Quarantine Enforcement Platform

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Structural Analysis complete. Designation: super weapon. Evidence suggests this facility will intercept all ships attempting to approach or take off from the planet. Scanning for any method of disabling the weapon.

― PDA, Dialogue

The Quarantine Enforcement Platform is a huge weapon that is located at 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.

The weapon was built by the Precursor race around one thousand years ago, in order to prevent the spread of Carar.

The player must locate the purple Precursor Artifact to gain entrance to the facility; two of them are located on the Mountain, a third is located inside near the barrier to the gun terminal, and one is located in an underwater cave near the gun. The player must cure himself of Carar before being able to disable the gun and leave the planet.

To view the weapon aiming and firing, type 'precursorgunaim' into the console and to view just the firing FX, type "playsunbeamfx" into the console. 

Warpers can be found around the Quarantine Enforcement Platform.

A small amount of Ion Crystals can be found here.

Interior

The Quarantine Enforcement Platform's interior consists of two major areas, the upper 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 Precursor Artifact is required in order to unlock the upper entrance, the elevator, and the deactivation terminal 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 Crystals are found in the upper section. The gun itself, when on standby, is placed vertically as to not immediately alert the player to the fact that the facility is actually a super weapon, instead appearing as some kind of 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 one Cyclops submarine. 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.

In the corner of the "ground floor" of the room is a winding hallway that leads to the Precursor Teleporter 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 you are 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 Crystals
• Precursor Artifact

Data Bank Entry

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Massive energy readings for this structure indicate it is the main reactor powering the alien weapon's laser system. If this system could be powered down, it may be possible to escape the planet's atmosphere.

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Gallery

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Exterior

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  The moonpool entrance

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  Suspended structures outside the Quarantine Enforcement Platform

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  Overview

Interior

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  Entrance hallway

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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 Crystal

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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 Crystals found in the main foyer

|-| Sunbeam Event=

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  Stage 1: The Array 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 Array 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

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  Concept Art

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  Deactivation terminal Concept Art

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  Control room Concept Art

</tabber> For a more complete gallery, visit Quarantine Enforcement Platform/Gallery.

Trivia

• The in-development name for the Quarantine Enforcement Platform was the Precursor Gun, Precursor Global Defense System, and the Precursor Array.
• The original version of the weapon was 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.