Base Computer Archives
What do the Base Computer Archives give? Blueprints for your base, your starship, and your exosuit: the Teleport Receiver and the Efficient Thrusters for the starship, the Neural Stimulator and the Shield Lattice for the exosuit, and base parts from the Storage Container and the Solar Panel to the Landing Pad. Of its 21 parts, the last ones restore off-world archives: lore, with no item.
How it starts
The archives open early in The Artemis Path, after Alone Amidst the Stars, in the Base Computer of your base. Each early part gives a blueprint, asks you to build or install it, and then to know more words of the alien languages before the next archive can be read.
The steps
Each part is one entry of the log, and the next opens when it ends. A word step counts every word you know, so the number after it is the total you need, not the words to learn in that part. The table gives every step as the log names it, with the hint the game shows under it, and on a part's last step everything that part gives along the way.
| Part | Step | Hint | Gives |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Base Computer Archive Available | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 1 | Construct a Storage Container | Upgrade your base by building a Storage Container. | |
| 1 | Learn words to decrypt base archives (3 words known in all) | The Base Computer's archives are encrypted. It may be possible to decrypt records from the previous user by inputting words from the local alien dialects. | Storage Container |
| 2 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 2 | Construct a Solar Panel | Upgrade your base by building a Solar Panel. | |
| 2 | Learn words to decrypt base archives (6 words known in all) | The Base Computer's archives are encrypted. It may be possible to decrypt records from the previous user by inputting words from the local alien dialects. | Solar Panel, Battery |
| 3 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 3 | Install the Teleport Receiver in your starship | Upgrade your starship by building a Teleport Receiver. | |
| 3 | Learn words to decrypt base archives (9 words known in all) | The Base Computer's archives are encrypted. It may be possible to decrypt records from the previous user by inputting words from the local alien dialects. | Teleport Receiver |
| 4 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 4 | Install the Neural Stimulator in your Exosuit | Upgrade your Exosuit by building a Neural Stimulator. | |
| 4 | Learn words to decrypt base archives (12 words known in all) | The Base Computer's archives are encrypted. It may be possible to decrypt records from the previous user by inputting words from the local alien dialects. | Neural Stimulator |
| 5 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 5 | Install the Efficient Thrusters in your Starship. | Upgrade your starship by installing the Efficient Thrusters. | |
| 5 | Learn words to decrypt base archives (15 words known in all) | The Base Computer's archives are encrypted. It may be possible to decrypt records from the previous user by inputting words from the local alien dialects. | Efficient Thrusters |
| 6 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 6 | Install the Shield Lattice in your Exosuit | Upgrade your Exosuit by building a Shield Lattice. | |
| 6 | Learn words to decrypt base archives (18 words known in all) | The Base Computer's archives are encrypted. It may be possible to decrypt records from the previous user by inputting words from the local alien dialects. | Shield Lattice |
| 7 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 7 | Construct a Wall Light | Upgrade your base by building a Wall Light. | |
| 7 | Learn words to decrypt base archives (21 words known in all) | The Base Computer's archives are encrypted. It may be possible to decrypt records from the previous user by inputting words from the local alien dialects. | White Light, Red Light, Green Light, Yellow Light, Pink Light, Blue Light |
| 8 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 8 | Construct the Appearance Modifier | Upgrade your base by building the Appearance Modifier. | |
| 8 | Learn words to decrypt base archives (24 words known in all) | The Base Computer's archives are encrypted. It may be possible to decrypt records from the previous user by inputting words from the local alien dialects. | Appearance Modifier |
| 9 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 9 | Construct the Roamer Geobay | Upgrade your base by building the Roamer Geobay. | |
| 9 | Learn words to decrypt base archives (27 words known in all) | The Base Computer's archives are encrypted. It may be possible to decrypt records from the previous user by inputting words from the local alien dialects. | Roamer Geobay |
| 10 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 10 | Construct a Landing Pad | Upgrade your base by building a Landing Pad. | |
| 10 | Learn words to decrypt base archives (30 words known in all) | The Base Computer's archives are encrypted. It may be possible to decrypt records from the previous user by inputting words from the local alien dialects. | Landing Pad |
| 11 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 11 | Visit remote archive terminal | The Base Computer has located an off-world archive. | |
| 12 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 12 | Visit remote archive terminal | The Base Computer has located an off-world archive. | |
| 12 | Wait for additional data to be restored | Automated archive recovery process is attempting to restore additional data. | |
| 13 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 13 | Visit remote archive terminal | The Base Computer has located an off-world archive. | |
| 14 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 14 | Visit remote archive terminal | The Base Computer has located an off-world archive. | |
| 15 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 15 | Visit remote archive terminal | The Base Computer has located an off-world archive. | |
| 16 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 16 | Visit remote archive terminal | The Base Computer has located an off-world archive. | |
| 17 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 17 | Visit remote archive terminal | The Base Computer has located an off-world archive. | |
| 18 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 18 | Visit remote archive terminal | The Base Computer has located an off-world archive. | |
| 19 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 19 | Visit remote archive terminal | The Base Computer has located an off-world archive. | |
| 20 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. | |
| 20 | Visit remote archive terminal | The Base Computer has located an off-world archive. | |
| 21 | Search Base Computer Archives | Automated archive recovery process has restored additional data. |
What the items do
Everything the archives hand over, with the description the game gives it.
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
Storage Container | Spacious additional storage for inventory items. |
Solar Panel | An efficient power generator, this solar array will turn sunlight into the electrical energy required to power many base structures. |
Battery | Highly-efficient energy storage units. Connect to a power grid, and onboard power management circuits will automatically draw down spare capacity to charge its cells. |
Teleport Receiver | A device that modulates standard starship communication signals to enable the transport of matter as well as data. |
Neural Stimulator | Increases the capacity of the Exosuit's Jetpack Tanks and Adrenal Pump Reserves, allowing the user to both fly and sprint longer. |
Efficient Thrusters | Upgrades the starship launch systems, decreasing the fuel cost of takeoff. |
Shield Lattice | Increases the base capacity of the Hazard Protection system, allowing the user to spend longer in hazardous environments without recharging their Exosuit. |
White Light | A coloured light for illuminating and decorating bases. |
Red Light | A coloured light for illuminating and decorating bases. |
Green Light | A coloured light for illuminating and decorating bases. |
Yellow Light | A coloured light for illuminating and decorating bases. |
Pink Light | A coloured light for illuminating and decorating bases. |
Blue Light | A coloured light for illuminating and decorating bases. |
Appearance Modifier | A buildable module that allows the users to adjust their personal appearance settings. |
Roamer Geobay | A secure parking, summoning and customisation facility for the Roamer medium Exocraft. |
Landing Pad | A stable, reinforced landing pad for starships. |
What each starship and exosuit module adds is in the starship modules and exosuit modules guides. The base's specialists have quests of their own, among them Scientific Research and Agricultural Research.