Radio

The Communications Relay is an item that is constructed with the Habitat Builder. It can also be found when starting the game, on the back side of Lifepod 5. However, it needs to be fixed with the Repair Tool in order to function.

Uses & Messages
After repairing the Communications Relay, it will beep and inform the player that a new message has arrived. The first message the player will receive is:


 * "CPU: This is an automated bounce back from the Aurora. Divers equipped with seaglide personal propulsion vehicles will be dispatched to your location. *Static* Estimated arrival time: 9...9...9... hours."

After the message, the player may receive more messages. Most of these messages are distress signals from other Lifepods, but the player will also receive messages from the Sunbeam in an attempt to get rescued. In a random order, the following messages will play as follows:

CPU: Rendezvous co-ordinates corrupted. Transmission origin co-ordinates downloaded."''
 * ''"OFFICER KEEN: This is Officer Keen in Lifepod 19, broadcasting to all Aurora crew! The captain is gone. I have assumed command. Scans show dry land a kilometer south of the crash site. Stay together and regroup at the rendezvous point. Good luck. This message will now repeat.


 * "ALTERRA CREW: This is Lifepod 6, high priority, non-Alterra passengers onboard. Co-ordinates attached. We've landed one kilometer from the crash site, but our path to the rendezvous is irradiated, and we've only got one rad suit. Request immediate assistance. 6 out."


 * "ALTERRA CREW: This is Lifepod 3, uploading our co-ordinates. We're plugging some holes in our emergency Seaglide, so if we're late for the rendezvous, don't panic. Also, don't go home without us. Seriously. 3 out."


 * "CPU: High priority automated message from Aurora Lifepod 13. Co-ordinates attached. Lifepod contains the last known remains of passenger 'Emissary Jochi Khasar. I said Jochi Khasar! Why do I have to record this anyway? Send immediate burial detail."


 * "ALTERRA CREW: This is Lifepod 7, co-ordinates attached. Pod is structurally sound, but the fabricator's busted. Requesting immediate assistance. 7, out."


 * "ALTERRA CREW: This is Lifepod 17, co-ordinates attached! Looks like the forward Seamoth Bay collapsed around me. Do not attempt rescue without laser cutters, you'll only add to the body count. Lifepod 17 out."


 * "CPU: This is an automated distress signal from Lifepod 12, co-ordinates attached. Warning: Lifepod has sunk beyond safe diving distance. Do not attempt retrieval without submersible support."


 * "CTO YU: This is Lifepod 2, co-ordinates attached! We're way past our safe depth and bleeding O2. We'll have to swim for the surface, but it's half a kilometer straight up. Keep you posted. Yu, out."


 * "CPU: This is an automated distress signal from Lifepod 4, co-ordinates attached. Since planetfall, pod has not sustained damage; no crewmembers have disembarked; and zero lifesigns have been detected onboard. Recommend investigation."


 * [static]


 * [static]


 * "▖┗▛Nine new biological subjects designated. Mode ▖▜▚┣: hunting/analyzing. Sharing subject locations with other agents."


 * "▖┗▛Subject 11783 destroyed. Mode ▖▜▚┣: patrol. New targets unaccounted for: 1."




 * "This is trading vessel Sunbeam. Aurora, we've received your emergency transmission and we're coming in for a closer look. Plan is to engage a slow burn and slingshot around the moon to conserve fuel. We'll alert you when we drop into low orbit around the planet. Stay safe. Sunbeam out."


 * ''"This is Avery Quinn, of trading ship Sunbeam. Aurora, do you read? Over.

Still nothing. These Alterra ships. They run out of engine grease, they send an SOS; you offer to help, they don't pick up.

Aurora, I'm out on the far side of the system, it's going to take take more than a week to reach your position, do you still need our assistance? Over.

I'll try them again tomorrow. See what the long-range scans pick up in the meantime. Damn charter's going to have us wasting our profit margin running errands for Alterra."''


 * ''"Aurora, this is Sunbeam again. We just picked up a massive debris field at your location.

I didn't know how bad... how many of you... I didn't know.

We are now en route to your location. We're going to bring you home. Sunbeam out.

What else can I say? We're a six-seater and we aren't even slightly equipped to handle this? Our pilot last attempted a planet landing in the academy simulator?

It's a bad situation, but so are all the alternatives."''


 * ''"Sunbeam, broadcasting to all survivors of the Aurora. We've covered more than half the distance, so hold on in there.

We're scanning the planet for dry land as we speak. You couldn't have picked a less convenient parking spot, but we'll be in touch as soon as we have a landing site for you. Sunbeam out."''


 * ''"Aurora, it's Sunbeam. We've made orbit, and scans have found a landing site on the planet that's only rated hazardous.

It's our best shot. We've sent you the coordinates. We'll be there in two days' time. Cross your fingers the weather holds, and don't leave us waiting. Sunbeam out." (The 40 minute timer will start upon recieving this message)''

ALTERRA HQ: This is Alterra HQ. This is our only communications window. We can't send a rescue ship all the way out there, so Aurora, you're just gonna have to meet us halfway. We've uploaded blueprints to the ship's computer. Blackbox data shows the high security terminal in the Captain's quarters is still functional. The code should be ####. Bring- *Radio crackle*
 * This one is still in development!

Future Plans
In the future, the player will need to complete certain tasks in order to receive messages.

Trivia

 * Captain Hollister is a reference to the British TV Series "Red Dwarf (1988)".
 * The automated bounceback from the Aurora is most likely based on the position and condition the ship is in. Considering all the crew are dead and the ship is destroyed, it reaches the maximum arrival time (99999 hours) and cuts off.
 * Second Officer Keen assuming command may be a reference to the DOS computer game series "Commander Keen".
 * The line: "CPU: This is an automated bounce back from the Aurora. Divers equipped with seaglide personal propulsion vehicles will be dispatched to your location. *Static* Estimated arrival time: 9...9...9...9...9 hours.", is a possible reference to Portal 2. Whereas the announcer says to Chell: "You have been in suspension for nine, nine, nine, nine, nine... nine, nine".
 * 9...9...9...9...9 (99,999) hours is about 11 years and 5 months (11.415411 years).
 * The messages "Nine new biological subjects designated. Mode switch: hunting/analyzing. Sharing subject locations with other agents." and "Subject 11783 destroyed. Mode switch: patrol. New targets unaccounted for: 1." are broadcasted by Warpers.
 * The message "▖┗▛▖▜▚┣ ▜▚┗┣┗┫┓┏┓ ▛▖┅┗▖. ┣┗┏▛▖▜┏┣ ▚ ▖▞┣┗▖┗┣. ┣┗▖┃▚▗┏┏┓. ▖┛┗▞┃┏ ▛┏┗▖▜▚┣ ┅▖┗━▖ ▖┓┫▞┣ ▚ ▛┅┗▖ ▚ ▖▞┣┗▖┗┣ ▚┛▘▞━▖┅." is an automated message from a Precursor.