Schizm: Mysterious Journey - Vehicles

Vehicles

Living Island

During her trek through her starting location, Dr. Grant stumbles upon a solitary living ship floating farther away from the others. This one differs in many aspects to the former living islands, such as its material being darker in color, and that its sails are composed of a blue/pink plasma material instead of mesh cloth. Up an elevator is a control room with circular panels. Setting coordinates utilize two panels like a clock. An alcove in the wall holds a plant bud that blooms when the Wanderer from Matia's Zone is deposited. Pressing of that button activates shields of green glass and blasts the island out of the water, turning it into a rocket for Earth and revealing a glowing white object with a fish-like tentacle protruding from it, holding a semicircular fin made out of the same material as the sails.

It seems that this ship is more active than the others in the area where it is found, as in the DVD version, it occasionally makes short surface rumbles which jiggle the lights for a few seconds. And the first time it departs and arrives at other locations, more animations show how it connects and disconnects to locations, and even shows its heart.

In the DVD version, a new device is shown. To the control room elevator's right is a telescope with two wooden crates holding lenses underneath. Placing the right amount and sequence of lenses in the scope reveals a watchtower in Matia's harbor flashing a bulb under it in a way reminiscent of Morse code. All this forms one of two puzzles, required to have the guard flashing the bulb to raise a docking ring and let the Living Ship extend its main tentacle so that Matia's Zone is reachable. Back inside the control room, after this event, a separate control panel there is now usable. Zooming in reveals a circular ring-similar to those used to enter coordinates-with a small knob lever that turns to indicate the number of light flashes, twelve tiny knobs to indicate either "-" or ".", and a button to play your Morse feedback signal, as flashes of neon green light. This is reminiscent of the Navy Signal lamp, in an automated design. However, attempting to repeat the code does nothing. At this point, an Argilan woman appears to explain what your task is, in her own native tongue, and fails. Angela Davies then ports in, explaining that your code must be in its "negative" form, both type and order. (from "-" to "." and vice versa) Finishing that results in access to Matia.

Balloon

After Sam discovers two gas collectors in the Balloon section of Argilus, he manages to get a catfish-like blimp up and running. Inside are two joysticks and a dial, meant to utilize coordinates from golden CDs. A blue button activates this, but if invalid coordinates are entered in the DVD version, the blimp malfunctions and hangs over the ocean landscape surrounding the Living ships. Four sails in the "neck" enable further flight. To land in difficult areas, a metal ring in the nose extends and attaches to any docking clamps or pincers. The blimp's fabric, resembling that of a hot-air balloon, is yellowish with ornate purple patterns on it. During Sam's entrance to Matia, large pieces of the balloon appear to have been stripped away during flight, reasons unknown. After Hannah steers this object over the Wanderer's storage "egg", the balloon reveals a winch in its center to carry it.