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The HIVE-13 Site Plan

This is the physical layout of the HIVE-13 facility — its wings, the flows that move people and material through them, and how the 12 zones are arranged from the public-facing apiary face to the restricted Hornet-Vault core. The plan is the static reference; the live schematic runs on the interactive Facility Map.

Doc Control HV-FAC-0003 Revision Rev A Effective 2091-01-01 Owner Director of Facilities Curated by MELISSA Classification INTERNAL // QUANTUM-ZONE-TASK-FORCE EYES-ONLY

Physical Layout

The HIVE-13 facility reads as a gradient: the public-facing apiary face opens onto production grids and the conservatory, the science wings hold husbandry and contained labs behind the first seals, and the field wing pushes craft and crews out to the perimeter. The restricted Hornet-Vault core sits deepest, isolated on its own services. The 12 zones below are arranged along that gradient — public face to vault core — with the wing, the adjacency or flow note, and the access rule for each.

Zone	Wing	Adjacency / flow	Access
`CC` Hive Command Core	Central spine	Hub between all wings; sightlines to apiary face and dispatch.	Open · badged
`GA` Apiary Grid A	Apiary face (public)	Public-facing production grid; feeds GB and the conservatory walk.	Open · badged
`GB` Apiary Grid B	Apiary face (public)	Second production grid, paired with GA; buffers GC breeding.	Open · badged
`GC` Apiary Grid C · Breeding	Husbandry wing	Behind the production grids; flows to QT for triage escalation.	Controlled · gated
`BF` Butterfly Conservatory	Apiary face (public)	Climate-held public walk off the apiary face; no onward flow.	Open · badged
`VL` Venom Extraction Lab	Science wing	Sealed lab adjoining CV; two-person draws, antivenom staged.	Contained · logged
`HV` Hornet Vault	Restricted core	Deepest zone, isolated; no shared adjacency — own service spine.	Restricted · two-person
`QT` Quarantine & Triage	Husbandry wing	Buffer between husbandry and the science wing; isolation cells.	Controlled · gated
`CV` Cryo Gamete Vault	Science wing	Sealed genebank beside VL; cryo plant on dedicated feed.	Contained · logged
`SB` Swarm Bay	Field wing	Craft hangar feeding DD; perimeter-facing for launch.	Controlled · gated
`NC` NectarNet Control	Central spine	Mesh control beside CC; backbone reaches every wing.	Open · badged
`DD` Field Dispatch Bay	Field wing	Perimeter egress; crew staging and field handover off SB.	Controlled · gated

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Site Flows

Three flows move through the plan, each pinned to a different wing and a different containment posture. They are kept apart by design so that a public visitor, a husbandry handler, and a field crew never share a corridor at the wrong tier.

🐝Public · Education

Apiary Face Flow

Visitors and badged staff enter at the apiary face — production grids GA and GB and the Butterfly Conservatory BF — and circulate on the open T1 floor. The flow dead-ends at the public walk and never crosses a controlled seal.

🛡Husbandry · Science

Husbandry & Science Flow

Breeding GC, triage QT, and the contained labs VL and CV sit behind the first seals. Handlers move from husbandry through quarantine into the science wing, each crossing a tier and a logged, gated checkpoint.

🚁Field · Dispatch

Field & Dispatch Flow

Swarm Bay SB stages craft and the Field Dispatch Bay DD handles crew launch and handover at the perimeter. The field flow runs along the outer edge so dispatch egress never threads back through the public or science wings.

Egress & Hornet-Vault core isolation. Egress is planned by wing: the apiary face exits to the public front, the field wing egresses to the perimeter through Field Dispatch (DD), and the science and husbandry wings fall back through their gated seals to the central spine. The restricted Hornet Vault (HV) is the exception — it sits in its own core with no shared adjacency, independent power, climate, and seal control, and a dedicated two-person egress that never routes through another zone. No flow crosses into or out of the HV core by convenience; entry and exit are Director-authorized and logged.

The live schematic — occupancy, seals, and interlocks — runs on the interactive Facility Map. Tier and access rules map onto the Hive Containment Level framework, and the procedures for every seal crossing live in the SOP library.

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