Invisiclues

Is there any significance to the bands of metal, grass, and forest?

1. Either the ship was designed like this (who knows what an alien race may regard as pleasant landscaping?), or maybe some major acceleration in the past caused most of the soil to shift to the aft end of the Artifact.

How do I catch a unicorn?

1. "Only one of royal blood..." (just joking). You can't do anything to the unicorns other than incinerate them.

What is the significance of the unicorn hunt?

1. The Weasel Aliens have to eat something other than vegetables to get a balanced diet.
2. You can disrupt the hunt, but there is nothing important going on.

What is the machine to the left in the Repair Room for?

1. You could experiment by putting the appropriate object in the yellow slot.
2. The "symbol depicting the emission of rays" indicates that this machine has something to do with the lights.
3. Put the yellow crystal rod in the slot. The emergency lighting in the yellow hallway will now come on.

What is the purpose of the machine on the right in the Repair Room?

1. Try drawing the symbols as described.
2. It has some similarities to the computer enunciator panel.
3. The solid block, fluid level, and parallel wavy lines symbolize solid, liquid, and gas, respectively.
4. The diagrams of dots are associated with the gas symbol. For further details, see the question about the dots.

What do the groups of dots mean?

1. These are symbols that any species capable of space flight should be able to decipher.
2. They are not mathematical symbols. Try writing them as described on a piece of paper.
3. Try experimenting. Put the proper item into the first, second, or third red slot and see what happens. (It will take a while to notice the effect.)
4. The proper item to put in the slots is the red crystal rod.
5. Have you ever studied chemistry?
6. The six dots with four evenly-spaced dots around them symbolize methane (carbon of atomic number six surrounded by four hydrogens of atomic number one). The seven dots with three equally-spaced dots around them symbolize ammonia (nitrogen of atomic number seven with three hydrogens). The two groups of eight dots closely associated represent the oxygen molecule (two oxygen atoms of atomic number eight). These gases make up three possible planetary atmospheres.
7. In case you don't know, you want oxygen (that's the second red slot).

How do I get up to the Drive Bubble?

1. Presumably you have already climbed to the top of the tree.
2. Jump.

How is the Drive Bubble hatch opened?

1. "Beside the hatch is a silver slot."
2. Try using the appropriate "key" (crystal rod).
3. Put the silver rod in the silver slot.

How do I get back down from the Drive Bubble hatch?

1. Jumping is not a good idea. (It is a death worth trying, though.)
2. Try DOWN.

Why do things fall in curves?

1. Look up the "Coriolis Force" in a physics textbook.

How can I get up to the bubble at the fore end?

1. You cannot scale the wall at the fore end.
2. A more appropriate question is, "How do I get over to the bubble at the fore end?"
3. There is no "gravity" along the axis of rotation of the cylinder.
4. Try jumping from the center of the aft end (on Drive Bubble).
5. "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction."
6. Throwing objects won't be enough to overcome 5 km of air resistance. You will need to use the ray gun.
7. You must shoot it at the Drive Bubble to ensure that you are not pushed in the wrong direction or forced off-axis.
8. You will need all three ray gun shots to reach your destination.