Object
Ansata Auxiliary Backup Systems (Sensors & Lighting)
A geographically distributed redundancy layer embedded in the Ansata stronghold that controls both sensor routing and facility illumination: modular relay racks and sensor-routing nodes sit behind access grilles across corridor alcoves, maintenance recesses and the plant room that services the cavern’s lighting fixtures. The system includes the overhead fixtures, recessed panels, emergency flood lamps and the remote/manual control racks and breakers that operate them; manipulating individual nodes produces partial, propagating effects (e.g., emergency lighting flicker or selective sensor blind spots). It is both a sensor-fallback network and the facility lighting control system used tactically during incursions.
5 appearances
Purpose
To route sensor telemetry and control emergency/artificial lighting when primary systems fail; to provide diagnostic access and redundancy for facility environmental and detection systems.
Significance
Functions as the tactical fulcrum for the rescue: cutting or corrupting this backup network plunges the sealed subterranean Ansata stronghold into darkness, creating confusion that the bridge team plans to exploit for a surgical extraction. The system therefore shifts from passive infrastructure to an active plot device that converts discovery into immediate, morally fraught action.
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