联邦理工学院毕业生强恩·艾伍德、爱瑞卡·艾伍德·乌伦和威尔·伯格曼的研究项目引起了军方乔治·肯普上校的注意，在国防实验研究计划创业基金的慷慨资助下，剑桥聚合物研究所正式成立。Jon Elwood became 主任 of the facility and was married to Ericka Woolum. 大战发生时他们正研究可以使动力装甲将核辐射转换为电能的材料。

大战爆发时，强恩·艾伍德联系了军方，获知只有研究完成，军方才能出动军队帮助他们撤离。无可奈何的强恩将大家关在研究室内，强迫大家加班研究，并将实情告诉了同样被关起来的妻子艾莉卡。

被关起来的团队人员一派继续进行研究，一派试图逃出去，最终引爆冲突导致他们死亡。LayoutMain lobby

When first entering the polymer labs, directly to the left is the orientation room, where Molly briefs the Sole Survivor on a job acquired in the quest Cambridge Polymer Labs. Before entering the orientation room, the male and female restrooms are located to the right. To the right lies a passage that brings the player character to the clean room and allows access to the rest of the facility. Behind the service desk is a storage area and a door to the right of the player character. This door brings the player character upstairs to more storage areas to the immediate right of the top of the staircase, as well as an office location to the far left of the second floor. In the center of the 2nd floor is the director\'s office. A terminal is located within that further explains what happened before the destruction of the building.Research area

The research area has a layout like a vault. On the first floor, as well as the second floor the Sole Survivor will find several numbered samples containers for the Cambridge Polymer Labs quest. A glowing one can be found in a highly irradiated area near the northernmost section of the first floor. This is also the location of the U-238 also needed for the quest Cambridge Polymer Labs.

There is a \"polymer coating applicator\" machine that can combine polymers and isotopes on the first floor after radioactive decontamination. Isotopes and polymers can be found throughout the area.

From room C1, a passageway has been made along ventilation pipes to the other side of the labs, in order to gain access to the locked room C3 holding the radioactive containment password. At the end of the pipe system, Ericka Elwood-Woolum\'s skeletal remains are found. 1 Experiment samples numbers names