Sophie - "Why are the ruins a protected zone?" is a Databank entry contained on a Quartz Data Chip. It provides insight into the restrictions placed on the eastern ruins region.
Location
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Item | Quartz Data Chip |
| Location | In the Axum storage room at the Tadpole Pens, behind the locked door |
| Depth | 150m |
| Coordinates | -269484, 433426, 15000 |
Databank Entry
Sophie here. I have been asked to explain the need for a Protected Zone around the ruins to the east.
First: we are protecting you. That region requires reinforced Tadpoles—because of the depth, and because of the things that want to slurp you up like a softboiled egg.
Second: we are protecting ourselves. The Axum Tailings do not tolerate our presence in that region. If you want to know the consequences of getting caught, ask Singh about penetrating thoracic trauma.
Third: we are protecting humanity. If you believe the rumors, Ryley Robinson found more than kharaa on 4546b. He found leviathan incubators. Anti-orbital guns. A genuine doomsday device. We can barely feed ourselves. We are not ready to discover threats like that.
The Axum are the most important alien discovery since the kharaa. None of us are trained for this. We must not be responsible for starting a second war with an alien species.
[metadata author = Sophie "Butcher" Boucher]
Source: Found in the Axum storage room at the Tadpole Pens, behind the locked door.
