PDA Message about Radioactive Fallout

[OLLI_S]

I started a new game and after some hours I went to the Aurora.
Here the PDA told me that the radioactive fallout will have devastating effects to life forms and that I have 24 hours to solve this (repair it).

My problem is that I not yet have the laser cutter because I need some diamonds (I also did not find the blueprints for the mobile vehicle bay, so I can not craft the Seamoth).
And I also don't want to cheat.
Next problem: I went back to the life pod so the event that I have entered the Aurora is stored in the savegame (the counter is active).

What will happen after 24 hours without repairing the drive core?
What effect on life forms is ment?
Can I prevent this without the laser cutter?

[Colonel Cadaver]

You can find diamonds without a seamoth. Without adding spoilers there are some locations closer to the surface where you pick some up early on.

As far as I know from my games nothing seems to happen if you take longer than 24 hours. I remember reading somewhere that the radiation disappears completely around the Aurora once you have repaired the core after a couple of days.

[TheWarlock]

As far as I am aware, not repairing the ship does nothing to the ecosystem around the crash site. The only thing it will mean is that you can't go in that area without a rad suit (the radiation goes away after around 2 days after repairing it)


If you are seriously worried about it however, you can reach the drive core without a laser cutter! You need one to fully explore the Aurora but you don't need one to do this part of the story

EDIT: Also if you want a hint for finding diamonds early on: Go to lifepod 17 if you have the waypoint to it. There are some enterances into the Jellyshroom caves around that area and in there you will find shale deposits, that can give you diamonds. There are a few locations that would be easier to obtain them without a seamoth however they would require you to know where you're going, so this ones a bit easier to spot for newer players

[Bromstine]

There still isn't any countdown, as far as I can tell. Yes, this is a *necessary* "necro" due to Google's existence and due to games being changed/updated these days (some more regularly than others).

I went to the Aurora just now, *way* after it exploded (a new play"through" after 2.0 was released). And that text pops up even though it appears to be too late anyway. Bad game, no cookie.