The Sun Box

The Sun Box is a piece of CIA technology that originated in one of CIA Agent Claire Madison's Omphalos vision. The box is a six foot cube that is black on the outside and glows white on the inside.

Function
As demonstrated by the rat dream incident, the box appears to project its contents into dreams. It is unclear if this affects only the dreams of the citizens of Devils Lake, or if the effect is wider-reaching.

Use in Flashbulb Initiative
As part of the Flashbulb Initiative, CIA lab technicians are ordered to disassemble the box and reassemble it inside-out. Lab tech Shayna Hutton objects to this, arguing that no one knows what activating the Sun Box in such a condition will do and points out that the lab rat they tested the device on died. Ericka Keane points a gun at Shayna and says that she has been tasked with completing the Flashbulb Initiative by any means necessary. Shayna, frightened by Ericka's uncharacteristic violence, reluctantly proceeds. The intended goal of turning the Sun Box inside out is not clear. Ultimately, Ericka disappears into her office and Shayna is left unsupervised. Shayna decides to leave the North Dakota Black Site, but as she drives home she keeps glancing up at the purple static of the Maurisuvius Rift engulfing the sky with increasing worry. She pulls off the road and turns her car around to return to the Site. The final shot of the Sun Box in the series is of Shayna standing at the controls, struggling with whether or not to follow through with her original orders and activate it. We do not see what she decides.