Black Ridge Mountain Complex

The Black Ridge Mountain Complex (BMC) is the main research and development branch for any Black Ridge product. Primarily focused in theoretical physics and weapons research, the complex carries out much of the research of Silver Valley.

## History

Originally, before the lab was built, the area was an emerald mine owned by the government. Large areas were mined out to search for emeralds, going all the way down to bedrock level. When the mine was exhausted of its resources, the government shut down and abandoned the mine until TipsyKermit bought the place and turned it into a research lab.

## Main Complex

Entrance to the complex is restricted to approved personnel only, requiring multiple ID checks at various checkpoints in the complex. There are three surface level entrances, a tram rack which allows full access to any zone of the complex, a vehicle tunnel which leads into the Zeta Facility entrance, and the freight tunnel, which carries cargo and related goods in and out of the facility.

### Zeta Facility

The Zeta Facility is the lowest security zone of the BMC, and the only area where tours are given to visitors. Research here is fairly basic involving chemicals, biology, lasers and exosolar research. It is also the only part of the facility which has major surface access and views, due to the biodome complex, where tours take place. The Zeta Facility also contains the main complex infirmary, data centers, and administrative offices for day to day functions.

### Beta Facility

The Beta Facility contains whatever remnants of the now partially defunct Black Ridge Space division. With a new mission, the Beta Facility contains all space related missions in order to keep experimentations and research going on at the facility. It has a cargo terminal where rocket parts, and cargo is loaded onto and off of missions to other worlds.

### Gamma Facility

The Gamma Facility is the highly classified portion of the complex deep in the depths of the mine. Background checks, fingerprint scanning, and ID checks are all required before obtaining entry into the secure area. Situated near bedrock level, any disaster outside — or inside — the Gamma Facility is guaranteed to be closed off and secured. Much more dangerous experimentation happens here where breakthroughs, if announced to the public, could cause unrest and danger. To maintain a security, the facility runs off its own power through the use of experimental power generation designs. The Gamma Facility is also the main area where weapons development, and aerospace research happens. It has been speculated that the cavern was large enough to test fly experimental aircraft, and test weapons.

### Alpha Facility

The Alpha facility, which were parts built pre-OBW 5 V4, contained basic level automation, farms, and base operations for TipsyKermit. Having three levels, the legacy facility was where most Black Ridge processes happened. The first level contained four rooms, each with a specific purpose, like a factory room, wheat farm, cow XP farm, and a squid ink farm. Below the automation level was the dye farm, used to provide the Silver Valley Concrete factory with dye. Each farm was fully automated, and took up a large space underground, around the size of downtown Silver Valley. Needing a larger space to conduct research, and test new mods, a new, larger facility was planned below the Alpha facility.

## Research

The complex researches in multiple fields including:

* Aerospace
* Applied Physics
* Biology
* Laser Physics
* Nuclear Research
* Quantum Research
* Theoretical Physics
* Xenology