Looking at the Zero Dawn Bunker in detail
(I posted a non-edited version of this last year on the hzd sub)
The Project Zero Dawn bunker is a treasure trove of visual details… that it took me over 6 playthroughs to actually notice.
Antechamber : There’s a weird piece of machine that lays on an eclipse table in the antechamber before the big bunker door, next to other tools. I was made aware that Sylens had the same machine in the antechamber of GAIA Prime, most probably a modified machine weapon part used to cut through the door.
The Morgue : there is (logically) a morgue and a crematorium in the facility. The entrance that opens after you finish the quest actually takes you down one of the crematory vents. You land in one of the two crematoriums that are situated IN the morgue. *shudder*
The HEPHAESTUS room : this place is incredible. There’s a prototype of the magnetic transport line, with parts strewn all around. I have no idea what the big thing in the center is, I don’t recognize it as a cauldron Core, but I guess that’s what it is supposed to be.
But the most interesting is this : there are prototypes of cauldron building blocks all around the room, (they glow like cauldron walls), there’s even a small triangular tunnel/opening prototype.
The walls are obviously engineered parts of some sort, maybe transporting energy and/or data. As suggested by another user, it’s most probably GAIA first attempts with fractal assembly, as mentioned by Margo in the presentation, most certainly specifically the Sierpiński Triangle.
(edit) I forgot to add my personal theory that those are actually grown separately and/or in situ by some sort of nanotech, exemplified by the separate pieces and the ones where the structures seems to have been grown in and from a block of stone.
Drink Vending Machines : They can be found all over the facility, but they’re all empty. Until they’re not. There are two still full vending machines in the room of the Samina holo. With logos on the drinks. I wonder what **Vectron** tastes like. I guess those cans are empty now anyway. :b
Elisabeth’s main office : there are two miniature renderings of essential pieces of the project : an ectogenic chamber and an AI core.
(I’m not gonna lie. I’d grab a model version of the core in an instant.)
The ectogenic chamber model is immediately to the right entering the office, while the core model is on a sideboard against the far wall.
Next time you play, take a look :)
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