Questions/Question 565

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#1 wiki | comment Topics: Edit question: edit wondrously asked on Test Drive Meme - January 2026/Event FAQ at 2026-01-16 Answer date: 2026-01-18	Is there any record of the barrier failing this way before (or at all), say in searchable news records etc? Do the Patho-Gen staff collecting the stuff seem surprised by its appearance in any way? TY	There is not any record of the barrier failing (or any of its individual pillars) since it was first constructed. There's no news articles to find about it, and if asked the Karterians will agree that they've never heard even a hint of there ever being problems with the pillars or the barrier. It seems to be an entirely new phenomena. Even Patho-Gen staff would agree that there's never been an issue before. That there's Katalyth (deliberate) inside of the structure, clearly powering it... it's not a surprise, to most staff, who had at least suspected it to be the case. One of those unfortunate necessities that's best to not think too much about. (And of course many in Patho-Gen knew the whole time what was supplying energy for the barrier. There's regular maintenance on these things, and it'd be hard to do that without going inside.) The excess Katalyth, the uncommonly-colored sort found growing wild in the pillar: that is new, and very alarming to them. While Katalyth has always been a part of the pillars, yes, it's never shown any signs of growing outside of its containment. They're clearly disturbed by this development, and that it happened so quickly.