Subject: The macrovirus epidemic was six years ago.
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Posted on: 2014-01-30 21:30:00 UTC

Would this be a flashback? And if so, why? What is it about macroviruses that cannot be just as easily dealt with using another creature or another cause for tunneling out of HQ?

Why exactly would the hole never be filled in? Just because the break in HQ leads into the bottom of a canyon doesn't mean that it couldn't pose a potential problem. What if something floods the canyon, or spores start coming in from the outside, or Haloverse animals come in through the hole while the Agents are away and lay eggs absolutely everywhere? If there was a hole through HQ to the outside, it's most probable that either it would be immediately sealed up and the people responsible sent somewhere that they couldn't go punching any more holes in reality, or that the Security Departments would set up a permanent door outpost at the spot where the hole appeared to ensure that nothing came in that wasn't supposed to.

Also, the reason why HQ can tunnel into so many continua and not have people mining into it or accidentally teleporting through the walls or releasing rapid animals into its hallways is because it has enormously powerful shields that keep HQ's hallways self-contained, with the added bonus of keeping said hallways connected to each other instead of needing to risk a section floating off into interdimensional space. Remember a few posts back, when Huinesoron mentioned that the Flowers put an extra layer of protection around HQ? Yeah, that's what the shields are. In order for someone to get in and out of HQ without using one of the designated doors or a plothole construct such as a portal generator, they would need to shut down or punch through an entire section of the shields, and the last times the shields were depowered, it was not pretty by any definition.

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