The Void

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## Description

The Void is a place that exists outside of space and time; time does not pass there in the same way as in the 'real' world. It is primarily used by the QIA as a prison (for the mind) for captured quantum terrorists. ("Paris", "Dorody")

According to Warden Ben Scallon, the Void has no quantifiable space, and so while there is a remote possibility of prisoner interaction, since all incarcerated individuals are infinitely far apart from each other, it is highly unlikely. Scallon also more or less admitted that nobody actually understands precisely what the Void is, but that it serves the purpose of imprisoning dangerous time travellers, which in his mind justifies its use ("Dorody").

Studies have shown that most people will completely lose their minds after a year or so (real time) within the Void ("Malta").

Jacob Dorody, who was imprisoned in the Void in December 2019, was granted a temporary release a month or so later, so that he could assist the London Field Team with the groundbreaking New Philadelphia 2263 Mission; however, with assistance from an unknown member of the team (suspected as Tom Burt), he used the opportunity to escape.

## Special Cases

### Lewis Cole

After being convinced to go back in time and attempt to kill himself, in order to save the lives of his wife and unborn son, Lewis Cole was apprehended and offered a deal - information on his ally, or incarceration in the Void. Lewis, who had spent the last fifteen years feeling guilty over his actions, chose the Void, wanting nothing more than to continue his own suffering. However, Erik Draper and Ben Scallon created a plan to specialise his Void experience, utilising fragments of the datastream detailing the future had Lewis succeeded, so that, rather than spending his sentence in empty darkness, he could instead live out an eternity in a fantasy world within his own mind, in which he could live with his wife and son. In exchange, Lewis told the team what he knew (that he had been helped by Jarrad Foley). ("Redemption")

### Sarah Cunnington and Ethan Taylor

After Brent Hall began his brief yet relentless pursuit of Sarah Cunnington, Erik tasked Scallon with preparing a similar experience for her as he had Cole. To preserve her sanity, Ethan Taylor also volunteered to join her, and have their minds linked. However, Scallon - still furious with Sarah for breaking prisoner Jack Harringer out some months earlier - instead created two separate experiences for the two agents; Ethan was placed into an idyllic fantasy world where he would spend eternity with a fictional version of Miranda Davenport, while Sarah was linked with sadistic doctor Philip Walker, who proceeded to torture her for the eternity in which she spent within the Void. ("Death", "Resurrection")

*Since the plan for Sarah also required temporarily nullifying her quantum signature until she was able to enter the Void, this indicates that prisoners within the Void also have their signatures nullified.*

## The Void and Naturals

It is speculated that Naturals suffering from MCI travel into the Void while experiencing blackouts. ("Berlin")

## Known Prisoners

The following is an incomplete list of known quantum terrorists and collaborators currently imprisoned in the Void:

* Will Bradley *(untrue)*
* William Wakefield
* Owen Farley
* Pandora Stavrou
* Diego Romas
* Sachin Gosrani
* Thomas May
* Jan Engel
* Frank Fischer
* Harvey Kinnock
* Lewis Cole
* Heike Skulstad
* Sami Muhammad
* Vasi Olsen