Like the title says, I seem to have stumbled onto a possible plot hole concerning the Ark Airport map. It kinda struck me as I was reading the info for that new BRINK app and looking at the pictures. The app describes the Airport as being "abandoned because it is completely useless." The game itself appears to support that theory, seeing as that particular part of the map is a battleground, which sparks my question: Why has the place been abandoned instead of being converted into living space for the existing refugees?

Can anyone provide some explanation, or is it just one of those things where you're supposed to "look the other way"?

That depends on the side it's on... if it's on the founders side, then no. Why would they make room for the people who have already a place to live? When the refugees came, they could have just lived off their boats and been happy with that.

BUUUT if it's on the refugee side, you have a point...

If you look at the map of the Ark it certainly looks like its part of the Security side.

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Yeah, looks to be on the founders side, unless there is a....SUPER MUTANT DUDE HIDIDNG IN THE AIRPORT EATING CHILDREN!!! Or mabey not.....

It shouldn't matter what side it's on, since in the middle of the war both factions cross the border regularly. So I doubt there would be anyone there to stop you aside from one or two lone snipers.

From building homes?

Because the founders are classists/elitists and don't want the immigrant working class living near them or traversing their side of town that often.

On top of that, converting an airport that they may hope to one day use again may not have been the best solution at first, and after a while it just became "too late" in their eyes.

From taking residence inside the Airport and setting up shop. Yeah sure, both sides would probably be knocked out of it occasionally, but the place wouldn't be abandoned like it currently is now, there would be some people there.

If the airport was converted in to living space it would be extremely difficult to ever reclaim it later if they needed an airport. The powers-that-be may also figure by the time it's worth removing the airport they'll want to expand more 'proper' living areas and businesses.

Both sides think that? Seems to me like the Resistance wouldn't bother with that type of rationale.

Why create more living space if you are already above the maximum capacity? The people living there couldn't be supplied anyway, if they did not grow their own food.

This could be true. Wouldn't an airport have solid reinforced concrete as a surface? Nothing can really grow on that.

Also on the population thing. Yes, if a place is over crowded then people would want to move away, but since the resistance is centered around Container city then people will also cluster there for protection from oppressive Security forces. Container city was original 'settlement' of the non-founders so there might be an element of home to it, and not wanting to leave home.

If we're talking "now" as in after the revolution begins my first question is where is the airport in relation to container city?

Look at Wraith's post. It is the third one. I dont have the app so im not really sure.

lol @ not wanting your lifestyle to be deteriorated making you a classist or elitist. That would describe just about anyone who wouldn't want to split their current food store amongst all those with less food in their community, or anyone that isn't willing to open up their living room to the homeless in their community.

I'm sure the Security have their reasons.

This. They probably have a don't ask, don't tell kind of policy.

In Container City everyone is cramped into small living spaces (aptly named since it's literally a container). If you put a lot of people in a small space diseases are easily spread. If the Security and the founders let the Resistance into the airport they themselves are closer to the diseases. I am sure it's a health reason, and the fact that the Founders are xenophobic towards the Guests.

This, remember the ARK was made for 5000 people not 50,000 refugees, think of having to let illegal immigrants into your house using up all of your resources and not having to pay a dime for any of it. The airport could have been abandoned due to the fact their may be no planes to use it so it is just a large structure separating the Security and Resistance.

people not living in an abandoned building is a plot hole? um, sure

Pretty much this since we have to remember that the Ark was build a little too late for it's time since some of it's functions/places were made with the mind that there would be many other places that would keep in contact with. now we got the issue that the Ark lost all communication with the rest of the world. Refugees came over in masses, the Ark tried to accommodate some of the refugees with supplies while keeping supplies for themselves.

The airport at best it's a reminder of what could have the Ark been.

Hardly the same case due to the scale of the situation. And by definition it certainly would fit under the category of classism and elitism.

In addition to the basic behaviors, The Ark was designed as an experiment in self sufficient green living in hopes of finding a permanent solution to the world's issues, funded by a collection of live-in benefactors that enjoyed their personal eden while the scientists did their research.

The survivors of those issues come in search of the solution and accept residence and employment under the original inhabitants and live that way for X number of years, but are kept as "outsiders" by those currently running the Ark, which are either the wealthy or the scientists and you rarely see scientists in politics.

Now what reason could there be to allow the refugees to stay, but not stay within the city limits? Maybe security issues, except we know the refugees are working maintenance jobs and those jobs obviously aren't in container city. Possibly not enough space? Well then we wouldn't have this abandoned airport. So we head to your "not wanting your lifestyle to be deteriorated" as a possible issue.

The world as we know it has ended. The Ark is, for all intents and purposes, the last hope for humanity. If the concern is dwindling resources, where the refugees are living is not an issue, the fact that they are living at all is the issue (A fact that I suspect is part of what plays into the conspiring nature of the story). Keeping them separate is a definitive act of classist behavior.

Couldn't the fact that the resistance hasn't been allowed to take up residence in the airport be one of the reasons the two factions are fighting for it? It's possible the security are holed up there due to its strategic location and the resistance is attempting to take it from them

Whatever the case, i don't think it can be called a plot hole until the game comes out or the full storyline is released

They probably just disallow the workers from entering the fancy part of town so they can be more easily controlled in their seperate district.