The staff at the Cambridge Polymer Labs were working on power armor technology for the military when the bombs dropped. As the world descended into chaos, the director, Jon Elwood, was informed that the military could spare the resources to escort only essential personnel to safety. He kept the staff in the facility, passing the gunfire and explosions outside as a military drill in order to keep them calm to complete the project.[2] The lack of information and confinement in the lab prevented the staff from working. Eventually, Jon died from radiation exposure, and the staff met a similar fate, locked up in the lab to turn into feral ghouls.
During the war, a number of C.I.T. personnel survived by taking refuge in the underground level of the campus. In 2110, survivors and their descendants founded the Institute, an organization dedicated to furthering pre-War science. Following the invention of a teleportation device known as the Molecular Relay in the 2180s, the Institute was able to expand deeper underground and enhance the production of advanced robots known as synths.
At some point after the bombs fell, the Railroad set up a safe house known as Ticonderoga in Cambridge and began carrying out operations in the area. Soon after, in 2287, the Brotherhood of Steel's Recon Squad Gladius moved into the Cambridge Police Station, fortifying it. Though all three factions were bitter enemies, they all unknowingly had a presence within blocks of each other. Adding onto the danger in the area was the presence of both Gunners and raiders in the district.
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Cambridge is composed of several pre-War and post-War constructions, like the:
小島 ·阿卡迪亚 ·Aldersea Day Spa ·原子之神泉水 ·Beaver Creek Lanes ·Briney's Bait and Tackle ·Brooke's Head Lighthouse ·Children of Atom shrine ·Cliff's Edge Hotel ·Cranberry Island Bog ·Cranberry Island Docks ·Cranberry Island supply shed ·Dalton farm ·DiMA's cache ·Eagle's Cove Tannery ·Eden Meadows Cinemas ·Echo Lake Lumber ·匕港鎮 ·Fringe Cove docks ·Glowing Grove ·Haddock Cove ·Harbor Grand Hotel ·Horizon Flight 1207 ·Huntress Island ·Kitteredge Pass ·Longfellow's cabin ·MS Azalea ·Nakano residence ·National Park campground ·National Park visitor's center ·National Park HQ ·Northwood Ridge Quarry ·Oceanarium ·Old Pond House ·Pine Crest Cavern ·Radiant crest shrine ·Rayburn Point ·Red Death Island ·Rock Point Camp ·Ruined church ·Southwest Harbor ·The Nucleus ·The Vessel ·Vault 118 ·Vim! Pop factory ·Waves Crest Orphanage ·Wind farm maintenance ·Zephyr Ridge Camp
