Blast door map geography/Theories

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• The "SUBTERRANEAN CONDUIT?" between The Swan and the Black Rock may be the hole that Locke was almost pulled into by The Security System
• Cerberus is a code name for the smoke monster creature/mechanical contraption that is the security system. It is named after the three-headed dog of mythology that guards the gates of Hell.
• As confirmed in the Jigsaw Puzzle, CV stands for Cerberus Vent wich are underground tunnels used by the monster to travel on the Island.
  • The latin incription "A mouse does not rely on just one hole" seems to confrim this, the mouse being the monster and the holes being cerberus vent. The monster doesn't rely on only one vent, considering the following quotation: "Possible CV II - inactive since accident".
  • It is very likely that the hole Locke was dragged into in "Exodus" by the monster was a Cerberus Vent.
• Whether CV is virus or vent, we can speculate the following-

• CV I - The area right next to CV I appears like it was connected to the Lostaway’s station (The Swan). This would presumably be where the cement wall is located. If CV I is completely sealed from outside access, the map author may be using the description "CV I highly unlikely” because of the limited access.
• CV II - The text "possible CV II – inactive since accident" appears to indicate that CV II is inactive since the Incident. Also, on the map you can see "INACTIVE" written above the rectangle marked "CV II".
• CV III - This spot is marked right next to The Swan station with apparently nothing stopping it from accessing The Swan inhabitants. “Save Yourself from Hell” is written right next to CV III. The Cerberus of Greek legend guarded Hades or Hell. The countdown timer spelled “cause to die” in Hieroglyphs when the timer reached zero. CV III is the Roman numeral equivalent for 108—the same number on the station's timer—which is the sum of 4-8-15-16-23-42. Failure to Push the Button every 108 minutes may release whatever is in CV III and pushing it saves you from hell by keeping you from dying.
• CV IV - May be related to the “C4?” reference at 4:00 and indicates the mapmaker suspected a connection between this location and CV IV.

• The “C3?” reference at 2:00 would similarly indicate a connection to CV III. But wait! If CV III is controlled by the Lostaways at the The Swan then "C3?" would not have a connection. However, the latin line at “C3?” says “I think we're on the same wavelength” which could be indicating the two locations ARE connected and could BOTH control CV III. We KNOW the Station 3 Computer at The Swan is connected to another location on the island (Michael communicated with Walt). Perhaps Walt was located at the station indicated by the “C3?”

• There are more "CVs" on the island, but they weren't discovered.
• The ? that Locke and Eko find is not the center ? on the map, but a red herring. Note the writing next to the station marked 'c4?'. This would explain the rather mundane purpose of The Pearl.

• There is a second, smaller ? on the map between The Swan and the large one in the center.

The map Sayid stole from Rousseau could be compared with the station's map to better understand the Island's topography.

Identification of known Island locations

• The suitability/survivability of the midsection survivors' camp and an explanation for their apparent relative isolation can be gleaned from several notes near the "I am here" note:
  • It's designated as a possible recreation area
  • It's a low-priority zone for exploration
  • There are no safe locations for Dharma infrastructure
  • Large number of underground springs
  • It also seems to be surrounded on the "north" and "northwest" by the Cerberus system, which could be inadvertently protecting the Oceanic survivors from the Others.
• The location of the Black Rock (and apparently Magnus Hanso) and the identification of where "there be dragons" seems to roughly correspond with what Danielle called the Dark Territory
• The station at six o'clock on the map is The Swan, which the Oceanic survivors refer to as "the Hatch."
• The station at 10 o'clock on the map appears to be The Staff (a.k.a. Medical Station) with the caduceus logo, as visited by Kate, Danielle and Claire in the episode "Maternity Leave."
• The unknown station connected with lines to the Pearl and the Swan could be the location where Mikhail was discovered. later destroyed when Locke blew it up. We at least know for definite that this station is linked to the Pearl. Although as a communications station, it would make more sense if it were connected to all of them...
• Has similar geometery with Joop's webmaze

Henry's hand-drawn map might also be cross-referenced with the Blast Door map.

Stations

Main article: Stations

• Two of the stations might be underwater, underground, at a higher elevation, possibly planned but not yet constructed, or simply hypothetical, based on the use of dashed lines to draw them.
• There were originally seven stations, one of which (scratched out on the map) was destroyed (or per the map, "aborted") in "the incident."
• The station names may correspond to the elements or constellations of Apollo e.g. Crater, Cygnus, Ophiucus, Orion, Phaethon, Sagitta
• There was a crater on Danielle's maps of the island
• It seems possible that, since all the stations appear to be oriented toward the center of the island, that The Incident may have destroyed a central hub that controlled everything going on in the rest of the Dharma complex, creating the crater and causing the blockage of multiple escape conduits as noted on this latest map.
• An underwater station at the four o'clock position on the map, would be consistent with Sayid's discovery of the cable into the water in that area of the island. Scott Jackson was killed by an unknown person, persons or thing that attacked from the water, not through the jungle.
• Dr. Marvin Candle might be associated with Flame Station, given the link between candle and flame
• The octagon is drawn such that each vertex corresponds to one known, scratched-out, or dashed station. However, note that The Swan is the only station that corresponds to two vertices.
• The lines connecting the stations could be triangulation points used in determing their locations, but only if every station sends radio, or some other signals to all the other stations, because by knowing two station locations, one could then triangulate the exact location of any other station.
• The stations all seem to be the same size, except for the 2:00 unknown and the Staff, which both have a "room" of some sort connecter to the main circle area.
  • Note that the Swan station is considerably larger and more complex that any of the other stations. Does anyone know what each section of the stations on the show? The central circle is probably the room with the computer.
• By looking at the Swan station on the Blast Door Map that was found by Locke and Boone appears to be marked by "H2" suggesting that the other "H" notes on the map give the locations of other stations. This means that the Swan station originally had two hatch entrances.
• There are 8 stations all in all,( including the 2 unnamed stations and the hydra) because there are 8 sides on the Dharma symbol
• All eight stations have now been named, although the numbering is uncertain:

1(?) = The Arrow, 2(?) = The Staff, 3 = The Swan, 4(?) = The Flame, 5 = The Pearl, 6 = The Orchid, 7(?) = The Hydra, 8(?) = The Looking Glass

There is also the apparently false station located near the Others' fake camp, unofficially referred to as "The Door"