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|date = 22 November 1963
|date = 22 November 1963
|place = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], [[United States]]
|place = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], [[United States]]
|outcome = *Death of John F. Kennedy.
|outcome = *Death of John F. Kennedy
*The Templar [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] becomes President.
*[[Lyndon B. Johnson]] becomes President
|key = *Templars
|key = *[[Templars]]
*Assassin extremists
*[[Assassins|Assassin]] extremists
*Assassins
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|participants = *[[John F. Kennedy]]†
|participants = *[[John F. Kennedy]] †
*Templars
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The '''assassination of John F. Kennedy''', the 35th President of the [[United States]], also known as '''Operation: New Frontier''',<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' –[[Glyphs|Glyph]] #9: "Hat Trick"</ref> was an event organized by the [[Templars]], who wanted to remove [[John F. Kennedy]] with the intention of taking control of the United States. Despite their planning, extremist [[Assassins]] under [[Boris Pash]] secretly hijacked the assassination for their own purposes.<ref name="ACBl">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Book 1|Book 1]]</ref>
The '''assassination of John F. Kennedy''', the 35th President of the [[United States]], also known as '''Operation: New Frontier''',<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #9: "Hat Trick"</ref> was an event organized by the [[Templars]], who wanted to remove [[John F. Kennedy]] with the intention of taking control of the United States. Despite their planning, extremist [[Assassins]] under [[Boris Pash]] secretly hijacked the assassination for their own purposes.<ref name="ACBl">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]] – [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Book 1|Book 1]]''</ref>


Kennedy was the President during the 1960s, a time where America was determined to send a man to the [[Moon]], safely landing and then returning to [[Earth]];<ref>{{WP|Space Race}}</ref> this was very important for the Templars, as they knew of a [[Piece of Eden]] that was [[Apple of Eden 5|located]] on the Moon. However, when the Templars learned that Kennedy did not share their [[New World Order|motives]], they moved to eliminate him<ref name="AC2"/> in favor their fellow Templar<ref name="Apollo">''Assassin's Creed II'' – Glyphs #10: "Apollo"</ref> and Kennedy's Vice President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref name="AC2" />
Kennedy was the President during the 1960s, a time where America was determined to send a man to the [[Moon]], safely landing and then returning to [[Earth]];<ref>{{WP|Space Race}}</ref> this was very important for the Templars, as they knew of a [[Piece of Eden]] that was [[Apple of Eden 5|located]] on the Moon. However, when the Templars learned that Kennedy did not share their [[New World Order|motives]], they moved to eliminate him<ref name="AC2"/> in favor their fellow Templar<ref name="Apollo">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #10: "Apollo"</ref> and Kennedy's Vice President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref name="AC2"/>
 
Pash's [[Bloodstone Unit]], learning of the planned assassination, hijacked the operation by sending one of their members, [[William Greer]],<ref name="ACBl"/> to act undercover as a Templar agent. Greer, a US Secret Service agent, was to be Kennedy's driver during a visit to [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], and was trained by the Templars using an [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]]. The Templar sleeper agent [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] was assigned to shoot Kennedy, while Greer's mission was to steal the President's own [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple of Eden]] in the resulting confusion.<ref name="AC2"/>
 
However, while the assassination occurred as planned, Greer attempted to deliver the Apple to Pash and his Assassin extremists instead of the Templars. He was intercepted by his former Bloodstone Unit squadmate, [[Alekseï Gavrani]], who subdued him and took the Apple, believing Pash had become corrupt. Gavrani ended up delivering the Apple to [[William King Harvey]] who, unbeknownst to him,<ref name="ACBl"/> was a Templar double agent within the Brotherhood.<ref name="ACB2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]] – [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Book 2|Book 2]]''</ref> Thus, the Templars ultimately succeeded in securing the artifact while Kennedy's death paved the way for Johnson to become President.<ref name="AC2"/>


==Background==
==Background==
The assassination was a plot created by the Templars to remove Kennedy from power after he planned to "{{Wiki|Voting rights in the United States|give the vote}} to everyone", regardless of race or class. They also wanted to obtain the [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple of Eden]] that several past Presidents had held,<ref name="AC2"/> and to place the secret Templar and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in power.<ref name="Apollo"/> Following talks with Kennedy in failed covert attempts to sway him to their side with the belief that [[human]]ity's natural state was submitting to authority rather than expanding civil rights, the Templars concluded that ''"Reason just doesn't work with someone like that"'' and initiated plans to kill him.<ref name="AC2"/>
The assassination was a plot created by the Templars to remove Kennedy from power after he planned to "{{Wiki|Voting rights in the United States|give the vote}} to everyone", regardless of race or class. They also wanted to obtain the Apple of Eden that several past Presidents had held,<ref name="AC2"/> and to place the secret Templar and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in power.<ref name="Apollo"/> After talks with Kennedy failed to sway him to their side and convince him against expanding civil rights, the Templars concluded that ''"Reason just doesn't work with someone like that"'' and initiated plans to kill him.<ref name="AC2"/>


==The assassination==
==The assassination==
Simultaneously, the Assassin extremist Boris Pash sought to obtain Kennedy's Apple for himself and placed his own agent within the conspiracy, the US Secret Service agent William Greer, who would operate as Kennedy's driver and would slow the vehicle down in the event that Kennedy was not killed with one shot.<ref name="ACBl"/> While the Templars tasked Greer to bring the Apple to [[Abstergo Industries]],<ref name="AC2"/> he would instead take it back to Pash.<ref name="ACBl"/>


Simultaneously, the Assassin extremist [[Boris Pash]] sought to obtain Kennedy's Apple for himself and placed his own agent within the conspiracy, the US Secret Service agent [[William Greer]], who would operate as Kennedy's driver and would slow the vehicle down in the event that Kennedy was not killed with one shot.<ref name="ACBl" /> While Abstergo tasked Greer to bring the Apple to Abstergo,<ref name="AC2" /> he would instead take it back to Pash.<ref name="ACBl" />
[[File:ACBs - Greer escaping the assassination.png|thumb|250px|left|Greer fleeing the scene of the assassination]]
As per Abstergo's plan, their sleeper agent Lee Harvey Oswald was to pull the trigger and {{Wiki|Abraham Zapruder}}, who would film the event on camera, would perform the assassination should Oswald be unable to do so.<ref name="AC2"/> However, shooters from the [[Bloodstone Unit]] hijacked the assassination under Pash's command, and killed Kennedy themselves, coordinating it in such a manner to frame Oswald.<ref name="ACBl"/>


As per Abstergo's plan, their sleeper agent [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] would pull the trigger and {{Wiki|Abraham Zapruder}}, who would film the event on camera, would perform the assassination should Oswald be unable to do so.<ref name="AC2" /> Instead, shooters from the [[Bloodstone Unit]] under Pash's command killed Kennedy, coordinating it in such a manner to frame Oswald.<ref name="ACBl" /> The Templars then used their own Apple of Eden to create a diversion in the shape of a phantom appearing on a nearby hill behind Zapruder, giving Greer an opportunity to steal the president's Apple.<ref name="AC2" />
The Templars then used their own [[Apple of Eden 1|Apple of Eden]] to create a diversion in the shape of a phantom appearing on a nearby hill behind Zapruder, giving Greer an opportunity to steal the president's Apple during the resulting mass confusion.<ref name="AC2"/>


==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
[[File:AC2_-_Lyndon_sworn_in.jpg|thumb|250px|Johnson sworn in aboard Air Force One.]]
[[File:AC2_-_Lyndon_sworn_in.jpg|thumb|250px|Johnson sworn in aboard Air Force One.]]
The assassination plot was performed according to plan. Following Kennedy's death, Johnson was sworn in as President only hours later. Greer was able to secure the Apple<ref name="AC2"/> but was ambushed in a nearby alley by fellow Assassin [[Alekseï Gavrani]], who had previously worked under Pash. Gavrani punched Greer and took the Apple back to the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s Director [[William King Harvey]], unaware that he was a Templar, then was tasked with stopping the rest of Pash's plans.<ref name="ACBl"/> Kennedy's death allowed for the Templars to launch [[Apollo 11 Moon landing|Apollo 11]] in 1969, using the project as a front to recover [[Apple of Eden 5|another Apple]] from the Moon's surface.<ref name="AC2" />
Despite the Assassins' interference, the assassination plot was ultimately performed according to plan. Following Kennedy's death, Johnson was sworn in as President only hours later. Greer was able to secure the Apple,<ref name="AC2"/> but was ambushed in a nearby alley by fellow Assassin Alekseï Gavrani, who had previously worked under Pash. Gavrani subdued Greer and took the Apple back to the Assassin and [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] director William King Harvey,<ref name="ACBl"/> unaware that he was a Templar.<ref name="ACB2"/> Gavrani was then tasked by Harvey with stopping the rest of Pash's plans.<ref name="ACBl"/>
 
Kennedy's death allowed the Templars to launch the [[Apollo 11]] mission in 1969, using the project as a front to recover yet [[Apple of Eden 5|another Apple of Eden]] from the Moon's surface.<ref name="Apollo"/>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center">
AC2 - JFK before death.jpg|Kennedy seconds away from death
AC2 - JFK before death.jpg|Kennedy seconds away from death
AC2 - Texas School Book Depository.jpg|The {{Wiki|Texas School Book Depository}}
AC2 - Texas School Book Depository.jpg|The {{Wiki|Texas School Book Depository}}
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{Mo}}


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"HQ has given the go-ahead to extract the resource. Negotiations are over."
―Extract from an Abstergo letter sanctioning the assassination, c. 1963.[src]-[m]

The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, also known as Operation: New Frontier,[1] was an event organized by the Templars, who wanted to remove John F. Kennedy with the intention of taking control of the United States. Despite their planning, extremist Assassins under Boris Pash secretly hijacked the assassination for their own purposes.[2]

Kennedy was the President during the 1960s, a time where America was determined to send a man to the Moon, safely landing and then returning to Earth;[3] this was very important for the Templars, as they knew of a Piece of Eden that was located on the Moon. However, when the Templars learned that Kennedy did not share their motives, they moved to eliminate him[1] in favor their fellow Templar[4] and Kennedy's Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.[1]

Pash's Bloodstone Unit, learning of the planned assassination, hijacked the operation by sending one of their members, William Greer,[2] to act undercover as a Templar agent. Greer, a US Secret Service agent, was to be Kennedy's driver during a visit to Dallas, Texas, and was trained by the Templars using an Apple of Eden. The Templar sleeper agent Lee Harvey Oswald was assigned to shoot Kennedy, while Greer's mission was to steal the President's own Apple of Eden in the resulting confusion.[1]

However, while the assassination occurred as planned, Greer attempted to deliver the Apple to Pash and his Assassin extremists instead of the Templars. He was intercepted by his former Bloodstone Unit squadmate, Alekseï Gavrani, who subdued him and took the Apple, believing Pash had become corrupt. Gavrani ended up delivering the Apple to William King Harvey who, unbeknownst to him,[2] was a Templar double agent within the Brotherhood.[5] Thus, the Templars ultimately succeeded in securing the artifact while Kennedy's death paved the way for Johnson to become President.[1]

Background

The assassination was a plot created by the Templars to remove Kennedy from power after he planned to "give the vote to everyone", regardless of race or class. They also wanted to obtain the Apple of Eden that several past Presidents had held,[1] and to place the secret Templar and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in power.[4] After talks with Kennedy failed to sway him to their side and convince him against expanding civil rights, the Templars concluded that "Reason just doesn't work with someone like that" and initiated plans to kill him.[1]

The assassination

Simultaneously, the Assassin extremist Boris Pash sought to obtain Kennedy's Apple for himself and placed his own agent within the conspiracy, the US Secret Service agent William Greer, who would operate as Kennedy's driver and would slow the vehicle down in the event that Kennedy was not killed with one shot.[2] While the Templars tasked Greer to bring the Apple to Abstergo Industries,[1] he would instead take it back to Pash.[2]

Greer fleeing the scene of the assassination

As per Abstergo's plan, their sleeper agent Lee Harvey Oswald was to pull the trigger and Abraham Zapruder, who would film the event on camera, would perform the assassination should Oswald be unable to do so.[1] However, shooters from the Bloodstone Unit hijacked the assassination under Pash's command, and killed Kennedy themselves, coordinating it in such a manner to frame Oswald.[2]

The Templars then used their own Apple of Eden to create a diversion in the shape of a phantom appearing on a nearby hill behind Zapruder, giving Greer an opportunity to steal the president's Apple during the resulting mass confusion.[1]

Aftermath

Johnson sworn in aboard Air Force One.

Despite the Assassins' interference, the assassination plot was ultimately performed according to plan. Following Kennedy's death, Johnson was sworn in as President only hours later. Greer was able to secure the Apple,[1] but was ambushed in a nearby alley by fellow Assassin Alekseï Gavrani, who had previously worked under Pash. Gavrani subdued Greer and took the Apple back to the Assassin and CIA director William King Harvey,[2] unaware that he was a Templar.[5] Gavrani was then tasked by Harvey with stopping the rest of Pash's plans.[2]

Kennedy's death allowed the Templars to launch the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, using the project as a front to recover yet another Apple of Eden from the Moon's surface.[4]

Gallery

Appearances

References

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