Fallout 4: The Lies Behind the Cambridge Polymer Labs Project
The Cambridge Polymer Labs is a location in Fallout 4 that triggers a quest which involves completing an experiment to acquire a special piece of power armor. While the armor is no doubt useful for surviving in the wasteland, there’s a reason why this project remained unfinished.
Terminal entries and notes within the building reveal the tragic story of the Cambridge Polymer Labs project — as well as the deception that ultimately led to the working scientists’ demise. Taken together, it makes the Cambridge Polymer Labs and its brief quest one of the darkest that players can find in Fallout 4.
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The Cambridge Polymer Labs was founded in 2074 by three graduate students from the Commonwealth Institute of Technology: Jon Elwood, Ericka Woolum, and Wilfred Bergman. The year prior, they had been researching nucleostrictive and piezoelectric polymers, which got the attention of Colonel George Kemp of the US armed forces. Upon opening the company, the students were given a sizable grant by the Defense Experimental Research Project Initiative.
Jon took the role of Director, focusing on communication and public relations matters with the company’s clients. Meanwhile, Ericka and Wilfred worked as scientists and were more hands-on with contracts. It’s also worth noting that, at some point, Jon and Ericka got married, so Ericka changed her name to Ericka Elwood-Woolum.
From its foundation, the company fostered a strong relationship with the military and took on many of its contracts. One of the most notable projects involved the creation of a number of components that were used to build Liberty Prime. Meanwhile, its most recent contract was ordered by Kemp for the team to manufacture piezonucleic lining to
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