The Root

The Root
Type	Area
Region	The Core, Kent

The Root is the first area in the subnet ever built. It is the focus of Submachine 5: The Root.

History

The cipher plate number 1 found in this area.

The Root is the first man-made submachine, built between 1900 and 1906. It was an engineering miracle at the time. However, the Root is much smaller than modern submachines, a mere experiment in comparison. Its capabilities are similar to the basement from Submachine 1. The Root was mostly the work of a creative genius, who received directives to create the machine. He named his invention "Submachine" due to the belief that it was situated underground.

Not much is known about the operations of the Root. The builders invented a transportation system to travel within the massive underground structure. These devices were named transporters.

The root is omni-layered, much like The Core, and great care was taken to preserve it from structural shifts and spatial anomalies.

Number of areas

In Submachine 5: The Root, seven different areas are accessible by the Player. However in the lucky room the player discovers that there were originally 6 plates and therefore 43 areas in the Root, because;

• (six plates × seven combinations) + 1 (0,0) = 43

However, in Submachine Universe it was revealed that there are twelve more cipher plates. It is possible that this is just a cipher plate storage for replicas of the original 6 plates or cipher plates for another transporter-network entirely, but this raises the amount of possible location inside the Root to 157;

• (12 plates x 13 combinations) + 1 = 157

If this storage is extension to the existing storage for cipher plates, there is a total amount of 343 locations inside the Root transporter network;

• (18 plates x 19 combinations) + 1 = 343

List of known locations

Lighthouse

Lighthouse dungeon

Lighthouse digouts

Brick room

Root base

Charger room

Symbol room

Citric acid room

Metal box room

Pipe room

Ancient room

Root extension

Gallery

These chairs appear to be part of the standard Root furniture.

This is the standard lamp of the Root. It's similar to the lighthouse's lamp.

These metal plates lie all over the place.

These pipes might have been used for communication within the Root.

This is the back side of the brick door once it is broken.

See also

• Cipher plate
• Submachine 5: The Root
• Submachine Universe