Happy October, everyone! We hope you enjoy all the Halloween candy you can get! This month we offer both tricks and treats for characters.
First, though, we would like player input on a matter. We want to propose raising the current player cap from 50 to 55. It's a very small raise but it would be the most we as a mod team can handle while still giving some extra room for players to come and go. We feel this is a good compromise between raising the cap by a larger amount and staying where we're at while allowing room for growth. This would be the only proposed raise with the current set-up of the mod team. As always we would bring any further changes to the players first.
We will gauge the response and make our decision in time for the TDM on the 15th.
October 15th: Test Dive Meme
Nightmare on Base Street
From October 1st to October 12th, the Sea Dragon will command the Dreamscape. With the sickness progressing, it turns to lashing out against the crew with new and terrifying nightmares. These nightmares have been drawn from the crew themselves by honing in the fears that they almost all have. The selected fears are:
Helplessness; Can include metaphorical or literal helplessness
Isolation; Can include betrayal and abandonment and projected feelings of such on other characters
Loss of Self; Can include body horror, loss of control and loss of identity
In addition to these broader fears waiting to be put to creative use, several specific dreams will plague all crew members. These were again selected from the results of our innocent question and taken from specific characters. They are:
Characters slowly morphing into something dragon-like, yet not; there are too many tentacles and mouths and eyes and strange parts to be a dragon. It's something stranger. Something that can't be understood by anyone.
A loved one or multiple loved ones, twisted and mangled with their body parts not quite where they should be, asking why the character did this to them and haunting them.
An unsolvable metal ring puzzle with high stakes. The stakes of solving the puzzle are up to you and can be anything you want.
A grotesque beast, morphing between something like a wolf, a spider and a human, made of oozing darkness, appearing and disappearing out of nowhere. Its attacks come fast, aiming for pain, but it always vanishes before it can be fought.
Scary, huh? But don't worry. Sorey and Mikleo will be dream-battling the Sea Dragon to make dreaming a safe place again. At what cost though will their victory come? Whatever the cost, they'll secure sleep for crew members by the 12th. Characters are encouraged to try missions to work out how to control or fight back the nightmares in the meantime! These methods will definitely be welcome in helping the crew get some rest and ensuring future nightmares are tameable.
There sure are a lot of updates this month! Holy shit. Some of the updates mentioned here, along with a few others, have been added to the Biome and Base posts. As mods we don't manage the player-run Subnautica discovery document but we encourage everyone to use the document for details that aren't included on the Biome and Base posts.
BIOMES
An island that has been dubbed Amity Island has been discovered! It is pretty far away from the base, and is home to an extremely large spaceship crash. The body of ISHMAEL's programmer, Mimi Yun, had been found there. Another island, which is also fairly far away, has also been located. It is populated by animals like Land Sharks, Candy Beaks, and Fruit Flyers. Both islands are generally small in size and aren't diverse enough to be considered their own biome.
URSULA
Great news, everyone! URSULA has chosen a robotic body out of all the ones that were suggested. It has not been constructed yet but she will very likely excitedly tell people about it.
BASE
Construction on the base has been going well! The crew has terraformed an island that is now situated over the base. The island has fresh water lakes, but otherwise is still fairly barren. Redesigning the base itself is still an ongoing project. If anyone has ideas for new rooms to be added, please make sure to speak to Annabeth so it can be added to her floor plans of the base! The Magister's tank is also being expanded so he can travel throughout the whole base, although this project is still only in the beginning stages.
A baby Land Shark, named Rhodey, now calls the base his home.
Also, there is now a woman's hand in a jar in the library. You know, for the kids.
DREAMSCAPE
The crew has experimented with the new functions of the Dreamscape! Using the Song, some of the dark spots have been healed. There has also been a spot deep within the Shroom Caves that shows a manmade structure. This structure still needs to be investigated in the waking world.
FOOD, FARMING AND HEALTH
The base now has more canned goods that should last them several months! It consists of food items such as beans, spaghetti, corn, tiny sausages, tea, and condiments. There is also a year supply of Chef Boyardee. There is also a supply of alcohol called Snake Skin, which is 60% alcohol by volume.
The farm now has two more robotic helpers: Rainbro Dash, who asks as a second guard, and Robot Santa, who weeds the farm.
WEAPONS, TECH AND TRANSPORTATION
The base is now guarded by an unspecified amount of weaponized drowns! There are a lot of them, and they are located both inside and outside the base, as well as at the island. The submarines also now have a net attachment that will hopefully make collecting items easier. Headphones have been constructed that play the Song, making it easier to control the Dreamscape.
THE VOID AND HORRORTERRORS The evil horrorterror has been identified as the Dragon and the friendlier one is known as the Emperor. While the Dragon lives in the Void, the Emperor is trapped inside a cave and has no way out. All she needs is some sort of opening so she can break free and help the planet. More details can be found here.
After a dive into the Void, the Dragon has given the crew an egg. What is inside the egg is still unknown. Hopefully it's not another evil horrorterror.
RABITES
The rabites have been removed via a number of different methods that include relocation, neutering, and extermination. A couple may still be seen around the base, but their numbers shouldn't increase as wildly as they did as long as the crew continues to keep an eye out for them. Nice job!
Remember you're also free to explore and do whatever you wish and can ask us about your own mission objectives as well.
MAIN MISSION: ISLE OF THE GODS
URSULA SAYS:"Now that the base has been reconstructed and the island is mostly done, we can finish it off. So please follow Annabeth and Korra's instructions for getting the rest of the island set up, building the towers and other defenses and smoothing out any remaining areas with the terraforming guns. Of course, you're free to have fun while you do! Just make sure this gets done please. ...Did I do all right, Reyna?"
REQUIREMENTS: Just what it sounds like! The island needs the towers built and the farm taken care of while if there are any further additions wanted, you know what to do!
RESULTS: We get to have a nice, finished island. A real island just for the crew, giving more land for everyone to stretch their legs.
SIDE MISSION: HALLOWEENTOWN
URSULA SAYS: "I'm sure everyone saw what Dave proposed, yes? A Halloween party! Just the idea is so exciting that I have to support it. Please make the base as festive as you can! And what about trick-or-treating? And costumes! Bobbing for apples? I'll find spooky music to play."
REQUIREMENTS: Really have fun and go wild. Spray spiderwebs everywhere! Carve the billions of pumpkins we have! Dress up all month and watch horror movies. Even have a Devil's Night if you want and TP someone's room! URSULA feels all additions to Halloween fun are good additions.
Mission: khaara stuff that is. unimportant. Characters: dave... Details: he's going to make a trip out to explain halloween/give them a shit load of halloween candy courtesy the base and also maybe help them throw an impromptu halloween party if they. want.
because this is a good use of time? im sorry. he will also probably teach them to line dance.
> It will take a while to get them to fully understand the concept of Halloween. The Kharaa don't really do holidays or fun, in general, so it may take several attempts before they finally begin to grasp the basic concept of the holiday. They especially like the part about dressing up as other things. It's a concept they can stand behind.
> Holy shit. They love candy. After being given it, Dave will immediately notice how extremely hyperactive the Kharaa become. They'll start following him around even more often after that. Presumably, he is going to tell them about trick or treating, and if he does they will just start yelling "trick or treat" at him a lot until he gives them more candy. What have you done, Dave.
> They will want the party because Dave has yet to steer them wrong. And also, it might lead to more candy. They will also be very good line dancers, learning the moves fairly quickly. Depending on how much candy they've ingested at this point, they may start creating their own line dances.
> P Diddy, by the way, is particularly great at the cha cha slide.
> he will help them all make costumes if they want also but
> SORRY HE GOT THE ALIEN INVADERS ADICTED TO CANDY
> also he will definitely encourage making their own line dances???? so
> he will maybe start broaching the topic of making more friends without, like, kharaa-izing them in the sense that he thinks it could be Fun (he wants actual help getting them to maybe love peace in addition to CONQUEST and CANDY and RAP and LINE DANCES oh my god he's so incompetent)
> When they make their own line dances, they'll be eager to show him. They happen to be very creative with them.
> The idea of making friends without implanting them or making them into hosts is something that confuses them. While they aren't outright against the idea, they think a good show of friendship would involve helping the Kharaa race.
> Dave helps them without being a Kharaa but they also assume Dave is a strange human. They aren't technically wrong.
> So assuming that the person is to be used to help the race, they agree. That sounds like friendship they think??
WOW THROWING SHADE ABOUT DAVE BEING WEIRD no they're so right.
he'll ask if setting up surround sound music for them or like teaching them about turn tables would help, and would assure them this would be, like, mad helpful to their line dancing parties. that's. that's helping right. that's friendship????????
They know normal humans kill them, Dave. You aren't normal.
That is helpful, yes! Though Dave bringing anyone might result in them still wanting to make that person a host or at least asking a few times. They always need more hosts. But they also need music for line dancing. Of course they don't want Dave upset either.
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Characters: dave...
Details: he's going to make a trip out to explain halloween/give them a shit load of halloween candy courtesy the base and also maybe help them throw an impromptu halloween party if they. want.
because this is a good use of time? im sorry. he will also probably teach them to line dance.
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> It will take a while to get them to fully understand the concept of Halloween. The Kharaa don't really do holidays or fun, in general, so it may take several attempts before they finally begin to grasp the basic concept of the holiday. They especially like the part about dressing up as other things. It's a concept they can stand behind.
> Holy shit. They love candy. After being given it, Dave will immediately notice how extremely hyperactive the Kharaa become. They'll start following him around even more often after that. Presumably, he is going to tell them about trick or treating, and if he does they will just start yelling "trick or treat" at him a lot until he gives them more candy. What have you done, Dave.
> They will want the party because Dave has yet to steer them wrong. And also, it might lead to more candy. They will also be very good line dancers, learning the moves fairly quickly. Depending on how much candy they've ingested at this point, they may start creating their own line dances.
> P Diddy, by the way, is particularly great at the cha cha slide.
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> SORRY HE GOT THE ALIEN INVADERS ADICTED TO CANDY
> also he will definitely encourage making their own line dances???? so
> he will maybe start broaching the topic of making more friends without, like, kharaa-izing them in the sense that he thinks it could be Fun (he wants actual help getting them to maybe love peace in addition to CONQUEST and CANDY and RAP and LINE DANCES oh my god he's so incompetent)
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> The idea of making friends without implanting them or making them into hosts is something that confuses them. While they aren't outright against the idea, they think a good show of friendship would involve helping the Kharaa race.
> Dave helps them without being a Kharaa but they also assume Dave is a strange human. They aren't technically wrong.
> So assuming that the person is to be used to help the race, they agree. That sounds like friendship they think??
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he'll ask if setting up surround sound music for them or like teaching them about turn tables would help, and would assure them this would be, like, mad helpful to their line dancing parties. that's. that's helping right. that's friendship????????
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That is helpful, yes! Though Dave bringing anyone might result in them still wanting to make that person a host or at least asking a few times. They always need more hosts. But they also need music for line dancing. Of course they don't want Dave upset either.
... But they'll still ask.
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dirkWHOMEVER HE INVITES into a host!!...also the bit about normal humans killing them is sad and he probably hugged p diddy or something if it ever came up i'm sorry
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That's so sweet though. He probably appreciates it. Dave has taught him that's important.