Abstergo Industries

2010-01-03T03:46:36Z

162.83.209.61:

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'''Abstergo Industries''' are the employers of Doctors [[Warren Vidic]] and [[Lucy Stillman]], captors of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond,]] as well as the company which funds the [[Animus]]. Even though on the outside Abstergo is labeled as a company working in the field of Medicine & Science Dr. Vidic boasts of their accomplishments in more than just medical and scientific fields, but any huge progressive movement within the world.

Vidic claims that Abstergo is responsible for every scientific accomplishment for the last 1000 years, saying Abstergo chooses who gets credit for the accomplishments very carefully. Later, Desmond figures out that Abstergo is the [[Modern Times|modern-day]] embodiment of the [[Knights Templar]]. Also, in the e-mail in the conference room [[Alan Rikkin]] writes to Vidic: "May The Father of Understanding guide you to success". When Desmond asked who created the technology, Dr. Vidic mysteriously replies with "[[Those Who Came Before]]".

Abstergo has also been hunting the last of the Assassins left in the world, hoping to end their enemy's way of life, thus eliminating any chance of failure. If the player manages to access Warren Vidic's emails, they can read about the Tunguska meteor incident was in reality, a modern-day Assassin raid on an Abstergo Industries base in Russia. The email also discusses the Philadelphia Incident, in which the USS Eldridge (which was stationed in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard) was allegedly rendered invisible for several seconds, and sent forward in time. Experiments with the artifact related to this incident were halted, with Abstergo citing concern about Paradoxes. Mitchell-Hedge's communicators are also mentioned, an abstract reference to the 13 Incan Crystal Skulls, supposedly discovered by the gentleman adventurer of the same name in the 1920's. New Age theorists state that the Crystal Skulls enable telepathy between their wielders, and therefore, the term communicators implies that Abstergo either:<br />

*has these skulls, or<br />
*is able to communicate using them.<br />
This communication is undetectable by any Modern-day Assassins.

Through the [[e-mails]] we learn that Abstergo is being investigated for something called "New Fluoride", which they tested on an isolated community, were caught, and are currently being investigated for. This is the reason behind the Dec 21/2012 launch of their orbital platform, as afterword they risk being immobilized by having their assets frozen. The 21/12/2012 launch is also significant as it marks the end of the Mayan Long Count, 12th ''baktun'' cycle, (and the date set by many to be the end of the world) which is referenced with the 13.0.0.0 in eagle vision, as well as the Arabic word for 'Earthquake' or 'The Earthquake', as well as the Hebrew words for 'Next World' when Desmond investigates the rooms he is in, with his eagle vision.

Lucy also mentions the DIA Satellite Accident to Desmond after Desmond hears her telling Vidic on the phone: "We're Denver"". She explains that an accident happend in Abstergo's underground facility under the Denver International Airport (DIA) and a Piece of Eden was possibly destroyed and that at least twenty people died. In the e-mails in which Lucy talked to the Assassins she said that this is the possible site of launch for Abstergo's satellite.

==Products==
It is stated by Lucy that they produce anti-depressants. Aside from that [[Henry Ford]] is a Templar as stated by the [[glyphs]] left by [[Subject 16]] meaning that they can be credited to the invention of the assembly line. [[Thomas Edison]] was also a Templar, which means that it was Abstergo who are to be credited as well for the presence of lightbulbs. Further still, [[Adolf Hitler]] was a Templar, and was given a Piece of Eden to ensure World War 2 occured, perhaps implying the invention of modern rocketry and the medical advances gained by experimentation on captives during World War 2 could have come from the Templars themselves. Technological advances on by the Allies haven't been directly linked to the Templars, but given the apparent influence of the group, its whole possible radar, electronic computers, and jet engines where also Templar inventions.

==Known employees==
===Current employees===
*[[Alan Rikkin]] - C.E.O. at Abstergo.
*[[Warren Vidic]] - Head of Research for [[Genetic memory]] and the [[Animus]] project.
*[[Nancy Nilop]] - Unknown position, possibly Leila's (former) boss.
*[[Jane Birkam]] - Unknown position, friend of Warren Vidic.
*[[Audrey Jacobs]] - Alan Rikkin's assistant.
*[[Richard (Modern Times)|Richard]] - One of the three men that threatened Lucy Stillman to kill her, but Vidic stopped them.
===Former employees===
*[[Thomas Edison]] (deceased)
*[[Henry Ford]] (deceased)
*[[Lucy Stillman]]
*[[Leila Marino]] (deceased)

==Trivia==

*''Abstergo'' is also a Latin verb, meaning "to cleanse".

*At the beginning of the game as your escaping Abstergo with Lucy Stillman if you look through a window (as your leaving the Animus room and it's very thin) you can see a few bench's similar to the ones Ezio and Altiar use to hide from guards along with grass, a brick wall, and a few trees which is odd for such a futuristic looking building having a room like that.
*In the truth file: ''Apollo ''when searching for the Piece of Eden the America flag when scanned shows the ''Abstergo ''logo suggesting that ''Abstergo Industries '' was behind the moon landings.

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Nikola Tesla

2010-01-03T03:27:39Z

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Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was an inventor and a mechanical and electrical engineer. He was one of the most important contributors to the birth of commercial electricity and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the polyphase system of electrical distribution and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.

In Assassins Creed canon, Tesla was an ally of the [[Assassins]], who wanted him to destroy the Staff using his mastery of electricity. Unfortunately, this resulted to the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wikia/Tunguska_event Tunguska Explosion] which either destroyed the Staff completely, or could have just blasted the Piece of Eden miles away.

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