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[[File:ACU The Phoenix Project.png|thumb|250px|''Phoenix Project'' logo]] | [[File:ACU The Phoenix Project.png|thumb|250px|''Phoenix Project'' logo]] | ||
The '''Phoenix Project''' | The '''Phoenix Project''' was an [[Abstergo Industries]] initiative led by Dr. [[Álvaro Gramática]], which aimed to sequence the [[Isu]]'s triple-helix genome and explore the [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] encoded within through the [[Animus]]. | ||
The project began in | The project began in late 2013, after the death of the [[Sage]] [[John Standish]] at the [[Abstergo Entertainment]] office in [[Montreal]]. Following the examination of his body and the discovery of Isu DNA, Abstergo set out to locate genetic records of Sages both past and present, in order to use their high concentration of Isu DNA as a basis for cloning the Isu back into existence. They also hoped to better understand the [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]]. | ||
== | In 2018, the project was hijacked by the [[Instruments of the First Will]], a cult venerating the Isu [[Juno]] who sought to free her from her digital imprisonment inside [[the Grey]]. Although successful in resurrecting Juno in a new Isu body, her return was short-lived thanks to a rare alliance between the [[Assassins]] and [[Templars]], who united against their common threat, killed Juno and her followers, and destroyed the Phoenix Project. | ||
==Project Goals== | |||
{{Quote|Using Animus technology, Precursor history will be open to us for the first time ever. Ancient languages will be unlocked and ancient technology will be ours for the taking. Imagine what will be possible if we master the technology underpins the Pieces of Eden. Such discoveries would surpass one-hundredfold the splitting of the atom.|Narration of Abstergo Industries' internal Phoenix Project video, 2014.|Assassin's Creed: Unity|21st century conversations}} | |||
The goals of this Abstergo Industries Project were to: | |||
*Discover people with high concentrations of Isu DNA such as Sages or people with strong [[Eagle Vision]] abilities, and to extract the DNA of these people with high concentrations of Isu DNA. | |||
*Develop and enhance molecular cloning technologies, so as to use the Isu DNA available in order to clone an entire Isu being back to life. | |||
*Use the extracted Isu DNA to understand how Pieces of [[Eden]] worked and how to develop these kinds of technologies for themselves. | |||
==Project Overview== | |||
===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
The inspiration behind the project can be seen in the initial model of DNA proposed by [[Rosalind Franklin]] in 1952, being an inaccurate triple-helix model that was disregarded with the latter discovery of the double helix theorem. Due to this discovery, her work was wholly ignored, aside from being an example of an inaccurate conclusion.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> | The inspiration behind the project can be seen in the initial model of DNA proposed by [[Rosalind Franklin]] in 1952, being an inaccurate triple-helix model that was disregarded with the latter discovery of the double helix theorem. Due to this discovery, her work was wholly ignored, aside from being an example of an inaccurate conclusion.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> | ||
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===Death of John Standish=== | ===Death of John Standish=== | ||
[[File:ACU Precursor Genome.png|thumb|250px|left|The project's goal]] | [[File:ACU Precursor Genome.png|thumb|250px|left|The project's goal]] | ||
For many years, Franklin's proposition was struck down as fallacy, until Abstergo Entertainment analyzed the genome of the Sage John Standish following his death, upon which they found that he had an extremely high quantity of triple-helix DNA. This helped to elaborate Franklin's research as a correct but merely misdirected model, gathered from small traces of | For many years, Franklin's proposition was struck down as fallacy, until Abstergo Entertainment analyzed the genome of the Sage John Standish following his death, upon which they found that he had an extremely high quantity of triple-helix DNA. This helped to elaborate Franklin's research as a correct but merely misdirected model, gathered from small traces of Isu DNA hidden in the [[human]] genome.<ref name="ACU" /> | ||
To this end, Abstergo planned to gather more samples of people like John Standish and collate the findings, promoting the top-secret discovery to investors for funding. Where possible, Abstergo also attempted to recover [[blood vials]] containing Sage DNA, as those would be the most pure samples available if they indeed had managed to preserve the samples into the 21st century.<ref name="ACU" /> | To this end, Abstergo planned to gather more samples of people like John Standish and collate the findings, promoting the top-secret discovery to investors for funding. Where possible, Abstergo also attempted to recover [[blood vials]] containing Sage DNA, as those would be the most pure samples available if they indeed had managed to preserve the samples into the 21st century.<ref name="ACU" /> | ||
[[File:ACU Facility Destruction.png|thumb|250px|The destruction of the Paris facility]] | [[File:ACU Facility Destruction.png|thumb|250px|The destruction of the Paris facility]] | ||
By late 2014, the [[Assassins]] became aware of Abstergo's plans, and set out to counter them by recruiting the [[Initiates]], led by their operative [[Bishop]], in an aim to try to track down and find historical Sages' remains and safeguard them, therefore | By late 2014, the [[Assassins]] became aware of Abstergo's plans, and set out to counter them by recruiting the [[Initiates]], led by their operative [[Bishop]], in an aim to try to track down and find historical Sages' remains and safeguard them, therefore preventing traces of their DNA from falling into Abstergo's hands.<ref name="ACU" /> In October 2014, [[Gavin Banks]] led an Assassin team which destroyed the [[Abstergo Industries Paris facility|Phoenix Project facility]] in [[Paris]],<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref> including all samples of Precursor DNA<ref name="ACU" /> and the [[Shroud of Eden 1|original]] [[Shrouds of Eden|Shroud of Eden]],<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref> causing the initiative to suffer a major setback.<ref name="ACRG" /> | ||
===Acquisition of the Pieces of Eden=== | |||
In 2015, the [[Templars]] set their eyes on [[Shroud of Eden 2|another Shroud of Eden]], this one located in [[Buckingham Palace vault|a vault]] underneath [[Buckingham Palace]]. This was part of the plan to use Isu DNA to recreate a living Isu from scratch instead of just cloning one as originally intended. [[Sigma Team]] was sent to Buckingham Palace to retrieve the Shroud, but Bishop sent her team led by [[Shaun Hastings]], [[Rebecca Crane]], and [[Galina Voronina]] to retrieve it first. In the scuffle, Rebecca was wounded, [[Juhani Otso Berg]] was rendered unconscious, and [[Isabelle Ardant]] was killed, but [[Violet da Costa]] escaped with the Shroud. All of this was according to [[Juno]]'s plan to escape from [[the Grey]] and be resurrected.<ref name="ACS" /> | |||
[[File:ACRussia - Berg delivering box.png|thumb|250px|left|Berg delivering the Precursor box to Gramática]] | |||
Later that year, Berg was tasked by [[Laetitia England]] with delivering a [[Precursor box]] recovered from the Assassins to [[Álvaro Gramática]]'s new [[Abstergo Industries Australia facility|secret facility]], one which only the scientist knew the location of. After sending Berg the coordinates of the lab, Gramática greeted him when he arrived and took the box, claiming he would use it in conjunction with the Shroud delivered to him by Violet. Disturbed by the nature of Gramática's experiments, Berg questioned what he was researching, to which the scientist only replied "Project Phoenix."<ref name="ACCR">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia]]''</ref> | |||
Around this time, both the Assassins and [[Erudito]] became aware of Juno's plans to use the Phoenix Project to further her ambitions of world domination, and formed an alliance to stop her.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed 11|Issue #11]]</ref> | |||
===Resurrection Day=== | |||
In February 2017, the Assassins, following a tip-off from their informant [[Heinrich Hart]],<ref name="ACUp2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 2|Issue #02]]</ref> investigated an abandoned Phoenix Project facility in [[Hong Kong]], hoping to learn more about the project's nature. However, this was a trap and they were ambushed by Juno's followers, the [[Instruments of the First Will]], who butchered most of the Assassins.<ref name="ACUp1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 1|Issue #01]]</ref> The attack prompted an investigation from Berg, who uncovered the Instruments' existence, leading him to form a temporary truce with the Assassins to stop them.<ref name="ACUp5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 5|Issue #05]]</ref> | |||
[[File:ACUp - Instruments confronting Alvaro in his lab.png|thumb|250px|The Instruments confronting Gramática in his lab]] | |||
In August 2018, the Instruments traveled to Gramática's facility in [[Australia]], where the scientist was close to uncovering the secrets of the Shroud and the Precursor box.<ref name="ACUp8">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 8|Issue #08]]</ref> Promptly hijacking his research, the Instruments forced Gramática to use DNA samples from [[Elijah]] and other Sages to bio-engineer a female Isu body for Juno's essence to inhabit. Thanks to the Shroud's unique properties, the newly-born Isu fetus would reach maturity within 24 hours, allowing Juno to be physically reborn in the modern world.<ref name="ACUp10">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 10|Issue #10]]</ref> | |||
== | However, just as Juno was fully resurrected, the facility came under attack by Berg and the Assassins [[Charlotte de la Cruz]], [[Galina Voronina]], [[Kiyoshi Takakura]], and [[Arend Schut-Cunningham]]. In the resulting fight, most of the Instruments were killed, as was Gramática, who was accidentally crushed by falling debris from the battle. Elijah betrayed the Instruments and used the [[Koh-i-Noor]] to help Charlotte assassinate Juno, whereupon he escaped with the [[diamond]].<ref name="ACUp12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 12|Issue #12]]</ref> | ||
[[File:ACUp Charlotte killed by the explosion.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The destruction of the Phoenix Project facility]] | |||
Outside the facility, a Templar strike team summoned by Berg surrounded the remaining Instruments led by Violet da Costa, allowing Berg to kill Violet for her betrayal. He then detonated a high-caliber explosive he had planted inside the lab, wishing to destroy all traces of Juno's legacy. This also inadvertently killed Charlotte, who failed to escape the lab in time, and marked the definitive end of the Phoenix Project.<ref name="ACUp12" /> | |||
==Behind the scenes== | |||
A {{Wiki|Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix}} is a mythical bird that was said to resurrect from its own ashes, much like how Abstergo planned to have the Isu be brought back through their own remains in humankind's DNA, and similar to the continuous cycle of rebirth of Sages. | |||
==Appearances== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{c|retroactive, indirect mention only}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|Assassin's Creed]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' | |||
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[[fr:Projet Phénix]] | |||
[[Category:Abstergo Industries projects]] | [[Category:Abstergo Industries projects]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:08, 10 October 2025
The Phoenix Project was an Abstergo Industries initiative led by Dr. Álvaro Gramática, which aimed to sequence the Isu's triple-helix genome and explore the genetic memories encoded within through the Animus.
The project began in late 2013, after the death of the Sage John Standish at the Abstergo Entertainment office in Montreal. Following the examination of his body and the discovery of Isu DNA, Abstergo set out to locate genetic records of Sages both past and present, in order to use their high concentration of Isu DNA as a basis for cloning the Isu back into existence. They also hoped to better understand the Pieces of Eden.
In 2018, the project was hijacked by the Instruments of the First Will, a cult venerating the Isu Juno who sought to free her from her digital imprisonment inside the Grey. Although successful in resurrecting Juno in a new Isu body, her return was short-lived thanks to a rare alliance between the Assassins and Templars, who united against their common threat, killed Juno and her followers, and destroyed the Phoenix Project.
Project Goals[edit | edit source]
- "Using Animus technology, Precursor history will be open to us for the first time ever. Ancient languages will be unlocked and ancient technology will be ours for the taking. Imagine what will be possible if we master the technology underpins the Pieces of Eden. Such discoveries would surpass one-hundredfold the splitting of the atom."
- ―Narration of Abstergo Industries' internal Phoenix Project video, 2014.[src]-[m]
The goals of this Abstergo Industries Project were to:
- Discover people with high concentrations of Isu DNA such as Sages or people with strong Eagle Vision abilities, and to extract the DNA of these people with high concentrations of Isu DNA.
- Develop and enhance molecular cloning technologies, so as to use the Isu DNA available in order to clone an entire Isu being back to life.
- Use the extracted Isu DNA to understand how Pieces of Eden worked and how to develop these kinds of technologies for themselves.
Project Overview[edit | edit source]
Origins[edit | edit source]
The inspiration behind the project can be seen in the initial model of DNA proposed by Rosalind Franklin in 1952, being an inaccurate triple-helix model that was disregarded with the latter discovery of the double helix theorem. Due to this discovery, her work was wholly ignored, aside from being an example of an inaccurate conclusion.[1]
Death of John Standish[edit | edit source]
For many years, Franklin's proposition was struck down as fallacy, until Abstergo Entertainment analyzed the genome of the Sage John Standish following his death, upon which they found that he had an extremely high quantity of triple-helix DNA. This helped to elaborate Franklin's research as a correct but merely misdirected model, gathered from small traces of Isu DNA hidden in the human genome.[1]
To this end, Abstergo planned to gather more samples of people like John Standish and collate the findings, promoting the top-secret discovery to investors for funding. Where possible, Abstergo also attempted to recover blood vials containing Sage DNA, as those would be the most pure samples available if they indeed had managed to preserve the samples into the 21st century.[1]
By late 2014, the Assassins became aware of Abstergo's plans, and set out to counter them by recruiting the Initiates, led by their operative Bishop, in an aim to try to track down and find historical Sages' remains and safeguard them, therefore preventing traces of their DNA from falling into Abstergo's hands.[1] In October 2014, Gavin Banks led an Assassin team which destroyed the Phoenix Project facility in Paris,[2] including all samples of Precursor DNA[1] and the original Shroud of Eden,[3] causing the initiative to suffer a major setback.[2]
Acquisition of the Pieces of Eden[edit | edit source]
In 2015, the Templars set their eyes on another Shroud of Eden, this one located in a vault underneath Buckingham Palace. This was part of the plan to use Isu DNA to recreate a living Isu from scratch instead of just cloning one as originally intended. Sigma Team was sent to Buckingham Palace to retrieve the Shroud, but Bishop sent her team led by Shaun Hastings, Rebecca Crane, and Galina Voronina to retrieve it first. In the scuffle, Rebecca was wounded, Juhani Otso Berg was rendered unconscious, and Isabelle Ardant was killed, but Violet da Costa escaped with the Shroud. All of this was according to Juno's plan to escape from the Grey and be resurrected.[3]
Later that year, Berg was tasked by Laetitia England with delivering a Precursor box recovered from the Assassins to Álvaro Gramática's new secret facility, one which only the scientist knew the location of. After sending Berg the coordinates of the lab, Gramática greeted him when he arrived and took the box, claiming he would use it in conjunction with the Shroud delivered to him by Violet. Disturbed by the nature of Gramática's experiments, Berg questioned what he was researching, to which the scientist only replied "Project Phoenix."[4]
Around this time, both the Assassins and Erudito became aware of Juno's plans to use the Phoenix Project to further her ambitions of world domination, and formed an alliance to stop her.[5]
Resurrection Day[edit | edit source]
In February 2017, the Assassins, following a tip-off from their informant Heinrich Hart,[6] investigated an abandoned Phoenix Project facility in Hong Kong, hoping to learn more about the project's nature. However, this was a trap and they were ambushed by Juno's followers, the Instruments of the First Will, who butchered most of the Assassins.[7] The attack prompted an investigation from Berg, who uncovered the Instruments' existence, leading him to form a temporary truce with the Assassins to stop them.[8]
In August 2018, the Instruments traveled to Gramática's facility in Australia, where the scientist was close to uncovering the secrets of the Shroud and the Precursor box.[9] Promptly hijacking his research, the Instruments forced Gramática to use DNA samples from Elijah and other Sages to bio-engineer a female Isu body for Juno's essence to inhabit. Thanks to the Shroud's unique properties, the newly-born Isu fetus would reach maturity within 24 hours, allowing Juno to be physically reborn in the modern world.[10]
However, just as Juno was fully resurrected, the facility came under attack by Berg and the Assassins Charlotte de la Cruz, Galina Voronina, Kiyoshi Takakura, and Arend Schut-Cunningham. In the resulting fight, most of the Instruments were killed, as was Gramática, who was accidentally crushed by falling debris from the battle. Elijah betrayed the Instruments and used the Koh-i-Noor to help Charlotte assassinate Juno, whereupon he escaped with the diamond.[11]
Outside the facility, a Templar strike team summoned by Berg surrounded the remaining Instruments led by Violet da Costa, allowing Berg to kill Violet for her betrayal. He then detonated a high-caliber explosive he had planted inside the lab, wishing to destroy all traces of Juno's legacy. This also inadvertently killed Charlotte, who failed to escape the lab in time, and marked the definitive end of the Phoenix Project.[11]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
A phoenix is a mythical bird that was said to resurrect from its own ashes, much like how Abstergo planned to have the Isu be brought back through their own remains in humankind's DNA, and similar to the continuous cycle of rebirth of Sages.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (retroactive, indirect mention only)
- Assassin's Creed: Unity (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
- Assassin's Creed (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Uprising
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Assassin's Creed: Unity
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Rogue
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed – Issue #11
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Uprising – Issue #02
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Uprising – Issue #01
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Uprising – Issue #05
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Uprising – Issue #08
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Uprising – Issue #10
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Assassin's Creed: Uprising – Issue #12
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