Tziporah "Zip" Malk

-| Attribute | Details |+| Feature | Details | | :--- | :--- | | **Name** | Tziporah Malk (aka Zip) | | **Gender** | Female |-| **Affiliation** | Mongolian Independent States (Formerly), Alterra Corporation (Pioneer Program, AISV Cicada), Cicada Survivors |-| **Occupation** | Mongolian Steppe EVA Engineer (Formerly), Alterra EVA Engineer, Lead Salvor |+| **Occupation** | EVA Engineer, Lead Salvor |+| **Affiliation** | Mongolian Independent States (Formerly), Alterra Corporation, Pioneer Program, Cicada Survivors | | **Status** | Unknown | | **Voice Actor** | Darrin Revitz |  -**Tziporah Malk**, known as **Zip**, is a pioneer who served as the lead salvor for the colony established after the [[Cicada]] crashed into [[Proteus]]. An expert in salvaging, Zip played a crucial role in the survival efforts. However, her time on Proteus was marked by tragedy; she died multiple times and was reprinted by the [[NoA]] (Network of Autonomous agents). Due to extreme retroviral contamination, one reprint reset her to an older state, causing significant memory loss that erased her memories of friends like [[Nahema]] and [[Anita]].+**Tziporah "Zip" Malk**, commonly known as **Zip**, is a pioneer who served as the lead salvor aboard the [[Cicada]] before it crashed on [[Proteus]]. An expert in salvaging, Zip played a crucial role in the colony's survival efforts. Due to extreme retroviral contamination, she died multiple times and was reprinted by the [[NoA]] from older backup states, resulting in significant memory loss that erased her recollection of friends like [[Nahema]] and [[Anita]].  -Zip's first blackbox, located in the [[Graveyard Caves]], contains the **Kurul Level Access Key**, which is required to open a locked door in the [[Tadpole Pens]].+Her [[Blackboxes|blackbox]] located in the [[Graveyard Caves]] contains the [[Kurul Level Access Key]], which is required to unlock a specific door in the [[Tadpole Pens]].   ## Blackboxes   Zip has two blackboxes located in different regions of Proteus.  -![Zip Blackbox Location](wiki-images/e1/e188ff388743f0b270168dc7ed2eaa1b.png)+![300px](wiki-images/e1/e188ff388743f0b270168dc7ed2eaa1b.png)   | Image | Name | Location | Depth | Coordinates | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | ![300px](wiki-images/e1/e188ff388743f0b270168dc7ed2eaa1b.png) | Zip | In the [[Graveyard Caves]] | 300 meters | -303399, 449728, -30525 | | ![300px](wiki-images/e7/e72ebca00bec6c2b1fd11d2f68367d26.png) | Zip 2 | In the [[Karakorum Metal Farms]] | 470 meters | -137006, 395661, -47070 |   ## Databank Entries   ### Profile and Blackboxes   **Tziporah "Zip" Malk**-  *   **Gender:** F *   **Mission role:** EVA engineer, lead salvor *   **Pay rate:** Kurul [expired Mongolian Free States trademark for member of a leadership council] *   **Biography:** Veteran of multiple space construction projects in Mongolian Independent States. Survived two one-way colony missions and frequent relativistic travel between stars. Outgoing, well-liked, highly motivated to comfort and befriend the withdrawn or struggling. *   **Notes:** Like other senior Mongolian refugees, may require corrective action to avoid unionist behavior and work stoppages.   **Blackbox: Malk, Tziporah "Zip" 01**-  *   **POSTMORTEM:** Zip died of asphyxiation. She entered a trance state and became unresponsive. Zip had severe viremia. *   Zip died alone. *   Zip died about 245,000 hours ago. *   Zip's blackbox transmitted her to a biobed in Habitat. Due to extreme levels of retroviral contamination, Zip was marked 'do not print' and scheduled for reset from an earlier state. A known good state of Zip was successfully printed from a biobed in Sleep Bay 3. *   This fork of Zip's life ended. *   The kurul-level access codes in this blackbox were never wiped.   **Blackbox: Malk, Tziporah "Zip" 02**-  *   Parsing blackbox data. Outputting natural language report. *   Tziporah died of electrical shock. Current traveling through her hand caused ventricular fibrillation and muscle damage, which her AEP suit was unable to correct. *   Tziporah died surrounded by colleagues. *   Tziporah died about 245,000 hours ago. *   Tziporah's blackbox transmitted her to a biobed in a nearby base camp. Due to a recent reset, Tziporah's body was nearly free of contaminants. *   Tziporah's life continued.   ### Relevant Entries  -**Kurul Level Access Key**- -This encryption key grants "kurul-level" access privileges. This is not an approved Alterra pay rate and is therefore cryptographically insecure.- -The keylog indicates this key was used several times by the keyholder, especially at a site logged as "Tadpole Pens".-  **Nahema/Zip - "We were friends?"**-  > **NAHEMA:** What was in those giant tanks? > **ZIP:** Huh? Oh. Um-probably methane. Natural gas. > **NAHEMA:** I thought this was a hydroelectric plant. > **ZIP:** Originally, yeah, but the old Axum added a methane burner about...um...hang on, let me check my databank. > **NAHEMA:** It's okay. Hey - really. It's okay. Where's Mantis? > **ZIP:** He's up there, on the broken turbine. He thinks you can help him fix it. > **NAHEMA:** Up that big arch? All right. > **ZIP:** So...before I got reset...we were friends? > **NAHEMA:** Yeah. We were. > **ZIP:** Is it okay if I write that down?   **Zip - "We can live here!"**-  > This is the place. We should live down here. I'll convince you all! > > Tuba, you want new flavors to cook? The jelly rings are full of sap - it tastes like fermented caramel. > > Dr. Wu, the vent organisms are primary producers! No light needed to grow them. Nutritionist, sustain thyself! > > Sean, the rockbore's fractures go down into volcanic bedrock. Don't you want to see how far? > > Iso, if you and your minions are so tough, you should try living in boiling water! > > Mantis, boss, you wanted a safer place to park the biobeds? Right here. And it's got free geothermal powers. > > Sophie, you're afraid we'll provoke the Tailings? Well, I've been visiting for weeks and they NEVER come down here. They're afraid of it! > > Nahema, oh, girl, you'd hate this place. Because it means you're wrong! This world IS fit for humans. We can thrive here. Come down and see! I can hear the whole planet... > > *[metadata author = Tziporah "Zip" Malk]*