Talk:The Hydra

The Hydra Station exists? --dusuarez 10:19, 4 October 2006 (PDT)

There was a page for it before, but it was deleted because the info came from preview screenings. Now that it has been mentioned in a podcast I don't know if it still counts as a spoiler. --Minderbinder 10:26, 4 October 2006 (PDT)

The logo is seen in the third scene released, showing a glimpse of Sawyer's situation. [1] The first scene shows Jack waking up in some hatch, and the second shows Kate meeting Henry Gale for breakfast. --Fezir 10:48, 4 October 2006 (PDT)

On the podcast they joke a lot though so it still might not be true.--CaptainInsano

Well, it's here now. -Platypus Man | Talk 20:17, 4 October 2006 (PDT)

I just want to know why there is a table in the room that was used for housing sharks. Valenzetti 20:31, 4 October 2006 (PDT)

Anyone else thinking The Hydra may be the island's zoological research station? The animal enclosures, feeding systems, and all the ambient animal sounds in the area seem to fit the bill. Sam 00:01, 5 October 2006 (PDT)

i think its a room used for treating and working on the animals... can be flooded enough to allow work on the animal and restrain them with the chains. --MRNasher

The Hydra is mentioned in the Constellations theory. Any thoughts?Dchapii 20:38, 4 October 2006 (PDT)

I will try to make a logo for the hydra.

Can you help me with this picture I can't get it to work.

Aquarium?

Why would there be an intercom inside of an aquarium? --Doc 11:22, 5 October 2006 (PDT)

Im not sure what your question means, but would it be a common sense to have an intercom below water in order to commuincate with people above water? --    Nusentinsaino     talk    contribs    email   2:44 PM, 5 October 2006 (EST)

Yes, but the intercom shown looked like a standard office job, not a hydrophone. It would have shorted out if put under water. --Doc 12:03, 5 October 2006 (PDT)

I assume the intercom was either intended to be used when no water was in the tanks, or was in the section that wasn't supposed to be filled with water, where the people would stand and observe. --Minderbinder 15:00, 5 October 2006 (PDT)

Are the cages part of the Hydra?

I'm not convinced that the Zoo facilities and other above ground buildings we've seen are part of the hydra. What is the evidence that they are? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Uth (talk • contribs) .

One of the above ground buildings has the hydra dharma logo on it. --Minderbinder 14:58, 5 October 2006 (PDT)

How about the shower room?

I was under the impression that it was in the above-ground complex, but I may have been wrong... --Mighty Rearranger 15:14, 5 October 2006 (PDT)

• Yes, I think so. There are windows with light coming in and you can see the shadows of trees blowing in the wind. That way we know it's not artificial light like in the Swan. --Fezir 23:45, 6 October 2006 (PDT)

Why is it in the show

Can't help but wonder if the Hydra was created because of the 'shark logo' snafu and the insistance that the cable on the beach lead to an underwater hatch (personally i still think the cable was just part of the trap.. it was too lazy a thing for a loose cable to be just left exposed and broken on the beach.)

Another by-the-by I guess the drips that Jack tasted were salt water and thats why he spat them out. --MRNasher

Ethan

Ethan came from the water, when he killed one from the survivors (that's when he wanted to kidnap Claire second time) Gregul 02:43, 6 October 2006 (PDT)

Aquarium?

What if that room is not specifically the 'aquarium' Jack was talking about. In that scene you can hear what is possibly dolphins or orca sound effects.. So they are nearby or below the large containment tanks. I would have guessed that the chains above him are for assistance with lifting sick dolphins onto the treatment table. That would also explain the airlocks corridors that can be filled with water. When an animal is sick, or due for treatment, you half fill the corridors with water and guide the animal into the treatment room. Then while it is being treated it can easily be kept submerged for its own comfort while under observation.. Just a thought..

Just another mind-game.

When the water floods in its obviously under some sort of pressure or weight against the door.

Ben states that they will die if its opened. But they didn't. Didn't even seem to come close to dying.

Famously you can only close a door under the pressure of water once you have equalised the pressure on both sides (why you cant open a car door under water until the car is flooded to the level of the door)

So did Ben turn off the water so it could be closed?

The more i think about it the more i think it was a set up to give Jack some hope of escape and dash it. It certainly helped break him by the time Juliet started he next session with him.

The trick of getting Jack to press the button was good.. distracted him enough for a sucker punch. I tprobabvly either drains the water or does something that has nothing to do with the water situation.

--MRNasher

Purpose of the facility

I was wondering. We have had some clues (through the Lost Experience) as far as I know concerning regeneration and/or manipulation of aging. What if this hydra station (with its reference to regenerative creatures) has that as its main purpose. That is why that orangutan doesn't age, and why we see Marvin's arm move in the second video (seemingly much more recent). Maybe they were testing regeneration and age manipulation on animals first. --Inniscor 10:23, 6 October 2006 (PDT)

Merge

I'm hoping for a merge with Cage. That other article was written before the season premiere, one of the reasons I think these kinds of things should be started after the show only, and things become clarified. The cage is in the aboveground section of The Hydra (as indicated by the logo just outside the cage). If it's merged, "Cage" will just redirect here. --PandoraX 10:45, 6 October 2006 (PDT)

Merge Makes sense, right now it's mostly redundant info. --Minderbinder 12:44, 6 October 2006 (PDT)

Merge Well, it's part of The Hydra, I say merge just like we did with The Staff. --Gateboy42 17:05, 6 October 2006 (PDT)

Merge Same place, same article --NSHS07 19:02, 6 October 2006 (PDT)

Merge from me as well, at least until we find out more about all of the cages...--MightyRearranger 19:18, 6 October 2006 (PDT)

Do not merge: are the cage and the hydra station the same thing? nope. cage should be a disambig page (we have three cages in s03e01.), and hydra should contain a link to jack's cage or similar, imo. --kaini. 19:39, 6 October 2006 (PDT)

But the cages are part of The Hydra. If we linked to them, we'd also have to create pages for the aquarium, shower room, DHARMA water etc... without knowing their full importance as of yet. I think we should hold off on these items until at least the third episode.--MightyRearranger 19:51, 6 October 2006 (PDT)

Do not merge: The Hatch, Swan Computer, Gun vault, and Blast Door Map are all part of the Swan but they all have their own articles. I think we should wait and see if anything more develops with the cages, or perhaps turn the article into an above ground section of the Hydra. Paladine 07:55, 7 October 2006 (PDT)

Merge the heck out of it.--Ohmyn0 23:20, 6 October 2006 (PDT)

Merge--CaptainInsano 08:10, 7 October 2006 (PDT)

Merge (but keep the name 'The Hydra') and add an overall map. I could see creating sub-pages for the sections of this large location. —Dmuk § 13:06, 7 October 2006 (PDT)

Station Number

The Hydra is Station 5. Evidence of this can be seen at http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/galleries in Season 3, picture #41. Ben is standing in the area where Jack is being held, with the numeral 5 clearly stenciled on the wall behind him. PrimaryTyler 01:01, 7 October 2006 (PDT)

The Pearl is station 5. --The Smiley-Faced Balloon 02:01, 7 October 2006 (PDT)

Well, we have the Arrow as 1 (Possibly), Swan as 3, Flame is likely 4, and Pearl is 5. So that leaves 2 and 6. Juding by the appearance of the station, i'd say this is 2. --Gateboy42 04:57, 7 October 2006 (PDT)