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The Damascus Materials Research & Development Facility, abbreviated to DMF and mentioned under the codename CRUSADER Base, was a major research facility established on. One of the largest R&D facilities under the field of influence, the DMF was renowned for its contributions to military science. However, in the case of its sub-division the Damascus Materials Testing Facility, it was equally famous for the fact that it was one of the earliest sites to support research into the and  and was thus one of the biggest areas of research for the projects. Despite it's importance, the facility survived the entire, becoming a large contributor to the development of armour systems.

Damascus Materials Testing Facility (DMTF)
The smallest portion of the facility, the Testing facility was located near the surface of Chi Ceti IV. The role of this section was simple; test new technologies, whenever it being a new weapon, armour system or even computing software, usually a prototype sent from the DMCMF. As a result, despite being the largest section of the facility, it was also the most simplest in design, consisting almost solely of a large modular obstacle course which can be easily refitted at a moments notice. Also because of this, the facility was hugely automated, with a minimum of three technicians on station to tweak the prototypes, redesign the course and repair the technical equipment.

For software and cyberware systems, the facility had a curious computer network sealed off from all others. Here, the advanced design allowed a dozen to work together in close proximity - a downscaled version of the network present in the rest of the facility. Sustained by a large crystal harddrives, it allowed the Damascus engineers to assist in the development of AIs. The built-in testing software was designed to cut off failing or unnecessary protocols, pathways and hardware in times when something goes wrong, and had an array of counter-intrusion and cyber-warfare systems in case the subject attempted to escape. As a last security measure, the localised power supply could be easily shut-off to contain the outbreak.