HalluciGen, Inc. (company)

	For the Fallout 4 location, see HalluciGen, Inc..

HalluciGen, Incorporated also known as HalluciGen, Inc. or HalluciGen was a pre-War company based in Boston.

Background

The company researched and developed biochemical technology for use by the United States Armed Forces and police forces across the country for riot and crowd control, in the wake of automation and Food Riots.^[2] Releasing HalluciGen Gas in 2055, HalluciGen aspired to be the world leader in cutting-edge nonlethal technology for police and military use.^[3]^[2] Despite hiring the Mesmetron lead designer,^[4] the company's success rate was low, with most of their products failing in testing. The company had a revenue of $1.1 billion and a net operating loss of $1.8 billion in the third quarter of 2077.^[5] The former Mesmetron researcher failed to meet expectations and after a string of catastrophic tests, they were fired on October 18, 2077.^[4]

HalluciGen was contracted by Vault-Tec to devise a chemical compound that could be used to manipulate the mood of the vault dwellers.^[6] Frederick Rivers also contacted HalluciGen for use of their compounds in use of constructing gadgets, specifically the Phantom Device that would release HalluciGen gas upon activation and frenzy anyone enveloped in the cloud.^[7]

Publications

“While other major corporations of the pre-War era went wide in their spheres of influence, HalluciGen specialized in a single area: biochemical research for less-lethal weapons. Founder and CEO Eric Rice’s goal was to turn the scrappy science firm into the world-leader in police and military gas weapons.

Although their main line of product—nonlethal means to end potentially fatal conflicts—seemed enlightened on its surface, the company’s procedures belied a more sinister corporate culture. Their human product testing was frequently conducted under deceitful, even deadly, circumstances, and in the event of a spill executives would be ushered to safety, the test subjects left to die.
By the time of the Great War, none of their research had reached full fruition, and the company posted a loss of $1.8B in their final shareholder statements. A crowd-control gas, meant to quell aggression in demonstrators and rioters, instead invoked terrifying hallucinations and a savage rage. A contract with Vault-Tec to build a mood-altering atmosphere additive never fully materialized and remained a disturbing rumor until the day the bombs fell.

After the War
Rumor and speculation are the rule for HalluciGen after the War. Explorers and scavengers sometimes report finding snippets of information in an abandoned facility, or suddenly feeling strange symptoms when breathing odd-tasting air. Sometimes these experiences are blamed on the HalluciGen boogey-man. Their stated goal was to learn how to poison the air, so if the air is poisonous, it must be their fault. Of course, very few rumors in the wasteland are entirely without some truth at their core…

One undeniable relic of HalluciGen, Inc is their headquarters building in Boston. This multi-level complex is said to hold plans, prototypes, and production models for conventional and chemical armaments. However, the on-site defenses remain active and rely primarily on those same frenzy-inducing compounds that ruined the company’s reputation in the 2070s.”— Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook p.230