Chimeran Tower

A Chimeran tower is a monumentally large structure once thought constructed by the Chimera. In the Somerset Level of Resistance: Fall of Man, it was discovered by Nathan Hale and Steven Cartwright that the Chimeran towers are actually excavated from the ground. The Towers were constructed during the Chimeran occupation of Earth 60 million years ago, and have become and remained buried after the Chimera's disappearance from the planet.

Resistance: Fall of Man
During the Bracknell level, Hale enters and subsequently escapes tower C-03 on his way to London.

Use and Construction
Chimeran towers serve as large land bases that house considerable defense forces and serve as the production location of larger strains of Chimera such as Titans and Widowmakers. As Henry Stillman reveals in his final broadcast, when the Towers are excavated, they telescope out of the ground and rise above the surface, explaining how they can tower above the city skylines despite being excavated from underground. They appear to be folded up. The towers in Resistance 2 have an extremely tall extension at the top, while the rest of the tower seems to have opened up to allow it into the sky. This may indicate that the towers seen in Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance: Retribution are not yet fully activated.

The true purpose of the Chimeran towers was not made clear in Resistance: Fall of Man. However, in Resistance 2, more clues are revealed. When a tower is activated (by Daedalus in Resistance 2), it releases a beam of energy directly into the sky. The Chimeran fleet is able to harness this energy. Exactly what happens next is unclear, but the fleet is then able to harness this energy and amazingly teleport the entire planet Earth to a new location.

Known Tower Locations

 * Chicago, Illinois, USA (Active)
 * Holar, Iceland (Active)
 * Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA (Active)
 * Paris, France (Destroyed)
 * Bonn, Germany (Destroyed)
 * London, Britain (Destroyed)
 * Bracknell, Britain (Destroyed)
 * Warsaw, Poland (Destroyed)
 * Somerset, Britain (Destroyed)
 * Nottingham, Britain (Destroyed)
 * Chicxulub Crater, Mexico (Unknown)
 * Marble Canyon, Arizona, USA (Active)
 * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Active)
 * Grand Junction, Colorado, USA (Active)
 * Rapid City, South Dakota, USA (Active)
 * Sapporo, Japan (Destroyed)
 * Gerolstein, Germany (Active)