Outpost 61

Outpost 61 is a fictional location featured in the shared continuity known as the MonsterVerse. It appeared in the 2019 feature film Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

Description
Outpost 61 was one of sixty-seven scientific research and containment facilities maintained by the Monarch organization. It was located in the Yunnan Rain Forest in China hidden within an underground cavern behind a waterfall. This cave structure had been identified as the Temple of the Moth, and was the site of a giant egg containing the larval form of a Titan known as Titanus Mosura, aka Mothra.

History
The administrator of Outpost 61 was Tim Mancini. The outpost included a containment chamber that was built around a mammoth egg that contained a life form that had long remained dormant. In 2019, Mancini began registering activity coming from the egg. The activity sent seismic tremors throughout the surrounding area, including the temporary residence of Doctor Emma Russell and her daughter, Madison. The egg hatched and from it emerged a giant larval caterpillar-like creature - Mothra. Several of the station guards on hand panicked and began to open fire. Mothra defended herself, using non-lethal means to incapacitate her attackers.

Doctor Russell had co-designed a computer software program called ORCA, which used bioaccoustics to elicit a passive response in Titans. Upon activating it, Mothra calmed down to the point that Madison was able to approach it and touch it without fear.

Later, when the rest of the Titans of the world began to awaken and follow the lead of the Alpha Titan, Ghidorah, Mothra evolved into a flying insectoid creature. With her bio-luminescent wings, she emerged from the temple and flew off.

Staff

 * Emma Russell
 * Tim Mancini

Others

 * Madison Russell
 * Mothra

Other outposts

 * Outpost 14 - Philippines; Site of Dagon.
 * Outpost 32 - Antarctica; Site of Ghidorah
 * Outpost 33 - Skull Island; Site of Kong.
 * Outpost 54 - Bermuda; Primary HQ; Site of MUTOs corpses.
 * Outpost 55 - Arizona; Site of Scylla
 * Outpost 56 - Isla De Mara; Site of Rodan.
 * Outpost 58 - Rio de Janeiro; Site of Behemoth.
 * Outpost 67 - Munich; Site of Methuselah.

Appearances

 * Godzilla: King of the Monsters
 * Godzilla: King of the Monsters: The Official Movie Novelization