Cynosure Facility

The Cynosure Facility is a abandoned underground research facility originally owned by Militech. It appears in.

2013-2020
During the height of the pre-DataKrash NET, Militech and Arasaka were locked in a hostile and at times lethal rivalry for technological dominance. The release of Soulkiller, Arasaka's flagship digital superweapon and virus, spurred Militech to attempt to create something similar in impact but with a different set of specifications in mind. Project Cynosure, as it was known, involved using neural adaptive technologies to capture presumed rogue AIs that lurked beneath the sanitized surface of the old NET, and to harness and utilize their capabilities for Militech's own goals. If Soulkiller worked to kill and capture the engrams of netrunners brave (or foolish) enough to take on Arasaka, Militech's Cynosure project would do something similar--to capture rogue AIs utilizing advanced neural networks and use their adaptive capabilities to wreak havoc on both the real world and cyberspace. The project continued in secret in an underground facility located beneath Night City's Pacifica neighborhood, where experiments were conducted in honing this tool for Militech-affiliated netrunners to utilize in the depths of the NET. Unfortunately for Militech, the first major setback occurred in the form of the DataKrash, which wiped out much of the old NET's infrastructure and unleashed many of the rogue AIs Militech hoped to capture into the fragments of cyberspace.

2060s-early 2070s
The DataKrash was not the end of Project Cynosure, even though Militech on the surface shuttered the old research facility beneath Pacifica. In the late 2060s and early 2070s Militech began working on a possible reactivation of the program. Complications stemming from the Unification War, the possibility of an international/intercorporate incident between Arasaka and Netwatch, as well as the anarchic nature of the Dogtown settlement build right above the old Cynosure bunker made Militech's goal of reactivating Cynosure extremely difficult, if not outright impossible.

The radically altered nature of the post-DataKrash NET changed Militech's modus operandi; given that rogue AIs ran amok beyond the NetWatch-sponsored Blackwall (which in itself, was an AI of dubious loyalties), reactivating Project Cynosure to harness the power of the Blackwall itself would have been a breach of extant corporate treaties alongside international laws designed to keep rogue AIs from spilling out across the new NET. This did not stop individuals of various affiliations from searching for the remains of Project Cynosure, whether it was Militech itself, the New United States government, or even splinter mercenary factions like Kurt Hansen's Barghest. Despite the obvious ethical concerns, probing the outer reaches of the Blackwall using the remains of Cynosure as a launchpad continued, with not much success for the interested parties.

2077
In 2077, three Wraiths associated with the Raffen Shiv, named Misha, Tanny and Rob, tried to break into the bunker's main entrance.

Bunker
By 2077, there is no direct access to the Cynosure Facility, as it is located deep underground and hidden. Access in-game is allowed via a hole created by a crashed truck and then diving down into a flooded shaft.

Sector 1
Sector 1 is accessed by descending via elevator to Restricted Area A. Passing through Sector 1 leads to Sector 2 by Administration.

Sector 2
Sector 2 is accessed via Administration, and controls access via a sealable gate to Sector 3. Sector 2 has five main areas accessed via the hallway. There are multiple Site Map shards and directories along the walls to aid in navigation.

Administration

 * Controls access between Sectors 1 and 2.

Living Quarters

 * Holds bunks and a cafeteria for facility workers.

Server Room

 * Dataterminals Alpha and Bravo are found here.

Engineering

 * Dataterminal Sierra is found here and houses two subareas.


 * Maintenance
 * Here, the Militech Cerberus maintenance units were maintained. Two Cerberus units can be found dismantled, their core removed.
 * The Crafting Spec: Erebus can be found here.
 * This room also allows access to the ceiling ventilation shafts.
 * The door panel is initially disabled, preventing entry.


 * Storage
 * This room houses miscellaneous items. On the back wall is a distribution box that can be rewired (20 Technical Ability check) to restore access to Maintenance.

Security

 * This area is divided into three parts, and Dataterminal Victor can be found in the last area (furthest from the entrance) alongside multiple workstations and monitors.

Sterile Area

 * This area is found towards the entrance of Sector 3 from Sector 2. Entering and leaving this area requires passing through an airlock and undergoing a sterilization cycle.

Core Control

 * Its terminal allows access to the facility's core and initiates shutdown of the core subsystems.

Labs

 * Here are multiple research areas and rooms housing the core's subsystems.


 * Neural Network Control
 * Neural Network subsystem can be found here.


 * Data Analysis & Research


 * Experimental Prototyping
 * Requires door access code 714212, found copies of data shard New Security Protocols at R&D found in Sector 3.
 * Houses the Militech Canto Mk.5, unlocks the Blackwall Gateway quickhack.


 * Observation Room
 * A larger hub area with a holographic projection of the core. Inside are the entrances to Datafort Central Command and Thermic Control


 * Datafort Central Command
 * This area is divided into three parts, with a terminal controlling the subsystem in the last area (further from the entrance).


 * Thermic Control
 * Holds the Thermic Control subsystem.

Trivia

 * The name "Cynosure" in Greek translates to the "dog's tail"; in antiquity it was used to refer to the star Polaris. It can also refer to a focus or center of attention; this name hints at both the purpose of Project Cynosure (to lure rogue AIs for the benefit of Militech) as well as the Cerberus motif of the facility also seen in the Militech Erebus and Militech Canto items.
 * Additionally it can be seen as an inverse to Dogtown on the surface; Cynosure being the "Dog's Tail" beneath Dogtown.