Outpost Zero, also known as Research Station Zero is an abandoned Alterra facility wich served as the main sector base used to research into alien communications and technologies, aswell as conduct missions to unoccupied installations elsewhere in the sector[1] It was shut down after their research efforts failed to produce results.
At an unknown point in time, the base was hit by an avalanche.
It is located 450-500m North East of the Drop Pod with an underwater cave entrance below the surface. It can be found by locating a Brinicle field in the north east area, then heading north from that location until a rock (not ice) exit to the surface can be found.
Past Outpost Zero, a slot canyon leads to the Architect Phase Gate Facility.
Appearance[]
| Guide: Research Station Zero |
Welcome to your home away from home on 4546B! This brochure will guide you through your new accommodations. Settle In! Get Comfortable! Explore! |
| Source: PDA in Outpost Zero |
Outpost Zero is a large installation composed of two Large Rooms, three Multipurpose Rooms, and a large deck composed of metal mesh platforms and stairs. The deck includes an open-air Prawn bay.
Prior to Robin Ayou's arrival, the base had been struck by an avalanche, and as a result is half-buried in the snow. While the interior remains largely undamaged, snow has begun to fill certain rooms and many components are bent out of shape.
Interior Rooms[]
Outpost Zero boasts five distinct areas; the Leisure and exercise facilities, the laboratory, the Greenhouse, and two sets of quarters.
Leisure and exercise facilities[2][]
Upon entry to the base, the player will find themselves in the the Leisure and exercise facilities of Outpost Zero. Benches, lockers, and plant pots occupy one side of the room. The other side serves as the Kitchen[3] , featuring tables, chairs, trash cans, a Vending Machine, a Coffee Vending Machine, and a Water Filtration Unit[4]. A Jukebox Disk is found here as well.
The Laboratory[]
The Laboratory, officialy listed as the science and engineering section, is located next door to the Kitchen area. There research was conducted on various Architect technologies, such as an Alien Robot and Ion Cube. A photograph of Potato and a children's drawing can be found at the work stations of Samantha Ayou and Lillian Bench respectively.
The Greenhouse[]
To the left of the Break Room is the facilities large Growroom[5], comprised of a Multipurpose Room and an accompanying Glass Dome. Since some time has passed since the base's abandonment, only decaying Lantern Trees can be found here, with fallen Lantern Fruit scattered across the ground.
Quarters[]
The Facility includes accomodations for 3-6 persons found on the left and right sides of the break room's back wall. The right side Quarters is inaccessible to the player due to damage sustained from the avalanche, however the room can be accessed using a Spy Pengling to pass a hole in the wreckage, which contains some Batteries, Large Filtered Water and a Power Cell. The left side Quarters is divided into two separate bedrooms, with the left belonging to Samantha Ayou, and the right belonging to Lillian Bench. Posters, personal belongings, and PDAs can be found in each.
Other[]
The Facility also contains a Weather forecasting suite
Story[]
Prior to the arrival of Robin Ayou, Outpost Zero served as the home for Alterra's Architect research branch in Sector Zero. Notable among its staff was Lillian Bench, who came close to discovering Al-An's presence in the region due to his SOS signals. At an unknown point in time, Samantha Ayou was demoted, and moved from the Phi Robotics Center to Outpost Zero. Unfortunately, the branch would lose its funding after Al-An's efforts to keep himself hidden prevented any breakthroughs from being made, and the base would ultimately be abandoned.
Data Bank Entries[]
TBA
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Several unused props from the original Subnautica are used to decorate Outpost Zero, such as the Specimen Analyzer and Hydroponic Tower.
- In the versions prior to the Frostbite Update, Outpost Zero served as the starting point for the player.
- In these versions, Robin left Outpost Zero to visit the Phase Gate Facility, but a meteor impact blocked her way back and diverted her onto a frozen river. The river still exists in current versions, and a way up to it can be constructed with the Habitat Builder.
- Outpost Zero is the only Alterra base not having a Greek letter as a symbol on the Alterra map. "0̸" could either be the slashed zero, or the mathematical symbol for the empty set.
- a Cut PDA Entry[6] mentions Vinh Pham in the Facility, tho it is unknown if he was assigned there or just visiting.
| Architect | |
|---|---|
| Alterra | |
| Independent | |
- ↑ PDA ENTRY: Guide: Research Station Zero
- ↑ PDA Name
- ↑ Door Sign
- ↑ PDA name for the device in this facility
- ↑ lable according to the PDA
- ↑ PDA ENTRY: Slackers