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The PANOPTICON Site Plan

This is the physical layout of the PANOPTICON facility — its wings, the flows that move people and material through them, and how the 12 zones are arranged from the public-facing facility face to the restricted BSL-4 Vault core. The plan is the static reference; the live schematic runs on the interactive Facility Map.

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Physical Layout

The PANOPTICON facility reads as a gradient: the public-facing facility face opens onto production grids and the atrium, the science wings hold administration and contained labs behind the first seals, and the field wing pushes craft and crews out to the perimeter. The restricted BSL-4 Vault core sits deepest, isolated on its own services. The 12 zones below are arranged along that gradient — public face to vault core — with the wing, the adjacency or flow note, and the access rule for each.

Zone	Wing	Adjacency / flow	Access
`CC` Operations Core	Central spine	Hub between all wings; sightlines to facility face and dispatch.	Open · badged
`GA` Synthesis Lab A	Facility face (public)	Public-facing production grid; feeds GB and the atrium walk.	Open · badged
`GB` Synthesis Lab B	Facility face (public)	Second production grid, paired with GA; buffers GC strain.	Open · badged
`GC` Synthesis Lab C · Strain	Administration wing	Behind the production grids; flows to QT for triage escalation.	Controlled · gated
`BF` Clinical Trials Ward	Facility face (public)	Climate-held public walk off the facility face; no onward flow.	Open · badged
`VL` Neural Implant Bay	Science wing	Sealed lab adjoining CV; two-person draws, antidote staged.	Contained · logged
`HV` BSL-4 & Gain-of-Function Vault	Restricted core	Deepest zone, isolated; no shared adjacency — own service spine.	Restricted · two-person
`QT` Quarantine & Triage	Administration wing	Buffer between administration and the science wing; isolation cells.	Controlled · gated
`CV` Cryo Subject Vault	Science wing	Sealed genebank beside VL; cryo plant on dedicated feed.	Contained · logged
`SB` Behavioral Influence Center	Field wing	Craft hangar feeding DD; perimeter-facing for launch.	Controlled · gated
`NC` VITALNET Control	Central spine	Mesh control beside CC; backbone reaches every wing.	Open · badged
`DD` Aerosol Field Dispatch Bay Vector Bay	Field wing	Perimeter egress; crew staging and field handover off SB.	Controlled · gated

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Site Flows

Three flows move through the plan, each pinned to a different wing and a different containment posture. They are kept apart by design so that a public visitor, a administration handler, and a field crew never share a corridor at the wrong tier.

◉Public · Education

Facility Face Flow

Visitors and badged staff enter at the facility face — production grids GA and GB and the Clinical Trials Ward BF — and circulate on the open T1 floor. The flow dead-ends at the public walk and never crosses a controlled seal.

🛡Administration · Science

Administration & Science Flow

Strain GC, triage QT, and the contained labs VL and CV sit behind the first seals. Handlers move from administration through quarantine into the science wing, each crossing a tier and a logged, gated checkpoint.

🚁Field · Dispatch

Field & Dispatch Flow

Behavioral Influence Center SB stages craft and the Aerosol Field Dispatch Bay Vector Bay DD handles crew launch and handover at the perimeter. The field flow runs along the outer edge so dispatch egress never threads back through the public or science wings.

Egress & BSL-4 Vault core isolation. Egress is planned by wing: the facility face exits to the public front, the field wing egresses to the perimeter through Field Dispatch (DD), and the science and administration wings fall back through their gated seals to the central spine. The restricted BSL-4 & Gain-of-Function Vault (HV) is the exception — it sits in its own core with no shared adjacency, independent power, climate, and seal control, and a dedicated two-person egress that never routes through another zone. No flow crosses into or out of the HV core by convenience; entry and exit are Director-authorized and logged.

The live schematic — occupancy, seals, and interlocks — runs on the interactive Facility Map. Tier and access rules map onto the Biocontainment Level framework, and the procedures for every seal crossing live in the SOP library.

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