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Parafield Corp

Parafield Corp, formally Parafield Scientific Innovators (PSI), is the parent organization of the Meridian Depthworks Centre and the Vitals Initiative.

Parafield Corp
Full name Parafield Scientific Innovators
Type Private research corporation
Founded 1936
Headquarters Meridian, Northminster
CEO Batista Cakewalk
Subsidiaries Meridian Depthworks Centre
Status Active

History

Founding and pivot (1936)

Parafield was founded in 1936 as a woodworking company. The pivot to scientific research came after the discovery of a substantial salt mine beneath the Meridian city of Northminster. The deposit offered both a stable subterranean workspace and a strategic resource, and the company shifted its focus to science without dropping its original trade.

Woodworking was later brought back as an active division. The craft performed well enough that it became one of the funding pillars for the government organization, bankrolling the scientific side while the salt mine site developed.

Meridian Scientific Centre

Parafield established the Meridian Scientific Centre on the Northminster salt deposit as its primary research site. The facility was renamed Meridian Depthworks Centre in the 1950s as its work shifted from surface-adjacent study to deep subterranean operations. Full facility history: Meridian Depthworks Centre.

Closure and Lambda Thrives (1992)

Following the 1987 Thermal Runaway and subsequent facility closure, Parliament mandated public disclosure of radiation logs in 1992. The Meridian District formally requested the data under public transparency law. Parafield complied, publishing analysis logs covering all facility sectors. The same year, Parliament redirected Parafield's attention to the Lambda Research Complex (L.F.C.), moving most of the M.D.C. workforce to Southwestern where the Lambda Research Complex resides. This Lambda Thrives initiative kept Parafield's scientific talent productive while the M.D.C. underwent decontamination. Source: 1992/03-14/Log-Public-Disclosures.md.

Reactor era

Under Batista Cakewalk's leadership Parafield developed Project Synthetic and the S.F.R. Mark I superstructure, later decommissioned after the 1987 Thermal Runaway. The Mark II core now operates in its place. See S F R Mark I.

Vitals era

Parafield covertly ran the Vitals Initiative in Sector D, producing Leo Cakewalk via soul synthesis. Parliament sanctioned the work in 1986 as a National Heritage Project. See Vitals Initiative.

Divisions and programs

  • Reactor Operations — S.F.R. Mark I and Mark II cores, C-2500 Catalyzer doctrine
  • Sector D research — Vitals Initiative, soul synthesis
  • Independent research — Unauthorized builds such as the HSDR-1000
  • Facility systems — FAMS and Central Mainframe

Appearances

  • SFR_TECHNICAL_SPECIFICATIONS
  • PSI-C2500-SPEC-68
  • PSI-EMERGENCY-B-87
  • PSI-FUEL-MAT-001
  • PSI-SOP-B-REAC
  • VITALS-INITIATIVE
  • HSDR-1000-LOG

Category Organizations Category Parafield Corp