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There has been some discussion on this board regarding this. Popular opinion suggests there are actually more levels than the 10 listed with each level being several hundred feet in height. I personally prefer the cannon and make each level huge with the execption of the lower levels making them only a few hundred feet in height. Lots of conjecture and speculation regarding centers secrets some say it is a component of the forge itself. Used to observe the behavior of the denziens of the 3G to determine a day when we all behave peacefully then the forge will reveal itself. But that is just one theory. Others say it was manufactured by the first, but others say thats not possible because center at 5, 000 000 is too young. Others argue the carbon dating isn't accurate as no sample can be taken. Many teories, is suggest you use them all. Have cults present in center each convinced they know its secrets, its mor fun that way, but that is just my opinion.

Unknown_Nobody wrote:Hmmm what is really between the Levels of Center?

Sold, indestructable metal.

What is Center's past?

The Second Stage promethians created it in conjunction wtih Zurvan eons ago. It was to serve as a fortress. Now that they realized they didn't need it, they rented it out for easy money.

Unknown_Nobody wrote:What is Center's past?

The question might be: what is Center's future?

My personal theory is that Center was built at the end of the universe and is travelling backwards through time. One day it just appeared on the plains of Phase World, and millions of years from now we will catch up with whomever built it.

That's a bit of a refreshing departure from the "no one knows how built it" routine that pops up so often in the setting... even if I stole it from Dan Simmons

I think I remember seeing Dark Water. It was interesting. Just people were disappointing for it.

Unknown_Nobody wrote:I ended up running a session where there was a level completely forgotten about... which made a great nesting ground for a developing fragment of an alien intelligence. The hook was my players where looking for work. Their guide takes them through the septic systems (possibly an escape route into seclusion) and their guide's true intension was to feed his master who took the form of alittle boy. Hope it's not too far fetched for a PW setting.

I don't think "too far fetched" is possible in Rifts! I am not sure you want to make an entire level as a nesting ground but maybe a hidden space between levels. When you consider the level of Center, keep in mind the circumference and vast area that it would occupy. It's hard to hide such as space, but there are plenty of places in the levels, especially the lower levels, that a cult could exist and not be noticed for hundreds of years.