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 ===== Anomalies =====
-The Cube generates 0.8g of artificial gravity pointing downwards relative to whichever face an object is closest to. This gravity is constant and extends out to 100km before suddenly terminating.
+The Cube generates 0.8g of artificial gravity pointing downwards relative to whichever face an object is closest to. This gravity is constant and extends out to 100km before suddenly terminating. The Cube does not generate any detectable gravity outside of 100km.
 The interior is much larger than 100x100km and could possibly even be infinite. The interior structure has a 1x1km open area directly below the entry point but otherwise is completely enclosed in winding tunnels and rooms. Expeditions have reached a maximum depth of 250km and a maximum horizontal distance of 1,650km.
-Navigation within The Cube is complicated by the fact that the tunnels and rooms seem to have non-euclidean properties. Doors and passageways that should lead to the same room often times do not. Navigation is thus stored as a list left, right, straight, up, and down orders as opposed to a traditional map. The interior occasionally shifts, rendering pre-explored instructions obsolete. To combat this, an array of self correcting of beacons have been deployed throughout most of the safe zone.
+Navigation within The Cube is complicated by the fact that the tunnels and rooms seem to have non-euclidean properties. Doors and passageways that should lead to the same room often times do not. Navigation is thus stored as a list of left, right, straight, up, and down orders as opposed to a traditional map. The interior occasionally shifts, rendering pre-explored instructions obsolete. To combat this, an array of self correcting of beacons have been deployed throughout most of the safe zone.
 ===== History =====
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 ==== Green Zone ====
-The Green Zone is typically defined as the area between 7-89km. The zone contains thousands of distinct lifeforms and biospheres living and competing with each other for resources. These lifeforms vary greatly and contain carbon based, digital, energy based, and even extradimensional beings. They can also range from O1 to O3 in terms of intelligence, although most of them are hostile and see others as resources to be exploited.
+The Green Zone is typically defined as the area between 7-89km. The zone contains uncountable numbers of distinct lifeforms living and competing with each other for resources. These lifeforms vary greatly and contain carbon based, digital, energy based, and even extradimensional beings. These organisms range from O0 to O3 in terms of intelligence, although most of them are hostile and see others as resources to be exploited.
-The various biospheres are connected by corridors similar in design to the ones from the Safe Zone but are often overgrown with vegetation. The biospheres themselves are literal colossal spheres containing an engineered and climate controlled environment.
+The various biospheres are connected by corridors similar in design to the ones from the Safe Zone but are often overgrown with vegetation. The biospheres themselves are literal colossal spheres containing an engineered and climate controlled environment. Many biospheres contain toxic atmospheres, no atmosphere, or hazardous microbes, so exploration is carried out with utmost caution.
 Forward Operating Base Yggdrasil exists as the main hub for M.A.D. operations at 50km deep and in the middle of a verdant forest in Sphere 5-A-101. The base is fully self sufficient and contains both heavy military equipment and well equipped biology laboratories. The perimeter is protected by automatic turrets, nanite swarm dispensers, EADs, and null anchors making it the most secure point in the Green Zone.
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 ==== Null Zone ====
-The Null Zone starts at 110km and is characterized by unpredictable and dangerous nullcollapses. Travel through this area requires null anchors to stabilize the local area. The zone is plagued with spatial anomalies, extradimensional entities, and unpredictable physics. Mapping the zone is nearly impossible.
+The Null Zone starts at 110km and is characterized by unpredictable and dangerous nullcollapses. Travel through this area requires null anchors to stabilize the local area. The zone is plagued with spatial anomalies, extradimensional entities, and unpredictable physics. Mapping the zone is nearly impossible. The zone is characterized by huge, seemingly bottomless pits, winding corridors, and megastructure scale machinery.
 Sitting at 100km is Forward Operating Base Nullfront. It is a large, spatially anchored base which acts as the entry point into the Null Zone. The base is suspended above empty space and can only be reached through the main highway or by air transport. The null anchors used to protect the base also seem to provide an anti-gravity effect, allowing the base to remain in place without any supports.
-Expeditions into the Null Zone are typically only attempted by the insane or incredibly well equipped. A majority of the Nullfront staff are Lunarians with access to highly experimental technologies and a near limitless supply of antimatter and monopolium to use them.
+Expeditions into the Null Zone are typically only attempted by the insane or incredibly well equipped. The majority of the Nullfront staff are Lunarians with access to highly experimental technologies and a near limitless supply of antimatter and monopolium.
+==== Event Horizon ====
+The Event Horizon sits at 250km and marks the furthest depth the Order can explore. The zone contains a single supermassive black hole which seems to act as both a mass storage and energy source for the entire Cube. Objects are protected from time dilation and gravitational effects until 5m from the event horizon. It is theorized that the technology used to contain this black hole stops at that threshold in order to harvest energy from it.
+M.A.D. researchers believe there may be a way to continue past the Event Horizon, but the Order as a whole lacks both the technology and the energy density to do it.