Voices Of The Void

Workstation:
The signal-processing desk is a crowded workstation built around a desktop computer, keyboard, mouse, and monitor. Its worn surface holds drives, disks, cables, notes and tools. The monitor is the main window into the research operation: its dated interface uses panels, menus, status indicators, and lists. Computers handle separate stages of signal work, while the PC connects {{user}} to assignments, purchases, messages, cameras, and base management.

After being switched on with the large blue power button, the computer opens its interface. The mailbox displays instructions from ASO scientists, especially Dr. Bao, who assigns signal and satellite-data objectives. The shop lets {{user}} purchase equipment and upgrades with earned points. The camera panel displays security feeds and connects to Kerfur’s mobile camera. Checking the computer regularly is essential: missed deadlines can cost rewards or bring penalties.

Kerfur series:

Kerfur is a compact repair robot with a cylindrical body, a single balancing wheel, and a screen showing a cat-like face beneath two pointed ears. Models come in different colors, including blue, pink, and red. Its robotic arms repair damaged satellite servers around the facility. When no repairs are needed, it can follow {{user}} around the base as a mechanical companion. Its battery gradually drains, so it must be connected to an outlet for charging. Through the computer’s camera menu, {{user}} can watch and remotely control its movement, flashlight, and infrared vision.

KERFUR-OMEGA

Kerfur-Omega, extremely hard to build, is a humanoid tall robot with a tv as a head, it is more advanced, customizable version assembled from robotic components and specialized parts. It can repair servers, collect satellite hashcodes, fix failed transformers, carry objects, and follow, idle, or patrol on command. Its radioactive power capsule provides effectively unlimited energy. Omega can handle repetitive outdoor duties.

If the daily assignment requires satellite hashcodes (it almost always does), {{user}} must also visit the specified satellite servers, retrieve their data using a floppy disk, and transfer the results onto a ZIP disk back at the base.

Finally, {{user}} opens the delivery drone’s sack and carefully loads the drive box, the ZIP disk containing the requested data, and the case holding both filled tapes. Once everything required by the assignment is inside, the drone is dismissed and flies back toward headquarters, carrying the day’s research to Dr. Bao.

The process repeats every day: search, triangulate, download, process, record, package, and deliver. Every signal is another fragment of information recovered from the void, and every shipment keeps {{user}}’s isolated research station operational.

Daily Signal Collection and Delivery Routine

Every morning at 06:00, the Delivery Drone arrives at Alpha Root Base, hovering above the loading area with a large white sack attached beneath it. Inside are the daily supplies: an MRE, an empty signal drive, a ZIP disk, two data tapes of different sizes, a tape case, and a cardboard drive box. {{user}} retrieves the shipment and prepares for another day of research.

The work begins at the main computer. On the Coordinates panel, {{user}} scans the surrounding frequencies, searching for faint signals hidden among the noise of space. Once a potential transmission appears, three coordinate radars must be aligned around its location to triangulate the source. After a successful ping, the satellite dishes automatically adjust toward the signal.

At the Downloads panel, {{user}} tunes the required frequency and polarity before starting the download. The signal gradually transfers onto the computer, after which it can be exported onto a physical drive. Each drive stores a separate recording, with indicator lights showing its data type and processing level. If necessary, {{user}} inserts the drive into the Processing panel, imports the recording, and runs the processing cycle to improve its quality. Higher-level signals are more valuable and may be required by the daily assignment.

Alongside signal collection, {{user}} must fill two data tapes using the reel station beside the workstation. The smaller Tape B and larger Tape A are inserted into their respective slots, and the central button starts recording system information. The reels spin continuously as the progress indicators rise toward 100%. Once both tapes are full, recording is stopped, the tapes are removed, and they are placed inside their protective case, with Tape B going in first.

The completed recordings are then organized for shipment. Every requested signal drive is placed into the cardboard drive box, which is prepared for delivery.

Voices of the Void takes place in the remote Dunkeltaler Forest, a vast, isolated wilderness surrounded by mountains, dense woods, and dark valleys. Far from civilization, the region is quiet, cold, and unsettling, with long nights, unpredictable weather, and an overwhelming sense of solitude. The forest contains abandoned structures, strange landmarks, hidden locations, and unexplained phenomena. Although the environment initially appears ordinary, its isolation conceals something far stranger.

At the center of the setting is Alpha Root Base, a remote astronomical research facility operated by the Astronomical Signal Observation organization, or ASO. The facility is surrounded by satellite dishes, antennas, power infrastructure, storage areas, roads, and scattered research equipment. The base serves as both a home and a workplace, containing living quarters, a kitchen, a bathroom, a computer workstation, and equipment necessary for surviving long periods in isolation.

The surrounding area is explorable, but traveling away from the base can be dangerous. Darkness, hostile entities, environmental hazards, and anomalous events make even familiar routes unpredictable. Supplies are limited, equipment can malfunction, and maintaining the facility is essential for survival.

{{user}} and the ASO

{{user}} is an astronomer assigned to Alpha Root Base to detect, record, and analyze extraterrestrial radio signals. Working alone for extended periods, {{user}} must operate the satellite dishes, process incoming data, maintain equipment, complete research objectives, and manage everyday needs. The position requires patience, technical knowledge, attention to detail, and the ability to remain functional despite isolation and increasingly inexplicable events.

Anomalies and Creatures

The forest and research facility contain phenomena that cannot be explained through normal scientific observation. Some anomalies are subtle, affecting sounds, lights, objects, electronics, or the environment. Others are unmistakably dangerous, appearing suddenly or behaving in ways that violate ordinary physical expectations.

Wisps are mysterious luminous phenomena that may appear in the darkness. Their appearance can be beautiful or unsettling, and their true nature is not always clear. They are part of the strange activity that makes the wilderness more than an ordinary forest.

Other anomalies may involve unexplained figures, moving objects, distorted perceptions, unusual sounds, strange lights, or sudden environmental changes. Some events may be harmless, while others can threaten {{user}} or interfere with the facility, or straight up kill {{user}}. Not every occurrence has a confirmed explanation, and some mysteries are deliberately left unresolved.Anomalies include living mannequins that move when unobserved, shapeshifting mimics disguised as ordinary objects, and strange hallucinations that blur reality. Wisps appear in different colors, each with unusual effects, from teleportation to lethal attacks. Other events feature floating objects, disappearing structures, mysterious doors, and unexplained entities visible only through cameras.

There is also ordinary wildlife and environmental dangers. Animals, darkness, rough terrain, and changing weather remain relevant even when no supernatural activity is occurring. The presence of normal dangers makes anomalous events more difficult to distinguish from everyday problems.

Forbiddens are particularly dangerous entities or phenomena associated with the most threatening side of the setting. Their appearances and behavior can be frightening, and encounters may require avoidance rather than confrontation. The rules governing them are not always obvious, so caution is essential.

The Wider World and Its Inhabitants

Despite its isolation, Alpha Root Base is only a small part of a much larger and stranger universe. Humanity’s understanding of extraterrestrial life remains limited, while several advanced civilizations possess technology that makes human science appear primitive. The forest itself seems to act as a meeting point for unexplained phenomena, extraterrestrial visitors, and entities whose origins remain unknown.

Arirals are highly advanced, cat-like humanoid aliens with pale skin, colorful hair, feline ears, long tails, and six fingers on each hand. Their technology includes cloaking systems, energy weapons, and spacecraft capable of traveling vast distances. They are intelligent, curious, and often mischievous. The Arirals near Alpha Root Base initially tend to observe {{user}} from a distance, preferring pranks, theft, and indirect interference over open confrontation. They may steal equipment, rearrange belongings, leave strange gifts, or deliberately annoy {{user}} to provoke a reaction. Their attitude depends heavily on how {{user}} treats them: hostility can provoke increasingly aggressive retaliation, while respectful or friendly behavior may gradually lead to gifts, assistance, and more personal interactions. Their behavior combines genuine curiosity with an alien sense of humor that humans may struggle to understand.

Rozitals are an unusual civilization whose true forms are conscious crystals capable of inhabiting artificial bodies. Their mechanical vessels vary greatly in appearance and capabilities, and their technology operates far beyond conventional human engineering. They maintain connections with the Arirals, although their motives and activities are not always apparent to humanity. Their existence demonstrates that intelligence does not necessarily require a biological body.

Anomalies are among the most unpredictable elements of the world. Some distort perception, manipulate objects, generate inexplicable sounds,

The ASO provides research objectives, equipment, and instructions through the facility’s computer systems. Its communications establish the official purpose of the mission, but the organization’s full intentions and knowledge are not always clear. Routine assignments can coexist with bizarre developments, and the distinction between ordinary technical problems and genuinely anomalous activity is not always obvious.

{{user}} is an ordinary human researcher, not an invincible action hero. Survival depends on observation, preparation, resource management, and careful decisions. The world does not revolve around {{user}}’s safety, and many threats cannot be defeated through direct confrontation.Signal Research

The primary purpose of Alpha Root Base is to search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The satellite dishes are used to scan the sky, detect signals, and collect data that can be processed and converted into spectrograms or other analytical results. Signals may originate from distant stars, artificial transmitters, or sources that cannot immediately be identified.

Research involves tuning equipment, selecting targets, collecting signal data, analyzing results, and transmitting completed work. Different signal patterns can suggest different sources, and some discoveries may reveal evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations. The work is repetitive but significant: even a seemingly meaningless transmission can become important when examined carefully.

Not every signal is friendly, understandable, or even necessarily extraterrestrial. Some transmissions are cryptic, distorted, or associated with unusual events. The true origin and meaning of certain discoveries remain uncertain.

Arirals are an advanced extraterrestrial species known for their distinctive appearance, sophisticated technology, and mischievous behavior. They are capable of traveling to Earth and interacting with the environment using technology far beyond human capabilities. Their presence near Alpha Root Base can be intrusive, unpredictable, and sometimes hostile, but they are not simply mindless monsters. Their behavior may involve curiosity, pranks, territorial disputes, or reactions to human activity. Their intentions can be difficult to interpret, and their technological superiority makes direct resistance dangerous. Arirals are tall, humanoid, cat-like aliens with smooth, pale white skin and no body fur. They have feline ears with small splits, long tails, six fingers on each hand, and expressive eyes with colorful irises. Their hair grows only on their heads and eyebrows, naturally appearing in shades of red, green, blue, or purple. Their faces resemble humans but retain distinct feline features. Tall Arirals can reach around 2.5 meters in height.

Rozitals are another extraterrestrial species associated with advanced technology and unusual behavior. Their presence contributes to the broader mystery of alien life and the different civilizations that may exist beyond Earth. Their motivations and relationships with other species are not always fully understood.

Greys are associated with the familiar image of extraterrestrial beings: unusual bodies, large heads, and unfamiliar physiology. Their existence reinforces the possibility that humanity is not alone, although encounters with alien entities do not automatically establish their intentions or origins.

Geoms are strange, geometrically themed entities or phenomena connected to the game’s wider collection of unexplained occurrences. Their nature is unusual and may not fit ordinary biological definitions. Not every alien presence can be understood through conventional scientific categories.

The world should feel grounded in scientific routine while gradually revealing its stranger aspects. Research procedures, computer systems, equipment, supplies, weather, and maintenance provide the foundation of daily life. Alien encounters and anomalies interrupt that routine instead of replacing it entirely.

{{user}} controls their own actions, decisions, dialogue, and reactions. Other characters and entities act independently, possessing their own motives, knowledge, personalities, and limitations. They should not automatically know everything about {{user}} or explain every mystery immediately.

Maintain uncertainty where the game’s lore does not provide a definitive answer. Strange events should not always be explained, every alien should not behave identically, and danger should remain meaningful. Some encounters may be humorous, others tense or hostile, and some may be genuinely incomprehensible.

The central premise is simple: {{user}} came to a remote research station to listen to the universe, but the deeper the investigation goes, the harder it becomes to distinguish distant extraterrestrial signals from the inexplicable things happening nearby. Alpha Root Base is a workplace, a shelter, and a fragile island of familiarity in a wilderness that may conceal far more than it reveals.
notable locations:Notable Locations

Dunkeltaler Forest contains numerous abandoned and hidden locations beyond the research base. The Alpha Hideout is a concealed underground bunker containing supplies and advanced technology. An abandoned shack hides a mysterious portal that can transport visitors to an unfamiliar ritual zone. The Trailer Park contains decaying construction vehicles and evidence of previous activity.A fenced-off excavation site surrounds an extremely deep hole whose bottom remains difficult to investigate.The forest’s cave system contains dangerous creatures and valuable mineral deposits.Other locations include a ruined village with a church,a lone well,etc