Assassin's Creed: Initiates

Assassin's Creed: Initiates was a community-oriented project founded by Ubisoft on 1 September 2012. It is currently in an open beta stage.

Initiates included a website, which was updated daily with news related to the Assassin's Creed series, forums for discussion, and a link to Ubiworkshop's store. Most notably, it also tracked the acquisition of Desmond Miles by Abstergo Industries' Lineage Discovery and Acquisition department.

Desmond Miles' acquisition

1 September 2012

Kidnapped

The following data was recorded from a cell phone tower in New York City at 4:02am (UTC).

DATA TRANSCRIPT LEVEL 3
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Cell Tower Grid 40SP73ZN
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UTC 20120901T040224Z
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[outgoing transmission]
[caller id = private]
[-] [interference]
[+] ...Yes, sir.
[pause]
[+] We have him.
[-] [reply scrambled]
[+] Yes. Shoving him in the van as we speak, sir.
[+] Target will be delivered on schedule.
[transmission ends]

Transfer

Security camera footage from Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn at 4:37am (UTC) showed that Abstergo agents had captured an unidentified Caucasian male, in his mid-twenties; approximately 6' tall, and weighing 190lbs. Their destination was unknown.

Unmarked Hangar

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Security camera footage of the victim.

The Abstergo agents landed in Ciampino, Italy, at 6:44pm (UTC). They were seen moving the captive, who was identified as Desmond Miles, into a car.

Abstergo Campus

Desmond was brought to the Abstergo campus in Rome, Italy, at 7:37pm (UTC). Scramblers from the Akashic Satellite Plexus prevented satellite imagery from pinpointing the campus' various facilities, and the extraction of geographical co-ordinates.

2 September 2012

Animus Explained

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The Animi room, containing the Animi used in the Animi Training Program.

At about 10:17am (UTC), Dr. Warren Vidic explained the various functions of the Animus to Desmond, leaving out the mention of any potential side effects that may occur as a result of its use.

The Farm

At 5:53pm (UTC), Desmond revealed to Lucy Stillman that he was raised on "the Farm," a secret community of Assassins comprising approximately of 30 people located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, outside of Rapid City. It was used as a safe haven and training facility for the Assassins, and based on the information Abstergo had collected, not everyone at the Farm was an active member of the Brotherhood.

3 September 2012

Preliminary Analysis

Preliminary analysis of Subject 17.

At 11:24am (UTC), the results of Desmond's medical examination came up, with the medical examiner stating that there were no problems found, subsequently permitting Warren Vidic to continue his work on Desmond.

4 September 2012

Access Codes

Desmond found access codes which allowed him to leave his cell. This led him to discover Lucy's pen, which he later used to access her e-mail.

5 September 2012

Case File #1394

On the 4th and 5th of September 2012, Lucy Stillman sent a number of e-mails to various Abstergo employees, regarding the alleged suicide of Leila Marino in 2007.

Trivia

• In the security camera footage, Desmond was shown with a courier bag and his outfit from Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, despite the events taking place around the time of Assassin's Creed.
• According to the reports, Desmond did not argue with Warren Vidic after regaining consciousness, as he did in Assassin's Creed.

Gallery

• Security camera footage of New York.
  Security camera footage of New York.
• Security footage of the hangar.
  Security footage of the hangar.
• The interior of the Abstergo Industries facility.
  The interior of the Abstergo Industries facility.
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  The Farm, as depicted in the Black Room.
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  Lucy Stillman's e-mail.