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Building 31 North is one of the few buildings on earth constructed under Class 100 standards:it is a structure that can withstand 1000 years of water submersion, among other durability metrics that should not be tested this side of Armageddon.

Sounds really cool, but that's not what Class 100 is. From Wiki.

Cleanrooms are classified according to the number and size of particles permitted per volume of air. Large numbers like "class 100" or "class 1000" refer to FED-STD-209E, and denote the number of particles of size 0.5 µm or larger permitted per cubic foot of air

I smell more than just a little embellishment.

The cool thing about artistic license is supposed to be the readers never see it. It's supposed to meld right into everything else.



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