Beryllium Agitator

The Beryllium Agitator is a quest item

Background
Developed before the Great War by Mass Fusion in their Boston facility, the Beryllium Agitator was intended to cold-start a fusion reaction within the primary nuclear reactor on the facilities' sub-level 01. The research team was led by Dr. Noel Chandrich, and by June 2077, Kathy Hathaway came up with the idea of adding graphene to an alloy, which solved the project's longstanding shielding issue.

By July 2077, the team received increased pressure from executive Karl Oslow, who issued a deadline to get the Beryllium Agitator online by the end of the month. Final preparations for the event took place a week before the deadline, with the new graphene composite shielding being the last component added. While the deadline was met on time, Dr. Chandrich officially protested against accelerating the project's schedule. The Beryllium Agitator was tested throughout August 2077, it ran at peak efficiency while it also created the expected stable plasma reaction.

Dr. Chandrich became outraged after he found out that Oslow had planned to turn over the Beryllium Agitator to the military all along. Consequentially, his contract with the company was terminated by Oslow, and he was banned from the premises.

Characteristics
A device able to generate a considerable amount of energy, it is used to cold-start a fusion reaction within a reactor. Once the reaction is started, it acts like "a match igniting a campfire" and becomes self-sustaining.

Location

 * On the reactor sublevel inside the Mass Fusion building, only during the Institute quest Mass Fusion and the Brotherhood quest Spoils of War.