[ Spoiler ] Acorn

[Hawk]

Hey guys,

Did anyone found another Acorn? Because it seems like there are few of those in the game. After talking with some NPC's, I got this feeling. Also, what is the meaning of the abbreviation ''ACoNR''?
Where one could possibly find the code to open it..?

[brobotics]

pretty sure theres only one in the game, likely more in North Underrail...

but ive been wondering what ACoNR stands for too. only one i know of who even brings it up is Dude, and his explanation is definitely not what it stands for

[Ravager]

Before I learned what it was, I thought it was maybe "A Containerized Nuclear Reactor."

But since it involves (alien?) nanites, I thought maybe it means "Alien Containerized Nano-Robotics."

I mean, if what I understand from the Lemurian computers and Oculus is true, the ACoNR is alien technology. One of them may have been used to create Underrail. It's kind of like a Garden of Eden Creation Kit. The implications of it for the lore are profound.

I noticed that there isn't a lore thread for what we've learned from Expedition. And yet, it seems as if humans (especially the Six Corporations) were getting ahold of alien technology, possibly prior to the apocalypse. There are references to LemCo using designs that sound otherwordly, or not of the Hexagon. And it doesn't seem as if the humans fully understand what constitutes the ACoNR.

Interestingly, devices like the ACoNR might have precipitated the apocalypse. If there was an accident with nanotechnology, that may be why Surface is uninhabitable.* Paradoxically, then, such technology would be needed in order to preserve the human species.

Maybe there were even six ACoNRs, one for each megacorporation (although not every one was used.)



* But I find it more likely that the celestial battles between Godmen and Leviathans may have been responsible. Humans in Underrail are just like ants whose nest got dug up and had to run.

[brobotics]

did you find any Lemurian computers with anything of substance to say about Acorns? the only ones i remember are the military commanders ordering it to be moved from location to location, implying its importance.

an Acorn being used to create the Underrail is a very interesting idea i hadn't considered.


On the subject of lore...
i still dont entirely "get" how Expedition fits into the base game's lore yet, although i haven't been able to complete the Sormirbaeren questline quite yet...

but Flottsormir changes the way i see Six's relationship with Tchort. before I thought Six was all cranky about Tchort mainly because it was part Leviathan (with the Cube being another instance of Tanner "committing a crime") ... but now it seems like Six can handle being on a planet with Leviathans. I don't know. really puts some holes in those theories about Six being a 4-D entity worried about what Tchort would become etc etc...

also just noticed Six is everywhere even more with the Six Supercorporations... "Go to Core City, look at the ground. Six!"

also I would like to know how Flottsormir (undoubtably a Leviathan) got into Earth in the first place. i got the impression that Leviathans "orbited stars" and "consumed them" ... instead of swimming around a cave and exerting psionic powers... idk

[chimaera]

Well, it might be stuck here, same as Tanner and Six. 

[Ravager]

You're right, brobotics. I don't think any Lemurian computers gave details on the ACoNR. But they referred to Lemurians playing around with technology that they didn't fully comprehend. This bolstered the idea, for me, that ACoNR contained such technology, and that corporations may have endangered people by experimenting with it.

It wouldn't surprise me if ACoNR was used to create Underrail. Wasn't one used to create Lemuria? I can't remember now. But Underrail is perfect for what an ACoNR would be used for: rapidly constructing a habitat / ecosystem beyond what contemporary science can provide.

I wonder how much of Underrail, in that case, would be ACoNR-created, and how much would be created by the corporations? Would Biocorp find a deep underground cave system, and deploy ACoNR, or hollow it out first with nukes? Or would the digging and shaping be left to the device?

I guess if ACoNR created cave systems, lakes, oxygen replenishment systems, maybe the basic wildlife and fungus / mushrooms, humans could move in and build cities, rail, etc... ACoNR being used to create both Lemuria and Underrail separately would show why the base systems (caves, lakes / sea) were similar, but the building styles were different. [I seem to recall reading that NFT created Lemuria, probably with the aid of exotic devices, and were surprised by Biocorp finding them. Why did they create it so close?]

This also shows why it would be a terrible idea to open an ACoNR in Underrail. Underrail is one of humanity's last surviving habitats. And the ACoNR could be configured for something completely different. There are a number of analogues to it in science fiction.