Coral Node

Coral Node is a Typhon substance in Prey (2017).

Overview
Coral nodes are giant neural nodes created by the Weavers. They pose no threat and are only scanned upon request of Alex Yu in order to find out the purpose of the coral.

Description
 EXCERPT FROM PROJECT AXIOM ARCHIVE:

 Observation log #2057-050565

Researcher: Louis Sullivan

Out of all the samples recovered from the Vorona I site, none have proved as perplexing as the Coral. It's unclear at the moment whether this is some sort of new Typhon species or something as simple as waste material from the Weavers. Preliminary research shows a surprising similarity to the neural networks, but further study is warranted.

RAW SCAN DATA SUMMARY: Microscopic elements demonstrate STRONG correlation between patterns of connections within the Coral and Connectomes of volunteers, employees, and guests found in TranStar's database. Recommend exhaustive pattern matching. Early conjectureL the Psyche of Typhon victims is recreated... or STORED within the Coral. Purpose unknown.

RAW SCAN DATA SUMMARY: Macrolevel analysis of the coral ALSO shows resemblance to a neural network - like a vast disembodied nervous system. Evidence of increasingly frequent and rapid SIGNALING between elements, as well as broadcasting neural signatures OUTSIDE itself.

Requesting exhaustive database comparison...

ERROR... Deep Storage server Arx-F30 not responding.

ERROR... Deep Storage server Arx-F31 not responding.

Remote connection timed out. Manual upload required.

MORGAN'S NOTES:

One big Typhon communication beacon. But who is it calling?