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The Department of Energy is an executive department of the United States federal government.[1] They apparently operated Hawkins National Laboratory in the early 1980s, one of several national laboratories which grew out of the scientific endeavors of the Second World War.[2]
Description[]
Hawkins National Laboratory operated from the 1950s to 1984.[3][4][5] During the last years of the lab's operations, the lab was purportedly run by the Department of Energy. The lab was highly secretive, restricting access to the premises, and authorized a team of guards and agents to use violent and lethal force when deemed necessary. They used manipulative tactics to re-capture the test subject Eleven after she escaped the premises.
Jim Hopper speculated that Hawkins Lab was possibly run by an entirely different government agency (or agencies), such as the CIA, or NSA, suggesting the Department of Energy was a 'cover' used to maintain the confidentiality of the lab's more unethical experiments. The accuracy of this speculation was left unclear by all parties involved; however, one account claimed that Brenner's agents were from the NSA.[6]
Members[]
- Dr. Martin Brenner † - Former head of Hawkins Lab
- Dr. Sam Owens - Former head of Hawkins Lab
- Connie Frazier † - Agent
- Shepard † - Worker and/or scientist
- Lead Agent - Agent
- Elevator Scientist † - Scientist
- Lead Scientist - Scientist
- Hawkins Head of Security - Agent
- Agent Repairman - Agent
- Rick Schaeffer - Former orderly
- M.P. Guards - Security detail
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- In Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down, government cards with a "Central Intelligence Agency Clandestine Ops" badge appear.[7]
References
- ↑ United States Department of Energy on Wikipedia
- ↑ United States Department of Energy National Laboratories on Wikipedia
- ↑ "The Massacre at Hawkins Lab"
- ↑ Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- ↑ "The Gate"
- ↑ The official teleplay for "The Vanishing of Will Byers", page 26
- ↑ Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down