PDA

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The PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), also known as a Survival PDA is a multipurpose device that the player keeps with them at all times.

The PDA currently has five tabs that have different uses. They are:

• The Inventory Tab: Includes Storage with 48 item slots on the left and a Paperdoll UI with Equipment slots on the right.
• The Blueprints Tab: Displays all currently unlocked Blueprints along with their recipes.
• The Log Tab: Contains all the text and voice messages that the player receives.
• The Gallery Tab: Displays all the pictures the player has taken using the F11 key. These pictures can be put in Picture Frames.
• The Data Bank Tab: A tab that contains an encyclopedia of things the player encounters, such as Fauna and Data Downloads.

By default, the player can access the PDA by pressing the TAB key.

Abandoned PDAs can be found inside the Abandoned Seabases, and inside certain Wrecks. However, the ones found in Wrecks are currently blank and lack any corresponding data.

Log messages

PDA bootup sequence:

• Greetings Survivor, great job not dying, to assist your further survival in emergency situations you have been issued this Personal Digital Assistant, the interface visible now,will organize inventory, display currently available construction blueprints and other valuable data, take a moment to familiarize yourself with it.

Day 1:

• Environmental analysis complete. Zero clean sources detected. High priority: find means to purify drinking water.
• Your vital signs and environment are being monitored, and advice will be issued as necessary. For more information see the survival booklet (WIP).
• You have been equipped with environmentally appropriate clothing and a PDA preloaded with this survival program.
• Your lifepod should be equipped with a storage locker containing some basic survival equipment.
• Status report. Catastrophic hull failure occurred during Aurora descent. Cause unknown. No survivors detected.

Paperdoll User Interface

The Paperdoll UI provides slots to place certain equipment onto the player. The available equipment slots are a head slot, a body slot, a feet slot, a hands slot, a tank slot, and two chip slots. This system allows the player to choose between different equipment and the effects they have on the player. The following equipment will only give the player their effects when equipped to its corresponding slot.

Image	Name	Description	Placement Slot
	Radiation Helmet	Partial protection from Radiation	Head Slot
	Rebreather	Ignore depth and environment breathing effects	Head Slot
	Dive Suit	Basic diving suit	Body Slot
	Radiation Suit	Partial protection from radiation	Body Slot
	Reinforced Dive Suit	Dive suit that provides 50% physical protection	Body Slot
File:Still Suit.png	Stillsuit	Produces Reclaimed Water to conserve Water	Body Slot
	Fins	Increases swimming speed	Feet Slot
	Swim Charge Fins	Charges your held Tool while you swim	Feet Slot
	Ultra Glide Fins	Greatly increases swimming speed	Feet Slot
	Radiation Gloves	Partial protection from radiation	Hand Slot
	Compass	Displays the cardinal directions on the HUD	Chip Slot
	Scanner Room HUD Chip	Displays Scanner Room data on the player's HUD	Chip Slot
	Signal	Signal of a land mass, caves entrances, a large organic mass or a heat signature.	Chip Slot
	Thermometer	Displays temperature information on the HUD	Chip Slot
	O2 Tank	Gives the player 60 seconds of Oxygen	Tank Slot
	High Capacity Tank	Gives the player 120 seconds of Oxygen	Tank Slot
	Plasteel Tank	Gives the player 60 seconds of Oxygen with a reduced weight	Tank Slot

Data Bank Entry

If you are reading this, then you have survived an emergency evacuation of a capital-class ship equipped with Alterra technology. Congratulations: the hard part is over.

Your PDA has automatically rebooted in Emergency Mode. This operating system has one purpose: to keep you alive. It features:

• Full integration with user biometrics for timely survival advice
• Blueprints for fabricating a range of essential survival equipment
• Onboard microphone, camera and OCR technology for short-range (20m) situational analysis
• Cross-compatibility with the Alterra handheld spectroscope scanner

Follow its directions and we will bring you home alive.

NB Your personal and work files have been encrypted and may be retrieved at a later date by a licensed engineer.

Gallery

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  The PDA with all slots on the Paperdoll UI equipped.

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  The "Blueprints" tab on the PDA

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  The "Log" tab on the PDA

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  Early PDA concept art

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  The Encyclopedia tab, with Gasopod data