ProgressData Refinement Department

**Progressdata Refinement Department** (sometimes stylized in all-caps) was an event that took place from 14 April 2022 (version 0.9250) to 20 May 2022 (version 0.9290). It could be played only once a day.

## Gameplay

A PDRD device, named "Terminal 9095", would show up in the Boot Menu. Clicking on it would start the event.

After a startup animation, the player would be presented with a 9x9 board containing various two-digit numbers. The goal was to find and click the 5 "good numbers".

There were three types of numbers:

* **Good**: Collecting them was the event's main objective. There were more than 5 good numbers on the board, but only five were required to win. They wouldn't change after collecting a bad number.
* **Empty**: Clicking them would do nothing other than hiding that number. They were the most common numbers.
* **Bad**: Clicking a bad number would deduct 1 life and reset the progress of collected good numbers. After losing 5 lives, the event would become locked until the next day.

If the player managed to collect five good numbers, they would receive a **9095 point bonus** after completing a regular level, referring to the number shown in the computer name. The bonus would always be the same, regardless of the multiplier.

The good numbers changed every day, and they would be the same for all players.

## Gallery

### In game

StartupGameplayGameplay Fail (all lives lost)Gameplay Win (5 good numbers collected)Computer select screen during PDRD
### From social media

Vintage advertisement0.9260 announcementVintage business cardBasic pass cardPin
### Mentions

With PDRD now a part of the *Progressbar95* universe, it has been mentioned a few times in-game and through social media posts, giving some more information about this company.

Header of Progressbar Server boot menu, saying that PDRD created the server firmwarePart of 0.94's PB Magazine, mentioning that PDRD has been making case studies and data reportsPublic Progress Plexus website on Browser suggests that PPP is built by PDRD and Tom Barnard-LeeDevices and Defragmentation were made by Progressdata Refinement DepartmentThe PROGRESSBASIC programming language was created by PDRD in 1977

## Trivia

* Progressdata Refinement Department was founded in 1976 by a group of data and cybernetics scientists known as 'Data bar'.
* Progress Industries is based on Lumon Industries, a technology corporation from the 2022 science-fiction TV series *Severance*. The Progressdata Refinement Department is based on the Macrodata Refinement division of Lumon.
* The Terminal 9095 was created in the 1970s, and it was used by Progressdata Refinement Department to connect to their mainframe computer.
	+ The Terminal 9095 itself resembles an Osborne 1 portable computer, although missing the numpad, replaced by an X-shaped key group (presumably arrow keys) and adding what seems to be a trackball.
	+ The name of the CPU, the "P-9095" may refer to the Intel 8085 processor (alternatively the 8086).
* During the event, Icoeye posted a bunch of different vintage items used by PDRD in the game's social media. All these items can be found in this page's gallery.
* When starting the ProgressData Refinement Department event after starting the game, these messages will appear, but rather in lowercase:
	+ Terminal 9095 is starting...
	+ Connecting to a mainframe..
	+ Sending data..
	+ Recieving data..
	+ Doing something with data..
	+ Losing data..
* Prior to version 0.9260, all players had different good numbers. A hotfix was later published, making good numbers the same for everyone.
* In version 0.9270, the good numbers were made transparent. That change was meant to help players get good numbers easier.
* Although the event was entirely removed in version 0.9290, it can still be played if you have a version of the game that still has Progressdata Refinement Department. PROGRESSDATA.txt files can be still found in ProgressDOS.
* Progressdata Refinement Department is a subdivision of Progress Industries, and is the creator of the Progressbar company according to the mentioned page in Browser.
* It is possible that Progressdata Refinement Department may make a comeback the next year. There will be a new special event dedicated to Progressdata Refinement Department. It is in early pre-production right now.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *We've found a vintage advertisement for a computer terminal called 'Terminal 9095'. (...)* [1]
2. ↑ *A very important note from PROGRESSDATA REFINEMENT DEPARTMENT. (...)* [2]
3. ↑ *Look what we found: a very rare piece of history. A vintage business card. (...)* [3]
4. ↑ *Another collectable item: a pass card used by Progressdata Refinement Department. (...)* [4]
5. ↑ *Look what we have here: a pretty rare pin used by Progressdata Refinement Department personnel (...)* [5]
6. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Progressbar95/comments/18f14wi/comment/kcrdgwa/