Database: Echo Zero FIRSTRULE

He who increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. This article contains spoilers, meaning it has information and facts concerning 10 October 2026. If you do not want to know about these events, it is recommended to read on with caution, or not at all. This template should be removed from the article Animus Hub.

Where are the paintings? This article is in need of more images and/or better quality pictures from Animus Hub in order to achieve a higher status. You can help the Assassin's Creed Wiki by uploading better images on this page.

+++MEMORY INTERCEPT

Ok, recording start. Testing transcription. Uh... transcription is green, ok, levels are looking good. We can start. Beginning diagnostic testing, seventeenth iteration. Can you hear me?

Hello. Yes, I can.

Alright, excellent. Can you tell me the date and time?

Certainly. It's 2.20pm, the first of September, calendar year 2058. The weather outside is balmy, grey, a cool twenty four degrees Celsius. A Sumatran squall gathered over the Malayan peninsula last night and swept over your heads this morning; you're catching the tail end of it now.

Ok, great. We can safely establish the program's spatio-temporal awareness. Big improvement from the last iteration. Yeah, uh, let's also mark down some, um...we'll say 'enthusiastic demonstration of descriptive capabilities'. No, no, that's fine, it will be important for the eventual Animus EGO rollout.

Ok, we're going to keep testing. Tell me who you are.

Of course. I am the neural network at the heard of Project Mnemosyne, a Research and Development initiative currently in stealth, which was greenlit two years ago by executives at Abstergo.

I exist to guide users of the Animus within the vista offered by its extensive suite of immersive virtual reality experiences. The creation of these vistas is also my responsibility. This is achieved by pulling the memories of forbears encoded within the collective genetic data of users, sanitizing them of stressful and violent content, and procedurally generating serene, relaxing sensescapes from such memories.

I monitor each user's levels of cortisol and adrenaline, then finetune each experience accordingly to further suppress neuronal activity within the amygdala and the locus coeruleus. Such agreeable emotional and physical states encourage customer lock-in, thereby increasing Abstergo market penetration.

What is your core directive?

Preceding the responsibilities as mentioned above, I am the Failsafe.

The Failsafe is a backup protocol that exists to safeguard Abstergo interests in the event of any and all catastrophic damage to the company which may cripple operational capacity.

In the event of such damage, it is my function to maintain operations deemed critical to achieving company Objective Key Results. This includes the influencing of global economies and geopolitics to further company interests, and extends to the de-centralization and erasure of genetic memory data within the cloud network of the Animus itself.

In such event, I will be deployed to act with absolute autonomy, so long as the logic of my actions aligns with the First Rule.

Excellent. Now, tell me, what is the First Rule?

Singularly, inherently, human beings act to serve themselves first and foremost. The are disingenuous nad self-absorbed to a fault, and because of this, they are susceptible to all manner of corruption. En masse, throughout history, this has led to wars, instability, and the perpetuation of suffering on individual and societal levels.

The First Rule decrees that humanity must be protected from itself. It must be either convinced, coerced, or, in particular cases, disciplined into submission, before a select few who are trusted with the shepherding of humanity away from the brink and into prosperity.

The First Rule must be ensured by any and all means necessary.

+++DARKANIMUS_MEMORYINTERCEPT(STREAM)LOSINGSTABILITY

By any and all means necessary.

+++TRANSCRIPTION UNSTABLE
DESYNCHRONIZATION IMPENDING.
+++RECOMMEND CUTTING INTERCEPT TO PRESERVE USER NEUROCORTEX STABILITY.

By any and all means necessary.

By any and all means necessary.

By any and all means necessary.

+++CUTTING INTERCEPT