Quarantine Enforcement Platform

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A background message is being broadcast throughout this facility. Partial translation available. Message reads: WARNING: unidentified craft in orbit of this planet will be destroyed ▛▖ prevent the ┗┏▀▄▖┗▜▚┣ ┣┅▄▚┃▞▙ ▞┃▛▖┛┣┫▙▚┃.. File:GunIntro.ogg

― PDA, Dialogue

The Quarantine Enforcement Platform (QEP) is a massive Alien weapon system that is located on the Mountain Island. It is the source of the energy beams responsible for causing both the Degasi and Aurora to crash on Planet 4546B, as well as eventually destroying the Sunbeam during its rescue attempt.

The Quarantine Enforcement Platform was built by the Precursor Race around one thousand years ago, in order to contain the Carar bacterium. Near one of the entrances an Alien Arch connecting to the Primary Containment Facility can be found.

The Player must locate a Purple Tablet to gain entrance to the Quarantine Enforcement Platform; several of them are located on the island, one of them located inside the facility itself on the balcony near the barrier to the control room, and one is located in an underwater cave near the base. The player must cure himself of Carar before being able to disable the Quarantine Enforcement Platform and leave the planet. If the player attempts to disable the facility before they cure themselves of Carar, they will be denied.

Warpers can be found patrolling in the waters around the Quarantine Enforcement Platform.

Three Ion Cubes can be found here.

Interior

The Quarantine Enforcement Platform's interior consists of two major areas, the upper 'engineering' section and the submerged lower section. Both sections have separate entrances, although the player can take an anti-gravity elevator found within the facility in order to access one section from the other. The purple Alien Tablet is required in order to unlock the upper entrance, the elevator, and the control room.

Upper Section

The entrance to the upper section can be found on the beach of the Mountain Island, a large door gives access to the interior from here. Two data terminals and two Ion Cubes are found in the upper section. The Quarantine Enforcement Platform itself, when on standby, is placed vertically as to not immediately alert the player to the fact that it is actually a super weapon, instead appearing as some kind of tower-like monument.

Lower Section

The entrance to the lower section is a large opening in the side of the "tower", which gives access to a large moonpool. The moonpool is large enough to fit two Cyclops submersibles. Inside the moonpool room are two doors, one leading to the right and one leading straight forward. The door to the right leads to the elevator, while the other door leads deeper into the facility, into a room dominated by a series of platforms and ramps. Another Ion Cube can be found here.

In the corner of the "ground floor" of the room is a winding hallway that leads to the Arch room. Going up the ramps will lead the player to the control room. The deactivation terminal can be found here, which will unfold and activate when the player is near it. After unsuccessfully using the terminal, the player will receive a notification from their PDA about the location of the Disease Research Facility.

Resources

• Ion Cube
• Purple Alien Tablet

Audio

When the countdown for the Sunbeam's arrival ends, the player will receive one of 2 messages, depending on their location:

Version 1

If the player is present at Mountain Island when the Sunbeam arrives, they will receive this message from their PDA:

"PDA: Attention - Patching in a local broadcast from the Sunbeam." "Avery Quinn: I don't believe it, there's someone down there! Aurora survivor, we have your PDA signature! I don't know how you walked away from that wreck, let alone survived since then, but we'll be happy to bring you onboard and hightail back to federation space. Stand back, we're approaching the landing site now. Breaking atmosphere in 5... 4... 3...- What is that? No the RED spike. From the planet?!" File:SunbeamDestruction1.ogg

Version 2

When the player is not present at Mountain Island during the arrival of the Sunbeam, they will receive this message from their PDA instead:

	"PDA: Picking up orbital transponder signature of trading vessel Sunbeam. Vessel is approaching planet surface and initiating surface scanning procedures. Detecting massive power surge from anomalous contact. Energy discharge detected. Vessel signature lost." File:SunbeamDestruction2.ogg

Data Bank Entry

<tabber> Alien Data Terminal=

This terminal was discovered within the alien facility on the surface of planet 4546B. On approach the terminal began producing a low-frequency radio wave containing complex but recognizable data patterns. Matches no known human technologies Constructed from the same offworld material as the facility itself Seems to be a solid state computer of some kind No recognizable user interface It is likely the alien species which designed this technology evolved, or genetically selected, sensory apparatus to 'hear' and understand the information being broadcast by the device, and to communicate back. The mental processing power required to perform this kind of telepathy would imply the designers are considerably more psychologically developed than the common human. Using the evidence gathered from this device it may be possible to extract comprehensible data from other such devices, should they exist. Assessment: Further alien data required

|-| Enforcement Platform Schematic=

This data set appears to be a multidimensional schematic of some kind. By mapping the pattern to three-dimensional space it is possible to gather a basic understanding of the facility's internal workings. Construction Material: The facility's unknown construction material is identified as an ultra-hard, non-reactive metal amalgam, synthesized from offworld materials. There is no indication that it can be damaged or destroyed by usual means. Power: The schematic indicates the facility was to be powered by a separate, self-sustaining power plant, located elsewhere on the planet. The location is not listed, but there is evidence the designers intended to harness the planet's natural thermal energy. Layout: The facility consists of the upper engineering section, where this schematic was found, and the control room, which is accessed via a security-sealed elevator shaft, or a separate underwater moonpool. Control: The control room in the lower section houses the only known way to interface with the facility, however the schematic does not detail the operation procedure or installed security measures.

|-| Energy Core=

This device houses energy equivalent to a 100MT nuclear detonation, which can be channeled through the facility and directed at vessels overhead, or bent around the planet's gravitational pull to strike targets in orbit. Power is routed via the attached terminal, allowing for the device to be deactivated if necessary. It is currently operating without parameters, suggesting it will target any ship within range.

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Gallery

<tabber> Screenshots= <tabber> Exterior=

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  Overview

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  Suspended structures outside the Quarantine Enforcement Platform

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  The moonpool entrance

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  The Alien Arch leading to the Primary Containment Facility

|-| Interior=

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  The entrance from land

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  Ditto, further in

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  Main foyer, upper level

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  Ditto, lower level

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  A room with a data terminal and Ion Cube

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  Anti-gravity elevator shaft

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  Moonpool

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  Ramp hallway, lower level

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  Ramp hallway, upper level

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  Control room

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  Reactor

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  A data terminal found within the structure

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  A pair of Ion Cubes found in the main foyer

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  A Purple Tablet on a pedestal in the upper level of the main structure

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  The Deactivation Terminal

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  The player attempting to deactivate the Quarantine Enforcement Platform while infected with Carar

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  The player successfully disabling the facility after being cured

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  The Deactivation Terminal and the Energy Core

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  The plan for the deactivation process

</tabber> |-| Sunbeam Event=

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  Stage 1: The Quarantine Enforcement Platform is in its default position

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  Stage 2: The barrel extends upwards

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  Stage 3: The turret swivels around into position, sirens start to go off

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  Stage 4: The Sunbeam comes into view, the turret begins to track the Sunbeam's position

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  Stage 5: The Quarantine Enforcement Platform fires, destroying the Sunbeam

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  Stage 6: Once the debris settles, the turret begins to move back into its default position

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  Stage 7: The turret takes on its tower form, sirens go off once more

|-| Videos=

• SN PrecursorGun 01

  Energy pulse animation

• Badaboom

  The array turning, and the sounds of the beam and explosion.

• SN Sunbeam 09

  Updated Sunbeam explosion

• Louis Karim Live Stream (Terminal)

  Early animations for the array deactivation terminal

• Brandt Wojak Live Stream

  Animations for the "gravity elevator" linking the upper and lower sections of the array.

• Terminal wip

  Deactivation terminal in game

• SN PrecursorDisableGunTerminal 01

  Deactivation terminal animations and FX

• Prec gun controlRoom pillar deactivation

  Developer video of early pillar deactivation animations

• Gun deactivation terminal cinematic

  Cured deactivation cinematic

|-| Concept Art=

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  Concept Art

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  Quarantine Enforcement Platform interior Concept Art by Pat Presley

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  Quarantine Enforcement Platform interior Concept Art by Pat Presley

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  Quarantine Enforcement Platform interior Concept Art 1 by Pat Presley

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  Control room Concept Art

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  Deactivation terminal Concept Art

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Trivia

• The Quarantine Enforcement Platform's aiming and firing animations can be viewed through the use of console commands. Typing precursorgunaim into the console will play the full aiming and firing animation, while playsunbeamfx will only play the firing animation.
• Previous names for the Quarantine Enforcement Platform are Precursor Gun, Precursor Global Defense System, Precursor Ground-to-Air Weapon System and the Precursor Array.
• Previous versions of the weapon were positioned in a way where it was more apparent that it was in fact a weapon system. The current version makes this less obvious by having the weapon point straight up prior to firing, appearing like a tower.