PDA



The PDA (Personal digital assistant) is one of Doom 3's most useful items. It acts as a media player, email reader and access key for restricted areas.

Besides the player's personal PDA, other PDAs can be picked up and scanned to read helpful hints (including backstory, hints to monster types ahead, and combination codes for lockers).

PDAs you are not supposed to have are attributed to Duncan Mathews, and contain the contents of his PDA.

=PDAs Found In Doom 3=

Personal
ID: 3819x-22 Post: Mars Rank: Marine Security Security: Marine HQ

Email
Welcome Message Sent: 11-15-2145 From: Director W. Banks

Welcome to Mars, Marine.

''I would like to take a brief moment of your time and welcome you to what we call our 'home away from home'. We will make every effort to make your stay here as pleasant as possible, and if you need something, please feel free to contact your supervisor for immediate assistance. I hope that you can find the time to take advantage of some of our great staff amenities. As a reminder, we engage in technical, highly secure testing and research here, please refrain from wandering into unauthorized areas. Any security team member will assist you if help is needed.''

Sincerely, Director William Banks

Report to Marine HQ Sent: 11-15-2145 From: Sergeant Kelly

Marine, ''Report to Marine command as soon as possible. Don't waste any time getting here. We're short on troops and I need you out on patrol as soon as possible.''

Sergeant Kelly

Adam Berneche
ID: 8321-14 Post: Mars City Title: Maintenance Tech Security: General Access

Audio Logs
Maintenance Update ''This is the audio log of maintenance technician Adam Berneche, dated November 10th, 2145. I fixed the couplings on the heat shields this morning with no problems. I did however have another odd experience while I was down there. Shortly after finishing the first coupling adjustment, I distinctly heard whispering. When I went to investigate the sounds, I found nothing. I checked the work logs and I was the only person scheduled to be in that area today.

''That experience, coupled with the stories I've heard from some guys over in the Delta Labs has me pretty freaked out. I'm really beginning to hate going down to the underground maintenance area. The people down there are a bit off. The mumblings, the weird looks, the whole place is just plain creepy. I'm always expecting someone to jump out at me.

''I've secured my tools and the busted modulator in the storage cabinet next to the maintenance elevator. Technicians should use cabinet code 396 to access them. End of log.''

Email
Lost PDA (11-08-2145) Adam,

''Please take more caution in securing your personal data assistant. It's turned up in lost and found three times this month. As you know, your base security clearances are stored on that and it becomes a serious security issue any time a PDA is lost. Failure to secure your PDA could eventually result in your termination.''

Mr. Peterson Maintenance Supervisor

Maintenance Report Needed (11-10-2145) ''Adam,

''Your report is long overdue. Record an audio log for what you've done today on your maintenance shift and send it to me immediately. I know you recoded the cabinet today, and it is imperative that I update my master list with the new code.

I do not want to tell you again how important it is to record those codes.

Mr. Peterson Maintenance Supervisor

Volunteer Services (11-13-2145) ''Mr. Berneche,

''I have some great news for you, your name came up in our last management meeting as a possible candidate for our Delta Labs outreach program. As you have probably heard, we are conducting some very exciting and important experiments here in Delta. Your supervisor recommended you as a good candidate and in fact he insisted you would be perfect for the job. I've reviewed your file and I agree with his assessment, you will make a perfect test subject.''

Our work here is very important to the UAC and you should feel privileged that you have a chance to be a part of it.

Mr. K. Clearsky Delta Future Systems

''p.s. Remember, volunteering is the best choice! I'd hate to invoke clause 12.A of section 543 of your employment contract; which if you are not familiar with, allows us to appoint volunteers.''

= Secrets =

The last level contains the id PDA which contains special messages from the developers of the game. Immediately before entering the room with the Cyberdemon, there is a button marked with the id Software logo. Pressing this opens a door to a secret room containing the PDA.

There is a test cell called the PDA Room (pdas.map) that has all the pdas and video disks, organized by level.

= External Links =
 * Website containing all the Emails encountered in Doom 3