NMS 1.37 Korvax Crashed Ship

PuzzleType: EXP_CRA_

#1
The hi-tech ship's emergency systems activate as I climb on-board, and a hologram appears before me - the lights in the mask it wears seem wide and dim.

The pilot calmly reports news of its imminent demise. The noise of explosions and tearing metal can be heard. The hologram disappears, leaving an array of glittering technologies and devices behind it. Some of them still look operational...

{Search for functioning technology}
The research ship carries fascinating technological advances.

I scan a blueprint, and can now construct one of these advances myself...
---TECH_SHIP---

{Search for transported goods}
The research ship's cargo hold contains advanced technology.

I scan a blueprint, and can now construct some of it myself...
---TECH_SHIP---


#2
The cockpit is pristine, devoid of damage save for that caused by the deceased pilot's impact against the control panel. Its data banks, however, look as if they could be brought back online.

Lights intermittently flash around me. Some systems clearly remain operative, one of which appears to be a sophisticated security sensor and camera array.

{Access the ship's databanks}
Only one data bank is accessible.

Thankfully, it's a useful one.
---TECH_ALL---

{Loot ship for functioning technology}
I discover a useful tech. However, the ship has recorded my looting.

Unable to erase the footage, I leave.
---TECH_ALL---
---STD_DEC_EXP---


#3
The pilot lies dead beside a short circuiting control panel that sparks intermittently. Beside the dead robotic navigator hovers a Sentinel that nudges the deceased lifeform, almost as if to wake it.

As I approach the floating machine fires a warning shot in my direction.

{Destroy sentinel and search cockpit}
The sentinel offers little resistance.

The ship's databanks are easily hacked...
---TECH_ALL---

{Enter peacefully and search cockpit}
The sentinel opens fire, forcing me to defend myself.

The ship's databanks prove adequate compensation for my wounds.
---TECH_ALL---
---DAMAGESMALL---

{Search remainder of ship}
The remainder of the ship proves bereft of threats.

I help myself to what I find.
---PROD_COMMOD---
---C_KORVAXCASING---
---PROD_FUEL---


#4
Judging by the destruction within, this ship must have crash landed with particular ferocity. Cargo thrown from its containers is strewn everywhere.

It's hard to distinguish between what are remnants of the pilot's metallic shell and which pieces of debris are from the ship itself. The black box has survived intact, but it makes a strange fizzing noise as I approach.

{Search wreckage}
I'm surprised by the sheer amount of valuable goods I find.
---PROD_COMMOD---
---C_KORVAXCASING---

{Boost black box signal}
The box sparks, burning my arm.

I make the ship easily discoverable by its electronic race, and am rewarded.
---STD_INC_EXP---
---DAMAGESMALL---
---TECH_SHIP---


#5
Everything on the hi-tech research ship appears to be operational, apart from the engines. There's no sign of the pilot, however.

I wonder whether they're still alive somewhere within the crash site.

{Access the ship's computer}
Between the endless logs of flora and fauna I strike technological gold.
---TECH_SHIP---

{Search the crash site}
I meet a dying electronic lifeform.

It is grateful for my company, and shares its secrets before it disconnects.
---TECH_ALL---
---STD_INC_EXP---


#6
I'm alerted by banging and a strange electrical buzzing from the cockpit. The scorch marks on the walls of the hold suggest a firefight took place here.

The noise of robotic activity from the cockpit suggests the firefight isn't yet over...

{Search cargo hold}
The hold hisses open. Exotic techs were being transported.

I retrieve a ship technology blueprint.
---TECH_SHIP---

{Search cockpit}
A scorched sentinel attacks.

I retrieve products from the pilot's corpse.
---DAMAGESMALL---
---C_KORVAXCASING---
---PROD_FUEL---


#7
As I climb past the sealed cargo hold, the craft's holographic black box springs to life. The vessel was struck by a meteor and crash landed here. Nearby lies the dead electronic pilot, its multi-tool at its feet and its protective casing cracked. Its death pose suggests it was trying to contact its people before the impact.

An operational camera watches on from above, and signals could be boosted. I could perhaps explain the lifeform's disappearance.

{Boost black box distress signal}
I log the ship with grateful authorities.

The cargo hold unlocks, revealing a ship tech cargo.
---STD_INC_EXP---
---TECH_SHIP---

{Search dead pilot}
The pilot's equipment helps me construct a multi-tool tech blueprint.

The camera focuses in on me. I'm being watched.
---TECH_WEAPON---
---STD_DEC_EXP---


#8
I clamber through the ship's hatch, and see the holographic black box playing on an eternal loop. For some reason the electronic pilot was shot down by its own kind.

Investigating the hold reveals rows of metallic shell casings hung from the walls. Empty electronic bodies, waiting to be filled with life. The pilot had clearly gone rogue with a precious cargo, and the crash site never discovered.

{Increase homing beacon power.}
An overjoyed message comes through.

I am thanked with a new technology blueprint.
---TECH_ALL---
---STD_INC_EXP---

{Loot empty electronic lifeform shells}
The loot yield from the bodies is excellent.

Yet I somehow feel judged...
---PROD_COMMOD---
---STD_DEC_EXP---
---PROD_FUEL---


#9
Two robotic pilots lie crumpled against the ship's controls, which appear to have been sabotaged. Suddenly the ship's main doors hiss open.

A malfunctioning robot enters, seemingly speaking the language of a warrior species. It ignores me, choosing instead to posture dramatically to itself in the doorway. It carries a multi-tool that appears superior to my own.

{Talk to robot}
The robot presents me with its multi-tool.

I am clearly seen as an ally.
---WEAPON---

{Search cockpit and leave quietly}
I steal a ship technology blueprint.

The robot clearly doesn't view me as a threat.
---TECH_SHIP---


#10
The disconnected electronic pilot was clearly some kind of scientist. It lies clutching the black box protectively in its metal arms. The hold is filled with experiments, each one seeming to focus on the manufacture of items and industrial chemicals that would likely be valuable to this race of electronic lifeforms.

Despite the crash much of the ship's equipment is still operational and could be scanned for a working technology blueprint.

{Extract black box data}
The black box reveals the secrets of the scientist's latest project...
---RECIP_PROD_COMM---

{Search equipment}
I scan a piece of operational ship technology.
---TECH_SHIP---


#11
The craft's emergency systems have been activated. A hologram appears before me, the lights on its mask constricted and crimson.

This Korvax Sentry had been pursuing a carapace that had disconnected from their Convergence. Displaying unusual and even heretical signs of independent thought, the unit had attempted to lead a rebellion against its fellow Atlas worshippers.

{Report crash}
I log the ship with the authorities, reporting the wrecked vessel. The Convergence rewards me for my trouble, promising to pursue the heretic to the end of the universe.
---STD_INC_EXP---

{Search cargo hold}
I search the ship and find valuable cargo within. The sentry had clearly prepared for a long pursuit.
---C_KORVAXCASING---


#12
Although damaged, the data banks of this vessel look as if they could be brought back online.

The electronic pilot of the vessel malfunctioned. The connection between their suit and their Convergence had decayed, irrevocably corrupted.

They drifted through the cosmos alone and afraid.

{Access databanks}
I access the ship's systems, extracting a quantity of Nanite Clusters. Nothing else is salvageable, the terminals damaged by the pilot's convulsions.
---TECHFRAG_S---

{Strengthen black box signal}
I log the ship with the authorities, reporting the wrecked vessel. The Convergence reward me for my trouble, mourning the loss of their friend.
---STANDING---


#13
Everything on the research ship appears to be operational, apart from the engines. The ship's logs reveal that the electronic lifeform was studying galactic trade.

The Korvax were trading more from curiosity than necessity. Profit, loss, accumulation... these concepts are alien to them, and they seem to have been trying to understand other lifeforms better.

They were fired upon in a deal gone wrong. The study ceased.

{Search remains}
I check the pilot's remains, finding a few useful supplies untouched by the passage of time. Their suit appears strangely vacant and limp.

Whoever inhabited this suit seems to have somehow escaped before the moment of death. How, I cannot say...
---RECIP_PROD_COMM---

{Search cargo hold}
I search the ship and find valuable cargo within. Even if it did not come naturally to them, the Korvax appears to have been an excellent trader.
---MONEY---


#14
The log shows the shell of an electronic pilot, its systems failing, its protective casing cracked.

The Korvax appears to have fled justice. They had been caught falsifying research data and experiments. They offered no explanation when they were caught, no purpose for their malice. They only flew...

{Report fugitive}
I report the death of the fugitive, bringing an end to the authorities' investigation. I am rewarded for my help, the Korvax dispatching one of their Sentries to this world to examine the crime scene.
---RECIP_PROD_COMM---

{Access databanks}
I access the ship's systems, extracting a quantity of Nanite Clusters. Nothing else is salvageable. The Korvax seems to have paid little attention to the maintenance of their machines.
---TECHFRAG_S---


#15
I find a holographic black box playing on an eternal loop. The electronic pilot of this vessel was considered a hero among their people, awarded a rare degree of autonomy from the Convergence as a result.

They appear to have been responsible for deepening their species' relationship with the Sentinels. It is unclear how they accomplished this.

{Search remains}
I check the body, finding a few useful supplies. Several unusual components are attached at key points along their exosuit.

It glints like the shell of a Sentinel. As I touch it, I feel the hum of the universe itself. I leave, shaken by my encounter.
---TECH_SUIT---

{Access databanks}
I access the ship's systems, extracting a quantity of Nanite Clusters. The pilot was using them in an attempt to commune with Sentinel drones...
---TECHFRAG_S---


#16
The stricken craft's black box reveals the final voyage of the electronic lifeform within.

The Korvax pilot appears to have been ancient, its intelligence and technology utterly incompatible with the present form of the Convergence. Such entities apparently pre-date the fall of the Korvax homeworld, drifting through the universe with a faint memory of long-lost glory.

{Report vessel}
I log the ship with the authorities, reporting the wrecked vessel. I am rewarded for my trouble, the Convergence dispatching ships to recover their ancient comrade.
---TECH_SUIT---

{Search cargo hold}
I search the ship and find valuable cargo within, much of it untouched for a hundred years or more.
---STD_INC_EXP---


#17
Fire spread through this ship in the moments after the crash, but the logs reveal that the pilot was already dead.

This was a funeral vessel for a Korvax leader, its suit held in stasis at the centre of the craft. Traditionally the species recycles such suits for new lifeforms, but for some, their death presents an exception.

Their bodies are sent out to the stars, to return to the Atlas that made them...

{Search remains}
I check the body, finding a few useful supplies. I leave the remains in peace, hoping that they will find what they seek in death.
---TEACHWORD_EXP---

{Search for supplies}
I search the ship and find valuable cargo within. The Korvax appear to have carried offerings on board.
---C_KORVAXCASING---


#18
The craft's holographic black box springs to life.

The electronic pilot appears to have grown terrified in the weeks leading up to their death, their systems no longer operating with the efficiency to which they were previously accustomed. They began to forget things.

The crash was an accident, of course...

{Report vessel}
I log the ship with the authorities, reporting the wrecked vessel. I am rewarded for my trouble.
---P_ALBUMENPEARL---

{Access databanks}
I access the ship's systems, extracting a quantity of Nanite Clusters. Nothing else is salvageable.
---TECHFRAG_S---


#19
A hologram appears before me, the lights on the Korvax's mask waning and mournful.

The fall of their homeworld plays out before me, Gek warships surrounding the planet and bombarding its core. Countless lives are lost, the Gek enslaving the survivors and melting down their bodies.

But that was many years ago. The universe is different now, isn't it?

{Search for supplies}
I search the ship and find valuable cargo within. The Korvax must have been on a mission of some importance.
---C_KORVAXCASING---

{Access ship's computer}
I access the ship's systems, extracting a quantity of Nanite Clusters. Nothing else is salvageable. All other records were purged in the moments approaching the crash.
---TECHFRAG_S---


#20
Everything on the research ship appears to be operational, if somewhat obsolete by the standards of other craft. There is no sign of the pilot.

As I explore the ship, I realise I am not alone. I feel it watching me from all around... a soul in the walls... an echo of something that once lived...

{Search cargo hold}
I search the ship and find valuable cargo within. There is no sign of the lifeform.
---TECH_SUIT---

{Access databanks}
I access the ship's systems, extracting a quantity of Nanite Clusters. As I do, the ship speaks to me. The pilot's consciousness survived within, unable to leave.

As the system shuts down, there is nothing I can do but comfort them, allowing them say their last goodbye to the world.
---TECHFRAG_M---