| Colonist Bunker (Anita's Garden) | — | A remote habitat with several long-term biological experiments testing the growth conditions of Protean life.
-Contains a biobed rigged to upgrade colonists' bodies (license violations have disabled the bed's ability to reprint lost colonists)
-Biobed set to analyze changes in a patient's genetics and gene expression
-Biobed recorded at least one death caused by a cytokine storm, a reaction to failed gene therapy
The experiments in the habitat were initiated by colony purser Anita Gottschall. |
| Colonist Bunker (Nahema's Lab) | — | A remote habitat used as a biological and ecological laboratory.
-Contains a biobed rigged to upgrade colonists' bodies (license violations have disabled the bed's ability to reprint lost colonists)
-Biobed repeatedly referred a patient for mental health assessment focused on dysthymia complicated by anxiety
The habitat's metadata has been destroyed by crude software intrusion. Chemical traces indicate it was used to handle explosives in addition to its scientific functions. |
| Colonist Bunker (Quaker's Meetinghouse) | — | A remote habitat used as a meeting ground and miscellaneous workspace.
-Contains a biobed rigged to upgrade colonists' bodies (license violations have disabled the bed's ability to reprint lost colonists)
-Biobed recorded a time-series analysis of changes in a patient's genetics and gene expression
-Records include observation of nearby crab species and conversations with other colonists
Metadata suggests the habitat belonged to chaplain-psychiatrist and AI ethicist Lucretia "Quaker" Kapoor. |
| Colonist Bunker (Salvage) | — | A habitat buried below the center of the coral gardens biome. May have supported salvage operations in nearby, although its depth makes quick access inconvenient.
-Contains a biobed rigged to upgrade colonists' bodies
-Due to violations of the terms of use, the biobed's ability to reprint lost colonists has been disabled
Metadata suggests it was constructed by Zygimantis "Mantis" Tarvydas. It may have served as a personal retreat as well as a worksite. |
| Colonist Bunker (Sophie's Retreat) | — | A remote habitat on the edge of the jelly barrens in the northwest of the coral gardens biome.
-Contains a biobed rigged to upgrade colonists' bodies (license violations have disabled the bed's ability to reprint lost colonists)
-Biobed records indicate that it printed colonist PC/R-DMIK9-SB.02 more than twenty times
Records stored on site were signed by Sophie "Butcher" Boucher, colony surgeon. She may have used this site for medical research. |
| Colonist Bunker (Unauthorized NoA Modification) | — | A remote habitat buried in volcanic rock near a tremendous sinkhole or lava tube.
-Contains a biobed rigged to upgrade colonists' bodies (license violations have disabled the bed's ability to reprint lost colonists)
Components of a disassembled NoA terminal scattered around the site suggest that it was used in an attempt to subvert, reprogram, or disable proprietary Alterra business intelligence. |
| Community Poster 02 | — | Decorative Poster |
| Conduit Crystal | Mineral | Kagome optical fibers derived from shock quartz. Naturally occuring wires for light. |
| Confront Bloom | — | RECOMMEND SORTIE TO THE WEST
-GATHER INFORMATION ON VIRAL ECOLOGY
-EXPLORE APPLICATIONS OF SONIC RESONATOR
-SEARCH FOR USEFUL ADAPTATIONS
BE PREPARED FOR ELEVATED RISK |
| Cooked Black Hoverthorn | Fauna | Edible fish. Use the crystal as a skewer to hold while eating. |
| Cooked Bluemoon | Fauna | Edible fish. A little blue. A little waxy. |
| Cooked Electric Geordie | Fauna | Electrolyte-rich non-fish organism. |
| Cooked Geordie | Fauna | Edible non-fish organism. Prepped for human digestion. |
| Cooked Halfmoon | Fauna | Edible fish. Minimal risk of xenogout. |
| Cooked Harvestmoon | Fauna | Edible fish. A bit juicier and plumpier than its cousin Halfmoon. |
| Cooked Hoverthorn | Fauna | Edible fish. Use the crystal as a skewer to hold while eating. |
| Cooked Pneuma | Fauna | Edible prey fish. Tough skin and soft, spongy innards.
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| Cooked Quadrate | Fauna | Edible organism. Partially rinsed of heavy metals. |
| Coolant Exhalation | — | Substantially increase Scan and Repair speed |
| Cooldown | — | Ability prints a string and applies cooldown. |
| Copper
(from Silver) | Mineral | Cu. Element 29. Basic conductor. |
| Copper Finder | — | When close to copper, highlight any copper that is near |
| Copper Ingot | — | Solid mass of copper for fabricator machining. Normally a GHS code H400 toxic hazard to aquatic life, but life on this world is untroubled. |
| Copper Node | Breakable Node | Bacteria concentrate copper in low-light areas. Search cave roofs, overhangs, shadowed crevices. |
| Copper Wire | — | Conductive wire for basic electrical work. |
| Coral Crab | Fauna | An enormous crab (tentatively *Ostrakonskelos anaktoraphore*, hard-legged palace-bearer) that hides among coral domes.
1. Crablike body plan
Forelimbs rake and dig for food which is collected by long soft maxillipeds (food handling limbs) around the mouth. The crab must molt to grow.
2. Coral dome
A living coral dome, cut from its holdfast and worn. It provides camouflage, protection, and perhaps a nursery for the crab’s young. Are they married to a single dome, or are domes traded as they grow?
3. Implicit predator
Defenses and behavior imply the existence of a predator powerful and dextrous enough to shuck the crab from its dome and crack its heavy armor.
4. Viral activity
Genome contains large repeated retroviral inserts, including nerve growth factors and shell pigments. Molecular clock suggests they were recent introductions. Cells on the crab’s back contain large segments of the coral dome polyp’s genome.
5. Large brains
The coral crab has no spinal nerve braid. A large brain above the eyes manages senses and behavior planning, while a secondary nerve cluster controls the legs and digestive system.
6. Seafloor communication
Coral crabs drum on the seafloor to signal to each other. Claw-clacking is likely a sign of intense excitement or agitation. Some Earth crabs seek desirable partners to pair with prior to molting, a behavior known as ‘handholding’. Finding a similar behavior on this world may be emotionally rewarding.
7. Signs of ecological stress
Mineral deficiencies and fungal infections imply environmental stressors.
Assessment: likely fears you more than you fear it. Be cautious and respectful. At least as intelligent as a gorilla. Possibly a useful source of seabed resources.
Research proposal: determine whether the crab carries its dome to sunny or nutrient-rich areas for feeding. |
| Coral Crab | — | — |
| Coral Jar | — | Decorative jar made from organic material |
| Coral Mash | Fuel | Mashed coral grounds sweetened with lead. Do not chew: suck to extract coral polyps, then spit. Positive labor-unit ROI despite reduced lifespan maxima. |
| Coral Shavings | Plate Coral | Plate coral slices. Tastes like meaty crackers. Can be consumed raw or cooked into more nutritious food. |
| Crab Feces | Fuel | Coprolyte-like deposit of excreta. Extreme energy density; suitable as bioreactor fuel. |
| Cradle Shootroot | — | Generates energy from sunlight. Reduced output at night or in deep water. |
| Creature Enamel | Mineral | Hard ceramic coating. Forms a dense, impermeable surface layer that shields delicate systems from hostile environments. |
| Current Exit Boost | — | When leaving a Current, increase move speed significantly for 5s. 20s cooldown. |
| Current Rider | — | When entering a current, increase move speed significantly for a little while. |
| Current Ring | — | Artificial current generated by magnetohydrodynamic ring. |
| Curtain Gorgon | Cuttable Flora | *Gorgon aulaia*. A soft, predatory coral akin to Earth's gorgonians, especially the Venus fan.
1. Sponge-coral moiety
Like Earth's brown tube sponges (*Agelas schmidti*), soft corals on this world are a colony of coral polyps growing within a matrix of sponge tissue. In this specimen it is very difficult to distinguish the sponge's jellylike inner tissue (or mesohyl) from the soft coenenchyme which connects the coral polyps.
2. Ribbons of tissue
The curtain gorgon forms a long, low-lying fan of tissue which catches prey. The curtain gorgon is an obligate predator and cannot survive on sunlight, but some specimens are colonized by chemotrophic bacteria which may provide the gorgon with extra energy.
3. Plasticized skeleton
The gorgon's skeleton is chemically similar to PVC (polyvinyl chloride, an obsolete industrial plastic).
Assessment: indicates the presence of plankton and other small sea life. |
| Cyan Glowstick | Flares | Organically derived light source. |
| Cyan Pigmente | Pigment | Derived from Pterins , which makes things blight blue! HINT REVEAL -- make a blight blue low stick! |
| Cyclops Poster | — | — |
| Dash | — | Dash in any direction to avoid predators or hazards |
| Dash Grab | — | On dash, harvest in a large radius |
| Dead Coral Crab | Fauna | The remains of a large crustacean (dead) and a coral dome (bleached, dead). The crab may have used the dome as a portable shelter. |
| Decal Test | — | — |
| Dedicated Core | — | A discrete microprocessor to control complex electronic systems. Can sustain basic AI functions, in the same way an iron lung can sustain a person. |
| Deep Dive | — | On submerge, dive rapidly for a short period |
| DeepStart | — | — |
| Deepwing Brooder | Fauna | *Titanotagmatapterya amalthea*, the titanic wing-segmented cup of plenty. An enormous arthropod leviathan with a huge tearing beak and a payload of fatty deposits, which it uses to both feed and protect its eggs.
1. Ancient origins
The brooder's ancestors, the tagmatapterya (wing-segmented ones), evolved very early in the development of Protean arthropods. Their limbs evolved into paddles, the thorax developed a deep keel, and maxillipeds beneath the mouth transformed into eyes by homeosis. Competition from fish selected for enormous size and thick armor. It is unknown if all the tagmatapterya achieved the deepwing brooder's enormous size, or even surpassed it.
2. Mysterious diet
The deepwing brooder's throat is lined with traps for plankton. Filtered water through gill openings at the rear of its thoracic keel. Yet its enormous beak is suited to cracking and tearing. It is possible that the brooder opportunistically feeds on hard prey, including the fluids of titan rockbores, the shells of giant jaws, and fatbergs drifting through the lipid-rich Protean sea.
3. Fertile brooding
Deepwing brooders gather layers of oil beneath their outer shell. This oil is released in droplets alongside eggs, acting as a decoy for predators.The decoy eggs do provide the ocean with a tremendous bounty of concentrated nutrients.
4. Deepfall
As a strandulate, the deepwing brooder must molt. Molted exoskeletons drop to the sea floor with a lining of lipid-rich grease, providing a feast for dwellers in the hungry abyss.
Assessment: egg broods provide a valuable food supply, if you can locate the true eggs — and survive the competition. |
| Deepwing Egg Clump | Fuel | Unfertilized deepwing roe. Miraculous source of bioavailable nutrients and hydration. The clump swiftly dissolves in seawater. Possible ecological function. |
| DEPRECATED, PLEASE BUG (BP_Anemone Sample/Raion Cutting) | Flora | DEPRECATED, PLEASE BUG (BP_Anemone Sample/Raion Cutting)
A slice of acid raion. Contains acid and live worms. |
