6th February 2026

Saturn talking to the crowd

"Already attempted to smoke it out"
"It is not worth wasting rangers on"
"Trapping EXOGEN-ALPHA in the vents is not an option."
"Project HELIOS was meant to prosecute EXOGEN-ALPHA and showcase the future of technology for the VSA"
Cannot disclose what HELIOS is programmed to do
Helios is "efficient" and "does not need a personality"
Science does not have morality in some aspects

Raiden talking to Taiko

Raiden asking Taiko about "Project ATLAS"
Taiko claims to know nothing about it.
Something is being covered up.
Taiko needs to ask Dr. Whitmore for more information.

Raiden talking to Helix

Raiden asked Helix about Project ATLAS.
"Whitmore, Anabelle... some other dudes" know about it.
Helix knows about it.
Who is Anabelle?
Raiden is looking to understand ALPHA.
ALPHA was an experiment to produce life, something strong.

"They grew people in labs" - Helix
Are the EXOGENs clones?
The files are not in the archives. They're at HQ. Dead end.
"If it happens in HQ then you would find it in HQ" It didn't happen here.
ATLAS is a person? Possibly like Helios.
"The boogeyman of the VSA" So ATLAS failed too?
Atlas is the finished product of the ATLAS project. If I can meet Atlas I can piece it together.
Alpha was a failed experiment of the ATLAS project. Atlas is stronger, but more obedient.

So Whitmore headed the ATLAS project. That much is evident.
There's not enough time before Sunday. Knowledge isn't enough. The solution must come from above, and I imagine it will be at great cost.

Raiden talking to Saturn

Researcher Saturn wanted to talk to Raiden. It needs to be private.

Surveyors will be fodder. Not unexpected, but I can't say it didn't hurt to hear it either.
If ALPHA isn't gone by the deadline, they'll need people to step up. Willingly or otherwise.

Raiden is confident. More confident than I anyway.

Senior Researcher Diamond? Do they know something too?

Locked door near the prison is the "ghost room."
Saturn believes in ghosts?

Confirmation. ALPHA was human once. Before Project ATLAS.
Sacrifice, huh?

There's a device on the generators. It's important somehow -- it's possibly how ALPHA turns off the lights.