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Shades of gray
Actually, an underwater super secret lair doesn't fit with the whole FI mindset. Perhaps FI begins with the UNA attacking the Vendetta underwater and the gang escaping?
I think it does. It's not like the Vendetta can move.
Perhaps the "Central Engineering" portion (Inc Dettaburger) is capable of detatching from the rest of the structure, and is currently hiding at the bottom of Mesa Canyon, near the place where the Strembler Expedition found the Pre-Cataclysm technology that led to Schitzotech's scientific revolution.
Edit: OR! They are hiding in
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Skornbail! Specifically, the parts of it where the Vendetta was origionally designed and built