GigaCorp Secret Lab
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| GigaCorp Secret Lab | |
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| Survival 6 Retriever | |
The first room of the GigaCorp Labs complex | |
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| World | Survival 6 (Retriever) |
| Builder(s) | viBEEng |
GigaCorp Secret Lab is a build in viBEEng's Base on the Survival 6 world of the Dogcraft Server.
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It is hoped that they will raise employee spirits, while also being useful for a number of non-invasive observational experiments- The first of which has already been conducted!
Experiment #38 - Axolotl Names
Question: Axolotls are happy, friendly, and unbothered creatures. If one were to give them a name associated with evil, would it impact their behaviour?
Hypothesis: Unlikely. I am unsure if axolotls are sentient enough to understand their name in the first place. Even if they are, they do not know human history and media and therefore would not know any biases associated with the name regardless.
Notes:
The Junior Researcher who initially proposed this says “there is power in names.”
Despite it being their idea they are still concerned for the chosen axolotl’s wellbeing. I assured them the name will not be too evil.
Experiment:
The lab contains 6 axolotls, they have been chosen at random with 5 “cute” named offered by employees and 1 “evil” name chosen by myself. (As Head Researcher it is my duty to undertake the hardship of difficult tasks like these)
The names are as follows:
Cyan axolotl: baby
Brown axolotl: cookie
Yellow axolotl 1: pickle
Pink axolotl 1: stinky
Yellow axolotl 2: Sir Reginald III
Pink axolotl 2: skeletor (this is the evil one)
Observations:
Construction took longer than anticipated due to the particular growth requirements of the plants. We are now able to produce an ample supply of mushrooms and netherwart for poisons and potions.
There have been some who have tried to criticize my eagerness to expand into poison research as being something malicious. This, I assure you, is nonsense. My excitement stems from the research opportunities presented by a lab such as this. One of our researchers has already begun developing a mixture to clear silverfish infestations. Another is attempting to produce an all-purpose antivenom from ethically harvested pufferfish toxins.
Nobody is willing to claim responsibility for bringing it in. Nor can anybody say how it could have gotten in on it’s own.
It has found a spot it likes at the end of an old maintenance hall. Some of the employees were taking it water and seeds for a few days. That is until one of them didn’t return.
We do not know what happened as there is no trace of them- living or deceased. It is almost as if the ground simply opened up and swallowed them where they stood.
Some of the researchers have posed the idea that perhaps the pigeon ate the remains of the missing individual and that is why there is no trace.
I think that is simply too large of a meal for one pigeon but I am willing to conduct further research on the matter to help us reach a substantial conclusion on the fate of our missing employee.
An incident in the axolotl tank has caused some of the Junior Researchers to believe we were too hasty in coming to the conclusion that we reached in this experiment. I disagree, but will nonetheless present the incident and concerns:
Incident:
The lab was business as usual, peak work hours so the axolotl tank was unmanned. Suddenly one of the axolotls (we later found it to have been Pink Axolotl #1 “Stinky”)
Started making sounds of distress in the back of the tank. I had just returned from a meeting and was in the upper stairwell when the incident occurred. Several of us rushed to the tank but were unfortunately too late to intervene. “Stinky” passed away within seconds of us reaching the tank.
The other axolotls in the tank were largely unbothered and behaving as usual.
Response:
In light of the incident, I personally removed the remaining axolotls from the tank temporarily while it underwent an investigation.
Based on the investigation and previous observation of axolotl behaviours in the tank, a risk factor was identified.
Coral has been installed within the tank to provide enrichment and hiding places for the axolotls. This on its own is not an issue, however, a layer of air was also provided above the water level. This was also for enrichment purposes, as the axolotls have a tendency to perform breaching actions and jumps when playing. One of the coral colonies was tall enough to meet this air layer and have one face exposed to air.
Conclusions/Solutions:
I suspect what occurred at the time of the incident is that “Stinky” performed a breach action that resulted in them landing atop of the exposed coral face. “Stinky” then became stuck and was unable to return to the water in time before they dried out, and passed away as a result.
As a solution I have placed a glass block above the exposed face that prevents any of the axolotls from accessing it. Axolotls have subsequently been returned to the tank under observation, and no further incidents have occurred.
Staff Concerns:
Several of our Junior Researchers appear to have developed a different conclusion to mine (though refused to inform me). As far as I can glean, the theory being shared amongst the lab staff (most of whom were not present for the underlying incident), is that the death of “Stinky” was actually the result of an attack. They are convinced that this occurrence reflects a different result to our initial “names experiment” and that “Skeletor” has resorted to violence and killed “Stinky”.
I find this claim to be nothing more than a highly dubious conspiracy theory with no grounding in reality nor proof. But they seem insistent that “Skeletor” is now dangerous.
In response, I have scheduled all Junior Researchers who parrot this claim onto overnight shifts to record observations of the axolotls. I suspect this will result in the conspiracy soon being “debunked” via their recordings of normal axolotl behaviours.They’ve asked us if we would be willing to do some research into squirtapods and the sulfur they produce. I have been dying to get my hands on a squirtapod sample for a long time so this is perfect!
Work has already begun on a simulated environment for the samples that we were provided. We expect them to reach maturity in a matter of weeks once they’re settled in.
The sulfur produced will not only be useful as an ingredient in future poisons and elixirs, but possibly as an energy source!
GigaCorp has given us some notes from their top researcher who had initially been working with the squirtapods before they were injured in the space rat incident earlier this cycle.
They propose several ways we may be able to harness the squirtapods sulfur production and turn it into a renewable source of energy.
Question: Fish in tanks, both at the lab and outside it, have been observed showing a pattern of behaviour involving rising and falling the entire height of the tank. Should a hazard be introduced, would they continue such behaviours?
Hypothesis:
Fish do not have much brain power in the “logic and reasoning” department, therefore it would be likely they would continue these actions. However, they do have survival and observational responses so may adapt over time as they and tankmates are injured.
Experiment:
In a fish tank previously used for experiment [REDACTED] we have installed a row of dripstone spikes along the floor. A total of five tropical fish were then introduced to the tank.
Observations:
Interestingly, the fish behaved as expected to begin with, simply following the repeated up and down motions. But they were never struck by the spikes.
As time continued on, the fish chose to no longer continue these motions and have instead settled at the base of the tank amongst the spikes. None of the fish were harmed at all and avoided the spikes with skill.
It is unclear if the fish have settled at the bottom because they enjoy the atmosphere or if they are depressed. Further observations will be done, and if found depressed, the fish will be rehomed.
Notes:
Junior Researchers were offered the opportunity to name the fish, and chose to continue the theme of media villains they started upon naming the lab pufferfish. The names of the tropical fish are as follows:
Gargamel
Maleficent
Ursula
Jerma
Bluto
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