#The escapists intelligence code

The problems with having Kaizen as the only way to interact with the game are twofold: In absence of the ability to fly the ship back oneself, the player must speak to (and work with) Kaizen to be able to get home. Kaizen could, at any point, use any of the ship’s systems to fly back to Earth, but he is hellbent on making sure the Singularity Drive is disabled. Kaizen is more than just the only voice in the great empty, he is the driving force behind everything that happens on the Nautilus.

The remainder of the journey is spent exploring the understandably cramped Nautilus, learning about the lives and deaths of its former crew, and trying to become friends with the strange and alien personality that inhabits every single one of the scattered terminals of the Nautilus. Doors, food, water, toilets, beds, elevators, and airlocks all rely on the cheery if unintelligent personality to function.Īnd Kaizen desperately wants the wayward astronaut to destroy the ship’s primary engine, the Singularity Drive. Kaizen-85 is an autonomous intelligence intertwined into every one of the systems of the ship. Inside the airlock, an ancient computer terminal flickers to life. In the distance, a bulbous ship built around the aesthetic of mid-80s science fiction grows in size, beckoning the escape pod to dock. The ship, and its crew, are no more.Īfter an indeterminate amount of drifting, the haunting sound of a woman singing comes through the communication system. And with nothing but the utter silence of space, the radar shows as the Europa 11 becomes a disconnected mass of pings in space, slowly drifting apart. For reasons that defy logic (and protocol), the protagonist is instead funneled into an escape pod.

#The escapists intelligence code

Prior to arrival, a code red is called, which funnels all personnel to the bridge. Out in the eternal nothingness of space, the crew of the Europa 11 were slated to establish themselves on Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter.