This simple laboratory structure was designed on Earth, and first deployed in the first days of the Eden colony. While this lab is very flexible and does a number of things, it does none of them especially well. Designed to support several research projects in different disciplines, in practice it has been found that these projects tend to interfere with one another, limiting the utility of the laboratory. It was quickly replaced by the Standard Laboratory, a structure with less versatility but more robust support for any given lab configuration.

After the disasters at the Eden and Plymouth colonies, the Basic Lab design was pressed into service to support essential survival-related research, and to aid in deciphering scrambled starship scientific databases.

Operational Notes: The Basic Lab houses Basic research projects. It requires no Scientists for basic operation; Scientists required for research vary by project. This structure becomes obsolete and cannot be constructed after the development of the Standard Laboratory. NOTE: This structure is available in Campaign Games only.

Tales from New Terra

He heard the voice in the distance, "Calvin, you in there?"

Dr. Calvin Anthony stood in the dark, empty, and stripped lab. "Yeah."

"Keep talking," said the distant voice. "I can't see you and I'm following your voice."

"Little bitty electron, went down the quantum slide, didn't reach the middle, but came out the other side ..."

A light came on in the hall outside, and Dr. Mark Johnson stuck his head through the doorway. "Enough! I found you already. What're you doing here, Calvin? They're demolishing this place tomorrow. It's practically GORF-chow already."

Calvin sighed. "That's exactly why I'm here. If you had a sentimental bone in your body you'd have been here, too."

"I am here."

Calvin grimaced. "You know what I mean." He spread his arms. "Don't you feel it? We did our first real science here. Even before they'd let us out of the University full-time we'd come here. This was the place back then, the place! Remember?"

"I remember when your cool-fusion thesis experiment nearly holed the pressure hull. I remember equipment that didn't work, and never having enough space or power. I remember wondering how the designers back on Earth expected us to do real science with Bunsen burners and third-rate electron microscopes."

"It's more than that! It's, it's ..."

"GORF-chow. Come on. I got some ration points left. I'll buy you a brew, and then we can go look at our shiny new lab."

Calvin sagged, defeated, and walked heavily to join his friend.

Mark put an arm around his shoulder as they walked out. "Later, I'll strap you into the new auto-dissector, and we'll see if it can cut your sentimental bone out."

"Fah!" Calvin chuckled. "Only if we can attempt a transplant."

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