEKRELIC---
#32
Alien: ... 010385: 112% ... 300484: 89% ... 070816: 165% ...
The terminal displays the logs of numerous financial transactions and trade deals conducted from this facility over the last few months.
Readouts show layouts of multiple Vy'keen and Korvax factories. The Gek overseers of this installation were attempting to discover how these other species conceal their buildings from Sentinel attacks.
No-one remains. The last life sign here was terminated three days ago.
{Report to Gek}
I report the situation to the Gek. The Trade Federation thanks me for the report, dispatching multiple ships to ensure the facility's destruction.
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Report to Vy'keen}
I report the situation to the Vy'keen. Their High Command is outraged at the attempted theft of their technology, promising to commit acts of retribution against the Gek.
---STD_DEC_TRA---
{Report to Korvax}
I report the situation to the Korvax. Their Convergence is troubled by the deaths of so many Gek, claiming that they will mourn them. They have nothing else to say.
#33
Alien: ALERT TIME DISPLACEMENT ALERT
The installation crackles with blue sparks, electricity arcing from panel to panel across the machines.
The terminal shows the time and date appearing to flip back and forth, advancing into the future and retreating into the past. Sensors indicate something called a white hole has been activated within the factory's heart.
The terminal presents numerous options.
{Alert FutureGek}
Nothing happens for a few moments... or perhaps it is hours. Perhaps an entire year passes.
The temporal event ceases, and I am left with a gift, rewarded by these 'FutureGek' for my assistance.
---TECH_ALL---
{Activate Chronal Trigger}
Nothing happens for a few moments... or perhaps it is hours. Perhaps an entire year passes.
The temporal event ceases, and I am left with blueprints for new technology, apparently created by a future version of my own self. I do not know what this Chronal Trigger has brought into being.
---TECH_ALL---
{Obey}
Nothing happens for a few moments... or perhaps it is hours. Perhaps an entire year passes.
The temporal event ceases, and I am left with a gift, rewarded by the crimson light of an unseen being.
---TECH_ALL---
#34
Alien: The Senate has fallen. Already the purge begins... truth is denied. The Gek protocol ends...
The factory appears to produce literature. Not machines, not files, but paper, covered in a handwritten font full of exclamatory punctuation.
{Shut down production}
I shut down production. The printing press ceases operation, perhaps for the final time. How many others exist like this, I wonder?
Amidst the detritus of the factory, I find some discarded technology. Perhaps it will be of use.
---TECHFRAG_S---
{Report to Gek authorities}
I report the factory's existence to the Gek authorities. They claim that the installation has nothing to do with me, paying me dearly for my silence.
---MONEY---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
{Steal technology}
I attempt to steal technology, but the factory's automated defense systems blast a bolt of energy at my suit instead. Whatever is here, it is not worth the trouble.
---DAMAGESMALL---
#35
Alien: SYSTEMS OPERATIONAL... SELECTED DESIRED PRODUCT...
The factory produces everyday implements for the Gek. Eating utensils for their meals, spray to keep their skin from drying out in alien atmospheres, pheromone bottles, and so forth.
The facility is abandoned, but there is no obvious reason for an alarm to be going off. Everything seems fine.
{Search for technology}
I search for technology within the factory's computers and find a large number of nanite clusters.
As I go, I hear it, a voice in the darkness. I investigate, but there is nothing there...
---TECHFRAG_L---
{Report to Gek authorities}
I report the abandoned factory to the Gek authorities, but they seem puzzled: there is no such installation listed as being present on that world.
As I go, I hear it, a voice in the darkness. I investigate, but there is nothing there...
{Shut down production}
I shut down production, managing to harvest from extra Nanite Clusters as I do.
As I go, I hear it, a voice in the darkness. I investigate, but there is nothing there...
---TECHFRAG_M---
#18
Alien: // TRADE // ORBITAL // DOCKING //
The security alert is scrambling the screen. It's a chaotic jumble of words.
There's just enough visible text to point me towards the right workflow, and potentially to bring the installation back online.
{Planetary trade platform}
I fail to access the previous user's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
{Space Station}
The previous user's workflow is restored.
The system comes back online.
---TECH_ALL---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Gek}
I fail to access the previous user's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
#17
Alien: Education Blob fun! Common oxide: Gek language revision! Common silicate: Korvax! Common isotope: Vy'keen menace language!
An enthusiastic gilled blob is on-screen. It talks in the language of the traders and bounces up and down letters in alien alphabets.
The bizarre computer program asks for something. Trade vaults open.
{Insert common isotope}
The delighted Education Blob teaches me some of the language of the traders.
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
{Insert common silicate}
The delighted Education Blob teaches me some of the language of the electronic lifeforms.
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
---TEACHWORD_EXP---
{Insert common oxide}
The delighted Education Blob teaches me some of the language of the warriors.
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
---TEACHWORD_WAR---
#19
Alien: // FLIGHT // INTERSTELLAR // STARSHIP //
The alarm has covered the terminal in unreadable static, I can only make out a few bits of text.
There's hopefully enough to make sense of what the last user was working on, which could restore systems...
{Jetpack}
I fail to access the previous user's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
{Hyperdrive}
The previous user's workflow is restored.
The system comes back online.
---TECH_SHIP---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Launch thrusters}
I fail to access the previous user's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
#26
Alien: SYSTEM REPORT. Power gel creation engaged. Common isotope: high. Uncommon isotope: low. Rare isotope: high.
Machinery is still active. A timer ticks slowly down to the facility's next roll-out of products.
My scanner has detected the elements used here. I could speed up the process...
{Replenish common isotope}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Replenish uncommon isotope}
I retrieve a formula from the operational facility.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Replenish rare isotope}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
#27
Alien: PRODUCTION REPORT. Shielding shard replication engaged. Isotope and Silicate levels acceptable. Oxide levels falling. Alert administrator.
Despite the security alert machines are operational. My scanner flashes briefly with the element varieties used to fuel them.
I can speed up processes, and maybe sustain them too.
{Replenish oxide}
I retrieve a formula from the operational facility.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Replenish isotope}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Replenish silicate}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
#20
Alien: // WEAPON // BEAM // MINING //
The security breach has dimmed the terminal, but when I concentrate I can make out a few words in the blackness.
When translated they could lead me to the last user's workflow, which would automatically bring the facility back online...
{Laser}
The previous user's workflow is restored.
The system comes back online.
---TECH_WEAPON---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Boltcaster}
I fail to access the previous user's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
{Land disruption grenade}
I fail to access the previous user's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
#21
Alien: // INVISIBLE // BARRIER // DEFENSIVE //
The security breach has scrambled the screen, but some text is still legible.
The words can be traced back to the previous user's workflow, which is how I can get it back online.
{Scanner}
I fail to access the previous user's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
{Hazard Protection}
The previous user's workflow is restored.
The system comes back online.
---TECH_SUIT---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Exosuit}
I fail to access the previous user's workflow.
The installation remains offline.
#28
Alien: ALLOY MANUFACTURE ACTIVE. Temperature: acceptable. Pressure: acceptable. Catalyst: levels falling.
Industrial manufacture of a complex product is underway. The next expected retrieval I could make isn't imminent, but I can speed up systems.
A screen detailing production conditions is open.
{Increase temperature}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Increase pressure}
Facility production speeds are unchanged.
The trade vault remains empty.
{Increase catalyst supply}
The facility production rate is increased.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---STD_INC_TRA---