#Audio in Base - Clarification without spoilers

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sage ginkgo
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TL;DR: The ambient audio of the base implies that "outside life" is in and around the area. Is that supposed to be the case? Explorer_Shrug

I DO NOT REQUIRE A DEV RESPONSE/SPOILER. I am just wondering how many other people are noticing this. Based on my knowledge of ITR1 lore between the story, journals and audio logs and my obsessive playtime due to a lack of real life, it immediately struck me as "OFF". I've got a dozen theories about pre/post Explorer 61 and what could possibly be the reason. If that's the case its fine. If not then... it just seems out of place compared to the setup from ITR1. Otherwise if this is a placeholder, I hope it wont be forgotten about Explorer_Hmm

mystic hawk
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The bases in both ITR1 and ITR2 are just outside of the radius

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There are a lot of signs of this, like green plants and flowers growing at the base

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It’s a little more obvious in ITR2 with dogs barking, engines starting, birds chirping, helicopters flying…

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You can also see on the map of the facility 27 base that they show the edge of the radius with the base outside it

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They label the Pechorsk Anomaly itself, as well as the “exit to the Pechorsk Anomaly”

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You can see on the mission screen / tablet map that the facility 27 base is just outside of the radius

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While the forest and peninsula are within the radius

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In ITR1, it states that explorers will die of organ failure if they leave the 2k area surrounding the radius… the problem is that the devs are calling the orb itself the radius, as well as the entire anomalous exclusion zone surrounding the radius

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However, based on all the info we have, as well as maps from the beta and ITR2, the zone is much larger than 2km, so it is speculated that this 2km is a “buffer” zone where explorers can exit the radius itself, but still be able to survive

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Additionally, the title of the game is into the radius… meaning that every time we leave the base, we are going into the radius

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Oh, also the biggest example, perhaps is that time works normally while at base, but time is sped up in the radius

sage ginkgo
mystic hawk
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Since I think a lot of people didn’t notice that the base in ITR1 was outside the radius

sage ginkgo
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I see then. an inner and outer radius then. That was something i didnt remember from ITR1 too well. ITR1 had a setup that seemd to imply (based on my limited observations) that it was a "cross the line and shit goes one way or the other" as if there was no inbetween.

Thankyou for clarifiying the missing pieces for me.

mystic hawk
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Like, if there is a “buffer zone” where explorers can exit the radius, then why don’t outside people enter the buffer zone base?

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But we do see a || helicopter fly over the base here and there ||

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But, just like Covid and other contagions, it would make sense to have a quarantine

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To not expose anyone from the outside world

sage ginkgo
mystic hawk
sage ginkgo