Cassettes

*This article contains heavy spoilers for the events of Into The Radius.*

## Description

“cassette with unknown tape recorded.”

Cassettes can play music or explorer logs, explorer logs can be extremely helpful if you don't know much about the anomalies and entities of the zone while other tapes tell you about more of the stories of explorers. Cassettes are like an audio version of Notes, however not all of them are guaranteed to spawn.

## **UNPSC Messages**

### **The UNPSC Message: Holiday Greetings**

canned pineapple!
May you and your dear ones live as long as these precious cans on your shelves! Safety warning: don’t burn candles on your cardboard tree, it may end up disastrous. Congratulations on surviving this year, on to another! Happy Holidays & Watch Your Back!

## **Anomalies**

### **The UNPSC Explorer #12, Log #10-6: Distortion Anomaly**

When coming into contact with a Distortion anomaly, they cause a chaotic shift in carbon bonds—basically, your body is reconfigured at the molecular level and falls apart if you stay in too long.
In the early days, before the Changed figured out what Distortions were, there was a rash of deaths in them—horrible deaths.
I lucked out and never walked into one myself, but I’ve seen others do just that. Paralyzed with fear and pain, not knowing what was happening to them, and so not knowing well enough to just get out, they would stand there as they were disassembled.
It's an ugly death. If you happen to walk into one, do not let fear paralyze you. Get out as soon as you can, and you should go relatively unscathed.

### **The UNPSC Explorer #12, Log #10-10: Haze Anomaly**

The UNPSC offers specially designed gas masks to protect against the Haze. Though there never seems to be enough masks to go around.
Early on, some treasure hunters and other thrill-seekers used to sneak into the Zone wearing what they believed to be protective gear, but ordinary masks were no match for the Haze, and it got them as often as anything else.
I still see all those flayed corpses in my dreams...

### **The UNPSC Explorer #12, Log #10-7: Reflector Anomaly**

Reflectors aren't that bad, as far as anomalies go, they give you fair warning before actually doing damage. All you have to do is step aside. If you do get hit by the beams, though, you and your equipment may sustain considerable damage.
I recommend proceeding with extreme caution near this anomaly, as it has taken the lives of several UNPSC researchers who have tried to analyze it.

### **The UNPSC Explorer #12, Log #10-11: Shock Anomaly**

The Shock discharges a massive electrical charge into anyone or anything that gets too close to it.
I should add that the effects of the Shock anomaly aren't always fatal. Sometimes it's just a little shock therapy, as some Explorers call it, usually adding that this \"therapy\" has yet to make anyone feel any better.

### **The UNPSC Explorer #12, Log #10-8: Sigil Anomaly**

If you do cross into a Sigil, get out as soon as you can, make sure your firearm’s safety is disengaged and prepare for a fight.
The most interesting thing about Sigils is that their effects suggest that anomalies are colluding with Radius species. The fact that Fragments and other entities recognize the call of the Sigil is one of the surest signs that there is order to the apparent chaos of the Zone, and that the Pechorsk Event wasn't a completely random cataclysm.
A few Changed have gone so far as to claim that the Event was directed by a sentient being. Why a sentient being would create a place where everything is working together to kill us, and yet keep bringing us back to life, is a question that none of them can answer.

### **The UNPSC Explorer #12, Log #10-12: Stomper Anomaly**

Explorers and researchers have reported hearing, but not seeing, a giant invisible creature lurking around the Radius, identified only by the sounds of heavy rhythmic stepping.
An Explorer I know claims that he was killed by the Stomper once and that it was one of his most confusing deaths. He heard something nearby that sounded kind of like thunder but couldn't see anything unusual.
Being a brave fool, he decided to locate the source of the sound and moved toward it. And then – bam! It was like a tsunami came down on him out of nowhere.
He only had time to think, \"A fly beneath a flyswatter,\" and then he was dead.
To be clear, there are no documented cases of it's effects, reports have varied from those who believe it will crush anything with hundreds of tons of weight. Other theories include that it only damages equipment, or that it can't affect anything at all.
Other Changed have also claimed that they've encountered the Stomper – heard the sound and tried to investigate it or just didn't get out of the way fast enough – but when it struck, it was more like a hot, dry wind that damaged their equipment but didn't hurt them.
I don't know who to believe since I've never experienced the Stomper myself. Though I think I've heard its heavy rhythmic stomping.
Either way – it's best to listen carefully as you run around the Zone.

### **The UNPSC Explorer #12, Log #10-9: Web Anomaly**

They are totally silent and completely deadly, making Webs a particular threat to explorers who prefer to traverse during evenings and in low-light environments.
After coming into contact with a web, you will immediately start to feel a burning pain that will not subside for some time after contact.
In the early days, Explorers thought that Spawns were the cause of the Webs. I was part of the team sent out to take samples and help determine if this was the case or not.
I didn’t observe any Spawns creating Web anomalies, nor did we observe any Spawns climbing or nesting near the Webs. Our research team concluded that Web anomalies are self-fabricating, in line with the UNPSC’s theories on emergent anomalous phenomena.