Mass Bay University

'''Mass. Bay University''' was a pre-War university located at the present ruins of University Point.

Background
Professors such as Stuart Campbell were employed at the institution. Campbell was brought on not for academic pursuits, but for his contacts in the private sector and access to research grants. It was a profitable arrangement at first, but what Patterson failed to account for was that Campbell was well aware of that and structured his contract not just to guarantee tenure, but also to give him autonomy and independence.

When the military contacted Campbell regarding his energy research, he wasted no time arranging for a research grant and aid in constructing a laboratory beneath the administration building, leading to a long-running feud between him and the dean.

On October 23, as students Leslie Mathews and Curtis Marsh were presenting their findings to Sergeant Rivera, the team's point of contact, the nuclear attack on the United States began. The sergeant left the laboratory to investigate, asking the young researchers to stay behind until it was safe. He did not return, and Campbell, originally scheduled to arrive around noon, never reached the laboratory. The two researchers stayed underground for the next several weeks, ignoring the explosions continuing above ground. To pass the time, they focused on their research, tightening the electron beam on the laser using modified parabolic reflectors. The stocks of food and water kept on site by Campbell helped, allowing them to survive for weeks.

Finally, several weeks after the Great War, the two managed to tighten the wavelength down to around 75 nanometers and achieve an impressive capture rate and tremendous power capacity for each of their prototypes. At that point, however, they were already out of food and almost out of the water, forcing the researchers to abandon the lab, after exchanging marriage vows. They left their creation (prototype UP77 "Limitless Potential") behind in the safe.

Characters
Category:Mass Bay University characters, 3

Appearances
Mass. Bay University is mentioned in Fallout 4.