Burned Employe

Anomaly

= Burned Employe = Burned Employees are a type of humanoid anomaly encountered in Active Matter. They are the remnants of civilian personnel who were exposed to extreme manifestations of Active Matter during the Dalniy Island incident. Their bodies and minds have been irreversibly altered by active matter.

Burned Employees are commonly found in industrial zones, laboratories, power facilities, and abandoned workplaces across Dalniy Island.

Appearance

Burned Employees resemble severely altered soldiers.

Common features include:

Blackened, cracked, or ashen skin
Smoldering or glowing burn marks across the torso and limbs
Melted work clothing, lab coats, or industrial uniforms fused to their bodies

Active Matter manifestations may appear as pitch plack, dark spiked growths around their bodies. Just like Turned Soldiers, they display with black spikes or military gear.

Behavior

Burned Employees are slow, erratic, and unpredictable.

They often remain near the location where they were transformed, such as control rooms or factory floors.
When idle, they may stand motionless, mumbling incomprehensible sentences in russian
Upon detecting a player, they will move toward them, or even sprint
They use firearms to shoot at you at a far

Tips & Tricks

Keep your distance. Burned Employees are most dangerous up close.
Use ranged weapons to eliminate them safely before they close the gap.
Hide for a while. If they loose direct sight, they just wander around patrolling

Burned Employees may occasionally clash with other anomalies, but they rarely survive prolonged infighting.

Trivia

Burned Employees are often mistaken for Turned Soldiers by new players, despite having different characteristics
Their presence often indicates a location with a violent Active Matter surge in the past.