URSULA has luckily decided it is no longer winter, so the base is back to its usual moderate temperatures, which means it's still a little chilly at times but you're underwater so it's to be expected!
February 15: Test Drive Meme!
Feel Good Pods
URSULA's ranged downs drones will pick up a migration on the 3rd of a species expected to arrive in these zones on the 6th. Purrspines will be moving in pods of ten to twenty this way. URSULA will inform the base that the species is harmless and even helpful to her stressed crew.
How are they helpful, you ask? URSULA is happy to explain! Their spines allow them to vibrate at frequencies that humans find relaxing much like a cat's purr. They also communicate with calming whistling noises. This won't magically cure a bad mood, but can help with stress and fear. According to URSULA's records Purrspines often use their song to calm the aggression of any territorial species they encounter in their migrations.
URSULA will not know how Purrspines act in the dreamscape but characters can investigate! They will find that Purrspines sing parts of The Song that make the dreamscape relaxing and easy to control.
The migration through the area is expected to last about two weeks. By the 20th they will be gone.
Some of the updates mentioned here have been added to the Biome and Base posts. We don't manage the player-run Subnautica discovery document as mods but we encourage everyone to use the document for details not included on the Biome and Base posts.
PRECURSORS
The base at the Lost River has been identified as a Precursor base. The Precursors are an ancient race that were highly advanced, and seem to be the cause of the Sea Dragon and the Emperor's sickness. The Precursors are still a mystery, but a translator made by Mimi before she was killed is now accessible to the base to translate any Precursor text found.
BASE
The shield generator built by Roderic has been improved! It glows bright purple because that is what URSULA wanted, and it will now guard against most projectiles. On the base island, there is also a pair of creatures called the Treemus now roaming around. The species was thought to be extinct, so please be very kind to them!
SHIAS
As everyone may have noticed, the Warpers are no longer terrorizing the base! A few crew members went and politely asked the planet make the Warpers stop, and the planet agreed. Everyone has also gathered various information about the species, such as the fact that they communicate via radio waves. It seems like when they are cut off from this signal, they become very lost. Their teleportation function works by manipulating space/time. It also seems like some barriers are able to trap them. The Warpers lack a soul, thus they cannot be found in the Dreamscape.
BIRDPARENTS
Thanks to the hard effort of various crew members, all of the birdog nests have been protected and have hatched! The hatchlings of each respective nest will most likely be very attached to whoever it was that protected them when they were in their eggs. So, expect to see more babies around base, probably.
THE PULSE
After some experimenting, new info on how the pulse works has been discovered! It appears that it can adjust its strength depending on a few factors. Currently known factors are: your current speed, your height in the atmosphere, and how long you manage to avoid getting hit by the pulse. It is possible to get close to exiting the atmosphere, but the pulse will shoot you down with a very intense ferocity at that point. For some reason, whatever effect that had temporarily disabled the power does not activate during these instances though.
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: ISLAND BASE
URSULA SAYS:"Since we have a base on the island now, I thought we should start making it a little more homey. Maybe it's a good time to start on a few new projects to get it up to par? I think it would be nice to have some more ways to make you feel comfortable here."
REQUIREMENTS: Just what it sounds like, URSULA wants the new base outfitted with some bells and whistles that will make everyone feel more at home!
RESULTS: The island base will be more livable!
SIDE MISSION: ALIEN ARTIFACTS
URSULA SAYS:"We still don't know much about this alien race that lived here and that does make me uncomfortable. We should research it more and see what answers we can find."
REQUIREMENTS: Explore the biomes more and get ready for deeper dives under the sea!
RESULTS: Perhaps we'll learn more about these aliens.
Thank you! Would he want to come on the Mountain Island base explore as well and check it out? We have the base mission details on it already (since we meant to check it out in January originally) but since it's another confirmed Precursor base he might want to check out some stuff in there in more detail?
Also assuming they started lessons up again soon after Sanson came back in December, he would likely have finished teaching Sanson basic water control and movement and moved him on to more complicated offensive spells that do things like freeze water to create icicles, etc! Also I'm pretty sure he would have taught Sanson the injury-healing spell he knows but I forget if we came to a solid conclusion on how well Sanson could use it.
If Sanson didn't bring it up himself Mikleo would suggest trying to draw energy from the magical hotspots around Iniidae as well, since they give a pretty huge spiritual charge and might do good things for Sanson's powers.
He would if it's needed, yes! Let me know if I should log it or post it to the mission acceptances and I'll get to it. Sanson's pretty passive so he's likely to stay at the base unless someone drags him along >.> but I can also make him initiate it!
I got it! And for injury-healing spell, he has his own brand of it so he's likely to use that one instead. :O And Mikleo's advice about the power spots would be much appreciated too! I think he would be better at using Seraphic Artes that way as well.
Question, do the Artes have specific spell names or are they just wordless magic in general?
Basic water control is wordless, but the offensive water artes have various names as he teaches them, like Twin Flow and Rending Torrent for heavy water blasts and Frigid Sever for the ice-based attack!
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Also I have a question, how far do you think Mikleo teaching Sanson Seraphic Artes would have gone to by Feb? :'D
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Also assuming they started lessons up again soon after Sanson came back in December, he would likely have finished teaching Sanson basic water control and movement and moved him on to more complicated offensive spells that do things like freeze water to create icicles, etc! Also I'm pretty sure he would have taught Sanson the injury-healing spell he knows but I forget if we came to a solid conclusion on how well Sanson could use it.
If Sanson didn't bring it up himself Mikleo would suggest trying to draw energy from the magical hotspots around Iniidae as well, since they give a pretty huge spiritual charge and might do good things for Sanson's powers.
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I got it! And for injury-healing spell, he has his own brand of it so he's likely to use that one instead. :O And Mikleo's advice about the power spots would be much appreciated too! I think he would be better at using Seraphic Artes that way as well.
Question, do the Artes have specific spell names or are they just wordless magic in general?
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