NMS 1.37 Korvax Factory puzzles

PuzzleType: EXP_FACTORY

#1
Alien: Initialize reboot? Data loss probability warning.

The screen is full of product formulas, but the system is crashing.

An error message appears alongside a countdown timer.

{Save data}
I save the data before a system reboot.

The terminal restores instantly. I am rewarded.
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{Wait}
The system reboots instantly with a blank screen.

All data has been lost.


#3
Alien: Save failed! Tech blueprint data corrupted! Reconstruction probability: high

A fragmented file has frozen systems. The machine is stuck in a loop trying to open it.

Its deletion could free up the outpost, but the file would be lost forever.

{Attempt file reconstruction}
The file manages to reconstruct!
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{Delete file}
The research system silently resumes its work.
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#4
Alien: Virus detection warning! File extracting valuable data!

An unknown program has hijacked the terminal. It looks... more alien than expected.

The code is enmeshed with vital research drives. I can quarantine it before damage is done.

{Quarantine unknown process}
The virus is removed.

The facility's overseers are relieved.
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{Allow unknown process}
The virus extracts a useful reward.

It's shared with me.
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---STD_DEC_EXP---


#21
Alien: Unexpected biological blockage detected. Power delivery network disruption!

A small creature is scrambling through the wiring below me, woken by the security alert. Its choice of nesting location was unwise...

I can't regain control until it has been removed from the system.

{Initiate power surge}
A smell of roasted meat wafts up from the systems below.

The system is back online.
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{Flush production network}
The creature makes its escape, but its nest remains.

The facility remains offline.

{Leave creature alone}
The creature appears at my feet.

It squeaks, and gives me units as a token of its thanks.
---RECIPE_LIST---
---MONEY---


#28
Alien: Education Blob fun! Common silicate: Korvax language back-up! Common oxide: non-intelligent Gek! Common isotope: non-intelligent Vy'keen!

An enthusiastic gilled blob is on-screen wearing a mask with a central coloured light. It energetically jetpacks around an alien alphabet.

The blob makes a demand. Common element trade vaults open.

{Insert common isotope}
The delighted Education Blob teaches me some of the language of the traders.
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{Insert common silicate}
The delighted Education Blob teaches me some of the language of the electronic lifeforms.
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{Insert common oxide}
The delighted Education Blob teaches me some of the language of the warriors.
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#5
Alien: Warning! Interruption forbidden! Sentinel scan ending soon! Control returning to overseer imminently!

The outpost's sole focus is a complex planetary scan. Every single facility system has been directed into its completion.

Intriguing storage vaults are at my feet, but are locked.

{Cancel planetary scan}
All scan data is lost.

The installation is shut down remotely.
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{Leave planetary scan running}
The planetary scan unexpectedly concludes.

Storage vaults open.
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#7
Alien: Entity! Geological scan in progress! Medial strata mined. Uncommon isotope required to recall. Danger! Rare isotope overcharges!

A geological probe is buried deep below the installation. If I'm quick, I can call it back up to the surface - along with its cargo.

Resource vaults are empty. I need an isotope with the right amount of power...

{Insert common isotope}
A deep, distant noise of thunder is heard.

The process does not have enough power to bring the probe to the surface.

{Insert uncommon isotope}
The noise of underground thunder shakes the facility.

A mechanical procedure deposits a reward into my waiting hands.
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{Insert rare isotope}
The probe's return mechanism is overpowered.

It collides with the gravitational well. Nothing can be salvaged.


#8
Alien: Eheu. Korvax Entity experiment failure. Product becomes common element. Clarify experiment!

A valuable product is being scanned. An imminent procedure will see it consumed, and perhaps transformed.

I only have seconds to decide whether to allow the experiment to take place.

{Take product}
The research work is cut short.
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{Allow experiment to take place}
The item is transformed into... a common isotope.

The research experiment concludes.
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#10
Alien: Researcher! Experiment reject impure silicate sample! Fire hazard probable! Insert pure silicate sample immediately!

A rare silicate sample has set fire to a resource vault.

I can starve the flames of oxygen, but the experiment is still running despite the fire...

{Put out fire}
The flames in the resource vault subside.

I take what's left of the element.
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{Add more to sample}
The element stokes the flames.

The experiment takes place, producing valuable trade goods.
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#13
Alien: Eheu, drill motor automated disconnection! Motor fire! Repair immediately Entity!

Machinery here is mining an asteroid for oxides. The process has stalled. The facility reeks of burnt metal, and the floor is hot to touch.

I can direct automated repairs, but it's unclear where.

{Repair drill bit}
The asteroid mining drill bit is replaced.

It remains non-operational.

{Repair drill motor}
The asteroid mining drill motor is replaced, and operational.
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{Repair charge banks}
The drill's charge banks are repaired and restored.

The asteroid mining process remains offline.


#15
Alien: Warning! Silicate overload! Circuit board technology overheat warning!

The sound of cascading elements can be heard beneath the floor. Systems are struggling to cope with the overflow.

An automated emergency stop is about to be issued.

{Detach oxide supply chute}
The cascading elements force all systems offline.

{Detach silicate supply chute}
The noise of cascading elements subsides.

Systems return online.
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{Detach isotope supply chute}
The cascading elements force all systems offline.


#16
Alien: Alert! Alert! Power core isolated! Central artificial intelligence core endangered! Corrosive toxins detected!

The air is compromised. Atmospheric toxins have breached sensitive systems, and brought production to its knees.

Even the primary terminal is corroding at my finger-tips...

{Seal off power core}
The power core is further safeguarded.

The vital systems it energises are not.

{Seal off primary motherboard}
The facility grinds to a halt, despite the protected motherboard.

{Seal off central AI}
The central AI is now protected.

Its governance systems return systems to full running order.
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#18
Alien: Bad data. Sentinel drone activity scan corrupted. System disengaged.

Operations are offline. A recent research scan has been corrupted, crashing every system in the outpost.

Marking the right file for deletion could restore order...

{Delete planetary quadruped scan}
The file refuses deletion.

The system remains offline

{Delete Sentinel scan}
The file is removed.

The installation's primary processes become available.
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{Delete geological survey}
The file refuses deletion.

The system remains offline


#19
Alien: Alert! Electronic terminal operator power discharge! Reset primary interface!

Wild energy fluctuations have brought research operations to a standstill. While I investigate a residual electric charge earths itself through my exosuit.

The security alert is about to pull all power. I need to act.

{Stabilise production battery}
Operations throughout the installation stabilise.

The primary terminal continues to malfunction.

{Reset primary terminal}
The terminal's power fluctuations cease. It brings order to the outpost's systems.
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{Open fusion capacitor}
Operations throughout the installation stabilise.

The primary terminal continues to malfunction.


#20
Alien: Danger! Excess power! Decrease energy use immediately! Delivery at maximum!

Systems are super-charged despite the security alert. Equipment beneath my feet buzzes and whirrs with a high intensity.


Suddenly, I detect the smell of burning. A warning appears.

{Reduce power delivery levels}
Power delivery is reduced across the board.

The installation returns to acceptable activity levels.
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{Increase fan power delivery}
The added strain on power delivery leads to a small internal fire.

Systems are now offline.

{Increase coolant power delivery}
The added strain on power delivery leads to a small internal fire.

Systems are now offline.


#22
Alien: Databank back-up process stalled. Common silicate required to finish process.

The alarm has triggered the instant incineration the elements used here. The process they were being used for, however, is still online.

My scanner is picking up traces of silicates, but there's no indication of which ones.

{Insert common silicate}
The facility uses my element, and feeds it back to me in a new form.
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{Insert uncommon silicate}
The facility takes in my element, before the resource vaults judder and spark.

The system becomes non-operational.

{Insert rare silicate}
The facility takes in my element, before the resource vaults judder and spark.

The system becomes non-operational.


#30
Alien: Warped flesh with metal, saw the truth - the truth - the -

The terminal shows numerous schematics relating to the technology of Sentinel drones and walkers.

The creators of this facility appear to have been particularly interested in something called a Vortex Cube. They were attempting to replicate its design.

Sensors in the bowels of the factory show strange signs. Something still shakes down there in the darkness, something neither alive nor truly dead...

{Purge depths}
I use the factory's purge protocol to release a gas into the factory's depths, apparently causing the hidden creature to lie motionless.

I take what technology I can find and leave. No good can come of remaining here.
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{Take Vortex Cube}
I take a Vortex Cube and leave. No good can come of remaining here.
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{Scan for Sentinels}
I initiate a scan for Sentinels. The result is incorrect... it must be. According to this scan, they are all around me, watching me even as I stand here.

I take what technology I can find and leave. No good can come of remaining here.
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#31
Alien: Where is entity?! Transfer failure / non-existence / terminate! Transfer, transfer!

The factory appears to produce replacement parts for the exosuits of the alien Korvax, spitting out face mask after face mask, arms, datapads, even feet.

As I witness the production line on the terminal, one of the disembodied masks begins to scream.

The terminal awaits input, a timer informing me that a ship will be on its way quite soon.

{Reassure the mask}
I reassure the mask, telling it that a ship is on its way. I show the mask its surroundings, transmitting audiovisual data on the entire complex.
The mask appears to calm a little, but still it shakes with a deep and abiding terror. It awaits rescue.

{Report system malfunction}
I report a system malfunction, causing the mask to immediately grow still, purged of its individuality.
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{Cease production}
I initiate a shut-down of all production, causing the conveyor belt to cease movement. But soon, something else happens.
The various other limbs on the production line begin to shift, moving towards the mask as if to assemble themselves into a bipedal figure.
But they just flail past one another, some of them falling to the floor, others beginning to spark energy. They merely possess the illusion of life, nothing more.


#32
Alien: MONITOR SYSTEM NORMAL... ALL LIFEFORMS WITHIN OPERATING PARAMETERS

The terminal shows a variety of motionless lifeforms standing in colossal rows in the darkness beneath the factory.

They look like Gek and Vy'keen, unblinking, apparently unaware of where they are.

{Initialise system}
I initialise the system, causing the lifeforms below to wake up. They lurch forward, their heads slowly turning towards the camera. They reward me for my assistance in their awakening.
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{Report to Gek}
I report the factory's existence to the Gek authorities. They respond with anger and fear, claiming that this complex and others like it produce 'SynthetiGek', artificial versions of the Gek for espionage and infiltration. They reward me for my assistance.
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{Report to Vy'keen}
I report the factory's existence to the Vy'keen authorities. They respond with confusion, promising to send starships to uncover the factory's purpose.
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---STD_INC_WAR---


#33
Alien: Echoes fade. Origin remains. Start of time, Korvax will persist... Even in face of end. Even before abyss.

The factory is unlike the other Korvax facilities I have seen. It does not appear to produce machines or files, but strange reams of a plastic substance, covered in precise sequences of dots.

It looks like writing, but what use would the Korvax have for such primitive communication?

{Shut down production}
The dots on the plastic rolls appear to move as I look at them. No good will come of this place. I shut down production.

Amidst the detritus of the factory, I find some discarded technology. Perhaps it will be of use.
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{Report to Korvax authorities}
I report the factory's existence to the Korvax authorities. They claim that the installation was not for me to see, paying me dearly for my silence.
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{Steal technology}
I attempt to steal technology, but the factory's automated defense systems blast a bolt of energy at my suit instead. Whatever is here, it is not worth the trouble.
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#34
Alien: Trapped in system... please, help me...

The factory stands vacant, producing nothing. The production lines have long since ceased, and though the alarm sounds, it is unclear why.

A voice calls out, sad, alone.

{Start production}
I start the production line once more, restarting the assembly of what appears to be Korvax body parts.
After a short time, enough parts have been assembled for a lifeform to rise and thank me profusely for its rescue. I am rewarded for my efforts.
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{Wipe system}
I wipe the system. The error is fixed.

{Alert Korvax authorities}
I alert the Korvax authorities to their faulty factory. They dispatch a science team to examine the anomaly, thanking me for my trouble.
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#35
Alien: TRANSFER IN PROCESS: 38% PROGRESS. SEE MORE DETAIL?

The factory produces components for starships, fabricating them using the resources available on this world.

This installation creates parts for Korvax exploration vessels. They are asymmetrical, prioritising verticality and function far more than the worldview of any organic organism would allow.

When I examine the terminal more closely I see a transfer in progress. Data leaps from ship to ship, altering blueprints as it goes.

{Disable process}
I disable the process. The factory abruptly grinds to a halt for a few moments before the process begins anew.
The machine fires a bolt of energy at me when I try to interact again. The console communicates in broken speech, telling me that these ships are not tools to be turned on and off.
The console tells me that Korvax ships are living bodies, just like Korvax bipeds... all contain the souls of the scientist race.
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{Attempt download}
I attempt to download the data. As I do, a sound emerges from the console, from the walls, from every component in this entire installation...
It is the sound of screaming. The data is mine. I receive nanite clusters to form as I desire.
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{Wait and watch}
I wait and watch the console.
After a few minutes, the process is complete. I see it then, clear upon the screen: each Korvax starcraft is alive.
Each of their ships has a soul, no different from the bipedal bodies in which they normally stand. I have witnessed the birth of new entities.
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#24
Alien: // TOXIC // ATMOSPHERIC // INVISIBLE//

An automatic process has scrambled the output of the terminal. I can make out a few words, but the rest is lost in static.

They could lead me to the overseer's workflow, and bringing the facility back online.

{Gas}
The electronic overseer's workflow is restored.

The system comes back online.
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{Shield}
I fail to access the electronic overseer's workflow.

The installation remains offline.

{Exosuit}
I fail to access the electronic overseer's workflow.

The installation remains offline.


#14
Alien: Warning! Temporal capacitor disengaged! Production time loop detected!

I rapidly flick through alien warnings to discover what's brought the facility offline. All too late, I realise I'm doing the exact same thing again. And again.

I've done this before. Many times.

{Recharge flux crystals}
I loop in time for several days.

An automated process eventually rescues me.

{Engage temporal capacitor}
The temporal capacitor ends the time loop.

The facility resumes operations.
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{Reset clock}
I loop in time for several days.

An automated process eventually rescues me.


#25
Alien: // HIGH // ORBITAL // TECHNOLOGICAL //

My intrusion has led to the work underway on the primary terminal being scrambled. It's a jumble of words.

Using what's visible I can reboot the overseer's workflow, and get systems online.

{Satellites}
The electronic overseer's workflow is restored.

The system comes back online.
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{Asteroids}
I fail to access the electronic overseer's workflow.

The installation remains offline.


#6
Alien: Korvax research log. Primary entity: product recipe research. Secondary entity: technological blueprint reconstruction.

Two electronic lifeforms are registered on this terminal.

The primary entity's work is full of complicated chemical symbols, the secondary entity focuses on diagrams of electronic circuitry.

{Login as Primary Entity}
The primary entity's workflow procedure provides some useful knowledge.
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{Login as Secondary Entity}
The secondary entity's workflow procedure provides a technology blueprint.
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#11
Alien: Eheu Entity! Vital words accidentally corrupted? Pay units to relearn!

A wired metal dart springs from a panel and slams through my visor. It pierces the skin on my forehead, and I feel a faint electrical current.

Whether ransom, paid service or security device - the terminal seems to want payment...

{Insert units}
I learn more of the binary language of the electronic lifeforms.
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{Insert units}
I learn a little of the binary language of the electronic lifeforms.
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{Remove dart}
I remove the dart.

The terminal's processes conclude.
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#26
Alien: // CRIMINAL // STARSHIPS // CONTRABAND //

The security alert that's firing is jamming the terminal. Static covers most of the screen, obscuring nearly all relevant information.

The words left unobscured could lead me to the outpost's current research focus...

{Pirates}
The electronic overseer's workflow is restored.

The system comes back online.
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{Traders}
I fail to access the electronic overseer's workflow.

The installation remains offline.

{Orbital station}
I fail to access the electronic overseer's workflow.

The installation remains offline.


#2
Alien: Warning. Calm, entity! Contact Convergence technology entity for help

The primary terminal is non-responsive, but comms seem open.

I can open up conversation with whoever - or whatever - installed it.

{Request remote help}
The bright lights of an electronic lifeform appear on a nearby screen. It chitters brightly.

I receive a reward for my report.
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{Hard reset the system}
The facility becomes entirely unresponsive.


#17
Alien: Warning! Vy'keen vessel transmission detected. Data upload to starship.

The installation has been hacked. A coded transmission has breached security and is stealing data.

Two wavelengths are open. One from this planet's surface, and the other from high above.

{Block planetary signal}
The coded transmission takes full control.

The terminal powers down.

{Block orbital signal}
The coded transmission is blocked.

The facility returns to an operational status.
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{Report intrusion}
The transmission is blocked.

I receive a note of thanks from the facility overseer.
---TECH_ALL---
---USEFUL_PROD---
---STD_INC_EXP---


#23
Alien: Help! Feed me silicates! With silicates I escape! Combine with technological Korvax Entity! Escape!

The terminal talks to me. A basic AI program rapidly spells out words in the language of the electronic lifeforms.

At my feet, a resource vault hatch falls open.

{Insert common isotope}
The AI program is unaffected.

It powers down the terminal

{Insert common silicate}
The AI program escapes the terminal.

Systems become operational.
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{Insert common oxide}
The AI program is unaffected.

It powers down the terminal


#27
Alien: // WORSHIP // PRAISE // RED // ORB // JOURNEY // STARSHIP // ATLAS //

The security breach has obscured the screen with a glowing red orb. Few readable words remain.

Working out what the overseer was studying here would reestablish its workflow...

{The Atlas}
The facility pulses red. I am energised. I am thanked.

I am complete.
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{The Foretold}
The facility pulses red. I am energised. I am thanked.

I am complete.
---TECH_ALL---
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{The Traveller}
The facility pulses red. I am energised. I am thanked.

I am complete.
---TECH_ALL---
---STD_INC_EXP---