Beverageer Division

The Beverageer Division was the research & development division at the Nuka-Cola Corporation.

Background
The Beverageer Division was a team of organic chemists employed by the Nuka-Cola Corporation, in order to develop new soft drink flavors and recipes. The team consisted of a core group of Beverageers (four at the time of the Great War) and a larger number of Junior Beverageers handling lower priority or less complex tasks. Their expertise led to the selection of Nuka-Cola Corporation as a chemical weapons developer.

Project Cobalt
When John-Caleb Bradberton formed a partnership with General C. Braxton to develop chemical weapons, Meacham and his team (Ruth Leavitt, Edmund Medford, Kevin Bennell) were provided with a cutting edge laboratory built into the foundations of the Nuka-Cola Bottling Plant to begin Project Cobalt.

Provided with a dedicated reactor and living quarters, it allowed the Beverageers to work around the clock. Work commenced immediately, although it had numerous failures. Attempts to achieve thermogenesis using radioactive isotopes were challenged by unforeseen side effects on top of simple failure to remain stable. Following experiences with toxic fumes, the Beverageers finally found a way to achieve semi-stable isotopes with sample M6N5-UD. However, it was Strontium-90 (sample Q4N7-UM) that was the breakthrough. Liquid at temperatures up to 127 degrees Celsius, stable and inert, but with radioactive thermogenesis capable of activation by manipulating the electron sub-field.

Version 0.245 of Q4N7-UM was selected as the basis for further weapons development, as a form of high explosive nitroglycerin. Meacham named the substance Quantum, after the sample identification code, and presented his testing to Braxton and Bradberton. The first accepted it as the basis for the Nuka-Nuke, the latter as a new flavor, Quantum.

Following these three weeks of constant work and laboratory experiments, the Beverageers were given vacation time, while Meacham pored over the data with the general and Bradberton. Project Cobalt was about to yield its first fruit. However, the purpose of the project and its military applications did not sit well with the best organic chemist on the team, Ruth Leavitt. She repeatedly voiced her concerns to Meacham. He was her mentor and idol until he decided to have the Beverageers research weapons of mass destruction. To appease her, Meacham placed Dr. Leavitt in charge of developing an isotope safe for human consumption. Eventually, she arrived at CE775, which would become the foundation Nuka-Cola Quantum. Her work would result in a drink that would become the corporation's next biggest seller, as indicated by the pilot program in Washington, D.C. However, as the Beverageers continued to focus on Project Cobalt, Leavitt decided to leave. She announced her resignation at the end of the month. When the Great War occurred, the automated safety systems engaged and the Beverageer lab was locked down. All the Beverageers were trapped within the facility.

Employees

 * Rex Meacham
 * Kevin Bennell
 * Dr. Medford
 * Ruth Leavitt

Appearances
The Beverageer Division is mentioned only $$.