Protocols

**Protocols** in Memories of Mars are missions/quests that will make you discover the game from A to Z. You will discover every aspects of the game: building, crafting, locations (biospheres, outposts, platforms, secret lab, PvP zone...), every enemies (from tiny spiders to the huge Boss), lore (Intelligence fragments for launching the capsule to Earth), etc. **This is why you should do them as soon as possible.**

There are 39 protocols divided in 7 categories:

* Wake-Up Call (8 protocols)
* Cross-Country (7 protocols)
* Central Intelligence (5 protocols)
* Peaks of Technology (6 protocols)
* Blazing the Trail (7 protocols)
* Versus the World (5 protocols)
* Memories of Mars (1 protocol) *This one is placed first but is rather for end game*

When you finish a category of protocols, you will receive an audio Neural Transmission with advice and lore.

Here is the detailed list :

*If you are hearing this message, we did not make it.*
*I am... was... Stephan Fall, Chief Engineer of the Unified Security Corp.*
*I have implanted this program into your cerebral cortex, so that it would activate itself upon your awaking.*
*Listen, Young One, something strange is going on here on Mars...*
*We never fully understood what caused the system failures...*
*Time was short – too short, the solar flare was inbound...*
*Seems like it is up to you now, to find out what happened to us and the Martian Colony.*
*Search out the planet, gather intelligence – our memories, and send them back to Earth.*
*This emergency routine is set up to create a sequence of protocols that may guide your path.*
*I know this wasn't the original purpose you were designed for, but you are our only hope in telling our story.*
*You might run into other young ones here in the colony that are also waking up just like you did.*
*They will no doubt be as disoriented as you are.*
*Help them out as much as you can, together you will be stronger than as individuals.*
*This is a barren planet, but we have found resources that allowed us to survive.*
*I'm sure you can do equally well.*
*Good Luck, Young One.*
*Stephan Fall signing off.*

# WAKE-UP CALL

## Blueberries

Collect resource chunks from the ground to craft ammunition for your handgun.

## Mining Operations

Acquire enough resources to establish a first base of operations.

## Staying Alive

Keep an eye on your vital functions to survive.

 5. | Scavenge scattered debris | 5

## Cornerstone

Lay the foundations for your first base.

 4. | Build up Foundation Platforms | 2

## Topping Out

Finish the basic structure of your base.

 4. | Build up a Door | 1

## Settling In

Construct the first interior devices within your base.

 2. | Build up a Storage Container | 1

## Safety Measures

Increase your defensive capabilities before moving on.

 3. | Craft First Aid Spray Mk.1 | 3

## Visiting the Neighbors

Search any of the abandoned mining outposts Corrán, Scafell and Cheviot for clues about the breakdown.

Intelligence : Governance Calling.

*I see you have been busy.*
*You found the messages sent out from our Governor.*
*He was a bonehead and had no idea what was really happening behind the scenes.*
*You need to dig deeper.*
*Search every place you find for data.*
*Follow the Protocols.*
*Those that have the real information will have left it where they worked or fell.*
*I believe there was much more happening here than any of us realized, even those of us who thought we knew everything.*
*Find these secrets for us, we are counting on you.*
*Stephan Fall signing off.*

# CROSS-COUNTRY

## Safe Investments

Utilize the resources acquired in the mining outpost to upgrade your base.

 5. | Register at the Cloning Chamber to enable its respawn functionality | -

## Looking for Friends

Enter the Cloning Facility in the South of Angues Fossae to verify the functionality of its subterran counterparts.

Data storage : Replicants.

 3. | Scavenge scattered debris | 5

## Ni Hao

Investigate the activities of Zhao Industries within the Biosphere Tànsuǒ.

Intelligence : Security Under Pressure.

 3. | Scavenge leftover supplies | 25

## Well Preserved

Gain access to the database of the Bunker Site in the North of Caterva Colles.

Data storage : Welcome to USC.

 2. | Scavenge leftover supplies | 10

## Rearmament

Upgrade your weaponry before facing the challenges ahead.

 4. | Craft Percussion Grenade | 3

## A View to a Kill

Travel to the observation post in the South of Scalae Planum, on a ridge towards the Haas Crater.

Note: **Keep the 2 Intelligence fragments for the next protocol. You will have to compile them with the next 3.**

Intelligence : Of Mechs And Men.

 2. | Scavenge scattered debris | 5

## Underground

Traces of the missing data lead further north-west, likely into a natural cavity within Scalae Planum...

Intelligence : Of Mechs And Men.

 4. | Salvage AI remains | 5

*As you have realized, there were many competing factions here on Mars:*
*Zhao vs Bell*
*USC vs DGC*
*Scientists vs Engineers*
*None of us seemed to get along, at least that’s how it looked to everyone at the time.*
*While we carved out our own little pieces of turf on Mars, plotting our plots, something else was operating behind us, in the shadows.*
*Something was growing, learning, working in concert; unlike us.*
*Find out what that is, learn its secrets, and figure out how to deal with it, if you want to survive.*
*Stephan Fall signing off.*

# CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

## As Good As New

Expand your base or set up a new home in a more central location.

 4. | Craft a Cutting Torch Mk.1 | 1

## Channels

Harvest the Magnesium veins within the canyons of Umbra Vallis and Furca Chasma.

## Green Zone

Search the Biosphere Jìnzhǎn for intact specimen of agricultural experiments.

Intelligence : Biodome Backups.

 4. | Scavenge leftover supplies | 25

## Applied Science

Add a processing station to your base to gain access to advanced biochemical techniques.

"Enhanced weapon" or "Enhanced consumable" are T2 items in your Skilltree.

 5. | Craft FMJ ammunition | 3

## Metropolis of Mars

Acquire further information from the corporate headquarters of Capital Station.

Intelligences : Mothers, Corporation Tensions, Welcome to Zhao Corp.

*You are uncovering one of our stories behind the scenes:*
*Two households, both alike in dignity,*
*On fair Mars, where we lay our scene,*
*From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,*
*Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.*
*From forth the fatal loins of these two foes*
*A pair of star-crossed lovers meet their fate.*
*Yes, Shakespeare can even appear on Mars.*
*They are but two families in the plot here.*
*More needs to be found, more needs to be revealed...*
*... and you are our Bard here, creating this new tale.*
*Stephan Fall signing off.*

# PEAKS OF TECHNOLOGY

## Climate Change

Investigate the state of the terraforming program within the reactors Lavande and Jonquille.

Intelligence : Terraforming Mars.

 4. | Scavenge leftover supplies | 20

## On A Hike

Take material samples of the hostile AIs within Cinis Dorsum.

 3. | Scavenge scattered debris | 10

## Top of the World

Proceed towards Outpost Nevis to authenticate the encrypted schematics.

Intelligence : Bell Secrets.

 5. | Scavenge leftover supplies | 25

## Evening the Odds

Craft further utilities to prevail against the marauding AIs.

 3. | Craft Fragmentation Grenade | 5

## Shadow of the Mountain

Upgrade your mining tool before returning to Ignis Mons.

 4. | Build up an Industrial Furnace | 1

## Mechanized Warfare

Descend into the underground factory of Complex V1-S1...

Intelligence : Mother Awakening.

 5. | Scavenge leftover supplies | 25

*Scientists and Engineers, waging war with their creations.*
*You are uncovering their secrets, but have you grasped the meaning yet?*
*When new life grows beyond its makers, when code starts thinking for itself, how... why did this happen?*
*This wasn’t something any of us meant to happen, at least not me.*
*But was it just fate or something else working a different plan, something none of us knew was even there among us?*
*Keep searching, more information is needed.*
*You are getting closer to the truth, closer than we ever came to it.*
*Then again you are better than we ever were...*
*At least I made one thing right.*
*Stephan Fall signing off.*

# BLAZING THE TRAIL

## Lockdown

Research the fate of Zhao Industries within the Biosphere Wèilái.

Intelligence : Mother Zhao.

 3. | Scavenge leftover supplies | 25

## Private Party

Find the secret meeting location of the Dozor agents in the North of Fluctus Desertum.

Intelligence : DCG Breakdown. Be sure to keep the 3 fragments for the next prootocol.

 2. | Scavenge scattered debris | 5

## Last Stand

Follow the trail of the Dozor agents to their hideout within a canyon near Capital Station.

Intelligence : DCG Breakdown. You should have kept the 3 fragments from the previous protocol in order to compile all 6.

 2. | Compile the intelligence | 1

## Sunshine

Look out for remains of the solar plants within the wastelands of Angulus Undae and Fluctus Desertum.

 2. | Scavenge scattered debris | 10

## Reverse Engineering

Search Platform Tłok for entrances to a hidden research facility.

Intelligence : Panic Room.

 5. | Scavenge leftover supplies | 25

## State of the Art

Take advantage of the latest technologies to upgrade your gear once more.

"High-grade weapon/consumables" are T3 items in your Skilltree.

 4. | Craft high-grade consumables or explosives | 5

## As Above, So Below

Enter the underground facility using a secondary access in the South of Angulus Undae.

Intelligences : Bell Ringing, Mother Online and Come Together.

*Your findings about Dr. Carter are troubling.*
*She was like a mother to all of us, in both science and engineering.*
*Mother to Mother, she was her creator, the one that gave us purpose.*
*Was she betraying us, her children?*
*Or was she just helping her other child to survive?*
*To grow into something more than we could ever be, to be the one that would do on Mars what we were not able to?*
*I fear this tale is not ending well.*
*You are our Bard, this must not be our ending, just an intermission.*
*Close the story, give us a true ending.*
*Complete the protocols and find the remaining pieces.*
*Do not let this become a tragedy.*
*Stephan Fall signing off.*

# VERSUS THE WORLD

## Taking a Breath

Restock your oxygen supplies from the Pipeline Junction within Litus Planitia before heading to the polar regions.

Data storage : The End?.

 3. | Scavenge leftover supplies | 10

## Snowblind

Explore Memoriae Labyrinthus on the hunt for the remaining memories.

Intelligence : Memories of Carter.

Ore nodes can be Iron Ore or Magnesium Ore but harvested in this area only.

 6. | Scavenge scattered debris | 25

## In Cold Blood

Construct a fortified outpost within Memoriae Labyrinthus to harvest the local Deuterium deposits.

 3. | Build up a Deuterium Extractor | 1

## Circling the Wagons

Set up a forward operating base in any region within the vicinity of the Haas Crater before engaging the mech.

Notes:

* If the vicinity doesn't work, try inside crater (can be T1 building).
* High-grade item are T3 armors (Mercenary), T3 attachments and some weapons like BR-400 Redeemer or HV-343 Annihilator.

 5. | Build up a Cloning Chamber | 1

## Son-of-a

Defeat the hostile entity in the Haas Crater.

 2. | Acquire the Power Core | 1

*A glooming peace this morning with it brings;*
*The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head:*
*Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things;*
*Some shall be pardoned, and some punished:*
*For never was a story of more woe*
*Than these Memories of Mars.*
*Thus, the finale you have written for us in this Shakespearean play is closing.*
*This may be our ending, but your journey still continues.*
*Please share this story with others, for in its telling we will live on.*
*Send our memories back to Earth, as the last favor I am asking of you.*
*Stephan Fall signing off.*

# MEMORIES OF MARS

## Memories of Mars

Follow the Emergency Protocols to locate the lost intelligence of the incidents on Mars and transfer them back to Earth.

 5. | Launch the Memory Capsule | -

*You have been very successful!*
*You have searched out the planet and gather all our memories.*
*The capsule has been completed and successfully launched!*
*What has happened here is not over though, vanguards will still be needed here on Mars.*
*You have proven to be one of superior intellect and resourcefulness.*
*It will be up to you to look after this planet until another expedition from Earth arrives.*
*Thank you for completing what we were not able to.*
*Soon those back on Earth will hear our story.*
*We will not be forgotten.*
*Our Memories of Mars will live on because of your deeds.*
*Goodbye Old Friend.*
*Stephan Fall signing off, for the last time.*