Lost River Laboratory Cache

This article is about the Lost River Labratory Cache. You may be looking for Sanctuary Caches or Alien Arch Caches.

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</image> <label>Tab</label> <label>Type</label> <label>Biome</label> <label>Depth Range</label> <label>Temperature Range</label> <label>Biome ID</label> <label>Harvesting Nodes</label> <label>goto ID</label> <label>Coordinates</label> <label>Base ID</label> <group> <label>Point of Interest</label> <label>Music</label> </group> </infobox> The Laboratory Cache is found in the Ghost Canyon of the Lost River. It was set up to study the Ancient Skeleton and several other specimens within the Lost River. This Cache is unique in that it requires the Orange Tablet found in the Deep Grand Reef Degasi Base to unlock. Inside the Alien Cache, three containers with bone samples and three containers with local Fauna samples can be found, there are various pieces of Precursor lab equipment scattered around as well as three Ion Cubes at the far end. A Cuddlefish Egg can be found on the workbench at the far right of the cave. Crabsquids may be encountered outside of the entrance cave. Take caution when approaching the cache and keep any vehicles near the ceiling.
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• Cuddlefish Egg
• Ion Cube

|-| Fauna=

• Amoeboid

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• Crab Claw Kelp

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Data Bank Entries

<tabber> Ancient Skeleton=

The skeleton of a million-year-old, armored carnivore. Projections suggest this lifeform would have been larger than any living creature encountered on the planet. The oceans of the time would have been very different to support lifeforms of this size, with more open geography and many more individuals in the leviathan range.

|-| Alien Bone Specimen Case=

These fossils likely came from an ancient ancestor of the leviathans which inhabit the planet today. The relative size and delicacy of the bones suggests they formed part of the ear canal, or some other complex internal structure.

|-| Alien Flora Specimen Case=

Local plants being held in stasis. The aliens evidently sought an extensive knowledge of the planet's ecosystem, which would have been necessary to support any live specimen research.

|-| Alien Research Equipment=

The large laboratory table and accompanying scanners incorporate technologies far beyond our current level of understanding. Hypotheses: - Equipment maintenance - Staff maintenance - Specimen analysis - Specimen gene manipulation

|-| Research Probes=

The prominence and facing of these alien devices suggests they are some kind of probe or sensor. Their subject would seem to be the vast skeleton in the center of the cavern. The attached cable network may lead to a remote power station or data hub. Assessment: Investigate

|-| Fauna Reproductive Data=

Extensive alien research data on the local fauna, with a special focus on their reproductive methods. Core conclusions have been synthesized: - The aliens discovered the lifeforms on the planet have just one sex - They observed local organisms engaging in asexual reproduction - All healthy individuals tested were capable of egg-laying - Eggs usually required genetic material from another of the species - In rare case only one parent was required, with evolutionary mutation introduced by the effects of the environment itself Research appears to have been focused around hatching conditions and genetic variations between parent and child.

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Gallery

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  Main entrance to the cave

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  Overview of the cave containing the Ancient Skeleton

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  Entrance to the Laboratory from the Blood Kelp Trench

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  Entrance to the Laboratory

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  The Forcefield Control for the Lost River Laboratory

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  Overview of the Laboratory interior

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  Tanks containing skeletal samples.

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  The Data Terminal

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  The far end of the Laboratory

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  One of the three Ion Cubes

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  Lab equipment

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  Lab Equipment w/ the Cuddlefish Egg

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  Smaller tanks containing samples of local Fauna, Flora and Coral

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  Various Alien objects concept art - by unknown artist

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Trivia

• The data bank entry for the bone specimens case states that they are bones from ancient relatives of living leviathans, possibly being ear bones. Despite this, all three of these bones actually belong to the Reaper Leviathan and can be seen in their skeletons.