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Transmissions

2024-11-25T01:37:35Z

BabblingFishes: Made styling less weird.

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'''Transmissions''' are the radio broadcasts which serve as the game's primary method for delivering the main narrative, as well as minor world-building information.

Transcripts of these broadcasts may be found in the Logbook at any time.
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: The Zone]] || [[Transmission: The Zone|The Zone]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Auto Shop]] || [[Transmission: Auto Shop|Auto Shop]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Into the Wilderness]] || [[Transmission: Into the Wilderness|Into the Wilderness]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Back at the Helm]] || [[Transmission: Back at the Helm|Back at the Helm]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Build the Antenna]] || [[Transmission: Build the Antenna|Build the Antenna]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Investigate the Zone]] || [[Transmission: Investigate the Zone|Investigate the Zone]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Discarded]] || [[Transmission: Discarded|Discarded]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Remnant Experiment]] || [[Transmission: Remnant Experiment|Remnant Experiment]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Legends]] || [[Transmission: Legends|Legends]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Explore the Zone]] || [[Transmission: Explore the Zone|Explore the Zone]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Stabilizing a Way Through]] || [[Transmission: Stabilizing a Way Through|Stabilizing a Way Through]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Mass Hallucinations]] || [[Transmission: Mass Hallucinations|Mass Hallucinations]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Mid-Zone Crossing]] || [[Transmission: Mid-Zone Crossing|Mid-Zone Crossing]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: No Question]] || [[Transmission: No Question|No Question]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: A Little Favor]] || [[Transmission: A Little Favor|A Little Favor]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: The Visions]] || [[Transmission: The Visions|The Visions]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: The Painter]] || [[Transmission: The Painter|The Painter]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Red Meadow Research Facility]] || [[Transmission: Red Meadow Research Facility|Red Meadow Research Facility]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: The Reports]] || [[Transmission: The Reports|The Reports]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Prepare To Cross]] || [[Transmission: Prepare To Cross|Prepare To Cross]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Involved]] || [[Transmission: Involved|Involved]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Deep Zone Crossing]] || [[Transmission: Deep Zone Crossing|Deep Zone Crossing]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: To Survive]] || [[Transmission: To Survive|To Survive]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Explore The Deep Zone]] || [[Transmission: Explore The Deep Zone|Explore The Deep Zone]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Anomaly Barricade]] || [[Transmission: Anomaly Barricade|Anomaly Barricade]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Francis's Request]] || [[Transmission: Francis's Request|Francis's Request]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: End Of The Road]] || [[Transmission: End Of The Road|End Of The Road]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Imprints]] || [[Transmission: Imprints|Imprints]]
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| [[File:Transmissions Icon.png|50px|link=Transmission: Free]] || [[Transmission: Free|Free]]
|}

Transmission: The Zone

2024-11-25T01:16:18Z

BabblingFishes: Adjusted formatting to fix table of contents

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=== Someone out there? ===

'''Tobias:'''

''"Hello? Someone out there? Hello?''

''Could've sworn I-nevermind.''

''Francis! The radar's acting up again. You were supposed to tune-up this piece of junk years ago!"''

=== Tobias And Francis ===

'''Tobias:'''

''"The signal, yes, it's back, it's back!''

''This is Tobias Barlow and Francis Cooke, located in Mid-Zone, Sector B. Do you read me?''

''I'm picking up your distress signal in the Outer Zone. Looks like you're somewhere around Sector E?''

''Hey Francis! Come here.''

''Yes, it's urgent. Leave that interferometer alone for a second-something is out there."''

=== A Live One ===

'''Tobias:'''

''"We've got a live one! Do you copy?''

''Hello? Is this thing working?"''

'''Francis:'''

''"They don't have a transmitter. We won't hear a thing back."''

'''Tobias:'''

''"Huh. But if they're stranded-could that mean they're from outside? They're a Breacher?''

''Hey, how'd you get through the Barrier Wall? No one's gotten into the Zone in ages and lived to tell about it"''

'''Francis:'''

''"And if we don't get them to safety, this one won't either."''

'''Tobias:'''

''"That's a good point.''

''Hey. You're in serious danger. The instability's closing in, and it's going to scramble you quicker than beef in a blender.''

''Your closest shelter is a few miles east. Get there, however you can, and be quick about it."''

=== A Remnant? ===

'''Tobias:'''

''"Woah, woah, woah, hold the phone. There it is again, that blip on the spectrometer. I've seen that waveform before, but where?''

''No kidding, could it be? A Remnant?"''

'''Francis:'''

''"It can't be. There hasn't been one in decades."''

'''Tobias:'''

''"Look at that spectral fingerprint. Tell me that doesn't match the Remnants exactly."''

'''Francis:'''

''"What we should be looking at is how fast this Breacher seems to be moving."''

'''Tobias:'''

''"If I didn't know better, I'd say they're going about the speed of a-no way. Do not tell me. They found a Remnant, and it's a car this time?''

''Holy cripes, no one's had working wheels in here for ages. Boy, I'd kill to know how a combustion engine's still chugging away out there."''

'''Francis:'''

''"Let's not get ahead of ourselves. First, the Breacher needs to get to safety. Then we can look into whether that car is a Remnant or not."''

'''Tobias:'''

''"In my heart of hearts, I already know. They're back baby!"''

=== Oppy's Shop ===

'''Francis:'''

''"Oh no, no, no. Do not tell me you sent them to Oppy's shop."''

'''Tobias:'''

''"It's either that or the instability turns this newbie inside-out."''

'''Francis:'''

''"What's to stop her from killing them the minute they step foot onto her property?"''

'''Tobias:'''

''"Maybe she'll be more reasonable then the last time we heard from her?''

''Yeah, I'm not convinced either. But hey, it's not every day that decades-old legends reappear. Move it or lose it, you know?"''

'''Francis:'''

''"That's exactly why she can't be involved. We can't trust her with something this important."''

'''Tobias:'''

''"I know, I know. But you know we've got no reach in the Outer Zone. Until the Breacher can get around on their own, Oppy's all we've got.''

''Don't worry. you leave the talking to me."''

'''Francis:'''

''"When have you ever not done the talking?"''

=== After All These Years ===

'''Tobias:'''

''"Goddamn, figures that Remnant would appear in the Outer Zone. If it was closer to us and we could've got our hands on it, man. After all those years"''

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2024-11-20T03:44:56Z

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2024-11-20T03:44:10Z

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Instability Storm

2024-11-20T03:25:21Z

BabblingFishes: Added info about Anchors and Zone Stabilizers. Changed the Conditions section from a gallery to a table.

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[[File:Logbook_Storm.png|thumb|350px350p|Storms Logbook Image "Fig. 1-A"]]

===Synopsis===
Instability storms are the collapse of stability within a [[Junction]]. They have two stages to them that are displayed on the [[ARC Device]] and are preceded by a storm warning siren if caused by growing instability.

====Stage 1====
Stage one of the storm is displayed on the ARC Device as a yellow wall closing in across the Junction. Areas covered by the yellow front have 5.0k strength ambient radiation that causes damage to both [[the Driver]] and the [[Car|car]] and have yellow tinted lighting in the area. Anomalies may also start spawning in the area.

====Stage 2====
Stage two of the storm is displayed on the ARC Device as a red wall closing in across the Junction after the yellow wall has covered it. It wall also be visible as a wall of red swirling light as it covers the Junction. The red front may start to move in before the yellow has completely covered the Junction depending on gameplay settings. Areas covered by the red front has 10.0k strength ambient radiation that causes damage to both the Driver and the car. Flashes of blue and orange lightning will occur spontaneously within areas covered by the red front and there may be an increase in Anomalies spawning in the area.

=== Causes ===
There are two causes of an instability storm. Growing instability and summoning a [[gateway]].

====Growing Instability====
Instability will increase the longer the Driver spends in any single Junction. Spending too long in a Junction will result in an instability storm which will be preceded by a storm warning siren. Collecting Anchors speeds up the rate at which the instability approaches.

====Gateway====
Summoning a gateway will result in the immediate collapse of stability in the region, whether via the ARC device or a [[Zone Stabilizer]]. There is no storm warning siren if the storm is caused by a gateway.

=== Conditions ===
There are several Junction [[Conditions]] that impact the behavior of instability storms if applied to a Junction.
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|Swift Storm
|The Instability Storm will manifest quickly and close in fast.
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|[[File:Barely Plugged.png|48x48px]]
|Barely Plugged
|Pulling anchors will more rapidly summon the Instability Storm.
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|[[File:Perpetual-Stability.png|48x48px]]
|Perpetual Stability
|The Instability Storm will not appear unless the player uses the ARC device to open a Gateway.
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2024-11-19T06:23:27Z

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[[Category:Anomaly]]

Bubblegum Buddy

2024-11-18T14:42:13Z

BabblingFishes: /* Counter */

{{Anomaly|icon=HAZARD-WEIRD.png|name=Bubblegum Buddy|lb-content=TELEPHONE TRANSCRIPT, Central Exchange Monitoring, August 12th, 1964
 
Hi there! Doctor Cooke? This is Tobias Barlow, from maintenance! I think I know why your field equipment is missing and, uh, you're not going to like this.
 
So me and a bunch of the folks doing requisition and inventory have been losing gear, too. But also finding it again, later, in different areas of the Zone. We thought we lost some to high winds, then some to, y'know, scrambling. But the weather's been pretty normal and we realized the Zone hasn't had a tantrum in a while. So we did a kinda stakeout, we left some old gear at a test site and ...
 
You won't believe it. These things are like gooey fireflies, or will-o'-the-wisps or somethin'! they come out the trees and kind of band together. They grab stuff like magpies, and then pass it around like, uh ... a football team! Anyway, I know you scientists want to know about this stuff, so I figured I'd take notes. There's, uh, quite a lot! I did some sketches, took some numbers. And I repeated things, like in an experiment! I figured you might want to see, so mind if I drop this stuff by? Those Pneumatubes are malfunctioning again.|locations=the_mires, the_scorch,smokestacks}}

=== Synopsis ===
Bubblegum Buddies are little pink orbs that float around the Zone. They have three sticky tendrils, which they shoot out to grab anything that isn't tied down -- this includes the [[Car]], the [[The Driver|Driver]], items, and even some Anomalies. They are often found sticking to each other in small clusters.

When the player comes close enough, a Bubblegum Buddy will extend its sticky tendrils to grab onto them and pull them towards itself. This can be particularly hindering during an escape from a storm where Bubblegum Buddies can slow you down. On rare occasions, they can even flip the car.

Use extra caution near [[Tourist|Tourists]], as Bubblegum Buddies can grab them and set them off.

=== Counter ===
When traveling on foot, you can throw a lit [[flare]] to distract Bubblegum Buddies, causing them to release you or go somewhere else.

They cannot grab the car while the [[Limpulse Emitter]] or [[LIM Shield]] is active.

=== Gallery ===
[[File:Bubblegum Buddy 1.png|frame|alt=Two Bubblegum Buddies, small pink jellyfish-like entities with thin tendrils|Two Bubblegum Buddies in the Mires.]]
[[File:Bubblegum Buddy 2.png|frame|alt=A bubblegum buddy has its tendrils attached to the Player's car|A bubblegum buddy attaching itself to the Car.]]

Bubblegum Buddy

2024-11-18T14:41:08Z

BabblingFishes: Added more info about their behavior, esp. counters.

{{Anomaly|icon=HAZARD-WEIRD.png|name=Bubblegum Buddy|lb-content=TELEPHONE TRANSCRIPT, Central Exchange Monitoring, August 12th, 1964
 
Hi there! Doctor Cooke? This is Tobias Barlow, from maintenance! I think I know why your field equipment is missing and, uh, you're not going to like this.
 
So me and a bunch of the folks doing requisition and inventory have been losing gear, too. But also finding it again, later, in different areas of the Zone. We thought we lost some to high winds, then some to, y'know, scrambling. But the weather's been pretty normal and we realized the Zone hasn't had a tantrum in a while. So we did a kinda stakeout, we left some old gear at a test site and ...
 
You won't believe it. These things are like gooey fireflies, or will-o'-the-wisps or somethin'! they come out the trees and kind of band together. They grab stuff like magpies, and then pass it around like, uh ... a football team! Anyway, I know you scientists want to know about this stuff, so I figured I'd take notes. There's, uh, quite a lot! I did some sketches, took some numbers. And I repeated things, like in an experiment! I figured you might want to see, so mind if I drop this stuff by? Those Pneumatubes are malfunctioning again.|locations=the_mires, the_scorch,smokestacks}}

=== Synopsis ===
Bubblegum Buddies are little pink orbs that float around the Zone. They have three sticky tendrils, which they shoot out to grab anything that isn't tied down -- this includes the [[Car]], the [[The Driver|Driver]], items, and even some Anomalies. They are often found sticking to each other in small clusters.

When the player comes close enough, a Bubblegum Buddy will extend its sticky tendrils to grab onto them and pull them towards itself. This can be particularly hindering during an escape from a storm where Bubblegum Buddies can slow you down. On rare occasions, they can even flip the car.

Use extra caution near [[Tourist|Tourists]], as Bubblegum Buddies can grab them and set them off.

=== Counter ===
When traveling on foot, you can throw a lit [[flare]] to distract Bubblegum Buddies, causing them to release you or go somewhere else.

They cannot grab the car while the Limpulse Emitter or LIM Shield is active.

=== Gallery ===
[[File:Bubblegum Buddy 1.png|frame|alt=Two Bubblegum Buddies, small pink jellyfish-like entities with thin tendrils|Two Bubblegum Buddies in the Mires.]]
[[File:Bubblegum Buddy 2.png|frame|alt=A bubblegum buddy has its tendrils attached to the Player's car|A bubblegum buddy attaching itself to the Car.]]

Radio ???

2024-11-18T01:17:44Z

BabblingFishes: /* What Do Spiky Guys Sound Like? */ Removed names not mentioned in game

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== Synopsis ==
??? is a [[Car Radio|radio]] channel that plays non-story related transmissions from [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|the Zone]]. These transmissions appear at random when the radio channel is changed or a song has ended. They are only able to be listened to on the car radio and will not play on Oppy's Jukebox.

??? transmissions consist of radio show segments, government broadcasts, advertisements and local Zone broadcasts.

== Transmission Transcripts ==

=== Welcome to the Olympic Peninsula ===
<blockquote>“Welcome to the Olympic Peninsula. Enjoy your time here on this beautiful corner of the world. To the north, you'll find the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The east, Hood Canal, and to the west, the Pacific Ocean. You'll find temperate rain forests, natural lakes and rivers, and endless parkland to explore. Sleep beneath the stars, hike along our beautiful coastline, and enjoy the magic of the wilderness.”</blockquote>

=== Crash Test Dummy Commercial ===
<blockquote>"Whether you're testing the latest automobile or aircraft, you'll need a steady supply of crash test dummies. Our specialized test devices feature an extensive system of 53 poseable joints for all your needs. Right now, we have an Explosive Deal going on. Buy one of our pallets and get the other one half off. Folks, I would not wait on this deal. These things are practically walking out the door!”</blockquote>

=== Definitely Dental ===
<blockquote>“If you're like me and you hate going to the dentist, try Definitely Dental. The fluoride, sugar-free ice cream. Three scoops a day will keep the dentist away. That's a ten!”</blockquote>

==== Stone’s Service Center ====
<blockquote>“Now where in Sasquatch's shampoo did that thing go? You know, you try and be prepared when you come to these things and I wrote out my script and I cannot find that thi—what do you mean it's on? Well, you know I can't work these fancy contraption things. I can barely plug in a light bulb let alone understand what this thing is. Well you know what, let's just move along. Got a flat tire from rolling over one of them prickly sumsa-[STATIC]? Twirly-dos got your steering all backwards? Well, come on down to Stone's Service Center where we'll get you fixed up faster than a Sasquatch [STATIC]-ing in the woods. That's Stone’s Service Center. On the corner of Dante's Diner and Mango's Golden Hour.”</blockquote>

=== Sierram LIM Fair ===
<div style="float: right">[[File:LIM_Fair_Billboard.jpg|thumb|LIM Fair 1973 Billboard]]</div>
==== LIM Fair Competition ====
<blockquote>Host: “Today, we welcome to our program the assistant to the general manager of the Section 1 Northern Facility, Dr. Ken Washington. Welcome.”

Dr. Washington: “Happy to be here.”

Host: “Dr. Washington, I understand that you’ve lived here, in the Zone, for some time?”

Dr. Washington: “Yes. In fact, I was born and raised on the Olympic Peninsula. My choice to come back here was a mystery to some colleagues, but there was never a question that I’d come home. I just figured it’d happen much later in my career, but here I am.”

Host: “What can you tell us about this new initiative you’re spearheading?”

Dr. Washington: “My chief focus since joining the Regulatory Commission was to put LIM technology into the hands of the people. It’s been 20 years since the Zone was established, when the original commission carved up the Peninsula in the name of research. Of course, it was a necessary action— both for saving lives and advancing research. But after two decades, it’s time to share what we’ve learned—the utter magic of what we’ve been able to create—with LIM tech.”

Host: “And that’s all taking place with something you’re calling the LIM Fair.”

Dr. Washington: “That’s right. We’re bringing the wonder of LIM waves to the residential scale. One lucky town on the Olympic Peninsula will be gifted with government-sponsored builds of all the latest LIM technology. Imagine, the power of quantum oscillodynamics, nano-normalization, and the like, shrunk down to the size of a toaster! How about that?”

Host: “That’s a lot of fancy science terms. But what does it all do?”

Dr. Washington: “Whatever you want! Sky’s the limit. We’ll work with you to choose what LIM tech best fits your personal and professional goals.”

Host: “Okay. You said only one lucky town gets these gifts. So how will you select the town?”

Dr. Washington: “Nice catch. We’re inviting all towns within 50 mile radius of the Zone to apply. Send in your applications, tell us what your town is all about, and what LIM tech could do for you. You’ve got until November 20th to send in your entries. And I’ll be reviewing them all myself personally, so I really look forward to hearing from everyone.”

Host: “Alright. You heard it here. Apply early. And apply often. Good luck.”</blockquote>

==== Sierram's Mayor Announces the LIM Fair ====
<blockquote>"Hello, my dear residents of Sierram. This is your doting mayor, Steve Strawberry. I’m very pleased to let you know that Sierram’s been chosen as the site for the first annual LIM Fair. That’s right, next month, our town square will be the epicenter for the greatest spectacle of technology on Earth. So many of you wrote in and campaigned for our little town and gosh, I just couldn’t be prouder. Now, what this all means is that every household—and yes I mean every single one of us 85 families— gets to take home their very own piece of LIM tech. Now ain’t that grand? So it’s time to put those thinking caps on and decide what kind of device you’d like. And ladies, that means it’s time to start campaigning your husbands for that floor polishing, air freshening, hair-doing doodad that I know the government’s been whipping up behind the scenes. Imagine not having to make that 30 minute trek all the way to the city for your monthly perm. If that's not what that technology is for, then I don't know what.”</blockquote>

=== KRBZ The Zone ===
<div style="float: right">[[File:KRBZ_The_Zone_and_Douglas_Fir_Your_Knowledge_With_Zap_Douglas_Billboard.jpg|thumb|KRBZ The Zone and Douglas Fir Your Knowledge With Zap Douglas Billboard]]</div>
==== Boiled Eggs ====
<blockquote>DJ: “Welcome back to KRBZ The Zone. For those of you who are just joining us, we are here with Elaine.”

Elaine: “Hello!”

DJ: “An egg-cellent chef who is going to teach us the secrets of the perfect hard boiled egg. Elaine?”

Elaine: “You're too kind! Well, to make a boiled egg, you've got to get a pot. And then you put the pot inside of an egg. I mean actually, you do the opposite. You put the egg inside of the pot. And then you put it on the stove.”

DJ: “Oh! Well I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there supposed to be some water in there?”

Elaine: “Oh yeah, yeah, you're supposed to put some water in there. Sorry, forgot that part.”

DJ: “Well, what part of the steps does the water go?”

Elaine: “What part of the steps does the water go?”

DJ: “Yes.”

Elaine: “In the beginning. You should put it in in the beginning, Yeah, definitely the beginning.”

DJ: “Oh, well, for how long are you supposed to cook it in the water?”

Elaine: “I would say until it's done. Yeah let's go with that. Let's—until it's done.”

DJ: “Well okay, isn't that just egg-cellent? Thank you for tuning into KRBZ The Zone. Until next time!”</blockquote>

==== Minty Fresh Nightmares ====
<blockquote>DJ: “Thank you for tuning into KRBZ The Zone. Here today we're with Dr. Garlic.”

Dr. Garlic: “'Garleese.'”

DJ: “Oh, my apologies. 'Garleese.'”

DJ: “They're here to discuss their new book Minty Fresh Nightmares and how going to bed with fresh breath is the root cause to all mouth-based nightmares.”

Dr. Garlic: “Yes, this is true. Brushing your teeth before bed. The mint, it causes you poor sleep.”

DJ: “So, why would fresh breath give me nightmares about my teeth?”

Dr. Garlic: “Well, what you have to understand about the mouth, is that everything starts there. Yes.”

DJ: “Yeah I could agree.”

Dr. Garlic: “The sleeping, the snoring, the salivating.”

DJ: “Yeah.”

Dr. Garlic: “When you salivate, you release an enzyme, a chemical that combines with the mint and it gives you the horrible nightmares.”

DJ: “Yeah, I suppose I could see that being a bit of a thing, but—”

Dr. Garlic: “Personally I am chased. Haunted. Beset upon by horrors the likes the world has never seen.”

DJ: “You know every time I go to the dentist, I always have nightmares about that too. They always keep talking about how I need to floss more and I just—I don't get it. Is this part of the minty freshness?”

Dr. Garlic: “Possibly. I would like to study you.”

DJ: “Oh.”</blockquote>

=== Zap’s Douglas Fir Your Knowledge Tree Facts ===
==== Redwood ====
<blockquote>Hey there, folks. It's Zap and it’s time for the next segment of Zap's Douglas Fir Your Knowledge tree facts. Today, we're keeping it in the coniferous family and are going to be talking about the beautiful and proud redwood. Now, as many of my listeners know, these incredible trees are absolutely massive. What you may not know, however, is that, in fact, they are the largest tree in the world. Besides being big, they are also as old as the hills themselves. Some can live for thousands of years, and as a species they date almost all the way back to the dinosaurs. Incredible. Now their bark has a very low amount of resin when compared to other similar trees, which helps make it slightly fire resistant. Here in the Zone, I certainly wouldn’t mind that advantage for myself. Now we don’t have any here on the Peninsula, but given how weird it can get out there, I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if one shot out of the ground between my feet while I was out on my next hike. Anyway, that’s all for today. As always, stay safe out there. Keep your eyes on the trail and leave the forest as you found it.”</blockquote>

==== Western Red Cedar ====
<blockquote>“Hello. This is Zap and it’s time for another segment of Zap’s Douglas Fir Your Knowledge tree facts. This time, we’re going to be learning about the Western Red Cedar. Interestingly the heartwood of this tree contains a variety of special chemicals. One thing found is plicatic acid which is considered to be an irritant and can set off allergic reactions. It can even lead to occupational asthma in woodworkers. Another compound found inside is thujaplicin and no, I did not make that word up, although I probably mispronounced it. I’m doing my best. Anyway, thujaplicin acts as something of a fungicide to help the tree fight off interior rotting. The last chemical is thujone, whose presence in the leaves can lead to a menthol smell when crushed. It is, however, a monitored substance as it, like much in the Zone, can be very harmful to the nervous system when ingested. Speaking of which, I keep hearing broadcasts where ill-advised explorers are trying to eat various plant and Zone life. I cannot stress how unwise this is. You should stop or you will die. With that hopefully educational ending note, it is time to call it. As always, stay safe out there. Keep your eyes on the trail and leave the forest as you found it. And don’t eat it!”</blockquote>

==== Doctor Kauker ====
<blockquote> “Hello, this is Zap and it's time for a special version of Zap’s Douglas Fir Your Knowledge tree facts. This specific segment is here purely to address a series of written correspondences I’ve had with a certain \"Doctor\" Kauker. And I use the term doctor with the greatest of air quotes. Doctor Kauker, to you and to all who have somehow been unfortunate enough to hear your lectures on biology, I must set the record straight. What is and is not a plant is strictly determined by scientific process, photosynthesis, reproductive systems, and the categorization of cellular makeup. It is not determined by whether or not the thing has eyeballs. What a truly preposterous suggestion. Just because a bird has eyes does not make it not a plant. What of worms? What of jellyfish, or even the Mississippi River? Your infantile claims are doing nothing more than to further sink the credibility of this Peninsula into absurdity and myth, and I will have nothing of it. Good day. Oh, and to everyone else: stay safe, keep your eyes on the trail and leave the forest as you found it.” </blockquote>

=== KADD Mystery Radio ===
==== The Old Road ====
<blockquote>“KADD Mystery Radio Productions presents: Good evening and welcome. I’m K.A. Holmes. I don't know about you, but to me, there is no story with a deeper fascination and compelling attraction than one about a haunted house. Most ghost stories are like the ringing of a bell. But no matter how often they’re rung, there is an infinite variety in the changes. The many possible tone changes are based on conditions like weight, force, and environment, and are not infinite, but they are wide enough and complex enough to provide more variety than most of us will encounter in our lifetime. What we are about to present you, we hope, rings a little different to you than many other stories of its kind. Tonight’s mystery drama, The Old Road, was written especially for Mystery Radio by Meg Entwistle and stars Russell Gallaghar and Mervyn Leigh.”</blockquote>

=== Flash Wednesday ===
==== Come On Down To Sector F ====
<blockquote>“Bored on a Wednesday night? We know you've got nothing else going on, so come on down to Sector F and join us for Flash Wednesday—the hottest and only dance party in the Zone. Free Anomalies at the door to the first 50 guests.”</blockquote>

==== In Your Living Room ====
<blockquote>“You know what day it is? It's Flash Wednesday, ladies and gentlemen! The hottest dance party—and only party—in the Zone. Turn your radios to 131.2 and join us in your very own living room, because we sure as heck aren't meeting anywhere after what happened last time—”</blockquote>

==== You Don't Want To Miss Out ====
<blockquote>“Hey, kids, you know what's going on tonight? It's Flash Wednesday. Featuring DJ Spitter, DJ Belcher, and all the hottest Anomalies in the Mid-Zone! You don't want to miss out, because like, nothing else happens here, so you might as well—”</blockquote>

=== Weather Reports ===
==== Sector 6 ====
<blockquote> “Good morning everyone, it’s April 10, 1984, and happy Tuesday. Here in Sector 6, it’s looking like a cloudy morning. Currently 58 degrees Fahrenheit, about 14 Celsius. Radiation low across the board, an even 2.3 microSieverts/hour. There’s a chance of showers coming in around 4:00 in the afternoon for a couple of hours. Should be a nice drizzle until the late evening. Then clouds will move on and go back into hiding until next week. It’ll be a full moon out, if you’re late enough to catch it. That’s all for now. Have a lovely, lovely day.” </blockquote>

==== Sector 2 ====
<blockquote>“Good morning. I hope you all had a lovely sleep. And, if you can believe it, it’s Friday, once again! Sector 2 is bright and sunny with a beautiful breeze, around 53 Fahrenheit, close to 12 Celsius. You’re going to want to watch out around noon, there’ll be a quick radiation spike of 12 microSieverts for just over an hour. You’ll want the kids indoors for that one. Or at the very least, wearing their eyeshields during that time. Later today, right around tea time, warming up to 70 Fahrenheit. You’ve got some clouds rolling in, and it’ll stay that way until bedtime, with radiation levels settling back under 2 microSieverts. The fog’ll be back first thing tomorrow, so get in your full day of blue skies and golden sunshine. And we’ll see you back here tomorrow, bright and early, with your weather as always.”</blockquote>

=== Forgotten Paths Zone ===
==== Welcome ====
<blockquote> Noah: “Hello and welcome to the Forgotten Paths Zone podcast coming to you over your radio. We are live here and I'm joined by my friend Justin and my friend Taffy. My name's Noah. I'm your GM as always, as we dive into the spookiness that is this wonderful rolling, roleplaying game. How are you all doing?”

Taffy: “You always do that like people are listening. Nobody's listening.”

Justin: “Yeah, can we just- can we just get to it, man?”

Taffy: “I'd like to play. Yeah, I've got food getting cold.”

Noah: “But guys, like, what if somebody is out there listening?”

Justin: “There's no one listening.”

Noah: “But here's the thing- if we're going to play anyways, we might as well create stuff for people out there, right?”

Taffy: “If there's anyone out there, I hope they bring back good pizza.”

Justin: “If it helps you move it along, sure.”</blockquote>

==== Enter A Clearing ====
<blockquote>Noah: “You all enter the clearing, and there’s tall trees all around you. And there’s something eerie coming out of them. There’s some sort of creature, and it reaches out and it attacks you, Justin. I need you to make a dexterity saving throw. Roll your dice.”

Justin: “Alright. A seven?”

Noah: “That’s not great at all. It knocks you over and begins to advance towards Taffy. And as it is, it takes a second, it extends a long clawed hand, or arm, or whatever this thing is. And Taffy, it strikes out at you. Can you make a constitution saving throw?”

Taffy: “12.”

Noah: “You guys are rolling really bad today. You’re both knocked down. Taffy, your character starts to actually throw up, and Justin, you are feeling some bruises there, my guy.”

Justin: “Mhmm.”

Taffy: “Let’s see. I cast summon stinking cloud!”
</blockquote>

=== Roleplaying ===
<blockquote>
Narrator: “They turn their hand, their eyes, their heads to you. But their bodies stay positioned facing Anoop. And a strong wind blows. And their bodies sort of, like, dissipate on the wind.”

Voice 1: “Why did you yell, Bedwir? [static], Bedwir. Get your [static] together, man.”

Narrator: “Anoop is—sort of—standing in the moonlight, on the bridgestone.”

Voice 2: “We needed to find out what he was doing. I was just—”

Voice 1: “Not by [static] yelling at him, [static].”

Voice 3: “I think that Bedwyr has to go down and talk to Anoop. Like, I—”

Voice 1: “No, I’m [static], I’m going down. And I’m like—”

Voice 2: “I’ll be up here.”

Voice 4: “I can come with you.”

Voice 1: “Fine. Bedwyr has to come, but it’s as a punishment.”

Voice 2: “I’ll be up here, analyzing the situation, from a safe distance.”

Voice 1: “I look at Tawny, and I’m like—so was she elected as the marshall? Or did she run uncontested? How did she get in this role?”

Voice 3: “We needed a marshall? That's pretty much it. Like—”

Voice 1: “There’s nothing more to that story? Alright.”

Voice 3: “Nope.”
</blockquote>

=== Trapping An Anomaly ===
==== Part 1 ====
<blockquote>“I was out in the Zone on my usual route when I ran into one of those spiky leech Anomalies. I was thinking—what if I tried to capture one? I just need to build a trap. Shouldn’t be too hard. Got lots of spare parts lying around here.”</blockquote>

==== Part 2 ====
<blockquote>“Okay, trap is set. If this works, I’ll be able to study these and see what makes them tick. I may even be able to de-spike them, you know, make them safe. Might want to keep one around just as a pet. Gets kind of lonely around here.”</blockquote>

==== Part 3 ====
<blockquote>“The trap worked perfectly. Oh, I’m so excited to start studying these guys. I think I need a name for him though. How about Richard? Yeah, I like that. Alright, Richard, let’s get to work.”</blockquote>

==== Part 4 ====
<blockquote>“Well, that was a disaster, not only am I not able to de-spike them, but my trap didn’t hold. My lab—call it that—is now destroyed and I barely got the thing outside. On a side note, I need some more bandages.”</blockquote>

=== Cooking ===
==== The Scavenging Gourmet ====
<blockquote> “We’re using a mysterious yellow growth we found near the exclusion zone that I think is a vegetable or a fungus. It made no audible complaint when I harvested it. We’ve sliced and topped it with some parmesan, basil, salt, and pepper. And we broiled it using some thermal vents that have appeared behind my house. So let’s dive in and see how it turned out. The taste is reminiscent of soft-boiled egg. My stomach feels like I’m descending very quickly on an elevator. And not to be alarmist, but I can no longer see anymore, not in the traditional sense. I am currently trapped in a recovered memory of watching my grandmother bake oatmeal cookies when I was seven. All in all, though, I think what we’re calling Broiled Denis is a success, four whisks out of five, I’ll make it again. Until next time then, this is Dennis Wiley, the Scavenging Gourmet, reminding you to treat each meal as though it was your last.”</blockquote>

==== How To Butcher a Grouse in 60 Seconds ====
<blockquote> “Alright, I know you all want to stay fed. So we’re gonna do “how to butcher a grouse in 60 seconds” here. Take your grouse. I know you got a headshot on that little guy. Chop the head off. Take your shears, chop that head right off. Don’t need it. Toss it aside. Okay, you’re gonna place it back down, breast up. Spread the wings out. Spread them out nice and wide. T-Pose. Put one foot on the left wing, one foot on the right wing. Grab those feet with both your hands. Pull. You’re going to hear the skin rip. It’s going to pull all the guts out with it. You should now be looking at a gut-out, breast-on grouse. Chop those wings off, take your shears, chop them right off. You don’t need those either. You now have no skin left on that breast. Ready to cook. Chop the legs off that you pulled off on the bottom. You’re good to go. Rinse it out. Stick it on a spit. Roast it over that fire. Stay fed. Stay frosty.” </blockquote>

==== Cook with Karina ====
<blockquote>“Still don’t know where your friends are? Or your family? Don’t worry. Cook with Karina! Today we’ll cook a pizza, without flour, without salt, without water and without oil. But coming up I will tell you how to make it if you had all those ingredients. Don’t go anywhere.”</blockquote>

==== Chocolate Chip Butterscotch Cookies ====
<blockquote>“Today, I’m going to share my favorite recipe with you: chocolate chip butterscotch cookies. These cookies take me right back to my childhood. Growing up in a large family, it could be hard to find the time, or space, to make them. I remember the first time I cooked these as a child, and how I turned on the mixer too fast after adding all the flour. Suddenly, I was surrounded by a white cloud. We couldn’t finish baking until the dust settled. This recipe calls for enough butter to grease a parking lot. So much butter bakes the cookies right into a puddle. One time they actually melted so aggressively in the oven that they dripped over the side of the pan. But so much butter gives the cookie its signature creamy taste and melt-in-your-mouth texture.”</blockquote>

=== Zone Regulatory Commission ===
<blockquote>“Attention employees and residents of PN-26, this is broadcast 7750 from the Zone Regulatory Commission. Effective 0700 hours, all pneumatic tubes within sectors 2 and 8 must be closed and sealed for a period of 24 hours. It may be expected that this closure will extend into the week. For urgent communications, Maintenance Crews will be accepting materials for transport at your nearest facility site. Consult your handbooks for the location closest to you. All facilities within sectors 10 and 11 are to be evacuated come sundown on Saturday, January 4th. During the evacuation period, keep off the streets as much as possible, and carry your gas masks with you always. Evacuation crews will visit every household within these sectors to count that every member of your household is present. If you are traveling to other sectors within this time, report the location of your household to the Commission no later than January 3rd. Failure to do so will result in longer enforcement periods.”</blockquote>

=== Forced Evacuation ===
<blockquote> “Baby, I know you're out there. I don't know if you'll hear this. I don't even know if I turned this thing on right, but they're making me leave. I was waiting at the house for you to come back, so I'd—so someone would be here. But they're making me leave and I don't know where they're taking me. They said it's not safe here. I'm sorry. I love you. Okay, I'm coming.”</blockquote>

=== Pacific Sasquatch vs Sonoran Wildcats ===
<blockquote>“A recap of last night’s thriller between your Pacific Sasquatch and the Sonoran Wildcats. The Sasquatch managed to sneak a W in overtime with the help of Ian Ratzenberger’s 2 goal effort, including the game-winning slapshot from the point. The Sasquatch move to first in the division and take on the Demons at home next week.”</blockquote>

=== Ghost Hunting ===
<blockquote>
Paul: “What the [STATIC] is that?” 
Nicole: “Sarah? Do you see that?” 
Sarah: “There's like, floating things in the trees? Oh, my camera’s going glitchy. Is this evidence? Like is this—” 
Paul: “I don't know—” 
Nicole: “Oh my God. Guys, look, look, look.” 
Sarah: “What is that? What is that?” 
Paul: “Woah, [STATIC] me. What is that?” 
Paul: “Oh [STATIC].” 
Nicole: “Paul?” 
Sarah: “Paul?” 
Paul: “I brought you some shampoo. It's gonna be okay!”
</blockquote>

=== Still Surviving ===
<blockquote> “I don't know why I'm still surviving, still dodging the end. Maybe it's hope, maybe it's the thought of you. If I could just see you smile, we could at least recognize the beauty of this place together. I've been completely in awe since, well, since I've been here and for so long now I've just wanted someone to share it with. I guess I just wanted to tell you, if you have someone there with you, be present with them. Don't let anything distract. I guess I've realized now that it's gone that that's the meaning. And if you're alone like I am, I love you. I'm thinking about you.” </blockquote>

=== What Do Spiky Guys Sound Like? ===
<blockquote>
Voice 1: “Hey. So I was walking out back the other day and I saw one of those spiky guys flying through the trees.”

Voice 2: “You did?”

Voice 1: “Yeah. What do you think they sound like?”

Voice 2: “Eeeewwwwwwahhhhh. I think that’s it.”

Voice 1: “Oh really? I–”

Voice 2: “I think so.”

Voice 1: “I don’t know I kind of feel like they’re like uh mmmmmreeaahhhhhhahhhhh”
</blockquote>

=== Too Much Information ===
<blockquote> “Hello out there wide world of no one because I don't know where anyone is and I don't think anyone is listening. This is day 200? Is it 200 already? I have lost track of the days. We are coming to you live from the decaying shack that used to be my home. Our first segment today, my favorite, Too Much Information! I have some sort of strange rash. Some sort of strange rash and I'm not talking about the kind you have fun getting. I don't know what it is but it looks very odd. Oh wait I think the power is about to go out that might be the end of our sh—” </blockquote>

=== Ghosts Are Big ===
<blockquote>
Voice 1: “So there’s been like a bunch of weird stuff happening over on Smith Zone?”

Voice 2: “Yeah, like ghosts.”

Voice 3: “I hadn't seen it.”

Voice 1: “Yeah?”

Voice 2: “Yeah, big ones.”

Voice 3: “Did you really say ghosts?”

Voice 2: “Yeah?”

Voice 3: “How many times have you said ghosts? It’s not ghosts. It’s never been ghosts.”

Voice 2: “It’s ghosts.”

Voice 3: “It’s not—okay, name one thing that’s making it a ghost. Name one, you can’t.”

Voice 2: “Big.”

Voice 3: “That’s not exclusive to ghosts but okay. Keep going.”

Voice 2: “It’s big and it’s glowing.”

Voice 3: “That’s light bulbs, congratulations.”

Voice 2: “And you can see through it.”

Voice 3: “There’s see-through lightbulbs, that’s a thing. You saw a light, congrats, they’re everywhere.”

Voice 2: “30-foot light. I mean that’s a ghost.”

Voice 3: “I mean, like the telephone pole? That’s not a ghost. That’s just a public—”

Voice 2: “The whole telephone pole doesn’t light up. That never happens.”

Voice 3: “There’s lights on them sometimes. Light pole, telephone pole, same thing.”

Voice 2: “Yeah, at the top, but it’s not a ghost. Ghosts are big.”
</blockquote>

=== Conjunction of Planets ===
<blockquote> “Celestial greetings my dearest moonbeams. I hope this forecast finds you well on whatever dimension of existence you find yourself within. We here in the 3rd, Earth dimension have a very exciting planetary aspect in the heavens this evening. This transit brings with it tidings of a new cycle, of new possibilities for our consciousness and society. I am, of course, speaking about the conjunction of Uranus, the planet of revolution and disruption, with Neptune, the planet of dreams and illusions, in the sign of Capricorn at 19 degrees. This is a most rare transit that will not happen again for another 172 years, and unless any of you happen to find yourselves within any temporal Anomalies, you likely won’t be here to see it. At least that is, in the body you inhabit now. Perhaps as a thought experiment, you might imagine our world in 172 years, during the next time these two great planets come together. I can only hope that the experiences that come to pass during this great cycle seek to align us closer together and bring us closer to our cosmic brethren. That is all for now my dearest moonbeams. Be well and remember that from stardust you came, and to stardust you shall return.” </blockquote>

=== My Two Best Friends and Me ===
<blockquote> “Welcome back to my Two Best Friends and me. Where we talk about people’s problems in this world. But it’s just me this week. You might be wondering why, especially after losing Alex a couple of weeks ago. Well, Ben and I had to go out into the Zone for some supplies when all of a sudden, we heard this rustling in a bush and Alex’s voice coming from it. Ben ran over as soon as he heard it, but then I heard some screaming. And then silence. And then I heard Ben’s voice saying, “Help Me”. But it sounded off. It wasn’t him. Not—not the person I know.” </blockquote>

=== A Sermon ===
<blockquote> “And so Lord Jesus says I am your Shepherd, you shall not want. That's Psalm 23 now, 23, one of our ministry's most beloved psalms. And so He says I maketh you lie down in green pastures: I leadeth you beside the still waters. Now, it's our trust in the Lord—even when we are scared and lonely, or—hurt—that He will guide our bodies and He will take us to the green pastures of His valley. I fear not because the Lord is my shepherd For we are members of Jesus Christ's Earthly ministry. \r We are made in His image. And as the children of God, the earth will not be our last home. For Revelation 7:17 says the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be our shepherd, and He will guide us into springs of living water. Brothers and sisters, the shepherd is coming to guide us home. I will dwell in the house of the Lord, forever.”</blockquote>

=== Sasquatch Love Song ===
<blockquote>
“I knew I loved you my nine foot friend when I caught you striding around the bend when I saw you in the trees when I smelt you on the breeze and I know you must be lonely out there why don’t you give me a call because I’m lonely too and two people in a place like this we should be together”
</blockquote>

=== Missing Cat ===
<blockquote> “To anyone who can hear this, please keep an eye out for my cat, Cedar. He is an orange tabby, hefty build, with a snaggletooth. He’s been missing for a week. I’m really worried about him. He’s disappeared like this before but never this long and—wait, hang on—Cedar? Cedar! You’re back! Never mind everyone, Cedar came home. You've got to stop scaring me like that buddy. Come on, let’s get you dry.”</blockquote>

=== A Trapped Rabbit ===
<blockquote> “Alicia heard the rabbit struggling before she saw it, its screams loud and surprisingly human-like. They echoed through the dimly lit forest. She followed the sounds, passing through the thick brush that filled the dark spaces between the trees. Entering a small clearing, she saw the grey-furred creature, trapped beneath several dead branches. Alicia knelt and reached forward through the sticks, intending to free the rabbit. As she grabbed its soft flank, she felt movement within, as if the rabbit were filled with writhing worms. Alicia pulled gently, but the creature was stuck firmly against the ground, its screams drilling into her head. She pulled harder, and with a tearing sound like Velcro separating, the rabbit came free. She could see what appeared to be translucent vines thrashing on the earth where the rabbit was trapped. A few were milky white, but several were bright red, spilling crimson drops from their tips. Several more strands were dangling from underneath the now silent and weakened rabbit. Were the trees feeding on this animal?” </blockquote>

=== Crocodile Advice ===
<blockquote>“Good morning, people. Right now, this is very important. Do never kill crocodiles. Because, in Florida, there's crocodiles and alligators. In Belize, there's only crocodiles. And let me tell you something. If you actually do that, or you see somebody doing something, or killing them, just to tell you—they just want money. Just say stop. You do not want to do this. Because they can actually snap at you. My mom got snapped by a crocodile. Her whole pinky got bloody. Never, ever, do something to a crocodile, because it will get frightened. And something will happen to you. And never panic. Never panic. Stay calm. Because if your parents are a surgeon—anything—that is good, because they can teach you stuff that is important for your life. And if you scream, that thing is going to get worse. Because then you actually feel the pain. And then you're going to get dehydrated and more blood is going to fall out, because the blood is liquid.” </blockquote>

=== Lost Llamas ===
<blockquote> “Hello, this is farm dispatch 2021. And just putting out a little warning on the radio. It seems that we’ve got llamas? Not really sure where they came from, but we’ve got about a herd of 200-300 llamas running around out here. If anybody’s—if anybody’s lost any llamas, just yeah, I guess, call me. 'Cause I got your llamas.” </blockquote>

=== Yellow Door In The Woods ===
<blockquote> “Hello? Is anyone out there? If you can hear this, I’m in Sector E. Well, I think I am. I was walking my dog along the Night Beach Trail. We got off-track, and it’s been three days. I don’t know what to do. My dog keeps trying to go into this yellow door in the woods. It gives me a bad feeling. I don’t want to go in there. Please help.” </blockquote>

=== Busted Transmitter ===
<blockquote> “Hello? Is anyone out there? If you can hear this, I’m in sector 13. My transmitter—my transmitter’s busted.” </blockquote>

=== Befriending an Anomaly ===
<blockquote>“Okay, okay. This is my 17th transmission, but this one is by far the best. ARDA, you’re not gonna find me, buzz off, thank you. The other day, I got to thinking, I’m always running from the weird stuff that happens out here, but what if instead I could befriend one? So I set out, and y’all, I did it. You know those goopy, glowy, floaty rocks? The ones that come out of nowhere, chase you, and mess up your car? Well I found a few just a ways from the cabin, and now I have one in the shed. Its name is Sam!”</blockquote>

=== Neighbors ===
<blockquote> “And this is a beautiful day to go out and enjoy our dimension and share it with our neighbors, full of light and love. Let us unify our consciousness with theirs and share ourselves so that we can also expand into theirs throughout infinity.”</blockquote>

=== Should We Have Left? ===
<blockquote> “And I don't know. Should we have left? You’re right. The kids don’t know any better. But I don't know—growing up in a place like this?”</blockquote>

=== Undefined ===
There are several different transmissions of guitar strumming. The subtitle text that accompanies this is:
<blockquote>[Guitar Strumming]</blockquote>

There are several different transmissions of noise. The subtitle text that accompanies this is:
<blockquote>[Noise]</blockquote>

Timeline

2024-11-17T21:02:11Z

BabblingFishes: Removed a reference to a line that, to my knowledge, can only be found in the files and not the final game.

{{spoilers}}

A timeline of the events that happen in Pacific Drive.

== 1940's ==

=== 1944 ===

* Olympium is first created alongside Americium and Curium.<ref name="Olympium Vein">[[Olympium Vein]] log entry.</ref>

=== 1946 ===

* '''November''': [[Oppy]], 27 years old, returns home from "a failed stint in academia" and produces the first LIM wave in a homemade lab in her basement.<ref name="FF2">[[Frequency_File#Frequency_File_#2,_Part_2|Frequency File #2, Part 2]]</ref>

=== 1949 ===

* '''September 16th''': The [[SRR Meeting Minutes|Society for Resonance Research (SRR)]] holds their first meeting, celebrating the Society's founding.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#1:_Founding|SRR Meeting Minutes #1]]</ref>

* '''November 18th''': The SRR notes difficulties finding meeting venues, as many potential locations are off-limits to Oppy.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#2:_On_Cataloging_Components_and_Parts|SRR Meeting Minutes #2]]</ref>

== 1950's ==

=== 1950 ===

* '''May 19th''': The SRR, discussing the results of experimental LIM tech in "forest restoration and landscaping", and first note the side effects of LIM tech on surrounding wildlife. They address concerns about new members not following proper LIM containment procedure.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#4:_Peer_Review_On_Recent_Results|SRR Meeting Minutes #4]]</ref>

=== 1951 ===

* '''September 21st''': The U.S. Department of National Security becomes involved with the SRR after an incident in a member's home lab.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#7:_Emergency_Session|SRR Meeting Minutes #7]]</ref>

=== 1955 ===

* The Space Race begins.<ref name="FF4-2">[[Frequency_File#Frequency_File_#4,_Part_2|Frequency File #4, Part 2]]</ref>

* The US government seizes "not only the physical area where Dr. Turner and her scientists live, but the entire concept of LIM technology." The area is evacuated, and the government establishes the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone]].<ref name="FF2"></ref>

* '''October 17th:''' The US government establishes the [[ARDA|Advanced Resonance Development Authority (ARDA)]], and absorbs the SRR into it.

* '''October 24th, 8:00 AM:''' ARDA orientation for the former SRR members.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#9:_Final_Meeting|SRR Meeting Minutes #9]]</ref>

* Oppy and President Koch demonstrate LIM Technology to the American public.<ref>[[Frequency_File#Frequency_File_#1,_Part_1|Frequency File #1, Part 1]]</ref>

* The [[Powered By Carbs]] bread was baked.<ref>[[Powered By Carbs]] log entry.</ref>

=== 1957 ===

* The USSR launches Sputnik.<ref name="FF4-2"></ref>

* The USA's Project Vanguard explodes.<ref name="FF4-2"></ref>

=== 1959 ===

* The "Antenna Chewer" anomaly appears, dissolving antennae broadcasting at specific shortwave bands.<ref name="antenna_chewer">[[Anomaly_Studies#Anomaly_Studies_#3:_Antenna_Chewer|Anomaly Studies #3]]</ref>

== 1960's ==

* By the early 1960's, portable diesel generators were the primary power source for the majority of ARDA's infrastructure, as batteries drained quickly and power grids failed daily.<ref>[[ARDA Fuel Tanker]] logbook entry.</ref>

=== 1960 ===

* '''Week of October 18th''': [[Francis Cooke|Dr. Francis Cooke]] begins work at ARDA. He is assigned to a small team developing the technology for the [[Charge Stop]].<ref>[[Charge Stop]] log entry.</ref>

=== 1961 ===

* Gagarin becomes the first man to reach space.<ref name="FF4-2"></ref>

* The "Antenna Chewer" anomaly begins to disappear as Zone personnel switch frequencies.<ref name="antenna_chewer"></ref>

* '''March 21st''': The [[Bollard]] Anomaly is first discovered. Dr. Anita Olsen theorizes that Bollards may be some kind of deliberate defense mechanism. Her superior is disturbed by this theory and forbids her from speaking further on it, insisting that they are geological phenomena.<ref>[[Bollard]] log entry.</ref>

* '''Week of May 2nd''': Oppy visits Francis' research team for a demonstration of their [[Repair Stop]] technology. Francis is inspired by her insights and hopes for further collaboration.<ref>[[Repair Stop]] log entry.</ref>

==== September 14th ====

* Dr. James Cay, assisted by [[Allen|Dr. Allen Turner]], triggers the Well at a distance of 500m using a lab-created [[Remnant]] in the form of a tungsten cube.

* The Well releases an uncontrollable burst of gamma radiation with energy levels "orders of magnitude greater than any man-made source". Allen manages to save the surrounding area by reversing the radiation polarity, but he dies shortly afterward from radiation exposure.

* Dr. Cay is severely injured from radiation exposure. ARDA falsely reports him dead.

* Anyone awake within a 10-mile radius of the Well experiences 30 seconds of hallucinations. This event is later dubbed the Mass Hallucination.

* The [[Red Meadow|Red Meadow facility's]] roof caves in. ARDA condemns the building and falsely claims it will be demolished.

* Aftermath:
** Multiple people get permanent brain damage due to the massive hallucination event
** Olympium 01-266 is discovered in small chunks across the Olympic Peninsula.
** ARDA decides to expand the Exclusion Zone for the first time, dividing it between the now called Deep Zone, and the Mid Zone.
** The Red Meadow ARDA installation is supposedly dismantled after the incident due to structural damage, but instead serves as a secret ARDA installation.

==== October ====

* '''October 30th''':
** Dr. Francis Cooke comments on ARDA taking drastic measures about information traffic, recording private conversations in order to hide their first major accident.
** ARDA's budget gets reduced after the mass hallucination and the death of Dr. Allen Turner,
** Multiple projects get suddenly cancelled, budgets get reduced, and there's a shortage of supplies.
** Dr. Francis Cooke manages to mix inductive charge technology with the regenerative fields in the first ever Service Stop.
** Dr. Ophelia "Oppy" Turner takes some time off to mourn her husband's death.

=== 1962 ===

* Laura Cesari finds a remnant in the shape of a paint bucket, and paints prophetic murals across the Red Meadow, depicting her hallucinations

==== June ====

* First sighting of silver oil drinking horseflies anomalies

==== August ====

* Last sighting of silver oil drinking horseflies anomalies

=== 1963 ===

* Laura Cesari disappears
* Dr. Cay is retired after not being able to produce any new information about the incidents, mostly due to his brain damage.

==== May ====

* '''May 21st''':
** ARDA announces the implementation of new energy transformers across the zone. They don't disclose what type of energy they use, their composition, and act secretively about them, prohibiting further comments.

==== June ====

* '''June 20th''':
** The army brings explosive filled crates into the zone

==== July ====

* '''July 9th''':
** New computers arrive at ARDA

==== November ====

* '''November 21st''':
** First sighting of minutemen on the wild. First anomalies to show electrogenesis.
** Dr. Hooper G. cites Dr. Niraj Patel on their theory that ARDA's intervention on the Olympic Peninsula is involuntarily creating new anomalies.

=== 1964 ===

* Remnants begin appearing throughout the Zone.

=== 1965 ===

* LIM Tech mentions stop appearing on the press

==== May ====

* '''May 14th''':
** First mention of the bunny anomaly.
** First mention of corrosive anomalies on the zone.
** First mention of explosive anomalies on the zone.
** A conversation between a so called Jack and multiple scientist (Dr. Niraj Patel, Dr. Gabriella and Dr. Anna and the speaker) argue about not bringing new equipment to the zone due to the fact that ARDA is "feeding it like a cocktail"

==== June ====

* '''June 28th''':
** Dr. Niraj Patel finds organic material inside corrosive bunnies, concerning scientist if anomalies are alive or not. He theorizes the material comes from insects.

==== December ====

* '''December 2nd''':
** Dr. Lopez discover plasma clouds across the zone.
* '''December 10th''':
** Dr Lopez writes to Dr. Anna, mentioning to her that Bunnies might be evolving, but with an unknown objective.

=== 1966 ===

==== June ====

* '''June 6th''':
** Dr. Francis Cooke writes on his diary that now explosive crates have evolved and are following employees. The puts the blame on ARDA for feeding the zone.

==== October ====

* '''October 10th''':
** Drones and rovers are sent inside acid columns, revealing not only immense pressure on their inside, but that they seem to burst out corrosive waste from "another place", different to earth.

=== 1967 ===

* The Olympic Exclusion Zone is expanded to include the Outer Zone.

=== 1968 ===

==== November ====

* '''November 8th''':
** A man talking on the Fallen Firmaments entry refers to the outer zone, saying that since the 2nd expansion it has been getting filled with anomalies that weren't there before.

=== 1969 ===

==== August ====

* '''August 17''':
** Air quality continues to suffer as a result of ongoing forest fires raging through the Olympic Peninsula. Despite growing concerns from state officials, A.R.D.A. have refused to grant firefighters access to the unknown object in Seattle.

== 1970's ==

=== 1973 ===

* '''February 13''':
** The Sierram Disaster destroys the town of Sierram.

=== 1978 ===

* Sectors E and F receive an incident alert from ARDA
* Remnant sightings stop.

== 1980's ==

=== 1982 ===

* Dr. Francis Cooke and Tobias Barlow visit the fisherman's mural in a Mid-Zone tour.

=== 1987 ===

* ARDA loses its funding, thus evacuates and seals the Olympic Exclusion Zone.

== 1990's ==

=== 1998 ===

* The Driver is warped into the Olympic Exclusion Zone via an anomalous portal, and the events of Pacific Drive begin.
* Second Mass Hallucination, lasting three seconds. It was caused after the protagonist's car hit Colossal Cappy, the largest anomaly in the Zone.

== References ==
<references />

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== Synopsis ==
??? is a [[Car Radio|radio]] channel that plays non-story related transmissions from [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|the Zone]]. These transmissions appear at random when the radio channel is changed or a song has ended. They are only able to be listened to on the car radio and will not play on Oppy's Jukebox.

??? transmissions consist of radio show segments, government broadcasts, advertisements and local Zone broadcasts.

== Transmission Transcripts ==

=== Welcome to the Olympic Peninsula ===
<blockquote>“Welcome to the Olympic Peninsula. Enjoy your time here on this beautiful corner of the world. To the north, you'll find the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The east, Hood Canal, and to the west, the Pacific Ocean. You'll find temperate rain forests, natural lakes and rivers, and endless parkland to explore. Sleep beneath the stars, hike along our beautiful coastline, and enjoy the magic of the wilderness.”</blockquote>

=== Crash Test Dummy Commercial ===
<blockquote>"Whether you're testing the latest automobile or aircraft, you'll need a steady supply of crash test dummies. Our specialized test devices feature an extensive system of 53 poseable joints for all your needs. Right now, we have an Explosive Deal going on. Buy one of our pallets and get the other one half off. Folks, I would not wait on this deal. These things are practically walking out the door!”</blockquote>

=== Definitely Dental ===
<blockquote>“If you're like me and you hate going to the dentist, try Definitely Dental. The fluoride, sugar-free ice cream. Three scoops a day will keep the dentist away. That's a ten!”</blockquote>

==== Stone’s Service Center ====
<blockquote>“Now where in Sasquatch's shampoo did that thing go? You know, you try and be prepared when you come to these things and I wrote out my script and I cannot find that thi—what do you mean it's on? Well, you know I can't work these fancy contraption things. I can barely plug in a light bulb let alone understand what this thing is. Well you know what, let's just move along. Got a flat tire from rolling over one of them prickly sumsa-[STATIC]? Twirly-dos got your steering all backwards? Well, come on down to Stone's Service Center where we'll get you fixed up faster than a Sasquatch [STATIC]-ing in the woods. That's Stone’s Service Center. On the corner of Dante's Diner and Mango's Golden Hour.”</blockquote>

=== Sierram LIM Fair ===
<div style="float: right">[[File:LIM_Fair_Billboard.jpg|thumb|LIM Fair 1973 Billboard]]</div>
==== LIM Fair Competition ====
<blockquote>Host: “Today, we welcome to our program the assistant to the general manager of the Section 1 Northern Facility, Dr. Ken Washington. Welcome.”

Dr. Washington: “Happy to be here.”

Host: “Dr. Washington, I understand that you’ve lived here, in the Zone, for some time?”

Dr. Washington: “Yes. In fact, I was born and raised on the Olympic Peninsula. My choice to come back here was a mystery to some colleagues, but there was never a question that I’d come home. I just figured it’d happen much later in my career, but here I am.”

Host: “What can you tell us about this new initiative you’re spearheading?”

Dr. Washington: “My chief focus since joining the Regulatory Commission was to put LIM technology into the hands of the people. It’s been 20 years since the Zone was established, when the original commission carved up the Peninsula in the name of research. Of course, it was a necessary action— both for saving lives and advancing research. But after two decades, it’s time to share what we’ve learned—the utter magic of what we’ve been able to create—with LIM tech.”

Host: “And that’s all taking place with something you’re calling the LIM Fair.”

Dr. Washington: “That’s right. We’re bringing the wonder of LIM waves to the residential scale. One lucky town on the Olympic Peninsula will be gifted with government-sponsored builds of all the latest LIM technology. Imagine, the power of quantum oscillodynamics, nano-normalization, and the like, shrunk down to the size of a toaster! How about that?”

Host: “That’s a lot of fancy science terms. But what does it all do?”

Dr. Washington: “Whatever you want! Sky’s the limit. We’ll work with you to choose what LIM tech best fits your personal and professional goals.”

Host: “Okay. You said only one lucky town gets these gifts. So how will you select the town?”

Dr. Washington: “Nice catch. We’re inviting all towns within 50 mile radius of the Zone to apply. Send in your applications, tell us what your town is all about, and what LIM tech could do for you. You’ve got until November 20th to send in your entries. And I’ll be reviewing them all myself personally, so I really look forward to hearing from everyone.”

Host: “Alright. You heard it here. Apply early. And apply often. Good luck.”</blockquote>

==== Sierram's Mayor Announces the LIM Fair ====
<blockquote>"Hello, my dear residents of Sierram. This is your doting mayor, Steve Strawberry. I’m very pleased to let you know that Sierram’s been chosen as the site for the first annual LIM Fair. That’s right, next month, our town square will be the epicenter for the greatest spectacle of technology on Earth. So many of you wrote in and campaigned for our little town and gosh, I just couldn’t be prouder. Now, what this all means is that every household—and yes I mean every single one of us 85 families— gets to take home their very own piece of LIM tech. Now ain’t that grand? So it’s time to put those thinking caps on and decide what kind of device you’d like. And ladies, that means it’s time to start campaigning your husbands for that floor polishing, air freshening, hair-doing doodad that I know the government’s been whipping up behind the scenes. Imagine not having to make that 30 minute trek all the way to the city for your monthly perm. If that's not what that technology is for, then I don't know what.”</blockquote>

=== KRBZ The Zone ===
<div style="float: right">[[File:KRBZ_The_Zone_and_Douglas_Fir_Your_Knowledge_With_Zap_Douglas_Billboard.jpg|thumb|KRBZ The Zone and Douglas Fir Your Knowledge With Zap Douglas Billboard]]</div>
==== Boiled Eggs ====
<blockquote>DJ: “Welcome back to KRBZ The Zone. For those of you who are just joining us, we are here with Elaine.”

Elaine: “Hello!”

DJ: “An egg-cellent chef who is going to teach us the secrets of the perfect hard boiled egg. Elaine?”

Elaine: “You're too kind! Well, to make a boiled egg, you've got to get a pot. And then you put the pot inside of an egg. I mean actually, you do the opposite. You put the egg inside of the pot. And then you put it on the stove.”

DJ: “Oh! Well I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there supposed to be some water in there?”

Elaine: “Oh yeah, yeah, you're supposed to put some water in there. Sorry, forgot that part.”

DJ: “Well, what part of the steps does the water go?”

Elaine: “What part of the steps does the water go?”

DJ: “Yes.”

Elaine: “In the beginning. You should put it in in the beginning, Yeah, definitely the beginning.”

DJ: “Oh, well, for how long are you supposed to cook it in the water?”

Elaine: “I would say until it's done. Yeah let's go with that. Let's—until it's done.”

DJ: “Well okay, isn't that just egg-cellent? Thank you for tuning into KRBZ The Zone. Until next time!”</blockquote>

==== Minty Fresh Nightmares ====
<blockquote>DJ: “Thank you for tuning into KRBZ The Zone. Here today we're with Dr. Garlic.”

Dr. Garlic: “'Garleese.'”

DJ: “Oh, my apologies. 'Garleese.'”

DJ: “They're here to discuss their new book Minty Fresh Nightmares and how going to bed with fresh breath is the root cause to all mouth-based nightmares.”

Dr. Garlic: “Yes, this is true. Brushing your teeth before bed. The mint, it causes you poor sleep.”

DJ: “So, why would fresh breath give me nightmares about my teeth?”

Dr. Garlic: “Well, what you have to understand about the mouth, is that everything starts there. Yes.”

DJ: “Yeah I could agree.”

Dr. Garlic: “The sleeping, the snoring, the salivating.”

DJ: “Yeah.”

Dr. Garlic: “When you salivate, you release an enzyme, a chemical that combines with the mint and it gives you the horrible nightmares.”

DJ: “Yeah, I suppose I could see that being a bit of a thing, but—”

Dr. Garlic: “Personally I am chased. Haunted. Beset upon by horrors the likes the world has never seen.”

DJ: “You know every time I go to the dentist, I always have nightmares about that too. They always keep talking about how I need to floss more and I just—I don't get it. Is this part of the minty freshness?”

Dr. Garlic: “Possibly. I would like to study you.”

DJ: “Oh.”</blockquote>

=== Zap’s Douglas Fir Your Knowledge Tree Facts ===
==== Redwood ====
<blockquote>Hey there, folks. It's Zap and it’s time for the next segment of Zap's Douglas Fir Your Knowledge tree facts. Today, we're keeping it in the coniferous family and are going to be talking about the beautiful and proud redwood. Now, as many of my listeners know, these incredible trees are absolutely massive. What you may not know, however, is that, in fact, they are the largest tree in the world. Besides being big, they are also as old as the hills themselves. Some can live for thousands of years, and as a species they date almost all the way back to the dinosaurs. Incredible. Now their bark has a very low amount of resin when compared to other similar trees, which helps make it slightly fire resistant. Here in the Zone, I certainly wouldn’t mind that advantage for myself. Now we don’t have any here on the Peninsula, but given how weird it can get out there, I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if one shot out of the ground between my feet while I was out on my next hike. Anyway, that’s all for today. As always, stay safe out there. Keep your eyes on the trail and leave the forest as you found it.”</blockquote>

==== Western Red Cedar ====
<blockquote>“Hello. This is Zap and it’s time for another segment of Zap’s Douglas Fir Your Knowledge tree facts. This time, we’re going to be learning about the Western Red Cedar. Interestingly the heartwood of this tree contains a variety of special chemicals. One thing found is plicatic acid which is considered to be an irritant and can set off allergic reactions. It can even lead to occupational asthma in woodworkers. Another compound found inside is thujaplicin and no, I did not make that word up, although I probably mispronounced it. I’m doing my best. Anyway, thujaplicin acts as something of a fungicide to help the tree fight off interior rotting. The last chemical is thujone, whose presence in the leaves can lead to a menthol smell when crushed. It is, however, a monitored substance as it, like much in the Zone, can be very harmful to the nervous system when ingested. Speaking of which, I keep hearing broadcasts where ill-advised explorers are trying to eat various plant and Zone life. I cannot stress how unwise this is. You should stop or you will die. With that hopefully educational ending note, it is time to call it. As always, stay safe out there. Keep your eyes on the trail and leave the forest as you found it. And don’t eat it!”</blockquote>

==== Doctor Kauker ====
<blockquote> “Hello, this is Zap and it's time for a special version of Zap’s Douglas Fir Your Knowledge tree facts. This specific segment is here purely to address a series of written correspondences I’ve had with a certain \"Doctor\" Kauker. And I use the term doctor with the greatest of air quotes. Doctor Kauker, to you and to all who have somehow been unfortunate enough to hear your lectures on biology, I must set the record straight. What is and is not a plant is strictly determined by scientific process, photosynthesis, reproductive systems, and the categorization of cellular makeup. It is not determined by whether or not the thing has eyeballs. What a truly preposterous suggestion. Just because a bird has eyes does not make it not a plant. What of worms? What of jellyfish, or even the Mississippi River? Your infantile claims are doing nothing more than to further sink the credibility of this Peninsula into absurdity and myth, and I will have nothing of it. Good day. Oh, and to everyone else: stay safe, keep your eyes on the trail and leave the forest as you found it.” </blockquote>

=== KADD Mystery Radio ===
==== The Old Road ====
<blockquote>“KADD Mystery Radio Productions presents: Good evening and welcome. I’m K.A. Holmes. I don't know about you, but to me, there is no story with a deeper fascination and compelling attraction than one about a haunted house. Most ghost stories are like the ringing of a bell. But no matter how often they’re rung, there is an infinite variety in the changes. The many possible tone changes are based on conditions like weight, force, and environment, and are not infinite, but they are wide enough and complex enough to provide more variety than most of us will encounter in our lifetime. What we are about to present you, we hope, rings a little different to you than many other stories of its kind. Tonight’s mystery drama, The Old Road, was written especially for Mystery Radio by Meg Entwistle and stars Russell Gallaghar and Mervyn Leigh.”</blockquote>

=== Flash Wednesday ===
==== Come On Down To Sector F ====
<blockquote>“Bored on a Wednesday night? We know you've got nothing else going on, so come on down to Sector F and join us for Flash Wednesday—the hottest and only dance party in the Zone. Free Anomalies at the door to the first 50 guests.”</blockquote>

==== In Your Living Room ====
<blockquote>“You know what day it is? It's Flash Wednesday, ladies and gentlemen! The hottest dance party—and only party—in the Zone. Turn your radios to 131.2 and join us in your very own living room, because we sure as heck aren't meeting anywhere after what happened last time—”</blockquote>

==== You Don't Want To Miss Out ====
<blockquote>“Hey, kids, you know what's going on tonight? It's Flash Wednesday. Featuring DJ Spitter, DJ Belcher, and all the hottest Anomalies in the Mid-Zone! You don't want to miss out, because like, nothing else happens here, so you might as well—”</blockquote>

=== Weather Reports ===
==== Sector 6 ====
<blockquote> “Good morning everyone, it’s April 10, 1984, and happy Tuesday. Here in Sector 6, it’s looking like a cloudy morning. Currently 58 degrees Fahrenheit, about 14 Celsius. Radiation low across the board, an even 2.3 microSieverts/hour. There’s a chance of showers coming in around 4:00 in the afternoon for a couple of hours. Should be a nice drizzle until the late evening. Then clouds will move on and go back into hiding until next week. It’ll be a full moon out, if you’re late enough to catch it. That’s all for now. Have a lovely, lovely day.” </blockquote>

==== Sector 2 ====
<blockquote>“Good morning. I hope you all had a lovely sleep. And, if you can believe it, it’s Friday, once again! Sector 2 is bright and sunny with a beautiful breeze, around 53 Fahrenheit, close to 12 Celsius. You’re going to want to watch out around noon, there’ll be a quick radiation spike of 12 microSieverts for just over an hour. You’ll want the kids indoors for that one. Or at the very least, wearing their eyeshields during that time. Later today, right around tea time, warming up to 70 Fahrenheit. You’ve got some clouds rolling in, and it’ll stay that way until bedtime, with radiation levels settling back under 2 microSieverts. The fog’ll be back first thing tomorrow, so get in your full day of blue skies and golden sunshine. And we’ll see you back here tomorrow, bright and early, with your weather as always.”</blockquote>

=== Forgotten Paths Zone ===
==== Welcome ====
<blockquote> Noah: “Hello and welcome to the Forgotten Paths Zone podcast coming to you over your radio. We are live here and I'm joined by my friend Justin and my friend Taffy. My name's Noah. I'm your GM as always, as we dive into the spookiness that is this wonderful rolling, roleplaying game. How are you all doing?”

Taffy: “You always do that like people are listening. Nobody's listening.”

Justin: “Yeah, can we just- can we just get to it, man?”

Taffy: “I'd like to play. Yeah, I've got food getting cold.”

Noah: “But guys, like, what if somebody is out there listening?”

Justin: “There's no one listening.”

Noah: “But here's the thing- if we're going to play anyways, we might as well create stuff for people out there, right?”

Taffy: “If there's anyone out there, I hope they bring back good pizza.”

Justin: “If it helps you move it along, sure.”</blockquote>

==== Enter A Clearing ====
<blockquote>Noah: “You all enter the clearing, and there’s tall trees all around you. And there’s something eerie coming out of them. There’s some sort of creature, and it reaches out and it attacks you, Justin. I need you to make a dexterity saving throw. Roll your dice.”

Justin: “Alright. A seven?”

Noah: “That’s not great at all. It knocks you over and begins to advance towards Taffy. And as it is, it takes a second, it extends a long clawed hand, or arm, or whatever this thing is. And Taffy, it strikes out at you. Can you make a constitution saving throw?”

Taffy: “12.”

Noah: “You guys are rolling really bad today. You’re both knocked down. Taffy, your character starts to actually throw up, and Justin, you are feeling some bruises there, my guy.”

Justin: “Mhmm.”

Taffy: “Let’s see. I cast summon stinking cloud!”
</blockquote>

=== Roleplaying ===
<blockquote>
Narrator: “They turn their hand, their eyes, their heads to you. But their bodies stay positioned facing Anoop. And a strong wind blows. And their bodies sort of, like, dissipate on the wind.”

Voice 1: “Why did you yell, Bedwir? [static], Bedwir. Get your [static] together, man.”

Narrator: “Anoop is—sort of—standing in the moonlight, on the bridgestone.”

Voice 2: “We needed to find out what he was doing. I was just—”

Voice 1: “Not by [static] yelling at him, [static].”

Voice 3: “I think that Bedwyr has to go down and talk to Anoop. Like, I—”

Voice 1: “No, I’m [static], I’m going down. And I’m like—”

Voice 2: “I’ll be up here.”

Voice 4: “I can come with you.”

Voice 1: “Fine. Bedwyr has to come, but it’s as a punishment.”

Voice 2: “I’ll be up here, analyzing the situation, from a safe distance.”

Voice 1: “I look at Tawny, and I’m like—so was she elected as the marshall? Or did she run uncontested? How did she get in this role?”

Voice 3: “We needed a marshall? That's pretty much it. Like—”

Voice 1: “There’s nothing more to that story? Alright.”

Voice 3: “Nope.”
</blockquote>

=== Trapping An Anomaly ===
==== Part 1 ====
<blockquote>“I was out in the Zone on my usual route when I ran into one of those spiky leech Anomalies. I was thinking—what if I tried to capture one? I just need to build a trap. Shouldn’t be too hard. Got lots of spare parts lying around here.”</blockquote>

==== Part 2 ====
<blockquote>“Okay, trap is set. If this works, I’ll be able to study these and see what makes them tick. I may even be able to de-spike them, you know, make them safe. Might want to keep one around just as a pet. Gets kind of lonely around here.”</blockquote>

==== Part 3 ====
<blockquote>“The trap worked perfectly. Oh, I’m so excited to start studying these guys. I think I need a name for him though. How about Richard? Yeah, I like that. Alright, Richard, let’s get to work.”</blockquote>

==== Part 4 ====
<blockquote>“Well, that was a disaster, not only am I not able to de-spike them, but my trap didn’t hold. My lab—call it that—is now destroyed and I barely got the thing outside. On a side note, I need some more bandages.”</blockquote>

=== Cooking ===
==== The Scavenging Gourmet ====
<blockquote> “We’re using a mysterious yellow growth we found near the exclusion zone that I think is a vegetable or a fungus. It made no audible complaint when I harvested it. We’ve sliced and topped it with some parmesan, basil, salt, and pepper. And we broiled it using some thermal vents that have appeared behind my house. So let’s dive in and see how it turned out. The taste is reminiscent of soft-boiled egg. My stomach feels like I’m descending very quickly on an elevator. And not to be alarmist, but I can no longer see anymore, not in the traditional sense. I am currently trapped in a recovered memory of watching my grandmother bake oatmeal cookies when I was seven. All in all, though, I think what we’re calling Broiled Denis is a success, four whisks out of five, I’ll make it again. Until next time then, this is Dennis Wiley, the Scavenging Gourmet, reminding you to treat each meal as though it was your last.”</blockquote>

==== How To Butcher a Grouse in 60 Seconds ====
<blockquote> “Alright, I know you all want to stay fed. So we’re gonna do “how to butcher a grouse in 60 seconds” here. Take your grouse. I know you got a headshot on that little guy. Chop the head off. Take your shears, chop that head right off. Don’t need it. Toss it aside. Okay, you’re gonna place it back down, breast up. Spread the wings out. Spread them out nice and wide. T-Pose. Put one foot on the left wing, one foot on the right wing. Grab those feet with both your hands. Pull. You’re going to hear the skin rip. It’s going to pull all the guts out with it. You should now be looking at a gut-out, breast-on grouse. Chop those wings off, take your shears, chop them right off. You don’t need those either. You now have no skin left on that breast. Ready to cook. Chop the legs off that you pulled off on the bottom. You’re good to go. Rinse it out. Stick it on a spit. Roast it over that fire. Stay fed. Stay frosty.” </blockquote>

==== Cook with Karina ====
<blockquote>“Still don’t know where your friends are? Or your family? Don’t worry. Cook with Karina! Today we’ll cook a pizza, without flour, without salt, without water and without oil. But coming up I will tell you how to make it if you had all those ingredients. Don’t go anywhere.”</blockquote>

==== Chocolate Chip Butterscotch Cookies ====
<blockquote>“Today, I’m going to share my favorite recipe with you: chocolate chip butterscotch cookies. These cookies take me right back to my childhood. Growing up in a large family, it could be hard to find the time, or space, to make them. I remember the first time I cooked these as a child, and how I turned on the mixer too fast after adding all the flour. Suddenly, I was surrounded by a white cloud. We couldn’t finish baking until the dust settled. This recipe calls for enough butter to grease a parking lot. So much butter bakes the cookies right into a puddle. One time they actually melted so aggressively in the oven that they dripped over the side of the pan. But so much butter gives the cookie its signature creamy taste and melt-in-your-mouth texture.”</blockquote>

=== Zone Regulatory Commission ===
<blockquote>“Attention employees and residents of PN-26, this is broadcast 7750 from the Zone Regulatory Commission. Effective 0700 hours, all pneumatic tubes within sectors 2 and 8 must be closed and sealed for a period of 24 hours. It may be expected that this closure will extend into the week. For urgent communications, Maintenance Crews will be accepting materials for transport at your nearest facility site. Consult your handbooks for the location closest to you. All facilities within sectors 10 and 11 are to be evacuated come sundown on Saturday, January 4th. During the evacuation period, keep off the streets as much as possible, and carry your gas masks with you always. Evacuation crews will visit every household within these sectors to count that every member of your household is present. If you are traveling to other sectors within this time, report the location of your household to the Commission no later than January 3rd. Failure to do so will result in longer enforcement periods.”</blockquote>

=== Forced Evacuation ===
<blockquote> “Baby, I know you're out there. I don't know if you'll hear this. I don't even know if I turned this thing on right, but they're making me leave. I was waiting at the house for you to come back, so I'd—so someone would be here. But they're making me leave and I don't know where they're taking me. They said it's not safe here. I'm sorry. I love you. Okay, I'm coming.”</blockquote>

=== Pacific Sasquatch vs Sonoran Wildcats ===
<blockquote>“A recap of last night’s thriller between your Pacific Sasquatch and the Sonoran Wildcats. The Sasquatch managed to sneak a W in overtime with the help of Ian Ratzenberger’s 2 goal effort, including the game-winning slapshot from the point. The Sasquatch move to first in the division and take on the Demons at home next week.”</blockquote>

=== Ghost Hunting ===
<blockquote>
Paul: “What the [STATIC] is that?” 
Nicole: “Sarah? Do you see that?” 
Sarah: “There's like, floating things in the trees? Oh, my camera’s going glitchy. Is this evidence? Like is this—” 
Paul: “I don't know—” 
Nicole: “Oh my God. Guys, look, look, look.” 
Sarah: “What is that? What is that?” 
Paul: “Woah, [STATIC] me. What is that?” 
Paul: “Oh [STATIC].” 
Nicole: “Paul?” 
Sarah: “Paul?” 
Paul: “I brought you some shampoo. It's gonna be okay!”
</blockquote>

=== Still Surviving ===
<blockquote> “I don't know why I'm still surviving, still dodging the end. Maybe it's hope, maybe it's the thought of you. If I could just see you smile, we could at least recognize the beauty of this place together. I've been completely in awe since, well, since I've been here and for so long now I've just wanted someone to share it with. I guess I just wanted to tell you, if you have someone there with you, be present with them. Don't let anything distract. I guess I've realized now that it's gone that that's the meaning. And if you're alone like I am, I love you. I'm thinking about you.” </blockquote>

=== What Do Spiky Guys Sound Like? ===
<blockquote>
Dante: “Hey. So I was walking out back the other day and I saw one of those spiky guys flying through the trees.”

Mango: “You did?”

Dante: “Yeah. What do you think they sound like?”

Mango: “Eeeewwwwwwahhhhh. I think that’s it.”

Dante: “Oh really? I–”

Mango: “I think so.”

Dante: “I don’t know I kind of feel like they’re like uh mmmmmreeaahhhhhhahhhhh”
</blockquote>

=== Too Much Information ===
<blockquote> “Hello out there wide world of no one because I don't know where anyone is and I don't think anyone is listening. This is day 200? Is it 200 already? I have lost track of the days. We are coming to you live from the decaying shack that used to be my home. Our first segment today, my favorite, Too Much Information! I have some sort of strange rash. Some sort of strange rash and I'm not talking about the kind you have fun getting. I don't know what it is but it looks very odd. Oh wait I think the power is about to go out that might be the end of our sh—” </blockquote>

=== Ghosts Are Big ===
<blockquote>
Voice 1: “So there’s been like a bunch of weird stuff happening over on Smith Zone?”

Voice 2: “Yeah, like ghosts.”

Voice 3: “I hadn't seen it.”

Voice 1: “Yeah?”

Voice 2: “Yeah, big ones.”

Voice 3: “Did you really say ghosts?”

Voice 2: “Yeah?”

Voice 3: “How many times have you said ghosts? It’s not ghosts. It’s never been ghosts.”

Voice 2: “It’s ghosts.”

Voice 3: “It’s not—okay, name one thing that’s making it a ghost. Name one, you can’t.”

Voice 2: “Big.”

Voice 3: “That’s not exclusive to ghosts but okay. Keep going.”

Voice 2: “It’s big and it’s glowing.”

Voice 3: “That’s light bulbs, congratulations.”

Voice 2: “And you can see through it.”

Voice 3: “There’s see-through lightbulbs, that’s a thing. You saw a light, congrats, they’re everywhere.”

Voice 2: “30-foot light. I mean that’s a ghost.”

Voice 3: “I mean, like the telephone pole? That’s not a ghost. That’s just a public—”

Voice 2: “The whole telephone pole doesn’t light up. That never happens.”

Voice 3: “There’s lights on them sometimes. Light pole, telephone pole, same thing.”

Voice 2: “Yeah, at the top, but it’s not a ghost. Ghosts are big.”
</blockquote>

=== Conjunction of Planets ===
<blockquote> “Celestial greetings my dearest moonbeams. I hope this forecast finds you well on whatever dimension of existence you find yourself within. We here in the 3rd, Earth dimension have a very exciting planetary aspect in the heavens this evening. This transit brings with it tidings of a new cycle, of new possibilities for our consciousness and society. I am, of course, speaking about the conjunction of Uranus, the planet of revolution and disruption, with Neptune, the planet of dreams and illusions, in the sign of Capricorn at 19 degrees. This is a most rare transit that will not happen again for another 172 years, and unless any of you happen to find yourselves within any temporal Anomalies, you likely won’t be here to see it. At least that is, in the body you inhabit now. Perhaps as a thought experiment, you might imagine our world in 172 years, during the next time these two great planets come together. I can only hope that the experiences that come to pass during this great cycle seek to align us closer together and bring us closer to our cosmic brethren. That is all for now my dearest moonbeams. Be well and remember that from stardust you came, and to stardust you shall return.” </blockquote>

=== My Two Best Friends and Me ===
<blockquote> “Welcome back to my Two Best Friends and me. Where we talk about people’s problems in this world. But it’s just me this week. You might be wondering why, especially after losing Alex a couple of weeks ago. Well, Ben and I had to go out into the Zone for some supplies when all of a sudden, we heard this rustling in a bush and Alex’s voice coming from it. Ben ran over as soon as he heard it, but then I heard some screaming. And then silence. And then I heard Ben’s voice saying, “Help Me”. But it sounded off. It wasn’t him. Not—not the person I know.” </blockquote>

=== A Sermon ===
<blockquote> “And so Lord Jesus says I am your Shepherd, you shall not want. That's Psalm 23 now, 23, one of our ministry's most beloved psalms. And so He says I maketh you lie down in green pastures: I leadeth you beside the still waters. Now, it's our trust in the Lord—even when we are scared and lonely, or—hurt—that He will guide our bodies and He will take us to the green pastures of His valley. I fear not because the Lord is my shepherd For we are members of Jesus Christ's Earthly ministry. \r We are made in His image. And as the children of God, the earth will not be our last home. For Revelation 7:17 says the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be our shepherd, and He will guide us into springs of living water. Brothers and sisters, the shepherd is coming to guide us home. I will dwell in the house of the Lord, forever.”</blockquote>

=== Sasquatch Love Song ===
<blockquote>
“I knew I loved you my nine foot friend when I caught you striding around the bend when I saw you in the trees when I smelt you on the breeze and I know you must be lonely out there why don’t you give me a call because I’m lonely too and two people in a place like this we should be together”
</blockquote>

=== Missing Cat ===
<blockquote> “To anyone who can hear this, please keep an eye out for my cat, Cedar. He is an orange tabby, hefty build, with a snaggletooth. He’s been missing for a week. I’m really worried about him. He’s disappeared like this before but never this long and—wait, hang on—Cedar? Cedar! You’re back! Never mind everyone, Cedar came home. You've got to stop scaring me like that buddy. Come on, let’s get you dry.”</blockquote>

=== A Trapped Rabbit ===
<blockquote> “Alicia heard the rabbit struggling before she saw it, its screams loud and surprisingly human-like. They echoed through the dimly lit forest. She followed the sounds, passing through the thick brush that filled the dark spaces between the trees. Entering a small clearing, she saw the grey-furred creature, trapped beneath several dead branches. Alicia knelt and reached forward through the sticks, intending to free the rabbit. As she grabbed its soft flank, she felt movement within, as if the rabbit were filled with writhing worms. Alicia pulled gently, but the creature was stuck firmly against the ground, its screams drilling into her head. She pulled harder, and with a tearing sound like Velcro separating, the rabbit came free. She could see what appeared to be translucent vines thrashing on the earth where the rabbit was trapped. A few were milky white, but several were bright red, spilling crimson drops from their tips. Several more strands were dangling from underneath the now silent and weakened rabbit. Were the trees feeding on this animal?” </blockquote>

=== Crocodile Advice ===
<blockquote>“Good morning, people. Right now, this is very important. Do never kill crocodiles. Because, in Florida, there's crocodiles and alligators. In Belize, there's only crocodiles. And let me tell you something. If you actually do that, or you see somebody doing something, or killing them, just to tell you—they just want money. Just say stop. You do not want to do this. Because they can actually snap at you. My mom got snapped by a crocodile. Her whole pinky got bloody. Never, ever, do something to a crocodile, because it will get frightened. And something will happen to you. And never panic. Never panic. Stay calm. Because if your parents are a surgeon—anything—that is good, because they can teach you stuff that is important for your life. And if you scream, that thing is going to get worse. Because then you actually feel the pain. And then you're going to get dehydrated and more blood is going to fall out, because the blood is liquid.” </blockquote>

=== Lost Llamas ===
<blockquote> “Hello, this is farm dispatch 2021. And just putting out a little warning on the radio. It seems that we’ve got llamas? Not really sure where they came from, but we’ve got about a herd of 200-300 llamas running around out here. If anybody’s—if anybody’s lost any llamas, just yeah, I guess, call me. 'Cause I got your llamas.” </blockquote>

=== Yellow Door In The Woods ===
<blockquote> “Hello? Is anyone out there? If you can hear this, I’m in Sector E. Well, I think I am. I was walking my dog along the Night Beach Trail. We got off-track, and it’s been three days. I don’t know what to do. My dog keeps trying to go into this yellow door in the woods. It gives me a bad feeling. I don’t want to go in there. Please help.” </blockquote>

=== Busted Transmitter ===
<blockquote> “Hello? Is anyone out there? If you can hear this, I’m in sector 13. My transmitter—my transmitter’s busted.” </blockquote>

=== Befriending an Anomaly ===
<blockquote>“Okay, okay. This is my 17th transmission, but this one is by far the best. ARDA, you’re not gonna find me, buzz off, thank you. The other day, I got to thinking, I’m always running from the weird stuff that happens out here, but what if instead I could befriend one? So I set out, and y’all, I did it. You know those goopy, glowy, floaty rocks? The ones that come out of nowhere, chase you, and mess up your car? Well I found a few just a ways from the cabin, and now I have one in the shed. Its name is Sam!”</blockquote>

=== Neighbors ===
<blockquote> “And this is a beautiful day to go out and enjoy our dimension and share it with our neighbors, full of light and love. Let us unify our consciousness with theirs and share ourselves so that we can also expand into theirs throughout infinity.”</blockquote>

=== Should We Have Left? ===
<blockquote> “And I don't know. Should we have left? You’re right. The kids don’t know any better. But I don't know—growing up in a place like this?”</blockquote>

=== Undefined ===
There are several different transmissions of guitar strumming. The subtitle text that accompanies this is:
<blockquote>[Guitar Strumming]</blockquote>

There are several different transmissions of noise. The subtitle text that accompanies this is:
<blockquote>[Noise]</blockquote>

Timeline

2024-10-28T03:46:19Z

BabblingFishes: Rewrote and cited significant sections up through the Mass Hallucination incident. Removed various extraneous or incorrect information.

{{spoilers}}

A timeline of the events that happen in Pacific Drive.

== 1940's ==

=== 1944 ===

* Olympium is first created alongside Americium and Curium.<ref name="Olympium Vein">[[Olympium Vein]] log entry.</ref>

=== 1946 ===

* '''November''': [[Oppy]], 27 years old, returns home from "a failed stint in academia" and produces the first LIM wave in a homemade lab in her basement.<ref name="FF2">[[Frequency_File#Frequency_File_#2,_Part_2|Frequency File #2, Part 2]]</ref>

=== 1949 ===

* '''September 16th''': The [[SRR Meeting Minutes|Society for Resonance Research (SRR)]] holds their first meeting, celebrating the Society's founding.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#1:_Founding|SRR Meeting Minutes #1]]</ref>

* '''November 18th''': The SRR notes difficulties finding meeting venues, as many potential locations are off-limits to Oppy.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#2:_On_Cataloging_Components_and_Parts|SRR Meeting Minutes #2]]</ref>

== 1950's ==

=== 1950 ===

* '''May 19th''': The SRR, discussing the results of experimental LIM tech in "forest restoration and landscaping", and first note the side effects of LIM tech on surrounding wildlife. They address concerns about new members not following proper LIM containment procedure.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#4:_Peer_Review_On_Recent_Results|SRR Meeting Minutes #4]]</ref>

=== 1951 ===

* '''September 21st''': The U.S. Department of National Security becomes involved with the SRR after an incident in a member's home lab.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#7:_Emergency_Session|SRR Meeting Minutes #7]]</ref>

=== 1955 ===

* The Space Race begins.<ref name="FF4-2">[[Frequency_File#Frequency_File_#4,_Part_2|Frequency File #4, Part 2]]</ref>

* The US government seizes "not only the physical area where Dr. Turner and her scientists live, but the entire concept of LIM technology." The area is evacuated, and the government establishes the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone]].<ref name="FF2"></ref>

* '''October 17th:''' The US government establishes the [[ARDA|Advanced Resonance Development Authority (ARDA)]], and absorbs the SRR into it.

* '''October 24th, 8:00 AM:''' ARDA orientation for the former SRR members.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#9:_Final_Meeting|SRR Meeting Minutes #9]]</ref>

* Oppy and President Koch demonstrate LIM Technology to the American public.<ref>[[Frequency_File#Frequency_File_#1,_Part_1|Frequency File #1, Part 1]]</ref>

* The [[Powered By Carbs]] bread was baked.<ref>[[Powered By Carbs]] log entry.</ref>

=== 1956 ===

* ARDA maps the [[Well]] in Sector A. They classify it as a hotspot of ultra-high energy gamma radiation with spontaneous eruptions.<ref>Tobias: "This thing in the Deep Zone, they called it the 'Well'. It was mapped in Sector A in 1956. ARDA classified it as a hotspot of ultra-high energy gamma radiation. Its eruptions were spontaneous, and ultimately, ARDA made no conclusion about what caused it, when it would blow, or how destructive it would be."</ref>

=== 1957 ===

* The USSR launches Sputnik.<ref name="FF4-2"></ref>

* The USA's Project Vanguard explodes.<ref name="FF4-2"></ref>

=== 1959 ===

* The "Antenna Chewer" anomaly appears, dissolving antennae broadcasting at specific shortwave bands.<ref name="antenna_chewer">[[Anomaly_Studies#Anomaly_Studies_#3:_Antenna_Chewer|Anomaly Studies #3]]</ref>

== 1960's ==

* By the early 1960's, portable diesel generators were the primary power source for the majority of ARDA's infrastructure, as batteries drained quickly and power grids failed daily.<ref>[[ARDA Fuel Tanker]] logbook entry.</ref>

=== 1960 ===

* '''Week of October 18th''': [[Francis Cooke|Dr. Francis Cooke]] begins work at ARDA. He is assigned to a small team developing the technology for the [[Charge Stop]].<ref>[[Charge Stop]] log entry.</ref>

=== 1961 ===

* Gagarin becomes the first man to reach space.<ref name="FF4-2"></ref>

* The "Antenna Chewer" anomaly begins to disappear as Zone personnel switch frequencies.<ref name="antenna_chewer"></ref>

* '''March 21st''': The [[Bollard]] Anomaly is first discovered. Dr. Anita Olsen theorizes that Bollards may be some kind of deliberate defense mechanism. Her superior is disturbed by this theory and forbids her from speaking further on it, insisting that they are geological phenomena.<ref>[[Bollard]] log entry.</ref>

* '''Week of May 2nd''': Oppy visits Francis' research team for a demonstration of their [[Repair Stop]] technology. Francis is inspired by her insights and hopes for further collaboration.<ref>[[Repair Stop]] log entry.</ref>

==== September 14th ====

* Dr. James Cay, assisted by [[Allen|Dr. Allen Turner]], triggers the Well at a distance of 500m using a lab-created [[Remnant]] in the form of a tungsten cube.

* The Well releases an uncontrollable burst of gamma radiation with energy levels "orders of magnitude greater than any man-made source". Allen manages to save the surrounding area by reversing the radiation polarity, but he dies shortly afterward from radiation exposure.

* Dr. Cay is severely injured from radiation exposure. ARDA falsely reports him dead.

* Anyone awake within a 10-mile radius of the Well experiences 30 seconds of hallucinations. This event is later dubbed the Mass Hallucination.

* The [[Red Meadow|Red Meadow facility's]] roof caves in. ARDA condemns the building and falsely claims it will be demolished.

* Aftermath:
** Multiple people get permanent brain damage due to the massive hallucination event
** Olympium 01-266 is discovered in small chunks across the Olympic Peninsula.
** ARDA decides to expand the Exclusion Zone for the first time, dividing it between the now called Deep Zone, and the Mid Zone.
** The Red Meadow ARDA installation is supposedly dismantled after the incident due to structural damage, but instead serves as a secret ARDA installation.

==== October ====

* '''October 30th''':
** Dr. Francis Cooke comments on ARDA taking drastic measures about information traffic, recording private conversations in order to hide their first major accident.
** ARDA's budget gets reduced after the mass hallucination and the death of Dr. Allen Turner,
** Multiple projects get suddenly cancelled, budgets get reduced, and there's a shortage of supplies.
** Dr. Francis Cooke manages to mix inductive charge technology with the regenerative fields in the first ever Service Stop.
** Dr. Ophelia "Oppy" Turner takes some time off to mourn her husband's death.

=== 1962 ===

* Laura Cesari finds a remnant in the shape of a paint bucket, and paints prophetic murals across the Red Meadow, depicting her hallucinations

==== June ====

* First sighting of silver oil drinking horseflies anomalies

==== August ====

* Last sighting of silver oil drinking horseflies anomalies

=== 1963 ===

* Laura Cesari disappears
* Dr. Cay is retired after not being able to produce any new information about the incidents, mostly due to his brain damage.

==== May ====

* '''May 21st''':
** ARDA announces the implementation of new energy transformers across the zone. They don't disclose what type of energy they use, their composition, and act secretively about them, prohibiting further comments.

==== June ====

* '''June 20th''':
** The army brings explosive filled crates into the zone

==== July ====

* '''July 9th''':
** New computers arrive at ARDA

==== November ====

* '''November 21st''':
** First sighting of minutemen on the wild. First anomalies to show electrogenesis.
** Dr. Hooper G. cites Dr. Niraj Patel on their theory that ARDA's intervention on the Olympic Peninsula is involuntarily creating new anomalies.

=== 1964 ===

* Remnants begin appearing throughout the Zone.

=== 1965 ===

* LIM Tech mentions stop appearing on the press

==== May ====

* '''May 14th''':
** First mention of the bunny anomaly.
** First mention of corrosive anomalies on the zone.
** First mention of explosive anomalies on the zone.
** A conversation between a so called Jack and multiple scientist (Dr. Niraj Patel, Dr. Gabriella and Dr. Anna and the speaker) argue about not bringing new equipment to the zone due to the fact that ARDA is "feeding it like a cocktail"

==== June ====

* '''June 28th''':
** Dr. Niraj Patel finds organic material inside corrosive bunnies, concerning scientist if anomalies are alive or not. He theorizes the material comes from insects.

==== December ====

* '''December 2nd''':
** Dr. Lopez discover plasma clouds across the zone.
* '''December 10th''':
** Dr Lopez writes to Dr. Anna, mentioning to her that Bunnies might be evolving, but with an unknown objective.

=== 1966 ===

==== June ====

* '''June 6th''':
** Dr. Francis Cooke writes on his diary that now explosive crates have evolved and are following employees. The puts the blame on ARDA for feeding the zone.

==== October ====

* '''October 10th''':
** Drones and rovers are sent inside acid columns, revealing not only immense pressure on their inside, but that they seem to burst out corrosive waste from "another place", different to earth.

=== 1967 ===

* The Olympic Exclusion Zone is expanded to include the Outer Zone.

=== 1968 ===

==== November ====

* '''November 8th''':
** A man talking on the Fallen Firmaments entry refers to the outer zone, saying that since the 2nd expansion it has been getting filled with anomalies that weren't there before.

=== 1969 ===

==== August ====

* '''August 17''':
** Air quality continues to suffer as a result of ongoing forest fires raging through the Olympic Peninsula. Despite growing concerns from state officials, A.R.D.A. have refused to grant firefighters access to the unknown object in Seattle.

== 1970's ==

=== 1973 ===

* '''February 13''':
** The Sierram Disaster destroys the town of Sierram.

=== 1978 ===

* Sectors E and F receive an incident alert from ARDA
* Remnant sightings stop.

== 1980's ==

=== 1982 ===

* Dr. Francis Cooke and Tobias Barlow visit the fisherman's mural in a Mid-Zone tour.

=== 1987 ===

* ARDA loses its funding, thus evacuates and seals the Olympic Exclusion Zone.

== 1990's ==

=== 1998 ===

* The Driver is warped into the Olympic Exclusion Zone via an anomalous portal, and the events of Pacific Drive begin.
* Second Mass Hallucination, lasting three seconds. It was caused after the protagonist's car hit Colossal Cappy, the largest anomaly in the Zone.

== References ==
<references />

Repair Stop

2024-10-28T01:38:53Z

BabblingFishes:

{{Resource|lb-content=JOURNAL FRAGMENT, Dr. Francis Cooke, May 2nd, 1961. 

This spring has been an absolute whirlwind of work, and I don't think we've ever been more in sync with the engineering teams. Our progress has been terrific and this week we had our first visit from Dr. Ophelia Turner, who wanted to see some of our new designs for herself. 

And it was just as we'd perfected waveform stability for the projected regenerative electromagnetic fields! The result was a lot of hairs raising on the backs of necks, along with more than a few strengthened steel panels. We partially reconstituted several alloys at distances of up to six feet, which was even more than we had projected! 

The timing couldn't have been better. Dr. Turner is without doubt a brilliant scientist and it felt so satisfying to be able to impress her in person with our applications of her own technology. I really hope our teams can work together on this more, because her insights into how we could achieve better projection and more stable waveforms already have me working on a redesign.|name=Repair Stop|icon=Repair Stop.png|locations=damp_forest,blistering_woods,the_mires,the_scorch,smokestacks,red_spires|tool=None|tool-icon=PC-Theft.png|items=}}
=== Synopsis ===
Repair Stops are boon structures that generate in all biomes. When the player drives the car beneath a stop, bolts of energy will strike and regenerate damage done to the car. While the car is in the stop, a shield prevents ambient radiation and Anomalies from entering the area. Additionally, repair stops generate with fuel pumps and, occasionally, resource containers like toolboxes.
=== Gallery ===
[[File:Repair Stop 1.jpg|frame|A Repair Stop]]

Giant Orb

2024-10-28T00:52:09Z

BabblingFishes: Changed template type to Resource (even though they're technically in the Found Item logbook) as the categories seem more applicable here.

{{stub}}

{{Resource|name=Giant Orb|icon=Logbook-Orb.png|lb-content=PARTIAL MEMO, source unknown, circa 1971. 

I'd estimate it's been some ten to twelve months now. Maybe more. I'd hoped the passage of seasons would serve as at least some broad frame of reference, but that doesn't seem to happen here any more. The climate is largely constant, while the weather is subject to these sudden swings that are impossible to predict. Storms appear out of nowhere. Rain is sometimes spontaneous. The skies clear quite suddenly, though never enough that I can get a good look at the stars. However, my compass still seems to be working, at least most of the time. 

The Moon, however? That's something else. I can usually still make it out, but something is different. Something is changing. I can't tell if it's some local atmospheric change here or... But to suggest anything beyond that is ridiculous. Why would the Moon have changed? 

And, on the subject of strange orbs, those static, glowing spheres have been changing color again. They're now a curious shade of orange, or burnt sienna. This seems to be their most static color yet and I wonder if this signals some state of maturity. We'll see. They seem to be somehow guarding those strange nests of... giant frogspawn. No, I shouldn't say "guarding," because that implies intelligence. But they're often nearby. 

I found a new cache of food last night and I have nothing but time, so I shall contemplate these orbs.|locations=the_mires|tool=None|tool-icon=PC-Theft.png|items=no_items}}

Charge Stop

2024-10-28T00:24:47Z

BabblingFishes:

{{Resource|lb-content=JOURNAL FRAGMENT, Dr. Francis Cooke, October 18th, 1960. 

How to even begin to sum up my first few days on the job, my first experiences working for this organization? I have no idea where to start. 

ARDA is doing some remarkable things and has plans for so much more. And the organisation is growing at such a rate. It really feels like we're recruiting the best of the best here, both at home and from overseas. We've been flying in new hires from halfway around the world and admin can't process the security clearances fast enough! 

It looks like I've been assigned to the outfit researching inductive charging and resonant coupling. The team is small, but we'll be working with the very latest LIM technology and there's already talk of how we might have a functional prototype by the end of next year. That means a working charging station (one deployed IN THE FIELD!) able to power devices from as small as a radio to as large as a small train. It's truly astonishing and every morning I have to pinch myself.|name=Charge Stop|icon=Charge Stop.png|locations=damp_forest,blistering_woods,the_mires,the_scorch,smokestacks,red_spires|tool=None|tool-icon=PC-Theft.png|items=}}
=== Synopsis ===
Charge stops are boon structures that generate in all biomes. When the player drives the car into a charge stop, bolts of energy will strike and recharge the car's battery. While the car is in the stop, a shield prevents ambient radiation and Anomalies from entering the area.
Charge stops often also generate with supply containers like ARDA crates and toolboxes, making them a supplemental source of crafting materials.

The Charge stop has been observed to hold 35 units of power.
=== Gallery ===
[[File:Charge Stop 1.jpg|frame|alt=A large, disk-shaped structure large enough to drive a car under, held up by two arms on one side. It has a sign reading "Charge Stop" and two antennae mounted to its top. A small meter and other boxes are attached beneath the disk, between the arms.|A Charge Stop in the Damp Forest]]

Timeline

2024-10-27T04:54:25Z

BabblingFishes:

A timeline of the events that happen in Pacific Drive.

== 1940's ==

=== 1946 ===

* '''November''':
** [[Oppy]], 27 years old, returns home from "a failed stint in academia" and produces the first LIM wave in a homemade lab in her basement.<ref name="FF2">[[Frequency_File#Frequency_File_#2,_Part_2|Frequency File #2, Part 2]]</ref>

=== 1949 ===

* '''September 16th''': The [[SRR Meeting Minutes|Society for Resonance Research (SRR)]] holds their first meeting, celebrating the Society's founding.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#1:_Founding|SRR Meeting Minutes #1]]</ref>

* '''November 18th''': The SRR notes difficulties finding meeting venues, as many potential locations are off-limits to Oppy.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#2:_On_Cataloging_Components_and_Parts|SRR Meeting Minutes #2]]</ref>

== 1950's ==

=== 1951 ===

* '''September 21st''': The U.S. Department of National Security becomes involved with the SRR after an incident in a member's home lab.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#7:_Emergency_Session|SRR Meeting Minutes #7]]</ref>

=== 1955 ===

* The Space Race begins.
* The US government seizes "not only the physical area where Dr. Turner and her scientists live, but the entire concept of LIM technology." The area is evacuated, and the government establishes the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone]].<ref name="FF2"></ref>
* '''October 17th:''' The [[ARDA|Advanced Resonance Development Authority (ARDA)]] is founded, and the SRR is absorbed into it.
* '''October 24th, 8:00 AM:''' ARDA orientation for the former SRR members.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#9:_Final_Meeting|SRR Meeting Minutes #9]]</ref>
* President Koch has Oppy demonstrate LIM Technology to the American public.<ref>[[Frequency_File#Frequency_File_#1,_Part_1|Frequency File #1, Part 1]]</ref>
* The [[Powered By Carbs]] bread was baked.

=== 1957 ===

* The USSR launches Sputnik.
* The USA's Project Vanguard explodes.

=== 1959 ===

* The "Antenna Chewer" anomaly appears, dissolving antennae broadcasting at specific shortwave bands.<ref>[[Anomaly_Studies#Anomaly_Studies_#3:_Antenna_Chewer|Anomaly Studies #3]]</ref>

== 1960's ==

=== 1960 ===

* ARDA grows. Scientists from all over the globe arrive at the zone.
* During this decade, there's a need for oil around the zone, due to the heavy electromagnetic interference.

==== October ====

* '''October 18th''':
** Francis Cooke designs the first prototype of a recharge station.

=== 1961 ===

* The Olympic Exclusion Zone is expanded to include the Mid Zone.
* The Shiny Chromed sphere anomaly dissapears.

==== March ====

* '''May 21st''':
** Dr. Anita Olsen theorizes during a transmission that Bollards are a living structure, but an unknown respondent dismisses her and assure her that they're just a geological process of the zone.

==== April ====

* Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to reach space, putting pressure over the US government

==== May ====

* '''May 5th''':
** Dr. Francis Cooke, in an effort to counter anomaly car damages, perfects the Recharge Station, creating the first Repair Station, capable of regenerating car parts. Dr. Ophelia "Oppy" Turner participates in the design, and Cooke shows interests in further collaborative experiments.

==== September ====

* '''September 14th''', Deep Zone:
** Dr. Cay and Dr. Allen Turner are doing remnant experimentation with a tungsten cube based remnant.
** At 3:23 AM they move the cube onto The Well, getting the expected results.
** At 4:00 AM, in an unexpected and sudden reaction, at 500 meters from The Well, the cube gets violently absorbed, releasing high energy gamma radiation.
** Dr. Allen Turner then tries to suppress the reaction but fails. Ignoring Dr. Cay's orders, Dr. Allen Turner then inverts the radiation polarity, descending the reaction's energy. Dr. Allen Turner gets a lethal radiation dose, dying on sight.
** Dr. Cay supposedly dies, but survives. He will eventually develop severe mental deterioration due to the incident, being retired in 1963.
** First Mass Hallucination occurs during the next 30 seconds posterior to the accident due to the collision of a remnant with The Well.

* First Mass Hallucination:
** Tobias Barlow falls across the space and sees Saturn rings singing.
** Dr. Francis Cooke sees thousands of dismembered arms grabbing and dragging him across the floor.
** Dr. Ophelia "Oppy" Turner doesn't disclaim what she saw that night

* Aftermath:
** Multiple people get permanent brain damage due to the massive hallucination event
** Olyimipum 01-266 is discovered in small chunks across the Olympic Peninsula.
** ARDA decides to expand the Exclusion Zone for the first time, dividing it between the now called Deep Zone, and the Mid Zone.
** The Red Meadow ARDA installation is supposedly dismantled after the incident due to structural damage, but instead serves as a secret ARDA installation.

==== October ====

* '''October 30th''':
** Dr. Francis Cooke comments on ARDA taking drastic measures about information traffic, recording private conversations in order to hide their first major accident.
** ARDA's budget gets reduced after the mass hallucination and the death of Dr. Allen Turner,
** Multiple projects get suddenly cancelled, budgets get reduced, and there's a shortage of supplies.
** Dr. Francis Cooke manages to mix inductive charge technology with the regenerative fields in the first ever Service Stop.
** Dr. Ophelia "Oppy" Turner takes some time off to mourn her husband's death.

=== 1962 ===

* Laura Cesari finds a remnant in the shape of a paint bucket, and paints prophetic murals across the Red Meadow, depicting her hallucinations

==== June ====

* First sighting of silver oil drinking horseflies anomalies

==== August ====

* Last sighting of silver oil drinking horseflies anomalies

=== 1963 ===

* Laura Cesari disappears
* Dr. Cay is retired after not being able to produce any new information about the incidents, mostly due to his brain damage.

==== May ====

* '''May 21st''':
** ARDA announces the implementation of new energy transformers across the zone. They don't disclose what type of energy they use, their composition, and act secretively about them, prohibiting further comments.

==== June ====

* '''June 20th''':
** The army brings explosive filled crates into the zone

==== July ====

* '''July 9th''':
** New computers arrive at ARDA

==== November ====

* '''November 21st''':
** First sighting of minutemen on the wild. First anomalies to show electrogenesis.
** Dr. Hooper G. cites Dr. Niraj Patel on their theory that ARDA's intervention on the Olympic Peninsula is involuntarily creating new anomalies.

=== 1964 ===

* Remnants begin appearing throughout the Zone.

=== 1965 ===

* LIM Tech mentions stop appearing on the press

==== May ====

* '''May 14th''':
** First mention of the bunny anomaly.
** First mention of corrosive anomalies on the zone.
** First mention of explosive anomalies on the zone.
** A conversation between a so called Jack and multiple scientist (Dr. Niraj Patel, Dr. Gabriella and Dr. Anna and the speaker) argue about not bringing new equipment to the zone due to the fact that ARDA is "feeding it like a cocktail"

==== June ====

* '''June 28th''':
** Dr. Niraj Patel finds organic material inside corrosive bunnies, concerning scientist if anomalies are alive or not. He theorizes the material comes from insects.

==== December ====

* '''December 2nd''':
** Dr. Lopez discover plasma clouds across the zone.
* '''December 10th''':
** Dr Lopez writes to Dr. Anna, mentioning to her that Bunnies might be evolving, but with an unknown objective.

=== 1966 ===

==== June ====

* '''June 6th''':
** Dr. Francis Cooke writes on his diary that now explosive crates have evolved and are following employees. The puts the blame on ARDA for feeding the zone.

==== October ====

* '''October 10th''':
** Drones and rovers are sent inside acid columns, revealing not only immense pressure on their inside, but that they seem to burst out corrosive waste from "another place", different to earth.

=== 1967 ===

* The Olympic Exclusion Zone is expanded to include the Outer Zone.

=== 1968 ===

==== November ====

* '''November 8th''':
** A man talking on the Fallen Firmaments entry refers to the outer zone, saying that since the 2nd expansion it has been getting filled with anomalies that weren't there before.

=== 1969 ===

==== August ====

* '''August 17''':
** Air quality continues to suffer as a result of ongoing forest fires raging through the Olympic Peninsula. Despite growing concerns from state officials, A.R.D.A. have refused to grant firefighters access to the unknown object in Seattle.

== 1970's ==

=== 1973 ===

* '''February 13''':
** The Sierram Disaster destroys the town of Sierram.

=== 1978 ===

* Sectors E and F receive an incident alert from ARDA
* Remnant sightings stop.

== 1980's ==

=== 1982 ===

* Dr. Francis Cooke and Tobias Barlow visit the fisherman's mural in a Mid-Zone tour.

=== 1987 ===

* ARDA loses its funding, thus evacuates and seals the Olympic Exclusion Zone.

== 1990's ==

=== 1998 ===

* The Driver is warped into the Olympic Exclusion Zone via an anomalous portal, and the events of Pacific Drive begin.
* Second Mass Hallucination, lasting three seconds. It was caused after the protagonist's car hit Colossal Cappy, the largest anomaly in the Zone.

Timeline

2024-10-27T04:49:16Z

BabblingFishes: Added sources and a few extra points from 40's-60's. Removed a point whose date was based on Wrecked Car teletype header.

A timeline of the events that happen in Pacific Drive.

== 1940's ==

=== 1946 ===

* '''November''':
** [[Oppy]], 27 years old, returns home from "a failed stint in academia" and produces the first LIM wave in a homemade lab in her basement.<ref name="FF2">[[Frequency_File#Frequency_File_#2,_Part_2|Frequency File #2, Part 2]]</ref>

=== 1949 ===

* '''September 16th''': The [[SRR Meeting Minutes|Society for Resonance Research (SRR)]] holds their first meeting, celebrating the Society's founding.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#1:_Founding|SRR Meeting Minutes #1]]</ref>

* '''November 18th''': The SRR notes difficulties finding meeting venues, as many potential locations are off-limits to Oppy.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#2:_On_Cataloging_Components_and_Parts|SRR Meeting Minutes #2]]</ref>

== 1950's ==

=== 1951 ===

* '''September 21st''': The U.S. Department of National Security becomes involved with the SRR after an incident in a member's home lab.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#7:_Emergency_Session|SRR Meeting Minutes #7]]</ref>

=== 1955 ===

* The Space Race begins.
* The US government seizes "not only the physical area where Dr. Turner and her scientists live, but the entire concept of LIM technology." The area is evacuated, and the government establishes the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone]].<ref name="FF2"></ref>
* '''October 17th:''' The [[Advanced Resonance Development Authority|Advanced Resonance Development Authority (ARDA)]] is founded, and the SRR is absorbed into it.
* '''October 24th, 8:00 AM:''' ARDA orientation for the former SRR members.<ref>[[SRR_Meeting_Minutes#SRR_Meeting_Minutes_#9:_Final_Meeting|SRR Meeting Minutes #9]]</ref>
* President Koch has Oppy demonstrate LIM Technology to the American public.<ref>[[Frequency_File#Frequency_File_#1,_Part_1|Frequency File #1, Part 1]]</ref>
* The [[Powered By Carbs]] bread was baked.

=== 1957 ===

* The USSR launches Sputnik.
* The USA's Project Vanguard explodes.

=== 1959 ===

* The "Antenna Chewer" anomaly appears, dissolving antennae broadcasting at specific shortwave bands.<ref>[[Anomaly_Studies#Anomaly_Studies_#3:_Antenna_Chewer|Anomaly Studies #3]]</ref>

== 1960's ==

=== 1960 ===

* ARDA grows. Scientists from all over the globe arrive at the zone.
* During this decade, there's a need for oil around the zone, due to the heavy electromagnetic interference.

==== October ====

* '''October 18th''':
** Francis Cooke designs the first prototype of a recharge station.

=== 1961 ===

* The Olympic Exclusion Zone is expanded to include the Mid Zone.
* The Shiny Chromed sphere anomaly dissapears.

==== March ====

* '''May 21st''':
** Dr. Anita Olsen theorizes during a transmission that Bollards are a living structure, but an unknown respondent dismisses her and assure her that they're just a geological process of the zone.

==== April ====

* Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to reach space, putting pressure over the US government

==== May ====

* '''May 5th''':
** Dr. Francis Cooke, in an effort to counter anomaly car damages, perfects the Recharge Station, creating the first Repair Station, capable of regenerating car parts. Dr. Ophelia "Oppy" Turner participates in the design, and Cooke shows interests in further collaborative experiments.

==== September ====

* '''September 14th''', Deep Zone:
** Dr. Cay and Dr. Allen Turner are doing remnant experimentation with a tungsten cube based remnant.
** At 3:23 AM they move the cube onto The Well, getting the expected results.
** At 4:00 AM, in an unexpected and sudden reaction, at 500 meters from The Well, the cube gets violently absorbed, releasing high energy gamma radiation.
** Dr. Allen Turner then tries to suppress the reaction but fails. Ignoring Dr. Cay's orders, Dr. Allen Turner then inverts the radiation polarity, descending the reaction's energy. Dr. Allen Turner gets a lethal radiation dose, dying on sight.
** Dr. Cay supposedly dies, but survives. He will eventually develop severe mental deterioration due to the incident, being retired in 1963.
** First Mass Hallucination occurs during the next 30 seconds posterior to the accident due to the collision of a remnant with The Well.

* First Mass Hallucination:
** Tobias Barlow falls across the space and sees Saturn rings singing.
** Dr. Francis Cooke sees thousands of dismembered arms grabbing and dragging him across the floor.
** Dr. Ophelia "Oppy" Turner doesn't disclaim what she saw that night

* Aftermath:
** Multiple people get permanent brain damage due to the massive hallucination event
** Olyimipum 01-266 is discovered in small chunks across the Olympic Peninsula.
** ARDA decides to expand the Exclusion Zone for the first time, dividing it between the now called Deep Zone, and the Mid Zone.
** The Red Meadow ARDA installation is supposedly dismantled after the incident due to structural damage, but instead serves as a secret ARDA installation.

==== October ====

* '''October 30th''':
** Dr. Francis Cooke comments on ARDA taking drastic measures about information traffic, recording private conversations in order to hide their first major accident.
** ARDA's budget gets reduced after the mass hallucination and the death of Dr. Allen Turner,
** Multiple projects get suddenly cancelled, budgets get reduced, and there's a shortage of supplies.
** Dr. Francis Cooke manages to mix inductive charge technology with the regenerative fields in the first ever Service Stop.
** Dr. Ophelia "Oppy" Turner takes some time off to mourn her husband's death.

=== 1962 ===

* Laura Cesari finds a remnant in the shape of a paint bucket, and paints prophetic murals across the Red Meadow, depicting her hallucinations

==== June ====

* First sighting of silver oil drinking horseflies anomalies

==== August ====

* Last sighting of silver oil drinking horseflies anomalies

=== 1963 ===

* Laura Cesari disappears
* Dr. Cay is retired after not being able to produce any new information about the incidents, mostly due to his brain damage.

==== May ====

* '''May 21st''':
** ARDA announces the implementation of new energy transformers across the zone. They don't disclose what type of energy they use, their composition, and act secretively about them, prohibiting further comments.

==== June ====

* '''June 20th''':
** The army brings explosive filled crates into the zone

==== July ====

* '''July 9th''':
** New computers arrive at ARDA

==== November ====

* '''November 21st''':
** First sighting of minutemen on the wild. First anomalies to show electrogenesis.
** Dr. Hooper G. cites Dr. Niraj Patel on their theory that ARDA's intervention on the Olympic Peninsula is involuntarily creating new anomalies.

=== 1964 ===

* Remnants begin appearing throughout the Zone.

=== 1965 ===

* LIM Tech mentions stop appearing on the press

==== May ====

* '''May 14th''':
** First mention of the bunny anomaly.
** First mention of corrosive anomalies on the zone.
** First mention of explosive anomalies on the zone.
** A conversation between a so called Jack and multiple scientist (Dr. Niraj Patel, Dr. Gabriella and Dr. Anna and the speaker) argue about not bringing new equipment to the zone due to the fact that ARDA is "feeding it like a cocktail"

==== June ====

* '''June 28th''':
** Dr. Niraj Patel finds organic material inside corrosive bunnies, concerning scientist if anomalies are alive or not. He theorizes the material comes from insects.

==== December ====

* '''December 2nd''':
** Dr. Lopez discover plasma clouds across the zone.
* '''December 10th''':
** Dr Lopez writes to Dr. Anna, mentioning to her that Bunnies might be evolving, but with an unknown objective.

=== 1966 ===

==== June ====

* '''June 6th''':
** Dr. Francis Cooke writes on his diary that now explosive crates have evolved and are following employees. The puts the blame on ARDA for feeding the zone.

==== October ====

* '''October 10th''':
** Drones and rovers are sent inside acid columns, revealing not only immense pressure on their inside, but that they seem to burst out corrosive waste from "another place", different to earth.

=== 1967 ===

* The Olympic Exclusion Zone is expanded to include the Outer Zone.

=== 1968 ===

==== November ====

* '''November 8th''':
** A man talking on the Fallen Firmaments entry refers to the outer zone, saying that since the 2nd expansion it has been getting filled with anomalies that weren't there before.

=== 1969 ===

==== August ====

* '''August 17''':
** Air quality continues to suffer as a result of ongoing forest fires raging through the Olympic Peninsula. Despite growing concerns from state officials, A.R.D.A. have refused to grant firefighters access to the unknown object in Seattle.

== 1970's ==

=== 1973 ===

* '''February 13''':
** The Sierram Disaster destroys the town of Sierram.

=== 1978 ===

* Sectors E and F receive an incident alert from ARDA
* Remnant sightings stop.

== 1980's ==

=== 1982 ===

* Dr. Francis Cooke and Tobias Barlow visit the fisherman's mural in a Mid-Zone tour.

=== 1987 ===

* ARDA loses its funding, thus evacuates and seals the Olympic Exclusion Zone.

== 1990's ==

=== 1998 ===

* The Driver is warped into the Olympic Exclusion Zone via an anomalous portal, and the events of Pacific Drive begin.
* Second Mass Hallucination, lasting three seconds. It was caused after the protagonist's car hit Colossal Cappy, the largest anomaly in the Zone.

Giant Orb

2024-10-27T03:30:23Z

BabblingFishes: Typo

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{{Found Item|name=Giant Orb|icon=Logbook-Orb.png|lb-content=PARTIAL MEMO, source unknown, circa 1971. 

I'd estimate it's been some ten to twelve months now. Maybe more. I'd hoped the passage of seasons would serve as at least some broad frame of reference, but that doesn't seem to happen here any more. The climate is largely constant, while the weather is subject to these sudden swings that are impossible to predict. Storms appear out of nowhere. Rain is sometimes spontaneous. The skies clear quite suddenly, though never enough that I can get a good look at the stars. However, my compass still seems to be working, at least most of the time. 

The Moon, however? That's something else. I can usually still make it out, but something is different. Something is changing. I can't tell if it's some local atmospheric change here or... But to suggest anything beyond that is ridiculous. Why would the Moon have changed? 

And, on the subject of strange orbs, those static, glowing spheres have been changing color again. They're now a curious shade of orange, or burnt sienna. This seems to be their most static color yet and I wonder if this signals some state of maturity. We'll see. They seem to be somehow guarding those strange nests of... giant frogspawn. No, I shouldn't say "guarding," because that implies intelligence. But they're often nearby. 

I found a new cache of food last night and I have nothing but time, so I shall contemplate these orbs.|locations=the_mires}}

Giant Orb

2024-10-27T03:24:14Z

BabblingFishes: Created page with logbook entry & icon.

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{{Found Item|name=Giant Orb|icon=Logbook-Orb.png|lb-content=PARTIAL MEMO, source unknown, circa 1971. 

I'd estimate it's been some ten to twelve months now. Maybe more. I'd hoped the passage of seasons would serve as at least some broad frame of reference, but that doesn't seem to happen here any more. The climate is largely constant, while the weather is subject to these sudden swings that are impossible to predict. Storms appear out of nowhere. Rain is sometimes spontaneous. The skies clear quite suddenly, though never enough that I can get a good look at the stars. However, my compass still seems to be working, at least most of the time. 

The Moon, however? That's something else. I can usually still make it out, but something is different. Something is changing. I can't tell if it's some local atmospheric change here or... But to suggest anything beyond that is ridiculous. Why would the Moon have changed? 

And, on the subject of strange orbs, those static, glowing spheres have been changing color again. They're now a curious shade of orange, or burnt sienna. This seems to be their most static color yet and I wonder if this signals some state of maturity. We'll see. They seem to be somehow guarding those strange nests of... giant frogspawn. No, I shouldn't say ""guarding,"" because that implies intelligence. But they're often nearby. 

I found a new cache of food last night and I have nothing but time, so I shall contemplate these orbs.|locations=the_mires}}

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Tobias Barlow

2024-10-14T03:16:56Z

BabblingFishes: /* History */

{{Spoilers}}
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[[Category:Characters]]

'''Tobias Barlow''' is a main character in [[Pacific Drive]], and one of the three characters who regularly speak to [[The Driver]] via radio.

Before the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]] was decommissioned, Tobias was a manager in [[ARDA]]'s Maintenance department. Afterward, he lived in Sector B of the [[Olympic_Exclusion_Zone#Mid_Zone|Mid-Zone]] with his romantic partner, [[Francis Cooke|Dr. Francis Cooke]],<ref>Ironwood Studios [@ironwoodtweets] (Jun 1, 2024). https://twitter.com/ironwoodtweets/status/1796981289075306859</ref> investigating the Zone's many stories and mysteries.

== History ==

Tobias worked at the [[Red Meadow]] facility alongside Francis and [[Oppy]] before the facility's destruction. Oppy recalls Tobias throwing out weeks' worth of her lab notes.

Tobias was awake and within range of the [[Mass Hallucination]] on September 14th, 1961. He reported "freefalling through outer space" and hearing "the rings of Saturn sing".

In August of 1964, Tobias called Francis to inform him that he and some other employees had discovered [[Bubblegum Buddy|Bubblegum Buddies]] stealing equipment. Tobias insisted on delivering the notes on Bubblegum Buddies in person, allegedly due to issues with the [[Pneumatube]] system.<ref>[[Bubblegum Buddy]] log entry.</ref>

In September of 1964, Francis called Tobias to inform him that the drums of experimental gravity gel his team was delivering back to Maintenance had spilled across a long strip of road, creating the [[Airstrip]] anomaly.<ref>[[Airstrip]] log entry.</ref>

In February of 1966, a road worker helping Tobias and another maintenance worker fill a pothole discovered a [[Pothole]] Anomaly in the form of floating road repair tools, signs, and lights. <ref>[[Pothole]] log entry.</ref>

Some time after the [[Sierram]] disaster in 1973, Tobias was assigned to clean out the guard towers that kept watch on [[Colossal Cappy]].

When ordered to evacuate the Zone, Tobias refused to pack up and go. He convinced Francis to stay behind with him to investigate the Zone's stories. The two went without electricity for four months to avoid detection.

== Events of Pacific Drive ==

=== Death ===
In one of the later missions in the game, [[The Driver]] works with [[Francis]], [[Oppy]], and Tobias to breach the Deep Zone Wall. However, in order to do so the team needed to redirect a large amount of electricity into the checkpoint so the final gates could be opened. To do this, Tobias ran out to restore power to Battery Farm 6 while a storm of instability hit. As a result, Tobias was killed. In the end, all members of the team are left to grieve, whether The Driver survives or not.

==References==
<references />

Francis Cooke

2024-10-14T03:15:50Z

BabblingFishes: Added a line about Red Meadow to History. Added a stub section for the events of the game itself. Plus some minor fixes.

{{Spoilers}}
{{Stub}}
[[Category:Characters]]

'''Dr. Francis Cooke''' is a main character in [[Pacific Drive]], and one of the three characters who regularly speak to [[The Driver]] via radio.

Before the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]] was decommissioned, Francis was a researcher in ARDA's R&D department. Afterward, he lived in Sector B of the [[Olympic_Exclusion_Zone#Mid_Zone|Mid-Zone]] with his romantic partner, [[Tobias]],<ref>Ironwood Studios [@ironwoodtweets] (Jun 1, 2024). https://twitter.com/ironwoodtweets/status/1796981289075306859</ref> investigating the Zone's many stories and mysteries.

== History ==
Francis began work at ARDA in October of 1960. He was assigned to a small team researching the use of [[LIM]] technology to power devices from a distance.<ref>[[Charge Stop]] log entry.</ref>

He first met [[Oppy]] the week of May 2nd, 1961, while working on technology to repair metal alloys from a distance.<ref>[[Repair Stop]] log entry.</ref>

For a period of time before the [[Red Meadow]] facility's destruction, Francis worked there alongside Oppy and Tobias.

Francis was awake and within range of the [[Mass Hallucination]] on September 14th, 1961. He reported seeing "disembodied arms. Tons of them, grasping, crawling." Two weeks later, on September 30th, he noted ARDA's growing paranoia and surveillance over its employees, and reported that his team's budget for their projects had been cut so far that they could no longer afford to maintain their two [[Full Service Stop]] prototypes. He tried to reach out to Oppy about this problem, but was unable to get ahold of her.<ref>[[Full Service Stop]] log entry.</ref>

In August of 1964, Tobias called Francis to inform him that he and some other employees had discovered [[Bubblegum Buddy|Bubblegum Buddies]] stealing equipment. Tobias insisted on delivering the notes on Bubblegum Buddies in person, allegedly due to issues with the [[Pneumatube]] system.<ref>[[Bubblegum Buddy]] log entry.</ref>

In September of 1964, Francis called Tobias to inform him that the drums of experimental gravity gel his team was delivering back to Maintenance had spilled across a long strip of road, creating the [[Airstrip]] anomaly.<ref>[[Airstrip]] log entry.</ref>

In June of 1966, Francis reports frustration with ARDA's handling of Anomalies following extensive trouble with boulder-shaped [[Ticking Tumbler]]s.<ref>[[Ticking Tumbler]] log entry.</ref>

While at ARDA, Francis theorized that Zone phenomena left behind electromagnetic imprints that could be traced. He researched this phenomenon for 8 years and invented the Optical Bassilizer to prove his theory. When his funding ran out, he forged experiment data to justify more time. Ultimately, he was caught. Oppy led a disciplinary committee against him for falsifying data and found him guilty. As penalty, the committee revoked his security clearance and reassigned him to a different lab.

Francis packed up when he was ordered to evacuate the Zone, but Tobias refused to go. He convinced Francis to stay behind with him to investigate the Zone's stories. They went without electricity for four months to avoid detection.

== Events of Pacific Drive ==

== References ==
<references />

Tobias Barlow

2024-10-14T03:09:53Z

BabblingFishes: Rewrote beginning. Added significant detail to the History section. Clarified his relationship to Francis. Added references where I could.

{{Spoilers}}
{{Stub}}
[[Category:Characters]]

'''Tobias Barlow''' is a main character in [[Pacific Drive]], and one of the three characters who regularly speak to [[The Driver]] via radio.

Before the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]] was decommissioned, Tobias was a manager in [[ARDA]]'s Maintenance department. Afterward, he lived in Sector B of the [[Olympic_Exclusion_Zone#Mid_Zone|Mid-Zone]] with his romantic partner, [[Francis Cooke|Dr. Francis Cooke]],<ref>Ironwood Studios [@ironwoodtweets] (Jun 1, 2024). https://twitter.com/ironwoodtweets/status/1796981289075306859</ref> investigating the Zone's many stories and mysteries.

== History ==

Tobias worked at the [[Red Meadow]] facility alongside Francis and [[Oppy]]. Oppy recalls Tobias throwing out weeks' worth of her lab notes.

Tobias was awake and within range of the [[Mass Hallucination]] on September 14th, 1961. He reported "freefalling through outer space" and hearing "the rings of Saturn sing".

In August of 1964, Tobias called Francis to inform him that he and some other employees had discovered [[Bubblegum Buddy|Bubblegum Buddies]] stealing equipment. Tobias insisted on delivering the notes on Bubblegum Buddies in person, allegedly due to issues with the [[Pneumatube]] system.<ref>[[Bubblegum Buddy]] log entry.</ref>

In September of 1964, Francis called Tobias to inform him that the drums of experimental gravity gel his team was delivering back to Maintenance had spilled across a long strip of road, creating the [[Airstrip]] anomaly.<ref>[[Airstrip]] log entry.</ref>

In February of 1966, a road worker helping Tobias and another maintenance worker fill a pothole discovered a [[Pothole]] Anomaly in the form of floating road repair tools, signs, and lights. <ref>[[Pothole]] log entry.</ref>

Some time after the [[Sierram]] disaster in 1973, Tobias was assigned to clean out the guard towers that kept watch on [[Colossal Cappy]].

When ordered to evacuate the Zone, Tobias refused to pack up and go. He convinced Francis to stay behind with him to investigate the Zone's stories. The two went without electricity for four months to avoid detection.

== Events of Pacific Drive ==

=== Death ===
In one of the later missions in the game, [[The Driver]] works with [[Francis]], [[Oppy]], and Tobias to breach the Deep Zone Wall. However, in order to do so the team needed to redirect a large amount of electricity into the checkpoint so the final gates could be opened. To do this, Tobias ran out to restore power to Battery Farm 6 while a storm of instability hit. As a result, Tobias was killed. In the end, all members of the team are left to grieve, whether The Driver survives or not.

==References==
<references />

Talk:Tobias

2024-10-14T02:14:34Z

BabblingFishes: BabblingFishes moved page Talk:Tobias to Talk:Tobias Barlow: Full name

#REDIRECT [[Talk:Tobias Barlow]]

Talk:Tobias Barlow

2024-10-14T02:14:34Z

BabblingFishes: BabblingFishes moved page Talk:Tobias to Talk:Tobias Barlow: Full name

It is true that the exact nature of Tobias' relationship with Francis is unknown; however, their final exchange ("I love you forever.") seems plausible enough proof for a romantic relationship. I'd support adding a line such as "Though they are likely partners." I'm planning to make this edit with source link to their final joint transmission once those pages are documented.

Tobias

2024-10-14T02:14:34Z

BabblingFishes: BabblingFishes moved page Tobias to Tobias Barlow: Full name

#REDIRECT [[Tobias Barlow]]

Tobias Barlow

2024-10-14T02:14:34Z

BabblingFishes: BabblingFishes moved page Tobias to Tobias Barlow: Full name

{{Spoilers}}
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[[Category:Characters]]

'''Full Name:''' '''Tobias Barlow'''

'''Age: N/A'''

'''Date of Death: 1998'''

He is one of the three characters which regularly speak to [[The Driver]] via their [[radio]] in order to progress the story, give hints, and comment on their performance in [[the Zone]]. Tobias was a member of [[ARDA|ARDA's]] Maintenance department who still resides in the Zone years after leaving his position. Now, he spends most of his time assisting Francis in his research, collecting conspiracy theories, and writing poetry.

He and [[Francis]] are extremely close, though the exact nature of their relationship is unclear. What is known, however, is that they both reside within a pocket of stability in mid-zone sector of the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]]. He and Francis are confirmed to be living in the house because during several missions you can hear Francis storming off or Tobias leaving the house. Plus during the Deep Zone breakthrough mission we hear Tobias actively get up and Francis beg him to stay.

=== Cause of Death: ===
In one of the later missions in the game, [[The Driver]] works with [[Francis]], [[Oppy]], and Tobias to breach the Deep Zone Wall. However, in order to do so the team needed to redirect a large amount of energy into the checkpoint so the final gates could be opened. To do this, Tobias ran out to restore power to Battery Farm 6 while a storm of instability hit. As a result, Tobias was killed. In the end, all members of the team are left to grieve, whether The Driver survives or not.

===History===
In February of 1966, Tobias - along with two other ARDA employees - discovered the [[Pothole]] anomaly during what was supposed to be a routine job of filling in potholes on the road. (source: [[Pothole]])

Francis Cooke

2024-10-14T01:57:36Z

BabblingFishes: Rewrote most of the article. Added significant detail to the History section. Clarified his relationship to Tobias. Added references where I could.

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[[Category:Characters]]

'''Dr. Francis Cooke''' is a main character in [[Pacific Drive]], and one of the three characters who regularly speak to [[The Driver]] via radio.

Before the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]] was decommissioned, Francis was a researcher in ARDA's R&D department. Afterward, he lived in Sector B of the [[Olympic_Exclusion_Zone#Mid_Zone|Mid-Zone]] with his romantic partner, [[Tobias]],<ref>Ironwood Studios [@ironwoodtweets] (Jun 1, 2024). https://twitter.com/ironwoodtweets/status/1796981289075306859</ref> investigating the Zone's many stories and mysteries.

===History===
Francis began work at ARDA in October of 1960. He was assigned to a small team researching the use of [[LIM]] technology to power devices from a distance.<ref>[[Charge Stop]] log entry.</ref>

He first met [[Oppy]] the week of May 2nd, 1961, while working on technology to repair metal alloys from a distance.<ref>[[Repair Stop]] log entry.</ref>

Francis was awake and within range of the [[Mass Hallucination]] on September 14th, 1961. He reported seeing "disembodied arms. Tons of them, grasping, crawling." Two weeks later, on September 30th, he noted ARDA's growing paranoia and surveillance over its employees, and reported that his team's budget for their projects had been cut so far that they could no longer afford to maintain their two [[Full Service Stop]] prototypes. He tried to reach out to Oppy about this problem, but was unable to get ahold of her.<ref>[[Full Service Stop]] log entry.</ref>

In August of 1964, Tobias called Francis to inform him that he and some other employees had discovered [[Bubblegum Buddy|Bubblegum Buddies]] stealing equipment. Tobias insisted on delivering the notes on Bubblegum Buddies in person, allegedly due to issues with the [[Pneumatube]] system.<ref>[[Bubblegum Buddy]] log entry.</ref>

In September of 1964, Francis called Tobias to inform him that the drums of experimental gravity gel his team was delivering back to Maintenance had spilled across a long strip of road, creating the [[Airstrip]] anomaly.<ref>[[Airstrip]] log entry.</ref>

In June of 1966, Francis reports frustration with ARDA's handling of Anomalies following extensive trouble with boulder-shaped [[Ticking Tumbler]]s.<ref>[[Ticking Tumbler]] log entry.</ref>

While at ARDA, Francis theorized that Zone phenomena left behind electromagnetic imprints that could be traced. He researched this phenomenon for 8 years and invented the Optical Bassilizer to prove his theory. When his funding ran out, he forged experiment data to justify more time. Ultimately, he was caught. Oppy led a disciplinary committee against him for falsifying data and found him guilty. As penalty, the committee revoked his security clearance and reassigned him to a different lab.

Francis packed up when he was ordered to evacuate the Zone, but Tobias refused to go. He convinced Francis to stay behind with him to investigate the Zone's stories. They went without electricity for four months to avoid detection.

==References==
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Francis

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Francis Cooke

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[[Category:Characters]]

'''Francis''' (full name '''Francis Cooke''') is a main character in Pacific Drive.

He is one of the three characters which regularly speak to [[The Driver]] via their [[Radio|radio]] in order to progress the story, give hints, and comment on their performance in [[The Zone|the Zone]].

He and [[Tobias]] are extremely close, though the exact nature of their relationship is unclear. What is known, however, is that they both reside within the mid-zone of the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]] and that they live close to each other, or perhaps in the same home.

===History===
In September of 1964, Francis - along with his colleagues - discovered the [[Airstrip]] anomaly after several drums of experimental gravity gel were spilled while being transported back to the Maintenance department. The strip of road between their lab and a nearby gas station was covered in the gel, morphing the road into "some kind of giant trampoline".(source: [[Airstrip]])

Birds

2024-09-28T01:44:41Z

BabblingFishes: Created stub with logbook entry

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{{Anomaly|icon=Birds logbook icon|name=Birds|lb-content=TRANSMISSION FRAGMENT, origin unknown, date unknown.
 
Hey Roger, this is Niraj.
 
I wanted to summarize everything we went over yesterday evening, so here's the key points taken from my notes. The standout is a ninety-five percent drop in animal life. That's the disappearance of almost all mammals, a huge drop in the population of fish and something around a three quarters drop in the population of insects.
 
Our exception here is birds. We're still seeing bird populations of about fifty or sixty percent, though it's not clear at this point what the birds might be eating, since insect numbers are so low. We discussed signs of birds, as well as actual bird numbers, and the ongoing presence of birdsong even in areas where birds seem absent or in sharp decline. We put a pin in that to follow up on it later.
 
It's a lot of changes and its consistent with the downward trend we've been seeing. The bird thing remains strange, though. We talked about making recordings of birdsong and comparing them, to look for any changes. I guess that's what we start on this week.|locations=damp_forest, blistering_woods, the_mires, the_scorch, smokestacks, red_spires}}

=== Synopsis ===

Birds are an atmospheric anomaly with no known effects.

Off the Job

2024-09-26T03:15:23Z

BabblingFishes: Created page!

[[Category: Lore]]

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[[File:Generic-Document.png|thumb]]

Documenting the things ARDA employees and other Zone denizens do in their spare time.

These in-game documents can be found scattered throughout the Zone, and then stored inside of the [[Fax Machine]] at the [[Auto Shop]].

=== Anomaly Parasailing with Pickpockets ===

''You wanted to know how we went parasailing?''

''It’s simple. Get a light parachute or a well-secured piece of fabric. Harness it to yourself. Grab a pair of skis, too. Oh, and make sure you know how to ski a little bit first.''

''Tie yourself securely to some good bait, like a vehicle or large piece of equipment. Make sure it’s heavy enough that a Pickpocket can’t move too fast with it, or lift it too far into the air. You don’t want much altitude here! Use about forty feet of rope and give yourself some slack.''

''Brace yourself on your skis and unfurl the parachute behind you. As the Pickpocket latches on and starts to pull the bait, let it tug you along, adjust the slack, until you get enough speed that the parachute unfurls behind you and begins to generate lift…''

''Sent By: Yang Luo''

=== A New World View ===

''They told me that working in the Zone would change my view of the world. That it would be the refresher I needed, open me up to new possibilities.''

''I assume they meant the work itself. Or perhaps they meant all the new people I’d meet. My life before was all airframe designs in the rust belt, then suddenly, I’m surrounded by the most talented engineers from all around the country and beyond. There are even female scientists here. It’s taken me a while to get used to all the accents, all the new surnames.''

''And yet, it wasn’t the things I saw here, nor my meeting of new people that turned my world upside down.''

''I don’t know how to say this. I’m scared.''

''The divorce was finalized last week. People have been telling me that I should date again. That this is the point where I can define myself as a new person.''

''But what if it isn’t a woman that I want to date this time? There’s this colleague of mine—nevermind, I shouldn’t go into specifics, don’t want to get anyone in trouble. It’s just—I wonder—what does this say about who I am? Why do I feel this way now, at the age of thirty-six?''

''Nobody told me how to prepare for this. Nobody has ever talked about something like this. There’s this one researcher in the Red Meadow labs that might feel the same—I can’t ask. But I can’t deny what I want and how I feel. Still, that doesn’t mean I can even begin to understand it.''

''From the journal of A.R.''

=== A Happy Anomaly Halloween ===

''“Alright, everyone ready? Let’s start the Riverwood Elementary Halloween Costume Contest. Can we get a big hand as our first contestants take the stage?''

''Let’s start with Curtis, who appears to have dressed as a Boom Bunny? This is just terrific. Look at the detail you’ve captured here. And the way this catches the light! How did you do that? Kitchen foil? Fantastic.''

''Wow, okay, more Anomalies? Erica and Wei are a pair of Swarmers! Your commitment to this is extraordinary and the colors are just divine. Aren’t you two the cutest? Oh, look, they’re doing a dance routine! Okay, maybe cut the cameras, ARDA’s not going to like this being televised to the rest of the Zone—”''

''Transcribed from the Riverwood Elementary archives''

=== To Canada and Back Again ===

''Here’s the secret to getting in and out of the Zone: we take a launch from Port Angeles. From there, we head north for thirteen miles until we hit Vancouver Island. And then we’re in Canada!''

''We hide the boat there, then take a short ride into Victoria. Canada’s lowered its minimum drinking age, so the next time we go, all you new recruits should join us. The whole trip, from the port to the first bar, takes a bit more than an hour. We leave and we come back under cover of darkness and nobody even knows you left your beds. Just don’t bring anything with you, okay? I think someone left an Anchor in Canada last week. I’m still in the process of tracking it down.''

''Sent By: Maria Wolff''

=== Putting on a Play ===

''ZONED OUT: A Play in Five Acts''

''Main Roles''

''TIMOTHY VAN ALLEN as Peter the Cartographer ENRIQUE ESTEVEZ as Oscar the Inventor LUCY TRATTON as Gillian the Botanist SIMONE DUPONT as Isabelle the Mutant Tree WALLACE DUVALL as BIGFOOT''

''Act I, Scene I - A forest in a storm''

''Enter PETER with his mapping tools, followed by HARRIET his colleague''

''Peter: Gosh, this is the most ghastly weather. One wonders what possessed any of these people to decide to move to this most frightful land.''

''Harriet: Oh Peter! I just can’t go on! I’m so dreadfully exhausted. I feel I shall expire should I take but one more step.''

''HARRIET is overcome''

''Peter: Harriet! But only you knew the path back! And your map, it’s soaked through! Oh, this wicked wood could well have its way with us. I must find shelter. But wait, is that…''

''Suddenly there is A NOISE.''

=== Terrible Merchandising Ideas (part 1) ===

''I SURVIVED THE BILE PILE sweatshirts, available in acid green or gooey purple''

''SPIKE LOG baseball caps, with furry tops''

''FORGET THE COFFEE, I NEED MY MORNING JOLT t-shirts, white or grey''

''For more information about any of the above, contact Lucy, c/o ARDA Logistics''

=== Terrible Merchandising Ideas (part 2) ===

''Squeaker/dog toy Dust Bunny''

''Spike Puddle bath mat''

''ARDA logo beer mats''

''100 ZONE-RELATED PUNS by Lucy Landowski''

''For more information about any of the above, contact Lucy, c/o ARDA Logistics''

Records

2024-09-26T00:13:45Z

BabblingFishes: /* Poetry by Tobias B. */

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'''Records''' represent the game's primary method of world-building and it's secondary source of narrative.

Most records come in the form of documents found throughout the world, but some are also in the form of audio recordings. Both can be picked up by [[The Driver]] and stored in the [[Fax Machine]] at the [[Auto Shop]]. Their content can also be found in the Logbook at any time.
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===[[File:Frequency Files Icon.png|150px|link=Frequency File]] <big>[[Frequency File]]</big>===
<big>'''Frequency File''' is a radio show, hosted by [[Chiaki Saruhashi]], which discusses the mysteries and conspiracies surrounding the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>
 

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=Anomaly Encounters]] <big>[[Anomaly Encounters]]</big>===
<big>'''Anomaly Encounters''' are first-hand accounts of [[ARDA]] employees encountering [[Anomalies]] out in the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>
 

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=Anomaly Studies]] <big>[[Anomaly Studies]]</big>===
<big>'''Anomaly Studies''' are research reference notes from [[ARDA]]'s catalogue of known [[Anomalies]].</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Theories]] <big>[[Theories]]</big>===
<big>'''Theories''' are conspiracy contrivances written by people outside of the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Singley & Family]] <big>[[Singley & Family]]</big>===
<big>'''Singley & Family''' are diary entries written by the family-owned moving company as they take on work in the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=Lab Reports]] <big>[[Lab Reports]]</big>===
<big>'''Lab Reports''' are progress reports from members of [[ARDA|ARDA's]] R&D Department to the department head, [[Oppy|Dr. Ophelia Turner]].</big>
 

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=SSR Meeting Minutes]] <big>[[SRR Meeting Minutes]]</big>===
<big>'''SRR Meeting Minutes''' are the official documented topics of discussion and points of order of meetings held by the [[SRR|Society of Resonance Research]] (''SRR'').</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Off the Job]] <big>[[Off the Job]]</big>===
<big>'''Off the Job''' are the story of someone being evicted from the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Poetry by Tobias B.]] <big>[[Poetry by Tobias B.]]</big>===
<big>'''The Poetry of Tobias B.''' is a selection of poems by [[Tobias|Tobias Barlow]].</big>
 

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=The Mailman]] <big>[[The Mailman]]</big>===
<big>'''The Mailman''' is a series of excerpts from the personal logs of a Pneumatube Technician in the Zone.</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Zone Motors and You]] <big>[[Zone Motors and You]]</big>===
<big>'''Zone Motors and You''' are survival tips for the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>

The Poetry of Tobias B.

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#REDIRECT [[Poetry by Tobias B.]]

Poetry by Tobias B.

2024-09-26T00:11:24Z

BabblingFishes: BabblingFishes moved page The Poetry of Tobias B. to Poetry by Tobias B.: Misspelled title: When I first made this article, I used the title from the code instead of in-game! Whoops.

[[Category: Lore]]

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[[File:Generic-Document.png|thumb]]

A sample of [[Tobias|Tobias Barlow]]'s poetry.

These in-game documents can be found scattered throughout the Zone, and then stored inside of the [[Fax Machine]] at the [[Auto Shop]].

=== Scavengers ===

Amongst silver bark and silver light 
On a chill and silent moonlit night 
They came at first in groups of six 
No sound, no words, no calls betwixt

With prying eyes and prying sight 
They ventured left and ventured right 
To pick apart our world's remains 
As scavengers: our loss, their gain

=== Nomad ===

An Anomaly came from Zone number One 
So ghastly its aspect, it made scientists run 
But they left it so sad 
This unearthly nomad 
Whose wanted naught but innocent fun

=== You ===

Ours is a timeless love 
A classic love 
That of legends and lore 
Worthy of study by the students of tomorrow

Ours is the purest love 
A gentle love 
That grows with the seasons 
To cover the landscape of our life

Ours is the warmest love 
A nurturing love 
That holds is in its safety 
A certainty in these times of change

=== Shame ===

The thunder's tearing, twilight tantrum 
Rips through the tawny sunset 
The first screams of a world newborn 
Birthed in pain

A curling calico cloudscape concludes 
This shaking of the day 
And lurks like guilt in an evening sky 
Witness to our shame

Human hubris hangs heavy here 
As nature turns her back 
And no litanies can catalog 
All that we shall change

Records

2024-09-26T00:07:17Z

BabblingFishes: Typo.

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'''Records''' represent the game's primary method of world-building and it's secondary source of narrative.

Most records come in the form of documents found throughout the world, but some are also in the form of audio recordings. Both can be picked up by [[The Driver]] and stored in the [[Fax Machine]] at the [[Auto Shop]]. Their content can also be found in the Logbook at any time.
{{spoilers}}
===[[File:Frequency Files Icon.png|150px|link=Frequency File]] <big>[[Frequency File]]</big>===
<big>'''Frequency File''' is a radio show, hosted by [[Chiaki Saruhashi]], which discusses the mysteries and conspiracies surrounding the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>
 

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=Anomaly Encounters]] <big>[[Anomaly Encounters]]</big>===
<big>'''Anomaly Encounters''' are first-hand accounts of [[ARDA]] employees encountering [[Anomalies]] out in the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>
 

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=Anomaly Studies]] <big>[[Anomaly Studies]]</big>===
<big>'''Anomaly Studies''' are research reference notes from [[ARDA]]'s catalogue of known [[Anomalies]].</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Theories]] <big>[[Theories]]</big>===
<big>'''Theories''' are conspiracy contrivances written by people outside of the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Singley & Family]] <big>[[Singley & Family]]</big>===
<big>'''Singley & Family''' are diary entries written by the family-owned moving company as they take on work in the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=Lab Reports]] <big>[[Lab Reports]]</big>===
<big>'''Lab Reports''' are progress reports from members of [[ARDA|ARDA's]] R&D Department to the department head, [[Oppy|Dr. Ophelia Turner]].</big>
 

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=SSR Meeting Minutes]] <big>[[SRR Meeting Minutes]]</big>===
<big>'''SRR Meeting Minutes''' are the official documented topics of discussion and points of order of meetings held by the [[SRR|Society of Resonance Research]] (''SRR'').</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Off the Job]] <big>[[Off the Job]]</big>===
<big>'''Off the Job''' are the story of someone being evicted from the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Poetry by Tobias B.]] <big>[[The Poetry of Tobias B.]]</big>===
<big>'''The Poetry of Tobias B.''' is a selection of poems by [[Tobias|Tobias Barlow]].</big>
 

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=The Mailman]] <big>[[The Mailman]]</big>===
<big>'''The Mailman''' is a series of excerpts from the personal logs of a Pneumatube Technician in the Zone.</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Zone Motors and You]] <big>[[Zone Motors and You]]</big>===
<big>'''Zone Motors and You''' are survival tips for the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>

Shocked Tourist

2024-09-26T00:04:24Z

BabblingFishes: Fixed the logbook entry, which was previously a duplicate of Minuteman

{{Anomaly|icon=HAZARD-ELECTRICAL.png|name=Shocked Tourist|locations=damp_forest, blistering_woods, the_mires, the_scorch, smokestacks, red_spires|lb-content=JOURNAL FRAGMENT, date unknown. 

You know what? It's an increasingly bad time in the Zone these days. Every day, when I step out my door. I should get a different job. I should do something else. 

It's getting worse. I swear these things are all but springing up out of thin air. And now we have this chain-reaction thing. This brutal, deadly trap that just outright slaughters people. Whole lines of those dummies, any one of them capable of setting off all the rest. Seven people have died in three days. 

You know what it feels like to me? Like the Zone is murdering us. Even like it enjoys doing so. It's as if something really, really doesn't want us here. And you know what? That's fine by me. Tomorrow morning, I'm out.}}

=== Synopsis ===
Anomaly which consists of multiple mannequins with electricity flowing between them.
 
In instances where one crosses the electric flow, these anomalies discharge car batteries and damage player health.


=== Resources ===
Has a change to yield a [[Plasma|Plasma cylinder]] and/or [[Plastic]] upon being dispatched.



=== Counter ===
They may be dispatched by throwing a lit [[Road Flare|road flare]]/[[Bioflare|bioflare]] at them or firing a [[Flare Gun|flare gun]]/[[Bioflare Gun|bioflare gun]] in their vicinity in the same way ordinary [[Tourist]] anomalies may be dealt with.

Aside from avoiding these anomalies altogether, especially the electricity which arks between them, activation of the [[File:LIM_Shield.png|30px|link=LIM Shield]] [[LIM Shield]] ability before contact will significantly reduce incoming damage from both the electricity and any potential explosions from the Tourists themselves.

Additionally, having Insulated [[Insulated Door|doors]], [[Insulated Panel|panels]], and/or [[Insulated Bumper|bumpers]] equipped to the [[Car|car]] will help to reduce electrical damage taken, though it will never provide true immunity. It will, however, block the [[Charged|Charged effect]] from affecting neighboring parts.


=== Junction Conditions ===
These anomalies appear in greater numbers, are more aggressive towards [[The Driver]], and move faster when a junction has the [[File:Somethings_Moving.png|30px|link=Something's Moving]] condition in effect.
 
These anomalies cause your car to experience a speed boost when a junction has the [[File:Shocking_Speed.png|30px|link=Shocking Speed]] [[Shocking Speed]] condition in effect.
 
These anomalies cause your car's battery to drain faster when a junction has the [[File:Disruptive_Discharge.png|30px|link=Disruptive Discharge]] [[Disruptive Discharge]] condition in effect.
 
These anomalies confer more damage to your car when a junction has the [[File:Violent_Voltage.png|30px|link=Violent Voltage]] [[Violent Voltage]] and/or [[File:Overcharged_Electricity.png|30px|link=Overcharged Electricity]] [[Overcharged Electricity]] conditions in effect.



===Gallery===
[[File:Shock tourist.png||framed|A grouping of Shocked Tourists.]]

Records

2024-09-15T02:26:02Z

BabblingFishes: Fixed link to Tobias' poetry

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'''Records''' represent the game's primary method of world-building and it's secondary source of narrative.

Most records come in the form of documents found throughout the world, but some are also in the form of audio recordings. Both can be picked up by [[The Driver]] and stored in the [[Fax Machine]] at the [[Auto Shop]]. Their content can also be found in the Logbook at any time.
{{spoilers}}
===[[File:Frequency Files Icon.png|150px|link=Frequency File]] <big>[[Frequency File]]</big>===
<big>'''Frequency File''' is a radio show, hosted by [[Chiaki Saruhashi]], which discusses the mysteries and conspiracies surrounding the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>
 

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=Anomaly Encounters]] <big>[[Anomaly Encounters]]</big>===
<big>'''Anomaly Encounters''' are first-hand accounts of [[ARDA]] employees encountering [[Anomalies]] out in the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>
 

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=Anomaly Studies]] <big>[[Anomaly Studies]]</big>===
<big>'''Anomaly Studies''' are research reference notes from [[ARDA]]'s catalogue of known [[Anomalies]].</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Theories]] <big>[[Theories]]</big>===
<big>'''Theories''' are conspiracy contrivances written by people outside of the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Singley & Family]] <big>[[Singely & Family]]</big>===
<big>'''Singley & Family''' are diary entries written by the family-owned moving company as they take on work in the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=Lab Reports]] <big>[[Lab Reports]]</big>===
<big>'''Lab Reports''' are progress reports from members of [[ARDA|ARDA's]] R&D Department to the department head, [[Oppy|Dr. Ophelia Turner]].</big>
 

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=SSR Meeting Minutes]] <big>[[SRR Meeting Minutes]]</big>===
<big>'''SRR Meeting Minutes''' are the official documented topics of discussion and points of order of meetings held by the [[SRR|Society of Resonance Research]] (''SRR'').</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Off the Job]] <big>[[Off the Job]]</big>===
<big>'''Off the Job''' are the story of someone being evicted from the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Poetry by Tobias B.]] <big>[[The Poetry of Tobias B.]]</big>===
<big>'''The Poetry of Tobias B.''' is a selection of poems by [[Tobias|Tobias Barlow]].</big>
 

===[[File:ARDA Lore Icon.png|150px|link=The Mailman]] <big>[[The Mailman]]</big>===
<big>'''The Mailman''' is a series of excerpts from the personal logs of a Pneumatube Technician in the Zone.</big>
 

===[[File:Generic Document Icon.png|150px|link=Zone Motors and You]] <big>[[Zone Motors and You]]</big>===
<big>'''Zone Motors and You''' are survival tips for the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Zone]].</big>

Poetry by Tobias B.

2024-09-15T02:23:20Z

BabblingFishes: Fixed newline issues

Poetry by Tobias B.

2024-09-15T02:20:38Z

BabblingFishes: Created page with "Category: Lore {{spoilers}} thumb A sample of Tobias Barlow's poetry. These in-game documents can be found scattered throughout the Zone, and then stored inside of the Fax Machine at the Auto Shop. === Scavengers === Amongst silver bark and silver light On a chill and silent moonlit night They came at first in groups of six No sound, no words, no calls betwixt With prying eyes and prying sight They ventured left..."

[[Category: Lore]]

{{spoilers}}

[[File:Generic-Document.png|thumb]]

A sample of [[Tobias|Tobias Barlow]]'s poetry.

These in-game documents can be found scattered throughout the Zone, and then stored inside of the [[Fax Machine]] at the [[Auto Shop]].

=== Scavengers ===

Amongst silver bark and silver light
On a chill and silent moonlit night
They came at first in groups of six
No sound, no words, no calls betwixt

With prying eyes and prying sight
They ventured left and ventured right
To pick apart our world's remains
As scavengers: our loss, their gain

=== Nomad ===

An Anomaly came from Zone number One
So ghastly its aspect, it made scientists run
But they left it so sad
This unearthly nomad
Whose wanted naught but innocent fun

=== You ===

Ours is a timeless love
A classic love
That of legends and lore
Worthy of study by the students of tomorrow

Ours is the purest love
A gentle love
That grows with the seasons
To cover the landscape of our life

Ours is the warmest love
A nurturing love
That holds is in its safety
A certainty in these times of change

=== Shame ===

The thunder's tearing, twilight tantrum
Rips through the tawny sunset
The first screams of a world newborn
Birthed in pain

A curling calico cloudscape concludes
This shaking of the day
And lurks like guilt in an evening sky
Witness to our shame

Human hubris hangs heavy here
As nature turns her back
And no litanies can catalog
All that we shall change

Frequency File

2024-09-04T03:48:52Z

BabblingFishes: Added #9 and #10. (NOTE: They still need delineated into parts, and may need proofreading.)

[[Category:Lore]]

[[File:Frequency Files Icon.png|thumb]]

'''Frequency File''' is a radio show hosted by [[Chiaki Saruhashi]], which focused on uncovering the secrets of LIM technology and the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone]].

These in-game tapes can be found in [[Zone Receiver|Zone Receivers]] scattered throughout the Zone, and then stored inside of the [[Fax Machine]] at the [[Auto Shop]].

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==Frequency File Ep. 1: Martyr, Myth, or Monster?==

The introductory episode to '''Frequency File''', which serves to introduce the audience to LIM technology and [[Oppy|Dr. Ophelia Turner]].

===Frequency File #1, Part 1===

<big>'''President Koch''':</big>

''"I have the distinct honor to introduce to you, the American people a new scientific frontier. With a raw power like LIM technology in the good hands of true patriots like Doctor Ophelia Turner, the potential is limitless. On this day, we welcome our Faraday Future."''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''The year is 1955. Doctor Ophelia Turner is standing next to President Koch, the top of her head barely clearing his shoulder. She stands stiff-backed, her hazel eyes affixed on the glass and steel chamber in front of her. She does not appear to breathe until a ball of light appears out of thin air. The sight is tremendous, a lightning bolt frozen mid-strike, and the reaction immediate. the gathering audience roars with excitement and spontaneous applause. On Dr. Turner, only a tightening of her lips indicates that she hears the audience at all.''

''Dr. Turner and President Koch pose for a picture, and she does not smile even then. That picture is the image splashed across newspapers and science journals for the next decade. The mother of LIM technology, they called her. The Angel of a New Age. The newspapers at that time laid the titles on thick while peddling the impending utopia.''

''Then she recedes into the bowels of a government research facility. She's never seen again in public - there are scant appearances here and there, in blink-and-you-miss-it promotional videos and blatant propaganda fodder, and then ...''

''She - and the promise of LIM technology - disappear.''

===Frequency File #1, Part 2===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''The press coverage of LIM technology is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at first. In the decade between 1955-1965, LIM is called many things - the promise of the future, the herald of a new age - then never spoken of again.''

''You don't have to dig very deep for the gaps in the story to emerge. the Presidential demonstration is the only physical proof we ever see of it. Compared to the Manhattan Project, developed under an air-tight shroud of secrecy, why was LIM paraded around in the papers? And if it really was the technological quantum leap to answer all out wildest dreams, why did it blink out of existence?''

''The story of LIM technology is one hell of a maze. And the key to it is a woman named Ophelia Turner.''

''Did Ophelia Turner, by all measure a failed physicist as far as her public record goes, truly invent LIM technology? Or was she help up as a Rose the Riveter for the Cold War? An Atomic Annie to excite the masses during the no-holds-barred race against the Soviet Union?''

''Was she a myth, martyr, or monster? A figment of the imagination, true savior, or convenient scapegoat?''

''I'm Chiaki Saruhashi, and in this nine-part series, I aim to find out.''

==Frequency File Ep. 2: The Cold, Hard Facts==

The second episode of '''Frequency File''', focusing primarily on the known history of LIM technology, [[Oppy|Dr. Ophelia Turner]], and the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone]].

===Frequency File #2, Part 1===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Welcome back. this is Frequency File, episode two. In the last episode, I told you about the curious case of Doctor Ophelia Turner. When it comes to this enigmatic individual, one of three versions is true: myth, martyr, or monster. To be able to weigh her, in turns, as heretic, genius, or scapegoat - we must first set the stage. When I started down this path to discover who she was, what she did, and ultimately what happened to her, I didn't expect it to lead me to one of the strangest mysteries of the Pacific Northwest: the Olympic Exclusion Zone.''

''But let me rewind a bit.''

''In Northwest Washington State, there are 3,600 miles of vibrant wilderness called the Olympic Peninsula. Bounded by water on three sides, it was a wonderland for outdoorsy types, with snow-capped mountains and salmon-bearing rivers and pristine rain forests. Up until 1955, it was the residence of 100,000 people, including Ophelia Turner. It was her birthplace, her hometown, and - it turns out - ground zero and sacrificial lamb, for the promise of LIM technology.''

''In true fashion, the government never comes out and says that's what led to the creation of the Olympic Exclusion Zone. But the chain of events were in plaint sight - strange accidents, leading to the government's claim of eminent domain, and subsequent seizure of the peninsula. The evacuation of 100,000 people, and the attempt- and abject failure - at containing the rumors that spread like wildfire.''

''Because, it turns out, even with the government's resources at your disposal, keeping secrets is a tricky business. You can bet there was plenty of talk as a result.''

''Lucky me, because I had plenty of questions.''

===Frequency File #2, Part 2===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Here's what we know.''

''Over 50 years ago, in November of 1946, Doctor Ophelia Turner was 27. She had recently returned home to the Olympic Peninsula to lick her wounds after a failed stint in academia. In a fit of obsession or redemption or, quite frankly, both, she cobbled together a laboratory in her basement, and produced the first LIM wave on nothing but a killer hunch and plain ingenuity.''

''Or so the story goes.''

''It's never clearly stated anywhere that LIM waves - and LIM technology - really were. It's all vague claims and wild theories, dreams that border more on the mystical than the scientific. What we do know is that "LIM" stood for "unlimited frequency". Radio waves, once souped-up and modulated just right, supposedly enabled the control of matter in a way that modern science both back then and now could only dream of.''

''After Dr. Turner's discovery, she and a few friends - scientists and Ph.D.s, all toyed with LIM in their garage labs for about four years. The local police and fire departments start making regular house calls, spurred on by increasingly disgruntled neighbors calling in about incidents, that seem to grow larger and more disturbing as the years go on. After one too many reports, the federal government takes notice, and thus begins their severe interest in LIM technology.''

''The next part happens quickly. In 1955, the United States government seizes not only the physical area where Dr. Turner and her scientists live, but the entire concept of LIM technology. The area is at first evacuated under the pretense of safety, but quickly commandeered by the government. They establish a brand new department called ARDA - Advanced Resonance Development Authority - which was to be headed by Dr. Turner herself.''

''Over the next 15 years, the government expands the Zone's borders. They clear out civilians as they go, and erect massive 500-meter walls to keep out an increasingly curious public. The Zone started in the northern-most tip of the Peninsula, then expanded outward twice: once in 1961, again in 1967, to the outer perimeter we see now.''

===Frequency File #2, Part 3===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''After the multi-staged evacuation of the Olympic Peninsula's 100,000-strong population, the records get sketchy. Once the region is swept clean of civilian eyes, the flow of information trickles to an eventual stop.''

''ARDA has always maintained that the evacuation was done in the name of national security. That there was simply nothing more patriotic than sacrificing your homes, with the Communists plotting our demise across the Atlantic. Certainly not because there was any danger from the strange experiments happening inside, or situations most unnatural to witness. ARDA kept a wide berth, displacing citizens far ahead of the front line, so first-hand accounts of things going awry were rare. But rumors spread fast, and everyone had some story about a distant relative whose pet changed in inexplicable ways, or a friend of a friend who followed strange lights into the woods and never returned.''

''Once the civilians were cleared out, the ARDA employees moved in. Scientists, officials, support staff, and their families made the Olympic Exclusion Zone home, reaching anywhere from 300 to 1,000 in total at its peak. What any of them were doing in the Zone was kept hush-hush, but the population just outside of the walls found the secrecy irresistible. Every shipment of raw material, out-of-season weather pattern, and inexplicable light or sound became the talk of the town, for the first decade of the Zone's existence.''

===Frequency File #2, Part 4===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Sadly, that's about where the cold, hard facts end.''

''Listeners, I tried. I really did. I started my investigation in the usual fashion - digging up every piece of public record I could get. The paperwork is maddeningly typical up until 1955 - census records, soil samples, weather reports, hand-drawn survey maps, the beginnings of satellite photos - all readily available for anyone with the patience to walk themselves into a county office. But those materials don't tell me much, and I quickly am forced to turn to more dubious sources.''

''Before the downing of multiple passenger planes, and the subsequent establishment of the No Fly zone in 1962, crude aerial photos are taken and circulated. This is where things get interesting. I find fuzzy shots of what appears to be entire mountains relocating overnight, buildings disappearing and reappearing at random, and lakes filled with water or light, depending on the time of day. The resolution is dubious, making them ink-blot tests in their own right. They are the stuff of dreams among amateur investigators and conspiracy theorists alike.''

''The most outlandish, improbable, and extremely unverifiable stories came from Breachers - people rumored to have jumped, tunneled, hot air ballooned their way through the walls. If they're to be believed, there is much to be uncovered. But more on that later.''

''LIM technology is not paraded around in the press for long. As the government withdraws acknowledgment that it ever existed, the public's interest similarly begins to wane. The last verifiable activity is an exodus of ARDA employees from the Zone, beginning in 1981, and followed swiftly by a full decommissioning of the Zone in 1987. After which, those 3,600 square miles are sealed away and left behind with no explanation. A tomb, minutes away from the populous, perfectly normal city of Seattle, with decades of history and secrets locked inside.''

''And that is where I'm left to fill in the enormous, ill-defined gaps.''

===Frequency File #2, Part 5===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''So that's the history of the Olympic Exclusion Zone. We know it absolutely existed, and that something blighted the area. Doctor Ophelia Turner was a real person who grew up there, and LIM technology - claimed to be her invention - was the reason the Zone was created. The facts point to either the pursuit of LIM or the technology itself - doing something terrible to the area, and maybe even to the people who stayed behind.''

''For such a vast, valuable area as the Olympic Peninsula to be lost to the world for the indefinite future, someone needed to take the fall. The evidence in this corner paints the target square on the martyr part of this equation.''

''Or, did Doctor Ophelia Turner know what she was unleashing upon her homeland? If she did it willingly, then she would've been a monster. But if the government strong-armed her into it, then she would've had no choice but to become a martyr.''

''To answer that question, we need more information still.''

==Frequency File Ep. 3: The Human Cost==

The third episode of '''Frequency File''', in which our host interviews an ex-resident of the [[Olympic Exclusion Zone|Olympic Peninsula]] who witnessed the disaster which befell the town of [[Sierram]].

===Frequency File #3, Part 1===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''How do you force 100,000 people out of their homes without facing major resistance? Even if you're the United States government, facing down what's being peddled as the greatest threat our nation has ever faced, the answer is: you don't. This is Frequency File, episode three: The Human Cost.''

''Last episode, I reported all the cold hard facts I could get my hands on. If you missed that episode, here's the summary: there wasn't much. Now we jump tracks to the stories of the people, to knit together old records and eyewitness accounts to form some fabric of the true story.''

''Whoever's job it was at ARDA to suppress stories did a really good job. What they did to keep that sheer number of people from talking, and then to smear the stories that did come out, was a masterstroke of obfuscation.''

''Unfortunately for ARDA, the cases that made it all the way to court became public record. and the facts were these: ARDA played nice at first with generous relocation package. they offered cold, hard cash, and built sprawling housing complexes in nearly every state to resettle the former residents. These new communities were built as idyllic, white picket fenced neighborhoods where you were sure to be surrounded by all-American families who shared your same values, while enjoying the benefits of government subsidized grocery stores, school districts, and manicured public parks. Not a bad deal from the looks of things.''

''When it came to the holdouts, the people who wouldn't leave for any amount, things got ugly. But in the end, the government won out, as it always does. And while the government has the sovereign right to seize private property, the Fifth Amendment mandates just compensation be paid for it. But it doesn't specify when or how this compensation be made, and many dissenters ended up with nothing through good old loopholes and bureaucracy. Some of whom are still pursuing their claims to this day.''

''But the chilling thing is: those left with empty pockets consider themselves lucky. There is a saying they mutter among themselves, under their breath: that at least they had the luck to not live in Sierram.''

===Frequency File #3, Part 2===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Of the witnesses to the Sierram disaster that are still alive, most aren't willing to speak to me. But one eyewitness account remains the most damning report of what happened.''

''Meet Lou Argonza. She was nine when she last saw her parents alive.''

''You were born in the Zone?''

<big>'''Lou''':</big>

''Yes. Born and raised in Sierram town until - well, until it wasn't a town anymore.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Lou was evacuated from the Zone on February 13th, 1973.''

''Can you share what you remember from that day?''

<big>'''Lou''':</big>

''Sure. I was at a week-long wilderness camp, this yearly thing my elementary school would put on. They'd throw the kids into the woods, show us how to pick apart animal droppings and sketch birds. You know, things like that.''

''It was my favorite thing as a kid. But that year, I really didn't want to go. Something called the LIM Fair was coming to Sierram, and I begged my dad to let me stay. He told me that I could see it the following year. That obviously didn't happen.''

===Frequency File #3, Part 3===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''The LIM Fair. ARDA advertised it as a good old fashioned small town get-together, a miniature world's fair of sorts for the hardworking government employees and their families that lived in Sierram town. The flyers and brochures I've gotten my hands on promised all manner of things mundane and fantastical - kiss your low tech washing machine goodbye, taking home this LIM Nebulizer and zap those clothes and diapers clean! Why break your back trimming your lawn when LIM tech can transform your grass into something more?''

''This push to get LIM tech into the homes of Zone residents - housewives in particular - was a deliberate and strategic move. The cynical reason, and most popular interpretation, is that it was a PR push to rehabilitate LIM tech's image. By 1973, there'd been enough reports of radioactive fallout and inexplicable disappearances that suspicion of what ARDA was doing was high.''

''Where were you when the Sierram incident happened?''

<big>'''Lou''':</big>

''At base camp, about 20 miles out of town. The sirens went off during dinner. We barely had time to wonder whether it was a drill or real, before the shockwaves rolled through.''

''Luckily, we'd been through the disaster procedure days before. We dove under our tables to take cover. We were just kids, and at first, thrilled for the drama unfolding in real-time.''

''It was hours before ARDA came to extract us. By that time, we'd scrambled up onto a hill to signal for help, and saw the -''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Take your time.''

<big>'''Lou''':</big>

''It's been 20 years and I still can't go anywhere near a county fair of any sort.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''What did they tell you had happened?''

<big>'''Lou''':</big>

''Nothing. They were all business, hurrying us onto the trucks with boarded-up windows. We weren't even allowed back in our cabins to pack our belongings.''

''They breezed us out of the Zone. It wasn't until days later, when most of us were deposited in an orphanage, that we learned that our parents died.''

===Frequency File #3, Part 4===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Lou's account is one of the most damning, and holds up to the best of my verification efforts. She's told that story many times, and hadn't changed this story in the ensuing years. Chalk it up to good memory or deeply seated trauma, but it is, as far as I can tell, real.''

''The stories from others, however, inspire a healthy dose of skepticism. Those who weren't too scared of government retaliation were few, and the ones who shared their stories loved their 15 minutes of fame a little too much. Any talk show or gossip rag or cheap date willing to listen heard from these types, and made piecing together the Zone's true history for someone like me, decades later, a migraine-inducing experience.''

''Because these stories, as every good gossip knows, morphed over time. What started as the most powerful lightning storms recorded on Earth turned into UFOs touching down. An innocent spider web became something to be avoided on pain of death. A grassy lawn, left untended, became a feeding ground for something called Burp Bunnies. The tales became taller as the years went by, and the more I heard, the more my suspension of disbelief left me.''

''And while the Sierram disaster was only one of the many incidents that occurred over the Zone's 32-year history, it is the one I return to as a prime example. Whatever happened there in Sierram is the type of disaster that caused the creation of the Exclusion Zone in the first place. We can extrapolate from what little we know of what happened here. If this is the one story to get out, how many more horrors did LIM technology cause?''

===Frequency File #3, Part 5===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Finally, back to the question of Ophelia Turner. The fact is, most of the people I spoke to didn't know her. How is it that the supposed inventor of LIM technology herself, who ostensibly led the ARDA R&D project, wasn't known across the board? It's almost as if the American public knew her more than the people who worked and lived in the Zone, thanks to the PR machine.''

''But how does that all balance out?''

''The best I could get were vague acknowledgements, mainly from scientists. Mind you, this lot was also the most tight-lipped, but those who showed a hint of recollection spoke of her as if she were an urban legend herself.''

<big>'''Scientist 1''':</big>

''I mean, I heard her name from time to time. Never saw her once though.''

<big>'''Scientist 2''':</big>

''I don't remember an Ophelia, but there was an Allen Turner who was heavily involved in LIM R&D. Not a lot of women in the labs, I would've noticed one for sure.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Curiouser and curiouser.''

==Frequency File Ep. 4: The Problem with LIM==

The fourth episode of '''Frequency File''', in which our host discusses [[ARDA]], as well as the scarce details available regarding LIM technology and [[Anomalies]].

===Frequency File #4, Part 1===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Researching Ophelia Turner's story feels like poking around the edges of a void. When I look directly at my subject, nothing appears to be there. But as I tease around the edges, a shape begins to emerge in the null space. It is with great journalistic integrity that I began to define those edges, but even then, it's tempting to fill in the spaces with good old fashioned imagination. But hey, I knew what I was signing up for when I decided to unearth a decades-old mystery. Welcome back. This is episode four of Frequency File.''

''In lieu of no one having a personal account of Ophelia Turner, we turn to more facts in the periphery. In this episode, I dig into ARDA, the government agency behind the research and development of LIM technology, as well as the scant facts of LIM technology itself.''

''Bear with me, as we depart the shores of known, connected facts and slingshot from one theory to another.''

''By now, you're probably starting to gather what the problem was with the very concept of LIM technology.''

''The rumors about LIM were healthy and far-reaching. That it could solve world hunger and overpopulation, that it had alchemical powers to convert matter from one form to another, or would finally plug the technological gap needed to realize the long-dreamed-of perpetual energy machines.''

''Even for the scientifically disinclined like myself, it's easy to conclude that no one technology could fulfill all of mankind's wildest fantasies. And yet here was LIM technology, promising all those things in one swoop.''

''And remember: any and all actual scientific detail about LIM technology was kept absolutely air-tight. Every schematic, lab note, and mathematical proof that was allegedly smuggled out of the Zone or recreated from memory was dissected by experts around the world. All were found to be well outside of the realm of reality. And those scattered claims of rogue LIM technology out in the world? They were all red herrings, nothing proven.''

===Frequency File #4, Part 2===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''So what do all those rumors about LIM technology leave us with?''

''The most popular theory, by far, was that LIM technology never existed. An elaborate yarn spun by opportunists to siphon government funds into their pockets. The demonstration from Dr. Ophelia Turner and President Koch was well within the ability of an amateur magician. And once again, Dr. Turner's lack of accomplishments in her academic career, paint an easy portrait of a scientist eager for a win.''

''That would slot Dr. Turner firmly in the "myth" camp.''

''We may never be able to agree on what LIM was or if it even existed. But we can certainly understand why its existence was necessary. The state of the world that existed needed to believe in something so fantastical.''

''Here's my submission to the ever-growing theory pile:''

''It is no coincidence that the year the Zone was established was 1955. That year also marked the start of the Space Race. For that next decade, there is no hotter topic, no singular focus of effort and funding, than beating the Soviets. With Sputnik's launch in 1957, followed by Gagarin's first brush with space in 1961, America fell behind with every passing year. Its desperation only increased with the very public explosion of Project Vanguard, America's first satellite launch attempt.''

''The timing of LIM technology couldn't have been more perfect. The government springs into action, promoting LIM while being simultaneously effusive and evasive - an American political specialty. The live demonstrations are few, the vagaries plenty, but there is a notable wave of professors vacating their spots at major universities to take on positions at ARDA. Some interesting fields of study from the bunch: experts in crop domestication, enclosed biological ecosystems, and radiobiology. What sounds like a child's tale begins to take on a shape that fits cleanly with the race to the stars.''

''I will reiterate here: this is only my theory, but I dare say it's a good one.''

===Frequency File #4, Part 3===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''The problem, we have come to understand, is that something went horribly wrong inside the Zone's borders, and caused all of it - LIM, disasters, and the rest - to be hermetically sealed off forever.''

''As dubious as the fuzzy photos and inconsistent stories were, they add up to one thing: what was going on in the Zone wasn't normal. For as tall as ARDA built those walls, they couldn't hide oddly colored auroras in the sky, or ice storms in the summer, or localized hurricane-force winds compacted into tight columns.''

''There were two words that popped up time and time again within these eyewitness stories - instability and Anomalies.''

''I've been able to distill a few things about them - that they were two of the many, many unfortunate byproducts of the R&D going on in the Zone. The government was forced to admit to elevated levels of radiation - pretty hard to cover that one up, as it became a tourist attraction to hike along the walls with a Geiger counter. But this instability seemed to be some combination of ecological and physical fallout. Some described it as a state of constant landslides. Others recounted storms unlike anything seen on planet Earth.''

''As far as what the anomalies were? I couldn't tell you. I ran face-first into two distinct responses to that question. Either people refused to say a single word about them, or people had too many conflicting explanations to find a single thread of commonality. Perhaps that's a topic for a series all on its own.

''Roadblocks at every turn, with this story.''

==Frequency File Ep. 5: Listener Calls==

The fifth episode of '''Frequency File''' where our host informs us about several theories relating to LIM technology and the Olympic Exclusion Zone. These are told primarily through first-person accounts from callers.

===Frequency File #5, Part 1===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''This is Frequency File. Episode five. By this point in my investigation, the unanswered questions kept piling up. The depths I was having to go to, the mysteries upon mysteries, was making me dizzy. Many times, my hope dwindled. Was I getting anywhere with this? Or were the rumors sweeping me completely off-track?''

''One night, in a fit of desperation, I opened my reader mail, and found the motivation to continue. And I thought, you're walking this same journey with me, and maybe you share
some of my frustrations about all the non-answers. So indulge me this one episode, as I lighten the mood, and talk about the response to my work.''

''A quick behind-the-scenes on the making of Frequency File - it was quite the uphill battle to make it to air. Only by virtue of my good work investigating the case of the disappearing banana slugs, was this entire series allowed to happen. And I was made aware in no uncertain terms that I used up the entirety of my good karma on making this.''

''But the letters and calls from you, the listeners, have managed to overwhelm the network, and thus have justified my obsession-turned-legit investigation.''

''So, as thanks, this episode is all about you. Your theories, your hopes and dreams, your love and hate, your opinions. I've sifted through the hundreds of letters and calls, and here's a selection of the sentiment you've shared:''

===Frequency File #5, Part 2===

<big>'''Caller 1''':</big>

''I've listened to every one of your episodes and I did my own research. And I have to say: there is no chance in hell that Ophelia Turner invented LIM technology. She was 100% a convenient excuse. I mean, for starters, she's a woman. As an American, who'd you rather rally around? Some dweeb scientist squinting at a test tube? Or a woman in a lab coat posing for pretty pictures? Admit it: we were duped by the government. Again. When will we learn?''

<big>'''Caller 2''':</big>

''You're wrong about one thing: some LIM technology did make it out into the larger world. You remember the personal cassette players that were all the rage in 1979? Yeah, that thing we all begged our parents for Christmas? LIM tech, baby! Go on, open it up, tell me if you don't see some LIM doohickeys in there. I dare ya.''

<big>'''Caller 3''':</big>

''What I don't understand is how they could let all those Zone people back out into the world. Like, they lived there, were experimented on, and got exposed to Lord-Knows-What, and they just rolled out the red carpet for them and let them loose? That's just completely irresponsible. My neighbor? They were one of them. And let me tell you, nothing good came from it. The minute they moved in, things got screwy. You ever hear of a ice storm in Tampa? Heck, in Florida anywhere? No. But they move in and suddenly we get freak ice
storms and armies of six-legged possums overrunning the neighborhood. I can't sleep a single night without hearing their grubby little hands - so many little hands - going through my trash bins. My husband tried to fight them off and got bitten, and he ain't been right since. I tell you, they're out there, and it's already too late.''

===Frequency File #5, Part 3===

<big>'''Caller 4''':</big>

''Hello? I haven't been able to sleep since I first started listening to Frequency File. I've been putting the clues together, and I honestly think my grandparents are Allen
and Ophelia Turner. They never like talking about their past, but sometimes, I'll sneak up to the attic and find photos of them in these weird lab outfits. And what's more, sometimes, when they talk in their sleep, they speak another language. I bet it's Russian! You have to check it out!''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''And the most surprising of the messages:''

<big>'''Ed''':</big>

''Don't keep poking your nose around where it doesn't belong. You're not going to like where you end up. Trust me. I should know.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''He identifies himself as Ed Baker. An astronaut on the American spaceflight missions.''

<big>'''Ed''':</big>

''Now, this isn't a threat. It's just a warning. I went up with the third landing mission. All was well, readings were nominal. We achieved stable orbit around the moon, and began executing the LIM-assisted landing procedure. Once it activated, that's when everything went wrong. I wish I could tell you what I saw. I wish I could put it into words. But most of all, I wish I could forget. I don't even look up at the sky anymore. Every night is a terror. LIM technology was a mistake. It wasn't worth it. Yes, we won the race, but the cost was too great. It will always be there, waiting, for our next mistake.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Okay, well, maybe that didn't do quite the job of lightening the mood. But knowing that there's so many of you along for the ride with me, gives me the determination to continue on. No matter how deep this rabbit hole goes.''

''So thank you, and I'll see you next episode.''

==Frequency File Ep. 6: The Lead==

The sixth episode of '''Frequency File''', where our host receives new information - from a sketchy source - regarding Dr. Ophelia Turner and her research.

===Frequency File #6, Part 1===

<big>'''Richard''':</big>

''Hello, this is a message for Chiaki Saruhashi. We have some documents that may be of interest to you. They’ll be dropped at the Seattle Public Library Central District Branch at 11:59PM.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Sorry, who is this?''

<big>'''Richard''':</big>

''Consider it a present from the Breachers.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''This is Frequency File, episode six.''

''Listeners, I'm ashamed to admit the difficulty I had at this point in my investigation. I was out of leads, shamelessly mired in rumors and dead-ends, and pretty darn stressed about what to do next.''

''So this phone call offers me a lead on a cold, stormy night. And, in all my posturing about journalistic integrity and triple-checking the evidence, I am amused to say that this is the sketchiest source I've come across in my career.''

''And yet, it led me somewhere.''

===Frequency File #6, Part 2===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''I get this call on a Friday night, and I only have enough time to hop in a cab to make the drop. Waiting for me next to the library's book return are three filing boxes stuffed with moldy documents. They are in poor shape. I tip the cab driver extra after the bottom of a box disintegrates all over his trunk. Clearly these records were not well taken care of I wonder it this is more of a decluttering of a long-lost basement rather than an illicit sharing of secrets.''

''And yet, in the soggy pages, I do find proof of Ophelia Turner's position: a series of organization charts of the LIM Research Project, spanning the first ten years of R&D. In the earliest version of the chart, she is positioned at the top level, with the title of Lab Director. The subsequent charts show a rapid expansion of the project, with hundreds of names being added, as well as a good deal of shuffling. Dr. Turner's job title changes every two years, and a quick visual comparison shows that she is quickly, and literally, being shoved off into her own corner. The years that this is seen happening correlate to the downturn in her PR appearances.''

''Another name appears briefly on the organization chart - you guessed it, Allen Turner. A quick search in the county office shows that he's Ophelia's husband. Married at 22, no children on record, died in 1961. The cause of death is unlisted, which means only one thing - the government scrubbed it from the record.''

''Okay, so not only did Ophelia Turner exist, she was one of the highest ranking members on the LIM Research Project. And she was intimately involved with these so-called anomalies - did she create them? Did she dissect them? Did she unleash them onto her homeland like some sort of mad scientist? Did I need to stop drinking coffee after 8pm in my desperate bid to meet my deadlines for this series?''

''Lots of questions I couldn't possibly know the answers to.''

''But one good lead follows another, and soon, I get another phone call.''

''More on the next episode of Frequency File.''

==Frequency File Ep. 7: Zone Life==

In the seventh episode of '''Frequency File''' our host meets with the source from the previous episode, a man who claims to have lived inside the Zone.

===Frequency File #7, Part 1===

<big>'''Richard''':</big>

''You did good. We can meet.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''This is Frequency File: Episode seven.''

''Apparently I passed some sort of test with my impromptu retrieval of moldy documents. I was rewarded with a connection to Richard Phillips, a man who claimed to not only have worked in the Zone, but stayed there years after its closure.''

''We meet at a cafe in downtown Seattle.''

<big>'''Richard''':</big>

''The Zone, in its active research and development phase, doesn't look too dissimilar to these photos you've got there.''

''By now, it's been 20 years abandoned, but being hermetically sealed in with 70 petabecquerels of radiation has got its benefits. When the withdrawal orders came through, everything was left as-is.''

''Except for the ones who didn't leave. Like me.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Why did you stay?''

<big>'''Richard''':</big>

''See, that was always the question, wasn't it? We all had our own reasons. Some of the scientists, in particular, liked to claim legitimate reasons for staying behind. But we were all misguided. We all had something we were running from.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''How long were you there?''

<big>'''Richard''':</big>

''I want to say, about six years after the decommission was complete.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''But if ARDA withdrew all operations, how did you survive? Like, what did you eat, how did you get the supplies you needed?''

<big>'''Richard''':</big>

''Some Zone secrets are best left secret. You don't want to know. It wasn't pretty, the things we had to do to survive. But it was quiet. Blissfully, peacefully, quiet.''

===Frequency File #7, Part 2===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''No, I want all the dirty secrets. What you ate, how your plumbing worked, what social activities there were.''

<big>'''Richard''':</big>

''Social activities? No one went in there to have a good time, I'll tell you that. There was plenty of chatter across the radio at first, but that died down pretty quickly. Not too much to gossip about after being shut-in for - I don't even know how many years at that point.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Radio? Like a ham radio?''

<big>'''Richard''':</big>

''Yeah, but worlds more sophisticated. Some property of radio waves made it the only consistent method of transmission. So it was our prime method of communication.''

''People started up their own radio stations, made their own programming. It didn't matter who was listening. It was the human need to talk that we were fulfilling.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Okay, but give me a little hint. You weren't completely deprived of supplies, right?''

<big>'''Richard''':</big>

''Oh, easy. That's where the Breachers came in.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''On the next episode of Frequency File, more about the Breachers, and what they thought of our topic at hand: Dr. Ophelia Turner.''

==Frequency File Ep. 8: The Breachers==

In the eighth episode of '''Frequency File''' our host meets with two professional [[Breachers]] and learns why they their existence was necessary.

===Frequency File #8, Part 1===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''The Breachers. It was a network of people, including those who claimed to have infiltrated the Zone, and the people on the inside that enabled them.''

''Where there's an iron-fisted ruling authority, there's always a resistance. And as wonderfully weird as everything we've heard about the Zone has been so far, these Breachers honestly take the cake.''

''This is Frequency File: episode eight.''

''Infiltrating the Olympic Exclusion Zone is a whole lot of work. To start, you'd have to get through, past, or over a 300-meter outer wall. There were layers upon layers of security checkpoints, and the Zone was carved out into sectors, each with very specific clearance requirements. If you were somehow able to make it through all of that, then you'd start dealing with the rampant radiation and a whole host of other dangers.''

''So imagine my surprise to hear that there were people who made a whole career out of wallbreaching.''

<big>'''Carolyn''':</big>

''Yeah, I lived in the Zone for ten years. My partner worked for ARDA, I came along for the ride. After a while, I got bored, and thought: hey, why not put my years of experience smuggling contraband to good use?''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''This is Carolyn Murrell. Not her real name, of course, as she was the ringleader of an illicit smuggling ring. If you needed a pack of your favorite brand of smokes from the outside, or a souvenir from the inside, Carolyn was your gal.''

<big>'''Carolyn''':</big>

''By all measures, it was an easy life on the inside. ARDA took care of most everything - groceries to your door, free housing. Salary was good. You didn’t have much to use it on, but at least you know you’d be set with savings and pension when you eventually went back into the real world.''

===Frequency File #8, Part 2===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''So you didn't run the smuggling ring for money.''

<big>'''Carolyn''':</big>

''No. Because honestly? Once you get used to the anomalies and instability that come sweeping through, the hardest thing to fight was boredom. That was constant and neverending. Everyday was very much the same - wake up, check the weather and stability reports, boil water and wish you had coffee, wait for your partner to come home, then sit around and repeat the same conversations night after night.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''So the smuggling kept things interesting. What were the most common things requested?''

<big>'''Carolyn''':</big>

''All people inside wanted was coffee, cigarettes, and vodka. All the good vices. What outside people wanted was the interesting stuff - anything anti-gravity was popular, and the occasional ask for a live anomaly.''

''We didn't take those requests seriously. Those usually came from tourists who were rich and desperate to prove that they'd actually been inside the Zone to their rich friends.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''I'm sorry, back up, you're saying there was Zone tourism?''

<big>'''Carolyn''':</big>

''Oh, yeah, and not the solo Breacher variety either. Like sanctioned, scheduled itinerary type tours.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''How was that possible? All I've heard is how strict ARDA's security was.''

<big>'''Carolyn''':</big>

''It's true, ARDA had eyes everywhere. But even they couldn't secure the entire border, not with the instability wreaking havoc on everything. Especially when ARDA's funding began to wind down, they eased up on security, so it got easier in the later years.''

===Frequency File #8, Part 3===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Carolyn was generous enough to connect me to Ellison Nagata, who claims to have operated the tours in question.''

''How much did it cost to tour the Zone?''

<big>'''Ellison''':</big>

''Wouldn't you like to know? Let's just say - I was able to retire in my early 40's.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Okay, then, how did you manage to sneak tour groups in without ARDA noticing?''

<big>'''Ellison''':</big>

''Logistics, logistics. Let me tell you what your listeners will really want to hear - the tour packages.''

''By far the most popular: the Anomaly Safari. We'd load tourists up in a transport vehicle and follow any route available to us and see what'd come out of the woodwork. And let me tell you, it never disappointed. You ever see a 100-foot-tall tree walk? One crossed the road right in front of us.''

''I had a few repeat customers. One couple commissioned a private tour to see the Old Wall. Dangled a real big tip for me if I got them all the way through into the Deep Zone, but it turns out I value my life way more than finding a way through that insanity.''

===Frequency File #8, Part 4===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''And, when it came to the topic of Dr. Ophelia Turner, amazingly, the Breachers all knew of her, and had the most consistently positive opinions of her.''

<big>'''Carolyn''':</big>

''Never met the woman. But she was a regular, and one of my best customers. She paid in advance, ordered consistently, and never made a fuss. She's the sharpest broad I've ever come in contact with. I have no doubts that she did exactly what all the legends claimed.''

<big>'''Ellison''':</big>

''Oppy? Oh, she was not a fan of my work. Gave my tour quite a thrill when she stopped our van and nearly threw us all out into the radiation to die. You should've seen her face though when the tourists realized that she was the Dr. Ophelia Turner of legend. She was the biggest celebrity when it came to the Zone, and everyone wanted a picture with her.''

<big>'''Richard''':</big>

''I sat in on some of her seminars. There wasn't a thing about LIM that she didn't know. She was one of a kind.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''So, what do you think? Was she a martyr, myth, or a monster?''

<big>'''Richard''':</big>

''Not a myth, she was the real deal.''

<big>'''Carolyn''':</big>

''Martyr. Whatever that woman did, she did for the greater good.''

<big>'''Ellison''':</big>

''The way she tried to sabotage my business? You'd think I'd call her a monster. But she was a lioness, defending her territory. I didn't bring people into the Zone because it was the right thing to do, and I knew it. So yeah, I guess of the three: martyr? She knew how bad things were getting, but she stuck it out anyway. She went down with that ship. I can only respect her for that.''

===Frequency File #9===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''We've reached Frequency File: episode nine. The final episode.''

''Okay, I’ll be the first to admit: what started as a magnifying glass on this whole Dr. Ophelia Turner and the LIM project, went off the deep end here. I left the shores of the topic long ago.''

''I assure you that under normal standards, my reporting is laser-focused on my target. But I’ve never run into topics foggier than the Olympic Exclusion Zone, LIM technology, and Dr. Ophelia Turner.''

''Through this journey, I’ve tried to chart something of a path through this maze. I’ll leave it up to you to decide whether I’ve succeeded or not. But in my defense, and in tribute to the many, many theories surrounding our topics at hand, here is one last hypothesis:''

''It’s the Olympic Exclusion Zone itself that invites this line of thinking. The delight in rumor, the eager detour onto unmarked side roads, the plunge into fiction over fact.''

''Think about it. First off, this wasn’t a personal endeavor—I don’t know anyone who lived in or worked in the Zone, or was relocated from it. I live in Seattle, which admittedly is close enough to see the mountains on the Peninsula, but there’s never anything out of place when I look out my window.''

''But once I heard the stories about the Zone, I couldn’t get them out of my mind. Every night, I couldn’t help but imagine what it was like, to stand on your front porch and watch something called an “instability front” sweep through and replace your front lawn with a rushing river. To be commuting to work, only to have your way blocked by a rampaging Sasquatch. To hear your neighbors gossip through whatever errant radio broadcasts your antenna happens to pick up for the day.''

''Maybe that’s nowhere close to what life was like in there. But those are the images they conjure for me, and they are impossible to shake.''

''I am not alone. They have a term for this obsession— the Affected. I have unknowingly fallen into the trap, seduced by the rumors and legends of the Zone. I sleep on a bed littered with grainy Zone photos. I take my daily runs with the ARDA broadcasts on repeat in my ear. I squint at incoming rainstorms and wonder if they’ll bring a little instability with them.''

''I know I have traded fact for fiction. And on pain of my credibility as a journalist, I am happier for it.''

''A wise man once said, “I want to believe.” When we face such a vacuum of information, where the scant details we can glean are more fantastical than the last, our imagination expands to fill the gaps. But that’s the romance of it, isn’t it?''

''Our generation likes to say, that we were born too late to explore the Earth, and too early to explore the galaxy. So we reach toward local mysteries—the ones nearby enough to be accessible, yet the more otherworldly the better, to satisfy our latent explorers lust. The Olympic Peninsula, within a couple hours drive, is too enticing not to dream about.''

''So when it comes to the issue of the Olympic Exclusion Zone, the mystique of LIM technology, and the conundrum of Doctor Ophelia Turner, here is what I know.''

''The Olympic Exclusion Zone was—is—a real thing. We can still see it, those monolithic walls, sealing its secrets inside like a tomb. Real people lived there, worked there, and we suspect are in there still. Even if we will never know everything that happened on the inside, we know much happened, and it was dangerous. It is a place that no one in their right mind should—and ever will—tread again.''

''LIM technology, on the other hand, is still an open question, leaning more fiction than fact. It was, for sure, a bonafide new type of technology. It had its basis in reality, but they followed the recipe of the best science fiction and futurism: take a familiar, grounded, easily understandable concept like radio waves, mix in a heaping scoop of technological mumbo-jumbo, and top it off with a generous heaping leap in logic. It is that last critical step that lends the most disbelief to the entire story. But that same step is the one all scientists hang their hats on, the desired outcome of their hopes and dreams, the destination of their fevered derivations.''

''It is tempting to believe that those technological quantum leaps are well within our grasp, but for every one that comes true, hundreds more remain fairy tales. And so, while I can’t verify one way or another, my belief is that LIM technology never did many of the things it was purported to do. If it had, we should’ve seen some fruit of those labors.''

''Lastly, Doctor Ophelia Turner—martyr, myth, or monster? In the end, it’s not for me to judge. We each get to make that call for ourselves. And if this seems like an unsatisfying conclusion to you, think of it this way: she was no more than a blip in history, a footnote in an annotation somewhere. She was a woman who lived an entire life, bearing not just the burden of public opinion on her shoulders, but if you believe the full story, the destruction of her homeland and the failure of a nation’s best efforts on her soul.''

''Stamping her with a label is the easy way out. It’s an oversimplification of a complex life, a disservice to a woman who suffered the judgment of an entire country that needed her at a very specific moment in history. Whoever Doctor Ophelia Turner was, whatever she did, and wherever she is now, I say: I hope you have no regrets. I hope you’re at peace with everything that you sacrificed, and I hope you had someone who understood you, and loved every version of yourself.''

===Frequency File #10===

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''You’re listening to Frequency File. I’m Chiaki Saruhashi, and I signed off last episode. The story was done.''

''Or so I thought.''

''Just as I wrapped up the season, I was surprised by a call. Think of this as an after-credits scene, an unbearable cliffhanger of events that I’m still reeling from.''

<big>'''Operator''':</big>

''Chiaki, you have a call on line eight.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''I’m heading out for the night, can you take a message?''

<big>'''Operator''':</big>

''You’re going to want to take this one. In fact, I’m routing it to Studio A. Why don’t you take it there?''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Okay.''

''Hello, this is Chiaki.''

<big>'''Oppy''':</big>

''I’ve heard you’ve been on my trail. Sniffing around where you don’t belong.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Oppy? I mean, Doctor Turner?''

<big>'''Oppy''':</big>

''The one and only.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Wow, wow. This is such an honor. I’m so glad you called, I have so many questions—''

<big>'''Oppy''':</big>

''You’ve talked enough. It’s my turn.''

''Now. There’s a few things you got wrong.''

<big>'''Chiaki''':</big>

''Doctor Turner proceeded to ignore my questions completely. She spoke at length, revealing much and little at the same time.''

''But I am out of time, so all I can say is: look forward to Frequency File: Season Two.''