American Continent Institute
The American Continent Institute was an institution of higher learning on Earth in the 23rd century. The institute employed the research scientists who led the survey expedition of the  in the 2230s.

The Columbia, whose team was led by Doctor Theodore Haskins, crashed on Talos IV in 2236, and his fate remained unknown until 2254 – eighteen years later. In that year, the starship  detected what they thought was a distress call from the Columbia, which turned out to be an elaborate trap set by the Talosians. Upon learning this, the crew of the Enterprise realized that Vina was in fact the only survivor of the Columbia crash. ()

Prior to the sealing of the ruins in the mid-23rd century, the ACI excavated archeological sites on Tagus III. The Speckman and the Sordal-Palka Excavations recovered artifacts from the Arnold Era. ()

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