Temuliin "Tuba" Tobukha

T. Tobukha, nicknamed Tuba, is a pioneer who was part of the Cicada crew that crashed onto Proteus. Tuba serves as the colony's cook and is married to Wu.

Tuba's last known death occurred 235,000 hours ago at Camp One, after she split off from the other survivors of the Old Habitat's destruction to seek assistance from the Jubilee. She was transmitted to an unknown Biobed and her current status remains unknown.

Blackboxes

Blackbox - Tuba (Camp One)

• Location: In Camp One
• Depth: 20 meters
• Coordinates: -327981, 411594

Dialogue:

"Damn it! Okay - blackbox - it's Tuba, I'm trapped by a marrowbreach. I don't have any flares. I'm not getting eaten, the cook will NOT be eaten! I'd rather run out of air. Habitat's gone. Chap lost it, he blew up the beds. Some of us made it out with Ganzo. I'm sorry, Ganzo, I know I said I was going back to Habitat but I'm going to find the Jubilee and I don't think they can feed you all. I'm sorry, man! I left you! I don't know where I'm gonna reprint. I don't know what I'll remember. Look, if you find this, the Jubilee went south to the caves where the crabs die. Do you understand? The caves where the crabs..." [ Static ]

Blackbox - Tuba (unknown attacker)

• Location: In the Cicada Wreck (Therapy Room). Requires a Repair Tool.
• Depth: 205 meters
• Coordinates: -133926, 450156

Dialogue:

Tuba: "There must be some spices somewhere in this -" [Spear impact, gasp and shout of pain]

Databank Entries

Profile and Blackboxes

Temuliin "Tuba" Tobukha

• Gender: W
• Mission role: Cook, dietician's mate
• Pay rate: Nökhör [frequently self-described as "underpaid"]
• Biography: Colony cook, highly proficient with both fabricator and traditional food preparation. Exposed to dangerous levels of heavy metals and retrovirus due to habit of sampling Protean substances for flavor. History of violence in the context of organized crime. Complains constantly, performs consistently.
• Notes: RASA candidate.

Blackbox: T. "Tuba" Tobukha, 01

TUBA: "Damn it! Okay — blackbox — it's Tuba, I'm trapped by a marrowbreach. I don't have any flares. I'm not getting eaten, the cook will NOT be eaten. I'd rather run out of air. Habitat's gone. Chap lost it, he blew up the beds. Some of us made it out with Ganzo. I'm sorry, Ganzo. I said I was going back to Habitat but I'm going to find the Jubilee and I don't think they can feed you all. I'm sorry, man! I left you! I don't know where I'm gonna reprint. I don't know what I'll remember. Look, if I find this, the Jubilee went south, to the cave where the crabs die. Do you understand? The cave where the crabs—"

POSTMORTEM

Tuba died of dehydration. She was cornered in a compartment by a marrowbreach outside.

Tuba died alone.

Tuba died about 235,000 hours ago.

Tuba's blackbox transmitted her to an unknown biobed. No return telemetry was received.

Tuba's status cannot be determined from this blackbox.

Blackbox: T. "Tuba" Tobukha, 02

TUBA: "There must be some spices somewhere in this—" [spear impact, gasp and shout of pain]

POSTMORTEM

Tuba died of penetrating trauma. She was impaled by a metal spear.

Tuba died near two coworkers.

Tuba died about 236,000 hours ago.

Tuba's blackbox transmitted her to a biobed in a nearby base camp. Despite elevated levels of contamination (particularly heavy metals and retroviral DNA), Tuba was reprinted without a reset.

Tuba's life continued.

Relevant Entries

Tuba/Singh - "New recipe"

TUBA: Do you think they were like us?

SINGH: No.

TUBA: But look at this. It's a house. They lived in houses, they went to jobs, they ate food. How different could they be?

SINGH: Nahema thinks they evolved with the Masefield syndrome. The way we evolved with...day and night, or family.

TUBA: So what? They were all crazy about the tree?

SINGH: Well, Sophie thinks Masefield killed them all. And I don't know who's right.

TUBA: Maybe their cooks went on strike and they starved to death. Hey, do you think they tasted good?

SINGH: Tuba!

TUBA: What? Don't you like shrimp? PDA, open recipe book.

SINGH: TUBA!