As per current doctrine, the Center had been sited outside rather than inside a building. The advantages of a hardened site were traded for less obvious ones: a more mobile mindset, easier dispersal to take advantage of that mindset, and better accommodations to the TOC’s magical defenses, not the least of which was the elimination of the static-like blocks to astral lines of sight produced by buildings. Being outside didn’t mean the TOC was undefended. Far from it.