Awards and Grants

AWARDS

Research and Development Certificate 

Category: COMMON:
Description: The Research and Development certificate has been given out to many Aspirants who have made contributions to the Alumni’s vast library of knowledge. The certificate is a common possession, as it is often rewarded for the completion of the smallest research-related task.

Requirements: Completion of a research-related task in #objectives.

Award: A certificate signed by the leader that assigned the task, a one-time coupon for a free drink at the Alumni bar, and additional rewards as stated in the objective. A patch in the shape of a dossier may also be given if one wishes for such as well.

Shield Award

Category: COMMON:
Description: The Shield Award is usually the first award gained by a young Salutatorian. This is because the newest Salutatorians often lack the proper training for field operations, so most of their involvement is in the form of campus security operations such as arrests.

Requirements: Perform in a successful campus security operation.
Award: A shield-shaped patch to attach to their letterman, a security baton, and 250 scrip.

Sword Award

Category: COMMON:
Description: Being the second most common award held by Salutatorians, the Sword Award requires involvement in a successful field operation, such as fending off bandits or mutants. Due to the nature of the award, it is seen as a rite of passage for Salutatorians, and those who lack it are often ostracized by their colleagues. 

Requirements: Perform in a successful combat operation.
Award: A sword-shaped patch to attach to their letterman if they so choose, a Zapper or Mendel sidearm for personal use, and 250 Scrip.

White Laurel

Category:  COMMON:
Description: Most seasoned Mercators find themselves with the White Laurel within their first year of becoming an aspirant due to how connected they are with the wasteland’s inhabitants. Though less common, this small decor item can still be found in non-Mercator studies and research rooms.

Requirements: Act as a speaker for the alumni in either de-escalation or a moderately important transaction with a group of wastelanders/settlers.
Award: A white, finely carved laurel intended for decoration and 250 Scrip. They may also be awarded with a plaque carved out of stone.

Asclepius’ Apprentice Patch

Category: COMMON:
Description: Not every field operation is fortunate enough to have a field medic. To lessen the impact of injuries while on patrol, this award was introduced as a motive for Aspirants to learn basic first aid skills.

Requirements: Successfully perform basic first-aid treatment in the field. Must be performed on an  Alumni member or ally.
Award: A caduceus-shaped patch, several first aid pamphlets on different subjects, and 250 Scrip.

Aaron Elliott Award

Category: COMMON:
Description: The idea of incentivizing properly formatted research documents was an obvious one after the Alumni’s early inquisitions and technological reclamations saw a large amount of unstandardized documentation. With the enactment of this award, such papers were down by fifty percent.

Requirements: Create a well-formatted research document about anything reasonable to write about and submit it to the logbook. A mentor will then decide if your log is worth the reward.
Award: Inclusion in the Compendium and 50 Scrip. A small patch, in the shape of a closed book.

Artemis’ Patch

Category: COMMON:
Description: Since the dawn of humanity hunting has been essential for survival or just a hobby. Some Alumni like to head out on camping or hunting trips where the winner, or who brings in the most / biggest catch will receive a small hunting patch.

Requirements: Hunt a large-sized animal and return it intact to the Campus.
Award: A patch with two crossed swords below an animal skull and a payment of 250 Scrip.

Scholar’s Pin

Category: PRIZED:

Description: The Scholar’s Pin is granted to Alumni who complete their first project. This award has been held in reverence as something for many to aspire to. Completing a project is often seen as the highlight of a scholar’s career in the Alumni.

Requirements: Complete your first Compendium project
Award: The recipient is given a simple scarlet pin with a light gold book logo embedded into it and 200 Scrip, a patch version is also available.

Eldritch’s Bane Award

Category: PRIZED:

Description: From their earliest moments the Alumni have been plagued by the masses of Eldritch mutants which hunt and haunt the wasteland. While hunting these creatures has gotten easier with better weaponry and practiced tactics it is still considered a big deal when someone managed to fell one of these beasts. This award often finds its way onto the letterman jackets of Alumni both living and dead.

Requirements: Successfully exterminate an Eldritch that is STASIS 2 or higher.
Award: A badge in the form of a horned green skull with a large crack in its head, also coming in patch form to stick onto helmets. Plus, one magazine of hollow point rounds. The salutatorian may choose what caliber it comes in. Additionally, they will receive 150 Scrip.

Angel’s Cross

Category: PRIZED:
Description: Typically awarded to Proctors whose studies lie in medicine, the Angel’s Cross is given to Alumni who successfully perform life-saving treatment to their compatriots. Most well-known Proctors carry this cross, however, it is still a monumental achievement that is held proudly among those who have it.

Requirements: Perform any life-saving medical treatment while in active duty.
Award: The recipient is awarded a pin resembling that of a golden cross with a halo at the top, as well as an advanced medical ARD with one chip slot. (Provides a +3 modifier to medical-related rolls.) Plus they’ll be granted 100 Scrip for their career milestone. A plaque also is presented to the recipient if they wish for it.

Clarissa Barton Award

Category: PRIZED:
Description: Named after the United States Civil War nurse and the founder of the American Red Cross, the Clarissa Barton Award is reserved for Alumnites who save the lives of their comrades. Due to the nature of this award, a majority of recipients are either proctors or medicorums though a few other roles have managed to secure this role due to their heroic actions.

Requirements: Risk their lives during combat to save wounded Alumni, make a large breakthrough in the medical field, or successfully perform multiple life-saving medical procedures in or out of the field.
Award: A star of life with a laurel below , it is given as a patch or a pin. In addition, they are given a hand crafted medical ARD to help them throughout their journey. (Provides a +2 to medical-related rolls.) An addition of 150 Scrip is also given to them in recognition of their bravery or milestone in their career.

Babel’s Mark

Category: PRIZED:
Description: In the mission to search for the Sanctum's lost knowledge; some resort to re-documenting. Similar to the "Pulitzer Prize" in the pre-flash era, their work presents instructive information. They are celebrated for their non-fictional works' literary excellence. Copies of their work will receive the stamp entitled “Babel’s Mark”.  Derived from Biblioteca de Babel; It serves as a more recent method of informing readers and curators alike of the quality written within. The author responsible will be awarded a free PDA with several upgrades in the program. Storage and applications apply.

Requirements: Create at least five scientific document/logbook entries on pieces of technology or wasteland elements such as mutants, eldritches, or anything else found in the world.
Award: Compendium grade PDA and one PDA Chip of their choosing. They’ll also be awarded with 100 Scrip. A plaque is presented to the recipient upon the material rewards being handed out.

White Feather Award

Category: PRIZED:
Description: Named after the legendary USMC sniper, this award is almost exclusively given to Pellentesque due to the nature of the requirements. It’s mostly given to some of the best marksmen of the Alumni due to their abilities and actions. By having the badge, it will allow the user to obtain a similar badge.

Requirements: Perform above-average during an event as an Arquiten- such as saving the life of personnel by efficiently taking out enemies before they fire at Alumni, risk their lives for the cause, or save their fellows from certain death during sniper duty.
Award: A patch that has a sniper lens with a glare, as well as a rangefinder ARD. The recipient will also be granted 225 Scrip for their valiant efforts.

Chris Kyle Award

Category: ELITE:
Description: Named after the best sniper in U.S. history, this award is exclusively given to the top-tier Pellenesque who excel in their duty. Only the true and best sharpshooters have this rare achievement.

Requirements: Previously owned Hunters patch and White Feather award, performed beyond what is expected of a Pellentesque during combat, and saved the life of a higher-up.
Award: A small silver emblem or plaque, as well as a pair of OWL binoculars. Plus an additional 350 Scrip.

K&S Award

Category: ELITE:
Description: Originally, this award was given out during EIT's AI breakthrough to the class of '20. It was named after two of the most prominent and influential students of the breakthrough, Winslow Kingsley and Damien Smith respectively. As of 2136, this award has begun to be reissued on especially rare occasions to highly devoted valedictorians specializing in the field of artificial intelligence and/or robotics. The K&S Award was reissued to help incentivize innovation within the Alumni's AI sector of research due its slowing down during the 2130s, after its reinstatement the alumni haven't lacked in AI development since with dozens of AI being created because of it. Mentions of this award are often met with envious souls and prideful researchers doing their best to one day hold it in their name.

Requirements: A single person or team must create a beneficial artificial intelligence capable of improving the alumni from scratch. The definition and length required to count as beneficial is left up to The Domini Body, the Directorate Body, and the President
Award: A gilded plaque with the valedictorian's name(s) and rank(s) presented upon it. One handheld hologram projecting disk capable of accepting an AI slot. Plus an allotted sum of 350 for each participant.

Eliot Ness Award

Category: ELITE:
Description: Ever since the SRB’s inception they’ve been known to create awards relating to the many achievements made pre-flash by federal agents. Though most of these awards haven’t resurfaced after the Arlington administration; the Eliot Ness award managed to come back in an attempt to promote an anti-drug sentiment amongst the new agents.

Requirements: As a member of the Sanctum Security Bureau; lawfully bring down a problematic substance being actively passed around campus. Or, bring down an illicit dealer distributing an illegal substance.
Award: A gilded chest pinned medal along with a choice of tranquilizer pistol or microvolt. Each member involved will receive 250 Scrip. A plaque is also given to the recipient, but can be denied by the recipient.

Order Of Automation

Category: ELITE:
Description: Automatons act as the reinforced spine of the Alumni. Because of this fact, it’s important to keep them in pristine condition at all times, even in periods of crisis. These awards were developed in order to honor those who kept our mechanical counterparts fighting even when they should have fallen in battle. People bearing this badge of honor are appreciated for their mechanical knowledge in the field and even looked up to as people who can be depended on in times of crisis. The ability to keep a steady wrench is difficult when under fire, a trait few possess.

Requirements: Perform equipment saving repairs in the field on a critically disabled military grade automaton that results in it being to return to action in the same situation.
Award: Patch with a cog depicting a wrench crossed through it, and a plaque bearing the name of the military droid that was brought back into action. An advanced engineering ARD will be given to the recipient to further their abilities in the field. (+3 To all mechanical repair/engineering rolls.) 300 Scrip is given to the recipient in further acknowledgement of their feats.

Liberator's Medal

Category: EXCLUSIVE:

Description: The day right where the creolites took over, a handful of brave alumnites stood up for the cause they were fighting for, or had fought for, against the new government instaurated in a coup d'etat by the creolites. Many more would eventually join in the fight, or supply the rebels from the campus, risking their own lives for the sake of their survival. Many didn't end up making it home, and they were given their own burial with the same honor- And those who did return were awarded with this new exclusive honor, one of the highest honors available as a reminder of their valor, determination, and dedication to the cause of the Alumni.

Requirements: Have had participated, aided, or led the rebellion in some way.
Note: Anyone with a previously approved rebel character (either through a character sheet or an official event) is entitled to this medal without approval.

Award:  A colorful ribbon with a medal. It has a laurel with the logo of the campus, a sword and a laser rifle above it, with the caption "GLORIA ET LIBERTAS" at the top.

Othryades Honors

Category: EXCLUSIVE:
Description: Long before the days of the Alumni, the Persians attacked the Spartans at Thermopylae. Of the three hundred Spartan men in the battle, only Othyrades would stand as the remaining Persians left. Now, 2600 years later, his name is still honored by the most battle-scarred Salutatorians in the Alumni.

Requirements: Be victorious in a battle with an 80% casualty rate or higher.

Award:  A decorative sword decorated with gold leaf and silver, a necklace crafted from Eldritch bone, a plaque with the name of the recipient, and a weapon of the recipient’s choosing, including those which are SR/MR restricted. Plus, a sum of 500 Scrip for their traumatic experience.

Liquid Reptile

Category: EXCLUSIVE:
Description: Solitar, the backbone of the intelligence gathering area of recon. Acting in small squads or alone, they are the commandos of the Alumni, entering a compound, and completely catching the enemy off guard. They are the unspoken heroes. This award is rarely given due to the difficulty of the requirements, which terrify even some Solitar.

Requirements: Video evidence, a picture, and results at the least to prove that you have been spotted by the enemy and fired upon, escaped their view, and counter-attacked via an ambush, resulting in the complete annihilation of the hostile camp/fighting capability deemed a threat to the Alumni.
Award: Promotion to Solitar, even as an Aspirant. Plus, an addition of 550 Scrip.

Unconventional Tactics

Category: EXCLUSIVE:
Description: The Lucerios are rarely seen, due to their nature of being heavily specialized in weapons, they are almost always accompanied by a large group to back them up, however there are exceptions. Lucerios are the most prideful of the Salutatorian branch, upholding the mantle of tried and true heroism. This award is almost never given out, as many do not live to receive it, being killed in the line of duty.

Requirements: Video evidence, witness accounts, and an accompanying picture at the least to prove that you have broken through enemy lines by the front, with no one but you and a few (1-2) comrades to depend on and win, obtaining strategic data, intelligence, or complete security of the area.
Award: Promotion to Lucerios, even as an Aspirant. Plus, an addition of 750 Scrip.

Revocare’s Principle

Category: EXCLUSIVE:
Description: The Revocare are seen as some of, if not, the most dependable Valedictorians in the field. However, this dependability only comes to one person: themselves. This award is given out to people who’ve managed to survive multiple lonesome ventures out into the hostile reaches of the isles and come back with a great amount to show for it. This award is only given out on rare occasions due to its fickle requirements of what truly was health adverse adventuring.

Requirements: Video evidence, pictures, or anything else to prove that you managed to overcome insurmountable odds in hostile conditions with only yourself to depend on. Plus, recover a meaningful artifact during the process. It may take multiple times depending on the circumstances.
Award: Promotion to Revocare, even as an Aspirant. Plus, an addition of 500 Scrip.

Henry O’Brian Award

CATEGORY: EXCLUSIVE:
Description: The Henry O’Brian Award is newly established having been created in the late 2150s. The award is named after Primus Henry O’Brian, who helped negotiate with the United States Reclamation Force and ultimately prevented the escalation of the border conflicts. While Primus O’Brian himself passed away in the winter of 2160 due to chronic medical complications, many Mercator and higher ranks proudly wear the medal in his honor today.

Requirements: Be a lead negotiator in a major peace treaty, Be a lead negotiator in an important trade alliance, Acquire large amounts of valuable goods for the Alumni through trade, and successfully negotiate with an enemy group ultimately saving lives.

Award: A metal token coated with bronze, imprinted with a pair of hands exchanging a key. Recipients also receive an item scanning application for their ARD or PDA, which allows them to: identify rare items, provide known information on them, and even place a value upon them.

The Honors of The Artificium

CATEGORY: EXCLUSIVE:

Description: With the grandiose emphasis placed upon the preservation of artifacts and pre-flash technologies, it is not surprising that there is much praise to be given to those daring few who put their lives on the line to preserve these enticing artifacts. Awarded by the organized Domini Body, this honor usually comes with a custom made advanced ARD and an advanced chip for the said ARD for their act of bravery and determination to preserve technology. Those who are given these honors are usually given high praise for their utilization of Valedictorian and Salutatorian values and have been used as ambassadors to bring the two branches closer together in times of particular strife. 

Requirements: Acquire a piece of highly valued technology in a high risk situation.

Award: A highly advanced ARD along with a “Clairvoyance” chip to be accepted into the ARD, a silver plaque, and a patch with a radar screen depicted upon it.(Provides a +4 to all looting or materiel searching rolls.) In addition, 500 Scrip will be added to the account of the recipient for their belief in the mission

The Honors of The Emortuus

Category: EXCLUSIVE:
Description: Within the Alumni, the date of November 22nd carries itself profound historical significance, with the day marking the first recorded death of an Alumnite participating in wasteland scouting parties in the year 2117. In response to this unfortunate loss of life, the Directorate created The Honors of The Emortuus to remember the Alumnites lost to the wasteland.

Traditionally every year on November 22nd, crowds of both campus residents and full-fledged alumni members will gather by the graveyard to hear a list of the current year's fallen colleagues. Whether it be by natural causes or field incidents; Every name of the fallen is read out and remembered by the men and women who attend the special event.

Requirements: Give your life for the Alumni’s cause.
Award: May your sacrifice be forever remembered. The Alumni insignia is made from metals and placed upon the gravestone of the fallen.

Personnel of the Month Award

Category: UNIQUE:
Description: This prestige of honor is received by a certain individual who has shown great altruistic efforts towards their peers. Always going above and beyond in their line of effort. Popularly competed by both branches, only one person can possess this title at a time. It is sanctioned on the first day of every month. 

Requirements: To receive this entitlement, one must attend AT LEAST 5 hosts in that month. Have the most endorsements from the MR+ team. All are finalized under the President’s authority.
Award: A plaque featuring the picture and name of the current Personnel of the Month which will be hung up in the Compendium. After the month ends, the plaque is removed and is gifted to the next.

Champion of Faraday

Category: UNIQUE:
Description: Since the dawn of the Alumni, every Faraday Festival has held sports competitions. Alumnites can bank on the opening race, but other sports such as fighting competitions have become more common recently. The winners of those competitions would be deemed the champions of their particular festival, thus giving them short-lived fame and glory. 

Requirements: Win a competition during the Faraday Festival.
Award: A seat of honor at all feasts held during the remainder of their Festival, a silver laurel wrapped in gold leaf, a rare tech item of the competition host’s choosing. They will also receive 750 Scrip.

NFT Holder

Category: UNIQUE:
Description: Awarded to the person who has the highly coveted NFT holder rank in the [ATF] The Alumni Roblox group. Made entirely for the meme that Alumni is the Crypto Bro Faction.

Requirements: Must be the current holder of the NFT rank in the [ATF] The Alumni Roblox group
Award: The NFT Rank in the [ATF] The Alumni Roblox group.

Schöner Tod (“Beautiful Death”)

Category: UNIQUE:
Description: During the month of July in 2164, Southpoint State declared war on humankind, unleashing a bioweapon of biblical proportions. This has significantly affected everyone and everything within its radius, which included the Alumni. The spore that is spread causes intense feral mutations, with the end result of the disease being coined as “Biomass”. Alumni Salutatorians and Valedictorians of all kinds have fought hard to prevent it from penetrating Sanctum’s walls.

Requirements: Kill 5-6 different Biomass eldritch in different stages (Incubation, Early Feral, Late Feral, Eldritch). Must be done during the Biomass (July 2024-).
Award: Receive a special model Seraph 330 used as a display, made of Steel. ONLY AWARDED BY CR+. Awarded additional Scrip.

Grants are one of the several seemingly ancient pre-flash college traditions that have survived into the wasteland and act as a testament to the long-standing culture of the Alumni. Much like their pre-flash counterparts, the current-day grants are forms of financial aid given to gifted individuals to assist them with Compendium projects.

• A project can only have 1 grant.

• A project must apply to the grant the project leader is applying for (e.g. a medical-themed project can only apply for a medical-related grant.)

• Grant bonus will last throughout the entirety of the project.

• Grant bonus is distributed to every member of the project, not just the leader.

GRANT CATEGORIES

GENERAL:  General Grants can be awarded to anyone by MR+

EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive Grants can be awarded to anyone by SMR+

ESPECIAL: Especial Grants can be awarded to anyone by HR+

COMPETITIVE:  Competitive grants can be granted to any LR+ by a HR+

LEGACY:  Legacy grants can be granted to any LR+ by a CR+

Erie First Responder Fund I

CATEGORY: GENERAL,MEDICAL

One of the oldest grants offered by the EIT, this fund was formed in response to first responders requiring more specialized equipment to keep up with the rapidly advancing technology and dangers of the 21st century. Since its noble founding, this grant has fallen from grace post-flash and now serves as a basic medical fund, providing some information on the operation of specialized equipment.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +2 To Testing

Abnett Basic Robotics Grant I

CATEGORY: GENERAL,TECHNOLOGY

This grant found its roots in the second generation of EIT Alumni pre-flash who decided to reinvest in their college to assist students with the rapidly expanding field of robotics. Used pre-flash to automate jobs in the surrounding cities of Detroit and Cleveland this grant now serves the current Alumni’s up and coming students funding technological projects with a focus in robotics. This fund mainly focuses on the promotion of basic robotic projects such as modified SD-1 units, lightweight drones, and the occasional creation of a new AMD.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +2 To Production

Seeing Sights Training Course Fund I

CATEGORY: GENERAL,FIREARMS

The Seeing Sights Training Course was originally a program offered to the more militaristically inclined students at EITs. Those with military contracts or had a particular interest in security were offered a range to test out their newest creations and targeting programs. This also helped train their machines as marksmen in the ever growing world of violence around them. This course is nowadays offered to those creating weapons and droids for the Alumni. It even offers some slight courses on the basics of firearm creations and maintenance.

GRANT AMOUNT: +2 To Testing

Evzones Vanguard Grant I

CATEGORY: GENERAL,ARMOR

This We’ll Defend. A common saying amongst Ezvone consortium members. It holds true when they decide to spend their limited wealth on a new project. They offer access to stronger materials, information on stronger bonding agents, and techniques to help ensure the armor sticks together whilst remaining light and cushioned. If only slightly better than having gone without, their grant is usually seen behind most successful armor projects such as the LORCIA.

GRANT AMOUNT: +2 To Production

Synthetic Mobility Foundation Grant I

CATEGORY: GENERAL,PROSTHETIC

Prosthetics have been a very important part of the Alumni as they provide those who have been critically injured with a way to go out back into the field and support their comrades.

Prewar, this grant served as a way to support research efforts made by students in EIT that specialized in creating highly advanced prosthetics; both for civilian and military use.
Postwar, the grant allows access into the compendium vast knowledge on advanced prosthetics, typically on how to properly operate them or teach a patient using them to make use of them more efficiently.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +2 To Testing

Augmented Reality Fund I

CATEGORY: GENERAL,TECHNOLOGY

Among the ranks of the Alumni it is common to see both ARDs and HUDs. These Augmented Reality devices prove vital for use both in the field and at campus. Thus, innovations on these devices are not taken lightly, being able to improve such useful devices is an extremely important milestone in the Alumnis technical development. So, projects that are expanding greatly upon these genre of device, it is relatively common for a grant to be provided. This grant provides some insight into how ARDs and HUDs are made, some design features, and things related to how they can be made more efficiently.

GRANT AMOUNT: +2 To Production

Scholars Reward I
CATEGORY: GENERAL,TECHNOLOGY
Before the war, EIT students could show the prototype to research leaders and obtain extra information and funding about other successful projects that were the same as their own, allowing them to take into account what to not do, and what to focus on. Post-war, this is used to support projects in general, giving them access to information on the Compendium.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +1 Production

Erie First Responder Fund II

CATEGORY: EXCLUSIVE,MEDICAL

One of the oldest grants offered by the EIT, this fund was formed in response to first responders requiring more specialized equipment to keep up with the rapidly advancing technology and dangers of the 21st century. Since its noble founding, this grant has fallen from grace post-flash and now serves as a basic medical fund, providing some information on the operation of specialized equipment.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +3 To Testing

Evzones Vanguard Grant II

CATEGORY: EXCLUSIVE,ARMOR

This, We’ll Defend. A common saying amongst Ezvone consortium members. It holds true when they decide to spend their limited wealth on a new project. They offer access to stronger materials, information on stronger bonding agents, and techniques to help ensure the armor sticks together whilst remaining light and cushioned. This grant provides even better benefits than its first iteration, it’s usually seen behind most successful armor projects such as the LORCIA.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +3 To Production

Seeing Sights Training Course Fund II

CATEGORY: EXCLUSIVE,FIREARMS

The Seeing Sights Training Course was originally a program offered to the more militaristically inclined students at EITs. Those with military contracts or had a particular interest in security were offered a range to test out their newest creations and targeting programs. This also helped train their machines as marksmen in the ever growing world of violence around them. This course is nowadays offered to those creating weapons and droids for the Alumni. It even offers some slight courses on the basics of firearm creations and maintenance.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +3 To Testing

Synthetic Mobility Foundation Grant II 

CATEGORY: EXCLUSIVE,PROSTHETIC

Prosthetics have been a very important part of the Alumni as they provide those who have been critically injured with a way to go out back into the field and support their comrades.

Prewar, this grant served as a way to support research efforts made by students in EIT that specialized in creating highly advanced prosthetics; both for civilian and military use.
Postwar, the grant allows access into the compendium vast knowledge on advanced prosthetics and even some designs.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +3 To Production and Testing

Abnett Basic Robotics Grant II

CATEGORY: EXCLUSIVE,TECHNOLOGY

The Alumni have amassed many droids over the years, and they are used for various tasks throughout the Sanctum. Both scavenged and produced droids see use by the Alumni, as well as some droids retained from the preflash Erie Institute of Technology. They serve various purposes, such as menial labor, maintenance, and security. Some droids within the Alumni are sentient, some are not.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +3 To Production and Testing

Scholars Reward II

CATEGORY: ESPECIAL,TECHNOLOGY

Before the war, EIT students could show the prototype to research leaders and obtain extra information and funding about other successful projects that were the same as their own, allowing them to take into account what to not do, and what to focus on. Post-war, this is used to support projects in general, giving them access to information on the Compendium.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +3 To Production and Testing

An Angel’s Calling

CATEGORY: ESPECIAL,MEDICAL

Before the war, this grant served as a way for students who were looking to research promising medical technology, mainly for surgical procedures. Post-war, this serves as a simple research grant that allows access to the vast knowledge on medical technology such as the Auto-doc from the compendium, falling not far from its original purpose.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +4 To Production and Testing

Thanatos’ Apostle

CATEGORY: ESPECIAL,WEAPONRY

Many salutatorians take pride in their work, in which they defend their comrades and keep them safe. Some do it by taking lives and some do it by saving them. But those who take lives are ultimately the ones who are defending the ones saving it.

Pre-war, this served as a grant for those researching weapons of mass destruction, controlling death with their hands. EIT never really was just a simple college, but as a facility of people who were developing concepts of weapons that could end humanity.
Post war, this serves to give knowledge on specialized weapons, possibly helping with projects that need that training.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +4 To Testing

Kratos’ Personification

CATEGORY: ESPECIAL,TECHNOLOGY,SUIT

The Alumni have a very large bundle of exo-suits within the compendium, ranging from simple industrial exo-suits to help with moving boxes to full on combat exoskeletons that allow a human to surpass their limits.

Pre-war, the Kratos’ Personification was used as a grant for students of EIT researching the military exo-suits that were given to them. They were to find ways to improve the design or think of new ones and showcase its prowess to the government, who would adopt successful designs into the military for use by soldiers.

Post war, it gives knowledge on how to operate specialized suits, their designs, and how the suits themselves operate. A must have for those making a suit project!

GRANT AMOUNT:  +4 To Production and Testing

Kingsley-Smith Foundation Grant

CATEGORY: COMPETITIVE,TECHNOLOGY

Numerous corporations, government branches, and individuals made generous donations and scholarship offers to the Lake Erie Institute of Technology. Attendants of the luxurious institution enjoyed scholarships for nearly every study offered at EIT. The Kingsley-Smith Foundation, originally offered by an AI focused firm, was one such scholarship offered to the budding advanced AI developers of tomorrow. It was intended for those that showed promise and had the potential to pioneer the field of artificial intellect for corporations, government use, and the public. Nowadays, this grant is still offered as of the 2136 movement to support smart AI development. Though, it’s focused less on granting incomprehensible amounts of funding and more on training courses and unlimited access to compendium documents on AI development. Including the less than ethical portions.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +5 To Production and Testing

Genesis Grant

CATEGORY: COMPETITIVE,BIOLOGICAL

Genesis, to come into being, the origin. This grant once served EIT as a funding bank to try and create augmented artificial life, in an attempt to combine both machine and meat to create something like a masterpiece. It did not go into success as its research was promptly stopped as soon as the bombs dropped, leaving everything but the records on such a project burnt up and destroyed. It serves the Alumni as a grant to allow those who take interest in biological research and are doing a project relating to such, for example, plants, it will give the persons a near unlimited amount of information related to biological articles, a fountain of knowledge.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +5 To Production and Testing

Restricted Technology Grant

CATEGORY: COMPETITIVE,ENERGY WEAPONS

Originally called the “Advanced Technological Research Grant” by EIT officials, it served as a way to support students researching energy weapons technology for the Military. One of the most notable research efforts was the plasma weapons program, which acted as a research effort to create anti-automaton weapons other than large and cumbersome EMP equipment. Post war, it only gives a vast amount of knowledge on energy weapons, granting a large amount of knowledge stored within the compendium.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +5 To Production and Testing

Hidden Talents Grant

CATEGORY: COMPETITIVE,TECHNOLOGY

The Hidden Talents Grant served as a way to support experienced persons in a field they never have ventured into before during a research project, acting as a way to give them funding and access to some more resources in terms of knowledge. Post-war, this grant serves as a way to give access to some knowledge far from their current role and branch to help them.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +5 To Testing

Oil Pan Fund

CATEGORY: LEGACY,VEHICULAR

Cars, Trucks, and all sorts of vehicles are seen within the various garages and makeshift sheds of the Alumni campus. It’s rare to ever see one being experimented on as a part of a project due to a functioning vehicle’s rarity within the wasteland. Even though a vehicular project has never been approved by the Domini Body in the past, they’re always listening to suggestions and potential ideas for their motor fleet. This grant gives the project some insight into how vehicles work via the compendium or pre-flash and post-flash resources.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +6 To Production

Asclepius’ Personification

CATEGORY: LEGACY,MEDICAL

Being someone who deals with the injured isn’t easy, you suffer at the loss of a person that you could’ve saved, but you’re expected to keep on helping. Yet even after such a large amount of assistance, they gain nothing, only hate, hubris for the medical staff that saved them, but hate for the person that hurt them. In Arduis Fidelis - Faithful in Adversity, a medical staff must follow their hippocratic oath, by healing those around them, no matter the circumstances.

For medical personnel who have given their all, suffering heavy injuries in the process of saving their comrades, for being ever faithful. In struggle, they come and heal the injured, Ascelpius would be proud.

This grant, which was made after the war very early on, allows UNLIMITED access to all medical related files within the compendium, ranging from medical prosthetics to advanced medical items such as Auto-docs and even more.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +6 To Production and Testing

Mass Production Grant

CATEGORY: LEGACY,TECHNOLOGY

Projects are not only ways to simply develop technology to help a singular person do something, but are ways to advance technologies of the faction as a whole. They can serve as a starting point for very beneficial research to the Alumni.

Pre-war, the mass production grant was originally given to the students that partook in research and development of experimental tech that was predicted to go into mass production into the civilian or military market in a matter of years.

Post war, the grant gives knowledge on how to optimize technological items at a massive scale, the compendium’s knowledge truly is limitless.

GRANT AMOUNT:  +6 To Production