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| - Commissioned on July 18th 2032 by the Nuka-Cola Corporation, the plant was intended to meet demands for the popular Nuka-Cola soft drink, which was fast out pacing supplies after significant demand from across the United States of America. The Plant was also declared as being one of the first to receive the Nuka-Cola automated production system; a glorified automated mixer, additive provider and ingredient supplier for the vats of liquid that would become Nuka-Cola In 2033, midway through the construction of the plant, the Defense Intelligence Agency hijacked the construction of the plant and made significant alterations to the plants overall layout, to conceal a DIA listening post from which to tap landlines and other means of communication in the Columbia Commonwealth, and as a secondary
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| - Commissioned on July 18th 2032 by the Nuka-Cola Corporation, the plant was intended to meet demands for the popular Nuka-Cola soft drink, which was fast out pacing supplies after significant demand from across the United States of America. The Plant was also declared as being one of the first to receive the Nuka-Cola automated production system; a glorified automated mixer, additive provider and ingredient supplier for the vats of liquid that would become Nuka-Cola In 2033, midway through the construction of the plant, the Defense Intelligence Agency hijacked the construction of the plant and made significant alterations to the plants overall layout, to conceal a DIA listening post from which to tap landlines and other means of communication in the Columbia Commonwealth, and as a secondary function; a radiation resistant bunker located under the plant, which could be accessed via the plant, or via a secondary entrance accessible by a connecting storm drain route. With the DIA satisfied that the bunker could be accomplished with a relative amount of secrecy, after having fired a foreman a subsequently having him charged in April 22nd 2033 with a DUI and subsequently jailed, when in fact; his only crime was to have raised the issue of the non-union workers on the DIA construction project that was occurring alongside the main plants construction, the plants construction and the installation beneath it continued at a nominal pace, eventually being concluded on October 10th 2034, and opened October 18th of the same year. The plant operated normally throughout much of the 21st Century, producing Nuka-Cola by the barrel load, dispensing it in to bottles, packaging it and shipping it across the Columbia Commonwealth. The monotony of this venture came to an abrupt end on October 23rd 2077, with the outbreak of the Great War, otherwise destroying the plants more fragile construction and production systems and irradiating the entirety of the plant; the DIA listening post beneath however, remained intact, perfectly preserved and sealed from outside radiation, though with only 3 staff members manning the bunker at the time of the nuclear exchange. The operatives within the facility were also amongst the deceased, with 2 of the staff members succumbing to diseases brought on by malnourishment, due to a significant lack of both medical and food supplies in the facility, resulting in the final occupant committing suicide, following psychological breakdown, with the DIA sidearm of choice; the 10mm Pistol. The plant remained abandoned for a significant majority of both the 22nd and 23rd century, save for the occasional passing scavenger and wandering wasteland animal. It wasn't until December 12th 2261, that a more permanent group of residents arrived at the plant. Originally a travelling band of scientists, who sold their medical expertise to the commonly sick or injured wastelander, the group consisted of Doctors Ronald Clark, James Barker, Amy Cade, Paul Samson, Joshua Zeigler and the somewhat sarcastic Engineer Jack Hashoa, believing that their would be valuable scrap metal or medical utensils in what Doctor Clark phrased to his party as a 'veritable hot spot of Medical supplies, and factual scientific data', when the real reason for the venture was that he simply wished to see if the plant held any unlooted Nuka-Cola, to satisfy his somewhat eccentric obsession with the addictive properties of the drink, in both flavor and design scheme for bottle and gift items alike. Much to the groups surprise, and mixed reception; Doctor Zeigler 'discovered' the entrance to the old DIA facility underneath the plant, when in fact he had triggered the opening mechanism for the hatch by hitting his head against the wall in an attempt to vent his frustration after having been duped in to venturing to locate non-existent medical supplies. Following the removal of the former DIA operatives remains, which were promptly buried in a rubble pile, the group established control over the remains of the plant, and over the Protectrons within the plant that were still operational, including activating the mobile turrets that had been hauled with the group on the backs of their Brahmin, whom were later kept on site in a pen and affectionately named by Doctor Cade. The facility was never formally named by its occupants, but a nickname that formed from a rather poor joke made by the generally accepted Chief Scientist Doctor Clark, who called the bunker and still operational production and bottling system from where they conducted their research and produced Nuka-Cola as their main method of income, as the 'Additorium', a play on 'Additive' according to his fellow researchers. The facility remains operational to this day, producing supplies of Nuka-Cola to trade as a means of income, mostly for food and necessary spare materials to perform repairs on the equipment the team utilises, including on the team of Protectrons and turrets that the team utilises for defense and basic functions such as cleaning or heavy lifting.
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