Blackbox Owners (key NPC archive)
Blackboxes are postmortem audio/data logs dropped at the exact spot each Pioneer died.
| Pioneer | Role / Story | Key blackbox location |
|---|---|---|
| Anita Gottschall | Colony purser. Disillusioned by NoA's cruelty after Zip's death; joined Nahema's faction to find Jubilee. VA: Leonie Schliesing. | Shallows Angel Comb (20m); ledge over Karakorum Power Plant Angel Comb (380m) |
| Chap "Chap" Sovann | Two blackboxes. | Quaker's Meetinghouse, Dolerite Spires (40m); below Old Habitat (60m) |
| Ruby | Two blackboxes; tied to Tadpole upgrade chain. | Tadpole wreck near Cicada debris, Plateaus edge (50m); deep Needler Nest (300m) |
| Iso | Tied to Cicada Wreck EVA Prep. VA: Kaiji Tang (also Ganzo, Base AI). | Cicada Debris over Upper Generator Control Room (95m) |
| Tziporah "Zip" Malk | Two blackboxes. Death triggers Anita's arc. | Graveyard Caves (300m); Karakorum Metal Farms (470m) |
| Wander (K. "Wander" Wangmo) | Two blackboxes; appears in early NoA prompts (~2h play). | Cave beneath Spider Dome (70m); Graveyard Caves (245m) |
| Nahema | Sabotaged the colony to prevent NoA's printing-loop scenario. Discovered her own original corpse — confirming she had been silently reprinted. Wrote message to Sophie (apparent colony leader). | PDA audiolog only (no blackbox in current data) |
| Quaker, Mantis (Zygimantis Tarvydas), Mogami, Wu, Thing One/Two, Gram, Eddy, Ganzo, Mel, Singh, Tuba, Twinkle, Sean, Rowboat, Raster | Background colonist archive — mostly Old Habitat & Graveyard Caves cluster | various (see wiki.subnautica.com/sn2/Blackboxes) |