Radio

The Communications Relay is an item that can be constructed with the Habitat Builder. One is also found in Lifepod 5, but it needs to be fixed with the Repair Tool in order to function.

Uses & Messages
After repairing the Communications Relay inside Lifepod 5, it will inform the player that it is broadcasting a distress signal:


 * "RADIO: Radio online. Greetings survivor. I am your emergency radio transponder. Broadcasting emergency distress signal." [[File:RadioBootup.ogg]]

Afterwards, the player will receive a message from the Aurora:


 * "RADIO: This is Aurora. Distress signal received. Divers equipped with seaglide propulsion vehicles will be dispatched to your location in 9...9...9... hours. Continue to monitor for emergency transmissions from other lifepods." [[File:RadioBounceBack.ogg]]

After this message has been answered, 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.

Completion of certain tasks will trigger the following messages:

In Development

 * ALTERRA HQ: This is Alterra HQ. This may be 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 ####. When you- *Static*

Audio

 * Played when the Communications Relay receives a new message: [[File:RadioNewMessage.ogg]]


 * Playing a message: [[File:RadioPlaying.ogg]]

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, where the announcer says to Chell: "You have been in suspension for nine, nine, nine, nine, nine... nine, ni-- *continues in background* This courtesy call is to.....".
 * The messages "▖┗▛Nine new biological subjects designated. Mode ▖▜▚┣: hunting/analyzing. Sharing subject locations with other agents." and "▖┗▛Subject 11783 destroyed. Mode ▖▜▚┣: patrol. New targets unaccounted for: 1." are broadcasted by Warpers.
 * The message "▖┗▛▖▜▚┣ ▜▚┗┣┗┫┓┏┓ ▛▖┅┗▖. ┣┗┏▛▖▜┏┣ ▚ ▖▞┣┗▖┗┣. ┣┗▖┃▚▗┏┏┓. ▖┛┗▞┃┏ ▛┏┗▖▜▚┣ ┅▖┗━▖ ▖┓┫▞┣ ▚ ▛┅┗▖ ▚ ▖▞┣┗▖┗┣ ▚┛▘▞━▖┅." is an automated message from a Precursor.
 * Messages, before they were replaced with encrypted symbols:
 * -> Karflaget gertrupop flayra. Troflagot e aitrart. Trankeboop. Askrinol forlaget yarma aquit e flyra e aitrart escimay.
 * Flayra was an Easter Egg. It is the twitter username for the Game Leader Charlie Cleveland.
 * ▖┗▛Nine new biological subjects designated. Mode ▖▜▚┣: hunting/analyzing. Sharing subject locations with other agents.
 * -> Nine new biological subjects designated. Mode switch: hunting/analyzing. Sharing subject locations with other agents.
 * ▖┗▛Subject 11783 destroyed. Mode ▖▜▚┣: patrol. New targets unaccounted for: 1.
 * -> Subject 11783 destroyed. Mode switch: patrol. New targets unaccounted for: 1.
 * 9...9...9...9...9 (99,999) hours is about 11 years and 5 months (11.4078 years). 999 hours is almost 6 weeks (41.625 days).
 * 9...9...9...9...9 (99,999) hours is about 11 years and 5 months (11.4078 years). 999 hours is almost 6 weeks (41.625 days).