RD10-003

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RD10-003 (R&D10-003) is a Sun Jin Empire weapons research black-site on/associated with

Caisteal (Bethany system). It is the primary containment-and-trials facility where

Forza Ninetails was held, drugged/controlled, and used as a living weapons/armor test platform until the

RD10-003 Incident collapsed the program.

Location (Caisteal)

• Planet:
  
  Caisteal
• Affiliation / owner:
  
  Sun Jin Empire
• Environmental framing: a forest-and-snow world (subarctic edges); RD10-003’s isolation is part of its secrecy doctrine.

Exterior profile (what it looks like)

• Perimeter: a military wall encloses the site; security and access control are designed to make the base look like a sealed industrial machine rather than a “place.”
• Campus layout: several large structures are linked by intricate elevated walkways/conduits that carry personnel and utilities between sections without exposing movement at ground level.
• Airfield: a snowy landing strip holds multiple streamlined aircraft/ships, emphasizing rapid-response logistics and extraction capacity.
• Terrain anchor: one edge of the complex overlooks a deep canyon; a heavy bridge spans it for ground vehicles, with a river below that drops into a waterfall—an imposing natural barrier that doubles as a defensive boundary and a visual landmark.

Primary program (Forza as platform)

• Test subject:
  
  Forza Ninetails (kept sedated, drugged, and controlled during trials)
• Operational reality: “research” that uses forced performance and violence as engineering variables
• Compartmentalization: custody-chain and identity details are deliberately siloed to keep the truth from reaching higher-profile Sun Jin figures who would object—or interfere.

Gotanenks tie-in (equipment + intent)

RD10-003 is where the empire attempts to translate myth-charged, relic-derived close-quarters doctrine into a repeatable weapon system via

Gotanenks Armor.

• Program goal: refine Gotanenks integration and validate it in live conditions with an ideal wearer-profile.
• Why Forza “fits”: Gotanenks is built around a specific close-quarters lineage; Forza’s training and combat profile align with what the system expects from its user.
• Mass-production constraint: even if the “armor” portion can be standardized, the relic/material bottlenecks and compatibility realities make true scaling doubtful; the working implication is that only one fully functional complete kit exists.

Key personnel

• Program lead:
  
  Professor Denim (weapons researcher / program director)
• External catalyst:
  
  Rio Narro (operator whose access becomes the failure point)

Canon event node: the RD10-003 Incident (10.06.40)

The facility’s defining failure is the

RD10-003 Incident.

• Rio reviews the program outputs and fully understands what the trials are doing.
• Rio kills Denim and the researchers present, decapitating the program’s command layer.
• The facility shifts from “laboratory” to “emergency” as containment logic fractures.
• Separation beat: Rio briefly incapacitates Forza (helmet shot / terrain separation) to remove him from the immediate search grid, then pivots to concealment and off-grid movement.
• RD10-003 becomes compromised, and the recovery effort transitions from internal custody to an external hunt—setting up
  
  Battle at Birch.

Connected pages

• Planet:
  
  Caisteal
• Event:
  
  RD10-003 Incident
• Equipment:
  
  Gotanenks Armor
• Character:
  
  Professor Denim
• Character:
  
  Forza Ninetails
• Character:
  
  Rio Narro