Eclipse Research Laboratories

**Eclipse Research Laboratories** is the research and development agency and is a branch of the Eclipse Military established by Anakin Jenkins Fall I on April 5th, 2020 in order to advance the technology used by the Eclipse Empire, and later the Eclipse Federation after its reorganization in 2254. The branch operates two security divisions separate from Eclipse Security Forces. Many of its activities are kept classified from the public eye with only the Clan President and their chosen aides knowing the true nature, however, only a few of its activities considered not controversial are public, mainly to draw praise.

Eclipse Research Laboratories frequently collaborates with the Zerahian Scientific Division in several projects, as the Fall bloodline has been close friends with the government of Zerah, particularly the Varanee Clan.

## History

### Formation

Founded by Anakin Jenkins Fall I, the agency served as the research and development branch in order to advance the technology used by the Eclipse Military and to develop new technology, including military war machines, weapons and equipment. The agency's first Director was an old friend of the Clan President and was considered an elder as they were 61 years old. In 2022, this Director had been killed under mysterious circumstances and in their place, Heinrich Von Richtofen was appointed as their successor. Heinrich promised Anakin Fall that the agency would expand to greater lengths.

The Research Laboratory Cabinet was formed and filled with a number of individuals whom Heinrich appointed personally to aid him in running and coordinating the agency; this cabinet became the branch's sole body of leadership.

### TITAN Project Conception

In March 2022, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Wilhelm Schultz began developing a serum, one that would physically and genetically strengthen an individual injected with it, and chose the Blackwing Research Facility as his main headquarters for this development. Dr. Schultz did not reveal his work to Heinrich until he had gotten to a stage where it would be presentable. Starting in October 2022, Dr. Schultz began human trials for his serum, which went under the name "TITAN". Because he still felt that it would be imperfect, he only accepted test subjects that were completely healthy and declined those with the slightest bit of unhealthy history such as drug abuse and the like.

By February 2023, Dr. Schultz had conducted several tests on volunteer subjects from the Eclipse Military's branches; namely the Army and Marine Corps. The 1st strain killed 24 test subjects out of 30, the 2nd killed 15 out of 30 test subjects and the 3rd killed 9 test subjects out of 30. Their deaths were covered and listed the deceased as M.I.A. in order to prevent the project from being discovered and shut down, the living members were retained for further volunteering on future strains. Dr. Schultz noted in his notebook that each strain he developed yielded more and more useful data the less deaths it caused. Fearing that his tests were going to be seen as failures but this did not stop him as he developed a 4th strain using the data gathered from all previous strain testing. By 2025, he completed development on the 4th strain, but he did not call upon the survivors of previous strains and instead he singled out a woman named Isabelle for the TITAN Serum's 4th strain, and much to his surprise, the test was a success, augmenting Isabelle into humanity's first ever super-soldier.

With this success, Dr. Schultz congratulated Isabelle and commended her for her participation in his work, declaring her to be his greatest creation. A week later, he would present Isabelle to the agency's Director Heinrich during a Cabinet meeting and proposed the creation of a project to produce more super-soldiers. Seeing his success and meeting Isabelle, Heinrich accepted and greenlit his proposal, officially launching the TITAN Project. Because the Blackwing Research Facility was built mainly for development, the Omega Blacksite on Europa became the project's new home and Dr. Schultz received funding and personnel from the branch to continue his work.

## Organization

### Administration

The branch is led by a Director who represents the branch during High Command meetings and gatherings. Other administrative officers includes the Deputy Director, Assistant Director and Chief Scientist Officer whom all make up the Research Laboratory Cabinet.

### Headquarters

The branch is headquartered at the Primary Research Facility on Earth in the capital city Washington, E.E. and is protected by a platoon from Atlas Division. The facility is usually where the Cabinet of the branch would gather and meet each other, and is where the Director, Deputy Director and the Assistant Director are found, as they oversee administrative duties, scheduled projects as well as the creation of new projects.

### Facilities

The branch also operates and owns facilities throughout Eclipse Military territory. These facilities are kept classified as they are all locations of top secret tests and the sites of development of unconventional and experimental military weapons and technology.

* Vault Zero - storage facility of artifacts, entities, items, objects and weapons of unknown origins
* Omega Blacksite - research and development site of experimental super-soldier serum tests
* Black Ice Research Facility - primary R&D site of the PRIME Project
* Blackwing Research Facility - site of experimental super-soldier serums
* Scarlet Research Facility - storage facility for TITAN-X battle suits
* Research Facility 6
* Iron Sky Facility
* Alpha Blacksite - facility for genetic research and and experimentation

## Projects

### IGBM Project

The IGBM Project was launched in 2047 by the Presidency Council. Eclipse Research Laboratories collaborated with the Zerahian Scientific Division and Velonian Technologies on creating a missile that would be the successor to the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.

The IGBM became that successor in 2048 when the first IGBM was tested and launched, having been sent from its launch site on Vulia I to Tinixia IV, though the IGBM was not carrying a payload to avoid damaging the planet.

### TITAN Project

The TITAN Project was the program that launched on February 28, 2023 and by 2025 allowed the Eclipse Military to successfully employ super soldiers within its armies. Due to the serum tests at the Omega Blacksite, a few thousand candidates from current Eclipse Special Operations Mission Groups and Special Ops Teams were augmented to become TITANs, humanity's first revolutionized super-soldier.

#### TITAN-X Program

The TITAN-X Program was launched in 2046 as the next stage of the TITAN Project. Titans that would become TITAN-Xs were given experimental battle armour that connected and linked to a neural network.

### PRIME Project

The PRIME Project was launched in 2039 that aimed to create an AI that would automate and operate a defense network that would be used across the Eclipse Military to assist its personnel in active conflicts. By 2045, the Prime Responsive Independent Military Emergency System was successfully activated across the galaxy, allowing it to assist the Eclipse Military.