Like the Torchwood Three Hub in Cardiff, your base is built on or near a rift in space-time. This crack in reality sometimes opens up and vomits out strange alien creatures or energy fields. The presence of the rift puts your base on the front line in the battle to defend the Earth.

The Rift spits out weirdness and monsters on a regular basis. The Rift’s energies can also disrupt sensors and communications at inconvenient times.