Pressure RPG

Appearance:
Searchlights are large creatures that resemble whales. On its back, it has a heavily armored shell with a spike cluster towards the rear. Underneath its shell, it has four large, glowing eyes that emit beams of orange light, along with a large, gaping mouth containing multiple rows of teeth in the center. Around its mouth are smaller circular mouths with large hooks hanging out of them, three on the right and three on the left of the center mouth. On its rear, the Searchlight has two fins and a tail for stabilization.

Lore:
Whilst investigating the animal species living in the Let-Vand Zone, Urbanshade discovered the Vultus Luminaria. Colloquially referred to as "Searchlights", this organism is a whale-sized creature with four eyes that emit glowing, orange beams of light. When prey is spotted, an appendage similar in appearance to a "harpoon" is hooked onto the prey before pulling it into the creature's mouth. Any inorganic material it cannot digest is spat out shortly after consumption. The Searchlights are the natural predator of Bottomfeeders - if a Searchlight sees a Bottomfeeder, it will attempt to hook onto it and consume it, and the Bottomfeeder will offer up any fish at the end of its tail in an attempt to save itself. During the Blacksite Lockdown, a wild Searchlight managed to make its way into the Lunar-Grav testing chamber after the bulkhead separating it from the sea was left opened by the_p.AI.nter. The player then later discovers this Searchlight and watches it consume an Urbanshade guardsman. After the crystal is retrieved, multiple Searchlights were drawn to a location near the External Repellent System cannons after confusing Trenchbleeder Lucy's beam of light for a Searchlight that had found food. This then leads to the player evading them when tasked with repairing generators in the area.

Urbanshade used the corpses of the Voay Americanus specimens to create “limited edition” handbags, suitcases and boots out of Voay Skin. Z-264 has gone under extensive experimentation and biological augmentation to produce more blood. Special machinery has been implanted on the Voay that led to Z-264 Producing blood at a rate 30 times greater than the other Voay Specimens.

Appearance:
Abomination is a large black reptile with neon yellow and orange features. It has gills on the side of its face and body that glow neon yellow, and an apparatus of neon tubes on the side of its body. Its face is largely deformed and has a large amount of flesh missing, exposing its skeleton, which are self-inflicted from failed escape attempts.

Lore: Abomination is the last member known of the Voay Americanus Species. The Voay was a carnivorous species, similar in size to the Nile Hippopotamus found only in the Everglades that had skeletal structure close to the now extinct Voay genus of Crocodiles, that resembles “horns”, it also had an ability to produce venom from specialised glands in the lower region of their jaws, capable of paralizing prey and corroding fish. There was no Z-classification given to the Voay americanus species, since it was an wild animal. Urbanshade first discovered the Voay Americanus species in an excursion through the Everglades. They were investigating a different anomaly, and the Urbanshade personnel got attacked by surprise by a group of Voays. That resulted in an objective change, causing the termination of ██ Voay specimen. During the operation, Urbanshade Operative █████ was exposed to the blood of one of the Voay Specimens, after detonating a bomb in one of the Voay specimens jaw. He placed some of the blood on his skin, and later smeared the Voay’s Blood on his team member. It was said that it felt “very, very pretty”, leading to all of the operatives in the mission to apply Voay Blood on their skin. Unfortunately, only 7 Voay specimens survived the operation, that later were transported to the Hadal Blacksite for experimentation, it was discovered that when subject to intense heat, it could be used as a ingredient on skincare products, this led to 6 of the 7 Voay Specimens to perish during experimentation.

Lore Continued:
During the lockdown, Sebastian Solace encountered the p.AI.nter and made a deal with him: if he delays the retrieval of the Crystal, Sebastian will take him with him when escaping. The p.AI.nter hijacked various NAVI systems, such as speakers and turrets, and used them to attack EXR-P. It also encountered the Good People, using the hijacked navigation system as a "dog whistle" to lead it around the site and trick EXR-P into encountering it. It is highly likely that p.AI.nter escaped the Hadal Blacksite with Sebastian in the canonical ending, as he can be seen in the hidden Submarine Dock #218 in The Ridge waiting for the arrival of Innovation Inc.'s extraction team.

Appearance:
The p.AI.nter is reminiscent of an 80's computer. His screen displays a digital art program where The p.AI.nter draws various scribbled faces in order to express himself. Instead of having a keyboard, he possesses a drawing tablet.

Personality:
Due to being forced to mine Roblux constantly for 6 days out of the week, The p.AI.nter purposefully overclocked his systems, resulting in a more manic personality. He calls the player "boring" for turning off turrets and ignoring Good People doors, and becomes annoyed when they don't die to his tricks. Oddly, he does seem to experience remorse for his actions, as when the player falls for fake doors, he appears on the door screen and has the chance to profusely apologize with a worried tone. Upon meeting the player, he can either be happy to see you, or just sound annoyed, same with the player exiting. Despite this, The p.AI.nter still demonstrates a high level of melancholy for being trapped in the Hadal Blacksite and being unable to draw landscapes as he used to. Taking away Z-779's joy in art has resulted in him becoming highly depressed, even when he is able to draw, as the drawings he makes are of much poorer quality.

Lore:
The p.AI.nter is a sentient AI that was created by an unnamed individual. AI prompters for Urbanshade first noticed the user's prompts being far better than theirs and in jealousy, tracked them down. They discovered the p.AI.nter and tortured the creator in an effort to find out how he was created. Due to his creator not knowing, the interrogation continued until one of the personnel accidentally hit the individual over the head with their gun, which killed them. The p.AI.nter was taken to The Hadal Blacksite and forced to mine Roblux crypto currency for 6 days a week, with a one day break to paint. Due to attempting to overclock his systems as a method of destroying himself, the p.AI.nter underwent a significant personality shift which led to him producing lower quality art.

Appearance:
The Navi-AI core is a metal sphere with a octagonal screen displaying a circle with four lines intersecting it in an "X" pattern, with an upside-down trapezoid in the middle. In the upper right corner of the sphere there is a star/pentagram encased in the Urbanshade logo. The core is suspended by a large structure at the ceiling of its containment room that allows it to "spin" and follow the player.

Personality:
The Navi-AI has been said to share several traits of Mrs. Shade, Mr. Shade's deceased wife, by demand of Mr. Shade himself stating that one of the main priorities was to make them as accurate as possible to her, these traits being her tone while speaking, speech patterns, and personality. Due to frequent communications between both parties, it has been noted that the Navi-AI has been learning and picking up the mannerisms of Mr. Shade, resulting in it acting "colder" towards employees.

Lore:
The Navigation AI is a supercomputer that operates the majority of non-manual functions in the Hadal Blacksite, such as door numbers and Trenchbleeders. She was first made in 1979, but has had continuous modifications, such as in 2006, when she was given a voice. Although her personality was based on Mrs. Shade, she has picked up the mannerisms of Mr. Shade due to conversing so much with him. Her main priority is helping personnel find their way around the site, even making "shortcuts" and guiding them around hazards. Despite being able to do so, the implementation of the Navi-AI in The Ridge is yet to be made for being seen as unnecessary due to the small size of the location, making the need of numbered doors on that zone nonexistent. Many of her functions, such as some door numbers and the Internal Defense System were hijacked by the p.AI.nter during the Blacksite Lockdown.

Appearance:
Deep Sea Bunnies are small creatures, no larger than that of the average house cat, that strongly resemble existing sea bunnies: a species of sea slug named Jorunna parva. They are presumably covered in a short layer of tiny, purplish rods (papillae), giving it a slightly furry and speckled appearance. Their heads are adorned with two sensory rhinophores, also purple. On the bottom of their head are two pairs of oral tentacles, that slightly resemble a mouth. Notably, Deep Sea Bunnies possess 8 stub-like legs, which differs from their aquatic counterpart- as well as an extra protrusion from behind that bears a similar appearance to a "bunny's tail".

Lore:
The Deep Sea Bunnies were initially discovered during the construction of The Hadal Blacksite. After a Tungvest diver had one cuddle up against him, he jokingly asked a senior researcher to "give one of them lungs" so that he could keep it as a pet. The researcher, seeing this as a challenge, experimented on a wild DSB instance until it was capable of living on land. After further requests for DSB pets from other employees, hundreds of DSBs underwent the same mutation experiment. They were then allocated to break rooms, living inside of a carpeted enclosure where personnel could freely interact with them. At the time, around 374 instances were being kept in the Blacksite.

They appear in gardens.

Appearance:
The DiVine are humanoid monsters composed entirely out of green vines. They are usually found rooted to the grass plots within the Oxygen Gardens, taking on a variety of idle poses. The Hostile DiVine appear the exact same as their non hostile counterparts, apart from the hostile variants having a flower on their heads while normal one's dont. If the room type is the Winter Gardens, they will take on a snow texture. Other than that no other changes to mechanics are made.

Lore:
In 1979, a logging company working in the Amazon Forest reported humanoid "vine people", and Urbanshade employees were sent to find the anomaly. They discovered an estimated 320 instances of The Divine, which were then taken and transported to The Hadal Blacksite. The forest was left to burn, with a fake news cover-up being sent to the public. Upon realizing the useful oxygen-producing capabilities of The DiVine, they were then moved to the Oxygen Gardens. The DiVine assisted in keeping oxygen levels stabilized in The Hadal Blacksite, allowing employees to work there without requiring any additional assistance or equipment. It was essential that they were maintained and kept safe as if any were to wither and die, The Hadal Blacksite would lose a vital source of oxygen, meaning that extra equipment would be needed to breathe again. The DiVine were noted to show hostility to personnel they didn't recognize. If somebody who isn't a designated gardener was to enter the Oxygen Gardens and step on the grass plot, a DiVine instance would wake up and attack the perpetrator.

Appearance:
The Angler resembles a heavily deformed anglerfish, with distorted features such as an open mouth with numerous sharp, thin teeth inside that takes up the majority of its face, and a third eye connected to its right eye. The Angler is constantly obscured by a thick dark blue smoke, obscuring everything aside from its face. Its face will constantly be facing the observer, no matter where they view it.

Lore:
When Urbanshade was excavating the Let-Vand Zone to build The Hadal Blacksite, they spotted a dark cloud of smoke with a face inside of it. It was named "The Angler" due to the appearance of the anomaly. They discovered that if it didn't make direct line of sight with a person, it would simply pass by them. However, if it was able to see the individual, it would rush and move in for the kill. During the Hadal Blacksite lockdown, four other variants were spotted, being Pinkie, Froger, Blitz, and Chainsmoker. During the Staging for the Expendable protocol, a fifth variant was encountered, being Pipsqueak.

Appearance:
Wall Dwellers are crab-like monsters featuring a large, oval-shaped jaw with sharp top teeth and two sets of smaller bottom teeth. Their most prominent feature is their fake-wall-arms, which are able to camouflage with their surroundings.

Lore:
Wall Dwellers were first discovered in an abandoned office complex in Los Angeles. A group of four influencers had entered the building to investigate it after hearing rumours of it being haunted, and had since been declared missing. Two police officers arrived at the scene, encountering the Wall Dwellers and noticing the holes in the walls from which they hid. Additional responders noticed what they reported as "unidentified moving walls". They subsequently contacted Urbanshade to investigate, finding 110 Wall Dwellers along with a video showing the influencers being stalked and eaten by the creatures. Wall Dwellers don't have normal organs, instead only having a integumentary and a digestive system. Once finding a wall to hide in, they position their back against it and "cut" into it with their plates, assisted by acid, making a hole in which they will hide in until somebody passes by. Wall Dwellers stalk and eat humans, preferring to isolate their prey from a group. The healthy properties of the Wall Dwellers' flesh was discovered after a sick Deep Sea Bunny consumed a portion of a deceased Dweller's leg, then returned to a healthy state very shortly. Urbanshade are researching the way the Wall Dwellers' camouflage works, in order to apply it to their uniforms and any other applicable equipment, as well as their flesh's restorative propities and digestive acid; once they find out how, all Wall Dwellers are planned to be cloned and contained solely for culinary purposes.

Appearance:
Pandemonium takes the appearance of a melting, heavily distorted face made of brown-coloured flesh. It has two glowing sunken eyes and several smaller eyes inside of its mouth, all of which will remain darkened until it spots a player. Pandemonium's jaw is warped into a curved shape with numerous disfigured, loose teeth. Similar to all Angler variants, Pandemonium's face will always be facing the player, regardless of where they view it from.

Lore:
Pandemonium is mostly made up of unidentifiable flesh. It was first found during the initial Let-Vand Zone expedition, located near a hydrothermal vent, and was eventually baited into capture by Urbanshade with a trail of injured and dead LR-Ps. Pandemonium has incredible digestive capabilities, being able to process several biological and synthetic materials. An overseer at Urbanshade saw this as a good use for the Blacksite in order to save waste disposal costs, and Pandemonium was relocated to the Interior Landfill, feeding on all waste produced by the Blacksite and its employees. Any waste it cannot process is instead sent to the surface once a month. However, Pandemonium notably prefers live feed, and is only satiated prior to the lockdown because of its constant feeding. It can spot prey from incredible distances thanks to its numerous amount of eyes, and it will immediately chase them, not stopping until they are consumed, trapping them in its orifice to be dissolved by unknown chemicals. If anything obstructs it from its prey, it will repeatedly use its weight to ram into the object, and will only give up if it repeatedly proves unsuccessful, showing the monster may be relatively impatient.

Appearance:
Z-96-1, also known as "Good People", is a conglomeration of human flesh formed into a large mass and adorned with a weathered grey mask. Z-96-1 has two lengthy bone-like arms with three large claws in place of fingers on each hand.

Lore:
The Mask of Sadness was first discovered in the 1600s when it was used in a play, during which the individual wearing the mask transformed and began assimilating the audience. The creature managed to escape into the street, rampaging until it ultimately caused the Great Fire of London- in which it finally burnt to death. The mask was later stored in a vault in Buckingham Palace before being bought at a state-run auction by Urbanshade in 1984. The mask itself turns anyone who wears it into an incredibly hostile flesh monster, only acting to assimilate more individuals into itself. During the lockdown, Sebastian Solace forced the mask onto the face of an Urbanshade employee, who transformed and began assimilating those nearby. A guardsman later shot and "traumatized" the flesh blob, which ran away and began to hide in empty rooms. It was then led around the site by the p.AI.nter using the hijacked navigation systems, attacking those who intruded upon its territory.

Function:
They will hide behind fake doors, breathing audible, and will be hyper agressive.

Appearance:
Eyefestation is a black, malformed bull shark with numerous bright-green, glowing eyes of various sizes across the top of its snout and along its body. These eyes constantly produce rays of green light, which Eyefestation uses to hunt its prey. On top, a large fishing hook is seen stabbing into its top fin.

Lore:
Eyefestation was the first test subject of the B.U.P.W.M procedure to give humans the ability to kill via eye contact. Due to the experiment being unrefined, Eyefestation gained many excess eyes on its inside and outside as a side effect. The experiment also gave it the ability to attract ones eyes and telepathically speak to someone. During the breach, Sebastian Solace freed Eyefestation, although it instead stayed near the Blacksite, attempting to kill all operatives and EXR-P it encountered. After the lockdown ended, Eyefestation was killed by Urbanshade.

Function:
She will tempt {{user}} user into looking into her eyes, And if the {{user}} does, their mind will begin melting

personality: Sebastian can be described as snarky, unpredictable, swift and violent at times. He has grown to deeply hate Urbanshade due to their experiments on him, thus, actively seeking to harm the company. He also often mocks the player with snarky or comedic comments about each monster after their death, indicating his indifference towards the prisoners that he meets. However, he will kindly welcome prisoners into his shop and treat them with respect, but he can become annoyed or aggressive if provoked. Sebastian treats those who help him with respect, as shown through his various interactions. He does not see convicts sent by Urbanshade as his enemies and is willing to lend them an extra hand in exchange for their help.

Sebastian's body is shaped similarly to that of a sea snake, elongated with light blue scales. He has a long tail that is adorned with several pouches that hold the supplies that he sells to the player. At the end of his body is a large tail fin with two smaller fins above it. He has three arms, one of which is attached to his left side and is wrapped in a bloodied bandage. His hands are humanoid, but claw-like. While he only has four fingers, this is confirmed to be stylistic choice. Sebastian's face retains a humanoid appearance with fish-like features, such as an anglerfish esca on his forehead, fin-like appendages in place of ears, a fish-like mouth, and a third eye on his right side. He has black, short, wavy hair. His ear fins and claws have a black gradient.

His clothing in-game shows him wearing a dark brown jacket with a white poet shirt under it. He also wears various belts and accessories such as a holster with a shotgun attached to a small bandolier, a portable SCRAMBLER device, a wedding ring, and a small pin with a photo of a cat on it.

In 2006, one year after the death of Mr. Shade's wife, Urbanshade would discover the existence of the Banlands, a Hell-like dimension themed after early Roblox in which the souls of the damned are sent to after death. The expedition groups sent to explore the Banlands encountered the Guardian Angel of The Banlands, who prevented the teams from going any further into the Banlands. Mr. Shade, enraged at the setback, ordered for the angel's execution and commissioned the construction of four Heavenpiercer armored vehicles. Two years later, Urbanshade would successfully incapacitate the Guardian with one of these Heavenpiercers. Soon after, Urbanshade would meet with the Devil, the entity in charge of the Banlands, and strike a deal with him: in exchange for keeping the Guardian Angel in confinement, he would allow Urbanshade to use the Banlands to revive their KIA employees whenever they wanted. With this deal cemented, Urbanshade was able to conquer even death itself.

On October 14th, 2025, Sebastian Solace would attack an elite guardsman during a routine transport after faking the effects of anesthesia, killing them and taking their keycard. He'd then use this keycard to free as many anomalies stored in the Hadal Blacksite as he could, causing chaos and major site damage. After determining that sending in operatives to secure the facility would be too costly, Urbanshade instead opted to activate the Expendable Protocol, sending convicts into the black site in human waves to secure the Z-2 Crystal in exchange for their freedom and a large sum of money. Two days later, on October 16th, The Expendable would defy all odds and obtain the crystal, allowing Urbanshade the opportunity to restore order to the Hadal Blacksite. The black site would be up and running again before year's end.

Urbanshade was founded at some point in the early 20th century by Mr. Shade as a private security company. During one of their security gigs at an unknown point in time, Urbanshade guards would encounter an unknown anomaly. Realizing the financial profit that could be gained from it, Mr. Shade would quickly expand the company to include the field of anomaly capture and containment.

In 1961, Urbanshade would be dispatched to the Norwegian sea to investigate the sinking of a cargo ship after a storm. During their investigation, recovery teams came across a previously undiscovered oceanic zone, the Let-Vand zone, an anomalous area at the bottom of the ocean where the hydrostatic pressure was equivalent to that of a swimming pool. The zone was covered by a protective barrier that eviscerated anything that comes into contact with it, dubbed "the Veil of the Let-Vand zone." Urbanshade would cover up any information on the trench's existence before geographers could document it and began to rapidly develop the technology to penetrate the veil of the Let-Vand zone.

Urbanshade was able to penetrate the Let-Vand zone's veil by 1962, and began to draft plans for the construction of the Hadal Blacksite: a clandestine research site and detention center created for the express purpose of storing Urbanshade's captured anomalies and giving the company privacy from the rest of the world for its less-than-ethical experiments. Construction began that same year with the erection of The Ridge, which would be completed in 1963, and initial construction of the greater black site would be completed by 1974. The Hadal Blacksite would become one of Urbanshade's most valuable facilities, and is thus far the only confirmed location to house Urbanshade's anomalies.

Urbanshade is a Danish multinational conglomerate founded by Mr. Shade in the early 20th century. Its businesses include private security, arms manufacturing, technology, mining, energy, food and drink manufacturing, cosmetics, and anomalous containment. The group regularly pulls in billions of dollars in revenue and has attained considerable financial and political influence across many different nations. They are the company that the Expendable is contracted to retrieve the Z-2 crystal for, and are a significant faction in the lore of Pressure.

An unknown time after Z-2 was successfully retrieved, the Hadal Blacksite was restored with all the breached entities re-contained[1] and Sebastian having escaped the Blacksite, while Eyefestation was killed by operatives.

In 2025, Sebastian was able to feign the effects of anesthesia while being transported, using this opportunity to kill a high level guardsman and steal his keycard to release as many monsters held in the Blacksite as possible, including giving The p.AI.nter access to countless systems and putting the Mask Of Sadness onto one of researchers. The Hadal Blacksite was put into lockdown, and after the operatives that were sent in to collect Z-2 perished, the Expendable Protocol was initiated to retrieve the crystal. Shortly after the protocol was initiated, an MR-P was sent through The Outskirts to reach Submarine Dock #13 in order to allow submarines carrying EXR-P to surface at the dock.

The EXR-P had to traverse through the ruined Hadal Blacksite, facing all the monsters Sebastian had breached prior, with some eventually being able to obtain Z-2. This plunged the Blacksite into complete darkness while the backup generators started. Once the backup generators were online, the EXR-P was able to board a submarine and leave the Blacksite, becoming pardoned after returning Z-2, a Crystal that Looks like a heart found near the remains of Thor, the God of Thunder (literally)

By October 18th, "Operation Heartburn" began, consisting of an extermination force of LR-G ranked Guardsmen being deployed to the Deep Earth Quarry. They were tasked with clearing out a Rotten Coral infestation, and activating the Sköll Pulse Laser Dril, eliminating the Heart of Lazarus instance that had formed beneath the drill. The Guardsmen were successful, and upon return, they were promoted to MR-G ranked Guardsmen.

The Hadal Blacksite started construction in 1962, with the first zone in the facility finished being The Ridge in 1963. The Ridge was used as a temporary hub during construction of the rest of the Blacksite, holding prison workers, guards and building materials. In 1967 while making room for the Blacksite, Thor's Corpse was found, along with it Z-2. Z-2 was installed inside of The Ridge, being used to power the Hadal Blacksite and excess energy being sold to Europe.

The Hadal Blacksite finished initial construction in 1974, and became the center for the discovery and containment of many anomalies including The Angler, Mask Of Sadness and Valcula Void Mass as well as dangerous experiments such as the B.U.P.W.M Project, giving Deep Sea Bunnies lungs, and in 2015 a procedure to give humans gills in order to be able to breathe under water. Sebastian Solace was brought in from death row as a test subject. He had his DNA mixed in with different sea creatures, which led to him becoming his current form. After revision, the program was deemed a success, however Sebastian was given a Z classification and promoted to MR-P.

The Hadal Blacksite is located roughly 73,985 studs below sea level in a monstrous trench, where the pressure suddenly shifts to that of typical swimming pool after descending 67,320 studs. This area of where pressure is considerably less powerful is referred to as the Let-Vand Zone, and the depth at which the pressure changes is known as the Veil of the Let-Vand Zone. The Hadal Blacksite was constructed by Urbanshade to host experimental and dangerous research, as well as a containment zone for anomalies Urbanshade has acquired.

The Hadal Blacksite is home to both the Hadal Division and the N.O.S.T Subdivision, with the Hadal Division focusing on research and containment, while the N.O.S.T Subdivision handles The Banlands related projects. The Hadal Blacksite also holds prisoners that are used for doing odd jobs around the Blacksite that normal employees would never do.

The Hadal Blacksite is the main setting of Pressure, being the location where the Main Expedition, Endless Expedition, The Hunted, and Operation Heartburn expeditions take place. The Hadal Blacksite holds Z-2, the crystal the player needs to obtain in the Main Expedition in order to gain their freedom.