DEPARTMENT: PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
To understand is to contain. This department is the primary scientific arm for analyzing anomalous creatures and materials. Through sampling, autopsies, and spectrographic analysis, they identify a threat's biological or chemical vulnerabilities, providing the key to its neutralization.
Primary Function: Safe collection of biological samples and anomalous materials.
Operational Specifics: Teams of 3-4 researchers with field training, equipped with Hazmat suits and stasis containers for sample collection in high-risk areas.
Primary Function: Scientific investigation of anomalous incident scenes.
Operational Specifics: A team of forensic specialists trained to collect and analyze unconventional evidence (ectoplasmic residues, non-standard genetic traces, etc.).
Primary Function: Study of non-terrestrial or anomalous life forms and biological systems.
Operational Specifics: A senior researcher specializing in the analysis of physiologies, behaviors, and life cycles of Anomalous Biological Entities (ABE).
Primary Function: Analysis of the physical and chemical properties of non-standard substances.
Operational Specifics: A materials expert who studies substances with impossible properties (e.g., alloys that violate thermodynamics, instant-growth crystals).
Primary Function: Mapping and analysis of abnormal genetic codes.
Operational Specifics: A researcher who uses advanced sequencers to decode the DNA/RNA of anomalous entities, identifying unique vulnerabilities or capabilities.
Primary Function: Study of poisons, toxins, and anomalous chemical agents.
Operational Specifics: An expert who analyzes and develops antidotes or countermeasures for toxic substances produced or or utilized by anomalies.
Primary Function: Study of ecosystems and flora/fauna affected by abnormal activities.
Operational Specifics: An expert who analyzes the interactions between anomalies and the environment, including plants, fungi, and mutated geological formations.
Primary Function: Analysis of anomalous energy and particulate emissions.
Operational Specifics: A physicist who studies non-electromagnetic radiations (e.g., Akiva Radiation, EVE) and exotic particles emitted by anomalies to classify them.
Primary Function: Study of anomalous bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
Operational Specifics: A researcher operating in the BSL-4 laboratory to classify and analyze pathogens with unconventional life cycles or transmission methods.
Primary Function: Central archive of all sequenced anomalous genomes.
Operational Specifics: An encrypted database containing the genetic sequences and research notes on every anomalous life form studied by the Foundation.
Primary Function: Catalog of all anomalous toxins and their known antidotes.
Operational Specifics: A database that lists every known anomalous poison, its composition, its effects, and the procedures for creating an antidote.
Primary Function: Access to a catalog of rare biological samples for comparative analyses.
Operational Specifics: A database that allows requesting previously archived tissue samples, DNA, or cell cultures to compare them with a new anomaly.
Primary Function: Rapid chemical analysis of field samples.
Operational Specifics: A portable device that allows a researcher to obtain a basic chemical breakdown of a sample without having to return to the laboratory.
Primary Function: Remote detection of vital signs and biological properties.
Operational Specifics: A device that, when pointed at an entity, can read its temperature, heartbeat (if present), and energy emissions.
Primary Function: Total protection from biological, chemical, and radiological threats.
Operational Specifics: A positive-pressure suit that completely isolates the operator, essential for the handling of hazardous samples.
Primary Function: Mapping complex environments and detecting anomalies using sound waves.
Operational Specifics: A set of deployable probes that emit complex sound pulses. They can generate a 3D map of the seabed, a cave system, or the interior of a structure, also highlighting anomalous energetic or biological fluctuations.
Primary Function: Acquisition and analysis of DNA/RNA directly on mission.
Operational Specifics: A portable device that can perform rapid genetic sequencing from a fresh sample, providing crucial data in a few hours instead of days.
Primary Function: Provide scientific analysis capabilities in any environment.
Operational Specifics: A self-powered, air-droppable, sealed, amphibious and submersible research vehicle. It can be deployed anywhere, ensuring analysis capabilities in any biome.
Primary Function: Safe transport of unstable or active samples.
Operational Specifics: A briefcase capable of generating a small stasis field that slows down biological or chemical processes, for transporting volatile samples.
Primary Function: Detection and classification of unconventional energies.
Operational Specifics: A deployable sensor capable of detecting and measuring specific anomalous radiations (Akiva, EVE, etc.), confirming the nature of an esoteric threat.
Primary Function: Procedures for uncontaminated sample collection.
Operational Specifics: A series of rigorous procedures that ensure that the collected samples are not contaminated by Earth material or by other samples.
Primary Function: Dissection and analysis of EBA carcasses.
Operational Specifics: Standard procedures for conducting an autopsy on a non-conventional entity, maximizing data collection and minimizing risks.
Primary Function: Production of anomalous tissues for research.
Operational Specifics: The standard techniques for culturing and proliferating tissue samples in a controlled laboratory environment.
Primary Function: Safe handling of the most dangerous pathogens.
Operational Specifics: A sealed negative-pressure laboratory, accessible only through specific procedures and suits, for the study of anomalous viruses and bacteria.
Primary Function: Maintenance and observation of small live EBA.
Operational Specifics: An area with controlled habitats and reinforced containment systems to study the behavior of anomalous creatures in a semi-natural environment.
Primary Function: Cultivation and study of plants with anomalous properties.
Operational Specifics: A greenhouse with completely controllable environmental conditions (light, humidity, atmosphere) for the growth of extra-dimensional or mutated flora samples.
Primary Function: Stress test and analysis of unconventional substances.
Operational Specifics: A laboratory equipped with electron microscopes, high-gravity centrifuges, and hydraulic presses to test the limits of anomalous materials.
Primary Function: Long-term storage of biological samples.
Operational Specifics: A very low-temperature vault for the conservation of tissue, DNA, egg, or spore samples for future studies. Connected to asset AI-004.
Primary Function: Invasive study of a live biological entity securely.
Operational Specifics: A sealed containment cell equipped with surgical robotic arms, which allows analyses to be performed on a living EBA without exposing personnel.
Primary Function: Quickly create chemical countermeasures based on analyses.
Operational Specifics: A laboratory infrastructure that, once data is obtained, allows for the synthesis in record time of small quantities of an antidote, a solvent, a neutralizing agent, or a soporific compound specific to the biology of the anomaly.