Bryce Canyon is located in southwestern Utah in the United States. Despite its name, this is not actually a canyon, but rather a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to its geological structures, called hoodoos, formed from wind, water, and ice erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks.[1]
Base Station Genesis[]
SRPA Station Genesis is located in Bryce Canyon, which was the research site of a Chimeran tower (the Bryce Canyon Tower) and its preserved and imprisoned "Pure Chimera" creatures. Joseph Capelli was transferred to Station Genesis after being experimented in Project Abraham on November 2, 1950. On December 15 of the same year, SRPA relieved Kenneth Danby from Project Abraham and transferred him to Station Genesis to studying the age of the Chimeran tower.
When the Chimeran fleet invaded the United States on May 15, 1953 the Bryce Canyon Tower was activated by a Chimeran force led by Daedalus. Following Lt. Nathan Hale's rescue of Dr. Fyodor Malikov from Station Genesis, Bryce Canyon had completely fallen to the Chimera. During its occupation the Chimera have established and utilized a series of nuclear reactors surrounding the Bryce Canyon Tower as conduits for the other nearby excavated Chimeran towers.[2]
Later, SRPA forces along with Specter Team was tasked in containing the Chimeran forces in Bryce Canyon, as well in procuring the large amounts of gray tech components gathered in the region during Operation Crucible on May 24. The task force were also assigned to destroy the Chimeran nuclear reactors that would create a explosive chain reaction to destabilize all the connected towers within the region similar to Nathan Hale's actions in the Battle of London.[2] By the end of June 9, SRPA forces and Specter Team succeeded in containing the Chimera and causing the destruction of four neighboring Chimeran towers.[3] However, after Specter Team recovered the gray tech in Bryce Canyon to SRPA 11, the research team at SRPA 11 discovered that the recovered gray tech supports the theory of the Prometheus Weapon; furthermore, concluding that the Chimera were planning on assembling the weapon.[3][4]