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Known only as the Project Medical Officer, he is a major character in the Tales from the Far Territory storyline.
Overview
After the incident with Team 3 in the Langston Mine after the Machine was powered on, Dr. Rüdiger had a doctor flown in to evaluate the miners' symptoms.
Several medical and psychological tests were performed on the men, with the doctor concluding that the dementia like mental deterioration of the patients was not viral/pathogenic in nature, but instead physiological. Many exercises were given to the Doctor's patients, including forcing the patient to make a habit of frequently writing down their thoughts, with many of these writings involving memories related to water or the sea. These writing practices helped manage and slow many of the patient's metal deterioration, though they only acted as a way to gradually halt the onset of the patient's dementia. This can be shown in the case of the handwriting of The Foreman's Technical Logs becoming increasingly worse with each note the player finds:
Foreman's Technical Log 1 - [clear, deliberate handwriting...]
Foreman's Technical Log 2 - [lazy handwriting, with some passages scratched out...]
Foreman's Technical Log 3 - [paper fragment with shaky handwriting...]
Foreman's Technical Log 4 - [barely legible handwriting...]
It is unknown what became of the Medical Officer after his experiments were concluded. Aside from a note from the Security Chief Officer mentioning that he was affected by The Machine, no information on whether he successful evacuated the Island being present.
Signal Void
| “ | Whatever happened here, it’s not a virus, or any known pathogen. At least, that's what the doctor tells me. There are no visible injuries, only invisible ones.
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The Project Medical Officer is the Deuteragonist of the Tale Signal Void.
Buried Echoes
| “ | Their latest big idea is to bring some kind of doctor in. Just to talk, they said.
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A single note written by The Foreman (Foreman's Site Report Day 64) mentions Rüdiger flying in the Medical Officer to perform evaluations on the miners. No other mention is made of him.
Last Horizon
| “ | It's getting colder, and I'm starting to lose it.
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The Medical Officer does not appear in Last Horizon, but is mentioned in Foreman's Technical Log 4, as The Foreman mentions continuing the writing and breathing exercises to keep his mind from wandering/deteriorating.
Belongings
Collectibles
Mentioned
Security Chief's Log 14
Security Chief's Log 29
Foreman's Site Report Day 64- Foreman's Technical Log 4
Trivia
A possible reference to the Project Medical Doctor can be found in the note Conspiracy Theories in Episode 4: Fury, Then Silence. "Like the doc said back then, keep writin...if you're writin you're breathin."{{#invoke:Navbox|navbox}}