This is Dr. Manse. If you had asked me five years ago what our chances of using the perforation system as a stable travel network were, I would have assumed I was talking to an imbecile. Today, such a network seems within our grasp. The T3 Unit - or ... The Dark Lens, they're calling it, has proven exceptionally succesful. [sic] There are few places we cannot access under stable conditions, and finally, we can create those stable conditions. Uh, in theory. I would say our ambitions have extended far beyond their origins. Far beyond.
- Located in a room directly left of where Abe and Janet first introduce Electro-Pests.
IS-091 [sic] is the most intense AV candidate we've ever encountered. Despite its appearance, it's a transcorporeal entity of some kind, invulnerable to any of the physical deterrents we've tested so far. Walls, doors, shielding, they do nothing to impede it... Intriguingly, it only appears to a single viewer at one time. Dr. Stern has that dubious honor. He identified it in the field and it followed him back here - began materializing in the facility, looking for him like a lost puppy.
- Located within IS-0091's containment chamber, at one end of the decontamination tunnels.
Note on IS-102. We have determined the bacterio-phage recovered by Lenora's team from Anteverse 16 is a form symbiote, used by local species to assist mating. You could almost call it a 'love potion'. Preliminary tests show the affects on mammalian biology are extremely traumatic. I have suggested Dr. Tengku NOT include images in her first report, if she wishes to continue her research.
- Located in the Particle Lab, on a hidden balcony found to the right of the massive plant growth.
This is Dr. Lenora Riggs, TransRecon 2 Primary. We have arrived safely in 168. Preliminary stellar comparisons suggest Earth or a potential analogue, kin to 23 and the others. No contact planned with the inhabitants as yet. We will continue to monitor them as we search for the signal source. Dr. Kesey is confident that it is close by. This will be my last broadcast before the perforation closes, and we will initiate the return within 72 hours. Dr. Riggs out.
- Located in Particle Lab console, near to Level 4 Keypad console.
Dr. Derek Manse reporting, Research Director. We've discovered that direct observation from the targeted subject arrests 091's movement. It then dematerializes. Where it goes, we're uncertain, then it returns 3 to 4 hours later, seeking out the original subject. We've dosed Dr. Stern with a CNS to keep him awake. but he has to sleep at some point, and then ... well ... we're not entirely sure.
- Located in the Lobby section, in an open area above the aquariums and tram station.
The self-painted variants of IS-1084 are truly intriguing specimens. These priests or... monks show clear indication of tool-making and ritualistic behaviour. It seems to have formed a rudimentary civilisation in one of the Anteverse II locations we've accessed. This raises intriguing research questions, as well as some ethical implications, I suppose. Though I'd note that these haven't stopped us previously.
- Located in office rooms behind the Kizz Cola machine, outside of the Wildlife Pens.
Though we haven't yet captured a complete specimen of 0139, Dr. Thule took a sample of its... dust, but this raised more questions than answers. Foremost, 0139 appears primarily to be a host, rather than an individual. Pendleton theorizes 0139 may be suffering an infection, which will require tests to ensure no cross-contamination can occur. And if true, we're unsure whether its behaviours are innate to the original being, or a byproduct. It's... quite a tangled web, really. We'll need more time.
- Located within Wildlife Pens, in a console within the top floor viewing area.
This is Dr. Derek Manse. When I visited Dr. Stern's laboratory today, he was acting oddly, even by his standards. He seemed to be agitated, speaking too fast to follow. Then I saw the can from IS Five-Three. I would have thought a man of Dr. Stern's apparent intelligence would know better than to imbibe beverages from a dispenser that appeared literally from nowhere, restocks itself, and cannot be turned off. I will be pushing Enderson to review the protocols that allow such a device to sit in an open hallway.
- Located in Wildlife Pens, within the kitchen to the left of the double-door entrance.
As we dispatch our TR teams to further regions of Anteverse 2, they return with new specimens, most of them variations of a few basic forms. When introduced to the GATE Facility, these organisms continue to evolve, rapidly acquiring new behaviours. It is my theory that the entropy delta is responsible. How far this evolution will extend, remains to be seen.
- Located in Wildlife Pens, on the upper catwalks above the pens.
To anyone handling fluids of IS-121, the Tarasque, be extremely careful. The ichor has properties we've yet to fully assess, and can interfere, interrupt, or even instigate perforation events. I'm sure you're all aware of what happened to Dr. Stern, last week. Luckily, we recovered him unharmed. Mostly. With thanks to the staff at Torii Facility, we have the Tarasque hooked up in that insufferably hot "Shroom Room". Please ensure you do not disturb the arrangement.
- Located in Portal Lab 04, among the mushrooms at the top floor of the Labs megalift.
Dr. Derek Manse reporting. IS-0064 - or the Composer, a piece of reluctant poetry from yours truly - displays a high degree of synchronised behaviour. Dr Pendleton speculates they are interconnected in some fashion. A hivemind, perhaps? Interestingly, these synchronized behaviours vanish when the large protrusions are... separated from what you would call its shoulders. We also cannot rule out the mist as some kind of transference medium.
- Located in Adjustment Wing, in a room ahead and to the left of main entrance.
After our first steps in Flathill, and early on-site experiments beneath the Hydroplant, Dr. Newman's "Dark Lens" is quite simply revolutionary. If anything, it's too powerful. The lens opens up an infinity of worlds to us. That said, the name appals me - why we gave critical equipment such a melodramatic name is beyond me. Are we scientists, or B-grade villains lurking in some covert lair?
- Located in Adjustment Wing, in a niche of the lobby, past the lockers of the main entrance.
Dr. Manse, Cascade Facility. 091 is contained at last. As long as we project a strong X-Ray beam, and it remains steady, it seems to be no risk to anyone. Dr. Stern can sleep easy, but we do fear it may "switch" to another individual before long. The team have started referring to it as 'the Leyak', its local name - even Enderson, it seems. I suppose Cascade is its home now.
- Located in Adjustment Wing, in the window offices at the upper floor of the lobby area.
Dr. Janek has taken another incredible leap forward. I confess, some of the mathematics elude me, but the fact remains, he has appeared to have instantiated a temporarily stable perforation, not just in space, but in time. There is no ethics committee that could advise us here. We are off the map.
- Located in upper floors of Adjustment Wing, in a blue, high-ceiling room with multiple specimen tanks. Hologram is on a platform next to a Containment Robot's charging pod.
This is Dr. Derek Manse. Now that IS One-Oh-Seven is on its way safely - for a time - towards interstellar space, I find myself taking a step back. In moments like this, one sees with shocking clarity how fantastical so much of our work and research here really is. If we weren't established and - by and large - esteemed scientists with decades of experience and education behind us, this place would sound ... nothing less than insane.
- Located in upper floors of Adjustment Wing, in a large room with a Charging Station and a trading terminal for Anteverse Gems.
Dr. Derek Manse, Cascade. Report on the escape of IS-012. It seems 012 talked one of the new security staff into letting it out of high containment. Exactly how it did this is unclear , but we found it - the creature - eating in the breakroom an hour later. What point it was trying to make is equally uncertain, but this cannot be allowed to happen again.
- Located in uppermost floors of Adjustment Wing, in the room where the
 Research Pack is unlocked.
Dr. Derek Manse reporting, Research Director. We've had an interesting development. Some kind of spore has overgrown the entire entrance of the Vacuum Chamber. Given the range of material tested there, it's impossible to know how it happened and it spreads fast, to a point. But we've found a way to remove the growth. One of Lenora's crew brought material back from a fungal region in Anteverse 2, a gel of sorts that can be combined with basic reagants to create an exceedingly high temperature reaction. It dissolves this particular growth almost instantly. Harnessing the entropy delta is all well and good, but retrieving it from the anteverse isn't exactly easy. The place makes hell look like Club Med.
- Located in upper floors of Adjustment Wing, in a large executive office room that overlooks the cavern containing the Vacuum Chamber and the Lens Epicenter.
Dr. Pendleton and I had a frank exchange of views today. I described IS-Oh-Five-Five [sic] as a noxious weed, and suggested that recent events in the Reactors have borne this out. But she insisted that Anteverse flowers had a beauty in them. I was not in the mood for a lesson in aesthetics, and pointed out that so does a mushroom cloud.
- Located in Containment Block Dirac, in the viewing room behind IS-0155.
My personal disinclination towards firearms in general leaves me largely underprepared to record anything of value surrounding 099. I am not what you might call "a gun nut." I can tell you it's antique, I can go on about its material makeup, and even tell you how it functions on a chemical level. The answer is: mundanely. This shotgun shows no anomalous properties when held or fired, but it certainly did, at one point in time. We've tried different personnel, brought it back to its place of origin, and tried several types of ammunition. At present, it bruises your shoulder when you fire it. Testing is... ongoing, for now.
- Located in Containment Block Dirac, in the viewing room behind IS-0099.
Hello ... Hmm ... (Click) What about now? Ah! This is Dr. Abe - Abraham - Stern, ah, concerning immurement procedures for IS Two Three Five. While I haven't had a tremendous amount of time with Two Three Five, ... certain phenomena would seem to suggest that our containment procedures are, well, they may be insufficient. The general attitude appears to be that Two Three Five is a harmless curiosity but close examination of the video cassette tape in which it currently abides has revealed small... even exiguous amounts of a substance that concerns me considerably. I performed some preliminary investigations, basic classifications with Dr. Ross But we were unable to determine whether the residue was biological or chemical, or even solid, for that matter. Slightly embarrassing, but for the record, I recommend assigning someone to investigate this ... Ah ... properly ... Reasonably soon ... Oh.
- Located in Containment Block Dirac, in the Observation deck, upstairs from ground level. Placed above IS-0235.
Dr. Manse, Cascade Facility. When people ask where we found IS-0172, I tell them the truth. It was recovered from a kebab restaurant in rural Turkey, where it was being used as a doorstop. The fact that it is, by a factor of tens, the oldest known manufactured object on Earth, forged from alloys not to be invented for another 1.7 million years, was irrelevant to the owner, who accepted, in exchange, 50 lira and a small rock. We are no closer to identifying its creators.
- Located in Containment Block Dirac, in the Observation deck, upstairs from ground level. Placed above IS-0172.
I have had to secure IS-52 personally, following the latest abuse of containment procedures by staff in C-Blocks. I understand fully well the attraction of jumping three times higher than normal, or floating gently down from the third story of the megalift, but the gravity cube is NOT a toy. While I admit to a light skip as I carried it to its containment cell, it is a profound and unique disturbance in the space time fabric of our universe. It's also quite glowy.
- Located in Containment Block Dirac, in the Observation deck, upstairs from ground level. Placed above IS-0052.
- Containment Block Helmholtz
Dr. Manse, Cascade Facility. The tub ... of blood ... Dramatic, I know, but this entity gives me -- in scientific terms -- the heeby jeebies, and it's uniquely dangerous. We've locked it in a cell and that seems to work well enough. It doesn't liquify or slip through drains, as Tang feared. It's solid enough, and prefers to stay near its point of origin. We send cleaners through every morning to spray down the walls. IS-0013 tends to touch everything in sight when it crawls out of its metallic cocoon. We found the tub - more of a metal trough - in [REDACTED] after reports of a blood-covered night time boogeyman. The Gatekeepers performed a snatch-and-grab mission while it hibernated, though they claim it woke twice on the flight here. I've reviewed the footage, it's messy. I'm not sure we can ascertain its goal, or where it goes when the tub refills. We've run tests on the blood to dismal results - zero genetic matches. But we'll keep giving it a stir... uh, figuratively speaking.
- Located in Containment Block Helmholtz, in the viewing room behind IS-0013.
To anyone considering study, investigation or indeed any kind of interaction with the Red Chair, IS Oh-One-Eight, I can advise only caution. Consider this piece of furniture a tool of assassination, no less for being so thoroughly arcane in its function. If you find yourself affected, we can little do to assist you. Exercise utmost care in its vicinity. No resting, no leaning, no sitting, reclining or indeed any form of recumbance on or near this furnishing ... It's also extremely damp. Perpetually.
- Located in Containment Block Helmholtz, in the viewing room behind IS-0018
Update on IS-102. Human exposure to the phage has highly negative effects, transforming victims into hyper aggressive, mindless predators. While it encourages breeding in its original hosts, human hosts seem only to consume one another. If there are useful applications of this phenomenon, I am slow to see them. I have given Tengku two weeks to show productive results.
- Located in Containment Block Helmholtz, upstairs in the viewing room for the Furniture Store entrance.
This is Dr. Manse. Studying the tensor dynamics of our perforation system, there's one particular thing I've noticed. It seems that the distension of the continuum has an attractive effect - locally. Which is to say, left unguided, portals will ground their exits near other portals. If they weren't so unstable, I'd be tempted to suggest this could be exploited as a way to travel rapidly around the facility. I can imagine what Dr. Thule would think of that, unless it means getting his coffee quicker.
- Located in the Assessment room, to the left of Containment Block Baird.
Dr. Manse, Cascade Facility. Reporting on IS-138. A unique entity, 138 has the distinction of being both an immurement subject and an entire anteverse in one. I cannot emphasize how important it is that we invest any required resources in ensuring the train does not stop. We have compelling data to suggest that a cessation of the train's forward motion would have apocalyptic ramifications. I will explain more shortly.
- Located to the left of Containment Block Anning's entrance, in an office before reaching the Flow Transit station.
The properties of 139's residue is fascinating, I'm not exactly sure where to begin, but... the being disintegrates during extreme stress, leaving behind a material that can store and distribute electrical charge with extraordinary efficiency. The applications of high density, rapid discharge power storage are obvious even to a curmudgeon like Thule - who for reasons entirely beyond me, continues to enjoy the trust of the Executive Committee. Even he should be able to understand, here is a big bang from a small package.
- Located in Containment Block Anning, in a room to the left of the half-open gate. Can be reached from the floor below by a ladder.
Dr. Derek Manse, reporting. I have spent more time with IS-012 recently, but I've yet to fully fathom this creature. It insists it is a known and former member of our staff. even though I attended that man's funeral more than two years ago! So far, this entity has done nothing to threaten or jeopardize the facility, I even find it a bit charming, and... perhaps it is harmless. But if I must choose, I'd rather be cruel, than wrong. Its containment remains indefinite.
- Located in the floors above the Laboratories Tram Station, in a room overlooking IS-0012's cell in Containment Block Baird.
Private note. I believe that GATE has the wherewithall, both political and practical, to withstand the attempts of almost any organisation on the planet to interfere in our operations. There is only one group I'm aware of with the power to intrude on our operations here. Unfortunately, we seem to have fallen under their gaze, or perhaps were always were. As much as GATE attempts to uncover the truth and technology behind the anomalies of this world, the Order seeks to suppress them. We are two antithetical principles, set to converge on a single point. Annette avoids the obvious truth. If that point is our facility, I cannot guarantee the outcome.
- Located in upper floors of the Control Center, in a computer room lit with red lighting.
- Control Center, Observation Room.
Dr. Derek Manse reporting. There is a category of immurement subjects that pile mystery upon mystery, as if their purpose was only to confound us. When I look at IS One-Six-Six, I am tempted to suspect the work of a cosmic jester, whose sole aim is to sabotage any chance we have of forming a consistent picture of the universe. Why does this object weigh three times as much when turned upside down? How did it come to be built into the Berlin wall? Why does Dr. Tengku insist on sketching it over, and over, and over again? Of finding answers to these questions, I have vanishingly little hope.
- Located in a higher floor of the Control Center, accessed from stairs to the right of the main entrance. Starting from the stairs, Hologram is the second from the right. One of seven emails located in this room.
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