

Reduced to Ratburgers: You have to eat certain creatures and plants in order to survive on the planet.

Robinson, meanwhile, is probably a reference to Robinson Crusoe. Meaningful Name: Ryley, assuming it's pronounced phonetically, sounds very similar to R'lyeh note pronounced "reel-yay", the sunken city where Cthulhu sleeps in the Cthulhu Mythos.Unlike poor, out-of-his-depth Medical Officer Danby who perished near Lifepod 12 (probably via Warper rather than illness). Ryley's job would have given him some foundations he could build on to survive with, besides his incredible luck in not coming down, say, near a Crabsquid on day one. Semi-justified: being a glorified janitor means practice using fabricators, repair tools, and scanners, reading the instructions, interpreting and following the PDA, some possible fork-lift experience from negotiating with stores, and other hands-on, general skills.That includes the Cyclops, a submarine with a standard crew complement of three that only trained experts are supposed to be able to handle solo.

Instant Expert: Although he's basically a janitor in all but name, Ryley can utilize any tech he interacts with pretty much instantly.This either means you are the captain of whatever vessel or building you've created, but it could also mean that you've been designated the de-facto captain of the Aurora and its subsidiaries due to the fact that you're the only survivor. You are also called "Captain" when you enter a vessel or building. In-Series Nickname: The AI addresses them as Survivor, likely to avoid giving them a canon name.The only thing you'll ever hear from him are grunts of pain or gasps for air. Heroic Mime: Doesn't utter a single word in the game.Breeding Stalkers to help hunt down salvage (and farm their precious teeth) is but one application. All fauna raised this way are permanently friendly towards you, even if released into the wild. Another, more permanent, method is to acquire an egg and hatch it in an Alien Containment.It's possible to tame Stalkers by feeding them prey, which can help gather resources.Body Horror: He ends up getting green glowing pustules and visible cracks on his hands due to his Kharaa infection.

When the credits roll, he has survived countless predator attacks, cured a terrible alien plague, saved an ancient species and, through them, the whole planet from extinction, and made his way back home.
