THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Terminus Station

also known as Station 433

First seen: Book 3, Chapter 16

Station 433, first named only as the stop Bautista was about to reach. Confirmed a chapter later, by an Iron Tangle HR associate rescued at Station E, as a deliberate trap: dwarf staff are under standing orders to tell customers to get off there specifically, feeding them to a group of ravenous Station Mimics posted at the stop.

Rail StopTrapBossCasualties

Where

Shown briefly on the recap show as a dark, dripping cave holding a single stairwell running both up and down; Carl guesses, unconfirmed, that it was hidden on the map only while the station mimic occupied itB3C29

Connections

Carl:

Messages Bautista the moment Madison explains what Terminus Station actually is, warning him off getting out thereB3C17

Daniel Bautista 2:

Leads roughly 400 people off the train here before Carl's warning arrives; loses the first twenty up the stairs to the station's own swallowing attack and fights its tongue and minions from the platformB3C18

Station Mimic:

Disguises itself as a striped railroad crossing on the track just outside the station and gets accidentally hauled away whole through the rescue cart's own portalB3C28

History by chapter
Book 3
Chapter 16
  • TAG Rail Stop: Station 433, noted only as the last transit station on its line and Bautista's next stop, per a passing chat update Carl catches
Chapter 17
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Messages Bautista the moment Madison explains what Terminus Station actually is, warning him off getting out there
  • TAG Trap: Confirmed by Madison, an Iron Tangle HR associate, as a deliberate one: dwarf staff are told to route customers off here specifically so six Station Mimics posted at the stop stay fed
Chapter 18
  • TAG Boss: Per Bautista's own live account, the station itself functions as a city boss, swallowing riders whole and belching out smaller minions; arrives too late for Carl's earlier warning to matter
  • RELATIONSHIP Daniel Bautista 2: Leads roughly 400 people off the train here before Carl's warning arrives; loses the first twenty up the stairs to the station's own swallowing attack and fights its tongue and minions from the platform
Chapter 28
  • RELATIONSHIP Station Mimic: Disguises itself as a striped railroad crossing on the track just outside the station and gets accidentally hauled away whole through the rescue cart's own portal
  • TAG Casualties: Dozens of death markers dot the platform on Carl's map, all of them people the earlier rescue-cart sweep of the tracks couldn't scoop up in time
Chapter 29
  • LOCATION Location: Shown briefly on the recap show as a dark, dripping cave holding a single stairwell running both up and down; Carl guesses, unconfirmed, that it was hidden on the map only while the station mimic occupied it