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| - Antarctic Base was a Robotech Defense Force installation and the site of the Southern Grand Cannon. It was destroyed in 2006 by a Reflex missile launched by the Anti-Unification League-hijacked Armor-1. (From the Stars: The Gathering Storm)
- Planning on the facility began shortly after the discovery of the Progenitor Virus. The t-Virus Project began soon after, the founders of Umbrella Pharmaceuticals realising the economic need for a modified Progenitor strain for military use in order to fund their own eugenics program. The base was likely constructed to keep the virus spreading farther in the event of an outbreak. The Ashfords, who led t-Virus research at the base, had suffered a setback in 1968 when Dr. Lord Edward Ashford, 5th Earl Ashford, died from exposure to the virus he was researching. His son, Alexander, the 6th Earl, took control of the facility. However, as he was not a virologist research on the virus was abandoned in favour of his genetic research, Project CODE:Veronica. In 1981, Progenitor research resumed under Alexia, a clone of Veronica, 1st Countess Ashford genetically-engineered for this very task. Soon after the facility produced the t-Veronica Virus as an alternative to the t-Virus pioneered by the Arklay Laboratory. Alexander became the focus of viral experimentation and was sealed as a prisoner in the facility when deemed a failure. In 1983 Alexia infected herself and was placed in a coma to avoid uncontrollable mutation; to cover-up her disappearance, her brother Alfred, 7th Earl Ashford reported her as having died from viral infection. Alfred gained control over the complex sometime between 1983 and his university graduation ten years later. Under Alfred's command, the complex endured a reputation as a black stain on the corporation's reputation. With its laboratories no longer required, all work went to the Transport Terminal. Also serving as the commander of a concentration camp and military training camp on Rockfort Island, Alfred seriously neglected the facility. The terminal was seriously undermanned, requiring the permanent residency of its workforce for as long as eight years with no vacation time to even attempt to keep up with demand. The workers consequently saw the facility as no different from a hard labour camp. The problems also had a global impact. In one instance these backlogs caused a temporary shortage of APL-14, and American laboratories had to donate their own supplies to the intended recipient of the large shipment. Administrative failings by Alfred also took its toll on the workforce
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