University of Laconia

Laconia University · Bioengineering and nanoinformatics lab

Laconia's immense research campus turns protomolecule science and alien artifacts into the practical foundations of Duarte's future empire.

Story so far

The University of Laconia occupies nearly forty hectares outside the capital, making its bioengineering and nanoinformatics laboratory possibly the largest research complex in human space. Paolo Cortazár, the university's president and head of exobiological studies, controls almost a quarter of the campus. Like the rest of Laconia, it is built far larger than its present population requires, anticipating generations of expansion.

Its work includes protomolecule-grown carbon armor for the Laconian Military Council, alien-system interfaces, and the experimental treatment of Winston Duarte. The campus also contains The Pen, the armored high-security facility that supplies active biological samples.

Appearance

A sprawling, nearly forty-hectare research campus on the outskirts of Laconia's oversized capital, linked by gravel paths and small electric carts beneath the alien orbital platform.

Role

The university is Laconia's central scientific institution and the institutional home of Cortazár's exobiology program.

Relationships

Paolo Cortazár — Paolo Cortazár is the university president and controls its dominant exobiological research program.

The Pen — The Pen is the campus's heavily secured source of active protomolecule material.

Laconian Military Council — The Laconian Military Council commissions applications such as alien-grown infantry armor.

Sources — 1 recorded facts, by chapter

Chapter 1

Laconia's immense research campus turns protomolecule science and alien artifacts into the practical foundations of Duarte's future empire.