Sophie - "Why are the ruins a protected zone?"

+![The location of the Quartz Data Chip](wiki-images/f8/f8a6869199f63c7caa93b3e647e0f328.png)+ +**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 Location - Sophie - "Why are the ruins a protected zone?"](wiki-images/f8/f8a6869199f63c7caa93b3e647e0f328.png)+ +## 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.