Origin of the Deep Sea Research Center

[DocFrance]

Undersea Research Center: it's located on all four corners of the world map because Round Island was located there in FF7, as well as Chocobo Paradise in FF9. It's sort of the "secret location" for all three games.

Fisherman's Horizon: It's built like a satellite because they get all their energy from the sun, hence the whole city is a giant solar array.

[celtcknight]

Thats a good explanation, solar panels. But if so, what the heck are the windmills for? For such a neutral fishing oriented city, they have a lot of energy.

What I meant by the line up with DRC and FH is that their at opposite poles. Wierd ehh. And yea square has a habit of throwing islands out in the middle of the ocean for us to find by accident.

[Big D]

FH was founded by engineers and scientists cast out of Esthar; they probably use all that energy for their continuing research. The water there is said to be horribly polluted, and there are plenty of factories, supporting the idea that large-scale industrial processes are ongoing.
The Research Centre is a mobile place; it's location (aside from being well-hidden on the world map) would've been to do with the researchers' clues and whims.

[Iceglow]

someone has to produce all the things necessarry having the second best engineers in the world they probably work a lot (I say second as Esthar is the best by far) to make things for dollet and Balamd heck even gabaldia they helped make Garden they have massive cranes and stuff to repair things. They may even supply power to other continents hence the large solar pannels (which they most certainly are it says so several times and look at the scene where Squall and Rinoa are talking at the concert you can clearly see it.) and the windmills

[Besimudo]

This is starting to resemble "the mysterious hole in Trabia".

I say that the deep sea research centre is located in a hard to reach area of the map, out in the ocean, at a time when the player would like to remain engrossed in the story.

The way square programmed the section of the game was intentionally vague - There were very little clues about it! Anyhow, for a good plot take the professionals advice below.


less is more
- Alfred Hitchcock.

[Big D]

Yep... a little bit of mystery never hurt anyone. It wouldn't make a whole lot of sense for the SeeD team to know everything about everything... and it wouldn't allow for so many engrossing discussions like this one and the mighty R=U...

[Iceglow]

as for the crater in trabia that can be explained in a Laguna flash back the one where he plays the sorceresses knight in the movie. in the background clearly visible is the Lunatic Pandora we all know that a Lunar cry was responsible for the "Shatterred" effect of the Centra continent (hence powerful monsters) the Trabia crater is another one only smaller caused by Lunatic Pandora.