North Atlantic Project

* See also Ryan_Industries (Ryan's Surface Organization)
* See also Secrecy_For_Rapture
* See also The Surface and Surface CASH
* See also The Vanishing
* See also Construction
* See also Technologies
"North Atlantic Project" : Rapture being IN Von Daniken's books in the Sixties (1968)Chariots of the Gods - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065702/reviews
"The Atlantians" spoken of by the Greeks ?? ( or was it some drunken Irish dock workers ?? )
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Early : North Atlantic Project :
Ryan must've been planning Rapture well before September 1945 The period when the Novel has Ryan deciding to start building Rapture after he gets information about the August A-Bombs used on Japan ( This isn't "wave of the hand" Infinite BS fantasy, and nor with its ridiculously cramped Timelines ). The Project would include work to develop additional underwater technology beyond what Ryan's Industrial empire had previously created for the Petroleum Industrial ( in other sea-based operations ), and during War Work. Then there would be the worldwide surveys to find just the right spot for Rapture with the required geothermal resources and seabed stability.
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Confusing the Parasites :
There was a disinformation campaign carried out by Ryan's surface organization to act as cover for Rapture's existence. Every crazy conspiracy and whacko theory was likely propagated by this project. It included some really trashy 'B-grade' Sci-Fi movies and radio talk show guest shills, and various Conspiracy Theory advocates ( including a alleged 'quantum theorist' (and book author) calling herself Rosalind Lutece, real name Lucilind Rhotec ).
The disinformation had to avoid linkage to the Cold Warhttps://www.conservapedia.com/Cold_War, because in those times there WOULD BE THE USA (and Soviet and British) Government's interest (and scrutiny) IF that was the case.
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Local Interactions :
There would be a Ryan Industries Project in Iceland (a useful proximity) to act as cover for The North Atlantic Project diversion of materials -- Perhaps a geothermal development/project in Iceland using equipment/components which could be directly applied to Rapture's Geothermal systems.
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More Bizarre Disinfornation : 
NaziBAseAntartica.jpg|Conspiract Theorists constantly talk of a Secret Nazi base in the Arctic
Balok-vox.jpg|UFOs, Aliens, Government Conspiracies ...
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IDEA : Ryan had planned for covert delivery of his immigrants AND their belongings to Rapture. He eventually built this stealthy ship to make many deliveries in the later years. Note its Art Deco lines and indistinct paint scheme which would blend into a sea background ( shaped/constructed to fool RADAR - an early version of "Stealth" technology [ perhaps based on "The Philedelphia Experiments" Electromagnetic Camoflage Progect ).
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The Great Coverup : 
Building the City took many hundreds (thousands?) of shiploads of workers, materials and equipment, which would have made the Lighthouse a very busy place. A fleet of Freighters would be needed to constantly go back and forth to all the ports where those cargoes originated ( and possibly make a few detours to help obscure their final destination ). Later, more hundreds of shiploads of just people and their possessions would arrive. Just getting all of that down to Rapture and distributing it throughout the Underwater City would be a monumental job. Likewise organizing and performing embarkation at the various ports, as well as marshaling everything ahead of time ( and pre-manufacturing substantial amounts of it an also done on an industrial scale ) would be a significant task.
Keeping 'what was really going on' secret would have been the most difficult of all. The huge task required extensive organization and infrastructure ( Fortunately, that was a thing Ryan was good at ).
"A shield company on The Surface named 'Warden Yarn' ( an anagram of "Andrew Ryan's" name ), and through it he conducted business with some suppliers" -- This would have been only a small component of the whole Secret project.
This type of thing was hardly unknown to anyone who had an "Industrial Empire". 
There would have had to be many dummy remote projects elsewhere, which could justify the enormous flow/consumption of personnel/materials/transportation. Deep sea oil drilling platforms were starting to be built at that time. They made perfect 'cover' ( tying in with Ryan's drill technologies ) for the manufacture of the many types of materials and prefabricated sections used in Rapture city structures. This allowed much material to be built with less secrecy being required, and then be packed/towed off in-the-middle-of-the-night to Rapture's mid-ocean location.
Later, unless the various cover 'projects' were to be found out as phony and bring unwanted questions, there would have to be some significant 'disasters' to cover the 'loss' of so many resources. These measures were Overhead expenses, but necessary for Rapture's secrecy and survival.
Liquidating a substantial part of Ryan's industrial empire would be another thing which would have to take time. Stockholders are wary of sudden changes in company balances and ownership, and having Ryan be seen to abandon his holdings would likely bring a panic. His conversion to a hermit-like recluse ( as seen on The Surface ) would have to have begun early to cover his final permanent disappearance from public view.
It is possible that something like half of Ryan's wealth and organizations still remained on 'The Surface', even after Rapture was completed years later. Many financial assets would still be being slowly sold off. Even beyond Ryan's 1952 'official' isolation of Rapture, important/crucial materials and support from the surface would have continued ( particularly for the '100 year stockpiles' of critical materials which Rapture just could not be 'self-sufficient' in. ) A constant flow of new technical information from World technical/scientific developments would also long be acquired and sent.
Thus for the MMORPG, we have the potential for 'Surface' events to be intertwined with the Seabed/Rapture aspects of the game.
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The Disinformation :
Ryan's Surface organizations ran extensive disinformation campaigns ( a long term project which continued long after Ryan's 'death' ) to discredit/obscure any real information about Rapture. It frequently created linkages to UFO events and pointing off to "Project Blue Book" and other less public/more obscure UFO/paranormal investigations/projects. All to send threatening Rapture investigations off into the conspiracy theory quagmire ( usually never to be seen again. )
Unusual 'sightings' were fabricated in numerous World locations to be witnessed by various well known 'flakes' ( adherents to a wide range of paranormal theories and public pronunciations ). Fake psychics and monster photos and 'lights in the sky' were contrived.
"Anal probe" hysteria was one of the more successful elements foisted upon the ever-receptive 'flake' UFO community.
'The Vanishing' was largely an easy dodge with the Cold Warhttps://www.conservapedia.com/Cold_War in progress ( handy alibi of Russian kidnappers ) an easy excuse for non-CIA investigators. The same excuse worked for KGB investigators who had rival 'secret' agencies they never trusted especially after Ryan's fake CIA contacts proposed an undersea city as the destination for the vanished people. Ryan's agents spun more 'wheels within wheels' than you'd find in a Steampunk/Infinite automaton brain clockworks.
THUS "The North Atlantic Project"
An infamous late 1940's flying saucer movie "The North Atlantic Project" was distributed widely as part of the Organization's 'running interference' for Rapture.
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Various OTHER Disinformation Sown by the Ryan (Surface) Organization :
* Secret Nazi Base ( 'Arctic' always sounds 'cool' )
* Soviet Kidnappings ( play the Cold Warhttps://www.conservapedia.com/Cold_War narrative blaming the Kremlin )
* Plateau in Highlands of Guiana ( Lost World of the Hello Kitties )
* Secret Government Underground Shelters with suspended animation ( and crazy AIs running the place )
* Secret Weapon Testing ( particularly failures which understandably would be 'covered up' ).
* The Usual UFO conspiracy stuff.
* Ryan is secreted in a Nicaraguan Hotel Penthouse out of his mind on drug cocktails ( Howard Hughes like ... )
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Another Disinformation Campaign to Protect Rapture :
Ryan's operatives on The Surface put out alot of confusing materials ( like the 1950s Sci-Fi B-movie "The North Atlantic Project" ) to 'obtusify' rumors about Rapture and all connections to it.
A Sci-Fi book was published which talked of a Floating Sky City called "Rapture". All kinds of strange events were attributed to it, as the 'Rogue Metropolis' traveled throughout the World. A lot of Flash Gordon-like high technology was written up for it ( not quite as outlandish as Flash Gordon was in the 1930s though ). A warning to 'Watch the Skies' was coined ( predating the "Keep watching the skies" from "The Thing from Another World" movie - More often known as "The Thing" ). Various rumors having to do with Machu Picchu and Templars, etc... continued to be spread for years, all to be somehow associated with 'Rapture'. A 'secret' fanclub for this book calling itself the "Purple Unicorn Continuum" continues to exist to this day. ( When Ryan paid for disinformation - he GOT disinformation. )
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Another Possible 'Cover Story' Done By Ryan's Surface Organization :
Of Ryan's ship "The Olympian" sinking off the coast of Brazil ( including planted newspaper stories with hints at projects down there in the Amazon ).
Either as a 'accidental death of Ryan' disappearance coverup, or just diversionary ( He wasn't onboard himself, but publicly there would be hints at thing going on there ... )
Maybe employ a cover story of a staged 'severe injury' which put him "incommunicado" like Howard Hughes was later ( to cover his moving completely to Rapture ), but still 'running' his surface empire.
In either case, it was a phony ship ( switched names on a hulk sunk on purpose, leaving a big oil slick and wreckage ) or somesuch.
??? Use a 'sunk' Olympian as a undersea hostel for construction workers ??? -- It doesn't really fit to have it sunk down next to an a-building Rapture ( as more than hundreds of shiploads of materials are going that same path already - being lowered down into the depths ). With something special in the hold ?? Still doesn't make sense when you could assemble the 'special' whatever on deck and put it 'over the side' like so much other material/equipment/personnel already had been ( including 'The Sinker' ).
More like having it officially vanish so it can be used to transfer freight mid-ocean from other ships ( so they don't look suspicious being delayed or being near the Rapture area of the World ) or covertly picking up large numbers of immigrants ('the vanishing').
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Ryan's Low Frequency Radio Communications : 
For security, the communications used an Enigma type code system, and a rotating frequency.
There would be some 'cover story', if discovered ( scientific research or such ) - "Signals From Mars" or "The Earths Core" to help cover up what it really was.
There would have to be another (or several) LowFreq station(s) on the Surface to connect to Ryan's Surface Organization ( and to confuse transmission ). One likely was built into 'The Olympian' to have the source of such LF signals constantly moving about.
BTW, Low Frequency systems aren't small ( antennas are typically miles long ... )
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"THERES A LIGHT, OVER AT THE OLD RYAN PLACE" :
The cult classic "The North Atlantic Project" ( the UFO B-movie created and shown in the US as part of Ryan's disinformation project ) is shown every midnight in Doctor McKay's Moviehouse -- Kind of like the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and had previously a regular 'youth' audience who repeated the dialog (and lyrics) and dressed up like the characters to act out scenes. Ryan once commented about the show being odd, but that the profit spoke for itself. Some nostalgic Splicer now gives his own showing somewhere deep in 'the Wild'.
This Line ^^^, Was So Cliche, such that it became an oft used scenario even for the likes of the terrible 'Scooby Doo' Saturday Morning cartoons. 
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UFO Stuff :
UFOlogists - some set of Splicers believe there are Aliens down in the Abyss. Unfortunately, they ( Splicers ) usually manage to drown/crush themselves when they try to go down to investigate. Some of the same people are thought responsible for 'crop circles' in the City's Farms ( kinda pathetic/unimpressive when it is a 'circle' in a 6 foot wide hydroponic tray ). If Splicers could fall for Sofia Lamb's delusions, they should have no trouble falling for UFO fantasies. Think 'Saturnine', but even more ridiculous.
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Possible Locations/Stories for 'Disinformation' About the 'Vanishing' and Ties to Andrew Ryan
* Middle of the Amazon ( Ryan had Petroleum related big projects in that part of the World )
* Antarctica ( Ryan's genius for Power Systems and various nuclear energy association might make that work )
* Under a Mountain on some South Sea island ( a standard 'Bond' Villain complex )
* Bermuda Triangle ( more than a few of Ryan's ships 'disappeared' ) - possibly a city-sized giant ship.
* The Moon (only in the wilder UFO related stories)
* A Floating Sky City called 'Columbia', of all things ( late night radio rumors only )
* At the bottom of the Marianas Trench ( for those ignorant of what 35000 feet of water can do to you )
* In deep caverns under Manhattan ( actually pretty plausible ) - and nowhere near being in "The Center of the Earth"
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Ryan's (Covert) Shipping Fleet :
A large number of freighters would be used to transport ALL (a huge amount) of the material and personnel to built Rapture and then later bring the immigrants and their possessions.
The "Olympian" ? One ship is not enough. A Fleet ( of at least a dozen ships ) would probably include WW2 freighters - "Liberty" and "Victory" ships ( which would be cheap to obtain at that time after WW2 ). They would be obtained by Ryan's Surface Industrial empire which would NOT have gone away, and was likely still controlled indirectly by Ryan.
Later, fewer ships would be needed, but for quite a while ( even upto and during the 'civil war' ) additional critical materials would have been delivered to Rapture. Even after Ryan's "death", cargo would be delivered to Ryan's Faction.
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Lutwidge Activities ( Someone Needing Watching ... ) :
Business assets mentioned in SitS like : Lutwidge Property Management, Liddell & Lewis, Publishers, Scarlet Sovereign:Import and Export, the Arden N. Wray Building. These are likely were some secondary sources for Rapture interior materials - being too simple an arrangements for the new high tech concrete building components Rapture required ( which needed very careful handling ).
Lutwidge was one of Ryan's project suppliers who learned too much. He was also Loony. Later he apparently was trying to cover-up/obscure Rapture, trying to gain favor with Ryan ( Lutwidge thought himself worthy to be in Rapture ).
Per the SitS story : Why would Ryan have 'stiffed' Lutwidge in 1952 ( when Rapture's primary city Construction was finishing ) and stir up unneeded trouble ? Rapture's construction was well planned, and notices of future material orders would be well organized. The letter/audio account given by Lutwidge may be his own delusion -- Because he couldn't accept that his commercial deal had been ended/expired ( He had probably been notified well ahead of time of that termination happening by Ryan's company ). Perhaps disregarding that notification, Lutwidge kept accumulating the materials he sold on ( and then 'got stuck with them' ).
At what point had Lutwidge pieced together enough to realize what Ryan's big project was, and THEN very much desired to go there ??? And then after he was told to 'piss off' ( as McDonagh would say ).
Ryan ( through his still substantial Surface Organization ) would have been running many disinformation projects (of all kinds), and Ryan probably had Lutwidge watched as Lutwidge imploded. Reports of Lutwidge's "odd" behavior from "anonymous" sources may have reached the authorities. Lutwidge wound up in a mental hospital, and on escaping was thought killed in some violent encounter with some fellow Lutwidge 'cabal' member.
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 "Seeing Triangles" ... The Frozen Triangle :
The type of thing Hyped by the Conspiracy Crowd up on The Surface ( assisted by some 'agent provocateur' action on Ryan's part ) ...
ref check dates on the SitS materials ( also BS2 had that "Johnny" story which was pre-Kashmir events ).
All those Planes/Ships reported/rumored as 'Disappeared' ... Mostly post-Ryan ??? Meaning : Much of the real stuff was actually Sofia Lamb's dirtywork ( to support Lamb's faltering sustaining of her minions ? ) 
Some of the incidents may previously have been related to Fontaine/Smuggling activity.
Possibly Splicer 'Pirates' activity (( Yay !! Another Mini-Game/Roleplaying !!! )) MMORPG Flashback (interactive scenario) of Splicers attacking some ship ( "YO HO, YO HO, A FIREBALL FOR THEE !!!" ).
( Ambushing a ship, killing the crew, looting everything possible, sinking the ship ... )
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Coincidentally, "Frozen Triangles" were a treat sold at the 1893 Columbian Exposition, and only had 'a little' Cocaine in them. ( Amazing all these Cosmic Convergences, No ? ) Coca leaves were chewed by inhabitant of the Andes mountains to combat altitude sickness and the energy-sapping low oxygen - It is food for thought. 
( Might explain a few things if most Columbia inhabitants were high on Cocaine (or other) much of the time -- and their strange 'visions' have been used by UFOlogists ever since. )
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"The Hoboken Experiment" "The Hoboken Experiment" ---- Philadelphia Experiment - without the TimeTravel :
A project to provide a Radar Detection Prevention solution for ships supplying Rapture well past 1952.
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Ryan's Doppelganger
Thinking about him being VERY Rich ( like one of the richest in the World ) to pay for building Rapture ( even with many more average 'rich people' chipping in to help pay to build it ) ...
IF he disappeared it would be a World Wide news story. Howard Hughes was a known reclusive figure ( by the 1950s ). Neither the Game story nor what is in the Novel portrays Ryan to be like that.
SO his disappearance from The Surface is a bit problematical ( could be repaired with a few backstory clues with him becoming more and more mysterious/reclusive until by 1952 he is completely gone, OR have some Doppleganger still around up there to keep up appearances in his continuing surface empire ( what's left of it ). Ryan wouldn't 'sell out in a firesale', so all of it would have to be run for more than a decade.
AHAH !!! Story there for why Ryan's still alive !!! The ( one ) duplicate was the one whacked with the golf club ... ( The Animatronic things would still be better because Ryan would not sacrifice a minion for that stunt as Fontaine had done A minion of Fontaine's gets plastic surgery to stand-in as Fontaine when he is 'killed' at the "Neptune's Bounty Shootout" - Detailed in the Novel).
OK, now we have the story for BioShock 4 ( pretty much the same idea as Fontaines 'death' - FAKED ).
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Wasn't there a Movie called "Ryan's Daughter" ???
Actually there wasMovie called "Ryans Daughter" : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066319/, but what has it to do with BioShock ???
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MINECRAFT : north Atlantic Project - Rebuilding the city of Rapture Minecraft Map (planetminecraft.com)
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