diff --git a/_maps/map_files/generic/CentCom.dmm b/_maps/map_files/generic/CentCom.dmm
index 7a30f4db42c..58432f0e08f 100644
--- a/_maps/map_files/generic/CentCom.dmm
+++ b/_maps/map_files/generic/CentCom.dmm
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@
 /area/centcom/central_command_areas/admin)
 "de" = (
 /obj/effect/landmark/start/new_player,
-/turf/closed/indestructible/start_area,
+/turf/cordon,
 /area/misc/start)
 "df" = (
 /obj/structure/table/wood,
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@
 /turf/open/floor/catwalk_floor,
 /area/centcom/central_command_areas/evacuation/ship)
 "fX" = (
-/turf/closed/indestructible/start_area,
+/turf/cordon,
 /area/misc/start)
 "fZ" = (
 /obj/effect/landmark/ctf,
diff --git a/code/game/turfs/closed/indestructible.dm b/code/game/turfs/closed/indestructible.dm
index ffb29140e42..bc8174a6faa 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/closed/indestructible.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/closed/indestructible.dm
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 /turf/closed/indestructible/splashscreen
 	name = "Space Station 13"
 	desc = null
+	baseturfs = /turf/cordon
 	icon = 'icons/blanks/blank_title.png'
 	icon_state = ""
 	pixel_x = -64
@@ -98,15 +99,6 @@ INITIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(/turf/closed/indestructible/splashscreen)
 	desc = pick(strings(SPLASH_FILE, "splashes"))
 	return ..()
 
-/turf/closed/indestructible/start_area
-	name = null
-	desc = null
-	mouse_opacity = MOUSE_OPACITY_TRANSPARENT
-	use_splitvis = FALSE
-	smoothing_flags = NONE
-	smoothing_groups = null
-	canSmoothWith = null
-
 /turf/closed/indestructible/reinforced
 	name = "reinforced wall"
 	desc = "A huge chunk of reinforced metal used to separate rooms. Effectively impervious to conventional methods of destruction."