It could do that
#gtfo-lore
oak rivet
Yeah but what I mean is we've never seen anything be able to do that, especially not the most fragile and slowest-evolving of the three: fungus, bacteria, and virus.
That's why viruses are used for zombie things and whatnot
Because bacteria and fungi are both easily susceptible to modern medication
cerulean forum
Unless it’s immune due to mutations
last saffron
and then antivax happened
oak rivet
Keep in mind that if cordyceps was more resilient, it wouldn't use ants at all
It can't spread without ants because it has super specific criteria
So it needs a mobile host
last saffron
ants arent the only hosts for it
oak rivet
If those criteria were eliminated, it could just spread willy nilly
cerulean forum
Antivax saved so many things what u talking about
oak rivet
My point is that it wouldn't need hosts if it were a stronger fungus
cerulean forum
That random mother who thought I think it causes autisim she is the true hero for them
Over 30,000 children aren’t vaxed in the US so yea have fun
oak rivet
Those mushrooms you get in your yard from time to time are much better at spreading than cordyceps, and the ones that grow on trees as well
And it was a doctor who said that, the autism thing
cerulean forum
Ah was it?
oak rivet
He was barred from medical practice forever in Britain but now he's in.. the US?
cerulean forum
Jesus
oak rivet
His studies were flawed and he flatout lied about the results, plus they were found to be inhumane
cerulean forum
the US is fucked
oak rivet
Nah he's not a practicing doctor here either
cerulean forum
Ah good good
oak rivet
Wherever he is, he isn't a doctor. Still an activist though
oak rivet
But even then, anti-vax people would die out and that'd be the end of it
oak rivet
In case of a worldwide fungal infection. People who didn't want to treat it would become susceptible to it
Fungal infections are treatable after initial infection. If cordyceps were the culprit, inducing a heavy fever could do it, or reducing body temperature for an extended period of time. I believe higher temperatures will kill it but lower ones.. might put it into hibernation? Most fungi survive the cold underground but some go into hibernation I think
Cordyceps live around the equator so I doubt they have that capability
cerulean forum
I reckon the GTFO monsters are infected with some sort or virus
Of
But I don’t know I know ulf loves his alien and the siteof GTFO is where a meteor landed
So maybe some alien virus or an infection
last saffron
devs said theyre not aliens
last saffron
ehhhh
oak rivet
They do have some clear Alien-franchise inspirations. The bio tracker of course, and if the prisoners aren't controlled, then the Warden watched them Aliens-style.
cerulean forum
Ulf loves his alien
oak rivet
So there is plenty enough inspiration there.
cerulean forum
And you can see the similarity’s
last saffron
o, the tentacle and shadow entries dissapeared
cerulean forum
?
last saffron
from the wiki
oak rivet
I don't think it's an alien virus either. I hope it's parasitic (because that's more interesting than virus. Virus is so generic, that's why Cordyceps is so interesting and memorable) but I expect it's a virus
Hmm
Yeah they changed the names of the archer and titan as well
oak rivet
Shadows better still be in the game, they're my favorite ones from what I've seen
cerulean forum
Because in that anime a parasite infect people by controlling their Brian. And able to mutate it however they please
quartz citrus
i mean, GTFO's parasite does seem to have some similarities to the cordyceps virus
oak rivet
Controls the host, mutates them, grows on their skin, makes them super violent
cerulean forum
We don’t know if it’s a parasite
oak rivet
But it doesn't control the brain
quartz citrus
we could just be looking at it in the wrong way, it could be a mixture of multiple viruses
oak rivet
Because it remains in control without a brain present
Like you can destroy the entire neck, amygdala included
cerulean forum
Yea it disfigures the host and covers their entire body in some mutated shit
And when u destroy their head and such they still keep coming
As though ts not alive it’s just moving around
Trying to infect more hosts
oak rivet
The tongue is kept in the chest, not the gut, because you can blow a whole clean through their entire gut and they still attack with the tongue
cerulean forum
It would have to take ages for a person to be able to mutate into those things
oak rivet
So I doubt it's the intestines, otherwise they probably wouldn't get pushed out of the stomach like that.
cerulean forum
Maybe small intestine?
oak rivet
Well, like cordyceps, nobody says it has to be realistic at all
oak rivet
Just has to be interesting and believable enough for the veil of disbelief
suspension of disbelief* idk where veil came from
cerulean forum
Can’t wait to play this game
solid vigil
they are infected. If you look during the boot up sequence, it measures your level of infection
Infection could be anything though. Their level of mutation is extreme, and while they dont need their head to live or attack, destroying it inflicts a lot of damage on them, more than body shots at least.
Its also possible that destroying their head or blowing their gut out does kill them, just not immediately.
The hulks can have their entire upper body obliterated with the exception of one arm attatched by a thread and keep functioning.
Its possible you're looking at some necromorph type shit where they only really die when their overall ability to function is reduced to an ineffective level
Or they just have different biology per strain
perhaps the normal ones store their tentacle in their chest (hence the visible distention).
Alternatively if it is a parasitic growth it could be moving around inside of them
which is why you can blow their gut out, or their chest off without killing them, but not both
west apex
The real question is, is the warden gonna just kill you when you exit anyways
solid vigil
No
but I dont think those are the convicts original bodies
pretty sure they're clones of some kind
since it mentions a cognitive uplink or something along those lines in the boot up sequence
That, and despite not being elite monster hunters, they get pretty deep.
And on top of that, they always come out of a stasis unit
west apex
What if you are a soldier connected to a prisoners cortex
oak rivet
I think the link is just to view. If they were clones, why would they infect the clones? Or clone someone with an infection?
I think they use the same people every time, that's why they're infected. If they die, I'm sure there are others they can use. But perhaps our four are the one who work together well, so they have survived a long time
last saffron
I think the link allows Warden to gather info directly by using the prisoners as its/their eyes, since prisoners exhibit too much personality to be directly controlled
a puppet wouldnt retain its mannerisms, instead taking on traits of the puppeteer
the link might also be used to supress certain thoughts
oak rivet
Yeah so our four, bishop and them, could be the puppeteers. I doubt it but it's possible
The warden could be the overseer, or an organization. I haven't seen anything indicating one or the other
worn briar
How big is the prison they're pulling squads out from?
Might just be they have plenty of reserves, and don't really care if a few cons get killed
oak rivet
Yeah I expect that's why they use prisoners
Or they use test subjects. There were plenty of HSU's on C level
last saffron
i forgot to take a pic, but the HSU youre looking for are different than HSUs you awake in
oak rivet
Perhaps the characters were infected before the outbreak and recovered by the warden
last saffron
the prisoner pods are bulky, while storage ones are more like a bodybag
oak rivet
Yeah weird shaped and small? I thought the same
last saffron
they share the lining, looking fabric-ish
it could be because the pods are attached to deployment system
naturally making them bigger
floral vessel
storage ones are meant for long term storage, drop pods may only be used to climatize and pressurize the prisoners before they drop
oak rivet
Considering the hole seems a tad aftermarket, I expect the HSU's in storage predate the drop system by quite a bit
viral phoenix
No wonder there's so many infected then
last saffron
"lore and backstory will be revealed through different text and audio logs left behind by the people who lived in the Complex before the monster invasion. What shape the outside world is in is part of the mystery that will be revealed in the game, so I won't talk about there here. ;-)"
🦀 the best approach 🦀
@molten jewel @mild salmon
these
molten jewel
Oh I knowI played the game
mild salmon
@last saffron They'd be an excellent addition (or something similar)
last saffron
cough https://twitter.com/GTFO_The_Warden cough @alpine lantern
Twitter
alpine lantern
I see, I see.
I'm glad to say as of today I'm one of the 200-300'ish people. @last saffron |3
alpine lantern
My life is complete n I can finally rest ._.
last saffron
i still spend most of my time sneaking around ignoring actual objectives just to observe
alpine lantern
I am ded inside.
Also I spent all of this morning up/down-voting all the suggestions xD
Took me an hour, non stop. >_>
Now that I've beat it though, I can finally feel justified in doing exactly what I normally do... Derp around, run into walls and boxes and try to break the game. :D
west apex
Crouch jumping into stuff seems like it's really easy to clip the wall and get stuck
Not stuck but like stick where you can jump again
last saffron
shouldnt that go into bug reporting, instead of lore?
west apex
Yeah I was just saying it in response to what cevet said they are gonna do in the alpha since they beat the level
alpine lantern
So we now have their S-Mining website and email, along with a twitter.... The plot is slowly thickening. :)
toxic merlin
whats the s mining website link?
shut mountain
toxic merlin
not much there huh
alpine lantern
You can find their email via the source on that site.
toxic merlin
i found out the meaning of santonian but i imagine everyone has XD
alpine lantern
The amount of theorizing and speculation on Santonian this week has been ridiculous. :P
toxic merlin
i mean
its a real word
the Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous epoch or Upper Cretaceous series
alpine lantern
We also somehow managed to get a reply from "abodbacka" the other day. Was their very first message on the server ever. So that was fun~
last saffron
im gona blow your mind
check the top comment on the trailer
one sec ill dig it out
alpine lantern
Oh geez, the amount of times that trailer-comment has been posted. Slaaneshi you cray-cray.
toxic merlin
Marsupites is a species of star fish that went rippo
last saffron
in short, the facility is in the crater which presumably killed the dinosaurs. which happened in santonian era~
alpine lantern
Someone should just pin it to the channel I think. >_>
toxic merlin
oh yeah i saw that before
last saffron
tfw cant find it
i made like a giant wall of text of all info so far but its waaay up there
alpine lantern
Use the "Search" function. :P
last saffron
id prefer if it didnt
and instead was from earth
especially since permafrost is melting
tfw an ancient disease reawakens and dooms us all.
alpine lantern
I agree with an ancient disease, pathogen, parasite, creature... Etc-etc fossilized deeeep in the earth only to be found, studied, and accidentally released.
toxic merlin
thats why i was looking at the one creature
alpine lantern
Human race-- possibly extinct/transformed into horrible hive-mind'y parasitic monsters all because they were curious about some weird rock they found deep in the ground. |3
toxic merlin
the starfish thing it went kaput during that time period
and the tendrils of the scouts seem very....fishy..
i dunno why but alot of the monsters remind me of the deep sea stuff you see
alpine lantern
Well, we are veeery deep under the surface...
And they do love dark / moist places~
last saffron
while i dont know if deep sea life is sensitive to sunlight, it most likely is, plus there are conditions rendering certain people literally burn alive in the light
and hosts are affected even by a thing as simple as a flashlight
toxic merlin
yes deep sea creatures are either
attracted to light or hate it it depends on the creature
some even fear it
also some diseases will leave sea creatures with flakey skin growths and even patches of rotten flesh
last saffron
living in area which has no natural light is spooky
cerulean forum
I think the term is vampires disease
Because their body cannot Handle sunlight/the UV rays the sun emits
And animals get infections/skin conditions that make their body look like it’s made of stone
bronze willow
me i think the place of GTFO is in the AREA 51...
i can proove it...normal "creature" do naruto-running.
cerulean forum
....
You do know it’s in Mexico right?
We discovered the location of GTFO a long time ago
Just trying to understand what is affecting these humans
Parasite, virus, fungus or even bacteria
We have ideas and theory’s but nothing set in stone besides whatever it is it affects humans because we have in game pics of people turning into them
alpine lantern
Wow @cerulean forum you completely forgot to include psychic-space rock/monster in the list of possibilities. :<
I am deeply offended.
cerulean forum
Fuck 😐
bronze willow
maybe an other building in mexico for area 51 so hmmmmmmmm
shut mountain
Tbh I believe that they were trying to research a fungus or parasitic thingie there. Meterorites tend to have funky stuff in them if you are big enough to burn away entering the Earth, and a landed meteorite can heavily effect and modify the life around it (in other ways than just killing everything lmaaooo)
cerulean forum
Who cares about Area 51
alpine lantern
Me and Ravenna are on the same page of thought it seems. I've been preaching the parasite theory since I first got here. xD
bronze willow
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last saffron
it could also force some underground life to surface
as much as i love memes, area 51 is both idiotic and a dead one.
shut mountain
Parasites are amazing creatures. They need a host to survive, and nothing else.
alpine lantern
There's also so many different types of parasites, it's not even funny.
shut mountain
Ye
last saffron
they can also alter their hosts in certain ways
alpine lantern
And if you throw in Sci-Fi futuristic stuff... The possibilities are endless. xD
last saffron
not direct mutation i mean, influence
bronze willow
it's like "cloaker" in "the last of us" no ? -no eyes -same noise -no odora -same face -same triggered for the light and the sound ?
last saffron
i forgot the name, but theres one which deliberately forces snails to suicide
it forces the snails at a high point while infesting the eye sockets in order to get eaten by their usual host, birds
cerulean forum
@last saffron I get u so much alsofunny it’s safer for people to raid Area 51 then go to school
last saffron
the infestation makes their eyes swell, get vividly colored and pulse
which i assume is the parasite itself wriggling in there
shut mountain
Oh I know about that one ey. there is one that effects mouse, makes them go kill themselves, run up to cats, the cats eat the parasite up, and the parasite gets up to humans cause cats live around us. 20% of humanity has this parasite, and is well known for making feel people depressed.
cerulean forum
I must have 2million of them
shut mountain
If you contacted with cats ever, you legit have a chance of having it. But since the human body is way too big for it, it cant flourish at max power
last saffron
which is why hygiene is very important, and proper food processing
shut mountain
I think the parasites in GTFO probably reside mainly in the gut area. The male ones at least. See how the guts are so big the skin literally tore around them on Strikers? Even the Shooters have tons of eggs within their stomach areas, not only on the head.
cerulean forum
I want to be able to pickup the potato’s
shut mountain
Wanna try to eat them?
cerulean forum
And make some potato mash
shut mountain
Yumyum
last saffron
im strongly believing their "tongue" is the being itself, taking over their functions while host is essentially brain dead
at least in strikers
shut mountain
^ Same
cerulean forum
It is a big tongue
last saffron
potentially merging with the brain instead of absorbing it
last saffron
it could be a multitude of worms, since some form densely packed colonies (although these arent parasitic)
cerulean forum
Which means it wouldn’t be affecting the body as it is
Although would Aline with the eggs being allin them
last saffron
being a colony doesnt prevent it from being parasitic in nature, considering this one is fictional
cerulean forum
Ok
They still haven’t told us what’s affecting them is fictional it would have to be but if it’s made from something real or just completely made up
So cant factor that brainstorm anyway because it could even be just a bunch of different things affecting the hosts and once transferred all transfer with it
sage portal
i want to know why they sent prisoner instead of trained military
last saffron
too costly, especially if youre dealing with it for the first time
easier to send in expendables than lose decades worth of training
especially considering these are completely unknown
sage portal
i dont think they are dealing with it first time, they had to see the sympthoms and set some experiment
because why prisoners should fight, they could just refuse moving and do objectives
last saffron
because they have no other option. they rebel? ok goodluck getting back up that shaft
sage portal
they can just kill themself ; D
they should add option to suicide, when your whole team dies, you are solo closed and mutants are about to get into your room
last saffron
because killing yourself is really effortless /s
wanting to live isnt something you can discard easily, which is why suicidal people are always universally suffering some affliction
anyway, warden twitter calls this trial expedition
Twitter
Trial Expedition Report #001
No. of prisoners dispatched: 150,639
No. of prisoners successful: 272
Prisoner survival rate: 0.18%
Conclusion: Find more suitable candidates
alpine lantern
Slaaneshi, how goes it over here in the lore page? (I looked away and there's a giant scroll bar now)
last saffron
theres another problem that for most part, military isnt trained to deal with mutants processing gigantic "tongues" which can whip a grown map off balance
stuff ' v'
Hosts proved to be more than just mindless zombies
they flank, they constantly shift around to throw your aim off
and theyre strong enough to rip metal to shreds
kinda reminds me of resident evil uh..2 the film where a military force got wiped out just at the entrance to the hive
alpine lantern
Also, just because we're called prisoners... Doesn't mean we are actually prisoner-prisoners.
We very well could be military, PMC's, Employees, etc-etc... And our bosses or whoever else just decided to throw us under the bus and label us as prisoners to keep prying eyes away or justify their methods, etc-etc.
There's a lot of things we can only theorize and speculate on without know anything further about the world-setting/lore, or the reason behind the infection and expeditions in the first place.
Hey @last saffron do you have any recording/audio editing software?
last saffron
nope sadly
alpine lantern
Dang... Cause I found something I want to play/test with in-game, but I can't find any good free audio software.
And the only software I have is for programming and stuff. :(
@oak rivet , @shut mountain , @maiden hedge
Any of y'all perhaps have decent audio/recording/editing software or such? :)
I just decided to ping people I know are quite active in the lore channel and love to theorize/discuss things since this is game-related ;D
maiden hedge
I have both
alpine lantern
Awesome! You should totally do me a favour~
maiden hedge
But I don't really have time to edit much for quite some time😂
alpine lantern
""Would any of you be interested in recording the distorted voice during the Rundown-C1 selection and try to spruce up/isolate the dialogue and tell me what it says or send me the audio clip afterwards? :)""
shut mountain
I personally don't, are you talking about the briefing sound?
oh yeah I wanna find out what it says too
alpine lantern
Well it's not jut a sound. I've spent the past thirty minutes fiddling with it, and I can make out only three words so far.
And this is me using crappy free-to-use audio software. xD
maiden hedge
Same
alpine lantern
But I have no isolation or buff features, so.... I can't enhance it effectively. :(
maiden hedge
But the difference between free and pay often is how much is automated
shut mountain
My PC is way too shit to record anything, even sound so I cant help you im affraid :( I'm a scriptwriter student, not a sound designer sadly, but I wish a knew a good program for that
alpine lantern
I'm a web-designer/programmer and IT Security guy... Fiddling with audio software is noooot my forte. xD
maiden hedge
Gotta wash my face first anyway, just got home from a Halloween event
alpine lantern
And alrighty, have fun Predated! Def hit us up if you decide to play with the sound though~
west apex
@alpine lantern audacity is free and easy to use to record audio
alpine lantern
But I need to be able to properly isolate/edit audio as well, not just record. >-<
I may also just not be very adept at doing it... Cause as I said earlier, I handle Security/Programming stuff... Not sound or audio design. xD
west apex
If you get a clip and upload it someone may play with it ya know?
alpine lantern
Well it's in the game, anyone can get a clip of it easily enough. >=>;;
I've only managed to get a small phrase out of the clip and it makes zero sense to me... So I'm not sure if it's correct, OR, if my fiddling with the audio is making me hear the wrong words. xD
shut mountain
What is the phrase sir?
alpine lantern
There we go, now it looks proper to me. xD
If I try to isolate single bits / words, I can pick out more but then when I try to piece them together it turns totally unintelligible. xD
So I'm not sure if I just suck at sound-editing, or if I'm grabbing the wrong pieces of audio.
Ok, I'm gunna take a break from audio stuff now.... I can swear I'm starting to imagine things and I don't wanna mis-hear it. xD
toxic merlin
@alpine lantern I do alot of video/audio editing for videos have you tried audacity they have a sound isolation feature
alpine lantern
^--You should totally pick up the baton/torch then and finish what I failed at doing~ :D
Gimme dat juicy dialogue >:3
toxic merlin
I will when I'm home
I work for around 4 more hours imma get home and see what I can do if no one does it first
alpine lantern
Cause I've only picked out that single phrase, and like four random words. xD
toxic merlin
I'll stream it too
alpine lantern
All the rest I still can't figure out / piece together.
And without proper context, I don't know what types of words are being used; Such as the No / Know thing.
toxic merlin
I'll see what I can do I did audio isolation for my red dead old town road edit shouldent be that hard to do for this
alpine lantern
Much love <3
toxic merlin
Yush :)
last saffron
by the way, the hosts do occasionally point at you when detecting
i forgot whoever found it first, but i can personally confirm
toxic merlin
I cant wait to do more detective work on this game
I was one of the people who worked on solveing the secret
Now that severs a shell now that that's dead I cant wait to find out more lore
alpine lantern
Well now you get to take a crack at the audio, cause I have given up. xD
I'm not even listening to it anymore but I can still hear it ringing in my ears. T_T
toxic merlin
As someone who listened to every bit of audio from pd2 countless times to find something I CANT WAIT to listen to this audio xD
alpine lantern
I'm also excited for you!
Tbh I'm surprised you didn't/haven't already listened to it since it seems like you're a bit of an audiophile. x3
Then again you were excited to play the game, so probably didn't stop to click/listen to the so called "briefing".
toxic merlin
I dint even know there was a briefing button!
I just slapped the go button and went in.
alpine lantern
Heh, you're gunna enjoy it then.
toxic merlin
Yessss
alpine lantern
I'm not gunna tell you any of the words or phrases I isolated.
Cause that'll cause you to hear it with bias. xD
last saffron
:o
alpine lantern
Our brains are hard-wired to find things we understand / are familiar with, so... Me telling you something is something, can psychologically cause you to hear the same thing. :)
<--Minored in psychology ;D
alpine lantern
It's why the "play this record backwards and you'll hear 'such-an-such' word." stuff is so popular. Because the moment that thought enters your mind, it's what you will instinctively listen for, even if it's not actually there.
Now, if Meerkat comes up with the same phrases/words I have currently, then... THEN we're onto something >:3
toxic merlin
Alo ..does subtitles work fo it
oak rivet
So you're trying to figure out what is said right at the end of that clip?
alpine lantern
No, no, I want the entire clip.
There's phrases of audio throughout all of it.
I count at least three sentences worth.
Well... 2 - 1/2 sentences.
toxic merlin
Question without hearing it
oak rivet
How do you access it? Think I was at something else
alpine lantern
Go to the Rundown menu and just simply click on C1, but do NOT join or host a lobby. Just wait and the audio will play.
It starts with static, but then immediately goes into dialogue + static + distortion.
At first it sounds like random gibberish but the moment I isolated a section of the audio there was very clear dialogue with actual words.
oak rivet
Does it sound like it begins with 'Retrieve data sample from hydrostasis unit. Return to the drop point with sample. (unintelligible)'?
alpine lantern
The problem is, I have no effing idea what I'm doing. An anytime I try to put the pieces back together it's just complete gibberish to me.
toxic merlin
Is there anything like the words alpha delta etc
alpine lantern
Uuuggh, why you do this to me Caeruleo... Fine, I will open the audio again even though I swore I was done killing my ears with it. xD
toxic merlin
I need to listen to this xD cant wait to get off work. I was wondering if it made no sense because they were useing jargon
pale brook
Yo, so is there like an official lore thing for this game? :0 are you prisoners or experiments or what?
oak rivet
I mean if it's not that, I'm listening to the wrong thing. But for the first two sentences, it's tts of the mission objective
alpine lantern
I'm gunna listen to the game version first since I feel my edited piece is kinda butchered by now
This is what I'm talking about.
That audio clip right there where my mouse is.
Yes, the first phrase is right. The rest is what I can't hear. :(
There's like 2-1/2 sentences I can't make out
toxic merlin
Yeah I'll record it and then clip out the audio and work on it tonight
alpine lantern
I think-- I may have gotten the last sentence, actually. xD
So now I just need the middle one.
@pale brook That is yet to be determined! All we know is we are referred to as "Prisoners".
pale brook
Nice :D
alpine lantern
I-- Am now depressed!
toxic merlin
Aww
oak rivet
Oh I got it all now
alpine lantern
@oak rivet Thank you for making me re-open it after quitting. I've gotten the static out of the way and figured it out.
oak rivet
Just got the last bit
alpine lantern
It's.... anti-climactic and depressing.
oak rivet
Yeah it's just tts of what is written
alpine lantern
Mnhhhhmmm....
I knew the first line was the Obj. But the rest was so staticy that it sounded like something else/hidden. Turns out it was just the effing "Depth Measurement". xD
oak rivet
Yeah I realized that just after you did. I kept thinking it might have started with 'careful' but ignored the last line the whole time
alpine lantern
Mhhmm...
And the "Return" in the second line doesn't sound like the word "Return" at all.
@toxic merlin You can call off the hunt, it's been ruined. D:
😿
Am so desperate for a puzzle to solve. T-T
toxic merlin
Aww
toxic merlin
alpine lantern
I guess. v.v;;
maiden hedge
@alpine lantern decyphered it
Its just "Retrieve data sample from Hydrostasis unit. Return to the drop point with sample. Depth: 427 feet"
Oh nvm 😂
alpine lantern
You're a little late to the party, but yes. xD
maiden hedge
I thought I read all the messages
alpine lantern
That's exactly what it says. Depressingly enough.
You gotta admit though the "Return" phrase and "Depth" don't sound like you'd think they would at first. xD
maiden hedge
I literally just opened the game and listened to it. Then I heard "sample" and saw sample
alpine lantern
The first phrase sounded totally fine, it was the other two that were driving me crazy.
ebon tapir
so while working on a bunch of commands that are used in normal day command prompt apps, and variations of full words to shotrened version I can't find any more commands on this, I guess the only thing is im missing some subtext somewhere but I didn't find anything
that was for the terminal btw
alpine lantern
^--Same, I tried a few CEH commands and nothing came up.
@ebon tapir did you try using list / query commands or such on things like the S-mining email source or anything? {I've been meaning to but I'm taking a break from the game since I beat it earlier today and am ded inside.}
alpine lantern
Uhhh... Dang, I had it before... I know @shut mountain has it like bookmarked or sumthin. xD
But she's gunna murder me if I keep pinging her today. >_>;;
shut mountain
^
We had people send DMs before
Or emaild
S
I don't think they ever received a reply
tall anchor
I’m pretty sure they didn’t
alpine lantern
Oooh, I forgot my tinted-cat-mirrors was a lore aficionado as well!
ebon tapir
thought i got something but list just is weird doesnt do anything for the list or query commands
shut mountain
Especially if it's about the characters cause I already love them way too much, especially Hackett and Bishop
alpine lantern
Mhhmm, but yeah we're trying to see if the ingame commands/terminals might pull something up that we find out of game. xD
cerulean forum
I love the nigerian guy so much
shut mountain
What did you lads find?
alpine lantern
Or even have some IRL commands from other security programs and Cmd lines.
tall anchor
Dauda’s just out here vibing
alpine lantern
So far, we've found nothing Ravenna! D:
ebon tapir
the terminal is very basic
alpine lantern
I gave up on trying Sec+/CEH commands on the Terminal, they did nothing. xD
cerulean forum
The other day someone found containers from 3 different company’s
shut mountain
I'm gonna play a little today, I'll see if I can find something
Oh those containers are everywhere
alpine lantern
But I thought it might be amusing if we tried to List / Ping / Query the Santonia email ingame.
shut mountain
Absolutely everywhere
cerulean forum
And some looked acidic
Because of the corrosive warning sign on them
Wel idfk cus i haven’t gotten a chance to play it
alpine lantern
Heheh... You got three whole days~
You'll be fine. ^_^
I'm fiddling with their website code out of boredom. >_>
Nothing illegal though, so it's all good. xD
quartz citrus
looking at the Warden's tweet, only 68 (im basing this off assumption that all successful expeditions were 4-man teams) groups got all the way through
tall anchor
there’s at least one two and three grouped expeditions
Ravenna and Genocide (mods) did a duo mission
quartz citrus
and finished it? dang thats good
tall anchor
yee
quartz citrus
if they did a duo mission, then there would be two three-man groups that finished it
tall anchor
I’ve not heard of other two man groups so far
quartz citrus
at minimum
quartz citrus
so then at least 69 groups finished it then... nice
rigid heron
do we actually have 3 days. in the menu of run down, it has 30
cerulean forum
My goal is to solo the whole expedition so we will see how much I suffer
maiden hedge
There was one other 2 man group that was first. I believe there are 3-4 duo missions done
Once someone finds a way to deal with the 2nd alarm on a solo run, its definitely going to be possible
The DNA alarm is easy compared to the 2nd alarm
timber swallow
toxic merlin
@alpine lantern I already combed the source code it would have been great to hide stuff in xD
I even emailed them
Just a hello
inland viper
@timber swallow yes, it's Santonian. There's other things that have the name of the company more clearly
Given that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santonian is what that is, there's a decent chance they Dug Too Deep(tm)
last saffron
#the-warden 👀 @alpine lantern
alpine lantern
I knooooow, I see it.
alpine lantern
It might take you a bit of scrolling / history reading or asking questions to find all the "legit-lore" stuff though. XD
weary veldt
The sleepers remind me of multiple things. Sorta SCP, but they snore with the sound of Last of Us "clickers". Fungus thing is supported by the few corpses I've seen laying around that seem to be decomposing into brown creeping crud on the floors and walls around them.
alpine lantern
https://discordapp.com/channels/408196129470152705/585062984619917342/638856493411598365 I don't know how to ping or quote old-history text. xD
But here you go @shut mountain
weary veldt
that tentacle neck thing is straight up RE4
alpine lantern
Slaaneshi's post should be a little under that one as well. He covered a more broad category, including genders.
shut mountain
Ooo nice
weary veldt
last saffron
chomp
weary veldt
That's an alien from Dreamcatcher.
They're humanoid-ish with that for a head. They don't shoot stuff out of their mouth tho, lol
last saffron
i believe The Thing was the main inspiration for strikers, can be totally wrong though
weary veldt
The scout putting out tendrils reminds me of a jellyfish... or what a mycelial network does in fungus... it casts a web out of basically nerves.
alpine lantern
@last saffron you can find your text-wall by searching for "Entity"
That's how I found yours and mine. xD
last saffron
oh
weary veldt
So if you touch the web, REEEEE
last saffron
good ' v'
alpine lantern
Here is your wall post Slaaneshi; https://discordapp.com/channels/408196129470152705/585062984619917342/639104657586651155
weary veldt
I'm going to say the sleepers are definitely fungal in nature
true spruce
Find a black marker at the bottom and it all turns into a dead space spinoff, could always be something related to some sort of "artifact"
weary veldt
oh yeah... and the glowing they do. Fungal bioluminescence is a thing
lavish plume
^ That sounds about right, I can't wait for this game to drop and get some more juicy bits of lore
Definitely either fungal or genetic mutation via result of experimentation gone wrong, definitely seems like a sorta science facility gone wrong down there
lavish plume
Oh wow, that has to be fairly far in I imagine
Usually have trouble even getting to the 1st fog room lol
last saffron
i stick with a pathogen/parasite rather than fungal
lavish plume
True, fungal usually is accompanied by flora. The scenery will usually match if it is fungal, like that one vault in Fallout New Vegas
last saffron
its still possible, just usually parasitic shrooms grow on their hosts post expiration (as seen in cordyceps) replacing tis host tissue with its mycelium
alpine lantern
You really love that tube, don't cha Slaaneshi?
last saffron
' v'
alpine lantern
Maybe we should put you inside it o.o
last saffron
glass cannot contain me!
alpine lantern
We'll put you inside it with the current occupant as well then!
last saffron
:o
floral plaza
Touching on the flora conspiracy, the "normal" creatures seem to have the appearance of a Venus Fly Trap.
last saffron
theory you mean, conspiracy is a lil diffent thing ' v' nue being nitpicky
wispy willow
Fungal would make sense with all the fog and with the dead husks of creatures lying around.
Fungus likes dark and damp.
alpine lantern
Me and @shut mountain will kindly stick with our parasitic / pathogen theory. |3
last saffron
the (rather unusual) low amount of corpses around still leaves me wondering
especially since some of them are just parts of the body
shut mountain
I was pinged and I came running
last saffron
all of them have visible process of mutation
alpine lantern
Parasites! Take what they need, leave the rest/useless stuff~ :D
Ravenna the discussion of what the infection is has come back up and they're trying to steal away our parasites. D:
last saffron
the blood splatters (atleast to me) also look quite cloggy
as if it was already congealed when spilled
shut mountain
Yeah I prefer parasitic. Explains why they have a huge tongue and why they react the way they do to sounds and light. Fungus generally does not make creatures behave this way if we look at realistic examples, in video games yes
alpine lantern
..... I will yield my stance on one possible compromise though... Parasitic fungus? ._.;;
shut mountain
Sounds something that is from a alien movie which means that it is possible
alpine lantern
Cause technically, both parasites and fungi are living creatures... It's not impossible for there to be a creature/entity that is considered both of those things.
shut mountain
Tbh if they were fungus, meleeing would spread spores and not complete eggs. Spore sacks are very, very brittle, can expload to just a touch
alpine lantern
Yeeeah, the eggs part is what really sells me on the parasite theory tbh. Eggs + heartbeat/tongue inside.
last saffron
the eggs also could be full fledged larva or pupae
shut mountain
^
alpine lantern
The way it latches onto the nervous system/spinal cord and such, and basically completely merges/assimilates with the brain... Just, super-mega-parasite vibes for me. xD
It's like a tapeworm kinda, but... instead of your intestines... It's your entire body and your brain o.o
last saffron
never paid attention to it, but the veins get altered too
atleast i assume those are veins
alpine lantern
I mean, some of the tapeworms they've pulled out of people have been up to sizes of 30'ft long.
shut mountain
Yeah. Parasites have the ability to change the neurosystem directly
alpine lantern
Which would also make the whole "tentacle/melee attack" very realistic...
shut mountain
Fungus not so much unless it is the rule of the world that the video game has
alpine lantern
It's just the wurm/parasite stretching out of the body to attack/latch onto the hostile/enemy (us) >_>
last saffron
usually a fungus simply replaces tissue with itself
shut mountain
But since this is a alpha and we do t have that much on the story, it's hard to say what is a "written" rule and what is not
last saffron
instead of altering the body itself
shut mountain
^ yes
alpine lantern
I think I've grossed myself out, comparing everything to IRL tapeworms now... I'm gunna stop xD
Still though... 30ft of worm inside your body, just imagine that. ._.;
shut mountain
This reminds of that one video with that bloodworm eating up another worm
last saffron
i mean, our intestines are rather long, just very compact
shut mountain
Also let's not forget a special kind of worm that resides in praying mantis
last saffron
spiders too i believe, those are huge
alpine lantern
Or the--- mnh... mango-worms that infest animals/dogs? There can be up to over 1000 worms in a single dog, and the dog would still be alive.
last saffron
parasites can be quite squishy, practically flattening themselves to fit in
true spruce
horse hair worms**
alpine lantern
Parasites / especially worms, are just... effing, don't even underestimate them or their vitality. xD
shut mountain
Yeah, blackworms are kinda similar to what we see in gtfo tbh. They keep the host alive in some way, but ultimately they modify their them to their needs, and take up their insides for themselves
Don't Google blackworms
I really suggest not to lmaooo
alpine lantern
^-Considered it, then decided not to.
alpine lantern
Slaaneshi let me know what you find, cause I'm gunna heed the advice and not search it. xD
Cause I'm going to lunch soon.
last saffron
i love all things nature, as gross as they can be
shut mountain
Check it on youtube
It's extremely fascinating but makes you afraid to touch any mantis for a lifetime
alpine lantern
I mean... I already don't touch mantis's, so. >_>
last saffron
i mightve gotten the wrong result, lemme alter the search a bit
alpine lantern
Could just have Ravenna link you to the proper thing. xD
last saffron
Nematomorpha that ye?
true spruce
the parasite you are looking for are Horsehair worms
alpine lantern
Mnhh, y'all are making me curious. >_>
true spruce
Saw one yesterday in all this rain
last saffron
yee got it
alpine lantern
But I will not look! Not until well-after lunch. T_T
floral plaza
That's what the fungus "Ophiocordyceps unilateralis" does. It infects the host, causing it to pretty much kill itself and out comes some lovely spores to keep on keepin' on.
shut mountain
The sleepers do not kill themselves thou
last saffron
interestingly, ants try to quarantine the infected
shut mountain
They are only attacking once they have a reason to activate themselfes
"activate"
There is a difference between attacking everything on sight risking the host and letting it sit idle or taking control of it
last saffron
the way hosts stretch from time to time is curious
when they thrash even more so
its like "wake the fuck up, food!"
alpine lantern
.... Probably the worm readjusting itself. T_T;;
Yup, I'm grossed out now. xD
I couldn't stop myself.
My lunch is now ruined.
last saffron
the hosts are mostly in fetal positions, or atleast trying to curl up, even when standing
alpine lantern
I hate (love) all of you for this.
shut mountain
Yeah. If the sleepers were having the spores that pidgun described, there would be no sleepers by now, as all hosts were probably be dead by the time the prisoners go down
They could just wait for all of them to go and end their life's and collecting HSU DNA would be a lot easier
true spruce
the fetal position is a kinda default position for the human body
shut mountain
Sorry about that lunch Cevet lmaoo
alpine lantern
And you had a lively convo!
last saffron
' v'
alpine lantern
Which ended with me being disgusted.
shut mountain
Pardon lmaoo
last saffron
hey, i watched my ferret getting a part of its gut removed live during operation
ive seen it all...
alpine lantern
I can handle... certain gorey things, but parasites i can't handle well at all. xD
alpine lantern
Seeing what the parasite does to someone? Doesn't affect me, seeing the parasite being taken out or such, nooope, I'll get sick. xD
last saffron
especially if said body feeds off them
alpine lantern
But I feel we made good discussion progress!
And... uncomfortably similar IRL comparisons. >_>;
last saffron
also of note, i hope noone feels like im thrashing their theories
floral plaza
I have a mild case of trypophobia. If I stare at a sea sponge, I get the heebie jeebies.
last saffron
its hard for me to see if im being harsh through text
alpine lantern
I think "everyone" in this chat who actively participates has both agreed / disagreed about others and been agreed / disagreed with. xD
So you're totally fine, imo.
last saffron
i just dont really want to hurt people unintentionally
floral plaza
@true spruce Livin' like Larry
alpine lantern
Then you should just agree with everything I say and I'll never be hurt! :O
true spruce
everyday
shut mountain
Oh yeah, good discussions are amazing if if you theory ends up being debunked ey
It's natural sometimes heads knock
If it's done in a civil manner it's still gonna be great
true spruce
you know i had something about this being the larva of some sort of parasitoid but i lost it
alpine lantern
Now the only question left is, are we fighting "earth parasites" or "space parasites"? XD
floral plaza
Our argument is pathogen or fungi. What about..... Wait for it..... Pathogenic Fungi. Agreed? Agreed. All in agreeance, say I.
floral plaza
^
alpine lantern
Oh geez. We're getting crazy now.
shut mountain
Yeah I'm not against that theory. A parasitic fungus or a fungus which evolves into a parasite using the intestines of the prey sounds cool
glossy cargo
true spruce
well tbh this is more then likely alien
floral plaza
Or we could just chalk it up to the invasion of the bodysnatchers pt. 2
alpine lantern
Agreed with what Ravenna said. Transformation/Evolving is a common thing among what 'we' consider harmful entities... Viruses / Fungi / Parasites / etc... They constantly adapt, especially when given the proper environment or 'food'.
last saffron
hell, in here i think uh, common cold? is evolving every year now so we have to vaccinate against the new strain
it doesnt turn deadly, it just stops reacting to previous vaccine
shut mountain
Oh yeah in 20 years it is said that common cold with be too resistent against human medicine
So get ready boyysss
floral plaza
Why not a bacterial infection, can be airborne as well contracted through bodily fluids. The decaying bodies could be what the bacteria has decied to take and has left the rest releasing through the air and infecting all other capable hosts in the compound.
alpine lantern
Yup... It's the common cold far in the future.
That's the entire premise of GTFO, curing the mega-evolved-resistant cold strain.
last saffron
i find it scary how a disease from ancient time, could potentially become terrifying if it resurges today
alpine lantern
But yeah, one last note on my/Ravenna's theory side. I'm hoping it's not a space-parasite and preferably just something that was deeply hidden away/fossilized in the earth and was disturbed/revived by curious coprorations/scientists.
shut mountain
This is so sad, can we consume sleeper eggs for research
alpine lantern
I'm not a fan of "it's a bug from space! Oooooh, scary~"
shut mountain
Tbh I rheorize that it is definitely something that came from not earth due to the placement of the complex
alpine lantern
@last saffron Your comment resonates with what I just said! :D
last saffron
for me, "Earth, fuck yea!" posts are great
like, aliens being completely afraid of us, our wildlife etc
alpine lantern
Truuuue, the complex "is" in a skethy place / crater from space rock. >_<
shut mountain
Alright I'm going back to watching youtube, if you all need me ping me and I shall come running
true spruce
😱
last saffron
"their mouths are full of Acid?!"
alpine lantern
M-maybe... the space-rock crater is what unearthed the fossilized ancient earth disease/parasite? T_T
last saffron
could be!
if i recall, there was an ancient bacteria revived after a hundred years i think
true spruce
Dino STD's
alpine lantern
...Or even mutated/evolved it with the radiation and other factors from space/spacerocks. xD
last saffron
im probs really far off, i just remember it was old
shut mountain
Tbh I'm not against the there was something in the meteorite when it landed theory. Meteorites have funky matterials in them and can contain stuff that are dangerous
alpine lantern
So it's a hybird of Earth AND space death! :D
floral plaza
I mean, there is a big hole in the ground that you go into, maybe it was a funtioning compound with real people and whatever was on the meteor made its way through and infected the humans, inciting the gov't to react and their best idea was to use trained soldiers to control convicts who were scheduled for deathrow anyway to try and execute the infection from space?
alpine lantern
Sadly, as much as it pains me. Ravenna is probably right. XD
true spruce
or hell this is really out there the asteroid itself was a living creature
floral plaza
And that's what making all the tunnels you see when you land! @true spruce
We're cooking now ladies and gents and others.
alpine lantern
Fun fact, since you're discussing the meteorite being a living thing...
Google; Pyura Chilensis. :)
It's something I remember reading years ago. xD
shut mountain
You all come up with good stuff and I can't watch videos in peace smhhh
true spruce
people eat them waa
alpine lantern
Hey, heeey! We didn't ping you this time.
You can't blame us for your lore-theory-obsession. |3
floral plaza
It is a filter feeder in the ocean that feeds off of microorganisms, but looks like a rock.
Sneaky sneaky.
last saffron
keep the video running in a separate window so you can watch both o wo
lilac island
I think it's an M2M parasite, something that can be warded off via hydrostasis, at least temporarily. Depending on how far it integrates into the subject, it could also explain the ridiculous levels of resilience on certain subjects, most notably the larger ones, or the specials. If it replaces or reinforces and modifies the original structure, then it would harden or layer the epidermis using an invasion method similar to Staph or MRSA. I honestly think that one or more of the devs got the general concept from watching The Strain.
alpine lantern
On the outside it is a rock! But if you break it open you find blood and organs everywhere. :P
alpine lantern
Sooo... Why can't a space rock / meteor also be a living creature? ^_^
shut mountain
Alright I'm really going lmaoo. You all have fun and ping me when you guys find something about Hackett mah ultimate bae
last saffron
im hoping we might get something like Carrion protagonist, from devolver
true spruce
Yes!
alpine lantern
Am I really defending another theory against my parasite theory? Oh how the tides have turned.
floral plaza
Living matter would absolutely burn up before it breaks through the atmosphere.
shut mountain
And Bishop. I know his first name starts with F. And that he is the author of the website but I need to know more about the British lad
floral plaza
Would have to be a big meteor and a tiny tiny creature to land safely.
alpine lantern
But it's not impossible~ :O
shut mountain
I mean that meteor was big enough to make 99 percent of the world go extinct lmao
true spruce
Again with my "living asteroid" it could be dead and something that big would take forever to decompose, its just the stuff that it brought with it that we are dealing with
shut mountain
F for the dinosaurs
alpine lantern
Meteorites also sometimes contain metals/minerals that we don't have here on Earth. Which could make them more resistant to burning up/crumbling during atmospheric entry.
Ravenna : claims multiple times to leave.
Ten seconds later
Ravenna : Still here, but claiming to leave very soon
😛
lilac island
If we're going with a Bio-Meteor, then that itself does not count as a theory; there would be so many ways for it to work that it's more of a genre than anything.
alpine lantern
It's ok, I share your pain.
true spruce
true enough
alpine lantern
I'm not rooting for or upvoting the "bio-meteor" I am still very much on the Parasite train. I'm just saying it's theoretically and realistically possible.
true spruce
is level 3 the deepest that we have seen so far?
last saffron
i bet Simon knows alot about characters
alpine lantern
The map shows 5 levels.
last saffron
considering his comments about them are on the wiki ' v'
alpine lantern
So there's 2 more levels below where the Alpha is taking place at.
lilac island
OR, it's an M2M parasite that came from a Bio-Meteor 😂
shut mountain
^
true spruce
yeah just wondering if we have SEEN anything on them?
shut mountain
Oh yeah those commends on the wiki are from a audio blog
alpine lantern
Mmnh... Do we know where the 2nd video the devs posted takes place at?
shut mountain
About the voice actors and characters
last saffron
hype
floral plaza
I'm liking the idea of the scientists poking shit they shouldn't and infecting the world with this horrible, mutative micro-organism that they found off of the meteor that crashed into earth and once they awoke one, the rest that were still on the meteor also awoke infecting the surrounding vicinity.
true spruce
hmm because level 4 is always blinking red
shut mountain
Sane Pidgun
last saffron
"Sam, did you follow the proper lab procedures?"
"Dont worry about it"
2 days later, everyones dead
alpine lantern
We also know how deep C1 / Lvl 3 is... So take that measurement and we can "safely guess" how deep levels 4/5 are in comparison.
C1 is 473 ft in depth, yeah?
floral plaza
"You were supposed to read the LOPs, Sam. You idiot."
true spruce
I believe.
last saffron
still curious why the area right before bottom is red, while the one below it is blue like the rest
alpine lantern
So that's on level 3... Which means that the two floors above are maaaybe 170ft / 315ft respectively? With levels 4/5 being around maybe 610ft / 835ft?
lilac island
Kind of along the same lines: a M2M lands via meteor, maybe thousands or millions of years ago. Later, a company sets up a mining site for experimentation, but comes across the meteor. Shit goes wrong, outbreak occurs, and by the time they manage to quarantine it, the base is compromised and outbreak has occurred on the surface. Now, The Warden needs whatever progress the scientists made on the various things related to the M2M in order to try and survive.
A few other elements to toss in, but that's the gist.
alpine lantern
..... Maybe our characters are prisoners because they were part of the reason/cause of the outbreak? :O
floral plaza
Or they were involuntarily and have to do then anyway because in the eyes of the public, a convict is a convict, and we're seen as expendable. The child predators and tax evadors first of course. Lol
true spruce
in the end its just a giant sarlacc pit
last saffron
the plot twist we didnt know we needed, but we did
lilac island
It could be that some of the miners were rounded up, but kept in stasis due to infection. Using some neural link tech, they control, influence, or monitor their progress as they go into the hole. They clearly are still themselves and have will, so it leans towards influencing or hard walls for certain actions, like escape.
last saffron
influence is more likely. promises of freedom can do wonders
floral plaza
To be fair, are we absolutely certain that these are the voices and actions of the controlled or the controllers? These could just be comms between the soldiers controlling the prisoners.
lilac island
True, but they feel the same levels of fear and independence that the captives normally would.
last saffron
each char has more personality than a puppet would, plus a controller would most likely use more formal language
lilac island
If they were operated shells, who cares if one dies?
true spruce
that is true, a interesting concept
lilac island
The point is simple: people screwed up, now infected prisoners are being indirectly controlled or influenced to go fetch gear and research.
floral plaza
Exactly, now influence and forced actions are two completely different things. You can influence someone to do something, but they won't necessarily do it unless you force them to. Every person is afraid of the concept of death thus the neural link. The soldiers necessarily don't have anything to lose but the shell they're operating.
And prisoners and convicts are aplenty.
lilac island
This would also open the door to a very interesting game mode: legitimate survival. Due to gas or overbearing levels of infection, a random one or two people in your squad slowly begin to turn. Luckily, in the deep levels of the base, there is some basic inhibitor that can be found and used.
alpine lantern
^-- Are we getting into "Gamer" levels of cerebral cortext control here?
floral plaza
When this game first announced, my imagination went straight to that. @alpine lantern
I don't see why not. They may be living beings, but like I said in the eyes of the public. A convict IS a convict, and seen as expendable.
An inmate, prisoner or convict is seen as someone who has nothing to add in society, why keep them around.
lilac island
But that's assuming that the outside world is mostly untouched, enough for social politics and reception to come into play. This also implicates that The Warden are some form of ruling corporation or group that has legitimate power within society.
last saffron
usprisonsysteminanutshell
alpine lantern
So we're discussing the Gamer/Deathrace society standards.
Yeah, I can get on board with those theories.
Well! I now can finally drive home, so I will see you all in a lil while depending on traffic! :)
lilac island
No worries, stay safe. I'm going to shower and eat, but my ankle's completely FUBAR, so I will be back for more of this fanfiction-esque guesstimation 😄
floral plaza
In an apocalypse, there is always an established gov't whether it be patriarchal or presidential. People in positions of power are usually able to keep that power do to societal structure. There are the lead and the leaders. Corporations or gov't power over all this is not out of question.
@last saffron I mean, personally I wouldn't want to see a child predator back on the streets ever.
last saffron
i mean, considering id prefer a death sentence to some types of convicts im not really disagreeing
we dark territory now
alpine lantern
Let's make sure we keep to game-theories and not full-on-IRL opinions~ <3
Ok, noooow I'm driving home. xD
floral plaza
Very compelling argument ^
icy oar
so some scientists and mechanics were testing a new device when something went wrong and opened a portal to another world that had those parasites and it infected everyone in the lab and possibly everyone in the entire planet, so our characters were imprisoned by the warden (an AI created by the military with the mission of finding immune survivors around the world) it managed to locate 4 human beings that were immune to the parasites and so it kidnapped them and pretty much somehow gave them a cybernetic enchancement which allows them to view their ammo health etc. so the survivors went floor a1 where they found actual parasites and attacked them, when they found a stairway leading to floor b1 where they encountered some survivors and tried to get them back to the surface to keep them safe when some remaining parasites got to the survivors but before it was too late a survivor which seems to have been a scientist said code goes here but our characters didnt know what that meant but they moved on (1/3)
deep wyvern
works for me
carmine fossil
I'm thinking this is like an 'Umbrella Corporation', imagine if this is the new Resident Evil
icy oar
at one point they found some pods that read "c1" and so they got in and they were lowered down to that exact floor, when they got there they saw some infected hunched over and so they approached them when they saw that their chest started pumping, when one of our characters started moving one of the infected started twitching and they realized that they should not move when their hearts beat and so they managed to get through floor c1 using their hammers, same thing happened with floor d1 , e,1 when they got to floor f1 there they realised that all of the infected were a mix of all of the previous infected when they looked behind them they saw a new type of infected... the stalker, when they saw it the stalker pounced on one of the survivors trying to infect them too but that did not work since they all of them have an immunity to the parasites, after they killed the parasite they moved on... they got to the end of the end of the facility where they found the portal (2/3)
icy oar
(3/3) when they found the portal they tried finding a way to switch the device off, after a bit one of the survivors found the switch the device started closing when the device started malfunctioning and made a loud sound that could be heard throughout the facility and alerted all of the infected in it, after a while they managed to kill every infected individual that managed to get down to floor f1 and managed to close the device... after that they went to the surface they saw that all of the people that were previously infected were now ok and they saw that all of the parasites were on the floor... dead... after that the warden managed to kidnap them again and brought them to the military where they were tested on for months. (To be continued in GTFO 2?????)
what do you all think of this
last saffron
well that went fanfiction fast
icy oar
xD
i mean
they could possibly add that right
since there isnt really any lore within the game
so all that could definitely happen
waxen haven
icy oar
harsh totem
why does taking a DNA sample cause enemy swarms?
icy oar
what does this have to do with lore??????????
harsh totem
well if it's not a bug then it has to be
floral plaza
It's the physical act of removing the DNA Sample from its container that sets off an alarm that I assume was implemented to alert guard and staff that were present before the outbreak or were turned. @harsh totem
fast harness
if you look at teh body language of the characters when your in lobby, all except one, are phsycotic
solid kindle
Tbh I want to know more about the guy in the Hoodie. He's my favorite looking character.
fair ether
@fast harness
I think during the intro cutscenes among other text there's mental status of prisoner. Maybe there's a connection?
last saffron
the mental state is randomized on each start up, alongside infection level
fair ether
@last saffron
Probably a placeholder for now, just like "detailed info" in scanner
fast harness
I believe that we are required to extract the DNA sample because the hideos abominations we're fighting, are in fact us. we were developing some sort of mutated strain of human DNA, and obviously either the test subjects got out of hand or the pathegeon became airborn under the right condistions (humidity, moisture, ect) that you find down below. i think the characters mental state is judged by ho wmany expiditions theyve been on, and the nightmarish monstrosities theyve seen. purhaps the prisoners were workers in this researchlab, and are doomed to find the cure or or what have you BEFORE the conditions are perfect above ground. that would make sense of the infection levels and mental state.
fair ether
It could be a rush not to save the world, but to save the ass of whoever is in charge. Since we got all these (quite resistant to firearms btw) monstrocities down there, then whatever research created them obviously made some progress. If the guys in charge reports failure, they will face consequences. Right now they can send down remaining employees until they die, reach a critical level of infestation or (maybe) manage to get things under control again.
solid kindle
And you know, the fact the people being sent down are all Prisoners and ect.
sly mountain
The pathogen being recently airborne would explain the use of respirators by all prisoners and the thick fog that makes most flash lights dog shit
late oasis
The C1 area looks like a digging site. My guess is that it might be a digging operation until they found... well whatever this damn infestation is, then the researches came and... standart horror protocoll gamma 5. everything went to hell because of a security breach
and now in order to cover it up they throw prisoners at it since they are disposable and wont leak information outside.
last saffron
c1 is more of a storage really, all the forklifts, shelves etc
drilling is probably somewhere below
solid kindle
Drilling probably was in the area we spawn in c1 but at the same time it looks like it was made post entry of the prisoners, so most likely it was an emergency "Get the fuck out" upwards drilling to escape.
Which would explain why there seemingly is no other way up besides the lift that drops you down.
fair ether
Could be that the outbreak and following infestation occured way before and the facility was buried for some time. And we are being sent down there to check what is going own
late oasis
That implies that whoever is in charge KNOWS what happened down there.
solid kindle
What if it's like the original Fallout where we need X-item to keep the popular on the surface alive.
last saffron
ehh, im not sure about drilling upwards. the drill would have to be absolutely gigantic to make a hole that big, and it probably wouldnt leave metal bending upwards
last saffron
if it was pointing down, id believe it since drilling randomly can force the structure to collapse
fair ether
Whoever is in charge has to know what happened down there. Not exactly, but at least in general. But if all the tech/info/samples are down there, they still need us to get them
late oasis
I assume that the drilling went first downwards and everything else was build around it after they found something there.
solid kindle
Maybe... some kind of explosion?
last saffron
sending military blindly is not a really good idea
solid kindle
We may never know.
late oasis
military or private security. but not prisoners. unless you have some shit to cover up
last saffron
you cant really train a marine to fight off a swarm of rapidly whipping, razor toothed monstrosities. especially if a single whip almost sends a person flying
including how blowing their limbs off doesnt even guarantee a kill
late oasis
Then again you can equip them with high powered weaponary to deal with it.
Autoshotguns, heavy machineguns, flamethrowers and whatever futuristic weaponary they have
solid kindle
Instead they give the prisoners cheap and easy to make weapons.
late oasis
clear one or two rooms, send in supplies and continue
last saffron
and lose all that down there
money well spent
youre not sending them to fight another military, which can be predictable
youre sending them to face god knows what
solid kindle
It would explain why the heavier and more expensive guns (Sniper, Shotgun, Ect ect) are all limited ammo.
late oasis
^
the shotgun busts them quite quickly.
Doubt those pump actions are more expensive to make than an AR
or machinegun in that matter (though that thing is more of a battle rilfe if we´re being honest)
solid kindle
The ammo to sustain them are probably more expensive than the Pistol itself is to make.
last saffron
ammo probably costs more than deploying them 🤔
late oasis
plus if you really need to go down there then you can scout ahead with a drone which would be considerably cheaper than dozens of prisoners
last saffron
can a drone open doors though
they seem to be sensor
it wont be able to open a security door for sure, normal doors probably
it would also probably wake the first thing it bumps into immediately
which would be interesting
thick nebula
There's some sort of bio-sensor on just about everything it seems. Like the terminal explicitly says it's waiting for employee presence or something before you can interact with it. Doubt a drone would be picked up by that
last saffron
how do they react to non organics
theyre sensitive to light and mostly orient on sound and movement
late oasis
you can interact with them from the outside though... considering a lot is automated there should be a way to access the control systems and open the doors from the outside
solid kindle
They don't really react to non-organics that aren't lethal.
You can dome them in the head with a glowstick and they won't even flinch.
last saffron
dunno if they can see, through the "heart" potentially since standing in ones face doesnt bother it in the slightest even if its "stretching"
late oasis
they seem to be purely movement based. almost like bats.
solid kindle
Maybe they are echo-locative.
late oasis
would explain why they make those noises all the time
last saffron
some of them do point at you when waking up
i remember waking one up from behind a shelf with a flashlight just to see what happens
solid kindle
And since most of them are so ghastly pale they most likely have the symptoms of Albinoism.
last saffron
lil friend just ran up to me and pointed before screaming
solid kindle
Which explains why they responsive to the flashlights.
late oasis
echo location plus oversensitivity to light.
solid kindle
I think the guys with the head split open still have working eyes but they aren't night vision.
And the guys with the bloated, black heads are probably echolocative.
late oasis
If their eyes still work they are MASSIVLY damaged
solid kindle
Which explains why they are the ranged enemies too.
last saffron
solid kindle
Maybe he has a little eye inbetween the teeth I don't know.
late oasis
the head is split right through the middle.
late oasis
they are either overgrown or deformed to the point where they barely see a thing
late oasis
we can scratch that of the list.
my guess is that when they are dormant their echo location is severely reduced
last saffron
the bugged beauty which didnt react to light
the closer you are to them to more they react to movement
to the point even if its fully asleep itd go into "stretching" when you moved an inch
late oasis
seems that dormant state= low awarness
"Stretching"= lower frenquency scan so to speak
agitated= echo location kicks into overdrive
it also would explain how they seemingly find you even after you lock 3 rooms worth of doors in between them and you
and went to hide
Would be cool if that could work... they stop hunting once you got away far enough
It´s safe to say that whatever started this outbreak is used to dark and cold enviroments.
all of the mutations are geared towards hunting in narrower spaces and low light areas
fair ether
seems that dormant state= low awarness
"Stretching"= lower frenquency scan so to speak
agitated= echo location kicks into overdrive
That look like some good energy efficiency. No point wasting nutrients on high-presicion echolocation
inland viper
Get out of here before I set yutani on you
fair ether
Number 11 is really hungry today. Don't test my patience 😄
inland viper
number 11 can eat an icecream, you scram
late oasis
just feed it napalm. Maybe it´ll get fire resistant
fair ether
That suggestion is worth checking
Not on Number 11 though, 56 and 73 will be the first subjects
late oasis
If they dont get splattered by pulse rilfe rounds beforehand like 23 and 86
static jacinth
I always figured they tracked based off a combination of echolocation and EM, like how a shark does.
inland viper
well, bioluminescence still em surely, but glowsticks don't alert
static jacinth
When I say EM I mean the electrical signals from muscles
which I think is why they wake from even the slightest movement when the heart is pulsing, even silent ones
like standing up
fair crystal
There is a short 9 min cgi video that made me think its message/ concept could be a possible reasons why you are killing monsters in GTFO. Here is the link
fair crystal
Is killing the monsters even real? It might be a test simulation of what is real for the convicts to train and perfect their skills before sent into real missions.
wispy willow
I'm guessing we're employees who are neuro-linked into the bodies of convicts.
Hence why we're allowed to dive again and again even after dying.
fair crystal
Thats alot of convicts and good network connection in deep cave systems
wispy willow
True, but there are cryocorpses everywhere, and lots of active terminals so clearly the computer network is still up. Maybe it's all running off wifi. 😋
fair crystal
What if the connection is broken? Or hacked?
wispy willow
Doesn't it say unauthorized access in the intro?
fair crystal
Im not sure
wispy willow
Nope, it says something else
manual override
The vitals it gives in the start sequence are interesting
fair crystal
@wispy willow what does the company want? What and why are we retrieveing some items for someone who doesnt value our lives? Is throwing unprepared and non professional trouble souls to fix some wealthy corp ceo problems? Lol
wispy willow
Idk. The people being thrown at the problem are already infected though. One of the vitals listed is "infection level" and it varies randomly between low and high.
fair crystal
Right but what are we retrieving exactly?
tall anchor
a dna sample
wispy willow
DNA samples, at least in this mission. Might be other things we retrieve in other missions.
fair crystal
Dna sample of what?
tall anchor
a person
wispy willow
Human dna sample
the containers seem to be some kind of cryostorage or suspended storage
fair crystal
Who is the person?
wispy willow
It's different people every time
hence the different container names we have to hunt down
fair crystal
Does anyone have alist of all the names?
Has anyone found any interesting things in the terminal?
floral vessel
wayy too many questions
names are probs just random atm, terminal has nothing it is only for player use atm
you should be able to answer most of the questions you asked yourself or by common knowledge and/or VERY MINIMAL research
fair crystal
Sorry just trying to get a better understanding of lore
floral vessel
so much, not that much has really come up
check pinned messages, it'll some of the thoeries/locations etc
fair crystal
Thanks
fast harness
any warden theories?
solid tiger
AI overwatcher
group of people called 'the warden'
fast harness
is that conf
wispy willow
It's GLaDOS' meaner, less funny cousin.
solid tiger
i would love a voice for the warden, that randomly makes jokes or mocks the prisoners
NOT like glados but different
wispy willow
I’m wondering whether this might be a post apocalypse scenario. Resources certainly seem scarce. You’d think a threat of this magnitude would have more supplies to fight it.
solid tiger
maybe the operation is top secret and they are using prisoners to fight off the experiment
fast harness
i think its a very contained epidiemic for a specific resource
the mine seems abandoned, in a hurry so
wispy willow
It’s just that bullets are cheap, yet we’re being dropped in with bags half full.
fast harness
i feel like the monsters are those left behined
solid tiger
its set in the future with "futuristic" weapons, you dont know the bullet prices XD
fast harness
bullets are made out of paper, cant you tell by the damage>
gtfo-32 for a game if anyones interested
late oasis
Whoever sends the convicts down there A: knows exactly what the fuck is going on down there and B: knows the prisoners more than likely wont get out alive. They send them in like scouts to map the area and if lucky get the job done. If they get killed... well they got some of the area mapped and a good chunk of the infested is wiped.
late oasis
Probably the guy who brings and oversees the convicts
vagrant spoke
The place was abandoned but the wardens need DNA and stuff so they send the 4 prisoners down to get what they want. All the weapons and melee are made from old mining equipment
So i think the key to the lore is figuring out who the Wardens are and just what are Sleepers
late oasis
My guess on the sleepers is a parasite that infected the people. Look at their behavior. blind, rely on sounds (judging by the heartbeat i assume echo location), sensitive to light (albinism probably) and they only really move if they detected prey.
vagrant spoke
probably experiment gone wrong, Wardens figured to cut their losses and abandoned the place to the sleepers
late oasis
Whatever they are the source of infestation is somewhere at the bottom. and it was there for a loooong time
vagrant spoke
Or yeah perhaps when they dug down they accidently set it loose
and it spread too fast to be contained so they cut their losses and left hence why they need us to go down there to get things they left behind
late oasis
Yep. shady company 101. and Like mentioned the sleepers are geared towards dark, cold and low nourishment enviroments.
Something that would give a fuckton of answers is: how far did the infestation go?
vagrant spoke
Not to the surface
late oasis
Yeeeep. pretty certain they found something down there and tried to research it
and then standart horror game company protocol gamma 5: somebody fucked up and everything went to hell
Not that i mind though. it´s a classic
uncut ingot
If we don't get a Hive styled level I'll be sad.
Then again. This game is AMAZING so I won't really.
late oasis
Let´s say it´d be a bit of a bummer
floral vessel
will be for when game comes out and important info may be put there
formal thunder
oh the devs/admins said it?
torn apex
late oasis
Probably a dystopia. Would certainly explain the amount of prisoners aviable for those suicide runs
dull shuttle
If you look closely the hole is set bottom-up
hybrid plover
To me it just seems like that goofy ass gerard butler movie but underground
toxic merlin
I still would like to belive that the disease is sea life based. Considering all the infecteds mutations
viral phoenix
Could be some subterranean lake
wispy willow
Wait, does it say prisoner or does it say convict? Because the two don’t mean the same thing.
last saffron
prisoner
versed wren
mutations seem a lot more similar to fungus to me
last saffron
problem is, they dont display anything fungal. a fungus would replace its host tissues with itself (irl example being cordyceps as it devours its host from the inside before "blooming")
wispy willow
Yeah, but the look and behavior is very similar to that of the zombies in The Last of Us. Right down to the husks of zombies growing into the ground and spreading out.
last saffron
i cant really see similarities except the noise, last of us had them covered in the fungus on later stages, and hosts (yet) dont seem to root or spread any mass
last of us were also much more sturdy than hosts, especially the uh..bloats? the big ones on account of being covered in fungal plates
hosts in mean time almost slough off from even a pistol bullets
except their bones, atleast on legs
i remember shooting off the meat leaving the bone exposed with muscles still attached in certain parts
wispy willow
In TLoU or GTFO?
last saffron
gtfo, last of us are sturdier ' v'
wispy willow
Yeah, I’ve noticed that too. But similar doesn’t mean exactly the same. And for me the similarities in design, combined with the dark/damp location and sensitivity to light, just screams out fungus.
Not to mention you see dead grunt set pieces that are slowly spreading out.
last saffron