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 the Lifepod. However, it needs to be Welded to function.

Uses
After repairing the Communications Relay, it will beep and inform the player that a new message has arrived. In chronological order, the following messages will play as follows:

Messages

 * "This is an automated bounce back from the Aurora. Your distress signal has been received. An emergency relief team will be dispatched to your location. *Static* Estimated arrival time: 9...9...9...9...9 hours."


 * "This is Second Officer Keen, broadcasting to all surviving Aurora crew! Captain Hollister is gone. I have assumed command. Scans say there's dry land 750m south of the crash site. Your orders are to stay together, ensure your immediate safety, and then regroup at the rendezvous point. Good luck. This message will now repeat. WARNING: Rendezvous co-ordinates corrupted. Downloading transmission origin co-ordinates."


 * "This is an automated distress signal from Aurora Lifepod 17b. Co-ordinates attached. Please send immediate emergency relief team." (The player receives a signal that points to the Lifepod 17 wreck when this plays.)


 * "This is an automated distress signal from Aurora Lifepod 6. Co-ordinates attached. Please send immediate emergency relief team."


 * "This is an automated distress signal from Aurora Lifepod 7. Co-ordinates attached. Please send immediate emergency relief team."


 * "This is an automated distress signal from Aurora Lifepod 13. Co-ordinates attached. Please send immediate emergency relief team."


 * "This is an automated distress signal from Aurora Lifepod 3. Co-ordinates attached. Please send immediate emergency relief team."


 * "This is LaFette, in Lifepod 17! I survived impact but... there's something outside the hatch, and it's trying to get in. If anyone's still out there my co-ordinates are attached! Anticipate losing radio contact in- *Static*" (The player receives a signal that points to the Lifepod 17 wreck when this plays)


 * "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 Lifepod 8 requesting immediate assistance! We have touched down too close to the crash site and radiation levels are too high to disembark. According to the manifest lifepods five through eleven should be equipped with radiation suits. If anyone can hear this please retrieve the suits and converge on our position for evac! Co-ordinates are attached. This message will now repeat."


 * [static]


 * [static]


 * "Nine new biological subjects designated. Mode switch: hunting/analyzing. Sharing subject locations with other agents."


 * "Subject 11783 destroyed. Mode switch: patrol. New targets unaccounted for: 1."


 * "Karflaget gertrupop flayra. Troflagot e aitrart. Trankeboop. Askrinol forlaget yarma aquit e flyra e aitrart escimay."


 * "This is the Alterra vessel USS Sunbeam. We have received your distress call and are enroute to your location. We are 54.6 million klicks from orbital entry procedures. Planetary scans have determined an optimal landing position and have sent a rendezvous vector to your PDA. We will meet you at this location in two day's time. See you soon. Godspeed."


 * This is the Sunbeam, we're preparing descent. We're going to get you out of her--what the hell is that?! Mayday! Mayday! We've been hit by [static]


 * Outdated:
 * "You've been down too long in the midnight sea. Oh don't you see what I mean?" (this message plays when your computer's clock hits midnight)
 * "Who's come to the depths and when? Where are they?"

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

Trivia

 * "You've been down too long in the midnight sea. Oh don't you see what I mean?", is a reference to the song Holy Diver by the US heavy metal band DIO.
 * Captain Hollister is a reference to the British TV Series "Red Dwarf (1988)".
 * Second Officer Keen assuming command may be a reference to the DOS computer game series "Commander Keen".
 * The line: "An emergency relief team 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".
 * Flayra in the encrypted radio message is a reference to the Game and Company Director, Charlie "Flayra" Cleveland.