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"The lesson will be taught in due time, Aloy. Until then, we wait." This article contains heavy spoilers. Read ahead with caution.
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The Odyssey is a colony ship formerly owned by Far Zenith, but has since fallen under the control of Sylens.
Description[]
The Odyssey has bleeding-edge anti-matter pulse drives[1] that were able to provide enough thrust that the Odyssey could make the journey from Earth to Sirius, a journey of 8.611 lightyears, in just under 300 years.[2] However, GAIA notes that the Odyssey was able to make the journey back to Earth in 29 years.[2] Whether GAIA was incorrect about the first journey taking 300 years, given Far Zenith's secrecy, or if the Odyssey was upgraded while on Sirius is unknown.
The Odyssey is able to support a crew of 50-60 people, as well as having cryo-storage capabilities, storing 200,000 human zygotes,[1] millions of animal zygotes, and billions of plant seeds.[2] It also has ectogenic chambers to incubate the human zygotes.[3]
The Odyssey had an alpha-build of APOLLO on board, given to Far Zenith in exchange for the HOMER archive to make APOLLO's database, as well ectogenic chambers and supplementary ectogenesis research reports to support the development of the ELEUTHIA sub-function.[4] The database has since been retrieved by Sylens.[5][6]
History[]
Before Far Zenith's ownership[]
The logo for the Odyssey project, as seen on an Ancient Vessel.
The Odyssey was started by a multinational government coalition composed of the U.S., China, India, Japan, and the Western European Alliance in the early 2040's in response to the escalating climate crisis, with plans to launch in 2080. Some in the public were skeptical of the true intentions of the Odyssey, believing it may have been an escape ship for the world's richest people.[7] However, by July 2057, the project was abandoned due to ongoing financial and labor conflicts between the client nations of the coalition on Earth, with what had been built of the ship being abandoned in orbit.[8]
Under Far Zenith's ownership[]
Osvald Dalgaard presenting the Odyssey ship from the holographic recording.
Nearly four years later in February 2061, the Odyssey was bought by Far Zenith, claiming to want to finish what the coalition had started.[9] In secrecy, Far Zenith was in actuality preparing the Odyssey as an escape for them to escape Earth if they felt it was too risky to stay. Work was hastened when knowledge of the Faro Plague became public, aiming to launch in July 2065.[1] Shortly after the Odyssey launched, Far Zenith told Elisabet Sobeck that telemetry indicated the Odyssey had suffered a catastrophic antimatter containment failure as the drives spun up to depart the solar system, with the entire Odyssey, crew, cargo of zygotes and seeds, and alpha-build of APOLLO were all lost.[10] In actuality, none of this was true, the Odyssey instead successfully left the solar system and arrived at Sirius.[2]
The Odyssey arriving at Sirius.
The Odyssey appears to have been neglected for hundreds of years by the Zeniths while on Sirius, as Tilda described it as being barely space-worthy when Nemesis destroyed the Zenith colony.[11] Only thirteen Zeniths managed to make it onto the Odyssey and escape Sirius, making their way back to Earth. Knowing that Nemesis would keep pursuing them, Gerard devised a plan to steal a copy of GAIA on Earth before taking Odyssey to a random planet orbiting a random star so Nemesis would never find them.[12] To help them with that goal, they created a clone of Elisabet Sobeck, Beta, and had her educated by APOLLO to learn what she needed to know to help them.
While the Zeniths were on Earth, the Odyssey remained in orbit, with the Zeniths sending shuttles back and forth with raw materials.[5]
After Far Zenith's ownership[]
After the defeat of the Zeniths, Sylens intended to take the Odyssey and leave Earth to escape Nemesis himself, offering Aloy to come with him. After she refused, Sylens decided to also stay on Earth, leaving the Odyssey unoccupied.[13]
At some point, Sylens made his way onto the Odyssey to retrieve the APOLLO database, bringing it back to GAIA.[6]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Odyssey ready?
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dialogue with GAIA during The Eye of the Earth.
- ↑ Dialogue with Beta during Cradle of Echoes.
- ↑ Zero Dawn Trade Agreement
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Probing the Graveyard
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dialogue with GAIA after completing For His Amusement.
- ↑ Odyssey Injustice?
- ↑ Odyssey to Nowhere
- ↑ Dalgaard on FZ
- ↑ Odyssey Has Failed
- ↑ Dialogue with Tilda van der Meer at the Base.
- ↑ Dialogue with Tilda van der Meer during Singularity.
- ↑ Singularity