Alan started to think his affirmation, Um, I want this capsule— wait if I keep respawning here, couldn’t the Haxlards keep me here indefinitely, trapping me on their ship?

The Administrator didn't respond.

Eh, well, then the others would be trapped here too… I guess I’ll trust Pharaoh. I want this capsule set as my spawn point.

Spawn point confirmed, the Administrator sent. Upon death in the Game you will now respawn aboard the Titan in the Capsule Room. In addition to where you set your spawn point, your Home is also where you may spend ability points. Please note that you are also able to set spawn points and spend ability points while in a medic bay, or at various other places within the Game. The Home is typically considered by most players the most convenient place to perform either task.

For the first 100 levels you are awarded with 5 ability points for every level you gain. These ability points are able to be spent to develop abilities and increase attributes. The primary attributes are strength, agility, perception, endurance, intelligence, willpower, luck and charisma.

While certain primary attributes are fairly straightforward, for instance leveling up strength will increase your physical strength, others are not. Increasing your intelligence may improve your ability to remember things, or it may improve how quickly you are able to think, or it may do something else entirely.

It should be noted the names for these attributes are imprecise translations into your language, English. However, the intention behind these attribute categories are accurate enough that the result based upon which attribute you wish to invest in will be the same as far as you are concerned. Being approximations for these underlying entities, attributes may be modified or new attributes may appear as you proceed in the Game.

What? Alan asked.

The Administrator simply ignored him and continued on.

Experience and attribute increases will now be awarded. From this point forward, experience, attributes and abilities will be granted based upon your actions.

Five messages popped up:

Alan wasn’t quite sure why he was being awarded various bonuses, but he was fairly sure alerting people to the bomb, getting aboard the Titan and the test he took had something to do with it all.

I wonder what level I am now…

You are now level 12, Eve answered.

Oh, so you’re back. Alan could somehow tell the difference between Eve and the Administrator speaking to him in his mind. Eve sounded easy going, expressing various emotional inflections in her thoughts, while the Administrator was completely monotone.

Add my level to my display in the top left, Alan sent. Similar to most games, Alan had set up his interface so that he would see his stamina and health in the top left corner of his vision, but made sure it faded in and out based upon his thoughts. He didn’t want some screen no one else could see blocking his vision, after all.