what’s in a name?
here is the silly little backstory I wrote a few years ago to accompany the eponymous DOOM map which this blog is conveniently named after. The obvious play on words is apparent (fear = phobia = phobos, complex = large building).
During the construction of UAC Phobos, Complex 242 served as site headquarters, housing the many crewers, engineers and scientists working on the project at the time. As a result, the complex has its own integrated nuclear waste facilities, labs, computer core, and hangar.
Upon completion of UAC Phobos, official operations were moved to their respective on-site locations one standard kilometre south of Complex 242, but the Corporation chose not to decommission the place, most likely due to its ability to function self-sufficiently.
At the time of the demonic invasion, Complex 242 was still in use as a secondary scientific outpost and garrison. Due to the number of demons loose within the complex itself, it was suspected that additional covert Gate experiments were being conducted there in the weeks prior to the invasion.
All attempts at infiltrating the overrun complex have failed so far. The situation is bad enough that military commanders have re-named the outpost ‘Fear Complex’, if not just due to the reason that the mere mention of the place is enough to make hardened grunts cower in dread.
After so many failed attempts, the brass couldn’t find anyone else crazy enough (or alive) to try and clean the place out, so you (and your squad) volunteered. Naturally.
“fear complex” is also a term used in psychoanalysis to describe an irrational ‘fear of fear’, i.e. a phobia of impending doom which is at the same time statistically unlikely. One readily apparent contemporary example is a fear of terrorism.
Oh ok, so how does it apply in context to some random interweb blog? Or did you just choose the name because it sounded mysterious and cool?
The fear represents an innate personality disorder (paranoia), and my mind is the complex.
If that’s too hard to understand, or you’re suddenly thinking it’s way too contrived, you may as well run with the “mysterious and cool” answer.
welcome to mine own 
