Sinyala Facility

Doctors and researchers at work in the Sinyala Facility

The Sinyala Facility is the primary setting of The Outlast Trials, with part of it being briefly glimpsed in Outlast 2. It was a top-secret government founded corporate facility which was used to experiment on people as part of PROJECT LATHE under the Murkoff Corporation.

History

• August 22, 1955: Hendrick Joliet Easterman arrives at Sinyala, mentioning that they will draw water either from the Colorado river or the Havasu creek.
• August 29th, 1955: Avellanos and Easterman pitch Project LATHE to Jameson Lawler.
• October 21st, 1955: Scarfiotti is recommended to A. Bradley Avellanos by Sidney Gottlieb for the architect position.
• November 3rd, 1955: Scrafiotti is interviewed by A. Bradley Avellanos.
• December 28th, 1955: Clyde Perry is informed by Easterman that he requires very charismatic people to be turned into Prime Assets.
• June 29th, 1958: Due to high amounts of deaths and injuries, Project LATHE is strongly suggested to be immediately shut down.
• July 16th, 1958: Easterman and other scientists are preforming autopsies on the LATHE subjects, discovering tumor-like growths in their brains.
• July 20th, 1958: Easterman informs Olivier W. Baranczyk that the tumors are part of the process of retraining the Reagents into doing whatever mission is needed.
• July 23th, 1958: Easterman confides to his journal that there is actually no correlation between the lesion growth and stimulus.
• August 25th, 1958: Project LATHE TWO is signed off by the Board and the Agency, with oversight from Los Alamos and Mount Massive being minimal. The Agency funding requires the results to be shared with MKULTRA, MKDELTA, and MKNAOMI.
• September 17th, 1958: LATHE TWO is barreling forward, and Baranczyk insists that Easterman share test results of the Skinner Man with PAPERCLIP.
• February 12, 1959: Thirty seven Murkoff Charity Outreach Centers are operational and taking in patients to turn into Reagents. An additional six centers were planned to open before March 1st.
• March 7th, 1959: Murkoff purchased a controlling share in LIBERTY MEAT HAULING LLC in order to cut the cost of transporting Reagents to Sinyala.
• August 28, 1959: Wernicke observes the Reagents, interested in how they can mix with his own work regarding dreams.
• September 22th, 1959: Jameson Lawler is informed of Program GEISTER by Avellanos.
• September 25th, 1959: Avellanos and Easterman discuss mixing the Prime Assets together in trials.
• September 30th, 1959: Clyde investigates Franco Barbi.
• October 1st, 1959: Program GEISTER is proposed to the Board, with influence from Dr. Wernicke.
• October 3rd, 1959: Program GEISTER is approved by the Board and is under the authority of Dr. Wernicke and Los Alamos staff.
• October 5th, 1959: After being injured by Franco, Clyde announces that this will be his last operation for the Collections Department.
• October 6th, 1959: Clyde Perry resigns from the Collections Department due to his injuries.
• November 18th, 1959: Clyde is informed by A. Bradley Avellanos that documents are being leaked into the trials. and he is offered a job as the Director of Historical Refinement.
• December 5th, 1959: Lawler discusses his request for Reagents to be trained via Winter Kills with Avellanos. (6th) Easterman expresses that he thinks that it will be very fruitful.
• December 31st, 1959: A New Years party occurs at the Sinyala Facility. Easterman, Scarfiotti, Avellanos, Barlow, Gottlieb, and various scientists were in attendance.
• December 1959 - March 1960: The Docks are built by Scarfiotti.
• January 3rd, 1960: Easterman suffers a hangover (still) and notes significant hair loss. He discovers that Thalium was in his work coat pocket, causing his hair loss.
• January 10th, 1960: Avellanos and Jun Kusamura meet for a conference, and he discusses wishing to work with Dr. Wernicke.
• January 16th, 1960: The Board authorizes Toxic Shock, with consultation from Dr. Jun Kusamura.
• March 6th, 1960: Scarfiotti informs Noakes that he needs to fix the Rigs to withstand Coyle's electric prod (in accordance to Coyle's prod gaining rig disabling properties).

Personnel

• A. Bradley Avellanos, Executive, Facility Supervisor
• Hendrick Joliet Easterman, Director of PROJECT LATHE
• Moses Scarfiotti, Facility Architect
• Clyde Perry, Collections Department Agent, Director of Historical Refinement
• Rudolf Wernicke, PAPERCLIP Asset, Los Alamos VIP, Director of Project Walrider, Director of Program Geister
• Cornelius Noakes, Engineer, Bingo Fuel Receptionist
• Emily Barlow, Pharmacy Nurse, Pharmacy Receptionist
• Jameson Lawler, Visitor, Central Intelligence Agency Operative
• Sidney Gottlieb, Visitor, Chief of Chemical Division for TSS, Director of Project MKUltra
• Jun Kusamura, PAPERCLIP Asset, Los Alamos VIP, Toxic Shock Consultant
• Employee 0877, Released Reagent, Researcher
• Doctor Jasper, Researcher
• Doctor Penfield, Researcher
• Various Scientists
• Various Security Guards

Locations

• The Sleep Room: the hub where Reagents rest and recover after and before Trials.
• Mansion: the ruined mansion where the Introduction and Reagent Release Protocol take place. (Can contain all Prime Assets)
• Thin Blue Line: the "local" police station that houses Leland Coyle as its Prime Asset.
• Sunshine Orphanage: the Christian orphanage that houses Mother Gooseberry as its Prime Asset.
• Futterland: the dental-themed fun park that houses Mother Gooseberry as its Prime Asset.
• Courthouse: the courtroom building that houses Leland Coyle as its Prime Asset.
• Duck Duck Goose Toy Factory: the Doctor Futterman-themed toy factory that houses Mother Gooseberry as its Prime Asset.
• The Docks: the mob-affiliated port that houses Franco Barbi as its Prime Asset.
• Downtown: the erotic city district that houses Franco Barbi as its Prime Asset.
• Radio Towers: a microwave broadcasting facility built to test large scale mind control on Temple Gate's residents.

See Also

• Radio Towers

Trivia

• The Name 'Sinyala' is most likely derived from the now revised spelling of Mount Sinyella, Coconino County, Arizona. The outdated spelling of this Landmark had been in use to refer to it between 1932 and 1988, making the spelling indeed historically accurate for the in game time period.
  • Both Mount Massive Asylum and the Sinyala Facility are named after a natural landmark that is in close proximity to them.

Gallery

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