O.V.E.R.

Oldbrush Valley Energy and Resources (O.V.E.R.) is a secret government facility with access to spacetime technology. Mike Walters is first assigned to O.V.E.R. in order to spy and carry out missions on behalf of the Arbiters. Other employees at O.V.E.R. include Hunter, Edgar, Marissa, Charlie, Ravi, Chance, and Shadow.

O.V.E.R. Locations & Security
O.V.E.R. is separated into three tiers of security, with Tier 1 being the outermost tier and the least restricted. Some of the cabins in Tier 1 are marked with red flags. These red flag cabins are considered off-limits to most employees.

Tier 2 houses computers containing the Security.exe program, which serves as an access point for spacetime technology. Mike Walters has used the Security.exe program to teleport a bear, Edgar, and a portion of the Pacific Ocean.

Tier 3 contains building 357A, a building core to the functioning of the Security.exe program.

The boulders
The boulders are a collection of large rocks within Tier 2 of O.V.E.R., next to a fence separating Tiers 1 and 2. Though the complete details of their intended purpose are still largely up to speculation, they are associated with the destruction of 357A. A code can be entered into a device port near the boulders through either a specialized device or, more crudely, using one's body to complete an electrical circuit.

Mike's first interaction with the boulders involved entering numbers taken from Ryan through repeated electrical shocks. This led the Flinchites to believe that Mike had access to the tool to insert codes in a safer manner. They also accused Mike of colluding to enter passwords simultaneously with another individual at a different site.

The Flinchites later forced Mike to record a tape instructing Edgar to take a device from the warehouse behind building 116E and connect it to the boulders. Mike first believed that these instructions were intended to be intercepted by the Arbiters, but this turned out to be deception on the part of the Flinchites, who did in fact send the recording to Edgar. Without correction, this would have resulted in Edgar's death.

Directed by a future Anne, Mike then broke into Tier 2 and destroyed the device port and power supply. However, these were both found to be undamaged the following night, when Anne, Edgar, and Mike entered Tier 2 to interrupt the Flinchites' and Arbiters' plans. During this event, Edgar was teleported away for a full year from his perspective, returning with Marissa through the Tier 2 fence. Edgar then interfaced with the boulders and transmitted data towards Tier 3. This, as he explained, somehow enabled or initiated the destruction of 357A.

The boulders became the target of a mission by early Base, which sent O.V.E.R. Mike to attach a device to the boulders so that Base could collect the transmitted data. During this mission, O.V.E.R. Mike was spotted by Ravi while traversing the fence.

Oldbrush Valley
Oldbrush Valley is a rural location with a history of violence. In the 1920s, it was used by criminals as a place to hide bodies, and in the present day it is known to be inhabited by bears.