Hildum wrote:I am not sure that the timing is right for the OBS control system to be in the temple. The temple did not exist during the first strike, so likely it was controlled from the ship. The temple came much later, after the war, and largely after all the strikes as I recall.
I suppose the control system could have been moved after the ship was disposed of (if it really was), or it may still be controlled from some other command and control bunker not located at the temple. Perhaps the old church near the temple where the circle met?
It's also worth noting that the
current OBS array is not the
original setup. The current OBS and the Temple would presumably have been built/designed by the survivors of the faction/factions that "won" the War Against the Fallen, so the Temple probably has at least some connection to the current OBS array, and probably a full control interface, even if the original ground/control station was still around.
Potentially Spoilerish for the Aivah-reveal and related Snippets, but mainly b/c it's speculation based on a couple tidbits from them that don't get mentioned below.
It's quite possible that there is some sort of hidden bunker elsewhere that has the original control systems for the OBS in addition to a control interface in/under the Temple. This, however, would assume that Langhorne was
not actually behind the original OBS and the Alexandria Strike, and instead someone else (Chihiro?) was.
If Langhorne had directed the installation of a control center, he'd've wanted it somewhere he could safely keep an eye on it, which means it probably would've been lost when the nuke went off.