From the third of the perimeter orders on, Records reports that the breach has read how the operative fights, and a room answers what it has read. A file reads in lines such as HOLDS THE NORTH SIDE, KILLS WITH SLOT 1, PHASES OFTEN and TAKES THE SHORT WAY.
The reading of where an operative holds is the one the fixed trace already takes. Liminal has not logged what does the rest of the reading.
What Records reports
| On file | On the channel | The room's answer |
|---|---|---|
| Holds one side of a room | The breach has your trace from the ring. It opens where you hold. | The first Rifts open on that side |
| Kills with a gun | Your fire is on file. The breach sends what it wakes. | A Banshee in the crowd |
| Kills with the blade | Your kills are filed at arm's length. The breach sends what reaches first. | A Stalker in the crowd |
| Phases often | The breach has counted your phases. It stands faces where you land. | A Mourner in the crowd |
What an answer changes
A room answers at most once, and Records names each answer. It changes where the first wave opens, or swaps part of the Red Static for the creature in the table. No room calls more creatures for it, and what comes is no harder to put down. Which way an operative takes is read and shown, and no answer to it is on file.
See also
Records cited
- Critical Response, story mode, Act I: the channel and the STORY page