Retreating ice. Pre-war data archives. Neo-rare-earth deposits. Sealed research installation EREBUS that no faction confirms exists but three are fighting over. Research stations cling to exposed rock while ice pulls back.
Base Meridian's archive contains a classified partition. EREBUS sealed by its builders. Contains complete technical specifications for every critical infrastructure system — and one additional category matching no known pre-war engineering. EO found the first authentication key 18 months ago. NAF found the second 6 months ago. Neither knows about the other or the third.
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Districts and sites
Base Meridianplace · site · as of 2060
Antarctic Peninsula research archive with three-way operative presence. Houses classified pre-war climate data and EREBUS access protocol. EO found the first authentication key here 18 months ago.
EREBUS Installationplace · site · as of 2060
Sealed pre-Upheaval installation in Antarctic Peninsula. Contains complete infrastructure technical specifications and one unknown category. Three authentication keys at separate locations.
Stories set here
Dead Waternarrative · story · as of 2066
A dying polar-forged diver takes a quiet-money job to pull one marker from a flooded shaft under the Antarctic ice before the whiteout seals it, and learns at the bottom that the lock was keyed to a body like hers.
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The Melt Windownarrative · mission · as of 2066
A contract glaciologist given up for dead three weeks ago is alive and transmitting from inside the Emergence Zone, the operators have exactly one closing weather window to reach her, and an NAF recovery sled is already racing the same
Record status: development · in-world reliability confirmed · desk canon-doc · id antarctic-oasis