Greetings esteemed colleagues,
Welcome to another Status Report! This time we’re looking at some highly useful inventions you’ll discover during your time in the GATE Cascade Research Facility, as well as a peek into a few sectors we’ve been polishing.
Let’s dive right in, shall we?
Transmogrifier
You know when you have a piece of armor that looks so dang cool but the stats are not so great for your current environment? Well, you’ve come to the right secret underground research facility, because the clever minds at GATE are here to help!
Behold! The Transmogrifier! With this fashionable piece of tech, you can customize your scientist’s appearance and armor to look and feel your best as a GATE employee – all from the comfort of your base. It’s a great tool for changing into a new look you just unlocked, or transmogrifying your armor.
What's that, we hear you say? Transmogrification, or Transmog for short, is the ability to change the appearance of your equipped armor to look like another piece of armor, but without the stats changing. There are some intentional limits to this system and we may allow servers to disable it, but we'll cover those details later perhaps, maybe in a dev vlog. The main takeaway here is: you can look the way you want, even if you unlock new and better armor… once you invent the Transmogrifier, anyway.
Nerd fashion is peak fashion in ABF.
Distribution Pad
Have you ever thought “By Einstein’s ghost, I sure wish I could drop my loot and get back to exploring, but then my base would be a mess!”
Well, the great minds of science strike again! Again. Always. It never ends. They are relentless. … Ahem, the Distribution Pad.
"I would never discourage genuine curiosity, but when Dr. Tengku suggested using perforation technology to teleport small objects across the room, I suspect she was simply looking for an easier way to file documents. Keep dreaming, Suan. You'll have to file R-3 reports on Level 12 just like the rest of us." - Dr. I. Manbanko
Space Lettuce
"I don't know who dubbed IS-0333 'Space Lettuce', but I can see why. Like many newly-returned specimens from Anteverse XXI, we're still investigating its properties. The most astonishing fact, so far, is simply that such a thing is... edible." - Dr. P. Peters
Deep in the Labs
“The Tachyonic Telemetry Targeting Unit, also known as the 'Dark Lens', is the core of GATE's perforation experiments, guiding and focusing perforation events by providing stable, trans-luminal co-ordinate pairs for portal entry/exit nodes.” - the GATE Compendium
In Case You Missed It
Know Your Strengths
Our latest Dev Vlog is here to teach you how to land critical hits and the damage types that make it happen!
Janet’s Study Buddy
Abe and Janet discuss IS-0111.
Next Fest Numbers
Once again, thanks for checking out ABF during Next Fest. We’ve compiled some of the more fascinating numbers to be perused at your convenience.
If there are any stats you would like to see in the future which weren’t listed this round, let us know in the comments!
Stay Tuned
When you descend into the GATE Cascade Research Facility you’re going to be facing a lot of unexpected challenges. Follow these Status Reports for tips, insights and strategies to keep you safe, as well as fun looks-behind-the-scenes at development!
And keep your eyes on the sky, or in this case, the Office Sector ceiling, because there will be some big announcements on their way.
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