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|headquarters = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]<ref name="ACUp2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 2|Issue # | |image = Wiki noimage.jpg | ||
|parent = [[Abstergo Industries]]<ref name="EG" />}} | |headquarters = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]<ref name="ACUp2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 2|Issue #2]]</ref> | ||
'''Abstergo Skunkworks''',<ref name="EG" /> doing business as '''Skunkworks''',<ref name="ACUp1" /> is | |parent = [[Abstergo Industries]]<ref name="EG" /> | ||
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'''Abstergo Skunkworks''',<ref name="EG" /> doing business as '''Skunkworks''',<ref name="ACUp1" /> is the {{Wiki|Arms industry|arms manufacturing}} subsidiary of [[Abstergo Industries]] that produces high-end military technology. Its prototypes are usually field-tested by select members of the paramilitary strike force [[Sigma Team]].<ref name="EG">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' {{c|2nd ed.}} – Chapter 8: Modern-Day: "The Abstergo Conglomerate"</ref> | |||
==History== | |||
In February 2017, the [[Black Cross]] [[Juhani Otso Berg]] investigated a [[raid]] on an [[Abstergo Industries Hong Kong facility|Abstergo facility]] in [[Hong Kong]]. There, he found a set of advanced Skunkworks military goggles, valued at over $35,000, carelessly discarded. Berg then cannibalized the goggles to improve his own set.<ref name="ACUp1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 1|Issue #1]]</ref> Using the goggles, he discovered that the [[Instruments of the First Will]] had infiltrated the [[Templars|Templar Order]]'s upper echelons. When Berg confronted the Skunkworks employee and secret Instruments member [[Heinrich Hart]] in [[Berlin]], he detonated an Endgame grenade with a blast strength of 0.25 kilotonnes.<ref name="ACUp2" /> | |||
A year later, at Abstergo's secret [[Abstergo Industries Australia facility|facility]] in [[Australia]], Berg detonated another Endgame grenade to destroy the lab after [[Charlotte de la Cruz]] had assassinated the [[Resurrection Day|recently-resurrected]] [[Juno]], killing everyone left behind, including Charlotte.<ref name="Uprising 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 12|Issue #12]]</ref> | |||
==Employees== | ==Employees== | ||
===Former employees=== | ===Former employees=== | ||
*[[Heinrich Hart]]† – Developmental engineer<ref name="ACUp2" /> | *[[Heinrich Hart]] † – Developmental engineer<ref name="ACUp2" /> | ||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||
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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
The company name and its nature as an arms subsidiary are likely allusions to the [[United States|American]] arms company {{Wiki|Lockheed Martin}} and its {{Wiki|research and development}} branch Advanced Development Programs, also known by the official pseudonym {{Wiki|Skunk Works}}. In {{Wiki|American slang}}, the term "{{Wiki|skunkworks project}}" refers to a small, loosely-structured group of people in a larger organization who are given significant autonomy to do innovative research. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center"> | |||
ACUp - Berg finds a Skunkworks goggles.png|Berg finding a pair of Skunkworks goggles | |||
ACUprising - Hart attacks Berg with his whip weapon.png|Hart using the electric whip | |||
ACUprising - Heinrich Hart with an Endgame grenade.png|Hart using the Endgame grenade | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
Latest revision as of 03:44, 4 May 2026
Abstergo Skunkworks,[2] doing business as Skunkworks,[3] is the arms manufacturing subsidiary of Abstergo Industries that produces high-end military technology. Its prototypes are usually field-tested by select members of the paramilitary strike force Sigma Team.[2]
History[edit | edit source]
In February 2017, the Black Cross Juhani Otso Berg investigated a raid on an Abstergo facility in Hong Kong. There, he found a set of advanced Skunkworks military goggles, valued at over $35,000, carelessly discarded. Berg then cannibalized the goggles to improve his own set.[3] Using the goggles, he discovered that the Instruments of the First Will had infiltrated the Templar Order's upper echelons. When Berg confronted the Skunkworks employee and secret Instruments member Heinrich Hart in Berlin, he detonated an Endgame grenade with a blast strength of 0.25 kilotonnes.[1]
A year later, at Abstergo's secret facility in Australia, Berg detonated another Endgame grenade to destroy the lab after Charlotte de la Cruz had assassinated the recently-resurrected Juno, killing everyone left behind, including Charlotte.[4]
Employees[edit | edit source]
Former employees[edit | edit source]
- Heinrich Hart † – Developmental engineer[1]
Products[edit | edit source]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
The company name and its nature as an arms subsidiary are likely allusions to the American arms company Lockheed Martin and its research and development branch Advanced Development Programs, also known by the official pseudonym Skunk Works. In American slang, the term "skunkworks project" refers to a small, loosely-structured group of people in a larger organization who are given significant autonomy to do innovative research.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Berg finding a pair of Skunkworks goggles -
Hart using the electric whip -
Hart using the Endgame grenade
Appearances[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Assassin's Creed: Uprising – Issue #2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide (2nd ed.) – Chapter 8: Modern-Day: "The Abstergo Conglomerate"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Assassin's Creed: Uprising – Issue #1
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Uprising – Issue #12