

Elwood made the decision to keep every scientist besides his wife out of the loop with what had truly transpired above them, fearing that it would send them into a panic and they would be unable or unwilling to complete the project. In reponse, Elwood locked the other scientists, including his wife, in their respective labs until the project was successfully completed.


When the bombs fell, Director Jon Elwood was told by the military that only essential personnel would be given a military escort to safety and that if they failed in their duties they would not be classified as such. Prior to the Great War, the company had been working on a supplementary piece of technology for power armor for a military contract that was intended for the Sino-American War. The lab was involved in developing defense solutions and research for the U.S. This lab was created as a result of the research of three graduate students of the Commonwealth Institute of Technology, Jon Elwood, Ericka Woolum and Wilfred Bergman.
