Haven’t seen doves in the Zone for a long, long time! We have at least one here for sure. Never seen it myself, but my trusted buddy told me about that dove.Â
He said the administrative building of CNPP is crowned by a massive metal bas-relief called “Atomic Dove”. To be fair, it looks nothing like a dove… Deserves its “atomic” part in the name.
This bas-relief was designed to symbolize the peaceful atom, and the building it decorates was the main entrance to CNPP, the administrative building where personnel was checked and where you would get the entrance permits and go deeper into the station.
Everything changed in one night.
Under the building hides a highly-protected bunker with a crisis headquarters. During that life-changing night when 4th block was on fire, people in the bunker were desperately trying to figure out what’s going on and how to fix it. Since then, the administrative building has ceased to be a grand gateway to the future and has instead become the place from which its consequences were dealt with.
Now, machinery is rusting in front of it, the wind blows through the windows, and that dove is hanging on the wall. It was through the doors of the administration block that the path to the very heart of the station began. And I dread to think what has become of it now.
If you find yourself around that place, don’t stick around for too long. Be safe.
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