Dialogue (Below Zero)

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Dialogue, in-game, is the act of someone (or something) talking. In Subnautica: Below Zero, there are many times where Dialogue will occur.

Below is a list of all Dialogue that can occur in-game.

Standard Dialogue

	Actions	Dialogue
	Low on Oxygen	"PDA: 30 seconds of oxygen remaining."
	When Oxygen is almost depleted	"(beep) Oxygen." File:OxygenBeep.oga
	Dangerous Weather	"PDA: Dangerous weather approaching, seek shelter."
	Hunger reaches 20	"Calorie intake recommended" File:FoodLowCombined.ogg
	Hunger reaches 10	"Emergency, starvation imminent. Seek calorie intake immediately." File:FoodVeryCriticalCombined.ogg
	H2O reaches 20	"Seek fluid intake."
	H2O reaches 10	"Seek fluid intake immediately"
	Body Heat reaches 20	"Hypothermia imminent."
	When the Seabase has taken damage	"HABITAT: Hull breach detected."
	When a Seabase is repaired	"HABITAT: Hull integrity restored. Draining systems initiated."
	When a Seabase has no power	"HABITAT: Warning: Emergency power only. Oxygen production offline."
	Restoring Seabase's power	"HABITAT: Power restored. All primary systems online."
	Picking up the Habitat Builder for the first time	"PDA: Adding emergency shelter blueprints."
	Scanning Seatruck fragments for the first time.	"PDA: Your chance of survival would be increased by constructing an under water vehicle."
	First interaction with Sea Monkey.	"ROBIN: Some of the wildlife down here is very... grabby."
	Approaching thermal vent.	"PDA: (temp) Geothermally active cave detected below."

Arrival

	Dialogue
	"CAL: This is as far as I can bring you on company space bucks, Robin. You sure you want this? The research isn't everything. ROBIN: It is to me. And Sam. I need to know what happened. CAL: The meteor storm- ROBIN: I can use it for cover from Alterra's Eyes. CAL: Gonna miss you, Robin. ROBIN: I'll find my way back. SHUTTLE COMPUTER: Approaching 4546B. Surface temperature is- thirty six below zero. Drop-pod deployed. SHUTTLE COMPUTER: Welcome to 4546B. Enjoy your stay."
	"ROBIN: Made it to 4546B. Landing was... a bit rough, but I don't think Alterra spotted me. I hid from their satellite. The Drop-pod deployed with gusto. I just have to find it and get settled. Then I'll be able to get to work."
	"ROBIN: Found the Drop-pod!"
	"PDA: Emergency Cache detected nearby."

Sanctuary

	Dialogue
	"...---... ...---... ...---... ROBIN: Picked up what sounds like a distress call. If I investigate, I'll use caution."
	"ALIEN FACILITY: Sanctuary power critical. ROBIN: Hello, is someone there? VOICE: In a matter of speaking. We are running out of time."
	"ROBIN: What is all this? ALIEN FACILITY: Seeking emergency storage medium. ROBIN: I can help you better if you show yourself. VOICE: If we could show ourselves, we would not need storage. ROBIN: You mean you don't have a physical presence? Are you one of them? An Architect? ALIEN FACILITY: Storage medium identified. VOICE: We will be lost unless we find a new host. Can you help? ROBIN: Can you use my PDA for storage? VOICE: You are not with the group from before? Your cybernetic components bear their signal. ROBIN: Alterra? No! My equipment is uh... borrowed. VOICE: It will have to do."
	"ROBIN: How long have you been stored here? VOICE: Longer than hoped. ALIEN FACILITY: Warning: Sanctuary power critical. VOICE: Our data can be downloaded from the terminal. We may speak more once the transfer is complete. ROBIN: Yes, okay. Hurrying."
	"ALIEN FACILITY: Storage medium accepted. Brace for transfer. ROBIN: Brace? ROBIN: What's happening? ALIEN FACILITY: Transfering. ALIEN FACILITY: Transfer complete. VOICE: How do you feel? ROBIN: Why do you sound like you're inside my head? VOICE: The facility identified hospitable capacity within your cerebral cortex. ROBIN: You ARE in my head!? I OFFERED YOU MY PDA! GET OUT. VOICE: Oh no- Does your kind perceive a boundary between cybernetic and organic components? ROBIN: My mind is not a component! VOICE: You sound angry. We will allow you a moment to process. ROBIN: Don't you go silent on me. HELLO??? This is not happening. This isn't happening. That's the explanation. It's not happening. "ROBIN: What was that?" Introductions Dialogue "VOICE: We understand this arrangement is undesirable to you. ROBIN: You're not real. Go away. VOICE: To go, we require a suitable body for transfer. ROBIN: Why do you keep saying "we"? How many of you are there? VOICE: One of us and all of us. We do not think of ourselves as individual, distinct. If it will make you comfortable, I can use the singular. ROBIN: Oh yes, THAT'S what was bothering me. Thank you. VOICE: ... ROBIN: Why don't you start by telling me who you are? VOICE: You may append your seed code to my species designation. Please call me Al-An. ROBIN: Alan? My whole life, I've been dying to meet a sapient, spacefaring alien up close, and you're telling me your name is ALAN? AL-AN: Is it insufficient? ROBIN: No, it's fine. It's perfect. Where are you from, Alan? AL-AN: Your kind calls us "Architects". ROBIN: The Precursor Race!? But what are you doing here? AL-AN: That... is a long story. Perhaps you will prefer to focus on the contruction of a new storage medium to which I may transfer? ROBIN: Yes, fine. Absolutely. How do we get you out of here? AL-AN: I have added the information to your databank. You will need to find the necessary components."

The Island

	Dialogue
	"PDA: Beacon detected at island nearby."
	"MARGUERIT: Stop right there, Alterra, you're out of bounds. ROBIN: I'm not with Alterra. MARGUERIT: Then your position is doubly precarious. ROBIN: What do you mean? MARGUERIT: If you're telling the truth, you're out of your mind. If you're lying, there'll be hell to pay. ROBIN: Wait! Who are you? MARGUERIT: Stay off my land."
	"AL-AN: In the future, I hope you will avoid contact with the woman in the exosuit. If anything happens to you... ROBIN: It puts you in danger too, I know. AL-AN: I may be the last of my kind. Or the last who can help. And she is rather well-armed. And she did not respond to my distress call. ROBIN: I don't think you should take it personally." Δ Base Dialogue "ROBIN: Is this an Alterra base? AL-AN: My data supports your intuition." "ROBIN: Spacious quarters. Must belong to a manager. Maybe I can find traces of Sam here." "AL-AN: You do not trust Alterrans. ROBIN: Neither do you. AL-AN: But your sister was Alterran. ROBIN: My sister was human. She worked for Alterra. AL-AN: My people do not perceive a difference. We are what we do. ROBIN: So you were always in agreement with your employer, or... your network? AL-AN: No. ROBIN: I sense there's more to this story. AL-AN: And more to that of your sister. ROBIN: That's fine. Change the subject. We'll come back to it later."

Follow Maida!

	Dialogue
	"PILOT: I told you not to follow me, Alterra! Now you got a problem. ROBIN: Where are you? Why are you hiding? PILOT: You know how many lawsuits are out on me? ROBIN: How could I. you haven't told me your name? PILOT: That name comes with a price. You really want to know, come see me."
	"MARGUERIT: I told you to stay off my land. ROBIN: You trained a stalker? MARGUERIT: Next time, I'll let him tear you to ribbons, Alterra. ROBIN: I'm not with Alterra. I'm Robin Ayou. I'm looking for information about my sister, Sam. Did you know her? MARGUERIT: Bullcrap. I suggest you take the time you need to come to your senses, and then get off my seabase. If you're not Alterra, why don't disable that damn tracking satellite tower, instead of hacking into my seabase? Maybe then we can talk." Spy Penglings Dialogue "ROBIN: These are Sam's, so she MUST have known my sister. Looks like Sam was spying on Marguerit."

Leviathan-Class Lifeform

	Dialogue
	"PDA: Warning: Detecting a leviathan-class lifeform nearby. The lifeform is currently stationary. Beware of ambush."

Architect Vessel

Dialogue

"AL-AN: This is useful. With additional data we may be able to construct an alternative organic storage medium. ROBIN: I world really love if you could stop referring to me as a "storage medium". AL-AN: Not YOU. Your body. ROBIN: My body is a SIGNIFICANT part of who I am and how I experience life. AL-AN: Identity is more of a matter of pattern than substance. I am an idea, not a set of physical components. ROBIN: If you were an idea, I could have stopped thinking you, to get you out of my head. As long as your sharing MY body, you are if anything, an imposition. AL-AN: Had you evolved greater psychic mobilty, you would see it differently. ROBIN: Are you calling me unevolved? AL-AN: No! Just- was your conscience more mobile, you might aprecciate the benefits of sharing. ROBIN: So I'm selfish? AL-AN: Not self-ish. You percieve your corporeal vessel as a component of the self. You over-identify with your form. Your entirely bound by it. ROBIN: Then you ARE starting to understand! AL-AN: Not only do I understand, but I would like to emphasize that if we can construct a new medium- er- body, I will be able to transfer to it. ROBIN: Meaning you'll leave mine? AL-AN: In theory. I have added the information to your databank. ROBIN: The creature in my brain wants a body of its own." Artic Spires Cache Dialogue "AL-AN: I have been able to detect my people's technology in this region. ROBIN: Oh hi. Worth checking out? AL-AN: I cannot discern. ROBIN: So why tell me? AL-AN: It may be worth investigating. ROBIN: I'm curious too." "AL-AN: It took millenia for us to develop an optimum skeletal structure. ROBIN: I have so many questions. What was your original form? What drove you to change it? How did you define "optimal"? Are you still developing it? AL-AN: I do not know if it is still being developed further, at home. That depends on whether enough of my kind survived, to be able to prioritize development over survival. As for our original form it was... quaint, though it seems impractical now. ROBIN: How so? AL-AN: Few appendages. No room for modular expansion. Entirely limited to the flesh. ROBIN: You mean you didn't always have electronic components? AL-AN: No, it was necessary to overome that barrier, to enchance our telepathic abilities. This was hundreds of generations before I was created, of course. ROBIN: That must have been an extraordinary change for your people. Was it embraced? AL-AN: Embraced? ROBIN: Did your people universally adopt it, or were there resistors? AL-AN: The resitors stayed behind. Over time, our species branched. They are extinct now. Were they among us, you would not recognise them. ROBIN: Would they be in my head? AL-AN: They would not be capable of teleportation. ROBIN: It sounds like they were wonderful." Deep Lilypads Cave Cache Dialogue "AL-AN: I am detecting a faint signal from one of our facilities in the region. ROBIN: Do you know anything more? AL-AN: Most of my knowledge was lost when I was backed up. I may remember more as we draw closer." "AL-AN: The tissue you have scanned was developed from the DNA of 27 different alien species. ROBIN: You've travelled far. Did you ever meet other spacefarers? AL-AN: Only the band of your people who were here before. The Alterrans? ROBIN: They're not a band. Just a TransGov. AL-AN: What is a TransGov? ROBIN: A commercial entity. AL-AN: Is commerce very sustaining? I have never encountered an example of its use as an energy source. ROBIN: Many Earth philosophers would agree with you." Two Down, One to Go Dialogue "ROBIN: How much more data do we need before we can build this medium? AL-AN: You are impatient. You dislike my presence. ROBIN: No, I just value independence. For both of us. AL-AN: Then why have you not inquired about my status recently? ROBIN: I'm sorry Al-An. How are you doing? AL-AN: I am nominal. ROBIN: How else are you doing? AL-AN: That is all." Crystal Castle Cache Dialogue "AL-AN: I have been disconnected from my people for so long. But I remember there is something nearby of value. ROBIN: If only your memory were less selective. AL-AN: It is your memory too." "ROBIN: Al-An, what did I just scan? AL-AN: You are probing me for vulnerabilities. ROBIN: I'm curious. AL-AN: What for? ROBIN: It's own sake. How did life look for you before all this? AL-AN: We dedicate ourselves to conceptual pursuits. ROBIN: What's left for you to discover? AL-AN: Physics envolves cutting complex things up into smaller, more predictable things. Whatever you find can always be cut up again. ROBIN: What about disagreements? Hierarchy? AL-AN: On our worlds it is not necessary to work, nor possible to starve. And there is a free flow of information in the network. Disagreements are rare. ROBIN: So there's no confict, no pressure... Is it as peaceful as it sounds? AL-AN: Anxiety stems from unpredictability. When we are anxious, we seek greater control." Sufficient Data Dialogue "AL-AN: We have acquired sufficient data to construct the new storage medium. This can only be done at the facility designed for this purpose. ROBIN: You don't sound as relieved as I am. AL-AN: My survival strategy is unfolding as expected. Relief would imply I was expecting something different. ROBIN: What happens when we get there and you don't need me anymore? AL-AN: I will continue to enact my strategy. ROBIN: Survival at any cost? That's not reassuring. AL-AN: I will not harm you unless it is necessary. ROBIN: That might be the kindest thing you ever said to me."

Finding Ω Labs

	Dialogue
	"PDA: There is a large mass of earth breaching the surface nearby."
	"AL-AN: This installation looks like a laboratory. But it has been destroyed. ROBIN: WAS a laboratory. Rather worse for wear, now. AL-AN: Do you think your sister had something to do with it? ROBIN: She was a roboticist. This is a biology lab. AL-AN: I meant, with the destruction of the lab. ROBIN: Oh. No. I can't imagine Sam ever doing something like that. AL-AN: Are humans so predictable? ROBIN: Not all humans. Just Sam."

Fabrication Facility

"AL-AN: I sense the presence of a substantial facility in the area. Unable to identify." First Arrival Dialogue "AL-AN: This is the fabrication facility where we will construct my next form. We must first locate all the necessary components. You should focus on that. ROBIN: You didn't even know what this place WAS, but now you're telling ME what to focus on? AL-AN: I am trying to encourage you." New Body, Same Mind Dialogue "ROBIN: So... Al-An, you said your people came here in search of a cure? AL-AN: I was... a researcher. ROBIN: You were a scientist? Like me? AL-AN: I was one of the most valuable scientific minds of my time. ROBIN: As I said, like me. AL-AN: If that is your interpretation. ROBIN: So how did your valuable scientific mind wind up infected? AL-AN: Not my mind. My body. Perhaps your should build the next component." "ROBIN: So you came here, a minor scientist, working in the lab to find a cure-- AL-AN: I was the Lead Scientist, in your terms. ROBIN: Lead Scientist. So the bacteria got out on your watch? AL-AN: This subject is uncomfortable. If you want to know more, I'll have to ask that you construct the final component." "AL-AN: This is the last piece. Soon I will be autonomous again. ROBIN: What will you do with your newfound freedom? AL-AN: I want to go home, and make amends. ROBIN: Amends? For the bacterium? There seems to be a lot you're not telling me. AL-AN: It is... hard for me to find the words, I must collect my thoughts." Fabrication Ready Dialogue "AL-AN: We have all the necessary components. You may initiate the body fabrication sequence from the terminal. ROBIN: You still owe me an explanation. AL-AN: I understand." "FACILITY: Commencing storage medium fabrication. AL-AN: It was an accident, the bacteria... I thought my solution was foolproof. ROBIN: You missed something? Did you... cause the accident? AL-AN: Yes. ROBIN: Oh." "FACILITY: Commencing data transfer. ROBIN: Did it work? Are we... AL-AN: It has been some time since I last stretched out in so many dimensions. Like waking from a dream. ROBIN: You're really not in my head anymore? AL-AN: There are some remnants. Would you like your memories of me removed as well? ROBIN: Are you kidding? No way. You still owe me the end of your story. AL-AN: I told you I must return home. To assess. Repair. Make amends. ROBIN: Yes... AL-AN: When the bacteria escaped, it was my fault. I disobeyed the directive from my network. I thought I knew better. ROBIN: Al-An, what did you do? AL-AN: We noticed that leviathan young produced an enzyme that is efficient against the bacteria. I thought we could use them to fight it. I was not wrong... ROBIN: But... AL-AN: It would appear that Sea Dragon parents are stronger and more motivated than our facility was prepared to handle. The laboratory was destroyed. ROBIN: And the bacteria got out... and infected... everything. AL-AN: That is an accurate assessment. ROBIN: How many more of you are there, at home? Are they still waiting for someone to bring back a cure? AL-AN: I do not know. PDA: Signal location uploaded to PDA." "AL-AN: What are you doing? ROBIN: Research. Tit for tat. You've probed my mind. I've scanned your body." Preparations Dialogue "AL-AN: Please. I will join you in the gate base. when everything is ready, but for now. I have much to prepare."

The White Tablet

Dialogue

"MARGUERIT: Damned satellite hasn't passed by in a while. You have anything to do with that? ROBIN: Sam's not the only one in the family who knows- knew- what to do with vague directions and old wire. MARGUERIT: She was an original, that sister of yours. First time I met her I was sure she was Alterra through and through- not a crease in her uniform... sending those damn bird bots to spy everywhere. Then, she surprised me- maybe a little to much. ROBIN: Meaning...? MARGUERIT: If you really want to know, go see for yourself. I'll point you in the right direction. You need anything else... don't bother me. But you can help yourself to the greenhouse. Least I can do to repay you for getting those goons off my back."