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The '''Defense Research Institute''' was a para-private organization of the [[Free Market Block]] which served as the special research division of the Block's defense-industrial complex, in a role similar to [[OEPU]] [[Special Research Force]]. In addition to completing projects related to the adoption of [[Lorica]] standards within the FMB armed forces, and a significant amount of cooperation with the [[CASA]], the DRI is perhaps most infamous for [[Project Dreadnought]]. Begun prior to the [[Third World War]] and continued throughout its conclusion, the project was a deeply unethical and ammoral investigation into potential biotechnological improvements upon the [[Lorica]] standard. As part of the backlash against the revelation of Project Dreadnought and other such projects, the Free Market Block was forced to dissolve the organization and several key officers of the DIR were prosecuted and ultimately imprisoned at the [[Sydney Facility]].