It's the core that powers the facility

We already have 2 Caldari outposts (orbital artillery and biomass). Minmatar and Amarr ones should take priority since they currently have none. That will be the 3rd Caldari outpost, CCP really loves Caldari

This outpost is my favorite, like I have said before, lots of indoor chokepoints, and multiple floors on the outside. A little bit of Seine Crossing mixed with Quake deathmatch feeling.

My Plasma Cannon and I look forward to this!

So I was taking a gander at this 1.4 blog and was thinking, "ok, so this might be cool, fighting in a laboratory-esque battleground, that'll be refreshing to see something other than cargo containers and the occasional console."

Then I read this part: Main Research Facility and Administrative Offices: The lower floor of this area contains the storage depot, where incoming supplies are delivered and stored until needed. The upper floors house administrative offices and micro-labs, which are locked down and inaccessible while under attack.

Nevermind, just more cargo containers.

Making a laboratory based battleground that, "should look and feel like a real working laboratory, the sort filled with people in lab coats."

LOLNOPE. Have some more cargo boxes.

But is there anything in the map that actually points out to the player saying, "Hey, this is a science facility! Look over here, this stuff is all scienc-ey, it's where people do science!" or is it gonna be a series of corridors and rooms with maybe a few consoles and placards on walls next to closed doors saying they're science rooms while possibly, (hopefully) making a Portal reference or two.

Sure, it looks all futuristic in it's aesthetic design, and if it were thrown into the BF3 map pool you could probably get them to think it was a science facility without much else.

But here's what I'm concerned about: It's no more science-ey than any other installations in Dust. It really to me just doesn't stand out or look like a science installation any more than say Communications or Biomass. There's nothing here that -really- contrasts against anything else in the game.

Throw in a CQC section or two that are clean rooms rather than just having signs on the wall saying LAB:01and we'll be in business.

I'm just saying it's rather disappointing to be told, "Yeah, this is a science facility, you just have to imagine that science goes on behind those closed doors over there that say 'LAB:01'. Now go take cover behind those crates."