Artificial Afterlife: The ARK, a computer designed by Catherine to preserve the minds of the last humans in a virtual paradise.Catherine's final hope is "the ARK project", in which digital copies of human minds are uploaded into a virtual reality computer aboard a satellite and launched into space so that at least something of humanity's culture will live on. The Ark: Earth is totally destroyed and, with the habitat falling apart, the last vestiges of mankind are inevitably doomed.It's also the method by which the WAU is able to control both robots and human bodies and implement its Assimilation Plot. It's described as a "cross-linked gel with aligned graphene in a polyunsaturated matrix" AKA "Programmable Matter" - a fantastically powerful electrical conductor that makes electronics more efficient and even allows for interface between electronic and organic systems, also doubling as sealant to prevent leaks. Applied Phlebotinum: "Structure Gel", the black goo that's found all over the base and creates the game's Organic Technology aesthetic.Apocalyptic Log: Through various logs and notes scattered all over the place, you slowly find out how things went to pot on Pathos-II after Telos hit Earth and then the WAU interpreting its programming in a rather skewed way.Some of it was mutated by the WAU, though. The comet Telos destroys most, if not all life on Earth's surface, but the oceans are still teeming with life. Apocalypse How: Planetary Species Extinction.Then again, Carl and Simon both can become extremely distressed and continue to function, so it may be a question as to the quality of the hardware the A.I. Brandon is forced to reboot every time you freak him out, and Catherine shuts down permanently when she finally becomes sufficiently angry at you. minds seem to overload and shut down if they experience excessive stress or negative emotions. The robots with downloaded personalities have all gone insane and will presumably spend eternity confused and upset.Simon passes by dozens of them, most of them completely immobilized in withered bodies, unable to do anything but wheeze pitifully. Also, the fate of those humans who are being artificially kept alive in spite of their horrific injuries.copy gets sent to paradise in the ARK, the two Simons you actually played as are left aboard the ruined remains of Pathos-II, alone for all eternity at the bottom of the ocean. Simon has the option of mercy-killing the first A.I. The final fate of both of the Pathos-II Simons (though the second A.I.An Arm and a Leg: Simon can potentially lose his hand if he chooses to poison the WAU.Already Done for You: Before Simon arrives on the scene, Raleigh Herber had already encoded a batch of structure gel to be poisonous to the WAU before it killed her.This is because their localized EMP damages Simon's circuitry. He can't even look at those monsters without being nearly blinded. Allergic to Evil: Simply being in the proximity of certain monsters distorts Simon's vision and can kill him.Airvent Passageway: You have to crawl through some of them to get past obstacles.