Lab (area)
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TypeResearch Quarters' Coordinates
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Area
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Region
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001 (Sub4), 001 (second network in Sub5), IIO (Sub10), 000 (SubVerse), 010 (SubVerse)
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The lab complex (or lab area) describes a group of several locations featured in the Submachine series. The term lab can also refer to a singular lab location.
Labs were used as a headquarters for various exploration teams who were investigating portions of the Subnet under the direction of Murtaugh.
There are different types of lab locations which are visited in different games:
Submachine 4: The Lab - 001[]
The player arrives on the roof of a large research/storage area.
Submachine 5: The Root - 001 (second network)[]
The player begins the game a residential area of the lab.
Submachine 10: The Exit - 001, IIO[]
The player visits the karma studies facility, a special branch of the lab complex specializing in karma research exclusively.
The Sub4 lab is also revisited when the player returns to the rooftop and enters a different part of this lab through a steel plated window. Inside the area is a disabled sub-bot, a note, and a karma stabilizer machine.
Submachine Universe - 000, 001, 010[]
The player begins in a completely different room from the previous two games known as Lab facility 32 m. It is unknown if this location is part of the same lab as a location in the main series or if it is a completely different lab altogether. The lab from Submachine 4 (001) also makes an appearance in the SubVerse and leads to two previously unseen locations. A third location at coordinates 010 deals with wisdom gem power research exclusively.
History[]
It's unknown when the lab complex was first created, but it was created by various explorers and scientists who were under the impression that there was one single submachine. However Murtaugh soon came along and showed them with his use of opening karma portals that there are in fact multiple submachines within the network.
During that point, the explorers and scientists were able to reverse-engineer portals that were originally made to transport sub-bots, so that they could explore the submachine network.
Murtaugh then divided the explorers into exploration teams who were given instructions in the lab complex and then sent to specific locations in the Outer Rim to carry out tasks. None of the teams ever returned.
The Lab was physically near The Root, and the two areas were closely linked. That link enabled The Lab to resist structural shifts and spatial anomalies. [1]
Goals[]
The original purpose of the lab complex was to research the growth and expansion of the submachines in the Outer Rim. A second, more detailed part of the lab was constructed later when studying the properties of karma became a priority.
Known lab members[]
There have been at least 16 members of the Lab.
Members | Status |
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Player | Alive |
Murtaugh | Alive/Dead |
A group of scientists | Dead |
Predecessors | Dead |
Ship exploration team | Dead |
Tomb trap exploration team | Dead |
Basement exploration team | State unknown |
Ancient section exploration team | State unknown |
Lab locations[]
Quotes[]
— Predecessor
See also[]
v · d · eSubmachine 4: The Lab Locations |
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Research base 001 - Second tomb 043 - Ancient section 104 - Statue 452 - Lighthouse digouts 462 - Basement section 529 - Brick room 551 - Annex 596 - Looping traps 690 - Lucky room 728 - Tomb trap 770 - Ship 800 |
v · d · eSubmachine 10: The Exit locations |
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Northern Garden docks • Captain's ship • OOO (Angel ruins ) • IOO (Royal storage facilities) • Storage unit 32/1 • Storage unit 33/1 • Storage unit 33/2 • Storage unit 33/3 • Storage unit 33/4 • OIO (Resin mine) • OOI (Iron pyramid) • IIO (Karma studies facility) • OII (S.H.I.V.A. access point) • IOI (Stabilizer bay) • III (Meditation temple) • Temple • Dock • Winter Palace • Cliffs • Tunnels • S.H.I.V.A. override corridor • Citric acid room • Root base • Rooftop • Research base • Level X • Lighthouse dungeon • Basement exit • Infernal basement • Basement • Metal section • Lighthouse tower • Tile rooms • Little island • S3C area • Desert |
- ↑ Shattered Quadrant note - Hindi temple isle