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Cambridge Polymer Labs

Cambridge Polymer Labs or Cambridge Polymer Labs, LLC is a location in the Commonwealth in Fallout 4.

Background

The pre-War company contracted with the United States military and specialized in robotics.[1][Pub 1] Employment benefits included "competitive salary, health coverage, accidental death coverage, and two weeks paid vacation."[2]

It was founded by Jon Elwood, Ericka Elwood-Woolum, and Wilfred Bergman in 2074 to research experimental smart materials that could be used to enhance the functionality of existing suits of power armor.[3] This endeavor was made possible by a grant from Defense Experimental Research Project Initiative, managed by Col. George Kemp.[3] Research conducted in the labs resulted in several components used in the Liberty Prime project that led to the successful defense of Anchorage.[3]

Great War

During the Great War, the laboratory building was not bombed. Elwood issued an e-mail to the team, stating that if the project was successful, the military would extract them. He had not spoken to his military contacts, as all external connections were destroyed by the electromagnetic pulse.[4][5][6]

The team continued their attempts to produce a working prototype, but a combination of various factors, including Elwood's injuries and the deteriorating mental state of Wilfred Bergman resulted in the project's abandonment. On January 16, 2078 at 4:17 AM, Bergman triggered the automated defenses, causing the deaths of lab personnel.[7][8][9]

Publications

This laboratory was a research facility looking into the development of Smart Materials to convert radiation. It appears to have suffered a catastrophic failure after the bombs fell.

Perhaps you heard the radio advertising new and exciting opportunities in this field of research?

As you enter, a robot asks whether you’re interested in becoming a researcher. Accept the position after a talk, if you wish. Take the orientation or ignore it. Enter the clean room, after which you’re sealed inside. You’re forced to complete either of the following objectives. Beware of Feral Ghouls.
Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Map

Initiatives

Layout

Main lobby

When first entering the polymer labs, directly to the left is the orientation room, where Molly briefs visitors on a job acquired in the quest Cambridge Polymer Labs. Before entering the orientation room, the restrooms are located to the right, and to the right lies a passage that leads to the clean room and allows access to the rest of the facility. Behind the desk is a storage area, and a door to the right leads upstairs to additional storage areas and offices. In the center of the second floor is the director's office, including a terminal providing exposition on what happened directly before and during the Great War.

Research area

The Piezonucleic Power Armor is created by combining "U-238" with "Sample 611 Gold" and "Sample 3111 Lithium hydride." On the first floor and second floor of the research labs, several numbered chemical sample containers can be found. A glowing one is located behind a quarantine door, which must be overridden before it can be accessed for the sample of U-238 stored inside. Immediately upon proceeding past the decontamination room is the primary lab where the "polymer coating applicator" is discovered, which is used to combine the various polymers and isotopes found throughout the other labs.

From room C1, a passageway provides access to the ventilation pipes leading to the other side of the research area and to the locked room C3 where the radioactive containment password is stored. At the end of the ventilation system, skeletal remains are discovered.[13]

Employees

Loot

  • Massachusetts Surgical Journal issue #15 - In the director's office (Master locked door) on the second floor, next to a computer terminal, in which the key to the room can be obtained from Molly.
  • Vault-Tec Lunchbox - When entering the building, head straight back to the wall and on the right, it can be found on the counter.
  • Piezonucleic power armor - Reward for completing the experiment.
  • Hazmat suit - In the southwestern-most room, left of room C4.
  • Fusion Core - In the west corner of the director's office, second floor within a display case.
  • Research Samples.
Samples
# Name ID
11317 Hydrochloric Acid 0009BC88
3111 Lithium Hydride 000A50F7
413 Gallium 000A018C
49 Cobalt 000A0190
611 Gold 000A50F5
65 Tungsten 000A018E
    • Unidentified sample 49 - Second floor, room C1 on the east catwalk, on the desk with the skeleton.
    • Unidentified sample 611 - Second floor, near west catwalk, on the desk next to the active computer terminal.
    • Unidentified sample 11317 - In the first room of the research area on the polymer coating applicator machine.
    • Unknown sample 3111 - In the same room as the hazmat suit (just south of room C4).
    • Unidentified sample 413 - In the first-floor room (room C4) directly across from the room with the polymer coating applicator.
    • Unidentified sample 65 - In the northwestern-most first-floor room, accessible through the room with unidentified sample 413.
  • U-238 can be found in the isotope containment chamber, which can be unlocked via the terminal in C5 (which can be accessed via room C4). The isotope containment chamber is the room immediately to the left of room C2, or rather it's the room immediately to the right of the staircase if facing the said staircase. Across the radioactive waste there is a shelf that contains a single test tube in a rack which is the U-238 sample.
  • Suicide note - Next to a skeleton on the second floor in the research area.
  • Radioactive containment password - A holotape on the counter in room C3, which gives access to the isotope containment terminal in the room below it, C5.

Related quests

  • Cambridge Polymer Labs: The Sole Survivor gets trapped and has to find a way to escape the laboratory in one piece.
  • Underground Undercover: After the Sole Survivor gets into the Institute, the Railroad wants them to make contact with an anonymous person inside, nicknamed Patriot, who has been helping synths escape.
  • Pest Control: Dr. Binet of the Institute's Robotics division asks the Sole Survivor to eliminate some feral ghouls that are causing problems for a synth scavenger team.

Notes

  • Depending on the answers given in Molly's hiring interview, different items will be received respective to the job given in response. The janitor will receive a jumpsuit and a mop, sales will receive a dirty tan suit and a pen, research personnel will receive a lab coat and battered clipboard, and security personnel will receive dirty army fatigues, patrolman sunglasses, and a baton. If the speech check is failed, the lab assistant position will be given, offering a lab coat and a battered clipboard in return.
  • During random encounters, eyebots can be met outside of the facility by playing recordings of recruitment ads for the labs.

Appearances

Cambridge Polymer Labs appear in Fallout 4.

Bugs

PCPC Playstation 4Playstation 4 Xbox OneXbox One Sometimes after dropping a research sample using console commands, there is a chance that it will de-spawn and be replaced with a floating object labeled "NONE."

Gallery

References

  1. P.A.M.: "Preliminary analysis complete."
    Desdemona: "Anything we need to move on?"
    P.A.M.: "Affirmative. Code name Patriot requires admin credentials for Code Defender security software. Cross-indexing CIT Security Administrators with 2077 Commonwealth Census Records. Filtering by surviving structures. One match found. Bergman, Wilfred. Bergman, Wilfred registered as co-owner of Cambridge Polymer Labs. Estimated 81% chance of login credentials being located at this facility."
    Sole Survivor: "What's at Cambridge Polymer?"
    P.A.M.: "Cambridge Polymer Labs, LLC had several active military contracts. Specializing in robotics. The region is currently classified as "Extremely Dangerous"."
    Desdemona: "After you get the password report back here. With any luck, we'll have a game plan by then."
    (PAM.txt, Desdemona/Dialogue)
  2. Molly: "Employment benefits include competitive salary, health coverage, accidental death coverage, and two weeks paid vacation."
    (Molly (Fallout 4)/Dialogue)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Molly: "The genesis of Cambridge Polymer Labs lies in the research of a group brilliant graduate students. Jon Elwood, Ericka Woolum, and Wilfred Bergman met during their time together at CIT. This slide shows them at their graduation. Their research into nucleostrictive and piezoelectric polymers caught the attention of Col. George Kemp in the fall of 2073. In the spring of 2074 the company was founded, with a generous grant provided by the Defense Experimental Research Project Initiative. The research produced here has resulted in several of components used in the Liberty Prime project that led to the successful defense of Anchorage. The company enjoys a strong relationship with the military and welcomes your addition to the research team that helps build a better America."
    (Molly (Fallout 4)/Dialogue)
  4. Cambridge Polymer Labs terminal entries; Director's terminal, It was a warning
  5. Cambridge Polymer Labs terminal entries; Bergman's terminal, [J.Elwood] - Mandatory Overtime
  6. Cambridge Polymer Labs terminal entries; Ericka's terminal, [J.Elwood] - Confidential
  7. Cambridge Polymer Labs terminal entries; Director's terminal, Ericka, please read
  8. Cambridge Polymer Labs terminal entries; Director's terminal, [E.ElwoodWoolum] - Are you there?
  9. Cambridge Polymer Labs terminal entries; Ericka's terminal, [W.Bergman] - I'm getting us out
  10. Cambridge Polymer Labs terminal entries; J. Elwood - Mandatory Overtime
  11. Molly: "Have you completed the research on the Piezonucleic Lining Project?"
    (Molly (Fallout 4)/Dialogue)
  12. Molly: "Sir, wonderful news. The Nucleostrictive Plating Project has finally produced a working prototype."
    (Molly (Fallout 4)/Dialogue)
  13. Suicide note
Publications
  1. Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide p. 407: "This laboratory was a research facility looking into the development of Smart Materials to convert radiation. It appears to have suffered a catastrophic failure after the bombs fell."