"Changing Skies" is the eighth episode of Morphologis' POV in Season One of Group Survival. In this episode, Morph and TIUS improve their new mobile base as Potatoes transmits a message to any other survivors.
Plot[]
As Potatoes mines into the side of a mountain, Morphologis and TIUS ask Potatoes to head back to the base to unload the materials it's collected. As it returns to the gang, it becomes clear that a great deal of time has passed since the last episode; Morph has built a new Mobile Base with half completed thrusters in an effort to give them the mobility they need to avoid the threat.
Usually, Potatoes is tasked with guarding Morph in the nighttime, but this time it has a more important mission to accomplish. Potatoes is tasked with transmitting a message out to any survivors with coordinates to Morph's location and Falnore's escape pod.
"This is doctor Morphologis, of the USS Constitution, Federation experimental ship. I am the only survivor I know of. I recovered a pod, about two and a half weeks back which contained a crew member. He was dead, but it at least let me know that there may be survivors so if you're hearing this you're either a survivor or you are part of the rescue team, in either case I need your help. I've sent out my mining drone to relay this message, it will contain the coordinates of my location, please come as soon as possible. And be careful, there's something else out here. Godspeed."
Following Potatoes' departure, Morph and TIUS set to work on creating a shelter in the mobile base for him to sleep in now that Potatoes can't guard them anymore. As he continues to build the room, his paranoia becomes obvious. In the last two weeks, Morph has changed to become more paranoid and afraid of the threat. TIUS tries to get Morph to set up a turret in an effort to "kill the darn thing" but he isn't sure. He says he would like to, but he's afraid that it's an alien lifeform trying to protect it's own habitat or an insane survivor from the Constitution.
Eventually the room is finished and Morph heads to bed. Hours later, he is woken up by TIUS, who says she has detected a signal from outside. Morph decides to investigate and goes outside, calling out and assuring he's friendly. After a few more calls, he decides to head inside in a panic and falls back to sleep. The camera pans out to reveal a black suit, similar to the one seen looking over Alpha Outpost watching the Mobile Base.
In the morning, Potatoes returns to recharge and is sent back out. Morph is convinced following his experience in the night that they have to finish the thrusters on the base to escape the area and they set out in the rover to find materials. After some banter, Morph is shocked to see the black suit come out from behind a rock and drives the rover off the cliff. The scene from the beginning of the previous episode is now explained as Morph is seen walking towards the sunset while TIUS runs out of battery.