EF01

**EF01**, or **E-F-Zero-One**, was a sub-plot which describes the first and only inter-dimensional mission attempted by the Project Insight team utilizing the Matter Wave Projector. Although, numerous accidents have resulted in unplanned inter-dimensional travel prior. In both timelines the EF01 mission was considered a failure.

The prisoners would repeatedly visit this membrane, and the remnants of the original timeline's EF01 mission, through interactions with data cubes and the Matter Wave Projector as part of the rundowns. This environment was known as ??? throughout both the original and ALT Rundowns.

## Plot

### Original timeline

In the original timeline, the EF01 mission occurred prior to 2055, and transported Dr. Durant, Bishop, and the mission team to a membrane with a lifeless desert environment. On arrival, the quantum tether with Garganta was severed, preventing communication with the Garganta mission team. Similarly, plants and other bio material which had been sent through prior had long since died. Dr. Durant was not aware that time within the membrane occurs at a rate 85 times to 115 times faster the rate than at Garganta.

At some point during the mission, Dr. Durant and the mission team encountered sleepers, and are regularly attacked. Most of the mission team had not survived these attacks; with the exception of Dr. Durant, Alice, Bishop, and the other KSOs.

At some point in the future, Bishop returned to Garganta with the Matter Wave Projector, but did not share any details regarding the fate of the team.

### Alternate timeline

In the alternate timeline, the EF01 mission occurred on September, 2054 and transported Dr. Durant, Bishop, and the mission team to a membrane with a heavily-vegetated jungle-like environment. This membrane has the ID: `M-E8SZ-FDIP-UNV7-HW8D-76HM-UXKJ`.

As with the original timeline, the alternate mission also lost its quantum tether to Garganta. Similarly, Dr. Durant notes that the chronometer were either broken or running incredibly slow — indicating that time within this membrane occurs at a far faster rate than at Garganta.

At some point years into the mission, Bishop disappeared whilst handling the dormant data cubes. At this time, the mission team could hear a transmission from the Garganta team trying to contact the mission team. As no further transmissions were attempted, it is implied that this transmission was from the Garganta team in the moments after the initial jump, demonstrating the significant difference in the passage of time.

Bishop returned to Garganta with the Matter Wave Projector on June 2, 2055 — however, it is implied that this Bishop was not the one which disappeared from the EF01 mission — as he had with him the Matter Wave Projector and equipment which did not match his mission gear.

Unlike the original mission, Dr. Durant's team did not encounter any sleepers within this membrane — making it the only membrane in which the environment had not been exposed to NAM-V or the parasite. The conclusion of the GTFO main story sees the original timeline prisoners locate and jump to the same membrane as the alternate EF01 mission, where they are tepidly greeted by Dr. Durant.

## References

Dates are in `YYYY-MM-DD` format and are in Garganta's timezone.

1. ↑ The exact dates of the EF01 mission in the original timeline is not know, as the audio logs were not dated. It is assumed that it occurred prior to 2055 to align with future logs regarding the return of Bishop.
2. ↑ Rundown 6.0 Logs#Warp travel recordings
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rundown 6.0 Logs#XXX-X2-ERQQ.LOG
4. ↑ Rundown 7.0 Logs#2CB-5U8-DBK
5. ↑ Rundown 8.0 Logs#2CB-5U8-DBK
6. ↑ Rundown 6.0 Logs#Dr. Stokes Audio #4
7. ↑ EYY-GBB-18P
8. ↑ H9K-HYR-1TE
9. ↑ REQUEST ACCESS PROJECTINSIGHT
10. ↑ 295-H65-V3N
11. ↑ 295-H65-V3N
12. ↑ 834-786-873
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 The exact timing of these messages are not known due to inconsistencies, but would occur after the EF01 mission departed.