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.
Mission: exploring the cave! not the iron man one! Characters: 2 hajimes 1 komaeda (and anyone else) Details: they are gonna check out the cave that hajime found last month and see if they can fix that door?? and see what else they can find
Mission: treebirds Characters: karkat Details: so karkat moved the two treemus aliens he found last month to the base island and he is gonna wanna try to find out stuff like what do they eat and what sort of stuff they prefer to live around etc etc and if they are a danger to other animals at the base
> They can fix the panel! It will require help from the Precursor Rosetta Stone. Apparently there is a Reboot Wizard even for alien tech.
> Inside they will find they cave has been converted into a data archive. Each computer contains vast quantities of data.
> Most of this data is heavily encoded and can't be moved or tampered with! However, the basic summary of the data encoded can be read. This can be brought back to base by transferring it to one of the Precursor keys. Not all data can be moved but most could.
> The rosetta stone would help them translate the data. The data is a total of 40 profiles with names and basic information. The details differ but the profiles are similar in the kind of information they have. An example would be:
Was grown from seed 1,708 earth years ago Separated from broodlings early for special training Inducted into temple of research as the youngest ever initiate, age 96 Downloaded a corrupted dataset and was stored for 3 years for refactoring Relocated to the outer galaxy cluster to support disease research endeavors Relocated to 4546B for high priority disease research Contracted carar bacterium
> Every profile ends in "Contracted carar bacterium"
> The Treemus require plant life to eat. They need a rich variety that contains important minerals. Basically, mulch.
> They also need to be able to photosynthesize. If they don't get lots of sunlight and water the leaves will begin to decay and the Treemus will become sick.
> They are very peaceful but will attack anything that tries to eat their leaves. Lost leaves aren't painful but they're important to their metabolism. Losing too many leaves will sicken and eventually kill them.
> The ideal place would be on the island. A contained area or free roaming would both be fine as long as they don't come across animals that try to eat their leaves.
> They will try to eat things from the farm so be careful!
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February Fun!
Feel Good Pods
Updates!
Monthly Missions!
no subject
Characters: 2 hajimes 1 komaeda (and anyone else)
Details: they are gonna check out the cave that hajime found last month and see if they can fix that door?? and see what else they can find
Mission: treebirds
Characters: karkat
Details: so karkat moved the two treemus aliens he found last month to the base island and he is gonna wanna try to find out stuff like what do they eat and what sort of stuff they prefer to live around etc etc and if they are a danger to other animals at the base
no subject
> Inside they will find they cave has been converted into a data archive. Each computer contains vast quantities of data.
> Most of this data is heavily encoded and can't be moved or tampered with! However, the basic summary of the data encoded can be read. This can be brought back to base by transferring it to one of the Precursor keys. Not all data can be moved but most could.
> The rosetta stone would help them translate the data. The data is a total of 40 profiles with names and basic information. The details differ but the profiles are similar in the kind of information they have. An example would be:
Was grown from seed 1,708 earth years ago
Separated from broodlings early for special training
Inducted into temple of research as the youngest ever initiate, age 96
Downloaded a corrupted dataset and was stored for 3 years for refactoring
Relocated to the outer galaxy cluster to support disease research endeavors
Relocated to 4546B for high priority disease research
Contracted carar bacterium
> Every profile ends in "Contracted carar bacterium"
no subject
> They also need to be able to photosynthesize. If they don't get lots of sunlight and water the leaves will begin to decay and the Treemus will become sick.
> They are very peaceful but will attack anything that tries to eat their leaves. Lost leaves aren't painful but they're important to their metabolism. Losing too many leaves will sicken and eventually kill them.
> The ideal place would be on the island. A contained area or free roaming would both be fine as long as they don't come across animals that try to eat their leaves.
> They will try to eat things from the farm so be careful!