Data Drives

**Data Drives** are a lore pickup which can be found in ships in Career mode.

## Overview

Data Drives can be generated in ships of Grade 5 and above. They can be distinguished from Credit Drives by their red or white outer casings. Data Drives are typically found either in the cockpit of the ship or in the crew cabin space. Only one Data Drive will spawn per ship, but ships in Free Play will never contain a Data Drive.

To collect a Data Drive, approach it and press `F` to pick it up. They can also be grabbed and manipulated with the Grapple like any other salvage. After finding their first Data Drive, Lou Steiner will contact the player after the end of the shift and send them software to recover files from the Drives they find. This can be done in the Data Recovery tab in the Hab between shifts. Press `E` to start the recovery process; after a brief animation, the recovered files will be added to the Devices window in this tab. Unread drives will be marked with a diamond.

Recovering files from a new Data Drive rewards the player with 100 LYNX Tokens, along with the recovered files. These files can be audio logs, text logs, images or a combination thereof, providing story and exposition about the wider Hardspace: Shipbreaker universe and its inhabitants.

## Log Transcriptions

##### Solar System

*14 total Data Drives*

**The Stellar Commission (1 of 3)**

* OWNER: Fowler,Gertrude - Historian
* CONTENTS:

```
*GF\_SolarGov\_Part01.bmc*

```

```
*Stellar\_Commission\_Logo.view*

```

**The Stellar Commission (2 of 3)**

* OWNER: Fowler,Gertrude - Historian
* CONTENTS:

```
*GF\_SolarGov\_Part02.bmc*

```

**The Stellar Commission (3 of 3)**

* OWNER: Fowler,Gertrude - Historian
* CONTENTS:

```
*GF\_SolarGov\_Part03.bmc*

```

**Railgate History (1 of 4)**

* OWNER: The Pan-Solar Railgate Appreciation Group
* CONTENTS:

```
*Volume\_01.txt*

```

```
*Portrait\_Singh.view*

```

**Railgate History (3 of 4)**

* OWNER: The Pan-Solar Railgate Appreciation Group
* CONTENTS:

```
*Volume\_03.txt*

```

**Nomad (2 of 3) - Odd Customs**

* OWNER: Loewenhook,Jack - Pilot
* CONTENTS:

```
*Strange Customs*

```

**Nomad (3 of 3) - Danger on the Road**

* OWNER: Li,Sasha - Pilot
* CONTENTS:

```
*Cargo Rustlers*

```

##### Mars

*18 total Data Drives*

**A Good Rockrider's Hart To Come By**

* OWNER: Shang,Brennan - Captain
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**A Real Zero**

* OWNER: Ziyi,Dessil - Captain
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**Be Kind**

* OWNER: Hubbs,Raymondo - Proud Cook
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**The Cities of Mars**

* OWNER: Harrison,Benjamin - Captain
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**Farewell Franny**

* OWNER: Gutierrez,Rio & Isaiah - Franny's Parents
* CONTENTS:

```
*Transcript\_Franny.bmc*

```

```
*IMG\_2320-10-01-098324.view*

```

**Joke Club**

```
*JokeClub-Apr20-2289*

```

**Martian Mining**

* OWNER: Orren,Feldspar - Miner
* CONTENTS:

```
*Call Log 04-01-2089.bmc*

```

**The One With the Cows**

* OWNER: Morton,Donovan - Director of Customer Relations
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**Port Olympus (1 of 3)**

* OWNER: Martian Tourism Board
* CONTENTS:

```
*Part01.txt*

```

**Port Olympus (2 of 3)**

* OWNER: Martian Tourism Board
* CONTENTS:

```
*Part02.txt*

```

**Port Olympus (3 of 3)**

* OWNER: Martian Tourism Board
* CONTENTS:

```
*Part03.txt*

```

```
*Portrait\_Martell.view*

```

**Starchford**

* OWNER: Alex,Beachum - Biologist
* CONTENTS:

```
*Data\_Sol\_1427.log*

```

**Something Special Here**

* OWNER: Belkhiri,M. - Captain
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**Tug Ops Field Trip**

* OWNER: Northeast High School,Port Olympus
* CONTENTS:

```
*PONH\_Teach\_IMG\_12911.view*

```

```
*Transcript\_03\_02\_2311.txt*

```

**Working On A Tug**

* OWNER: Vernon,Skip - Onboarding and Training
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

##### Lynx

*7 total Data Drives*

**Internal Only: Employee Termination**

* OWNER: Internal Correspondence,LYNX Corporation
* CONTENTS:

```
*RE: Employee Termination.railmail*

```

**Internal Only: New Jingle**

* OWNER: Internal Correspondence,LYNX Corporation
* CONTENTS:

```
*RE: New Jingle.railmail*

```

**Internal Only: Test Results**

* OWNER: Internal Correspondence,LYNX Corporation
* CONTENTS:

```
*RE: Test Results.railmail*

```

**LYNX Branded Gear**

* OWNER: me
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

```
*RE: Reminder: Solar Day.railmail*

```

**LYNX Drive 93219 (Stashed Drive)**

* OWNER: Schaeffer,Trent - Cutter #67642
* FIRST FOUND ON: Unknown
* CONTENTS:

```
*for\_dad*

```

```
To: Paul Schaeffer

[Interlink_CAN-4475] //WARNING: Unauthorized address, cannot be sent

Hey Dad. I remembered something today. Way back when I was small, before you left the surface, you'd take me with you to the scrapyards. I hated it, and all I ever did was watch you pick through piles of stuff that I thought was just junk. I couldn't have helped even if I'd tried, but you insisted on bringing me anyways.

I think I get why now. Picking these ships apart up here... it's lonely work.

I wonder how Mom's doing.

Trent
[LYNX Cutter #67642]

```

**LYNX\_PSA\_B**

* OWNER: LYNX Corporation
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

```
*lynx\_b.view*

```

##### Personal

*22 total Data Drives*

**About the Other Day**

* OWNER: Watson,Kesia - Engineer
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**Anger Management**

* OWNER: Ross - Miner
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

```
Hey, uh... Hey, it's me. Uh, yeah, look. Look, I get it, all right? You don't wanna talk to me right now, and, well, hey, you-- you don't gotta. Just listen. Nobody alive can be an angel all the time. And then I don't want you seeing my other side, you know? I just... I've been going to anger management classes and trying to do my breathing exercises and just... look. Look, if I seem edgy, I'm not trying to take it out on you, okay? You gotta believe me. And I'm sorry if it feels like I'm taking it out on you. That was never my intention. Please Emmy, come on. I am-- I am trying here. I'm trying-- I'm trying my best. I'm trying. My intentions are good, I just... I don't know. I'm sorry, is-- is what I'm saying. I'm sorry.

```

**Charles My Love**

* OWNER: Novack,Tom - Human Resources
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**Goodbye Note**

* OWNER: Mehta,Nabi - Apprentice Engineer
* CONTENTS:

```
*goodbye note.bmc*

```

**Let's Race**

* OWNER: Holmes,Quentin - First Mate
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**Next For Celeste**

* OWNER: Wensing,Marsh - Captain
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

```
*IMG\_8401.view*

```

**Pink Paint**

* OWNER: Smith,G.K - Village Supervisor
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**Pops**

* OWNER: Carnoe,Junius - Shipping Manager
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**Reactor Write-Off**

* OWNER: Keaton,Riley - Mechanic
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**Replaced By Nanites**

* OWNER: Kumar,Gil - Neuroscience Research and Development
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**Samosas**

* OWNER: Byrne,Martin - First Officer
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

```
Melissa, listen to me. A man comes aboard your ship as a chef, he best be a chef. The problem is, he's not a chef. Did you know I went down the other day and I asked him to rustle me up some samosas - you know how much I love my samosas-and he starts going off about how it's a 'suboptimal form of nutrition' and 'the protein to caloric ratio is not ideal' or whatever. Dammit, I had just spent twelve hours in a hermetically sealed space-suit making sure fifty tons of platinum don't come crashing into his pathetic excuse of a kitchen and he got the gall to tell me what I can and cannot eat!? Every week, day in, day out, it's the same meal. Melissa. Uh, Cap'n. Cap'n Melissa. Listen to me. I have run Mars-Ceres operations for you for twenty-two years. Twenty-two. The man cooks like an accountant. I don't mean to be upset, I just... it's hurting morale, OK? Thank you for listening to me. You're a wonderful captain and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. See you when you get back to station. Oh, and Cap'n Melissa, can you bring me some samosas?

```

**Some Mechanical Advice**

* OWNER: Perdigon,Mackenzie - Pilot
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

**wrote you a poems**

* OWNER: Siu-Cortez,Xavier - Flying Officer
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

##### Earth

*13 total Data Drives*

**Bring Your Thunder**

```
*Bring Your Thunder.railmail*

```

**Call For Workers**

* OWNER: The Kessler Divide
* CONTENTS:

```
*Call For Workers.railmail*

```

```
*IMPORTANT: DON'T CROSS THE DIVIDE.railmail*

```

**Call Me Officer**

* OWNER: Tru,Dallas - Mechanic
* CONTENTS:

```
*You may now call me Officer.railmail*

```

**Deepest Thanks**

* OWNER: Soto,Juliana - Custodian
* CONTENTS:

```
*Deepest Thanks.railmail*

```

**Earth Village Commerce Convention 2281**

* OWNER: Attendee
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

```
*SaleOfTheCentury.ad*

```

**JUNK!.drive**

* OWNER: Gupta,Carma - Electrician
* CONTENTS:

```
*YOU WIN 1 MILLION?.railmail*

```

```
*Help Mother Earth.railmail*

```

**The Kessler Divide**

* OWNER: Singh,Lala
* CONTENTS:

```
*Important - Travel Safety.txt*

```

```
*figure\_8B.view*

```

**Klyne-Co Catalog - Mackerel**

* OWNER: Klyne Co. Sales
* CONTENTS:

```
*mackerel\_ad.view*

```

**report for mommy**

* OWNER: Kim,Rosemary - Ship Hand
* CONTENTS:

```
*EduSys - Comm: Class Report*

```

```
*Hiring Stormwatcher Guides Now!*

```

```
*EatTheRich!.txt*

```

**Solar History - Volume 01**

* OWNER: Interplanetary Publishing,Gertrude Fowler
* CONTENTS:

```
*SolarHistory\_Excerpt\_Klyne*

```

```
*SolarHistory\_Excerpt\_Algahol*

```

```
*SolarHistory\_Excerpt\_Footie*

```

**Solar History - Volume 02**

* OWNER: Interplanetary Publishing,Gertrude Fowler
* CONTENTS:

```
*SolarHistory\_Excerpt\_VacuumHangovers*

```

```
*SolarHistory\_Excerpt\_BreaksInSagan*

```

```
*SolarHistory\_Excerpt\_AprilShowers*

```

```
*SolarHistory\_Excerpt\_TheDrops*

```

**Terra Firma Magazine, Oct 2301**

* OWNER: Oct 2301,Terra Firma Quarterly - Heritage Literature Company
* CONTENTS:

```
*DiveFlorida.txt*

```

```
*NorthSeaLake.txt*

```

```
*WickedJelly.txt*

```

**You Were Right**

* OWNER: Bakker,Cody - Pilot
* CONTENTS:

```
*You were right.railmail*

```

##### Ghost Ship

*6 total Data Drives*

**Ghost Ships (1 of 4) - Weird Signal**

* OWNER: Per,Olson - Pilot
* FIRST FOUND ON: Unknown
* CONTENTS:

```
*OP\_052914.bmc*

```

```
*signal\_location.view*

```

```
*originem*

```

**Ghost Ships (2 of 4) - Sorry Mom...**

* OWNER: Becker,Thomas - Engineer
* FIRST FOUND ON: Unknown
* CONTENTS:

```
*Sorry Mom.bmc*

```

```
*(untitled draft)*

```

```
*fecundo*

```

```
*txcm.blob-5249*

```

**Ghost Ships (3 of 4) - Boarded**

* OWNER: Applegate,Karen - HR
* FIRST FOUND ON: Unknown
* CONTENTS:

```
*new voice log (2).bmc*

```

```
*[SPAM][Shipwide] Halloween Party!!!*

```

```
*halloween\_invite\_khr\_2*

```

```
*genetrix*

```

**Ghost Ships (4 of 4) - Sabgotage**

* OWNER: 1,A
* FIRST FOUND ON: Unknown
* CONTENTS:

```
*Fly By Cancelled.bmc*

```

```
*Internship Communications Log: Personal Terminal: Alvar Gundersun*

```

```
*-$91\^c*

```

```
*Private Messages T. Booker > A. Gundersun*

```

**The Machine God**

* OWNER: The Machine God
* FIRST FOUND ON: Unknown
* CONTENTS:

```
*AudioLog.bmc*

```

## Special Data Drives

A secret Data Drive can also be found fixed to the rear of the Master Jack in Career play. This latter Drive is in a unique blue case, with black tape across it to fix it to the Jack.

Ghost Ships will spawn with Helmets instead of regular Data Drives. They are picked up and decrypted in the same way as regular Data Drives, and will always contain files related to the Machine God and its followers.

## Trivia

* Although Data Drives typically contain several thousand files, only one or two are normally recoverable. Lou’s explanation of this is that the Drives degrade due to solar radiation if they spend a long time in an unshielded environment.

## Gallery

* A Data Drive floating in the Salvage Bay.
* The secret Data Drive taped to the back of the Master Jack.