Ancient Facility

The facility's interior contains a myriad of abandoned medical machines, treatment chambers, and a morgue. In the cadaver storage pods, we found partially-preserved organic remains with signs of disease and deformation. The presence of security doors, surveillance rigs, and holding cells has led … to conclude that some were kept here against their will.

We salvaged a few equipment parts but almost everything has decayed markedly. Limited data remained on the computer systems; we recovered some files but they require translation.

… produced a partial translation for one of the data files recovered from the facility on ….

Lab 17 - Progress update - Research Lead Gelebor

The new prototype showed initial promise. Subjects' immune systems boosted millionfold and all pathogens were eradicated. Side effects persisted: fatal mutations followed, no survivors. Will try again. The Universal Macrophage is within our reach, I am sure of it.

… translated another file from the abandoned laboratory on ….

Lab 17 - Internal staff memo - Research Lead Gelebor

Colleagues, the project termination order came today; the overlord's patience is at an end. And yet we are so close to our goal! The Universal Macrophage is more important than the whims of any one individual. A disease-free future can be ours! What is the small cost of a few more lives for such progress?

If they don't send more trial subjects - I will test the latest prototype on myself. Will you join me?

… translated the final log entry from the bio lab's computers on ….

Lab 17 - Final Report - Research Assistant Filidor

Such was Gelebor's confidence that we followed him blindly.

Testing the prototype on ourselves, our immune systems were initially bolstered; we were nigh invincible to any outside pathogens. Then the mutations started.

Gelebor perished first. It was difficult to watch. Now the whole team is resting in the morgue and I will soon join them.

We failed. We trusted our lives to Gelebor's flawed formula. The Universal Macrophage works too well - it eventually attacks the host itself. Everything here must be destroyed.