Stapulates (Overview)
Sunday, May 6, 2018
9:58 PM
Stapulates
Are built to siphon magma from the planet's core and produce Lava-Levita, or L-L by combining it with Enno at a cellular (or even atomic?) level.
L-L's purpose is to form a barrier of igneous rock (to be dubbed the Ostracrust) at the bottom of the Mesosphere - just above the Stratopause - and to cover and protect the entire planet's surface (from an "astro-cataclysmic event." Planet-wide meteor shower? Radiation? Failing/exploding star?).
Potentially, keep mentions in-game as a "threat to humanity/our home/the planet)"
Upon the hardening, Stapulates would become the "Pillars of Ghennam," to be perceived as holding up the entire Ostracrust.
Stapulates' exteriors are constructed of highly magnetic metal, virtually a giant electromagnet field which helps to repel and propel the L-L upward. (Maybe)
"Ghennam" is the name of the "new world" to be created by the introduction of the Ostracrust.
Stapulates in SHROUD (Gyrostapulates)
The intro stage is a docile Stapulate that the Prototype travels up through the core of
When the Prototype opens the door at the top, lava rushes up (to the door, into the background, and back out of a vertical slot in the background) and chases it, instead of a spike wall. The image in the background should indicate that this chase occurs around the circumference of the Stapulate, with the slot putting out the L-L wave rotating toward the Prototype (rightward).
This is when all Gyrostapulates' "test phase" is triggered. The sky in the background should darken shortly thereafter, potentially showing the L-L forming downward into a barrier.
The test phase involves each Gyrostapulate (of four) forming a (relatively) small bio-dome of Lava-Levita in differing climates and biomes, each dubbed a Ghennic Biome.
The white chips the Prototype collects (change to white data-pods - "SABO Pods") conduct and store acute analyses regarding the state of the Ghennic Biomes' environments, meant to assess whether the Ghennam Project is suited to sustain life on the planet as a whole.
*true* purpose: Ensure corrupt Enno is contained within the GB and not leaking out
The scientists cannot remotely observe any data collected by the Prototype's systems over the air, and cannot arrange remote access to the pods due to their inherent need to be at the heart of each Ghennic Biome. The only way they get updates from the Prototype is for it to visit tethered stations near the outer edges of the Ghennic Biome. This complication is due to Lava-Levita's quality that it heavily compromises the integrity of all electrical signals and EM waves nearby, if they are not sheltered by an Enno-emitting graphene surface.
In most Ghennic Biomes, it was ensured that no humans would be encapsulated within the test zone.
However, Marto Friggly voluntarily entered one of the test zones before it was sealed. Is either discovered, or created a machine that is discovered as a boss.
Update to correspond with backstory: Whatever path he chose to take after the initial failure of the test phase, he wound up spending his time in one of the designated GBs and near a purportedly-inactive Gyrostapulate
Pulsectors were repurposed to provide synthetic sunlight, warmth, and purify the air within the Ghennic Biomes.
This is their true purpose; Dr. Renstadt hoped to leverage the pulsectors to dissuade the effects of corrupt Enno for as long as possible so that humanity may reside on the surface for many more years, even if the ultimate goal of PG was to escape Earth
Each of the four outer test phase Stapulates (Gyrostapulates) are responsible for distributing the Ostracatalyst activation signal to a quarter of the total number of Stapulates across the planet.
The test-phase Stapulates were built around the "_ Delta," chosen for the diverse collection of biomes that surround it, with the fifth Stapulate located in the center.
The four test GBs cover the following environment types:
Stapulate 1: Large-tree forest & ravine (Renstadt area is within a large tree or built into the Stapulate's side)
Stapulate 2: Dry savanna & desert cliffs (left side against Stapulate, right against cliff)
Stapulate 3: Underwater cave & frigid crater
Stapulate 4: Mountain Pass & (Laboratory?) Catacombs
Stapulate 5: Lava-Levita Plant (suspended high above the _ Delta)
The "Inverse Stapulate"
Not revealed or explicitly portrayed until later, maybe even until the sequel, PLUME.
Exists because "what goes up must come down" - the Inverse Stapulate's purpose is to serve as a "hopper" or "funnel" back into the mantle (after first purifying the L-L of Enno). It is placed near the South Pole where the magnetic Lava-Levita is drawn to after surrounding the rest of the planet, and therefore solidifies in a funnel shape upon formation of the whole Ostracrust.
Because of this, the Inverse Stapulate is a location packed with an excess of enno.
For the test phase, a well or "mote" utilizing the Inverse Stapulate's technology is used to pull down the L-L and create the "Mini-Ostracrust" barriers in a perimeter around the gyrostapulates.