It contained a wide and formidable array of weapons, including pistols, semi-automatic rifles, bolt action rifles, assault weapons, shotguns, and grenades. A dirt road once ran to the Swan, or was in the planning stages of construction, based on a blueprint found in an overturned DHARMA-branded Volkswagen Type 2a. The item must be returned in new and unused condition. ("? Red hieroglyphics on a black background appeared where the minutes used to be and black hieroglyphics on a red background appeared where the seconds were. It seems likely that the Others were using the Pearl, in part, to spy on the castaways after their discovery of the Swan. The Purge then brought an end to the DHARMA Initiative. When Jack approached the door the key around his neck was attracted by the phenomenon and when Desmond walked by the door the fillings in his teeth hurt. DHARMA Initiative (1977-1992)Radzinsky & Kelvin (1992-2001)Kelvin & Desmond (2001- September 22, 2004)Desmond (September 22, 2004 - November 4, 2004)Oceanic Flight 815 Survivors (November 4, 2004 - November 27, 2004) ("The Variable")  ("Follow the Leader"), Jack, along with the other survivors, journeyed to the Swan construction site, leading to a gun battle with the DHARMA Initiative for control of the site. Inside the Swan was a series of blast doors designed to seal off the living space and the computer room during a lockdown incident. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. However, soon after the experiments began there was an "incident" and the following protocol has been observed: Every 108 minutes a button within the station must be pressed. Some of the dome panels were missing, revealing lighting behind them. At one point, Pierre Chang brought Miles and Hurley to the site where the Swan was being constructed. Pushing the button discharges the electromagnetic build-up that occurred every 108 minutes. Connected to the main living area was a pantry and armory. He planned to manipulate electromagnetism through experiments at the station, believing that the results would change the world. Along the wall between the entrance corridor and the living area was a large mural created by Desmond. There appeared, at one time, to be a means of access to the sealed-off area of the station, although this too was found to be blocked with concrete. Desmond had to activate the fail-safe device to save everyone, resulting in a massive discharge of electromagnetism — enough to launch the extremely heavy hatch door into the air and far enough to land on the castaway's beach camp. Why was the machinery discharging the pocket not automated? The new lighting revealed a large hand-drawn map on the blast door entering the living quarters. The Swan's implosion crater appeared somewhat different in ". Locke bolted shut the ventilation grate inside the armory to prevent anyone from getting in or out. The fail-safe device ultimately resulted in the implosion of the Swan and its complete destruction. Emma Swan was abandoned as a baby. The map appeared to be of the Island, supplemented with numerous equations and notations written in English and Latin. Due to Desmond's previous experiences, Daniel hoped that "the rules" wouldn't apply to Desmond, and left him instructions to find his mother. ("Some Like It Hoth"), The time-stranded survivors, ironically, may have caused the incident at the site referred to by Dr. Chang. In Lockdown, however, Jack and Kate discovered a recent parachute drop of DHARMA-brand rations near the Swan. Why was the failsafe not used from the start? The drastic shift in the magnetic field resulted in the discharge, the implosion of the station, and caused Desmond to temporarily shift in time ("Flashes Before Your Eyes"). Over the next several days, Ben was held prisoner in the now-barren armory. The painitng is lost, probably deliberately destroyed, and was last recorded in the French royal Château de Fontainebleau in 1625 by Cassiano dal Pozzo: When the timer reached one minute remaining, a second alarm sounded. Electromagnetic research, and later containment We will only find out if we were right that the Swan is Bella Thorne when she is unmasked. Along the wall of the dome was a sofa, a work desk with equipment, oscilloscopes, magnetic tape drives, and some kind of master control unit. Last seen However, it would appear the Pearl is the true psychological experiment. ("Do No Harm")  ("The Greater Good")  ("Born to Run") A later party consisting of Jack, Kate, Hurley, and Locke eventually succeeded in opening it, using dynamite obtained from the Black Rock to blow open the hatch door. He told the group that he shipwrecked on the island three years ago while on a solo sailing race around the world. 3 of 6 Locke, Eko and Desmond were inside the Swan during the fail-safe activation, but somehow they awoke out in the jungle and relatively unharmed. The orientation film that is shown to the survivors in the first hatch (The Swan). During the events of Live Together, Die Alone, Locke prevented Desmond from pushing the button. The bomb's contribution may have let the station serve as a dam to keep the electromagnetic radiation at bay. The hieroglyphics snapped into place one by one while a sound, like machinery powering up, was present in the background. The armory contained a variety of weapons and ammunition, including handguns, automatic rifles, shotguns, and a scoped rifle. ("Orientation")  ("Everybody Hates Hugo"), Adjoining the living space's lounge area was a gun vault. Lucius was lost in thought as he held his silently crying wife. ("?") A countdown timer located on the wall above displayed the remaining time before entry of the Numbers was required. This proved to be convenient, however, when the survivors came upon Ben Linus, who at that time was using the alias of "Henry Gale". “You can talk to me.” Tom suggested. While the telescope would be unaffected by the station's latent electromagnetism, the control panel operating the mirrors clearly would be affected. She obliged as Lucius gently caressed her forehead. Such a lockdown occurred in "Lockdown". Additional footage from the Swan's orientation video was recovered from the Arrow and spliced together with the existing film in What Kate Did. A garbled voice came over the Swan's speaker system and eventually began counting down. The reactor was tilted to one side, and was discharging arcs of electricity and a watery fluid. The door had a combination lock that was changed several times by Locke. Some of the rations inside included pork & beans, vegetable oil, olive oil, peanut butter, ketchup, apple sauce, vinegar, peaches, olives, potato chips, pasta, chicken, sausages, hot cocoa mix, and candy. perimeter of the room were various other machines, including mainframe computer components, reel-to-reel tape drive units, and two oscilloscopes. ("Everybody Hates Hugo")  ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2"), Both entrances provided access to a primary corridor running the length of the station. Not when there are things like this incredibly detailed playset of the legendary Swan station (aka. In 2010, Lorrie – who had lost 150 pounds herself in 1995- … ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2"), During "Lockdown", a lockdown incident occurred unexpectedly. The Swan. How did the DHARMA Initiative members such as Radzinsky survive the Incident and the possible blast from Jughead? The Swan is located about half a mile away from the caves used as shelter by the Oceanic survivors. ("Forty-Two"), The Swan also possessed a number of airducts and crawlspaces. 706 likes. Nine additional stations have since been visited over the series, each with its own particular logo associated with it: an octagon, simil… It was located in the southwest region of the Island, about a mile inland from the survivors' camp. Beyond the doors, a ramp led down a short distance to a pneumatic style door opening into an airlock. ("Live Together, Die Alone"), The Swan was completely destroyed, imploding in upon itself and leaving a gaping crater behind. ("Room 23"), At one point while Ben was being kept prisoner, the blast doors throughout the Swan lowered, trapping Locke. ("Lockdown") On one of the blast doors in the Swan, a small map showing the route to the Incident Room's entrance could be seen on the second spectrum. ("Follow the Leader")  ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2") Following the Purge, supply drops continued, and a computer under the Others' control accessed the Swan's. The Dharma Initiative placed nine known research stations around the Island (as well as the off-island Lamp Post), most of which take the form of hidden underground facilities or bunkers. He couldn't help but think about the day his little swan was born. The Architectural plans for the Swan Construction site set in He'eia Kea. In What Kate Did, Michael pointed out the blast doors to Locke. The Black Swan is a rebel group of elves, dwarves, and gnomes working together to improve their world. It's my understanding that the Swan hatch was built because the Dharma initiative drilled too far down and caused a leak of electromagnetic energy. The Swan The first station unveiled in Lost, the Swan is inhabited by Desmond and located by the Oceanic survivors when they find a man-made hatch in the middle of the jungle. ("Lockdown"), It later was revealed that a lockdown incident could be faked by the station personnel by touching two bare wires together from a console in the computer room. Enclosed in a geodesic dome, apart from the main living area, the computer room was where the occupants of the station would carry out the task of pushing the button. It was recommended that they work in alternating shifts in pushing the button. There was a fail-safe device to the timer located in the crawlspace underneath the geodesic dome. Nothing could be inputted into the computer terminal until there was four minutes remaining on the timer. Connected to the main living area was the living quarters. ("Some Like It Hoth")  ("Namaste")  ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2") When Daniel Faraday returned to the Island in 1977, he immediately warned Pierre Chang that continued drilling would lead to a release of highly unstable energy, causing the Incident. He continued to live alone for another 44 days before the survivors blasted open the Swan's hatch with dynamite. The DHARMA Initiative had originally designed the station to be a laboratory to study and manipulate the "unique electromagnetic fluctuations emanating from this sector of the Island," as described by Pierre Chang in the Swan orientation video. Station 3, or the Swan, is the third of six stations built by the DHARMA Initiative on the island. However, the events shown in Live Together, Die Alone prove that Henry Gale lied to Locke and he did in fact push the button. The orientation film associated with the Pearl states that the team members inhabiting the Swan were part of a psychological experiment. The Swan's orientation film claimed the station was built as a laboratory to perform experiments and conduct research into the unique electromagnetic fluctuations originating from the sector of the island where the Swan is located. Though DHARMA initially hid the station, security was lax, and construction required loud drilling and at least one road. She obliged as Lucius gently caressed her forehead. After the reunification of the tail section survivors and middle section survivors, Mr. Eko revealed a cut-out piece of the film to Locke, which he had discovered at the Arrow. A separate mirror was stationed at the foot of the shaft at an angle allowing the operator to observe the hatch opening far above. In the Season 2 DVD featurette "Secrets from the Hatch", Damon Lindelof described the Swan station: The function of the Hatch, what it is built for, is because there was this accident here. “With your wand still pointed at me? It was in the shape of a DHARMA symbol with a hinged lid. What was the purpose of the black lights? At least two active CCTV cameras were hidden inside the Swan and linked to the Pearl. Thus they built the hatch around it to suppress the energy build up every 108 minutes. After the Island's … Enter the numbers — 4 8 15 16 23 42 — every 108 minutes to save the world! Between 108:00 and 004:00, the timer only counted down by decrements of one minute. A huge magnetic force shook the station and yanked and twisted metal objects. However, access through the airlock was not possible during a lockdown as Eko had to climb out through the hatch shaft in Live Together, Die Alone. Main article: Rachel Blake In The Lost Experience, the same hieroglyphs as shown on the countdown timer were found in one of Rachel Blake's blogs. Libby at one point commented that the washer and dryer were newer than the rest of the appliances in the station. Number The orientation of the blast doors would seem to suggest locking the occupants of the Swan inside, but it was possible to get from the living quarters to the corridor, and thus the airlock, using the crawlspace as seen in Everybody Hates Hugo. “You are … Stuart Radzinsky, the station's designer, was running the protocol in the early 1990s, when Kelvin Inmanjoined him. Soon before main drilling began, workers stamped the station's hatch with serial numbers. Status A portion of the room has collapsed in on itself which presumably contained the doorway which led to the sealed doorways inside the Swan. designed by websitesarelovely flickr photos The Swan was an underground facility on the Island built by the DHARMA Initiative during the late 1970's. A lockdown could also be manually tripped from within the geodesic dome. It is unknown whether the Incident occurred in spite of or due to the execution of Faraday's plan. After the area was excavated for filming the incident and LA X part 1 the land was restored back to its original state. At least one CCTV camera was present inside the geodesic dome. Daniel devised a plan to retrieve the "Jughead" bomb and detonate it at the Swan construction site, his intention being to destroy the pocket of electromagnetic energy, thus preventing the station from being built and likewise preventing Flight 815 from crashing on the island. An operator could look through the telescope via the mirrors and observe all parts of the station. All that remains of the Swan … The two of them witnessed the stamping of the Numbers into the hatch door. They shut Eko from the computer room against his protests and let the countdown timer run down to zero, causing a system failure. The Malfoys stepped back. Locke told him that Desmond never mentioned them and they did not know what they were for. The car also contained the body of a DHARMA worker. The station was destroyed in a massive implosion after the utilization of a fail-safe device. They are the ones who created Sophie aka Project Moonlark. The Numbers were also imprinted on the outside of the hatch, apparently the serial number of the Swan station or possibly of the hatch itself. Just because LOST is over doesn't mean I need to accept it. The station's existence needed to be kept secret because The Truce explicitly forbade deep drilling. Notable exceptions where the Swan was instead referenced by its proper name: The "Hatch" nickname even extended to other DHARMA stations: Frequently in the Swan the strange humming of electromagnetic energy could be heard behind the wall. They assigned two men to the facility. ("The 23rd Psalm"). The remaining weapons were later stolen and hoarded by Sawyer, leaving the armory empty. "You are doing so well, Darling." In the center of the crater, Kate heard Juliet calling for help from beneath a twisted mass of metal. Upon awakening, the survivors found themselves around the implosion crater of the Swan, showing that Daniel's plan did not work and that Flight 815 had still crashed on the Island. Why was the ladder inside the shaft broken. The organization is led by a group of elves known as The Collective. This page has been accessed 20,547 times. The resulting discharge caused the entire station to implode. Situated in the middle of the room was the Swan computer, into which The Numbers had to be entered every 108 minutes, according to the protocol set forth in the Orientation film. In Lockdown, the blast doors came down. ("Exposé"), During the first season of Lost, one of the central plot lines was gaining access to the Swan, which the survivors referred to as "the Hatch". The recovered footage warned the viewer to only use the computer to input the code as that was its only function. Upon returning to the Island, he arrived at the Swan implosion crater. The aforementioned incident occurred due to a leak in the Swan's system, unleashing the electromagnetism being harnessed. On the ceiling near the armory was a blood stain from Radzinsky's suicide. The Swan was DHARMA Initiative station number 3. She regained consciousness at the bottom of the shaft, and despite her severe injuries, she was able to grab a rock and kept slamming it against the bomb until it went off. Along the passageway running from the airlock to the hatch shaft, near one of the doorways to the geodesic dome, there was a doorway. ("What Kate Did")  ("The 23rd Psalm")  ("Three Minutes") Walt's communication may have come from the Hydra, as it was known that the Others were keeping him there. However, after an "incident", a protocol was introduced in which two individuals manning the station would take alternating shifts pressing a button (i.e. At least two hidden CCTV cameras were active in this area of the Swan.