The Hydra was a powerful radiostation housed at Camp X that recieved key intellegence information the Allies used during WW1. The transmitter came from a philidelphia radio station and was equppted with radio operators who worked else where in the camp. Hydra played a huge role in maintaining the flow of information from allied outposts in Europe and the UK. The allied messages were encoded to avoid enemy interception. Hydra was also equippted with a Rockex machine which, was developed by an engineer Pay Bayly that automated the encryption and decryption of messages.