Institute J

Based off the real-world college NJIT, Institute J is the benevolent half-sister of the Institute found in the Commonwealth [MIT]. The college has been around since 1884, and has survived to 2310, although it is no longer the same facitility that it had started as.

Background
Records indicate Instutute J, as it was renamed after being reopened in the 2270's, was designed to be similar to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts's own Institute. However, it did not develop androids, although they do have computers with functional AI.

Curiously, although the Brotherhood of Steel and the Enclave are the United States wasteland's most powerful organizations, they do not mention either Institute, despite their research and search for technology.

In contrast to the Commonwealth's Institute's foccus on robotics and computers, Institute J has a much more philanthropic goal, producing medical supplies and technologies, as well as water/food purifiers. However, they are trapped away from the rest of the city by the Rut to the East.

It is thought that there may be several institutes across the United States, designated different letters after the initial Institute began the organization. Institute J was designated as such, supposedly, as reference to New J ersey.

Buildings
A List of buildings in the Institute:
 * Altenkirch Hall
 * Athletics
 * Campus Center
 * Cull Hall
 * Garhung Library
 * Mancalus Hall
 * Mechanical Engineering
 * MLK High School
 * New Dorms
 * Old Dorms
 * Rykowski Information Technology Center
 * Tier Hall

Related Quests
Several quests are linked with Institute J.
 * A Broken Chain of Command
 * A Kinder Surprise
 * Medical Records
 * A Surgeon's General Warning
 * Intervarsity Activities
 * Highlander Pride
 * A Link to the Past
 * The Capstone Crusade

Behind the Scenes
The real-world NJIT can be viewed at www.njit.edu.