Arctic Spires Cache

The Arctic Spires Cache is an Architect Base found in the Arctic Spires. The cache served as a mining site for the components needed to create Ion Cubes. The site was affected by a cave-in roughly one thousand years ago, and claimed the life of at least one Architect. The partially-buried remains of the Architect can be scanned for the Architect Tissues blueprint necessary for creating a new Architect vessel.
The cache can only be accessed if the player approaches it with Al-An inside their head. Otherwise, it will be guarded by a forcefield.
== Description ==
The Arctic Spires Cache is located within a rocky enclosure surrounded by clusters of luminous green crystal growths. The cache boasts a large platform, with a ramp constructed on the right side. The left of the platform features a microscope, along with three crystals atop a large table. Above the table is a claw mechanism securing a crystal in place. Two specimen cases are located at either side of the platform, each containing a sample of the surrounding crystals. Located towards the back of the platform, a pile of rubble obstructs the player from going any further into the cache. Sticking out from the rubble is the exposed arm of an Architect vessel; scanning it will unlock the Architect Tissues blueprint.
<tabber>
Resources=
* Large Ion Cube Deposit
* Ion Cube
</tabber>
== Gallery ==
ASC Forcefield.png|The cache's entrance
ASC MiningApparatus.png|Inactive excavation equipment
ASC SpecimenCase.png|A emerald contained within a specimen case
ASC TableMicroscope.png|A table and microscope
ASC DamagedEquipment.png|Damaged equipment resting beside the platform
ASC Rubble.png|A view of the cave-in and the Architect it claimed
ASC ClawCrystal.png|A claw-like mechanism securing an emerald in place
==Trivia==
* At some point in development, the Architect skeleton and Architect tissues swapped places, with the skeleton being moved to the Deep Lilypads Cave Cache and the tissues brought here.
** When the tissues were in the other cache, they were represented by the front torso of an Architect. After being moved, the model was changed to an arm.
* The cache was originally meant to be opened with a Purple Tablet before being changed to be opened with Al-An.
** This eventually led to issues where players could soft-lock the story by using/losing all the Ion Cubes in the world, making crafting a Purple Tablet impossible.
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Category:Arctic Spires
Category:Structures
Category:Architect Structures
Category:Architect Technology
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