* Rucks said himself that they can't test it, though, so perhaps the Mancers never realised it'd work that way. And they didn't have much chance to do extensive research what with the events leading up to the Calamity; time was running out as far as they knew, so they had to just strap on a prototype solution and set it running. Not to mention the rewinding of time was probably an afterthought; they didn't realise the thing was sabotaged and as far as they were concerned they were just going to wipe out the Ura scum - the potential to undo it wasn't the most important thing to them at the time. Which makes me think:

[[WMG: When Zia's father sabotaged the Calamity Cannon he also sabotaged the Bastion to stop the rewind feature from working correctly.]]
Judging by the beginning of New Game Plus mode, the rewind point starts just as the Kid is waking up in his bed, the time when the Calamity happens. We know her father was working for the Mancers who were also designing the Bastion if Rucks is to be believed. He sabotaged the Calamity Cannon out of a desire for revenge for what the Caelondians put him through, and if he knew they were also designing a failsafe to undo its effects, he'd most likely break that too so that his revenge couldn't be recovered from. Disabling it entirely would have risked drawing attention and made them avoid using the Cannon long enough to find his sabotage, so he just set it to only go back to just as the Calamity happened. This would work perfectly - not only would they not be able to do anything about it, but the people who had made him suffer would have to relive him killing them again and again, forever. Talk about a dish best served cold.

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