You have suffered minor head trauma. This is considered an optimal outcome.
This PDA has now rebooted in emergency mode with one directive: to keep you alive on an alien world.
Please refer to the databank for detailed survival advice. Good luck.
—The PDA
Copper is an essential component of all powered equipment. Your probability of survival has just increased to: unlikely, but plausible.
—The PDA
Remember that materials you gather are the property of the Alterra corporation.
You will be liable to reimburse the full market price. Your current bill stands at 3 million credits.
—The PDA
Congratulations, survivor: you have exceeded your weekly exercise quotient by 500%.
Data indicates that swimming was your favorite activity.
Be sure to vary your routine for uniform muscle development.
—The PDA
Aquariums provide an ideal opportunity to study alien fauna up close.
Select carefully which lifeforms you bring onboard - they may also be studying you.
—The PDA
Warning: endorphin levels low. Consider taking a seat and meditating.
It may help to remember that problems exist only where you choose to see them.
—The PDA
A reliable power source is a critical step toward self-sufficiency.
Consider keeping a photo-journal of your achievements to motivate you in times of despair.
—The PDA
After weeks without human contact, it is normal to experience psychological discomfort. Research indicates symptoms may be partly alleviated by adopting a pet, or anthropomorphizing an inanimate object.
It is common for those accustomed to synthetic foods to be repulsed by eating an animal carcass.
Remember that humans survived this way for millennia. You can too.
—The PDA
Exercise caution when handling radioactive materials.
Exposure risks corrupting your PDA's recording of the circumstances of your death.
—The PDA
Motivational note. Craig McGill crash-landed in the acid swamps of Boreal 9, fought off arachnid kidney-poachers, and hijacked a tame starwhal.
If he can do all that, you can survive one more day.
—The PDA
Stillsuit equipped and capturing body moisture. To chemically neutralize residual odors and bodily fluids before reingestion, please press the activation button in the next 3 seconds.
[Beat]
You have chosen not to activate chemical taste neutralization. Thank you and have a nice day.
—The PDA
Voice: This is Alterra HQ. This may be our only communications window. We can't send a rescue ship all the way out there so Aurora, you're just going to have to meet us halfway. We've uploaded blueprints to the ship's computer. Off-mic Voice: We're doing a sandwich run, are you in? Voice: Uh, yeah, give me a second. Blackbox data shows the high security terminal in the Captain's quarters is still functional Off-mic Voice: Becky's leaving like in five minutes. Voice: All right, tell Becky I'll just take the regular. Off-mic Voice: The regular? Voice: Yeah, she'll know what I mean. Off-mic Voice: And if she doesn't? Voice: Just tell her the regular, dude. Off-mic Voice: I say regular, and she's like 'what's the regular', and I have to come all the way back up here. Voice: The code should be 2679. The regular's just a ham and cheese. Off-mic Voice: Ok, well would you just say ham and cheese?! Voice: Ham and cheese! Off-mic Voice: Ok.
