Chapter 1: Episodes 1-7
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MURDER DRONES DETAILS
EPISODE 1: PILOT
• The Protagonist’s Journey - Foreshadowing the events of each episode
• NewspaperBot 5000 - Outpost 3’s local news network?
• Uzi’s notes
- To Do Note: Talk to Source - … - ---
- Research - ‘How to turn ‘really sad all the time’ into ---
- Limanial 4EVA!! - Closeness to Yeva? Seeking to avenge Yeva.
• Uzi has an Exorcist and Dead Battery poster in her room.
• Dead Battery - Popular Worker band?
• Khan’s room
• - TO DO: BE GRUMPY - BE DISAPPOINTED
• - NEW IDEA: Monthly subscription-based doors?
• - Doors > Uzi?
• - - Doors <3
• - “You can’t be murdered by scary robots with a door (Unless they open it) It’s a scientific--”
• - Certificate of Best Door - Given by Outpost 9 WDF
• - “Having faithfully made a slab of metal that can be a wall but also not a wall” - Signed in December 3054 or 3064 (If it’s latter, maybe DD invasion didn’t occur until much later)
• At 4:50 minutes, Uzi comes from 03-25 which is next to 03-01 implying different sections of the outpost.
• Outpost 3 WDF have different badges - Possibly transfers from other Outposts?
- I
• - II
• Disassembly Drone armbands
• - P/N: CYN-MYKX
• - DISASSEMBLY DRONE
• - S/N: N-0X0010010
• - S/N: J-10X111001
• - S/N: V-X00100000
• “Leader of the squad in this city” - Implies each city has at least one DD squad sent to it - Possibly hundreds, even thousands of Disassembly Drone squads.
• AbsoluteSolver was blocked by Administer Cyn.
• “Please see a certified JcJenson technician” - JcJenson was originally meant to be villains.
• Uzi’s Solver eye briefly appears during the fight with J.
• 3 DD pods at the end - Probably antagonists of the slice-of-life version of Season 1.
EPISODE 2: Heartbeat
• Uzi’s schematics for landing pod - TO DO
• - FIX DUMB MURDER SHIP
• - ADD MORE LEGS
• - RAILGUN LEGS
• - ADD COOL STICKERS
• - PAINT PURPLE + ADD COOL FLAMES
• - SICK ASS SPOILERS
• ADD TINTED WINDOWS
• - V implies that the WDs and humans were negotiating with each other but for some reason, negotiations failed and the DDs were unleashed.
• N implies that J was in contact with someone through the relay.
• Parent-Teacher Conference - Support Grades: 1.01 - 12.08 (BETA)
• “Kill all humans kick like when I was younger” - Khan was rebellious like Uzi at one point (Maybe led a rebellion at one point and it didn’t pan out)
• CLASSROOM FLASHBACKS
• PSYCH 102: JAVA --C++
• - WEEK 11: EVERYONE DOES HATE YOU AND IT’S ALL THEY EVER TALK ABOUT TOGETHER.
• PROGRAMMING AND --
• - Expr#14 denotes obsession over things done and said. Consider all drones are programmed to this same standard obsession over things you’ve done or said.
• - Ex [embarrassing quirk] is ex [endearing trait] presented with a low confidence value. Except that thing you do, holy yikes, do NOT normalize that.
• - When receiving input:
• - Compliment accuracy = -0.6% (What’s their game?)
• - Critique accuracy = 110% (finally some quality data!)
• “We think there might be something damaged with her programming” - Taps left side of head where Solver eye appears – Teacher asking if Uzi has the Solver?
• Thad has fangs - Solver-infected?
• Teacher’s ID - WD#2342
• - Gamer Mode
• - BOT L293426
• Hole in Evacuation Room - Maybe Eldritch J tried to dig a way out of O3?
• Cryosleep Chamber
• - Cryosleep Systems Offline >>>
• - STATUS: OFF
• - POPULATION: DECEASED
• - BATTERY EFFICIENT: CRITICAL
• - SYSTEM WARNING
• Eldritch J lets Thad go for some reason - Connected to purple hand-lights in Episode 4?
• - Newspapers in Uzi’s room
• - Gravitational waves detected at Site 48 - Matches Yeva’s number - Connected?
• - More Disappearances at--
• - Strange Drones found - MORNING. OCT 8 - Maybe after Core Collapse, the Workers found Nori, Yeva and others escaping from Cabin Fever Labs.
EPISODE 3: The Promening
• PROM 3071 - Prom is usually held around February or March.
• Missing posters
• Dillian Hill - Missing since Jan 7th
• Angela Palmer - Missing since Feb 12th
• Kenzie Rivers - Missing since Mar 12th
• Laney Gilmore - Missing since April 1th
• Kelsey Day - Missing since May 25th
• Kelsey Day’s ID - KLID #4421 - SURVIVAL MODE
• Newspaper in Uzi’s room - Uneasy Truce Rules
• Pre-Core Collapse - Between Humans and Workers
• Post-Core Collapse - Maybe there were some factions fighting each other in the wake of the Core Collapse before coming to an end
• WD User Manual - Languages: English, Russian and French - Nori is English, Yeva is Russian - 3rd Solver Drone will be French?
• Lizzy and V have been hanging out for a while.
• When V appears at the Prom, the Teacher disappears - Possibly possesses Yeva and Doll’s strain?
• “Or I’ll get my dad to dock your freaking grades” - Lizzy’s dad is the Teacher.
• Flashback of Doll’s parents’ death took place outside - Maybe they were searching for the patch that could cure the Solver.
• “Whoever started this wants us to fight” - DDs all Zombie Drones - Maybe JcJenson wanted to kill two birds with one stone by sending the Zombie Drone DDs to wipe out the Copper-9 Workers.
• Solver users can’t directly harm other Solver-infected.
• Worker bodies having 1001 on them.
• Yeva’s keycard - Why would she have it on her?
• C9 - Possible Cabin Fever Labs on other planets
• SA - Security Access?
• When Doll appears and attacks, V points a gun at Uzi.
• DD landing pods having stuff from the Manor in them - Why? If the Manor was destroyed, then why does Tessa have them?
• Tessa mentions ‘maintenance work’ - The process of keeping something in good condition - Trying to establish a base of operations for JcJenson?
Episode 4: Cabin Fever.
• Camp 98.7 - Maybe there were 6 other Cabin Fever Labs facilities scattered throughout Copper 9.
• Established in 3002 - Work Week 627 - Core Collapse occurred around 3014?
• 98 - 98th planet to have Solver research happening.
• Dead Worker hands near sign - Maybe some groups of Workers tried to flee to Camp 98.7 but ended up getting killed recently.
• Thad has purple hand-lights - Possible possession by Nori
• Khan’s photos
• Hole in the ground/Khan pulling Nori out of the ground - Digging into Cabin Fever Labs itself?
• Sarah and Marakrov in the pictures - Outpost 3 WDF’s members led the rescue mission?
• “Build doors against the coming Sky Demons!” - Possible connection to Outpost 9’s doors - Maybe the WD government was told by Nori about the Disassembly Drones coming to Copper-9.
• Nori’s drawings
• S - Connection to SD-S?
• Number of Xs in drawing#1 - 9
• Number of Xs in drawing#2 - 28
• Black holes with sharp teeth - Solver monsters coming out of singularities
• Red hand-light in the closet - Khan helped Nori cover-up some murders at one point?
• Thad is among those who come to Camp 98.7 despite not being in Uzi’s class - Maybe his class went with Uzi’s class.
• Number of students in Camp 98.7 field trip - 18 - 9 students for each class.
• NOTICE BOARD
• ALL EMPLOYEES MUST READ AND WRITE A 2000 --- ON THE TECHNICAL GUIDE TO DRONE (DECOMMISSIONING?)
• PERFORMANCE CHECKS AND REPORTS (PSE?) ONE FOR WORKERS - Followed by a series of numbers - 9432, 6954, 8120 & 2479
• SYSTEM EVALUATION DUE FOR CONTROL (GANDER?)
• REMINDER - PATH MAINTENANCE THIS WEEK ROUTES
• AFFECTED INCLUDE: ROUTE 2A, 6C & 1E
• Cabin Fever Labs Test Subject clothes in cabin - Maybe some Test Subjects lived in Camp 98.7 itself.
• “A step-to Guide of overcoming the emotional revolt evoked by mutilating innocent sentient robots capable of emotion and independent thought” – Some researchers tried to sabotage the pro0ject and free the Workers.
• Board in cabin and outline of Copper-9’s layers - Possible core-related project.
• Work Week 627 - Project Solver went on for 12 years?
• Calendar
• Seramorris 27th - Day of Core Collapse
• Seramorris 9-10th - Evacuating all dogs - maybe the Core Collapse was already happening.
• Fireplace still burning - Doll or someone else was there recently.
• V implies that they went to Camp 98.7 to find Doll - Did Doll tell Lizzy where she was heading?
• Uzi manages to repair the cyberroach - Maybe she could also fix Workers as well?
• Deceased Test Subject and their drawings.
• Had a necklace - Solver-infected.
• Drawing of cathedral - Episode 7: Mass Destruction
• Drawing of winged Test Subject - Nori?
• Wrote a letter to someone by the name of Th--, telling them not to look for answers.
• Anti-Drone Sentinel drawing
• Stuck underneath the cabin for 50 days before dying.
• Disassembly form
• CF/N - 088
• P/N - TSA-MMAC
• S/N - S-010011X01
• Program admission notice - S was put into Project Solver.
• Keybug options
• Submit timecard
• PTO request
• Register torture chamber complaint
• Call elevator
• Fleshy tendrils all over the cabin like in Doll’s house - Solver Form transformation.
• N’s flashback upon touching Zombie Drone tape - Possibly present at Gala Massacre?
• Camp 98.7 - Attendance Record - 25 students in total - 12 for each class.
• [1] - Rebecca
• [2] - Emily
• [4] - Braiden
• [5] - Sam
• [12] - Pamela
• [13] - Freddy
EPISODE 5: Home
• JcJenson slogan - Rebuild Better Together - Possible disaster that nearly wiped-out humanity before - AI rebellion?
• FBI warning on tape
• CLIENT REASONS FOR WD UNIT DISASSEMBLY AND DISPOSAL
• 53% Unit Damage
• 27% Upgrading Models
• 11% Terminating Operation(s)
• 7% Competitor Products
• 2% Core Failsafe Trip
• 1% Other
• WD DISASSEMBLY PROCESS TWO STEP OVERVIEW STEP 1: SOFTWARE CLEANUP
• Ensure marked WD unit matches P/N, S/N (1A)
• Example P/N: AAA-AAAA
• Example S/N: A-000000000
• Upload wdOS_606 (This is fun for them) (1B)
• WD DISASSEMBLY PROCESS TWO STEP OVERVIEW STEP 2: HARDWARE CLEANUP
• Human Inspection (2A): Affirm Core Disconnect
• Process Drone (1) Core (1) through Disassembly Unit (2R)
• Human Inspection (2B): Affirm Fun
• WD DISASSEMBLY PROCESS COMPLICATIONS AND FINES - FINE 9C: ‘Zombie Drones’
• > Core is not properly disconnected (2A)
• > Hardware is not physically destroyed (2B)
• > wdOS_606 is interrupted/rejected immediately (1A) or up to 5 years later
• CORE TERMINATION REJECTION CAUSE CHECKLIST - “T.O.F.”
• aiCore WD1001 - 0.01% self-reboot rate (3020) - First recorded instance of Zombie Drones
• Technician Error (Repeat A1-B2)
• Faulty OS String (Check Indicator)
• Failsafe Wear (Inspect Pins)
• CORE TERMINATION REJECTION FUTURE OS COMPLICATIONS
• No Change Outsourced: 70.3%
• Terminal Lockout: 29.0%
• Potentially Hazardous Mutation(s): 0.7%
• Worker Drone garbage heap next to Elliot Manor - Lots of improperly disposed Workers.
• Cyn’s P/N - CYN-N ... .A - Shares N’s P/N - Same model or different generations of model.
• 8 Zombie Drones in Home teaser - 5 appear in actual episode (If you count the Worker skeleton with MD wings)
• At least 26 confirmed to exist
• 5 butler Zombie Drones and 1 maid Zombie Drone in episode itself
• 5 butler Zombie Drones and 3 maid Zombie Drones in teaser
• A note with 18 tally marks appears in both the Manor and Uzi’s room - 18 ZDs present in Elliot Manor?
• In Uzi’s room - 18 DDs that have been reported to exist?
• Occult symbolism in Tessa’s room - AbsoluteSolver is possibly a demon?
• Cyn implies that she cloned N and the others - Copies in her basement.
• Worker Drone skeleton with MD wings - V gets wings under Solver-possession - Possibly those two were the first to become DDs.
• Uzi’s notes
• Human and Worker holding hands - Maybe Uzi was born pre-Core Collapse?
• 12 Worker Drones possessed by Solver during Gala Massacre - Possibly DDs as well.
EPISODE 6: Dead End
• Image of beach on monitor - Possibly aquatic location next.
• 029 and Alice (017) don’t use the Solver whatsoever - Maybe there were 2 groups of Test Subjects: One Solver-infected and the other not.
• 023’s office - Mailbox with ENB - TA
• Patch on Tessa’s shoulder: All crossed out except for one - Last human exoplanet?
• Disassembly Drone orders
• Step 1: Clear drop zone of life and construct spire
• Step 2: Enter Cabin Fever Labs
• COPPER PLATE MINE OUTPOST 003 - DEPARTMENTS
• 001 - TOP DECK
• 002 - COLLARS
• 002-001 - STORAGE FACILITY A
• 002-002 - VENTILATION DUCT A
• 003 - LOGISTICS OFFICE A
• 004 - LOGISTICS OFFICE B
• 004-001 - TANK A
• 004-002 - PUMP LEVEL 4A
• 004-003 - PUMP LEVEL 4B
• 005 - CAGE
• 006 - STORAGE F
• 007 - CORE STABILIZATION
• 007-001 - VENTILATION
• 007-002 - TANK B
• 008 and 009 - CABIN FEVER LABS
• 010 - FACILITY RESOURCES
• 010-001 - PUMP LEVEL 10A
• Tessa implies that both of Doll’s parents were infected - Maybe Doll’s father was infected by being in proximity
• Elliot Manor Workers appear as DDs - A lot more than what was shown.
• 23 dead in total - N, V, J are the last of the DDs
• 8 DDs with intact heads and unique designs - 8 Corrupted Core jars.
• SD M.A.X - Only DD with male features in lobby - Connected?
• DD with black hair - Maybe Tessa wanted to do something different or she was taken from a world with free Workers.
• JcJenson Directory
• Emergency Assembly Area <-
• Secret Elevator I
• Sentinel Reintegration Unit ->
• When Alice activates the EMP gun, her right eye turns blue.
• Uzi’s ID - UZI
• Alice’s note - Override Code = 1234
• Alice originally had green eyes judging from her ID card - possible Solver effects?
• Corrupted Cores - Some have names on them - Possibly CFLs Test Subjects
• Max
• Bonnie
• Sam
• Ali
• 8 Corrupted Core jars in the oven that Alice opens - 32 in total if the number is the same for all stoves - 38 if you include the small oven.
• Board in Alice’s room - Zombie Gala?
• Footage of Earth loops - possibly fake?
• Systems targeted by Solver
• Proxima system
• Plat-Binary system
• Sentinel POV is similar to DD POV.
• IV for Workers - Biomechanical Workers due to Solver infection?
Episode 7: Mass Destruction
• Church wasn’t built by JcJenson and was found by them - Rented out by them
• Decided to focus on religious motifs for some reason
• Before UV lights come on, Solver appendages can only be seen by the shadows.
• Nori’s posters
• Remnant - Vampiric movie
• Bloodlet - Vampiric movie
• XIV - ???
• Poster with mouse surrounded by the 4 playing card suits - diamonds, clubs, hearts and spades
• 4 DDs seen in flashback of invasion.
• List of Test Subjects (Solver-infected) - The ones named
• 001/Atta - Corrupted
• 003/Abhi - No effect
• 004/Neda - Corrupted
• 006/Riid
• 008/Junr - Corrupted
• 012/Jame - Sharp teeth and bat wings.
• 014/Tmmr - No effect
• 015/Jrad - Corrupted
• 017/Giam - Corrupted - Shares number with Alice.
• 019/Aatt
• 020/Mika - Corrupted
• 021/Raff - No effect
• 023/Dean - Corrupted
• 024/Armin - No effect
• 024/Triss
• 029/Amda
• 032/Mika - Developed bat wings
• 034/Dirg - No effect
• 056/Jimi - Corrupted
• 070/Ezra - Corrupted
• 072/Luna - Corrupted
• 074/Mick - No effect
• 076/Nath - Corrupted
• 091/Jordan - No effect
• 092/Jweb - Corrupted
• 102/Doon - No effect
• 103/Loch - Corrupted
• 104/Kang - No effect
• 105/Carl - Corrupted
• 106/Luke - No effect
• 128/Matt - Corrupted
• 129/Sofi - Corrupted
• Thad’s hand-lights are back to normal.
• Fun time to Universe Big Crunch - 87 (Years?)
• Ridley’s team was known as Team 006 and was supposed to recover Nori via failsafe USB (606b). Completion date was supposed to be Ser 27th 11:59 PM.
• JcJenson Directory
• Junction A Up
• Holding Chamber (1-C) Down
• Eldritch Drone in the Labs - One of the Solver-infected Test Subjects?
• Nori’s notes - Post-Collapse Day 47
• “I think the entity of previous pages purged files from my memories.”
• (Accompanied by picture of V) “IT’S SENT SOMETHING(S) TO ELIMINATE THE OTHER HOSTS” - Maybe others besides Nori and Yeva escaped the labs?
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EPISODE 8: ABSOLUTE END - CRITICISM INCLUDED
• Uzi’s Essay
• - Repeat ‘I AM GOD’ - Foreshadowing of Uzi consuming the Solver.
• - Solver glyph
• Guide in Outpost 3 High classroom - A How-To-Guide of Overcoming the Existential Dread evoked by Murdering Innocent Sentient Robots Capable of Emotion and Independent Thought
• - Real-life JcJenson Employee Testimonies
• - Thought provoking analysis of life and the benefit of being the apex predator - Referring to humans? DDs?
• - Insane philosophical advice such as ‘Get over it!’ ‘Shut up and keep working!’ ‘Do you want a job or not?’
• Teacher doesn’t react whatsoever to the Solver trying to devour Copper-9 - Maybe he has seen it before - Possibly Solver-infected?
• Absolutely massive Eldritch Drone in C9’s core - Faux-shadowing - Wasted potential for a final boss fight.
• Uzi and Nori in space - How? How did they get there?
• “[Image of Solver] NEEDS HOST - DESTROY CYN’S HEART 43” - Solver is a program so how would that destroy the Solver? Why couldn’t it find another host?
• Nori, N and Uzi all survive re-entering the atmosphere - How? - UV and heat are bad for the DDs and Solver Drones - Contradiction of previous episodes.
• - During the final battle, Solver Core is burned alive when Nori, N and Uzi all survive reentering - How?
• N managing to find Uzi in space - How did he know? How would he know? - Last he saw her, she had fallen through the hellhole in the church.
• Landing pods are destroyed 3 minutes and 35 seconds in - What was the point in showing the landing pod being increasingly repaired and Tessa’s key-chain then?
• N’s letter - “I O U 1 SPACESHIP” - How did N manage to steal the landing pod from J? - Did he steal it from her while she was distracted fighting Khan, Lizzy and Thad?
• J knew the Solver was pretending to be Tessa the entire time - What was the point of giving her sympathetic qualities then?
• Khan, Lizzy and Thad’s fight scene completely happened off-screen - What was the point of setting it up then? - Wasted potential, again.
• Gravity affects the spinning island, J, Khan, Lizzy and Thad - How? There’s no gravity in space.
• V having tamed Red Sentinel and fought off the others - How? - Last we saw her, she had accepted her fate and was surrounded from all sides.
• - Why didn’t the Red Sentinel use the boot-loop to stun Lizzy or Thad or Khan? Also, if it was tamed, why was it attacking them?
• Khan T-posing in space - Reference to soundtrack covers
• Uzi unleashes Null on the Solver - Goes right through the planet as well - How many Workers did Uzi kill?
• Callback.ping - Triggers Solver mutations and traumatic memories.
• - Flashbacks - V got eaten by Cyn first, followed by N.
• - What happened to Cyn and the Solver being separate entities?
• Uzi and N both get their Cores ripped out - What happened to the Eldritch Drone plotline from Heartbeat?
• Khan somehow has the remote that shuts the door on Eldritch Tessa’s extra limbs, saving N - Deus ex machina - Where did he get that?
• Uzi somehow being able to resist the Solver’s controls after the last few episodes show her falling easily to its control - Another deus ex machina.
• Disconnect between scenes - 1st scene has Uzi on a catwalk while the other has her on the ground with several summoned Solver limbs forming the main glyph - Possible hologram or possibly fake?
• Blood rain - Copper 9 is now red - How did that happen? - Possible reference to concept art of Cyn standing in an ocean of blood with red skies?
• Uzi’s eyes are now both purple and yellow - Damaged OC.
• “I’m Not Solved” - Message - Does it mean that the Solver Entity is not gone completely?
• Classroom - Body of Braiden is there - They brought back the dead Campers’ bodies.
END CREDITS - POSSIBLE TEASERS FOR SEASON 2?
• Arrow-shaped crater left on Copper-9 - Pointing West to Copper 9’s ringed moon? - Where the characters will go next?
• J is shown repairing the landing pod - Where is she planning to go? - Does JcJenson still exist? - Are there other DDs still left in the galaxy?
• A red-eyed black Drone with goop on her appears under a streetlight in Outpost 3 - Doll’s spirit? - Possible reference to Doll’s concept art which had goop coming off her.
• Doll’s Funeral
• - DOLL-BABE-A-TRON QUEENTHOUSAND (GONE TOO SOON)
• - HER HEART GOT FRIKKEN SLURPED AND THAT SHOULD’VE HAPPENED TO RACHEL INSTEAD. NO OFFENSE, RACHEL UR LITERALLY EVIL.
• Cryosleep bay - Eldritch Drone lurking.
• Uzi glitches out as a hologram, revealing Solver eyes - Everything after Uzi offlines just a hologram?
• Solver now lives in Uzi’s tail - Uzi’s eyelights return to normal when that happens
• Lots of questions still unanswered.
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