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	"(beep, beep) 30 seconds."
	When Oxygen is almost depleted	"(beep) Oxygen."
	Hunger under 30	"Calorie intake recommended"
	Hunger under 10	"Warning, starvation imminent. Seek calorie intake immediately."
	H2O under 30	"Seek fluid intake."
	H2O under 10	"Seek fluid intake immediately"
	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."

Arrival

	Dialogue
	"ROBIN: Arrived on 4546B. Landing was a bit rough, but I don't think Alterra spotted me." The Lifepod deployed with gusto. Once I track it down and get settled, I'll be able to get to work. If Sam left any traces, I'll find them. I'll start with that doodle she sent me."
	"ROBIN: Found the Lifepod. Let the surviving begin."
	"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: Warning: Sanctuary power critical. Searching for emergency storage medium. ROBIN: Hello?!"
	"VOICE: Human. Turn back. ROBIN: Why? VOICE: You were sent here to harness me. I will destroy you first. ROBIN: You're not sure of my intentions. Are you afraid? VOICE: I am all powerful. ROBIN: I came here because I'm curious about your people. It sounds like you're in trouble. VOICE: My storage medium is failing. ROBIN: You're dying? VOICE: I'm considering my options. ALIEN FACILITY: Storage medium found. ROBIN: What does that mean? VOICE: Storage capacity was identified on your person. ROBIN: Where? On my PDA? Hello?!"
	"ROBIN: This is where you're stored, isn't it? VOICE: Presently, yes. ROBIN: A digital backup to save you in case of disaster. VOICE: It has worked until now. My data can be downloaded from the terminal. ROBIN: Is that what you'd like? VOICE: I have hours to live. I may not like it now, but I will appreciate it later. ROBIN: I'm taking that as a yes."
	"ROBIN: I hope this works. ALIEN FACILITY: Storage medium accepted. ROBIN: Wait, what?! ALIEN FACILITY: Commencing data transfer. ROBIN: What happened? ALIEN FACILITY: Transfer complete. VOICE: Download capacity was identified in your cerebral cortex. ROBIN: You're in my head?! I am also surprised. ROBIN: Is it reversible?! VOICE: I hope so. ALIEN FACILITY: Sanctuary power failed. VOICE: But not from here. ROBIN: Damnit! VOICE: I will find a way. With the processing power available it may take some time I will alert you when I exit hibernation. ROBIN: This is exactly why we have protocols."
	"ROBIN: That was... really messed up."
	"VOICE: We understand this arrangement is undersirable to you. ROBIN: You're not real. Go away. VOICE: We're very sorry, but we cannot go until we have another body to go TO. As soon as a more suitable form is available, we will migrate to it. ROBIN: OR, you'll dissapear if I ignore you. VOICE: We cannot do that. 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, distict. If it will make you comfortable, I can use the singular. ROBIN: Oh yes, THAT'S what was bothering me. Thank you. VOICE: I will give you more time to process."

Questions

Dialogue

"VOICE: Do you have any questions for me? ROBIN: No. VOICE: Please. I'll do my best to answer. But I must warn you, some memory data was lost in the download process. ROBIN: Yours or mine? VOICE: I cannot recall. ROBIN: Very funny. VOICE: Funny? ROBIN: Alright, voice in my head. If you won't go away. tell me, who are you? VOICE: I am of the people your kind calls "Architects". ROBIN: THE Architects? THE Precursor race? What a thing to hallucinate! VOICE: You are not hallucinating. My problems began aproximately one thousand year of your time ago, when we- billions of us- were infected with the Kharaa bacterium. Are you familiar with it? ROBIN: It killed millions- potentially billions. How did you survive. VOICE: I was sent here, to conduct research towards a vaccine. Things went... wrong. My body was infected before I could complete my work. I uploaded my conscience to storage. ROBIN: And then what? VOICE: I waited. ROBIN: For a thousand years, undisturbed? VOICE: No, I was rather bothered by it. I had hoped to find a solution, a cure, a way home. None came. And then the power began to fail. ROBIN: And then me. VOICE: Yes, I really must thank you. The fate of my species is in your hands. ROBIN: Okay, NOW I need a moment to process." Marguerit Dialogue "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." "ROBIN: It would appear I'm far less alone on this planet than I had anticipated." "AL-AN: Who was that? ROBIN: I dont know. But I sure envy her exosuit. AL-AN: I hope you will avoid contact with her in the future. ROBIN: You seem to have that in common with her. Did she scare you? AL-AN: If anything happens to you... ROBIN: It puts you in danger too, I know. AL-AN: For all I know, I am 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: Well, I don't think you should take it personally."

Sunken Lab

Dialogue

"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."

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. The code on the door is 2247."
	"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 the damn tracking satellite tower, instead of hacking into my seabase? Maybe then we can talk."

Outpost Omega Notes

	Dialogue
	"PDA: Nearing vicinity of Oupost Omega."
	"SAM: This is Vesper, checking in. ROBIN: I'm at Outpost Omega rooting through their research. SAM: They've been beside themselves since the evac. ROBIN: I bet, they always thought they were one step away from first contact. SAM: Can you upload the documents you've found? ROBIN: Hold on. AL-AN: This data would allow an intelligent human to extrapolate my presence in your cerebral cortex. Do not upload it. ROBIN: Sam, I'm having some trouble with this upload. It might be the caves. SAM: Roger, send it as soon as you're clear."
	"SAM: Robin, you said you'd send that research from Outpost Omega. We never received it. ROBIN: My PDA's been on the blink, the file got corrupted. Want me to go back to the outpost? SAM: No, we can salvage it later. Right now I'm focused on getting you home alive. ROBIN: Only because salaries cause less than lawsuits. SAM: That's a cheap shot. Is that cynicism making you friends down there? ROBIN: Sure, they're just not human. SAM: Well your human friends are up here doing everything we can for you. ROBIN: I know. I'm grateful, I am. SAM: I'll be in touch. AL-AN: She suspects you. ROBIN: She thinks she knows when I'm lying. AL-AN: Does she? ROBIN: Yes. But she doesn't know that she knows. I think.

Al-An/Caches

Dialogue

"ROBIN: Al-An, how are you doing? AL-AN: You would not understand. You are very different. ROBIN: We are different. But aren't we seeing with the same eyes right now? Don't you see the same colors? AL-AN: No. ROBIN: What do you see? AL-AN: Eyes, radio, sensors, they just detect vibration. What you call your five senses I call one. No surfaces, no color, no blur of motion. Just data points fluctuating between non-existence and infinity. ROBIN: Is it fun? AL-AN: Did you not understand? I am experiencing existence. ROBIN: I just can't tell. It sounds... wild. But also... cold. AL-AN: It is precise, but wavy. From just what you hear, I can taste the air, or listen to the shape of the room. It is... engaging. ROBIN: Sounds like we have the same experience different ways. And we are born in different galaxies. Isn't that incredible? AL-AN: No. If it is true it is a matter of statistical inevitability. ROBIN: That's another way to put it.

Arctic Spires 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."
	"AL-AN: It took millenia for us to develop an optimum skeletal structure. ROBIN: Why choose one form when you could take any other? AL-AN: Similitude is practical. ROBIN: But where's the fun? AL-AN: You mean play? Pretend activities? ROBIN: Sure. AL-AN: We cease this once we have completed conditioning. ROBIN: What do you do when you're not working? AL-AN: We do not make this distiction. ROBIN: What about music, art, expression? AL-AN: We are beyond such sensory pleasures. ROBIN: Then what's the point?! Every lifeform I ever met survives for a reason. AL-AN: By developing and sharing information on the network we can explore the world. Not to see through another's eyes, but to understand through their ideas. ROBIN: You think about thoughts. AL-AN: It is more like a lucid conceptual hallucination. ROBIN: Your're saying you like to day-dream?! AL-AN: That may be the closest comparison."

Deep Lilypads Cave 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: 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: We did not. ROBIN: So our meeting was a big moment for you too? AL-AN: I had not thought of it that way. ROBIN: Aren't you curious? Why we're the only ones? AL-AN: It is statistically improbable to survive the threats of technological advancement. Evolution favors those which do not advance so far. ROBIN: So you think it's luck? AL-AN: We worked hard. You may not.

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.

Fabricator Base

First Arrival

	Dialogue
	"AL-AN: I sense a presence of a substantial facility in the area. Unable to identify.
	"ROBIN: Al-An, what is this place? AL-AN: A fabrication facility. Once we have the necessary data we can return here to construct an alternative storage medium. ROBIN: To us there's no difference between the body and the person inhabiting it. How do you see it? AL-AN: Identity is more a matter of pattern than substance. I am an idea, not a set of physical components. ROBIN: Then why not just stay safe inside your computers? AL-AN: The same reason you did not stay safe on your homeworld. ROBIN: Then why don't we just copy you into a fish? AL-AN: First, that would reduce my capacities further. Second, you may enjoy having a passenger, but I prefer to drive. ROBIN: It sounds like you need your independence, and you're asking if I'm willing to help you? AL-AN: No, I am telling you what to do. ROBIN: Sam could tell you how rarely that works. Fortunately for you, our needs overlap. Can you tell me anything more? AL-AN: Which formats do you accept? ROBIN: Words mostly. AL-AN: I have added the information to your databank.

Marg Encounter 2

	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: The name comes with a price. You really want to know, come see me. The code on the door is 2247."
	"*whistles* MARGUERIT: Name's Marguerit Maida. Now you owe me. ROBIN: You trained a stalker. How long have you been here? MARGUERIT: Too long. ROBIN: That alien tablet you had. I need it. MARGUERIT: You mean this thing? MARGUERIT: What do I care what you need? ROBIN: What DO you care about? MARGUERIT: Lady, I want off this jumped up puddle of a planet. ROBIN: If I help you will you give me the tablet? MARGUERIT: If you help me I won't kill you. ROBIN: It's a start. MARGUERIT: You can stay here to catch your breath. The moment you're ready - get off my seabase."

Act IV

Enzyme 42

	Dialogue
	"SAM: Robin, I've got good news and bad. ROBIN: What's the good news? SAM: We've got a launch bay back online and we're prepping the marine teams. ROBIN: Bad? SAM: Our supplies of Enzyme 42 deteriorated overnight. ROBIN: How? SAM: We're looking into it. ROBIN: If the bacterium got out you'd have no cure. SAM: And you're the only person we have within range of an emperor population. ROBIN: Don't worry I'll find them. SAM: Roger that, keep us posted."
	"EMPEROR JUVENILE: Hello, friend. Are you here to play? ROBIN: I wish I could. Something went wrong. I need to collect an enzyme sample. EMPEROR JUVENILE: Then we can play another time. ROBIN: Thank you."
	"ROBIN: Sam, I've got the enzyme. I'll send it up in the cargo rocket. SAM: Understood. We'll have you back on the Vesper in no time."
	"ROBIN: Al-An, can you hear me? AL-AN: Of course. ROBIN: I've been wondering. You came here to extract a cure from a creature that would gladly given it if only you'd listened to what she needed. Why didn't you just ask for help? AL-AN: It did not occur to us to listen. We knew how to extract. ROBIN: You were scared? AL-AN: We did not want to die. It was too important."´
	"ROBIN: Sam, something's happening in the sky. *The rocket hits the shield and explodes* ROBIN: It's a shield! The rocket's gone! DIRECTOR: What is happening down there?! SAM: We're being hailed. JEFF: Vesper, I am now in control of the planet. ROBIN: Jeff?! JEFF: Approaching vessels will be destroyed. DIRECTOR: What do you want? JEFF: You will remove the Vesper to the next solar system. My colleagues there will supply you with enzyme 42. DIRECTOR: Why would I? JEFF: Because I have destroyed your existing enzyme stores, cut you off from acquiring more, and released the kharaa bacterium onboard your station. DIRECTOR: You're lying. JEFF: You're itching. DIRECTOR: Run a medscan! What do you hope to gain by killing us? JEFF: Don't pretend we're not all here for the same reason. JEFF: The living architect. You know Robin's been harboring it. You've been waiting your moment to grind it up into profit. DIRECTOR: You'd risk infecting the whole galaxy? JEFF: Don't pretend you would not. DIRECTOR: Then you know I won't retreat. JEFF: Then you will die. SAM: Sir, the scan's positive. DIRECTOR: Cut the transmission. I want that shield down and I want the marines in orbit. SAM: Sir! ROBIN: Sam- DIRECTOR: And YOU. The moment that shield is down you will be under arrest. ROBIN: Sam, I had no idea. I'd never put you at risk. SAM: You've literally done nothing else. ROBIN: How long have you known? SAM: I have to go right now. ROBIN: Sam!"
	"ROBIN: Al-An, my sister's in danger. What do you know about this shield? AL-AN: It was a quarantine measure. ROBIN: Can you turn it off? AL-AN: Of course. ROBIN: So do it! AL-AN: Why? ROBIN: Are you kidding me? AL-AN: Jeff has protected us from your masters. He is on our side. ROBIN: No, Al-An, there are no sides. Believing there are is why these idiots are ready to kill each other. AL-AN: I can deactivate the shield from inside the mountain facility. We still require the white tablet. ROBIN: Al-An, this is my sister. It's important to me you're telling the truth. AL-AN: You have been lying to her since we met. ROBIN: Perhaps I should have trusted her. Perhaps I wouldn't be in this mess. THANKS FOR PLAYING EARLY ACCESS! THAT'S ALL THERE IS FOR NOW. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER POLISH AND THE ENDING AT v1.0!"

Anonymous Information

	Dialogue
	"ANONYMOUS: I know what you're doing. ROBIN: Who is this? What do you know? ANONYMOUS: This channel cannot be monitored. I want to help you. I have infomation. Alterra suspects you. Be cautious. ROBIN: Where is this information coming from? *static* ROBIN: What the hell."

Al-An/Caches

Crystal Castle 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."
	"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."

Fabricator Base

Storage Medium Complete

	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."
	"AL-AN: The Fabricator is ready. The process can be initiated from the terminal."
	"FACILITY: Commencing storage medium fabrication. FACILITY: Fabrication complete. ROBIN: What now?"
	"FACILITY: Commencing data transfer. *gasps* FACILITY: Data transfer complete. AL-AN: It has been some time since I last stretched out in so many dimensions. Like waking from a dream. ROBIN: You're not in my head anymore? AL-AN: There are some remnants. Would you like your memories of me removed as well? ROBIN: No! AL-AN: Very well. ROBIN: So this is it. You're free. To betray me or disintegrate me... AL-AN: I will not do those things. ROBIN: Because we've become friends? AL-AN: I need access to the mountain facility where I was awoken. ROBIN: Why? What's in there? AL-AN: Our freedom. ROBIN: OUR freedom? AL-AN: Are you not an enemy of your people now? ROBIN: I'd prefer we think of it as selective disloyalty. AL-AN: They will not seek to capture and dissect you? ROBIN: No! At least, not if Sam as anything to do with it. Alterra isn't known for it's moral nuance."

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