For the Function of the same name, see Protein Analysis (function).
Routine
| Image |  |
| Type | Utility System |
Responses to Functions
| Function | Message | U | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2? Offense | The protein analysis collapses easily under the weight of its own memory usage. | ? | |
| Command C+O |
You order the analysis routine to redouble its search, causing a rush of data you don't quite catch. | ? | |
| View | The analysis routine is using every available scrap of memory, but it still has a way to go. It'd probably get better results if you could free up some of the site's memory first. | ? | |
| C+V? | (With a small enough number of other routines running?) You order the analysis routine to redouble its search, then copy the results for later study. (Or, if too many other routines running?) You order the analysis routine to redouble its search, but the other routines jealously guard their memory allocations. Or You order the analysis routine to redouble its search, but the other routine jealously guards its memory allocation. |
? | Counts as an extra instance of analyzing? |
| Defense | The routine doesn't seem capable of perceiving what you're doing, much less responding to it. | ? | |
| Protein Analysis (Function) | You push the Protein Analysis routine to its limit. You order the analysis routine to redouble its search, but the other routines jealously guard their memory allocations. Or, sometimes? (This was with a single use of PA) You push the Protein Analysis routine to its limit. You order the analysis routine to redouble its search, causing a rush of data you don't quite catch. |
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| Protein Query | The analysis routine is using every available scrap of memory, but it still has a way to go. It'd probably get better results if you could free up some of the site's memory first. | ? |
Active Responses
If you killed another routine:
The protein analysis gobbles up the newly freed memory.
Every round, you also get:
The protein analysis churning in the background presses the limits of available memory, drawing attention from the other routines.
Increases alert in some cases? (Reconnecting still raises 1-2 alert, but other stuff was giving 25+ alert)
When logging off, if analysis data was generated?
You check over the new protein data. Some of it looks interesting, but there's nothing that seems immediately applicable.
Or, after analysing 5? times:
You check over the new protein data. You can see some of the reasons your samples break down when exposed to air so quickly. You should be able to preserve them a bit better now.
(Increases lake serpent sample drop rate?)
Or, after analysing 12? times:
You check over the new protein data. It doesn't make a lot of sense, but looking at the analysis there isn't any question: despite not being poisonous, the serpents have active venom glands. If you can extract them somehow, they're probably good for something.
(Unlocks serpent venom gland drops from Terrible Serpents if you have a Myers sampling kit equipped)
Or, after analysing 19? times:
You check over the new protein data. There are a few proteins in the serpents' stomachs that should preserve anything they've eaten. If these results are right, they barely break the food down at all. Huh.
(Increases partially digested fish drops from Terrible Serpents?)
Or, after analysing 26? times:
You check over the new protein data. There we go, the whole thing is nice and orderly now. For a creature as strange as that one, it's interesting how little is actually going on in its body.You've mined this vein pretty deep. If there's anything else to learn about these critters it's through hands-on experience and not protein analysis.
(Gain +2 XP from fighting serpents?)
Or, after reaching the above level and getting new data with Burning Vision:
You check over the new protein data. There we go, the whole thing is nice and orderly now. For a creature as strange as that one, it's interesting how little is actually going on in its body.
Huh. You're not sure why you didn't notice it before… past the simple protein signatures, there's a pattern burning its way through. It's hard to say what it means, but damned if it's not interesting.
(Unlock the ability to learn Serpent Pattern)
And on subsequent analysis:
You check over the new protein data. You've mined this vein pretty deep. If there's anything else to learn about these critters it's through hands-on experience and not protein analysis.