Alpha Tapes

Throughout Lab of the Dead, the player can research and investigate several recordings left behind by Alpha Team, the previous occupants of the facility that serves as the setting of Lab of the Dead.

The recording left by Alpha Teams are as follows:

## Psycho Test Completed

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's, the lead scientist, logs speaking of her plans to work on the genetic material of the S14 virus.*

**Lori:** There's not much more I can obtain from psychological tests, I'll therefore starting working on the actual genetic material. The solution may lie in the protein coat surounding the virus.

## The Virus Diet

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's log discussing the behaviour of the virus*

**Lori:** I still don't understand how the virus can do a 180 degrees like that once the host's life functions cease. It's almost comparable to a failed diet for the virus. The virus first clings to very specific types of synapses in the brain and instead of starving when the brain functions stop, it rather clings to every synapse it can find and manages to keep the brain active. I've never seen anything like it.

## To Make A Cure

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's log discussing the requirements of a cure for the virus*

**Lori:** To develop a viable cure, I need to account for the mutations that occur when the virus is transfered to a new host. I also need to have a switch mechanism at the molecular level to prevent the virus's behaviour change once the host is deceased.

## Specimen Conditioning

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs discussing conditioning specimens to manipulate their behaviour*

**Lori:** We've got more infected in the storage room now. I don't even want to know how or where Walker gets them. My tests indicate that their aggressiveness can be brought down significantly by constant positive reinforcement. On the other hand, aggression has a direct causation to the specimen's aggressiveness. It shows that they're still able to be conditioned to a certain point.

## Pvt. Johnson Log 2

*One of Pvt. Peter Johnson's monthly logs discussing how the specimen creeps Peter out.*

**Peter:** Hi, this is Private Peter John, this is my second...

**Lori:** Mr. Johnson, you don't need to present yourself or count your logs, I archive the logs every time with all the required information.

**Peter:** Sorry Doctor... and call me Pete.

**Lori:** Mr. Johnson is fine, proceed.

**Peter:** ...sorry... hmm... I've been guarding the storage room for a few days now. They... totally give me the creeps. I stare at them and they stare back... they're trying to grab me. Good thing they're behind bars, nothing else to report so far.

## Full Commitment

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict logs discussing Pvt. Johnson's assignment to Lori*

**Lori:** Captain Walker wanted to know if I'd need Private Johnson for much longer. He clearly failed to understand that this assignment would last for the full duration of the project. He wasn't happy about that, but I'm in charge, not him.

## Pvt. Johnson Log 3

*One of Pvt. Peter Johnson's logs revealing Dr. Lori's stance with interacting with the zombies*

**Peter:** I've been a bit under the weather these last few days. I think I miss the sun. I wasn't trained to be a lab worm. No offence Doctor.

**Lori:** Don't talk to me during your logs Mr. Johnson

**Peter:** Ok... geez... well, since the great Dr. Lori Benedict got mad at us the other day, I can't have fun with the zombies anymore so the guarding job is pretty damn boring. Sure beats getting killed in Afghanistan though... Peter out.

## Military Team

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs discussing the arrival of the Military security team, their captain and Alpha's Team staff.*

**Lori:** The military team has just arrived. it's led by Captain Jerome Walker. I've heard reports from his previous missions, he's just another over decorated jarhead. Uuh... Note: Replace the last comment following before final archiving. He'll be a good asset to the project. The rest of the staff was already here when I arrived. In total, we're about 200 people in the complex.

## Security Protocols

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs revealing her distaste for the neglience of security protocols within the staff*

**Lori:** Ugh... I've had a meeting with the entire team about security protocols. They don't seem to grasp the extreme dangers of this virus. I've seen one of the guards harrassing one of the specimen. Unacceptable. The virus is only active in the brain but still travels through the blood. A single scratch can transfer the virus and start a mutated replication process that will infact, kill the new host. Haven't they read the research papers.

## Private Logs

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs revealing the reason for the existance of Pvt. Johnson's logs*

**Lori:** I requested that one of the privates participate in the logging process to document the military aspect of the research. It's unusual but so is this project. Captain Walker will send one of his men to my office.

## Research in Crisis

*A recorded conservation of Lori questioning Walker about the true nature of her assignment*

**Lori:** Walker is coming, I'm gonna record this conservation.

[Footsteps; Door opens]

**Lori:** Captain...

**Walker:** What do you want Dctor? We've got our hands full here...

**Lori:** What's my real goal here?

**Walker:** Work on the cure... this is your assignment.

**Lori:** But the virus is too dangerous in its current state, it has to be modified.

**Walker:** That's not my problem Doctor! You've got your orders and I've got mine.

**Lori:** But think of what happens if the virus gets out... don't you have a conscience!?

**Walker:** My conscience is clear Doc, do your job or they'll find someone who can. I've got bigger problems than your little moral crisis.

**Lori:** ...get out of my office... GET OUT!

[Footsteps; Door closes]

## Pvt. Johnson Log 4

*One of Pvt. Peter Johnson's log revealing that he was scratched by one of the zombies*

**Peter:** I've been told I still have to do the logging even though Dr. Benedict isn't around. Well... the security rounds are just as boring as before... my hand hurts like a bitch though. I gotta stop scratching that wound, it was just a tiny scratch... and now it's a mess haha... goddamn zombies... one of em tried to grab my arm when I was screwing with em a couple weeks ago... I knocked him cold on his ass with the stock of my M16. But hey... I haven't touched em sicne the Doctor told us not to... anyway... that's it for me

## Sample Arrival

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs discussing the arrival of the virus sample*

**Lori:** The samples arrived this morning. I familiarised myself with the genetic structure and I must say, it incorporates some very unconventional ideas. I didn't think it was possible to interact with the brain at such a deep level.

## Wounded and missing

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs after the complex outbreak discussing the beginning of the breach.*

**Lori:** We have many wounded and missing people. Peter was hiding or collapsed from the mutated virus in the North WIng of the buliding. When he died, he got up and started attacking people. If we don't account for everyone, we would be facing an outbreak in the complex, or even worse, outside the complex. My research is on hold until the crisis is resolved.

## Genetic Wonder

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs discussing the potential for the S14 virus*

**Lori:** The S14 virus truly is a genetic wonder. It's benign to the host and the synapse selection program is amazingly complex. It'll focus on patterns of aggressive behaviour and reduce the host's tedencies towards violence. It may be the next big thing for behaviour control once once it's stable and regulated. That's why Project Flatline must be a success, it'll really give a viruses a good name.

## Pvt. Johnson Log 1

*The first of Pvt. Peter Johnson's logs*

**Peter:** Do I start this thing like this? oh... it's working, should I start over?

**Lori:** No... it's fine, go ahead.

**Peter:** Ok... well... this is Private Peter Johnson... and this is... ackward... hmph... I've been assigned here as security. My direct superior is Captain Jerome Walker, who ordered me to do this record, log... thing. I haven't seen them things yet. Is that enough, Doctor?

**Lori:** yeah yeah... let's do this again some other time.

## No Success Yet

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs discussing her failure of any new real development on the virus*

**Lori:** I've still had no success in modifying the genetic material of the virus without making it unstable or losing the benefits of its behaviour. I really want to make the virus work... a cure wouldn't help us commercialise a new product, so I see little point in that venue.

## Zombie Log?

*An attempted log by the now infected Pvt. Johnson before being terminated*

**Zombie:** UUggghhh... aaaagghhh... uuuuUHhh...

[Door Opens]

**Lori:** Pe...Peter? Peter are you ok?

[Object falls]

**Zombie:** AaaAAAgghh... UUUUURRRGGHH... aaahahh

**Lori:** Shit... Guard! Come here!!! We've got an infected loose!

**Guard:** What the...

**Lori:** Shoot him!

**Guard:** Yes ma'am!

[Gunshots]

**Lori:** Stay away, don't touch him!!! Get Walker, now!

[Door closes; Footsteps]

**Lori:** Did he... try to... record a log?

## Project Flatline

*The first of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs discussing her assignment*

**Lori:** This is Lori Benedict, lead scientist on Project Flatline. I've been assigned here to find and correct the flaws in the S14 virus strain prototype. I need to prevent some serious undesired side effects and find a cure if the virus itself cannot be modified. The samples will be here in a few days. This is my most important assignment, a career maker. For archiving purposes, I will record individual tapes and date them accordingly.

## Stuck in South Wing

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs after the complex outbreak discussing her fear of infected escaping the faciliyt*

**Lori:** We're stuck in the south wing as the outbreak rages in the rest of the complex... I fear that some specimens or infected people will leave the complex... damn them all... I can't continue my research... I just can't...

## Peter not Found

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs discussing the danger if Peter is not found quickly*

**Lori:** Peter is still unaccounted for... if he dies, he could infect a lot more people. This could turn into a nightmare... shit... and I'm obsessed with the S14 genetic design... it's evil... I can't believe we'd come to handle such a devastating genetic device.

## Infection Alert

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs discussing the Peter's possible infection*

**Lori:** I've just reviewed the past logs and Peter's last log is alarming. An untreated wound from an infected specimen could lead to an epidemic within the complex...

[Door Opens]

**Walker:** Doctor, you sent for me? What's the critical situation ?!

**Lori:** Captain, Peter is infected? You MUST find him now!

**Walker:** What are you talking about?

**Lori:** Don't waste time! Find him RIGHT NOW!!!

**Walker:** Carlos! You're with me!

**Lori:** [sighs] Let's hope for the best...

## Destruction Required

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs discussing the destruction of her research*

**Lori:** I've decided to destroy all my research, without a cure we don't have the option to use this virus... that's how it has to be.

## Designed Flaws?

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs suspecting the S14 assignment to be more than it seems*

**Lori:** I've been going through S14's genetic structure over and over again... the flaws I'm supposed to correct... or cure... look more like design features to me... Was I duped into working on a cure for a weaponized virus or what? Shit... Note: Remove last comment before final archiving.

## Phase 1 The Cure

*One of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs discussing her disagreement on developing a cure for the S14 virus instead of modification*

**Lori:** I just got back from head office. They're pressuring me to work on a cure... I tried to explain how a cure does nothing for a new marketable product... but they wouldn't listen. They call it Phase 1. Surely they understand that without a modified strain, we can'tuse the virus. Anyway, I gotta focus my work on that cure now. Hopefully, I'll be part of Phase 2.

## The S14 Weapon

*The last of Dr. Lori Benedict's logs revealing the destruction of her research materials and death.*

[Zombies and gunfire can be heard in the background]

**Lori:** I... I've just destroyed all the equipments... burned all the documents... goddamn fools, they're not gonna use me... I'm no monster...

[Door Opens]

**Walker:** What the... What have you done!?

**Lori:** The right thing... it's my project and I'm ending it. Get back to the fight Captain, kill them all before the virus spreads out... it's an order!

**Walker:** ...Stupid bitch... get your head out of your ass... this is a military operation, it always was... you think you're in charge here? I AM!

**Lori:** Bullshit!

**Walker:** You don't get it. S14 is a weapon, not some hippie drugs... and I've already got my orders...

**Lori:** NO!!!

[Gunshot]

**Walker:** Seal and secure the mouth doors! Team C to the lobby. Carlos, watch out! [Screaming] No! ...shit... Go, go go! Kill em all! Contain them!! Team A circle around...

[More machine gun fire and zombies growling]