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// LOCATIONS - Antarctica 

Antarctica once hosted facilities for testing materials in extreme conditions. After the Collapse, these labs fell into disrepair.


// SSC & Vera

Vera Maxwell is the Executive Commander for global SSC operations.  


// DX1 EVENTS - VersaLife 

VersaLife was a pre-Collapse genetic engineering company. VL labs around the world were instrumental in defeating the pandemics of the 2030’s. 

VersaLife developed the Ambrosia vaccine to save millions from the Gray Death -- a virus they had themselves secretly created to generate demand for a cure.

VersaLife's laboratories produced a variety of transgenic creatures, including greasels, karkians and the Grays.


// ORGANIZATION - Templars 

The Templars believe themselves to be the modern incarnation of the ancient Knights Templar.

The Templars' goal is to defend the purity of the human genome from technological tampering.

The Templars despise biomodification in all forms.


// ORGANIZATION - Illuminati

Adam Weishaupt founded the Illuminati in the 1780's to bring happiness to humankind through clandestine control of the world's governments.

Century after century, the Illuminati have operated in secrecy, never emerging from the shadows, but wielding tremendous influence.

Weishaupt, founder of the Illuminati, said "Men are unfit as they are, and must be formed; each class must be the school of trial for the next."

Nicolette DuClare rejected her mother's Illuminati ties.  After the Collapse she understood their importance and joined the society herself.


// ORGANIZATION - ApostleCorp

When JC Denton went into hiding, his compatriots founded ApostleCorp to continue his work until he was ready to return to the world.

Tracer Tong, the infamous underground technologist, works as a lead researcher for ApostleCorp.