Every Day We Fight · Story & discoveries

The brilliant scientist Dr. Selena Faber moved to Rugosa City approximately twenty years ago, looking for a secluded and well-protected location in which she could carry out her experiments. Her goal was to develop the technology of the future that would better humankind. She found such a place in the old abandoned prison island, where prying eyes could be kept at bay.

As the Doctor was without sight, many speculated that her work would amount to nothing — until recent years, when some of the technological marvels she had been working on within the prison walls started coming to light. But not long after, the war against the Terragonians began encroaching on the city.

Out of fear of Faber’s mysterious technology getting into enemy hands, the Acacian military performed an artillery strike on the island. It was a desperate tactical move that would prove futile, as just days later, a new enemy presented itself: the Rifters. They immediately took over the prison island and erected their strange energy dome over the city, using the lighthouse tower as an antenna.

Until now, the Thorns believed she was still alive and unaffected by the dome — and being forced to apply her technological mind to enhancing the already advanced Rifter technology even further. They expected her to be working for them... not with them.

- Carries advanced Rifter assault rifle

- Has full body armor and helmet

The Elixium verified from deep underground builds up and hardens into solid, seemingly indestructible masses the Thorns refer to as “encrustations.” Over time, the masses develop on the Rifter Harvester machines. However, the enemy uses a special device that emits a particular frequency that is capable of destroying them. With the frequency resonator in their possession, the Thorns can create devices of their own to break apart encrustations that prevent them from accessing areas or entering buildings.

According to the schematics for a teleporter that Dr. Selena Faber had planned to create, a reliable transponder unit is required in order to successfully transmit a subject to new destination. This unit communicates with the receiver component to determine where the subject was and where it should end up.

Without a suitable stabilizer embedded within the teleporter, the subject being relocated has a high likelihood of ending up inside-out upon reaching the new destination. The stabilizer ensures that the deconstructed subject is perfectly reestablished after being transported. A slight miscalculation would be disastrous.

As the counterpart to the transponder unit, the receiver component is an integral part of the teleporter’s functionality. The schematics state that it is required for the device to have a proper destination to transmit the subject to. If the receiver were to be defective, there’s no telling where the subject could end up.

From Dr. Selena Faber’s audio diaries, it’s become clear that the Rifters are unable to survive in a foreign atmosphere. The dome they erected over the city must generate the necessary radiation levels they require. The mysterious technical device that Selena wore at all times emitted a concentrated trace of that same radiation. Not enough to be detectable to unsuspecting people, but just enough to sustain her survival while living on a planet not suitable for her.

A handheld module that Dr. Selena Faber created so that she can adjust the dome frequency to stabilize it. If it can be used to stabilize it, then surely it can be made to destabilize it. Only Selena will know for sure. If the Thorns hope to find out, they are first going to have to convince her to turn against her own kind.

Part of a Rifter device that somehow converts raw, phase-shifting Elixium into a stable liquid-like mineral that can be verified by their Harvesters. If it can do that to the Elixium, perhaps it can be made to do the same to the civilians still frozen in place. It is a chance the Thorns will have to take if they hope to bring everyone back.

A document with official records for the addresses that were assigned to refugees and displaced civilians. Included in the list is the name of Leo’s wife, Linda Hader.

Acacian Department of War

CENSUS OF DISPLACED PERSONS

City: RUGOSA

Name | Sex | Place of Abode (City/Town | Address):

Achem Sindzkel | M | Chorkazy | 6 Rohensch Ave.

Azerano Kesh | F | Chorkazy | 42 3rd St, App5

loward Yoakep | M | Rugosa | —

Mezerank Yazkevisch | O | Chorkazy | 455 Doresy St.

Andrei Yazkevisch | M | Chorkazy | 455 Doresy St.

Elnen Hicks | F | Chorkazy | —

Gideon Nona | F | Chorkazy | 555 Havre Cres.

Linda Hader | F | Rugosa | 2 105 Charleroi St.

Elloise Birsk | F | Chorkazy | 1168 Henri Croder Ave.

Harker Marion-Tells | NB | Toskbridge | 3785 Blackwell St. W

A note written in Leo’s wife’s handwriting.

All it says is “Rugosa Hotel 7:30 am.”

A frozen woman with two children, whom Leo now recognizes are his wife and kids.

Finding them like this comes as a huge relief to him. Despite Linda apparently having established a relationship with another man, she and the kids are not dead.

A map of the city, found in Vivian’s mother’s apartment, that indicates she had a secret hideout stationed in a building not far from the bus depot.

A document that logs the most recent activity that Vivian’s mother was up to. The last entry suggests she was headed to the shoreline apartment complex.

Mission Log

Name and rank: COLONEL G. TOUSSAINT

Date: [illegible]

Location: RUGOSA, ACACIA

Activity Report:

- Took inventory of our supplies

- Set out to replenish medical needs

- Field hospital did not have anything worth taking

- Rested before heading back to hideout

- Eliminated several enemy units

- Heard alien activity from direction of shoreline apartments

- Returned to hideout to replenish ammo

- Ordered others to remain in hiding

- Left to investigate enemy activity

Vivian fell out of contact with her mother in the years after her father’s passing. She tried to forget her past and focus on her future, working for Dr. Selena Faber. Despite living in the same city, Vivian and Gloria never crossed paths. She remembers the last time she was in her mother’s apartment. Unfortunately, unpleasant things were said on both sides right before Vivian stormed out.

A military canteen, branded with the Terragonian emblem.

For whatever reason, this particular item gets Vivian and Leo to question Dylan’s story about being a Terragonian refugee who was working as a local machanic.

A Terragonian military uniform jacket, clearly labeled with Dylan’s last name.

His story of being a refugee who worked at the gas station is falling apart. Mr. Fortis has some explaining to do.

The dead body of the woman who helped Dylan hide from his squadmates who were hunting him down.

So far what he has shown Vivian and Leo is only making matters worse for his story.

The site where Dylan refused orders to murder innocent civilians.

Although Dylan couldn't stop it from happening, he did kill his commanding officer in an effort to prevent it from happening again. It was a decision that put him on the run from his own military. His squadmates telling him to run is probably the only reason Dylan is still breathing.