Where Some Rarely Go

Design Credit:  Greg Kirkpatrick & Chris Geisel
Double Aught Comments:  Read
Spoiler Guide:  Read

The terminals have been reordered to match the in-game order and not the order in the map file. You can see the in-game order on this in-game map.

This reordering gives you a better appreciation for the different vignettes told in the Pfhor terminals at their appropriate in-game locations.


Where Some Rarely Go (Terminal 0)

The map in the terminal image is incorrectly oriented. It should be flipped vertically and then horizontally to obtain the correct orientation.

In the second screen of this terminal message the miscellaneous text at the start   $3C   is caused by a typing error during development.  The code   $C3   should have been used instead of   $3C   to set the terminal text color to green.  Indeed it wasn't actually needed and reflects a late change to the text before release. It has been reinstated here for authenticity. Thanks to wrkncacnter on Discord for spotting this.


Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337

csecurgfeed.7
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UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

Perimeter Station 7AF
origin:
unknown
destin:
undetermined
ref:
Perimeter Station
csecurefeed.7

If there is an armpit to the Lh'owon garrison, this is it. Perimeter Station 7AF is separated from the Pfhor concept of civilization by 200 klicks of filth-ridden swamp, choked with a thousand hungry F'lckta and as many years of S'pht debris.

It's also home to the Science Unit responsible for maintaining the water treatment facility for Planetary Command, and all of the Eastern Emplacements. My little group of humans can't hope to succeed unless the Pfhor ranks are in chaos. Sinking them under five meters of sludge should do the trick.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

Perimeter Station 7AF
origin:
unknown
destin:
undetermined
ref:
Perimeter Station
csecurefeed.7

$3CThe base was established early in the recent wave of exploration of the planet, but operations were later moved north because of heavy surface radiation that interferes with transporters. The local soldiery are charged primarily with exterminating the F'lckta, who defend their ancestral wetlands with agonizing tenacity.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

Perimeter Station 7AF
origin:
unknown
destin:
undetermined
ref:
Perimeter Station
csecurefeed.7

Find a Pfhor terminal with technical access to the main treatment plant, and we'll look for a weakness.

This Resupply Platform is likely to be checked regularly by the Pfhor living here, so you'll want to get out of the open quickly.

Good luck. I'll transport in ammunition when I can, but we're spread thin. The scoutship spotted our trick with the Armor Platform and is closing fast. I'll have to teach its captain a lesson.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337

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Where Some Rarely Go (Terminal 1)

Poor Engineer 1st Class K'all. Demoted to Engineer 3rd Class K'all. And then you killed him as he was updating his personal log.
This terminal is located in a small closed room with a single Pfhor fighter... presumably Engineer 3rd Class K'all.


Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337

7AF.eng.comm
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UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Engineer 1st Class K'all
destin:
Unit Command
ref:
Alternate Footpath Resupply Tower 2
stamp: requisition

Humbly I request retooling of Engineering Unit cutterays for completion of Alternate Footpath project as outlined in proposal.49AB3

{ error: proposal.49AB3 not found }
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Unit Command
destin: $c6enginneer 1st Class K'all
ref:
Illegal Cutteray Requisition
stamp: reprimand

{ cmd: append reply }

Request for misdirection of garrison resources for completion of unapproved proposal.49AB3 duly noted by Enforcement Liaison and report will be transmitted to Lh'owon Command with the endcycle packet.

Engineer 1st Class K'all is hereby ordered to cease construction of Alternate Footpath to Resupply Tower 2 until stamp: Approval issued by Lh'owon Command.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Unit Command
destin: $c6enginneer 1st Class K'all
ref:
Illegal Cutteray Requisition
stamp: reprimand

{ cmd: append reply }

Engineer 1st Class K'all is hereby ordered to report to Unit Command for restriction until endcycle round of scheduled demotions.

{ error: proposal.49AB3 not found }
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

Lh'owon command
origin:
Lh'owon Command
destin:
Perimeter Garrison 7AF Unit Command
ref:
Proposal.49AB3
stamp: approval

{ cmd: ref appended }

This is in approval of proposal.49AB3 for Alternate Footpath to Resupply Tower 2, Perimeter Garrison 7AF.

{ error: proposal.49AB3 not found }
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337


perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Engineer 3rd Class K'all
destin:
personal log .49AF4
ref:
Alternate Footpath Project (Approved)
stamp: monitored

{ cmd: personal log file init }

Alternate Footpath Project has been completed without use of functional cutterays. Substitution of garrison personnel demoted to Conditioned Rank (ref: psychiatric) into work detail increased efficacy of project.

I await formal request for status report from Unit Command prior to opening footpath to garrison personnel.

{ cmd: expunge proposal.49AB3 }

PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337

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Where Some Rarely Go (Terminal 2)

As you read about the security door failure rate check out the door switch that doesn't work and the door that won't close in this area.


Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337

coexolw.wo395.7af
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UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

Garrison Security
origin:
unit Command
destin:
unit broadcast
ref:
Garrison Security
stamp: broadcast

Due to a security door failure rate of 35% in the Garrison Area, and the continuing nighttime aggression of the native bipeds inhabiting the Riverine Area, Patrol Units are hereby ordered to secure all Outer and Blast Doors until completion of Hostile Reduction Directive 11 and complete sterilization of the waterway.

Quartermaster 5th Class Ssh'uph(Aggregate) has begun investigating the disappearance of local Compiler Units.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

Garrison Security
origin:
unit Command
destin:
unit broadcast
ref:
missing units
stamp: broadcast

{ broadcast notice appended }

All local Units are required to post notice of Unit Reward 4th Class requisitioned for personnel providing intelligence pertinent to location and retrieval of Combatant 3rd Class Jrr'z (Aggregate) before endcycle.

Combatant 3rd Class Jrr'z (Aggregate) last seen by Patrol Unit personnel conducting deep water visual survey in compliance with Hostile Reconnaissance Directive 4.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337

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Where Some Rarely Go (Terminal 3)

Someone is not making life easy for Quartermaster 5th Class Ssh'uph. Who is teleporting S'pht to the inaccessible Resupply Tower 2? And is Commander 5th Class Re'eer (Attentive) really dead?


Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337

codcoe.2wo5.7af
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UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

internal unit communique
origin:
Quartermaster 5th Class Ssh'uph
destin:
unit Command
ref:
Access Malfunction Resupply Tower 2
stamp: requisition

This is to humbly resubmit request for machinery and expertise from Garrison Command for repair of Access Door Mechanism on Resupply Tower 2. Requisitioned Compiler Units from Lh'owon Command inadvertently teleported to Resupply Tower 2 and rendered inaccessible. Previous request respectfully submitted to Perimeter Station 7AF cccccc (Attentive) prior to untimely demise.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

internal unit communique
origin:
unit Command
destin:
Quartermaster 5th Class Ssh'uph
ref:
Access Malfunction Resupply Tower 2
stamp: definition

{ cmd: reply appended }

In the wake of the untimely demise of Former Perimeter Station 7AF Commander 5th Class Re'eer (Attentive), and in a spirit of renewal for local personnel, Resupply Tower 2 is heretofore renamed Commemorative Resupply Tower Re'eer in honor of our fallen comrade.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337

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Where Some Rarely Go (Terminal 4)

It's official. Engineer 1st Class K'all is demoted to Engineer 3rd Class K'all. And everyone knows.


Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337

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UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

cmd: personal log file init

perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Unit Command
destin:
Terminal Display
ref:
Aggregate Restriction
stamp: broadcast

All personnel of Aggregate Rank or less are restricted from the following areas: Science, Engineering, and Riverine unless on scheduled patrol.

Personnel of Willful Rank or greater are advised to limit activity in the Riverine area until completion of Hostile Reduction Directive 11 and the waterway is sterilized of the bipeds.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Unit Command
destin:
Terminal Display
ref:
Endcycle Scheduled Demotions
stamp: broadcast

It is with great shame and regret that Unit Command announces the following Scheduled Demotions for Endcycle:

Engineer 1st Class K'all is hereby demoted to Engineer 3rd Class K'all.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337

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Where Some Rarely Go (Terminal 5)

A peek into the personal log of Science Officer 2nd Class St'ngr and his F'lickta studies. Note how the log ends abruptly. I guess St'ngr heard you coming. Did he get away?


Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337

cmd: personal log file init
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UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Science Officer 2nd Class St'ngr
destin:
personal log file
ref:
native xenomorph
stamp: monitored

{ cmd: personal log file init }

Their activity cycle coincides with the period of gestation of their young, which are carried to term in the maw of the creature for a period of 15-19 local days. While the mandible appears to have vestigial musculature indicative of mastication and forceful ingestion consistent with a predator, the gizzard terminates in a womb rather than the digestive tract.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Science Officer 2nd Class St'ngr
destin:
personal log file
ref:
native xenomorph
stamp: monitored

{ cmd: personal log file init }

As field observations and several post-mortem examinations of fallen combatant members of Aggregate Rank indicate, the creatures attack with one favored foreclaw.

The foreclaw and maw are both used for territorial competition and display, as the dominance of a particular creature is measured by both the size of its territory and the range of its wanderings.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Science Officer 2nd Class St'ngr
destin:
personal log file
ref:
native xenomorph
stamp: monitored

{ cmd: personal log file init }

At the beginning of the mating cycle, approximately each 17th local day, the creatures release a cloud of eggs into their territorial waterway and begin a traverse of the surrounding region, battling with their neighbors for passage.

Each creature swallows any eggs it finds during its circuit, with more dominant creatures gaining access to a greater variety of eggs. The eggs are drawn into the womb for fertilization and gestation.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Science Officer 2nd Class St'ngr
destin:
personal log file
ref:
native xenomorph
stamp: monitored

{ cmd: personal log file init }

Unfortunately I have not been able to observe the birth or immature form of the creatures, as the parents chew their young rather than bring them to term in the holding pens.

Next period of activity I inten...

{ cmd: ... }
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337

cmd: personal log file purge
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Where Some Rarely Go (Terminal 6)

This terminal is located in a small closed room with a single Pfhor fighter. Is this Science Officer 2nd Class St'ngr? He must have got away the last time. St'ngr has been responsible for the disappearing Compilers and now you know why. Throw him into the crusher and see how he likes it. Note that you can actually do this in-game by luring him into the active crusher and raising the door to seal him inside. Payback!


Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337

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perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Science Officer 2nd Class St'ngr
destin:
personal log file
ref:
Comparitive physiology
stamp: monitored

{ cmd: personal log file init }

My repeated requests for classified files on the physiology of the Compiler Class (Conditioned Rank) have been denied, as have requisitions for incompletely encased Compiler bio components, hence I have been forced to greater resourcefulness, as is often the lot of the Science Unit at Perimeter Station 7AF. Our most critical requests are ignored by Unit Command, and so I am forced to commandeer local Compiler units without stamp: approval
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Science Officer 2nd Class St'ngr
destin:
personal log file
ref:
Comparitive physiology
stamp: monitored

{ cmd: personal log file init }

The experiment to extract the Compiler bio component from the exoskeleton has been so far a failure, as the robotic casing is introduced early into the growth of the creature, and all Compilers destined for combat duty are protected by reinforced power armor.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

perimeter garrison 7AF
origin:
Science Officer 2nd Class St'ngr
destin:
personal log file
ref:
Comparitive physiology
stamp: monitored

{ cmd: personal log file init }

I have cannibalized a few elevators and constructed a more precise device with which to apply force to the exoskeleton, and hope to retrieve an intact bio component for a comparison with the native bipedal creature. Science Officer 1st Class W'rrl (Attentive Rank) has asked me to investigate a hypothesis that the Compiler creature is similar in certain basic features.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337

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Where Some Rarely Go (Terminal 7)

This terminal contains the schematic Durandal needs. It shows a map of both this level and the next. It's worth spending some time reviewing it. Note the secret access corridor in one of the lift shafts close to your present location.


Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337

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UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

internal unit files (ref: science)
origin:
Engineering Unit
destin:
Unit Command
ref:
Control Schematic Water Treatment19
stamp: records

{ cmd: schematic appended }
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337

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Where Some Rarely Go (Terminal 8: 1st Message)

This first 'unfinished' message is not displayed in-game. No matter which way you take to get to the final terminal it does not display. You can bypass the Compiler crusher lab and the all important terminal with the schematic for the water treatment facility and you still get the second 'success' message. Why? Well this level's mission type is not set to Exploration, so the 'unfinished' message is never displayed.


Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337

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UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

You must access all the terminals in the local network for information on the water treatment center.

The scoutship was a trifle, but we've got bigger problems now. Long range sensors show several hundred discrete masses translating into the system. The Pfhor navy has arrived. Another thing--I've intercepted a signal from the disabled scoutship that leads me to believe that Tycho is in league with the bugs. Be careful.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337

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Where Some Rarely Go (Terminal 8: 2nd Message)

When you get to the end terminal you can actually jump out of the window and explore the river below. There is a second underwater teleporter that will teleport you back to the area outside the Compiler crusher lab. You can see both teleports here.

Note the terminal on the other side of the river. That is the start of the next level.


Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 05.10.2337

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UESCTerm 802.11 (remote override) 05.10.2337

Well done.

I'll take a few milliseconds to analyze the files you uploaded while you transport down river. Then you'll crush the garrison guarding the waterway and destroy the dam system, opening the way for my commandos infiltrating the Pfhor defensive perimeter.
PgUp/PgDn/Arrows to Scroll Return/Enter to Acknowledge

Disconnecting... 05.10.2337

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