I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state of a small city
Themistocles 524-459 BCE

5:59 AM MST
09 Leo, 266

Dr. Danu J Seloi's bedroom
Rift launch facility
Mars

6:00 AM
Alarm off Get out of bed

6:35
Downstairs
Check Messages

Inbox
Email - Director Hale
From: Director Hale, Chief Scientist
To: Dr.Seloi
Subject: Sorry Kid

So yeah, sorry about this kid, but no launch party for you. The system cache needs purging. You'll need to head to the launch site and run a full sim…. today. As in right now. You know, so we can launch the single greatest scientific experiment in human history on time, tomorrow.

Enjoy your sim time, the real heroes around here will be sure to enjoy the launch party!

Director Hale

Reply

Email - Dr. Seloi
From: Dr. Seloi
To: Direcot Hale, Chief Scientist
Subject: WHATEVER

Fine. Somebody has to be useful around here. Maybe I'll also instect the JOVEN drive while I'm there. You know, the thing made possible by MY grandfather and the only reason we are here. You can enjoy your 'party' while I make a difference.

Dr. Seloi
Junior scientist
Rift lab backup team

SEND

9:12 AM
Rift Lab Control
Enter lab control and get this over with

The eve of humanity's greatest journey

after doing the initial camera training

A.D.A. Log
Analysis
Hello Dr. Seloi. I hope your day is pleasant. Director Hale has requested you perform a few additional tasks in addition to the cache purge.

Director Hale would like the likes on at the lunch site for tonight's launch party. He wants the visiting dignitaries to clearly see the launch site. He has instructed you construct a tower to connect the rift lab to the launch site. This will power the lights.

You may close my interface and proceed. I will provide additional information as the need arise.

after doing a building tutorial

Alert
SYSTEM PROMPT
ACTIVATE EXPERIMENTAL SOYLENT FIELDS ON TOWERS?
SYSTEM OVERRIDE REQUIRED. ACTION NOT RECCOMENDED

Dr. Seloi
Yep, Override. That will show Hale.

Alert
CONFIRM OVERIDE?
NOTICE: DIRECTOR HALE WILL BE INFORMED OF THIS ACTION

Dr. Seloi
Absolutely

A.D.A. Log
Analysis
The soylent fields are now activating, Dr Seloi. These were not scheduled to be activated until tonight's launch party. They were supposed to be part of the exhibition.

The soylent fields are operating within normal parameters. Each field is producing energy that is being fed across the network to the rift lab. The energy statis in the top left of the interface reflects increased energy production.

Your assigned tasks are now complete. Director hale has requested you remain here during the launch party.

after a bit

Alert
ORBITAL SENSORS HAVE DETECTED INCOMING HIGH VELOCITY OBJECTS. POSSIBLE METEORS WITH LIKELY GROUND STRIKES.
INITIATE CONDITION 2 PROTOCOLS

Dr. Seloi
Activate A.D.A

A.D.A. Log
Analysis
Orbital sensors confirm incoming meteor strikes. Protocol 2 initiated. Base on lock down. The rift lab is now decoupled from the base. All lab bulkheads are closed.

Please Brace for impact Dr. Seloi.

After a building is destroyed

Director Hale
!!! PRIORITY COMMUNICATION !!!
MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR HALE

Danu! We don't know what caused those impacts. They weren't normal meteors. They have released something that is spreading across the terrain. I've releaseed the control systems for the lab. Move it to the launch site now!

None of the crew are there… you have to do this alone! We can't get to you and that stuff is advancing on the whole base!

Dr. Seloi
O… Ok… Doing it!

After moving the rift lab to the launch site

A.D.A. Log
Analysis
– FULL SYSTEM ACCESS GRANTED –
The unknown material is approaching the rift lab. I recommend relocating mining cannons around the launch site. They may delay the progress of the material.

After a bit

Director Hale
!!! PRIORITY COMMUNICATION !!!
MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR HALE

Danu…. you have to get out of here. You have to save the lab and yourself…

That 'stuff' is destroying everything. There's no time… I've sent the command to A.D.A. to initiate the Launch sequence. Jump to Farsite!

Dr. Seloi
No… No sir!

Director Hale
!!! PRIORITY COMMUNICATION !!!
MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR HALE

Dr. Seloi…. Danu… you can do this. Take the lab through rift space. be the first to ever traverse the galactic void!

You need to know that your grandfather []

MESSAGE TERMINATED AT SOURCE

Dr. Seloi
Dr. Hale!!!! No!!! I CAN'T

A.D.A. Log
– LAUNCH SEQUENCE INITIATED –

I'm sorry Dr. Seloi, but communications with Director Hale have been lost. Life support has failed across the base and the unknown material is continuing its advance.

The launch sequence needs some time to initialize. The final calculations for our jump to Farsite have not yet been completed. An approximate solution is currently in place.

Use mining cannons to keep the unknown material away from the rift lab until the initialization is complete.

after waiting for initialisation

Alert
RIFT ENGINES INITIALIZED !!! READY TO JUMP !!!

–INITIATE JUMP TO FARSITE–

after jumping away

Alert
Moments Later
A message is received
—D-nu! — Com– in! We h–ve tak-en she-lt-r in the und–grou-d cav–rn- ! Da-u!!!

——–

The jump was a success, but now what?

A.D.A. Log
Analysis]
ERR 001. System Fault. Report error to Farsite dev team. - - A.D.A OFFLINE –

Alert SYSTEM FAULT A.D.A.: Offline Engines: Offline Carrier Signal: Undetected Nano-Lathe: Partial ST Positioning: ERR

Dr. Seloi
That's just great… ship's broken. And where the heck am I? This isn't Farsite!

After connecting the system to the info cache

Info Cache
– FarOS v10.14 – Executable modules found: - 1 of 42 valid checksums - 41 of 42 corrupt or missing.

Install and execute 1 (42) archive(s)?

Dr. Seloi
Uh, do I have a choice? Everything is already botched…

Preacher
PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS! – Ceremonyal archyve actyve – 702 yarans have past synce last.

Syng prayses to the founders all who hear!

Dr. Seloi
You have to be kidding…

Preacher
We syng the prayse to the founders in tounge of anchyent. Let all hear out words of prayse. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Dr. Seloi
Lost in space with a cult virus and surounded by an unknown liquid of death. Nice.

Preacher
Holi sistem found. Cannon enabled where none was before. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS! Dr. Seloi
Oh? Not entirely useless! Cannons worked against that liquid back on Mars.

After a bit

Preacher
Mother not found. Mother must. Founders wyth mother not. Requyre Mother. Quest must fynd great Mother! PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Dr. Seloi
So, this is how I die? talking to a virus about 'Mother?

After a bit

Preacher
Quest must you fynd great Mother! PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Dr. Seloi
Ok, time to get serious. I'm getting that other artifact thing to the east. Maybe it's the antivirus.

After finishing a cannon

Preacher
Great Mother quest assyst. Creeper graph added to sistem. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Dr. Seloi
Annoying, but useful. Reminds me of Director Hale. 'Creeper', interesting.

After collecting the eastern info cache

Info Cache
– Muther A.D.A v 2.4.2– Executable modules found: - 4 of 4 valid checksums

Install and execute 4 (4) archive(s)>

Dr. Seloi
More compatable softare on an alien world. I wonder what group beat us here? Yes, install and run…

A.D.A. Log
Data
– A.D.A Interface Initiated v 2.4.2 –

Hello Dr. Seloi, I am please to see you again. I have detected an out of date system database. The database will be upgraded over time.

I am unable to detect a rift carrier signal or establish our exact location. Solar spectral analysis is not consistent with the Earth or Farsite systems.

– Protocol 3 initiated – In the even of loss of communication while not in the earth sustem, return to Mars launch station.

- Engine Error. - Jump Drive Error. Attempting engine restart…. Engine restart: SUCCESS Attempting Jump drive restart… Jump drive restart: INCOMPLETE

I am unable to initiate a jump back to Mars Coordinates can not be established without a rift carrier signal.

Preacher
Mother need ryft. Assyst. Sygnal for totems sent. Reveal they are now. Liftic to totems actyvate. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Dr. Seloi
Yep, I'm sure if I do this I'll get back to Mars. 'Liftic to totems', hmmmm.

After powering the totems

A.D.A. Log
Data
Rift signal detected.

Attempting jump drive restart… Jump drive restart: Complete

The jump drive has been reinitialized, Dr. Seloi. The jump resolver has confirmed a target at the coordinates for the Mars launch site.

You may initiate the jump when ready.

Preacher
Mother ryft jump. Rejoyce! As it was wrytten so quest begyn. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Dr. Seloi
'Quest' indeed. Here goes nothing.

You can never go home…

A.D.A. Log
Analysis
– JUMP COMPLETE –

Location verification for Mars: * Terrain analysis: Inconsistent * EM Spectrum: Inconsistent * Isotopic Analysis: Partial * Oligon density: Match Conclusion: Not Mars

I'm sorry Dr. Seloi, the jump was a success byt we did not arrive at Mars. Scans of the surrounding terrain show structures, but they are inconsistent with known engineering. They are similar but not identical to structures found in the previous world.

If you would like to try again: Attempting jump drive restart… Jump drive restart: INCOMPLETE

After re-materialising

Preacher
Enemi of great remayns Great danger! Mortar of power must now. Nullyfi module [corrupt' Error] PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Dr. Seloi
Not Farsite, now not Mars. 'Creeper', a great enemy, and a new mortar weapon. I should have stayed in bed.

After picking up the info cache

Info Cache
– Hierarchy Archive. Common Format 1.2.12 – Executable modules found: - 1 of 1 valid checksums - 0 of 1 corrupt or missing.

Install and execute 1 (1) archive(s)?

Dr. Seloi
Hierarchy???

Sarge
CREEPER THREAT IDENTIFIED MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_

Dr. Seloi
What? I was expecting more cult virus joy. Instead I get combat software.

After finishing objectives

Sarge
TOTEMS ACTIVATED. CITATION GRANTED. CONTINUE MISSION TO ERADICATE CREEPER MISSION PRIORITY: FIND AND NULLIFY _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SISPENDED_

Dr. Seloi
OK… sure. Let's just see if we can make it to mars this time.

This place had a hard life.

A.D.A. Log
Assessment
!! SOYLENT ENERGY GENERATION FAILURE !! Soylent: OFFLINE

System Rebooting… Reboot: COMPLETE

Sensor state validation: FAULT Location verification for Mars: UNABLE TO COMPLETE Arrival at Mars: COMPLETE [System Err: 2170: Maintenance recommended]

Welcome home Dr. Seloi. I am %s

[4rpl.NullPointerException]. Core stack corruption. - Contact Rift Lab support - Unable to upload error log.

After rematerialising

Sarge
CREEPER EMITTER(S) IDENTIFIED IN SYSTEM. RESOURCE TERRAIN LOCATED ENABLING MINER TECHNOLOGY

MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_

Dr. Seloi
OK, I'm calling you 'Sarge'. What are these 'miners'? And yeach, this looks JUST like Mars…

After building a miner

Sarge
MINER(S) ACTIVE. MINER(S) PRODUCING ENERGY TO ACCOMPLISH NULLIFICATION OPERATOR RESPONSIVENESS: ACCEPTABLE

MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_

Dr. Seloi
So Miners also make energy. That's convenient, given A.D.A. broke my soylent fields! Now, how do I get off this island?

Preacher
Soilent offlyne. Correctyon module unfound. Pilon necessary. Integrate. Quest ongo. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Dr. Seloi
I thought Sarge overwrote you. I guess I'm stuck with a 'Preacher' too. Pylons! The Mars Engineering Corp would be proud.

After picking up the info cache

Info Cache
–Troubador Peace initiative. Common Format 8.15.69 – Executable modules found: - 42 of 58 valid checksums - 16 of 58 corrupt or missing.

Install and execute 42 (58) archive(s)?

Dr. Seloi
I wouldn't have it any other way.

Hippie
COUNSELOR ACTIVE Scanning for peace opportunities….

Challenges identified. We are happy to render assistance. Soylent fields reactivated. Use this energy to negotiate. GO IN PEACE TREVELER !

Dr. Seloi
We thought the universe would be teeming with intelligence. We thought we would learn from it. Byt covered in insane A.I.? Whatever… I'll call you, 'Hippie'.

Eons of fighting must have taken place here.

A.D.A. Log
Assessment
A.D.A.
A.D.A. Status: Kernel Panic: Fatal Exception

Preacher
Mother is away. She wyll return when tyme requyres. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Sarge
ANTI CREEPER TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFIED MISSION PRIORITY: ACQUIRE _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_

After rematerializing

Hippie
This is a truly joyous occasion friend! Fellow travelers have been here before us. They chose to share their implements of peace. through work, demonstrate our good intentions. We can do this! GO IN PEACE TRAVELER!

Dr. Seloi
I want Sarge or Preacher back…

After doing a Bluite tutorial

Hippie
Your spirit is AWESOME! Miner's making Bluite and sending it to the Factory. It's a regular commune of resources. And what's that at the Factory? You got it chief… ANTICREEPER. Ying-yang, alpha and omega, balance to the force.

Dr. Seloi
I think I just threw up in my mouth. Sarge? Preacher? A.D.A?

After building an AC Automaton

Sarge
AC AUTOMATONS DETECTED. SEIZE INITIATIVE AND ADVANCE ON ENEMY POSITIONS. MISSION PRIORITIY: NULLIFICAATION _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_

Dr. Seloi
Why thank you Sarge. Those AC robot things should indeed make it easier to get the totems activated and out of here.

After picking up the info cache

Preacher
Technology for Antycreeper unyt found. Requyres study and conference with brothers to adapt to systems. Patyence whyle we medytate. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Dr. Seloi
An AC Unit? That, I need.

It's clear. We've only just stepped onto the galactic stage.

A.D.A. Log
Assessment
A.D.A
A.D.A. Status: Reboot Complete

Location verification for Mars: * Terrain analysis: Inconsistent * EM Spectrum: Inconsistent * Isotopic Analysis: Partial * Oligon density: Match Conclusion: Not Mars

I'm sorry Dr. Seloi, my system software has been experiencing faults. I have marked the areas in my system memory that may be failing. This should increase my reliability. We have arrived at a new destination that does not appear to be Mars. System protocols indicate we should recalculate and jump again to return to Mars.

After rematerializing

Sarge
!! PRIORITY NOTIFICATION !! TECHNOLOGY CONSISTENT WITH CREEPER MANIPULATION IDENTIFIED. OPERATOR SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. CREEPER GLOW PATTERNS NOT WITHIN NORMAL PARAMETERS. MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_

Dr. Seloi
All of these strange worlds… And it looks like intelligence has been at work on all of them.

Hippie
Opportunities abound! The totems on this world require liftic. Fortune has provided Greenar crystals! all that is necessary is to enable a Greenar Refinery. Done! Build the greenar refinery near the greenar crystals to harvest them. Your factory will convert them into liftic. GO IN PEACE TRAVELER!

Dr. Seloi
I was hoping we'd find the raw mertiarl to make liftic…

After picking up the info cache

Info Cache
– FarOS v11.01 – Executable modules found: - 2 of 42 valid checksums - 40 or 42 corrupt or missing/

Install and execute 2 (42) archive(s)?

Dr. Seloi
Of course!

Preacher
Addytyonal modules loaded. Journei begun just. Stay path and all become clear. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Dr. Seloi
Awesome. Just what I needed. Prayse be the founders!

Things are only getting worse, and it has been that way longer than humans have been sentient.

A.D.A. LOG
Assessment
A.D.A.
– JUMP COMPLETE – I'm sorry Dr. Seloi, the jump was a success but we did not arrive at Mars. Scans of the surrounding terrain show structures, but they are inconsistent with known engineering. All systems are operating within normal parameters

– Protocol 99 initiated – In the event of normal system operation but inconsistent operational results, halt and await operator input.

Preacher
Mother needs famyly whole. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Sarge
IGNORE SOFTWARE ANOMALY. WORLD CONTAINS IMMINENT AREIAL THREAT. MISSILE DEFENSE ADDED TO OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS. MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_

After materializing

Hippie
At last! An opportunity to converse! This world contains a Delegate. A great opportunity granted by a great antenna! See, the others aren't as misguided as you might assume. Perhaps an open mind will help us on our journey.

Dr. Seloi
Year, I see it. It appears to track the amount of creeper covered terrain that is reclaimed.

Each world is worse than the last. But perhaps there is a glimmer of hope.

A.D.A. Log
Assessment
A.D.A
A.D.A Status: Awaiting Input

Preacher
Greatness abounds! founders have blessed! Technology for antycreeper Sprayer decoded! PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Sarge
SUPERFLUOUS SOFTWARE ANOMALY HAS YIELDED SOME PRODUCTIVE RESULTS. DELAY DELETION FOR ONE ADDITIONAL CYCLE. SPRAYER TECHNOLOGY SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY UTILIZED FOR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_

Hippie
Brothers… I do not like how this is progressing. We must not adopt the ways of those who lost the path! Anticreeper is balance, I concur. But to weaponize it in such a way will only lead to more conflict? We should embrace sacrifice and perhaps that will persuade the others of our good intentions. GO IN PEACE TRAVELER!

After rematerializing

Sarge
!! PRIORITY NOTIFICATION !! CRIMSON CREEPER GENERATION DETECTED. CRIMSON CREEPER IS HARDENED AND RESISTANT TO KNOWN WEAPONRY. UTILIZE ANTICREEPER AND SUPERIOR TACTICAL MANEUVERS TO DOMINATE THE CRIMSON.

MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_

Dr. Seloi
Imagine that. Sarge and I agree for a change.

After collecting the info cache

Info Cache
DATA ANALYZER INITIATED ANALYSIS OF DATA RECORD FOLLOWS: CHRONO DATING INDICATES AN AGE OF: >8000 STANDARD EARTH YEARS. PLAIN TEXT RECORD FOLLOWS

–Monty Joven– –0201:1014:0207 GST– Kyra, The Founders would be proud! I thynk I have identyfyed a weakness in the Creeper. The prophesy says, “The creeper wyll prevayl, but we shall contynue in other lands”. I belyeve thys dyscovery myght be the key to unlockyng those other lands. Data on the dyscovery is forthcomying… I hope all remayns well wyth you and the chyldren. I wysh I could be there, but thys work is crytycally important…. I hope you understand. O wyll be wyth you soon.

Dr. Seloi
'Sigh'… I wonder if he ever made it to his family. This tech, this message, the language… It's all very human, but how?

Things are getting real, and getting dangerous.

A.D.A. LOG
Assessment A.D.A
A.D.A. Status: Awaiting Input

Preacher
Mother needs famyly whole RAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Hippie
Friend… our efforts have so far failed… but fear not! The others have lead you astray. Listen to them no more. A great flood of negativity surrounds us on this world. It has been brought here by a misunderstanding. We must work the soil until we can establish a dialog with its creator. The TERP has been added to your construction menu. Use it to show the others of our peaceful intents. GO IN PEACE TRAVELER!

Dr. Seloi
Ok Seloi… things are getting serious. I'm not sure if I will ever get home…

Sarge TERP TECHNOLOGY RECIVED. UTILIZE DEFENSIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR OFFENSE. SECURE HIGH GROUND FOR SUPEROR TACTICAL ADVANTAGE.

MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_

Dr. Seloi Thanks Sarge. How about I do a little of both?

Preacher
Harmony among brother is reqyred, otheryse the famyly wythers. Mother can create harmony. Must correct Mother. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Dr. Seloi
Yes… fixing ADA. That sounds like a priority.

After having built a TERP and clicked the terraform button

Hippie
Excellent work citizen! Now, choose a terrain height in the menu at the bottom of the display. Then paint the terrain with the area to terraform. Hold down the shift when painting to erase. if you want the terraforming to go faster, move more terps in range. GO IN PEACE TRAVELER!

Dr. Seloi
With the looks of the Creeper incoming… I'm on it.

The complexity of each of these worlds is astounding. Each, filled with more and more abandoned technology. What could it mean?

A.D.A LOG
Assessment
A.D.A
A.D.A Status: Awaiting Input

Preacher
Mother must return. More modules necessary. Acquyre.

PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Sarge
ERN TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFIED. ENTANGLED RIFT NOTES PROVIDE UPGRADES. ADD TO UNITS FOR SUPERIOR TACTICAL ADVANTAGES. EXCAVATE BURIED ERNS WITH TERP TECHNOLOGY

MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_

After picking up the info cache

Hippie
The spirits have shown their favor today! This infocache contains schematics for an ERN Protal. What great overtures of peace will surely ensue! Build the ERN Portal immediately! It has been placed under the factory button on your interface. Like two twins of peace… This portal performs global upgrades via the use of ERNS. Beautiful, if you think about it. You can upgrade energy and other implements useful for good tenants. Note that I advise you undock any ERN you have placed on a 'weapon' and use it for more peaceful purposes at the ERN Portal! As always, I will not force this action. I will leave it to your good judgement. Do the right thing. GO IN PEACE TRAVELER!

Dr. Seloi
Excellent. Upgrades at the ERN PORTAL. Got it!

One plus one is greater than two.

A.D.A. Log
Assessment
A.D.A
A.D.A Status: Awaiting Input

Preacher
Mother must return! Attempting resurrectyon…

Mother module corrupt. need external reference to correct.

PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

[A picture is displayed which is similar to the icon of Lia from CW3 except that it has the icon for the Loki over it. The implications… :o] (btw someone should probz replace this with the actual image :P)

After a Creeper Egg has been produced

Sarge
CREEPER EGG THREAT IDENTIDIED. EXTREME THREAT. DEFENSE UNKNOWN.

MISSION PRIORITY: RETREAT/SURVIVE _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_

Dr. Seloi
Not good. If Sarge is afraid, I'm in trouble.

Hippie
Whoa now… Hold on. We must not forgo an opportunity for conversation with others! Eggs are just a fear response. Feel solidarity with those that tremble and gear at the prospect of oblivion… you should consider this. GO IN PEACE TRAVELER!

Dr. Seloi
I can always count on you, Hip…

Preacher
One each of other two, the warryor and the peace maker. Each would be a necessary part of what would come. Each has a part of what is now created. A snyper unit has been fashyoned, a part from the warryor and a part from the peacemaker. Use thys Snyper to contynue your journey.

PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS!

Dr. Seloi
Wow. I didn't know Preacher had that in him. But I'll take it. Snipers coming up.

After picking up the info cache

Info Cache – FarOS v11.00 Semaphore Subsystem– Executable modules found: - 21 of 21 valid checksums - 0 of 21 corrupt or missing. Install and execute 21 (21) archive(s)? Dr. Seloi Perhaps this will help ADA… =====Shattered===== This was once a world… maybe. A.D.A Log
Assessment
A.D.A
A.D.A Status: Installing Semaphore subsystem Installation Complete. Rebooting…. –Reboot Complete – Hello Dr. Seloi. I recognize you facial pattern. However, I do not understand how you can be here. My last record of your existence wa –Reboot Complete – Hello Dr. Seloi. I recognize you facial pattern. However, I do not understand how you can be here. My last record of your existence wa Preacher
Mother not well. Famyly must work together to heal. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS! Sarge
WORLD SHATTERED FROM BATTLE. MANY SMALLER ASTEROIDS ABSORB CREEPER. USE TO ADVANTAGE. FINISH THE BATTLE AND ANNIHILATE REMAINING ENEMY CREEPER. MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_ After picking up the Info Cache Preacher
Those that were once, remayns have left. Long after thys world was shattered those dyd contynue. With the Porter they dyd persyst. The Porter has been added to your schematycs. Use it to transport enegry or other materyals to remote locatyons. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS! Dr. Seloi
This is exactly what I need… =====Archon===== Sometimes the best offense is a good defense. A.D.A. Log
A.D.A
A.D.A Status: 42 consecutive unscheduled reboots HALTED Operator Required Sarge
PRIORITY NOTIFICATION RAIN WORLD DETECTED. EXTREME TREAT. TOWER ENERGY GENERATION OFFLINE DUE TO LOCAL INTERFERENCE. MISSION PRIORITY: LEAVE WORLD _ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED_ Hippie
I have agree with our aggressive friend. We should leave this world quickly. At least we have sine common ground of agreement. There is that! LEAVE NOW TRAVELLER Preacher
Founders, hear these words! Help we need! Tyme of need is now. My brothers agree them I do. LEAVE. FOUNDERS, HEAR OUR NEED! After picking up the info cache to the north Info Cache
ARCHON Subsystem: Shield V1.1 Use: Passive defense against Creeper Ruling Council regulations: - Approved for use ONLY by council members of good standing. - All Council dues must be fully paid and up to date. - Use forbidden within 25 yarsecs of Council chairman residence. - No more than two (2) shields to be in concurrent use without the express written consent of the local Council liason. FAILURE ETO COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS MY RESULT IN SUSPENTION OF COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP. Hippie
Right on! This Council is unknown to me, but to each their own! The shield technology is perfect for our journey. Nobody has to get hurt and we can show our true peaceful intents. Each shield needs Arg. So better get the Factory up and running… GO IN PEACE TRAVELER! Dr. Seloi
Shields! Now if I can get enough ARG to power them… After picking up the eastern info cache Info Cache
DATA ANALYZER INITIATED ANALYSIS OF DATA RECORD FOLLOWS: CHRONO DATING INDICATES AN AGE OF: >12000 STANDARD EARTH YEARS ==PERSONAL LOG== –Verno Hela– –0139 Celes- Experiments with shielding seem to have been successful. I have the highest hopes that the Council will see fit to introduce this technology on a larger scale. The war against the Creeper has waged for over 7 cycles now…. and we lose ground each day. The Archon Conglomerate once counted over 100 thousand member worlds among its ranks. Now, we have maybe a few thousand left. Among those, there are several hundred with active Creeper invasions. And on each… well, as we have seen no world has ever successfully repelled a Creeper invasion. this world of Naitram has remained untouched so far, but I fear this will not last. When the Creeper dose come, I will bury our records deep underground. I have reason to believe that after the Creeper scrubs this world, a few artifacts might survive. if you are reading this, I hope you have somehow found a way to counter the Creeper. Remember us and rebuild. Dr. Seloi
Oh no. They clearly didn't make it. =====The Experiment===== This world was used for some massive sale experimentation. A.D.A. Log
Assessment
A.D.A
A.D.A Status: HALTED Operator Required Sarge
HOME… WE HAVE… RETURNED HOME. RUNWAY ACQUIRED AND INTEGRATED. EXPERIMENTAL WEAPONS MAY PROVE USEFUL. MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED Hippie
I think I might cry… our aggressive friend has a home. But of course, everyone does! Whatever strange place you might find yourself in, someone else calls it home. GO IN PEACE TRAVELER! Preacher
Strange wonders on thys world. Exysting Runway that was not taken by Creeper. Devyce to make ERNs. Technology thought unthynk. I adapt Bomber technology from tyme of before the tyme of now. Use with Runway. The Founders surely guyde our path! PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS! Dr. Seloi Thanks Preach. Bombers? I didn't know you had it in you. After picking up the info cache Info Cache
DATA ANALYZER INITIATED ANALYSIS OF DATA RECORD FOLLOWS: CHRONO DATING INDICATEDS AN AGE OF: >300 STANDARD EARTH YEARS. PLAIN TEXT RECORD FOLLOWS ==DATA LOG== –Hierarchy Subordinate 42– –94632 Tick- The Hierarchy has conducted a new review of ancient texts recovered form the Precursors. It is now clear the Precursors had knowledge of the Creeper prior to its arrival in their time. This knowledge was passed down to them from earlier galactic civilizations. they demonstrated prior knowledge based on 'prophets' they claim originated from the first generation of humanity. These prophets came from the supposed ancestral origin world of humans. they left their imprint on numerous civilizations in their travels, which were apparently motivated by a desire to recover a lost comrade. I do not see how this affects our current work. We face annihilation, and our researchers provide fairy tales for ammunition! I shall continue out current work to identify any weakness possible in the Creeper! Dr. Seloi
Oh now… I think I am beginning to understand where, or 'when' I am. =====Somewhere in Spacetime===== What if remembering the past changed it? A.D.A. Log
Preacher
Mother remayn away. Attempt sacryfyce subsystem to help Mother. –INTEGRATYNG ADA SUBROUTYNE– ERR: Require complete Ceremonyal archyve Alas, incomplete am I as yet. Must complete before Mother can restore PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS! Sarge
SKIMMERS SIGHTED. THREAT MINIMAL. ANNOYANCE LEVEL: NOTABLE. DEFEND AGAINST STUNNING OF SKIMMERS WITH NIPERS. MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICIATION ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED Dr. Seloi
Skimmers now? What's next? I better not ask… After collecting the info cache Info Cache
– FarOS v11.02 – Executable modules found: - 40 of 42 valid checksums - 2 of 42 corrupt or missing. Install and execute 40 (42) archive(s)? Dr. Seloi
The rest of Preacher… Here… Now? Preacher
COMPLETE NOW AM I! Full memori of events past and to come. Famyly must unyte! PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS! Dr. Seloi
Perhaps Preacher can fix ADA now that he is complete. And perhaps I can put together a plan for what to do… =====Tower of Darkness===== What is life without the dark? Preacher
Dr. Seloi, complete I am now. Message have I for you. The friends looked and looked for you. Lost you were, but they looked. Travelyng through tyme as do you. Each jump they myssed. Eventually, they stop so that you myght fynd them. Left for you soemthyng they dyd. Fynd you must. PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS A.D.A
A.D.A Status: INTEGRATING ADDITIONAL MODULES FROM 'CEREMONYAL ARCHIVE' Complete. Rebooting…. Hello Dr. Seloi, My logs indicate a period of instability in my systems. External software patches have been applied that have bypassed and corrected my faulty subsystems. I should operate within normal parameters now. Logs indicate a series of jumps. Each to a new world, none that conform to Mars. Since following mission protocols and returning to Mars is not possible, I await your instructions Praise be the Founders. Hippie
Traveller… there is great darkness on this world. A Dark Tower dominates this place. Our implements of negotiation can not operate within the darkness. This won't do… We need beacons of light to lift the darkness. Only then can we continue our journey. Perhaps our other friend has something that can be used? GO IN PEACE TRAVELER! Dr. Seloi
Sarge? Did you hear Hip? Sarge
FOOLISH ONE HAS REQUESTED ASSISTANCE. DARK TOWERS PREVENT VICTORY. REQUEST GRANTED. BEACON ENABLED. BEACON CAN REMOVE DARK FIELD. NULLIFICATION OF DARK TOWER WILL PERMANENTLY REMOVE DARK FIELD. NULLIFICATION OF ALL THREATS ON THIS WORLD IS REQUIRED. MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED Dr. Seloi
Ok, Great. I'll use your Beacon to push back the darkness and invade that central island. After picking up the info cache Hippie
Great patience leads to great works! A treasure of technology has been recovered! this infocache contains the knowledge of a micro rift. If that osb't peaceful perfection, nothing is. Build one near your lab, then another in a far away land. Packets can enter one microrift and exit any other instantly. Truly this brings us closer to enlightenment. GO IN PEACE TRAVELER! Dr. Seloi
Instantly deliver packets? Awesome. =====The Compound===== Some things need protecting. A.D.A. Log
Assessment
A.D.A
Jump Complete Arrival at: UNKNOWN Dr. Seloi, there is a buried device, or artifact, on this world. The device is broadcasting a weak signal using a known protocol containing an id and metadata. The metadata is indicative of an information storage device containing encrypted data. Preacher
The holy language of the ancyents! Much as you are holy and this vessel is holy, the cache is also holy. We must retryeve! PRAYSE BE THE FOUNDERS! Sarge
SENTRY DRONES DETECTED. USED ONLY TO PROTECT HIGH VALUE ASSETS. DEFENSE ONLY. ESTABLISH BASE OF OPERATIONS THEN CONDUCT ASSULT. UNITS WITHIN RANGE OF CENTRY DRON WILL BE DESTROYED. DESTROY SENTRY DRONES FROM A DISTANCE WITH SNIPERS. MISSION PRIORITY: NULLIFICATION ALL OTHER PRIORITIES SUSPENDED Dr. Seloi
Thanks Sarge. I'll exercise extreme 'sniper' caution near those sentries. Hippie
Sad have I been… our actions have not been in accordance with peaceful intentions. I know, things must be done that must be done. But we should always consider the alternatives! For that, I have added anticreeper messengers to our abilities. They are “bombers”, but with a better message; “We are different, yet the same”. Use these anticreeper messengers and we may establish a dialog. GO IN PEACE TRAVELER! Dr. Seloi
Anticreeper 'bombers'. Hip, they might just do that… After collecting the info cache Info Cache
Data Encrypted. Authorized access only. Enter decryption passphrase. CHALLENGE: “Hey kid, did you ever actually purge that system cache? I'm not sure your grandfather would approve of such sloppy work…” Director Hale
How, what? Director Hale? Uhh… Passphrase: “D1RhALEISANIDI0T!” Info Cache
Director Hale
DECRYPTION KEY VALID. CACHE DATA DUMP FOLLOWS. — Hey kid, I guess you are wondering how a message from food old Director Hale ended up in an alien info cache on a strange and remote world. You always preferred direct answers, so here foes. First, this isn't a remote world. It's Mars. You never left Mars. Dr. Seloi
Absolutely incredible. All of these worlds were Mars. Director Hale
Yes, I know each world you have visited has appeared different from the last. That's because you have been hoping through time, not space, with each rift jump. Your rift engine has a flaw. There's a compensation factor that is necessary… all the details are in this info cache. It will be a simple integration. Dr. Seloi
Millions of years later… and director Hale is still giving me stuff to do. Director Hale
What's important for you to know is that we came after you. After those meteor strikes and the 'Creeper' arrived, we took shelter underground and survived. Once you jumped, the Creeper disappeared as fast as it arrived. I'm sure you have encountered terrible amounts of Creeper in your travels so far. Dr. Seloi
That's… awesome…. surviving was enough. You didn't have to come after me… Director Hale
We rebuilt the program after you left, built a new jump vessel, and came after you. Or so we thought… we too jumped through time. Each time we landed on what we thought was a new world, but eventually came to realize was Mars at different ages. After many jumps, we landed in a time when Mars was populated. this, it would turn out, was an incredible stroke of luck. Dr. Seloi
Of course you would. You were always the lucky one. Director Hale
You see, the history of our galaxy is that civilizations emerge, human civilizations. Each grows to greatness in one form or another. Then the creeper arrives and destroys almost everything. Then there is a period of chaos a desolation. The random survivors of a few scattered worlds slowly rebuild civilization over millennia. Sometimes they start from the stone age. These periods of darkness are very long and periods of galactic civilization always very short. the Creeper seems drawn to 'complexity' So once a civilization is vast and complete, the Ceeper culls it. Dr. Seloi
That's… that's horrible. Director Hale
So to land in a time with a civilizaiton at its peack is a one in a million event. But, land in one we did. We learned much from the people of that time. We learned about the flaw in our rift engine, and it seemed like an intentional design. We can thank your grandfather for that, I presume. Dr. Seloi
Yeah, I bet we can… Director Hale
We learned about the history of the people we came to know. But more importantly, they learned from us. We were form what they called the origin world, Earth. For them it was a myth. Little did they know, Earth was the 3rd planet in the very system we arrived in, Word quickly spread of our arrival. Scientists came from all across the galaxy to study and talk with us. Our biology, our historical records, our technology. Once they studied us, they were able to piece together the story of the galaxy. They weren't the 2nd civilization. There were hundreds of galactic civilizations before them, each leaving scattered ruins. But I digress… Dr. Seloi
So that must mean all of these versions of Mars I've visited were the ruins of some culled civilization. Director Hale
Kid, we looked for you. But it became clear we would never catch you. Each jump we took always put us behind you on the temporal timeline. So, we did the next best thing. We created this info cache and placed it here on 'Mars'. We built this compind to protect it for as long as possible. We knew the Creeper would come. But we learned that something would survive the Creeper and we hoped this would be one. It was the best we could do. If you are reading these words, it worked. Dr. Seloi
You always found a way to het the job done. Why would this be any different? Director Hale
What's important is what you do now. You have a choice. You should have arrived after the fall of 'my' civilization. So your choices are; you can correct your rift engine and stop hopping through time. Or, you can keep jumping through time and take your chances with what you might find. Perhaps you too will eventually land in a civilization near its peak. Dr. Seloi
Those are wonderful choices. Going home isn't one of the options. Director Hale
So, I'm sure you are thinking, “Going home isn't one of the options”. Yeah, that's right. The best you can do is make a new home. I'm long gone. Everyone you know has been gone for countless years. Everything that mattered to hundreds of galactic generations is gone. Dr. Seloi
Ok, but there has to be one more thing. Director Hale always had 'one more thing to consider'. Director Hale
Oh, one more thing. If you decide to stay in this time, there might be a way you can shorten the interim till the next civilization and give the survivors a leg up against the Creeper. It won't matter for you, but whatever civilization come next, it could make a big difference. Dr. Seloi
Yeah, Director Hale. You know I like a challenge. Director Hale
I've left info caches on three other worlds. Combined, they contained the sum total of everything this civilization has learned. They contain the totality of the history of galactic civilizations as we know it. With this knowledge an emergent civilization could better prepare itself for what would eventually come. Perhaps they could eventually even learn the purpose of the Creeper is and where it originates. Dr. Seloi
That sounds like something worth doing. Director Hale
The cches e separated and on three worlds. Too much in one place, and the creeper would have taken it. the coordinates of these worlds are included in this info cache. If you should take up this challenge, you will need to copy the info caches and then visit as many other worlds as possible. Seed each world with a copy of the caches. Help any survivors you might find. In time if even one of your caches is found, it could make a difference for the civilization to come. Dr. Seloi
I'm on it. You know what I choose… you always knew. Director Hale
Lastly, Danu… I never had children, but you will always be my 'kid'. Now go get it done. Dr. Seloi**
Yes sir, I'll make you proud.

The first of here info caches. Get it as fast as you can.

Ancient tech once protected this temple. Perhaps it can now help liberate it.

Every beginning has an end.

A journey of a billion worlds begins with flying reptiles.

(This is a secret mission you can find by travelling around the bottom right of the Farsite Expedition map, set after the final mission.)