The Mental Image Of My Tav (me) Infodumping About Vampires Just Kinda Stuck And I Needed To Get It Out.

"im bored i should play subnautica. why did I stop playing anyways?" Why I stopped playing:

for the uninitiated thats an ampeel and i FUCKING HATE THEM!!!! THIS IS AN AMPEEL UNAPPRECIATION POST THEY FUCKING SUCK!!!!

like i get that I built on the edge of the bulb zone but CMON MAN!!!! like they NEVER got this close before the base was built and now the only thing I can hear is their annoying ass buzzing. They're even guarding my moon pool so i cant leave without getting ready to fucking book it and theres no "oh just lure them away and let them kill you" because im in HARDCORE MODE!!

FUCK AMPEELS ALL MY HOMIES HATE AMPEELS

I dont have the patience to do a good drawing of it rn but. Ryley Robinson. with a mullet.

like he doesn't bother cutting his hair once he gets stuck on 4546B so it just grows out and he ends up with a mullet and the roots of the streaks he has dyed grow out and start to look weird and he starts wearing his hair up in like a manbun or just a high ponytail.

Edit: this is mostly to placate myself but i do actually have a shitty little doodle from today

gonna try drawing him FOR REAL with his hair up

is this why i like fungi so much wtf

theyre in a polycule

so, the two main genres of adult fantasy are "there's too many dragons" and "there's no more dragons" right? i just realized that we could technically be in an urban fantasy "all the dragons are dead :(" thing (depending on what you consider a dragon) because dinosaurs like isnt that so silly

note to self to make more vampire oc's like this, or have an oc playdate w my buddy who does

I know vampirism is often used as a metaphor for the drain of the aristocracy but I think it would be fun to have more vampire characters who were just some guy before they got turned. You seek out the most ancient vampire in existence and find out he was a 40 year old wheat farmer in ancient Mesopotamia when he was turned 7,000 years ago and he hasn’t been doing much since then.

on earth: it must be so loney on mars. i wonder what's going on in his head mark watney: *elevator music*

ive got beef with dungeon meshi

So, its established that dwarves have a heat tolerance of at least 180C/356F (the boiling point of olive oil). This is established in the episode where they fry shit and Senshi sticks his thumb in the oil and even says its 180 even if he doesnt specify F/C

This is fine. This makes sense. My problem is with the part where they boil the undine. Water boils at 100C/212F which is lower than the boiling point of oil but Namari and Senshi still jump away because ooo ouch lid hot hot

The lid can be hot hot but for them to release it and the undine to have stopped fighting just a moment before it would just barely be past the boiling point of the undine which we're gonna assume is the boiling point of water.

My point is how the fuck is Senshi unbothered by the heat of boiling oil thats 180C but he and Namari are blown back by the ouch too hot effect when the lid is around 100C.

Logic where

"What the fuck does a hoe need silk touch for- oh"

are we just not supposed to question why the aurora had a shit ton of submersibles on it that dont seem to have any kind of other use outside of the water (such as like an actual spaceship) and then conveniently crashed on an entirely ocean planet

Edit: I now know that skimming the non-audio logs is not sufficient for lore purposes

Hello Bytewire, I love your analysis!, and may I ask about architects planet, all what I seen/know about it is picture in ending of SBZ, and interesting, what do you think/know about their planet? ^^

Thank you! Every bit of appreciation I get motivates me to continue posting. I enjoy knowing that people find my posts useful/interesting.

Analyzing the Architect Home World.

Not much is known about the state of the Architect's home world regarding Architect settlements and life on the planet. While the buildings we see are intact, it is not definitive towards the state of the collective. If it still exists. So, instead of this being speculation about whether Architects still operate on their home world, I will go over all the information that I can gather about their planet from what we have seen. I will also use freecam to take a closer look at details you wouldn't normally be able to view.

Let's begin with what we see in the final cutscene.

As AL-AN navigates out of the Phase Gate and through the atmosphere the ship is steered through heavy storm clouds, narrowly being guided through edifices of buildings that form what appears to be a cityscape. The ship breaks through the storm and is met with a harsh sun glare before getting a fuller view of this grand Architect city sitting on an area of high elevation. There are structures much bigger than we see in 4546B, though it's hard to discern their purposes. Despite AL-AN not having been here for a millennium—there is a surprising lack of ruin. Floating buildings supported by cables haven't fallen, multiple Phase Gates are still in operation, and there is no overgrowth of any plant life. I wouldn't necessarily call it 'maintained' but it certainly isn't in a state of desecration.

Now, let's take a look at what can be seen on their home world in freecam.

It's hard to discern the surface due to all the clouds, but if you set the game speed to zero and toggle freecam we are able to see the full skybox. This reveals a lot more information than the brief image you see in the cutscene. As you can see, there are many clouds still, but towards the bottom left they part a bit, and you can see glimpses of the terrain. It is high elevation and rocky. Fitting with the description of Architect bodies being made for navigating rough terrain. Their legs described as being reminiscent of mountain goats. It makes sense that the terrain of their home planet is rocky and mountainous.

Architect buildings seem to focus on vertical structure first and foremost. Whether it be the skyscrapers, grand entrances, or floating platforms suspended by their levitation technology and supported with cables. On many of these buildings there appears to be areas where ships may be docked. Given the ability for AL-AN to integrate himself with the ship, their vessels having the 'blink' teleportation ability, and the use of phase gates, their vertical design seems to account for ability to quickly and efficiently travel between them.

There are also a few buildings you can view that you otherwise wouldn't be able to, though these structures do not differ much from the larger ones that are seen.

The high elevation, the storms we see as we first enter the home world, and the abundance of clouds may indicate a harsh environment. It's most probable that (in the location we see) it is somewhat commonplace for their home world. Architect vessels are adapted for extremes after all.

The unusual weather most likely originates from global temperatures warming due to Architect activity rather than from their star, as the planet's distance from its star seems to be similar to Earth's. This is probably what causes the large amount of clouds. This would make things pretty humid and prone to fast weather cycles.

Their buildings having no windows may be more for practicality in that sense. It'd be a lot less structurally sound in case of extreme weather events if they were to have windows.

Around this concave structure, typically hidden by another building, and here peeking through the clouds, you can see what potentially could be plant life. It appears short, like shrubs and/or small grasses. They appear to be a warmer hue. Reds and oranges rather than green like on 4546B or Earth. If these are plants, that would suggest their star produces more green and blue light that the plants absorb. Adapting to reflect the warmer hues.

The sky that we are able to see is a colder shade of blue that fades to a more purplish color as you look up. This could be due to a higher argon content in their atmosphere, or it could be due to the way the light reflects through the numerous clouds and various gasses present. As for the atmosphere itself, it's probably safe to assume that it would be breathable for humans, but with a lesser oxygen content, partly due to the elevation, partly due to the general makeup. (I wouldn't imagine AL-AN taking Robin along if he knew she would asphyxiate lol)

Next are some small, unclear details, but ones I felt worth mentioning.

There is what might be either a distant star, another planet, or a small celestial body that orbits the Architect home world. It is uncertain, but it is distinct within the top right corner of the skybox.

Looking down towards the middle there appears to be a potential body of water. Whether it is a lake or an ocean is unclear as the clouds don't part enough to see it in full.

There are more mountains behind the second phase gate in the horizon that don't appear to have any structures near them.

This concludes the main things that I noticed. Anything else would be too grand of a speculation, and I do my best to keep my posts within canon territory.

I hope that this was helpful information about their home planet! I can also cover more Architect-specific parts in another post if wanted, but I tried to focus on the planet itself while also discussing the Architect—well—architecture. Just like the rest of the info about Architects, their home world is shrouded in ambiguity.