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Throughout the game there are a small amount of specialized secret independent laboratories or sites which conduct top secret research and develop ultra-high tech weapons, vehicles, armor, etc. There will only be two or three of these said labs and you and the "other side" will be working to contract these labs to do research for you. You will only be able to control one of these labs throughout the game and if you are able to control it or contract it then your character and your "side" will get access to all the top secret technology within the independent research lab. You have to find these labs on your own and theres no telling if you will even find one or if you even want to find one within the game. These labs could be difference makers however as they will be your route to obtaining the most advanced items available within the game.

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No lie, I am still iffy about this. I don't know what kind of weapons would be "Advanced" and to what degree of sophistication they would hav to make them unique without moaking them super rediculous and killing the game. I can work on this later though, and same thing with your idea about the:

"What if we have texas secede become the texas republic and itd be a hotspot for mercs and cool weapons and stuff also itd be interesting to do Florida or Louisiana rebel bases with like freakin swamp people or bayou people"

These two things would get complicated and rediculous pretty fast, lol

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Here's a quick update on the whole laboratory business.

The laboratories are by all means a very small and distant part of the game. You have to really search to find them. The actual location of the labs will be random, and in a places you'd never really want to go out of your way to find. They would be more of a side-quest that would open up later in the game.

Andy and I were thinking that one of the labs could be hidden deep in the desert, tucked into some highlands. Actually just adventuring around would almost guarantee that you wouldn't find it. BUT, if you did find it early on as the result of exhaustive searches from maybe an early yet vague clue, then you would rewarded. (With some epic stuff).

As far as what's inside the labs, they would be slightly more advanced versions of what is already available. The materials in the labs would range from weapons to parts for upgrading vehicles and weapons. (Possibly armor)

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Ok, I am digging it. I posted something about totally creepy areas of the map, maybe these labs could be located inside these, the player would not want to stay for very long in these areas, but if they do and find the place, there would be great reward. Again, as for the horror fest stuff, no cannibles hiding in the shadows, but just a bunch of messed up environmental stuff to make the player wonder "what the hell happened here?". There would be no one around... but the player wouldn't have to know that...

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I don't know how this would be recieved by the public but I think it will be interesting

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*Ok, Secret Labs will be at areas yet to be determined on the map. The back-story to these is, thus far:

In competition with China, America established several private-sector/government-controlled divisions to develop, test, and refine advanced technologies. Top scientists were recruited to design alternate power sources, advanced weapons technology, and to work on reverse-engineering, modifying, and finding military applications for acquired Chinese technology. Thse facilities were kept quiet by the first administration (the one before the Unionists) and, at the end of their term, were entrusted in the care of the Unionists. Funding began to fall through for the labs as the USs' economy became worse. Finally, when it became apparent that the Unionists were going to loose the elections to the pro-NWC parties they closed down all the facilities and made quick work eleminating what papertrail there was.These laboratories were abandoned and all trace of them was forgotten, with hopes of returning later and supplying rebel forces with advanced weaponry.

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As soon as word got out that the NWC had obtained the locations of these areas [A rumor that was never confirmed…(and just so happened to be false)] remnants of the US Nuclear Command decided it would be in everyone’s best interests to make sure no one could obtain that technology. A nuclear launch was ordered on the various sites, leaving them as contaminated, desolate, wastelands. The structures housing these facilities were, however, too strong, and in some cases underground, such that even the nuclear blast and resulting heat wave did not affect the items inside. Now, two and a half decades later, the radiation has mostly subsided and these objects are waiting to be found.