Talk:Primary Containment Facility/@comment-26927556-20170416211623

I wonder why they built the facility way down in the lava zone instead of somewhere more convenient. (other than gameplay reasons, ofc) I mean, what is stopping it from being destroyed or damaged in an eruption or a collapse? Volcanic regions aren't exactly stable or consistent.

I have thought about it and I have only one theory: the facility was built so far down to hide it because the Precursors were in the middle of a Civil War (or a regular war with another species) and there were groups looking to sabotage their efforts. A war could explain why an advanced race like the Precursors could be existentially threatened by a mere bacterium. If there were malicious forces helping to spread the Carar, the Precursors wouldn't be able to just run away and quarantine the disease, they would have to cure it. I guess the small structures outside the facility could somehow manipulate gravity or other forces to keep the area around the facility stable, and that could be one of the reasons it uses as much energy as the QEP.

What do you think?