Tadpole Pens

 | Feature | Details |-| :--- | :--- |-| **Type** | Point of Interest / Seabase |-| **Location** | Graveyard Biome |-| **Coordinates** | -271618, 435346 |+| --- | --- |+| **Type** | Point of Interest (Seabase) |+| **Location** | Graveyard, 675m East of Lifepod | | **Depth** | 150m |-| **Access Requirement** | Heat Tolerance Adaptation |+| **Coordinates** | -271618, 435346 |+| **Access Requirement** | Heat Tolerance adaptation |  -![Tadpole Pens Front View](Tadfront.png)+The **Tadpole Pens** is an Alterra seabase located in the Graveyard. It is inaccessible without the Heat Tolerance adaptation. The facility consists of a large east section and smaller north and south sections.  -The **Tadpole Pens** is an Alterra seabase located in the Graveyard biome, approximately 675m East of the starting Lifepod. Accessing this location requires the **Heat Tolerance** adaptation due to the surrounding thermal conditions.+The front entrance to the east section leads to a main room and a flooded moonpool room. There is also a locked door that requires an access key carried by Zip (see Hot Caves). This locked door leads to an office and storage rooms, with an upper level containing a plot-relevant NoA Terminal room.  -The facility is divided into three main sections: a large eastern section, and smaller northern and southern sections. The front entrance to the east section leads to a main room and a flooded moonpool area. A locked door within this section requires an access key originally carried by Zip (found in the Hot Caves). This locked area contains offices, storage rooms, and leads up to a plot-relevant NoA Terminal room.+### Scannable Items & Data  -### Scannable Items & Fragments- -Scanning objects within the Tadpole Pens yields various blueprints and data cards.- -**Exterior Scans:**+**Exterior:** *   Power Transmitter *   Tadpole *   Hydroelectric Turbine *   Spotlight   **South Section:** *   Power Cell Terminal *   Trashcan *   Processor-*   Data Card containing: Small Crate, Wall Panel, Wall Unit Large, Wall Unit Small, Wall Vent, Wall Vent Large-*   Contains RUBY: Tadpole ops guide+*   Data Card: Small Crate, Wall Panel, Wall Unit Large, Wall Unit Small, Wall Vent, Wall Vent Large+*   RUBY: Tadpole ops guide   **North Section:**-*   NAHEMA: We must voluntarily die (Data Card)-*   Moonpool Data Card+*   NAHEMA: We must voluntarily die+*   Moonpool data card *   Lab Chair *   Trashcan *   S Shelf   **East Section (Main Room):** *   Dining Table *   Dining Chair *   Stool *   Trashcan *   S Shelf *   Tadpole-*   Half Round Room Data Card-*   Contains Survivor - Waypoint 2 Databank entry+*   Data Card: Half Round Room+*   Survivor - Waypoint 2 Databank entry (notes that the access key is on Zip's blackbox at the bottom of the hot caves)   **Flooded Moonpool:** *   Trashcan *   Lab Chair *   Wall Light Small *   Scout Ray Chassis *   Tadpole *   Power Cell Terminal-*   Moonpool Data Card+*   Moonpool data card   **Locked Room:** *   Power Storage *   Lab Chair *   Trashcan *   S Shelf *   Dining Chair *   Dining Table *   Repair Tool *   Scout Ray Poster   **Small Closet (within Locked Room):** *   Small Axum Jar *   Axum Jar *   Tall Axum Jar *   Coral Jar *   Small Coral Jar   **Upper NoA Terminal Room:**-*   Not flooded, contains no scannable items.+*   Not flooded, contains no scans.  -### NoA Terminal+## NoA Terminal  -The NoA terminal located in the control room can be booted up. For the full dialogue transcript, see the NoA/Tadpole Pens entry.+The NoA terminal at the Tadpole Pens can be booted up. To read its dialogue, see NoA/Tadpole Pens.  -### Blueprints & Fragments List+## Blueprints & Fragments  -The following blueprints can be acquired by scanning fragments or items within the Tadpole Pens:+The following blueprints or fragments can be found at this location:   *   Dining Chair *   Dining Table *   Half Round Room *   Hydroelectric Turbine *   Spotlight *   Power Cell Terminal *   Processor *   Small Crate *   Wall Panel *   Wall Unit Large *   Wall Unit Small *   Wall Vent *   Wall Vent Large *   Lab Chair *   S Shelf *   Power Storage *   Small Axum Jar *   Axum Jar *   Tall Axum Jar *   Coral Jar *   Small Coral Jar *   Moonpool *   Power Transmitter *   Scout Ray Chassis *   Stool *   Tadpole *   Trashcan  -### Location+## Location  -![Map Location](wiki-images/map_placeholder.png)-*   **Coordinates:** X: -271618, Y: 435346-*   **Description:** Located on the eastern edge of the Graveyard at a depth of 150m.+Located on the eastern edge of the Graveyard at a depth of 150m.  -### Databank Entries+## Databank Entries  -#### Tadpole Pens+### Tadpole Pens > A fabrication and maintenance site for Tadpole submersibles. There is a functioning NoA node in the control room. > > - Site suggests Tadpoles were often deployed eastward > - Material may have been returned by Tadpole expeditions > - NoA node may contain information on past survival failures and future threats > - Access to the control room is secured by a passcode > > Access codes were stored in the PDAs and blackboxes of high-ranking colonists.  -#### Ganzo - "Waypoint 2"+### Ganzo - "Waypoint 2" > Ganzo here. Nine survivors of Habitat with me. Tuba went back to Habitat and...a marrowbreach took Ruby. I don't know if she'll be reprinted. I've heard her die so many times. But this time...she's got to be out there somewhere. She's got to. > > The Tadpole Pens control room is locked and all the Tadpoles are gone. Sophie and Nahema took the last two. We're stuck. > > We've voted, eight to one. We're going to go down into the hot caves. We all feel a pull there. We know it's a Masefield hallucination—yes, Twinkle, we *know*—but hey, Anita said, if we ask the world for help, maybe it'll answer. > > And it's not all crazy. There's a biobed at the base camp. And Zip...Zip died at the bottom of that cave. She had a kurultai access key that could get us through this lock. > > If you find this, we headed due southwest to the hot caves. Bearing [muttered] Hang on, Ruby.  -#### Nahema - "We must voluntarily die"+### Nahema - "We must voluntarily die" > Media chipped or shattered. Recovering intact sectors... > > If we are not the last of humanity, then we have no reason to suffer on a hostile world. Our survival is not the last hope of the human species. > > If we are the last of humanity, then we do not deserve to survive. If the last and best we can offer the universe is a gaggle of indentured servants ruled by a talking spreadsheet? Better to end. We have never been a worthy steward of any world. We failed Earth, so we fled to the stars. Now, like the Architects before us, we reap the whirlwind. > > We had to invent the lie of 'Masefield syndrome' in order to pathologize what our bodies already know is true - we do not belong on this world. We are here, and we deserve happiness, but the right way to seek happiness is to explore the wonders of Proteus and then find a place to donate our nutri& > > [metadata lost]  -### Gallery+## Gallery   ![North Section Interior](Tadpolepensruins2inside.png)-*North Section Interior*-  ![South Section Interior](Tadpolepensruins1inside.png)-*South Section Interior*-  ![Upper Chamber](Tadpolepensroom4.png)-*Upper Chamber*-  ![Locked Room](Tadpolepensroom3.png)-*Locked Room*-  ![Flooded Moonpool](Tadpolepensroom2.png)-*Flooded Moonpool*-  ![Main Room](Tadpolepensroom1.png)-*Main Room*- -![Here's your sign](Tadpolepenssign.png)-*Here's your sign.*- +![Here's your sign.](Tadpolepenssign.png) ![North Section](Tadnorth.png)-*North Section*-  ![From the Dangerous Side](Tadrear.png)-*From the Dangerous Side*-  ![From the Safe Side](Tadfront.png)-*From the Safe Side*- -![South Section](Tadsouth.png)-*South Section*+![South Section](Tadsouth.png)