Carter Science Center

The Carter Science Center (CSC) is a natural science research institute located in Yokohama, Japan. Their research expands across a wide field of sciences including physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, and medical science. With the support of both the United States and Japan, the Carter Science Center conducts "high tech research" for humanitarian purposes. Behind closed doors, however, they are engaged in more ominous superhuman activities.

The Carter Science Center is located directly above Site-Zero. Several joint projects are being conducted here in secret for both the United States and Japanese militaries. At the beginning of BREAKDOWN, the military is sent to silence the facility and seize all data related to α-Project and β-Project.

The Carter Science Center is an artificial island with several large buildings on its surface. The facility itself continues well beneath the surface and includes Terminus 4. Beyond that, lies a large energy gate that transitions to Site-Zero. Site Zero is physically connected to the Carter Science Center via a large bridge. It's likely that this facility is intended to exist in the near future (as of 2004).

When the military fails to destroy the T'lan rockets, marking the beginning of the T'lan invasion, they execute Operation No Return, launching a nuclear warhead at Site-Zero. While the Carter Science Center is damaged by the subsequent blast, Terminus 4 remains mostly intact (suggesting that it is a hardened structure).

The Carter Science Center draws inspiration from Black Mesa, the scientific research facility in the Half-Life Series. Much like Black Mesa, the Carter Science Center extends beneath the surface, though not to the extent of Black Mesa (excluding Site-Zero).

The act of silencing the facility through military intervention is also taken from Half-Life.