Cascade Laboratories

Cascade Laboratories, also known as the Labs Sector, is a location within the GATE Cascade Research Facility.

Description

The Cascade Laboratories consists of multiple levels of laboratories, small offices and recreational areas, and containment areas, arranged in a semicircle around a central elevator, separate by multiple floors. Due to how classified the experiments of the sector, only the Wildlife Pens is mapped likely for public viewing.

In contrast to the previous 2 sectors, there is more evidence of combat as piles of dead Gate staff members and Order militia are scattered all over the place. Another is the containment failure which lead to multiple entities to escape during the chaos. One notorious being was the Leyak.

Locations

XR Containment - A special containment area for the Leyak.
Containment Blocks - A multi-floor structure designed to hold certain entities, some of which are separated into different blocks. The main "hallway" is accessible via an elevator-like tram.
- The main lift area has a number of containment cells, most of which are inaccessible, as well as hallways on various floors to other areas of the laboratories. A cell containing a harvestable Space Lettuce Seed can be found on the 5th floor after the security system is reset. The 6th floor contains an entrance to the Control Center, the entrance to The World in the Mirror behind a tier-5 security door, and the entrance to The Mycofields behind a tier-3 security door.
- Containment Block Dirac - A cell where several small sized IS are stored, it is also the way to reach Cell Block Helmholtz, Curie and Anning. The Antique Shotgun and Gravity Dampener are found here.
- Containment Block Helmholtz - Located in the 3rd floor of the Containment Cells, it is a high security area that is heavily guarded by defense turrets. These are placed to keep zombies from escaping the containment cell and infecting the other staff members. Contains the entrance to the Furniture Store. There are also other cells for highly dangerous Immurement Subjects such as The Red Chair. The entrance to Space Queen can be found here behind a tier-5 security door.
- Containment Block Baird - Consists of a cell for IS-0012, holding Dr. Albert Cahn and the Unassuming Bell, and a cell for IS-0151.
- Containment Block Curie - A cell block that is above Cell Block Dirac, currently inaccessible.
- Containment Block Anning - A massive cell block that holds the Tarasque. Located in the same floor next to Helmholtz.
- Containment Block Enders - A cell block next to Helmholtz and Dirac, with an inaccessible door found immediately above the entrance to Cell Block Anning.
Wildlife Pens - Located on the 2nd floor of the labs, the pens are the forefront of the sector at least in public. It holds a number of pens for Sow Peccaries (and rarely an Alpha Peccary), as well as an alien aquarium. The tram station is located here, which connects to the security complex between Cell Blocks Helmholtz, Anning, and Enders, as well as back to the Office Sector.
Adjustment Wing - Located above the Wildlife Pens. It has a variety of labs, as well as a cold storage room and a laser lab. There are also several "converter" platforms which the player can trade for Refined Carbon, Anteverse Gems, Liquid Crystals, or Greyeb Seeds.
Particle Lab - Connected to the Wildlife Pens, this lab contains a portal to Canaan, which requires a Snag Vine Seed, Night Essence, and a Keypad Hacker (Tier 3) to open.
Lens Epicenter - Contains the Dark Lens device, the portal to Rise (once activated via the Laser Lab in the Adjustment Wing), and the initially-blocked door to the Vacuum Chamber, which also serves as an entrance to the Security Sector.