The Triagons

The Triagons
Mission(s)	House
Health	Very high
Attacks	Giant laser beam
Armor	No
Permadeath	Yes

The Triagons (or "snakes" as they are called in the map files) are three giant snake-like creatures made of reflective orbs which reside on islands on the outskirts of the village in House. They are stationary and sway back and forth lazily.

Combat

By firing on one of the Triagon's "heads" you can engage it individually in combat. Once engaged, a Triagon will fire fast-moving lasers toward the player. As long as the player strafes sideways at a fast pace the laser won't be able to catch up. Firing into the Triagon's head enough times to do significant damage will cause its head to fall off, permanently defeating it and bestowing a gift. The lowest Triagon rewards the player with "power" (the CSIJ Level VI Golem Exosystem implant which doubles HP), the middle Triagon rewards the player with "metabolism" (the Raymond Shocktroop Tactical, a semi-automatic shotgun with barely any weight penalty), and the highest of the three Triagons rewards the player with "financial freedom" ($1,000,000 cash). Once fought and defeated, they cannot be fought again.

Once a Triagon is defeated it will not regain its head upon restarting the mission unless the save file is modified.

The Gifts

• A direct deposit of $1,000,000
• The Raymond Shocktroop Tactical
• The CSIJ Level VI Golem Exosystem

The Prophecy of the Triagons

The three targets of House correspond to the three Triagons. Each has dialogue which describes some sort of creation myth revolving around the Triagons. The first spread Germs into the world, creating Life; the second introduced digestion and decay, creating Death and putting limits on Life; and the third introduced Transactions and value to the world, allowing things to assume souls and bringing with it conflict and discord.

First Triagon Guy

• "The first of the Triagons was born of malice. It grasped the flow of the solar terror with both hands, and perched on top of this doomed world. The germ is born."
• "It looked up into the sun. Beyond the veil of power. It extended its bulging vascular arms through the boundary and took its share. The disease spreads."
• "It assumed total control of the biological shape of things. It became primal engine of technological progress. And so everything started to twist and turn, pulsate and pump. The infection is final."

Second Triagon Guy

• "When the second Triagon descended from the newly emerging mass of Life, the world was mired in confusion and chaos. The overwhelming clutter of biology got on its nerves, it demanded calm. The feeding begins."
• "It saw visions of guts, of decay and metabolism. The opportunity had come to extend a cavern of intestines deep into the ground. To start processing the glut of excess organic mass. To introduce limits to writhing and shitting. Chlorhydric acid."
• "Existence became a scarce product, and the nervebags came to detest the limits. Suffering was born. The second Triagon was content with its power. It was happy. Metabolic domination."

Third Triagon Guy

• "The third Triagon was born of Death. It saw that the world was radiating excess energy. It wanted to put great things into motion. But greatness wasn't possible without value. The first transaction."
• "It took its blade and cut a large hole into the boundary, creating a sudden flash of high volume transactional power. And just for a moment things seeped value into themselves, assuming souls. The second transaction."
• "The hole was quickly mended, and the overpowering transmission of value was cut short. But in that moment the seed of primordial financial might was planted, and the world took on its transactional form. Conflict and discord emerged, and the third Triagon was ecstatic. The third transaction."