The people aboard the outpost are not a loot vendor list. Official material describes survivors with secrets, agendas and conflicting versions of the same disaster. Four names can be verified from screenshots. We are not going to fill in the missing ten with invented biographies.
Confirmed names
| Name | Confirmed line | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Vloonikov | We lost contact with the excavation team 48 hours ago. | Confirmed |
| Louis Hartman | You woke something up! | Confirmed |
| Peter Conrad | Some freak with tentacles for a head attacked me! | Confirmed |
| Julie Collier | You really shouldn’t mess with what you can’t understand. | Confirmed |
The official campaign description says there are over a dozen NPCs, each with their own secrets, agendas and version of events. Some may help, some may be dangerous and some may be both. This page covers only the four names visible in official press screenshots.
Dr. Vloonikov
Name confirmed
Shown in a command room, briefing the player about the missing team. His role beyond this scene, his allegiances and his fate are not public.
Louis Hartman
Name confirmed
Appears in a blue suit and helmet in a dark corridor. The line implies the player has triggered something, but no mechanic or faction is confirmed.
Peter Conrad
Name confirmed
A survivor describing a tentacled attacker. Whether he is a scientist, engineer or something else has not been confirmed.
Julie Collier
Name confirmed
Appears on a black-and-white live feed with a warning. The location, role and reliability of the feed are unknown.
Dialogue and trust are part of the survival loop
The official feature list says conversations are as important as finding another weapon. The itch.io page confirms branching dialogue. GOG calls it a “robust dialogue system.” The PlayStation.Blog says the survivors do not tell the same story.
A hands-on preview describes a choice where an injured NPC could be given a code to get through a door, or the wrong one. That is preview-level evidence, not a final quest map. The useful preparation is mental: listen, compare accounts and do not assume the first friendly voice is trustworthy.
The missing roster
- Full list of the over-a-dozen NPCs
- Their jobs, factions and relationship to Excavation Team Delta
- Which conversations are optional or mutually exclusive
- Whether choices change the ending or only local events
- Whether any NPC can die permanently
- The identity or purpose of the mysterious drone
- What “the old song” is and how it affects the crew
The Von Neumann Outpost file follows the rest of the story, and the demo guide explains how to approach the first conversations.