Grounded 2 Key Items Database

Employee 51, personal log, June 8th, 1992.

Who would have ever thought that I, a humble corporate scientist, would make history as the very first researcher in charge of taming insects! Mrs. Beaumont confirmed it: this has NEVER been done before, and I’m inclined to believe her. She has full access to months of park records. They say this company never throws away anything!

Black ants are a great first target. They are social insects, sturdy enough to be exploited, but not so dangerous that we would need extensive protective gear. A smart choice!

We will have a breakthrough soon! I simply know it!

A blue butterfly juiced up by science in bizarre ways. They are resistant to the flavor of their mutation.

I, Employee 362 of the Candy Processing Facility, would like to submit for review this official proposal for the maintenance and cleanup of environmental hazards originating in our installations.

We have all seen the reports about sour flavors popping up in random places in the garden. This is undeniably due to our carelessness. We must address this issue at once or face environmental degradation across the garden.

I propose using fauna resistant to the effects of sour (namely ladybugs, a sturdy peaceful insect). By simply mounting a water cannon on the back of one, we could dilute pools of concentrated sour, rendering them entirely or mostly harmless.

I believe research efforts are ongoing in other parts of the park to domesticate insects. As soon as they figure out how to tame them, we will be ready with equipment to turn them into a veritable sour fighting brigade.

This will be my first and final proposal for the cleanup efforts.
– Employee 362

The entrance to a small cave. It doesn't look big enough to be called an anthill.

A tiny harmless sausage-shaped bug found in grassy areas around the park. Becomes raw aphid meat on death.

A tiny harmless sausage-shaped bug found in grassy areas around the park. Becomes raw aphid meat on death.

Category: Arthropod (Live)
Date: 08.28.92, 10:18 AM
Location: O.G.R.R. Labs
Subject: Red Ant Worker
Mutator Response: None Observed
Supervising Scientist: Employee 221

Experiment Report:
Test number three (of no doubt many) was inconclusive, once again. Injection of fungal mutators into live arthropod tissue yielded no observable result.

Employee 352 was able to restrain the captured specimen as 418 breached the exoskeleton to inject fungal samples (progress, arguably), but even after an observation period, the mutators do not appear to have the same effect on live specimen than what we observed on locally grown Cucurbitaceae. Insects are not gourds, go figure!

Our current leading theory is that a mutagenic vector might be required to produce the kinds of tissue growth we’ve observed in pumpkin seeds, ideally combined with some sort of conductive solution to spread the enhanced tissue production through the creature.

But this is all a shot in the dark. We received an impossible task on frighteningly short deadlines. What were they thinking?!

A Chunky Chubbs baseball, and with a priceless autograph!

An audio log found in the yard.

Axl roams the park. Drops tarantula chunks, fangs, talon and venom on death.

Axl roams the park. Drops tarantula chunks, fangs, talon and venom on death.

Drops raw snail meat and slime. Bust the shell to collect garden snail fragments.

Drops raw snail meat and slime. Bust the shell to collect garden snail fragments.

A non-miniaturized, full-sized backpack. It doesn't look as though anything of value is inside.

A forest enclosure which is the site of an ongoing military action. The soldiers are frozen in place, as there is no child remaining to animate them to victory or defeat.

A noble creature that surveys most of the park looking for nectar from flowering plants. Can drop bee fuzz, bee stinger and pollen on death.

A noble creature that surveys most of the park looking for nectar from flowering plants. Can drop bee fuzz, bee stinger and pollen on death.

Someone was spying on the pumpkins!

Guards areas with high human-made resources and their home, the black ant hill. Can drop black ant head, black ant mandibles, and black ant part on death.

Guards areas with high human-made resources and their home, the black ant hill. Can drop black ant head, black ant mandibles, and black ant part on death.

A heartier ant that patrols the vegetable garden and lives in the black anthill. Can drop black ant head and black ant part on death.

A heartier ant that patrols the vegetable garden and lives in the black anthill. Can drop black ant head and black ant part on death.

Floats around flower beds and milkweeds. Can drop butterfly fuzz and scales on death.

Floats around flower beds and milkweeds. Can drop butterfly fuzz and scales on death.

Category: Raw Science Processing
Date: 08.18.92
Time: 02:47 AM
Energy input: 0.3 kW
Duration: 40s
Subject: 50 mL of plasmic SNPI-42Z particle (Raw Science)
Location: [REDACTED]
Supervising Scientist: Employee ID 554

Pre-Test Notes
Following updated grilling protocol instructions acquired through proprietary archival data, we hope to process upwards of five times the previous known limit quantity of Raw Science using water as a medium. This time it's the right one, boys.

Results
The updated grilling protocol we obtained appears to have been somehow deficient. The experiment proceeded as planned until superheated water vapor disturbed the stabilized plasma and caused a catastrophic release of energy. Be glad we conduct those experiments at night, otherwise we'd have an eyewitness issue to solve.

A beetle with a big blasting booty that patrols the park. A highly volatile boiling gland and bombardier part can be dropped on death.

A beetle with a big blasting booty that patrols the park. A highly volatile boiling gland and bombardier part can be dropped on death.

A locked briefcase. There must be some sensitive documents inside!

A mint condition Ominent chip containing operating system data for a BURG.L Mark IV grilling robot. A fresh reinstall may help your friend regain the power of full sentences.

A toy pistol that ignites small caps of powder, making a popping noise. Popular among noisy kids.

Math enthusiasts will recognize this model as the hyper reliable Insta-Mather SL 885.

A clever arrangement of canned plants reusing recyclable packaging for a colorful display.

Ominent's processing center researching the super sour flavor effects of candies in the park. What causes these mysterious properties? Could they be transferred to larger objects? So many questions, so few answers...

A butterfly larva readying a spectacular transformation! Can drop spine nubs, caterpillar goop, and caterpillar meat on death.

A butterfly larva readying a spectacular transformation! Can drop spine nubs, caterpillar goop, and caterpillar meat on death.

A pamphlet for the statue unveiling ceremony at Brookhollow City Park. Presented by Ominent Practical Technologies.

Plans for a new version of the flaming sword from Dr. Tully's yard, now improved with wolf spider chunks.

Please people, take your personal belongings back to your desk after using the nap room. I don't care if you work all the way up the fifth floor.

This is a top secret facility. We do not have top secret janitorial staff.

Nobody wants to spend half their afternoon break cleaning up empty coffee mugs, sweaty blankets, or dirty socks out of the bunk before they can lie down for a minute.

Some of us have young children. WE. ARE. TIRED.

Respectfully,

ID 867 - Engineering Team

Tenacious and resourceful insects that scavenge through trash. Can drop roach chunks and roach head on death.

Tenacious and resourceful insects that scavenge through trash. Can drop roach chunks and roach head on death.