Assassin's Creed: Initiates
Assassin's Creed: Initiates is a community-oriented project by Ubisoft, founded on September 1 2012, and is currently in an open beta stage. It includes a website, which is updated daily with news related to the Assassin's Creed series, forums for discussion, a link to Ubiworkshop's store, and most notably tracks the acquisition of Desmond Miles prior to the events of Assassin's Creed.
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).[1]
DATA TRANSCRIPT LEVEL 3 ......................... Cell Tower Grid 40SP73ZN ......................... UTC 20120901T040224Z ......................... [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.[1]
Unmarked Hangar
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.[1]
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.[1]
2 September 2012
Animus Explained
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.[1]
The Farm
At 5:53pm (UTC), Desmond revealed to Lucy 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.[2] 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.[1]
3 September 2012
Preliminary Analysis
At 11:24am (UTC), the results of Desmond's medical examination came up, with the Medical Examiner stating there were no problems found, and that Warren Vidic could continue his work on Desmond.[1]
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, instead of his appearance from Assassin's Creed.
- As well as this, Desmond did not argue with Warren Vidic after regaining consciousness, like he did in Assassin's Creed.