Energy Core

Consciousness Cores are the main collectible in Relic. They are bright and cyan coloured and spherical in shape, covered partially by a black shell. They levitate atop a pedestal. They emit particles and also have a hum sound effect when approached closer to it. There are 60 of them in the main campaign, and even more of them when bonus worlds are taken into account.

The cores function as a cache system storing the most recent thought patterns, memories and behaviors of various simulated beings. It is automatically generated and continually updated by the Simulation. They are only revealed to the members of the Control Panel, the Firewall Agency, or the Administrators.