![[Images/Apollo/exposure.png]] *Added to the Codex on* ***August 29th, 2023*** --- ### Quotes “A landslide has exposed the Black Ridge facility. The Russians wrongly allege that this has revealed a military weapon and are deploying forces.” - US Mission Briefing “What we see at Black Ridge is a direct threat - a weapon that cannot be allowed to continue to operate.” - RU Mission Briefing “A unit had already been there. Torn through the place. They went straight for the server rooms. A place like that, there’s no telling what they got their hands on."[^1] - Lis “I was glad to see the Steadfast facility destroyed. Just a shame it wasn’t by my hand.”[^2] - Lis “Black Ridge sticks like a knife in my gut. That’s where it all went wrong, isn’t it? First the satellites, then our future.”[^3] - Mackay <br> ### Description The Black Ridge military base was designed to appear like any other: organized, secure, and remote. Settled near the north bay of British Columbia, what appeared to be a standard Canadian installation hid a catastrophic mistake that tore the world asunder. Underneath Black Ridge’s surface was a conspiracy spearheaded by North American military researchers, who had spent years burying their mistake - triggering [[Codex/Key Events/The Blackout|the Blackout.]] Operation: Steadfast Refuge sought to protect America from the worsening climate but resulted in tragedy after an untimely test went catastrophically wrong. Despite doing untold damage, research at Black Ridge resumed shortly after as various high-ranking military officers and government agencies sought to finish the work they had started, no matter the cost. Unfortunately, they never had the chance to fulfill their objective. In December 2042, a huge explosion ripped at the Black Ridge facility from the inside out, exposing its secret research laboratories to the surface as the entire surrounding mountainside collapsed in a landslide. It would later be confirmed that this destruction was caused by [[Codex/Profiles/Loyiso "Oz" Okusanya|Oz's]] covert mission to acquire the [[Steadfast Refuge]] technology for his own purpose. With the base exposed, American troops immediately swarm the area to try and pull off a cover-up, but their enemies are moving in fast, trying to find out the truth behind Black Ridge once and for all. [^1]: Featured in [[The Lis Interview|the Lis Interview.]] [^2]: This is one of Lis' loading screen quotes. [^3]: This is one of Mackay's loading screen quotes.