AL-AN

Al-An, also referred to as Alan, is a member of the The Architects who is present as a character in Subnautica: Below Zero.

When the Kharaa infection broke out, Al-An's mind was stored away, while his architect body was destroyed. Al-An appears to be unique in that his mind has remained conscious, unlike other stored minds (which are in a dormant state).

Story Al-An, like the rest of his species, had his consciousness uploaded to a Data Hub. His physical body was likely disposed of afterwards, although Al-An's mind stayed intact. They remained capable of thought and speech, unlike the other Architects encountered in The Crater. This could be because Al-An was the project leader of the Kharaa's research team, giving him access to a better storage technology. Sometime pre-S:BZ, he sent a distress signal to Marguerit Maida, but she didn't answer. He sent one to the Alterra employees as well, but as soon as Alterra found him, he hid himself. He claimed that Alterra's motivations didn't align with his. When Robin Ayou enters his Data Hub, she offers to download Al-An into her PDA. Al-An misunderstands this, and thinks Robin's equipment is part of her body, so he accepts her help. He gets downloaded into Robin's head/cerebral cortex.

Following the transfer, Robin will have to find and scan parts of Al-An's Storage Medium throughout the story, including an Architect skeleton, Architect tissues and Architect organs. These can be found at the various Architect Caches laying around Sector Zero. Between the transfer to Robin's head and getting transferred into a new body, Al-an speaks with Robin often. Once Robin has all the blueprints and materials, she can construct a body for Al-An at the Fabricator Base.[1] Here, it's revealed that he disobeyed the directive from his network when collecting the Sea Dragon eggs. This resulted in the mother of the eggs destroying the Kharaa laboratory, where the eggs were. This set the Kharaa loose on 4546B. He says that it was his mistake, and that he must return to the Architect world to repair the damage he's done. Robin accompanies him.

Personality Al-An understands that being in Robin's head is uncomfortable for her, so he helps her build his new body. Al-An is worried about what happened to his species. He feels guilty, as he could be indirectly responsible for what happened to them. His network trusted him with leading the mission to 4546B. He values efficiency and research above most things.

He seems to be curious about human behavior. Yet, he doesn't understand many aspects of it, like dreaming, listening to music and sarcasm. Over the course of the plot, he learns to recognize some of the latter.

Despite all of that, AL-AN is known to often sink into moments of sexual depravity. Being left in his lab for so long, he does indulge himself. He has upgraded his centaur body to include a cybernetic equine cock between his hind legs, complete with a synthetic ballsack, brimming with artificial yet virile Architect cum. As well as that, he bears a fully working digestive system, as well as a thick, puffy synthetic horse donut where his rear is. Often is he found using his floating hands to pleasure himself, whether that be through masturbation or fisting his hole. Surely a partner would go greatly appreciated.