The Void Leviathan does not live inside the caldera and never comes into it. Its territory is the Void: the dark water beyond the rim reef.
How an encounter goes
- You cross the rim6 s
A warning comes up on the HUD and you hear a call far away.
- It rises30 s
It comes up out of the dark 5,200 studs away, out of sight, and starts searching.
- It notices you3.4 s
It turns toward the sub and roars.
- Passes6–10 s
It swims past along the reef, sizing you up.
- The chargeup to 24 s
It pulls away and rams along the rim at 260 studs/s. A bite takes 340 hull.
- Through and round again4 + 10 s
It carries on past, turns, and comes back. This repeats for as long as you stay in the Void.
- You get back inside10 s
It never enters the caldera. A few seconds later it gives up and sinks back into the dark.
What it sees and hears
- Sight — 2,600 studs, within ±110° of its bow. It cannot see behind itself.
- Hearing — 2,000 studs all round. It only hears a sub that is moving: a stopped sub is silent.
- Point blank — 600 studs: this close it notices anything.
- The white line is its body at the same scale (5,950 studs). Your Otter, at 35 studs, would be smaller than a dot here.
It is enormous and cannot spin round: its head swims a circle hundreds of studs across. A sharp change of course is your chance.
Can you outrun it?
Even on patrol it is faster than any Otter. You cannot outrun it in a straight line. All you can do is get back across the rim.
How to survive
- Go back. 10 s after you are inside the caldera again, it gives up and leaves.
- Freeze. It cannot hear a stopped sub, and it cannot see behind itself.
- Do not count on the surface. When it charges it comes to wherever the sub is, shallow water included.
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