Fontaine Research Institute

The Fontaine Research Institute of Kinetic Energy Engineering, often shortened to the Fontaine Research Institute or just the Institute, is an organization in Fontaine.
==Profile==
The Fontaine Research Institute is a research center dedicated to studying machines and energy. Many of its inventions benefit Fontaine, such as the clockwork mechanisms and kinetic cores created by their founder Alain Guillotin. Most mechanical inventions come from the Fontaine Research Institute. Unlike the Sumeru Akademiya, it does not exercise any administrative responsibility over the people of Fontaine or aim to educate.
According to Augustus Lovelace, it used to be a paradise for researchers until Raimondo and Choiseul took over, where afterwards the spirit of research at the institute has been in freefall.
One of the primary purposes of the research institute was to search for solutions to the prophesied flood that will dissolve the people of Fontaine and the researchers believed harnessing the energy of Arkhium to defy gravity was considered the key. Edwin Eastinghouse, a Senior Technician, created the Prototype Cal. Breguet series of Clockwork Meka to alleviate the water situation. While conducting his research, the field generator's Arkhium core , resulting in a massive explosion that leveled most of the institute, sending several giant blocks of Allogravity-Condensed Water Bodies and remnants of the old ruins in the sky.PlayStation.blog: Genshin Impact version 4.1: To the Stars Shining in the Depths out September 27
As a result of the disaster, the institute was forced to recollect and built a new location near the old ruins while maintaining what was not destroyed in the explosion. The Callas Line was also shut down.
According to Salsa, the Central Laboratory Ruins in the sky have been rebuilt and the Institute is "considering launching a "Ruins Tour" for outsiders". She also says that the currently used building is not as pretty as the ruins and that the Institute has "financial problems".
The Institute is fairly controversial in their own nation, as their lack of responsibility has often resulted in a lack of accountability and infamy; Elphane claims that an Institute Technician can drone on for a day without any relevant information or perspective, which she finds "ghastly". The Mekafish were also developed by the Institute to help clean Fontaine's waters, but they began killing fish as part of their cleaning tasks, resulting in Linorea holding a grudge against them for believing their nonsense.
During the events of Fontaine Research Institute Chronicles, the Traveler helps the institute. In the process, Nacker, a researcher who worked with Edwin, created a smaller explosion which Raimondo believed him to be attempting to sell and the Arkhium core for a fortune. Nacker's tampering also reactivated the prototype generator, which the Traveler managed to shut down and replaced them with inhibitors to help stabilize the Arkhium traces in the ruins, stopping it from exploding at any point for the time being. For their efforts, they were given the title of Honorary Senior Researcher, while Paimon was given the title Assistant to the Honorary Senior Researcher. They would eventually track Nacker down, who had acquired another benefactor named Concini. During their investigation, they also discovered that Edwin was also alive, both men trying to continue their research into Arkhium. Nacker's plans were eventually foiled and both men were brought back to the Institute, where they were subsequently fired and sent to the Fortress of Meropide.
==Members==
===Current===
* Anatole — Engineer
* Augustus Lovelace — Researcher
* Bottin — Research Assistant
* Bricole
* Broglie
* Chalmet
* Chisseray
* Choiseul
* Conjat
* Damestier
* Delerue
* Denichere
* Desnos
* Dupre — Research Assistant
* Fusilier
* Givalois
* Hautemontagne
* Heinry
* Honorine
* Joseph Diodenes — Senior Researcher
* Lanty
* Macadell
* Maillardet — Research
* Maurice Juglar — Department Director (Mathematics and Statistics)
* Paimon — Assistant to the Honorary Senior Researcher (As of the World Quest Series Fontaine Research Institute Chronicles)
* Patrice
* Raimondo
* Salsa's parents
* Sevigne
* The Traveler — Honorary Senior Researcher (As of the World Quest Series Fontaine Research Institute Chronicles)
* Refait — Senior Researcher
* Vuillermoz
* Xavier — Researcher
===Former===
* Alain Guillotin — Founder (Deceased)
* Mr. Bletchley
* Mr. Bossuet
* Bravais — Senior Researcher (Deceased)
* Butor (Deceased)Interactable: Announcement Concerning Personnel Changes
* Champvallon
* Clynes
* Colin
* Coutrot
* Delaroche
* Edwin Eastinghouse — Senior Technician (dismissed, subsequently fired)
* Estelle
* Fawitzki — Senior Researcher
* Genevieve
* Hugues
* Jurieu
* Lelienne — Engineer
* Lourvine
* Mosso Lombroso (Deceased)
* Nacker — Senior Researcher (fired)
* Mr. Poitier
* Rena
* Teilhard (Deceased)
* Yvette
==Known Departments==
* Advanced Artificed Technology Research and Development DepartmentArchive: Subdetection Unit
* Department of Statistics and MathematicsInteractable: Book Donation Statistics
* Natural Ecological Environment Monitoring Department (dissolved after the accident)
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==Navigation==
es:Instituto de Ciencias de Fontaine
ja:フォンテーヌ科学院