The Tangle didn't emerge from design, but from neglect and suffering. It began when the Red Sun Dominion established Work Camp A2, prioritizing Osmium output above the lives of its laborers. Hastily constructed prefabs served as initial barracks, quickly falling into disrepair and proving utterly insufficient for the workforce.

The true genesis of this sprawling settlement, however, lies in a tragedy the Dominion meticulously erased from official records: the Sector Gamma mine collapse. A catastrophic failure, caused by a deadly combination of faulty equipment and relentless production quotas, buried dozens of workers alive within the tunnels.

Unwilling to halt the vital Osmium production for a recovery effort, the Dominion swiftly declared the area unstable and sealed it off, abandoning those trapped within. Left with nothing, the surviving laborers began to scavenge the debris field of the disaster, transforming their despair into action. They fashioned their first makeshift hovels from the very metal that had crushed their comrades, laying a grim foundation born of desperation and profound loss.

Over the years, this desperate act of survival grew, evolving into the sprawling, chaotic shantytown known today as The Tangle. It has become a semi-autonomous wound in the heart of the work camp, a place the Dominion guards patrol but rarely dare to enter. Here, black markets thrive, and whispers of rebellion, like those of Thorne Balesworth's insurgency, find fertile ground among the oppressed. To the laborers, The Tangle stands as a powerful symbol, representing both their profound oppression and their unbreakable, defiant will to endure.