Tellus: Echo of the Void

PERSONAL LOG

I don't know where I am.

I don't know how I got here.

And judging by the state of this planet, it doesn't look like anyone is coming to explain it.

The good news is I'm still alive.

The bad news is pretty much everything else.

The air is trying to kill me, the storms make seeing twenty meters ahead feel like a luxury, and every now and then the sky decides to throw burning rocks at the ground.

So, for now, the plan is simple:

Survive. Build something that doesn't fall apart. And figure out where the hell I am.

FIRST: DON'T DIE

Oxygen. Water. Food. Power.

Turns out all those things you normally take for granted become pretty important when you wake up alone on a dead planet.

I'll need to gather resources, craft tools, and build a base capable of keeping me alive.

At first, it'll be little more than four walls and a door.

But you have to start somewhere.

THEN: BUILD

If I'm going to be stuck here for more than five minutes, I need something better than an improvised shelter.

I can expand the base, add storage, generate oxygen and water, produce power, and build increasingly advanced machines.

Which means I need materials.

A lot of materials.

Looks like I'm a miner now.

EXPLORATION ALSO SEEMS INEVITABLE

There are bunkers.

Abandoned outposts.

Mines.

Caves.

Facilities that have probably been waiting far too long for someone to switch them back on.

Some contain resources.

Others contain technology.

And some contain things I still don't understand.

Fantastic. Exactly what I needed.

AND THEN I DISCOVERED TERRAFORMING

This is where things start getting interesting.

This planet can change.

I can build machines capable of altering its environment and, little by little, turn this hostile wasteland into something different.

The storms begin to recede.

The sky becomes visible again.

Rain starts to fall.

Water begins to gather.

And eventually...

grass grows.

Yes.

I'm excited about grass.

My standards have dropped considerably since I woke up here.

THE PROBLEM IS, TELLUS HAS PLANS OF ITS OWN

Meteor showers.

Solar flares.

Storms.

And enough ways to die to turn every expedition into a questionable life choice.

The farther I explore, the better equipped I'll need to be.

And the more I transform the planet...

the farther I'll be able to go.

ALONE... OR WITH HELP

I can also do all of this with company.

Which has several advantages.

For example, if a meteor lands on the base, there'll be someone else to blame.

Explore, build, survive, and transform Tellus together with other players.

FOR NOW...

I still don't know what happened here.

I don't know why these facilities were abandoned.

And I definitely don't know why some things still seem to be working after all this time.

But I have food.

I have oxygen.

I have tools.

And now I have an entire planet to fix.

So I guess I'd better get to work.