Retrieving voice data message.
SOPHIE: Welcome back, pioneer. I'm Sophie Boucher, kurultai surgeon. By now you know we're not on Zezura.
We call this planet Proteus. We don't know when rescue will find us. For the sake of all our sleeping friends, we have to learn how to survive. Nahema?
NAHEMA: Hey, fellow debt slave. I'm Nahema Nakota, ecologist. Take a sip of seawater. Notice that sweet blood taste under the salt? That's a toxic dose of heavy metals. Nobody's survived past three months. It's a beautiful place to die over and over again—
SOPHIE: —but don't let that beauty seduce you, pioneer. Exposure to Proteus causes a delusion we call Masefield syndrome...the call of the sea. People may tell you it's a gift. Ignore them. You remember what kharaa did to our homes. You *know* we can't trust alien biology.
We've set up a lab here with a few basic biomods. They're safe. But if you start to hear voices, or if you get the urge to swim to the tree, don't go.
Habitat is due north. We'll come pick you up. See you soon, pioneer.