I Drew AL-AN Resting In A Grass Field :)

AL-AN’s stupid mitten claw things

Body transfer scene from the old story.

Most of the animations are the same, but AL-AN does display some unique color changes and animations that aren’t seen in the final story.

He also lacks the voice filter once he has his own vessel.

I absolutely adore AL-AN in darker lighting

Majestic creature spotted

Here’s a very adorable animation that AL-AN has in the early-access original story!

I do prefer the final story, but this is so cute. I think they should’ve kept this animation in the final release. It gives him more personality.

AL-AN stretch

Sometimes I feel it is a bit overlooked that Architects had a device that could blow up an entire solar system.

We only really see small remnants of their technology, and what we do see is quite grandiose. It makes you wonder what the true capabilities of their technology is/was like.

I often wonder what it was like for the Architects in these zen gardens. Being sick and having to process the fact that a cure was not developed in time.

This specific Architect component: what was their assignment? What tasks they were preforming on 4546B before the quarantine was instated. Before they situated in the garden and most likely succumbed to Kharaa. AL-AN mentions that Architects don’t see endings as the same way humans do, so even though this mind is gone, their data and experiences are in the network. I wonder if their remaining goals were carried out by the collective, or if there was simply no time to do so given the 143 billion other Architect casualties.

At the very least every time I go to the deep lilypad caves cache in game I take a minute to think about things as I listen to the dialogue between Robin and AL-AN. I suppose even after a millennium abandoned the garden is still fulfilling its purpose as a place to reflect.

Close up of AL-AN during the teleporter cutscene

AL-AN constructing his robotic arms