# Underground noises in unexpected places

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underground-noises-in-unexpected-places/25357>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [November 23, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underground-noises-in-unexpected-places/25357 "2020-11-23T20:34:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Yarnosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/yarnosh/32/10224_2.png) [@Yarnosh](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Yarnosh)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underground-noises-in-unexpected-places/25357/1 "2020-11-23T20:34:49Z")

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So I’m driving down the road, just outside of small town, and I get a message like “You hear ‘hostile detected’ to the north and below.” I’m thinking there’s an unmarked science lab with turrets or something. I heard it a few times and kind of triangulated to a point and dug a downstair there. Nothing.

I went to the nearest house thinking I might find an entrance to this area in the basement. Couldn’t go downstairs because it says there was a brown chick blocking the way, lol. I mean, I get why the code would stop me, but I found it funny.

So what’s the deal? Should I be trying harder to see what’s under there?

BTW, there’s no sewer entrance in this tiny 4 house town. No subway either.

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**Author:** ![Tazeell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tazeell/32/4576_2.png) [@Tazeell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tazeell)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underground-noises-in-unexpected-places/25357/2 "2020-11-23T21:12:12Z")

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How deep did you end up digging? Could be pretty deep perhaps

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**Author:** ![PALU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e56c9b/32.png) [@PALU](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PALU)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underground-noises-in-unexpected-places/25357/3 "2020-11-23T22:55:44Z")

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As far as I understand there is something down there. However, it might be several levels down.

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**Author:** ![Yarnosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/yarnosh/32/10224_2.png) [@Yarnosh](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Yarnosh)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underground-noises-in-unexpected-places/25357/4 "2020-11-23T23:13:43Z")

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I only went 1 deep because rope is aa PITA to craft. I’ll just mark it for later if I come across a bunch of rope. I already have a science lab to explore.

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**Author:** ![Tazeell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tazeell/32/4576_2.png) [@Tazeell](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tazeell)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underground-noises-in-unexpected-places/25357/5 "2020-11-23T23:22:56Z")

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Was probably one tile deeper then. Definitely worth checking out at some point.

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underground-noises-in-unexpected-places/25357/6 "2020-11-24T00:00:42Z")

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Did you dig around a bit? It’s possible that you’ve just missed it by a few tiles…

One way to make check: Either (try again to) get into the basement of that house or into the hole you’ve dug and wait for a while… unless the turret got destroyed, you might hear another “hostile detected” and get an indication if it’s still deeper down or on the same level.

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**Author:** ![Victor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@Victor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Victor)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underground-noises-in-unexpected-places/25357/7 "2020-11-24T14:44:32Z")

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I had similar case about half year ago. Character was walking in the forest on the outskirts of a town (near my base-house), and heard gunshots from below. And as I discovered later, it was a lab. For my luck the town was small and had a subway station, and subway tunnel led me straight to the lab.

On new lab type,

By the way, those labs of new type, with rectangular shape, are typically on -2 or -4 level, so gigging 1 level below will be not enough to reach them

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**Author:** ![smoelf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/smoelf/32/8529_2.png) [@smoelf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/smoelf)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underground-noises-in-unexpected-places/25357/8 "2020-11-26T08:28:31Z")

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Is there any forest nearby? I have a few times found air ventilation installations in forested areas that allowed me to cilmb down to an underground railway leading to one or more labs.

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**Author:** ![Yarnosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/yarnosh/32/10224_2.png) [@Yarnosh](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Yarnosh)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/underground-noises-in-unexpected-places/25357/9 "2020-11-27T04:21:59Z")

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I’ll check next time I’m that way. Right now I’m busy trying to find the bottom of an ice science lab.

But yeah, there is a forest. I just dug my hole next to the road.