Twenty years before the events of F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon, the Auburn District was used as the home of the top secret Origin Facility, an underground establishment that was the base for Project Origin. The Origin Facility was abandoned in 2005 due to a Synchronicity Event that led to the deaths of several Armacham Technology Corporation staffers. After that, chemicals left within the building leaked into the waters, sickening people in the immediate area. Combined with that and the corrosive rage of Alma Wade which intensified the effects of the chemicals, it lead to the abandonment of the entire district.