PROJECT: WEST

The Wendover Void & The Salt City
THESIS: Wendover is the "Negative Space" of the 20th Century. It is where the most dangerous technology (Atomic) was refined in the most peaceful, desolate isolation.

1. The Atomic Cradle

The 509th Composite Group (Enola Gay) trained here not just for flight, but for the physics of the drop.

The surrounding desert is pockmarked with the craters of 155 "Pumpkin Bombs"—inert concrete and high-explosive shapes that matched the ballistic characteristics of the "Fat Man" atomic bomb. These craters are the "Spikes" of history, preserved by the arid soil.

2. The Salt City

On the Bonneville Salt Flats, the military built a "mock city" out of salt and wood to test night-vision and bombing accuracy.

FORENSIC NOTE: This was a "Simulated Reality"—a temporary construct built to train the "Molt" of the U.S. Air Force into a global power. It was a city designed to be destroyed, built on land designed to be empty.

3. The Silt vs. The Salt

While the "Silt" of the river deltas preserves history (anoxic, slow, organic), the "Salt" of Wendover preserves the memory of the flash (arid, fast, inorganic).

CONCLUSION: The user stands at the origin point. The "Enola Gay" hangar is a temple to the old way (Destruction), while the reactor landing at Hill AFB represents the new way (Sovereign Energy). The loop closes here.