Al-An

Hello, that is my head.

― Al-An, talking about his head.

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</infobox> Al-An, or also called Alan, is a member of the Almanac who will be present as a character in Subnautica: Below Zero.

When Kharaa broke out, Al-An's mind was stored away whilst the body was destroyed. Al-An appears to be unique in that his mind has remained conscious unlike other stored minds which are in a dormant state.

Al-An appears to be capable of broadcasting messages, as shown when he denies Robin access to Alien Research Site Zero. It is later revealed that Al-An broadcasts these warnings from within Sanctuary Zero.

Story

Al-An, like the rest of his species, had their consciousness uploaded to a Data Hub. Their physical body was likely disposed of afterwards, although for an unexplained reason, Al-An's mind remained intact, capable of thought and speech, unlike the other Almanac encountered in The Crater.

Robin first hears from Al-An when she is denied access to Alien Research Site Zero. Following their first encounter, Robin soon finds Al-An himself in Sanctuary Zero, albeit as a mere computer core. He attempts to trap Robin within the facility forever, but is stopped when they come to an agreement and Al-An's mind is transferred from storage to Robin's mind.

Following the transfer, Robin will have to find and scan parts of Al-An's body throughout the story, including a head, arms, legs, and power source. The end goal of this will be to fabricate them a new body at the Fabricator Base. The reason for doing so is currently unknown, however, upon the completion of their new body, Al-An will act as an NPC.

Personality

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Relationships

Robin Goodall

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Sam Goodall

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Jo Jeffreys

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Marguerit Maida

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Conversations with Robin

“	<poem> ALIEN VOICE: You lied to your master. ROBIN: Oh hi. Yeah, Alterra was listening, I covered our arse. And she's my sister, not my master. ALIEN VOICE: You do not trust your sister. ROBIN: Are you... Can you read my thoughts?! ALIEN VOICE: Do humans think? ROBIN: Listen, I am thrilled to meet you, and I would love to help you, but you need to get out of my head. ALIEN VOICE: If you will not return me, you must release me to another vessel. ROBIN: Love it. How? ALIEN VOICE: I am... uncertain. Your brain is restrictive. I will inform you when I process the data. ROBIN: I'll keep Alterra off our backs 'til then. ALIEN VOICE: You were more polite when we met. ROBIN: Yeah, process that. ALIEN VOICE: I will try.</poem>	”

“	<poem>ALIEN VOICE: Processing is complete. You will build me a new vessel. ROBIN: How? What kind of vessel? ALIEN VOICE: I have not granted you permissions for that information. ROBIN: I can't help you if you don't tell me. ALIEN VOICE: Which data formats do you accept? ROBIN: Words mostly. ALIEN VOICE: I have added the information to your databank. ROBIN: Thank you... Listen, I need something to call you. ALIEN VOICE: We do not use words that way. ROBIN: I used to have a pet baawaal. I called him Ketchup. Don't make me name you too. ALIEN VOICE: You may append my seed code to the species designation. You may call me Al-An. ROBIN: I waited my whole life to meet a spacefaring alien. You're telling me your name is Alan? AL-AN: Is it insufficient? ROBIN: No. No, Al-An, it's perfect. Let me see about this vessel.</poem>	”

Trivia

• The name "Al-An" or "Alan" is likely a play on the word "alien".
  • The name “Al-An” is a combination of Alterra’s assigned name for his species “Almanac” and what Al-An refers to as his “seed code” which is “An”.
• It was previously stated by story writer Tom Jubert that the Almanac would not be seen. Ironically, it would be Jubert who later unwittingly revealed the existence of Al-An on the developers’ public Trello board.