RH101:Copenhagen University

Though not the first academic institution to identify a reality hacking phenomenon, Copenhagen University soon became the de facto think tank for the theme. Starting with the identification of the second of the Mercury Anomalies, and later discovery of the first one, CoU dedicated a fair amount of resources to track down other unusual celestial phenomena. Soon, the researchers, led by visionary physicist and science historian Åse Engel, concluded that the seemingly bizarre events were not limited to the sky and had been happening for some time. Engel pushed for the creation of a dedicated institute that could pool not only the scientific resources of Denmark, but of all European Union. In 2018, she got her wish with the creation of Advanced Research Institute for Unusual Stellar and Terrestrial Phenomena (ARIUST). Engel headed ARIUST from its inception until its terrible destruction in the massive explosion that levelled most of CoU's campus in the Herald Week, the seven days of wild reality hacking that preceded the Silver Runaways Incident. The vast majority of the body of knowledge on "rehack" that is available today comes from the work done by ARIUST. In fact, the expression "reality hacking" itself was coined by Engel in an informal lecture to her ARIUST peers.

-- Quentin Jerusalem