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Sorry if this is too soon for a threadbump, I’m relatively new here and I’m not graced in the ways of threadbumping etiquette.

We're close to getting the engine upgrade to Unity 2018 done, just a few small things. Once that's done we're going to roll-in Panic Button's work and try and get a patch out. No ETA, but certainly much closer than before.

Don’t mind me, just posting so I’ll be notified when a new chapter is posted. Great story by the way.

Chapter Sixteen: Infection

Through the glistening water above them, a blue sky with a tint of orange just above. The water was cold, almost chilling. The night would fall in the next few hours.

Of course, despite this, Liz didn't care. She was amazed. So much of an undiscovered world, right in front of her. How could she not be happy? The water flew by as she held onto her brothers Seamoth, glancing around at her surroundings. They were currently crossing from a Kelp Field to a biome that was full of red grass. She had decided to name it the "Grassy Pleatue" and updated it on the network they were linked too.

The roars of Reefbacks rang out across the valley below and echoed across the waters. Far off, just before the murky waters made it impossible to see, Liz could make out the shape of a reefback. The green sacs on the bottom glowed bright, giving its location away from even farther. The creature's bottom tube-like-sacs compressed and released, giving Liz the idea it was some kind of biological breathing mechanism. The green sacs were maybe storage, as they were attached to this tube. She still couldn't get the damn scanner to work on them, as she had tried hours ago. It always came back incomplete. That shell always blocked it.

Soon, they reached a sudden drop-off. A bottomless void showed below. They clearly had reached a large hole of some kind, and they could tell it came back up. The other side was slightly visible. Shawn stopped right before the edge.

"...So uh, what do I do here...?" He asked. Liz could see his reflection glancing around, looking at the void. She did the same, and noticed... floating landmasses? And what were those purple things holding them? They looked like those Floaters she had seen the other day hold rocks up, but they were so large. She also noticed some kind of medium sized fish. It was as big as the Seamoth, like those Sandsharks, but they looked more... boney. They seemed more like they were made of multiple, segmented parts of a shell than one shell or some skin. It had sharp teeth and didn't look friendly.

Markus spoke before Liz did. "I say we go by quick, and once we have a better way to explore, we venture down and take a look." Liz seconded that, and Shawn started driving again. They flew by quickly. As they passed an island, Liz got a look at it up close. Some Fuana had grown on them. Coral bulbs jutted out on top of them while the bottom was covered in three purple masses. She needed to come back to scan it.

The water suddenly grew a bit colder. Liz shivered. The sun was still out, and this planet was clearly in summer, or at least it's own version of it. Why was it so cold?

The PDA spoke on the Comms, saying "Warning: Detecting increase in foreign bacteria in the region. A self-scan is advised." Liz hit the side of the Seamoth, the signal to stop. The seamoth slowed to a pause, and Liz pulled out the scanner. She aimed it at herself and began scanning. A tingle went through her as she did so, and when it was done, the screen glowed red with a bold word "Infected" upon it.

"Self-scan complete. Detecting foreign bacteria within the internal bloodstream. No adverse effects detected. Makeup suggests this bacteria is a possible danger and should be removed as soon as possible. Continuing to monitor."

Liz quickly ran ideas through her head. If it was dangerous, was it a slow progressing infection? Or would it suddenly take effect? How bad was it? Could it kill her? Were Shawn and Markus infected too?

Liz heard another scanner and swam around the seamoth. As she came around, she saw Markus' scanner glowing red too. Shawn climbed out of the seamoth and pulled his out, scanning himself. His was green, and said "Healthy." He hasn't been in the water as long as Markus and Liz were.

"PDA, give us more information on this infection," Liz asked it.

It responded by saying "No data can be allocated on specified infection. Research required to further understand infection strain."

After 10 minutes of pondering and theorizing, they began on their way again. They sped forward, the water whipping buy until they reached a steep incline. Shawn activated the bottom thrusters, taking them upwards. They rose to the surface and took a look up. The island was towering, taller than it seemed physically possible for such a small island. Shawn maneuvered them around the left side, and the beach came into view. Then, towering above the sand was a huge structure. It was a black metal with glowing green lines all over it. It had a huge barrel atop it, aiming straight upwards. The building was like nothing Liz had ever seen before.

"...What the hell is that thing?" Shawn said with disbelief. Liz stammered trying to come up with an answer. It was highly advanced architecture. Nothing in the entire discovered galaxy compared to this. It was even inferior to the large Quantum Fluxation Power Generator that Obraxis Prime uses to power the planet.

They stopped right before the beach and waded towards the island. As they emerged, Liz heard a strange noise. She looked around, and suddenly a creature pounced on her. She let out a scream as it bit into her. Markus ran up as Shawn wasn't out of the water yet. He stabbed it and threw the creature off of Liz. She was stunned and confused, and her chest was in pain.

"Holy shit... you okay Liz?" Markus asked her.

"...Yea... Ow..." She huffed out. She lay there for a moment and caught her breath. Markus ran around, shouting and stabbing at the other creatures. Shawn stood at her side with the creature Markus stabbed and scanned it. After it was done, he threw the body and looked at the PDA. He read out that it was suggested to be called a "Cave Crawler." He read out the info on the eye on its head and its mouth.

Markus walked back to the two as Shawn was finishing. After Shawn was done, Markus said "Hey, that glowing green door needs some kind of key. I took a look at it, and the key was shattered on the ground. I scanned it and got the recipe, but I've never seen some of these ingredients."

Shawn looked back towards the door and said: "Is it a purple glowing key?" Which Markus responded with a yes. "Look up on that ridge." Markus ran over to the glow on a ridge just above the door and picked up some kind of tablet. Liz got up, then She and Shawn walked over to the door. Markus jumped down from the ridge, then placed the tablet in the mechanism that was sitting outside the door. The green glow shimmered, then faded away.

The faclility was opened.

Pagensden wrote: »

Can we have a update on how things are going with xbox one version or when the next update will be haven't heard anything for a while? I also heard pc is getting dlc will xbox one be getting this??

Things are going well. Progress happening daily. We're hoping to put out a patch once we've finished upgrading to the Unity 2018 engine, and Panic Button's optimizations (so far) can be rolled-in without issues.

No ETA, but hoping for 'soon'.

Pagensden wrote: »

Please put multiplayer on xbox one it's a lonely world out there maybe I'd have more balls to search the deeper parts with a friend haha

Subnautica was not designed as a multi-player game.

I ran too low on oxygen and patience before the monster below me was completely out of sight. A hunk of the pods came loose in my white-knucked grasp as I fled in the opposite direction of the lifepod, trailing along behind me like party streamers. Fortunately the fish-with-too-many-teeth seemed more interested in the piece of metal than the human who was about to need fresh underwear. I glided between the greenish vines with the ease of a prima ballerina dancing a solo as I awkwardly flail-swam toward relative safety.

Kate was engaged in examining the fabricator screen as I hauled myself up through the bottom hatch, a collection of various plants strewn about her feet.

"H-hope you h-had better luck than me," I stammered, untangling the mess of bulbous nodes. "Stay out of the big plants. Big fish, lots of teeth and - what the hell IS all this stuff?"

"I don't know! I just grabbed some of everything!" She wasn't kidding either. On closer inspection there was everything from a plate-sized slab studded with something shiny, to brightly-tipped weeds, to some kind of bush with tiny white pearls even a couple puckered purple mushroom-like plants. "But the machine says none of it is good for making anything! We're still screwed!"

I sighed. "Correction, Kate - none of it is good for making anything by itself. You don't make a cake from just flour. You need flour AND eggs AND sugar."

"What's a cake?"

So help me God... She must have been raised on synthesized food. "Here. Give me that red shiny...plate...thing. Now look carefully at the list. See where the entry on computer chips is? One of the three 'ingredients' is green. Green is good. But we still need copper."

"Okay wise guy, so where the heck do we get copper?"

"From somewhere down in the ground. And how did you break one of these off, anyway? Don't tell me you hit it with your air tank!"

"Uh...no, I jumped on it."

"Well thank goodness for female ingenuity," was all I could think to say. "Let's see if these squishy bulbs I brought home while fleeing from my life are good for anything." I draped the bulbs in a neat pile on the fabricator's plate.

"New alien material detected. Analyzing. High viscous fluid and silicone content. Recommendation: source of lubricant, essential in construction of vehicles and power plants, or the manufacture of synthetic rubber." My jaw dropped practically to my belt. It was the best news I'd heard all day, except...

"Where did you say you got these things, again?" asked Kate.

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