Audiologs, black-box recordings, investigation files, and personal messages from the Pioneer colonists, broken out of the larger Subnautica 2 databank into the four narrative buckets they actually belong in. Each card previews the first sentence and links to the full PDA entry. 109 entries across 3 archive groups.
Pioneer crew named across the archive entries below. Number is how many archive entries mention each colonist.
Voice recordings left by colonists. Plays in-game when the PDA picks them up; the full transcript lives in the databank entry.
GANZO: Huh? Wh...ow. TWINKLE: Oh, thank God.
GANZO: Oh ****! Oh ****. TWINKLE: Easy. Easy.
My name is Zygimantis Tarvydas. I am a survivor of the Mongolian Independent States, a colonist aboard the starship Cicada, and a debt slave to the Alterra Corporation.
MANTIS: We could just blast through. SINGH: Yeah, and if we're lucky, Nahema kills us and fills our biobeds with concrete before the Tailings get to us.
TWINKLE: Hey... GANZO: Yeah. TWINKLE: Is the apartment sized squid outside keeping you up too?
Nahema, field notes, go. [breathing hard] One of those vampire squid just came at me.
Sophie. I'm sorry I destroyed your colony.
The powerplant is dead. Spies set fires in its parts.
Field notes, Udal Singh, observing the Axum Tailings in the Karakorum ruins.
Field notes, Udal Singh. The Karakorum ruins imply a civilization that developed to the same level as pre-Expansion Earth.
Field Notes, Udal Singh. Think I'm about to die again.
ISO: Okay...the screen's on but it's just noise.
MANTIS: Sorry, boss, what's going on? SOPHIE: Wait one.
To any survivors of the Coral Gardens Habitat — I am pursuing Nahema towards the World Tree.
Ganzo here, day—hey, what day is it? Day 758.
Ganzo here. Nine survivors of Habitat with me.
Ganzo here. Nine survivors of Habitat. Everyone sound off.
TUBA: Do you think they were like us? SINGH: No.
NAHEMA: Why do you need *me* to fix this?
TWINKLE: [breathing hard] Holy hell. GANZO: [breathing hard] Yeah.
Retrieving voice data message. SOPHIE: Welcome back, pioneer.
TWINKLE: Ganzo, I don't think this is the Jubilee.
Dr. Wu's log. Day 755. I think I've cracked it.
NAHEMA: What was in those giant tanks? ZIP: Huh?
Flight-recorder data recovered from wrecks and corpses. Each one is a colonist's last few minutes told in PDA telemetry.
Blackbox: K. "Ander" Anand, 01 POSTMORTEM Ander died of asphyxiation.
K. "Ander" Anand Gender: M Mission role: Able spacer Pay rate: Nökhör [companion, friend; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for an entry-level worker] Biography: Child of Mogami Kinu.
Blackbox: Gottschall, Anita "Anita" 01 ANITA: "I can hear you.
Anita Gottschall Gender: W Mission role: Colony purser Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Retired Protestant Ethic work coach.
Blackbox: Gottschall, Anita "Anita" 02 Parsing blackbox data.
If you are currently underwater, CLOSE your PDA and MOVE to an air supply immediately.
Blackbox: UNKNOWN Unable to identify blackbox.
Distress signal cluster recorded south-west of Habitat.
Purpose: emergency shelter for colonists.
Chap Sovann Gender: M Mission role: Computational dynamicist, biobed administrator Pay rate: Kurul [expired Mongolian Free States trademark for member of a leadership council] Biography: Fast-tracked from Alterra...
Blackbox: Sovann, Chap "Chap" 01 SOPHIE: "You comfy?" CHAP: "There are holes in my mouth." SOPHIE: "I'm turning on the nitrogen.
Blackbox: Sovann, Chap "Chap" 02 POSTMORTEM Chap died in an explosion.
晨伟 Chen "Eddy" Wei Gender: M Mission role: Lead miner/bulk resource handler Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Highly experienced deep...
晨伟 Chen "Eddy" Wei Gender: M Mission role: Lead miner/bulk resource handler Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Highly experienced deep...
S. "Ganzo" Ganzorig Gender: M Mission role: Sensor operator Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Husband of T.
Blackbox: S. "Ganzo" Ganzorig 01 POSTMORTEM Ganzo died of asphyxiation.
Phoebe "Gram" Grammaticas Gender: W Mission role: Communications specialist Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Responsible for hardline...
Blackbox: Grammaticas, Phoebe "Gram" 01 POSTMORTEM Gram died of asphyxiation.
Rauli "Iso" Isotalo Gender: M Mission role: Survival specialist, celebrity sponsor Pay rate: No pay.
Blackbox: Isotalo, Rauli "Iso" 01 Parsing blackbox data.
Zygimantis "Mantis" Tarvydas Gender: M Mission role: EVA engineer, lead diver Pay rate: Kurul [expired Mongolian Free States trademark for member of a leadership council] Biography: Veteran of multiple space...
Blackbox: Tarvydas, Zygimantis "Mantis" 01 POSTMORTEM Mantis died in an explosion.
Melaku "Mel" Sansar Gender: M Mission role: Survival specialist, celebrity sponsor Pay rate: No pay.
Blackbox: Sansar, Melaku "Mel" Parsing blackbox data.
Mogami "Mogami" Kinu Gender: F Mission role: Fertility specialist Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Mother of Wander and Ander.
Blackbox: Mogami "Mogami" Kinu 01 POSTMORTEM Mogami died in an explosion.
Purpose: shelter and life support for Cicada colonists during ongoing terraforming/survey mission.
So everyone understands what we're dealing with.
Lucretia "Quaker" Kapoor Gender: F Mission role: AI ethicist Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Member of the Society of Friends.
Blackbox: Kapoor, Lucretia "Quaker" 01 "NoA, is there a fire?
Rasa "Raster" Niauronyte Gender: W Mission role: Automation manager Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Manages MAC drones aboard AISV...
Blackbox: Niauronyte, Rasa "Raster" 01 POSTMORTEM Raster died of asphyxiation.
Marc "Rowboat" Rho Gender: M Mission role: Bosun’s mate Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Secondary pilot.
Blackbox: Rho, Marc "Rowboat" 01 POSTMORTEM Rowboat died of asphyxiation.
T. "Ruby" Erdene Gender: F Mission role: Lead pilot Pay rate: Baghatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Wife of S.
Blackbox: T. "Ruby" Anar 01 POSTMORTEM Ruby died of a spinal cord fracture.
Blackbox: T. "Ruby" Anar, 02 Parsing blackbox data.
Sean "Sean" Harris Gender: M Mission role: Xenogeologist Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Loves rocks.
Blackbox: Harris, Sean "Sean" 01 POSTMORTEM Sean died of asphyxiation.
Blackbox: Singh, Udal "Singh" 01 POSTMORTEM Singh died of penetrating trauma.
Blackbox: Singh, Udal "Singh" 02 POSTMORTEM Singh died of drowning.
Udal "Singh" Singh Gender: M Mission role: Survival xenobiologist Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Sikh born in the Kampung Bintang.
Blackbox: Singh, Udal "Singh" 03 Parsing blackbox data.
Blackbox: Singh, Udal "Singh" 04 Parsing blackbox data.
Purpose: fabricate, repair and tend Tadpole submersibles.
E. "Thing Two" Terbish Gender: ? Mission role: Able spacer Pay rate: Nökhör [companion, friend; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for an entry-level worker] Biography: Representative of the young edge of...
Blackbox: E. "Thing Two" Terbish 01 POSTMORTEM Thing Two drowned after an explosion caused a fire in Habitat.
T. "Tuba" Tobukha Gender: F Mission role: Cook, dietician's mate Pay rate: Nökhör [frequently self-described as "underpaid"] Biography: Colony cook, highly proficient with both fabricator and traditional food...
Blackbox: T. "Tuba" Tobukha, 01 Parsing blackbox data.
Blackbox: T. "Tuba" Tobukha, 02 Parsing blackbox data.
庆星 Qìng "Twinkle" Xīng Gender: F Mission role: Astrogator, meteorologist Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker] Biography: Raised on the surface of...
Blackbox: 庆星 Qìng "Twinkle" Xīng 01 POSTMORTEM Twinkle died of asphyxiation.
K. "Wander" Wangmo Gender: F Mission role: Able spacer Pay rate: Nökhör [companion, friend; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for an entry-level worker] Biography: Child of Mogami Kinu.
Blackbox: K. "Wander" Wangmo, 01 POSTMORTEM Wander died of blood loss.
Blackbox: K. "Wander" Wangmo, 02 POSTMORTEM Wander died of asphyxiation.
吴量海 Wu "Dr. Wu" Lianghai Gender: M Mission role: Dietician Pay rate: Kurul [expired Mongolian Free States trademark for member of a leadership council] Biography: Grandfather of large extended family mostly destroyed...
Blackbox: 吴量海 Wu "Dr. Wu" Lianghai 01 POSTMORTEM Dr.
Tziporah "Zip" Malk Gender: F Mission role: EVA engineer, lead salvor Pay rate: Kurul [expired Mongolian Free States trademark for member of a leadership council] Biography: Veteran of multiple space construction...
Blackbox: Malk, Tziporah "Zip" 01 POSTMORTEM Zip died of asphyxiation.
Blackbox: Malk, Tziporah "Zip" 02 Parsing blackbox data.
PDA-generated case files that aggregate clues across audiologs and black boxes. Useful for tracking a single colonist's arc.
Colony purser Anita Gottschall drowned near an angel comb.
Locate this blackbox and investigate the circumstances of the colonist's death.
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Colony surgeon Sophie Boucher helped computational dynamicist Chap Sovann reprint into a new body.
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Iso asphyxiated after being abducted by alien organisms.
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Colony ethicist Lucretia Kapoor drowned when her bunkroom flooded.
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Lead pilot T. "Ruby" Anar was attacked by a marrowbreach while trying to draw it away from younger colonists.
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Ruby's Tadpole was brought down by needler mango attack.
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Singh was fatally wounded by an unknown attacker with a spear.
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The Tadpole Pens NoA node supported a simulation of colony surgeon Sophie "Butcher" Boucher.
The Tadpole Pens NoA node supported a simulation of colony surgeon Sophie "Butcher" Boucher.
K. "Wander" Wangmo was attacked by a marrowbreach while investigating a viral bloom around an angel comb.
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Colony dietician Wu Lianghai drowned when his lab flooded.
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Lead salvor Tziporah "Zip" Malk fell into a trance and drowned near a titan rockbore.
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Locate this blackbox and investigate the circumstances of the colonist's death.