'Verse - αΕβ - Subsidiaries - Blackwood Advanced Science and Technologies

Blackwood Advanced Science and Technologies (BAST / B.A.S.T) is a subsidiary and the primary research and development arm of Blackwood Global. It is arguably the biggest division within Blackwood Global. BAST has dozens of R&D facilities all across the globe. BAST was also the first corporate entity to establish permanent scientific base in Antarctica; tentatively allowed by the UN with some strings attached. All Nations under UN must be able to visit and utilize the BAST Antarctica Base.

## BAST Think Tank Division

BAST Science Division research and develops materials, and fringe science for the sake of science.

* Aerospace
	+ Blended Wing Body
	+ Lighter-than-air Craft
* Space
	+ Craft Systems
		- Propulsion systems
		- Electronic Systems
	+ Colonization R&D
		- Mars Colonization
		- Venus Colonization
		- Zero-Gravity Colonization
* Robotics
	+ Autonomous Robotic
	+ Guided Robotics
		- Medical Surgery Bots
* Androids
	+ Synthoids (Olivia Hruskova)
* Cybernetic
	+ Neural to Machine Devices
* Nanotechnology
	+ Organic Nanotechnology
* Artificial Intelligence:
	+ Hybridization of Human and AI Neural Pathways

Fringe Division:

* Dr. Graves - US Military/Blackwood Special Research and Development Center (BSRDC)
	+ Prenatal Gene Therapy (1970s)
	+ Human-Animal Hybridization Studies (late 1970s)
	+ Viral Warfare (late 1960s)
* Artificial Intelligence
	+ Project Pinocchio
* Ghost/Spiritualism
* Telekinesis/Telepathy
	+ Precognition Project

## BAST Military Division

BAST Military Division deals primarily in Military-grade technologies, materials, weapons, vehicles and planes.

### Military Grade Aerospace R&D Section:

* Unmanned
	+ Unmanned Sub-orbital Surveillance Planes
* Manned
	+ Sub-orbital surveillance planes (Formerly headed by Blackwood Heavy Industries' R&D Divison, phased out in favor of unmanned sub-orbital planes and Overwatch Satellite Arrays.)

Olivia Hruskova first worked in the Oceanographic Autonomous Section,

## Sub-division Programs (Air/Space-based):

### Aerospace R&D Program: (Commercial and Consumer Aeronautical Developments)

* Aerospace R&D for Commercial and Consumers:
	+ Unmanned Aircrafts
		- From small personal UAVs to large commercialization UAVs.
	+ Manned Aircraft
		- From gliders to jet-powered sub-sonic planes.
		- Sub-sonic planes are researched and developed for the companies.
	+ Sub-orbital Planes
* Aerospace R&D for Military and Government:
	+ Unmanned Aircraft:
		- Drone and UAVs (Surveillance and Armed Drones)
	+ Manned Aircraft:
		- Jet Fighters
		- Sub-orbital Surveillance Planes (Phased out in favor of Surveillance UAVs)

		- Commercialization of Manned Space-going Launch Vehicle Platforms
	+ R&D for Military and Government:
		- Manned Launch Vehicle Platforms for Science/Military
		- Planetary Body Transit Vehicles

## Sub-division Programs (Sea-based):

* Naval R&D for Commercial and Consumers
	+ Surface Vessels
	+ Submersible Vessels
	+ Deep-submersible Vessels (For shale/oil finding)
* Naval R&D for Military and Government:
	+ Patrol Boats (Littoral Waters Vessels)
	+ Warships (Stealth, Landing, and Combatant variants)
	+ Submersible Vessels (Combat, SRBS, and Scouts)
	+ Unmanned Submersible Vehicles

## Sub-division Programs (Land-based):

* Automobile R&D for Commercial and Consumers
* Vehicles R&D for Military and Government
	+ Troop Vehicles
	+ Tanks
	+ Automated Vehicles

## Sub-division Programs (Defense and Security):

### Defense and Security R&D for Military and Government:

		- Overwatch Satellites is an array of satellites developed to aid Military overland and air operations globally. The array would dedicate to scanning and mapping out a real-time 3-D overview with the ability to show FoF through encrypted radio signals.
## Sub-division Programs (Material Science):

### Material Science for Military and Government:

* Antimaterial Shielding for Personnel, Planes, Seagoing Vessels, and Vehicles

## Sub-division Programs (Physics):

* Inspired by NASA's Advanced Propulsion Physics Laboratory.

## Sub-division Programs (Fringe Science and Technology):

### Fringe Science and Technologies R&D (General)

* Synthoids (Synthetic Androids) Program:
	+ Designed to be remotely piloted by a human in dangerous situations such as:
		- Firefighting (Fire Departments)
		- IED Removal (Military/Secret Services)
		- Bomb Removal (Police/SWAT/Secret Services)
		- Hostage Situations (Police/SWAT/Secret Services/Military)
		- Space-walks and Repairs in Zero-Gravity (NASA/Space-based companies)
		- Space-Marines (Military)
		- Exploration of Extra-planetary bodies (NASA/Space-based companies)
		- Exploration of Dangerous Terrain and Tunnels(Exploration of Volcanic area, caves, underwater, etc/Science)

## BAST under the leadership of Olivia Hrušková:

When Theresa Blackwood appointed Olivia Hrušková the director position that oversees all BAST's R&D divisions, Olivia pioneered many technological leaps, bringing the uncanny valley and cybernetic implants closer and closer together.

She oversaw the development of bio-medical grade nanotechnologies that allows its host to monitor their bloodstream contents in real-time. This allows the hosts to skip general blood-tests that are required by their jobs, law enforcement and doctor's offices. The nanotechnology particles are able to measure various levels of alcohol, Metabolic (sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate, blood urea, nitrogen, magnesium, creatinine, glucose and calcium), oxygen, Carbon dioxide, pH and bicarbonate, testosterone/estrogen, white-blood, red-blood, LDL/HDL cholesterol, triglyceride, . Also detecting possible clotting in arteries and smaller blood vessels. This technology cuts down time required for the doctors, law enforcement and jobs to determine what's up with the host.

Wetware development: Olivia also pushed ahead agendas on wetware implants, Health Monitoring Implant (HMI), Augmented Opti-lens System (AOS) that augments eyesight and gives the user ability to have optical display overlay that connects to the cellphones and computer systems. Olivia also restarted the Machine-to-Neural devices abandoned by previous incarnation of BAST division, part of Blackwood Heavy Industries. M2N Implants allows the user to interact with their cellphones, computers, their own implants and nanotechnology within their system. For hearing implants, Olivia encouraged upgrading cochlear implants to become smaller, invisible and more efficient. For the skeleton system, she set up an sub-division that researches using carbon-nanofibres and nanotechnology to strengthen skeletal system.

The development of M2N devices allowed Olivia to set up the development of Synthoids (Piloted Synthetic Androids), Neural-prisons and Neural-rehabilitation.