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Beached Things or BTs are one of the primary enemies encountered in the 2019 science fiction video game Death Stranding by Hideo Kojima. A BT is the soul of a deceased living being that has become 'stranded' in the living world. They are hostile to all living life but only manifest in areas affected by Timefall, rain that is infused with an other-worldly element called chiralium that affects the flow of time and temporarily weakens the barrier between the worlds of the living and the dead.
BTs come in different variants and sizes, with some variants capable of being summoned and controlled by living humans afflicted with severe DOOMS.
Personality[]
Beached Things are highly sensitive to living matter and will attempt to connect with any living being in their vicinity. Due to the presence of anti-matter within their corporeal bodies, upon successful "connection" with a living being, a void-out ensues generating an explosion with power similar to that of a nuclear detonation. This is the fundamental contributor that led to the fall of civilization as most cities were wiped out instantaneously by frequent void-outs, leaving behind giant craters that deformed the earth's surface.
Different types of BTs possess different behaviour. The most common variant are the gazers which manifest in any region afflicted with Timefall. They are effectively the souls of deceased humans and prowl the dark and wet terrain. Though they cannot see, they are sensitive to noise created by living beings such as breathing and will investigate abnormal sounds. Regular humans cannot physically see or even sense BTs and must make use of tools such as Bridge-Babies (prematurely born children sensitive to BTs) and shoulder-mounted detectors called odradeks to locate and avoid them. Humans afflicted with DOOMS are capable of detecting them, either by sensing or even physically seeing, and in some cases even controlling BTs.
If a gazer successfully "captures" a living being, a giant BT is summoned. These are incredibly powerful entities and will fight the living being until they themselves are destroyed, the being escapes or the being is overpowered, after which a void-out ensues.
History[]
Following the events of the Death Stranding that destroyed civilization and forced the surviving humans into self contained cities, the act of death which was once a simple biological process, transformed into a complex material problem for humans to deal with.
Due to the world of the dead becoming stranded with the world of the living, upon death, a human's soul (known as a Ka) becomes attached (one could say stuck) to their physical body (known as a Ha) by way of an umbilical cord. If the corpse is not properly disposed of before necrosis sets in, that soul becomes permanently trapped in the world of the living, manifesting into a new BT. In a heavily populated area just one lone BT can wreak tremendous havoc and even a single void-out can lead to the destruction of an entire city. To overcome this, special incinerator facilities were constructed across the continental United States and fresh corpses are regularly dispatched by specialized Corpse Disposal Units to these sites for immediate destruction. However the burning corpses generate large amounts of the time-bending element known as chiralium, sparking Timefall in the areas of the incinerators, making them a danger to access.
The death of any person, even a suicide, is treated as a high-risk emergency.
Types of BTs[]
- Gazer BT: The most common type of BT seen in Death Stranding. They appear in places where Timefall is happening.
- Giant BT: BTs bigger than the common BTs. They do not appear to have umbilical cords, and they can be connected to other BTs, meaning that the other BTs need to be defeated too besides the giant BT.
- Colossal BT: Monster-like BTs that can be summoned by Higgs.