[SPOILER] Plot Discussion Thread *Spoiler Alert*

[Alardem]

That may explain the enormous amounts of energy required

In the game we see analogue of the nuclear reactor, based on Compound X specs and when we go to restart it, we can literally hear these "radiation crackling sounds", just a bit altered:

The reactor complex when you first see it resembles a heart.

I kind of wish they furthered this theme of the Machine being a living being. The 'slaughterhouse' could have been a gigantic maw, but as it was it was a little underwhelming - I was hoping to literally end up on the conveyor belts as the concept art had suggested.