Phillips was forced to rest after having a psychotic breakdown. and his birds, believing that they hated him and were watching him. It seems he slowly lost his mind, as he became paranoid about the A.I. I don't feel right.' -Howard Phillips succumbs to Marker Dementia.ĭuring or before the Necromorph outbreak, Phillips presumably begun getting affected by the massive Site 12 Marker located in the Sprawl's Government Sector. They'll have to come up here and clean up all this blood, and then what rules will they make? I'll break those too. I'll show them what it takes to get out of here.

She's just waiting until old Howards Phillips finally goes crazy and snaps, like he did when he let the birds out, violated all the codes, broke all the rules. They're everywhere now, just perched, watching me. Ġ5 February 2013 Necromorph Outbreak ' They hate me. In an act of defiance, he let his numerous birds out their cages and watched as they flew freely, noting how he had started to miss his home. Phillips was seemingly trapped in the Solar Array as he logged 23 separate transfer requests which ANTI subsequently deleted. His musical capacity was unknown, nor was it referenced in any of his personal logs.įrom logs left behind by Phillips, it appeared that ANTI was either corrupted or went rogue and would not permit him to leave.

Howard Phillips appeared to also be interested in music the tier above his personal quarters leading to the Solar Array Control pod sported a table with bird paraphernalia, a seat, and a four-stringed instrument similar to a guitar. Phillips also had many bird posters and books all over his workspace. for the solar collector facility where he worked, ANTI, to authorize his bird collection to be brought in, which later startled Isaac when they flew out as he entered the Solar Array. Phillips seemed to be a bird enthusiast, as he requested the A.I.

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