Deus Ex Human Revolution

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1. #1Sarif Industries

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   Sarif Industries is a moderately-sized but extremely advanced biotechnology company based in North America, with its headquarters in the city of Detroit. The company is founded in 2007.

   Founded by the philanthropist David Sarif in 2007 when he acquired a failing Detroit auto factory, it was repurposed for the automated manufacture of prosthetics. Sarif Industries specializes in the design and manufacture of advanced mechanical augmentations for human implantations. The company distinguishes itself from its competitors by working with clients to create progressive, forward-thinking, custom augmentations that answer specific challenges and needs. It strongly believes that the research, development and implementation of augmentations is a measure of human advancement towards a better, stronger, faster and smarter future.

   In 2009, the U.S. Government, stretched thin by two Mideast conflicts, awards the contract of the Recycle Military Bill, financing free prosthetics for any wounded veteran who re-enlists, to Sarif Industries, which becomes the number one prosthetics manufacturer in America.[2]

   On November 30, 2010, Sarif announces the launch of the Eye-Know Retinal Prosthesis capable of restoring sight to those with a once incurable optic nerve damage and other visual impairments.[3]

   In 2017, in an attempt to catch up to the rapid advancements of rival nations, the U.S. military awards Sarif a top secret no-bid contract to manufacture deep-brain intelligence-enhancing chips.[2]

   In 2026, in response to increased level of competition and shrinking marketplace, Sarif realizes the need for an all-new, high-level security team to protect its research and employees.[2] A team is formed and implemented, featuring highly-trained personnel and a veteran leader in ex-SWAT member: Adam Jensen. In 2027, members of the anti-augmentation group Humanity Front protest against Sarif's augmentation program, in front of the Sarif Headquarters in Detroit.

   As part of Human Revolution's marketing campaign, a viral marketing website for Sarif Industries was released. It was designed as if it was the company's website in-universe, and contained videos and articles explaining the company, its products, and its history, as well as various other content and interactive features.

   In 2027, Sarif Industries employs over 1500 people in the Detroit greater metropolitan area, in its local core factory and satellite research and development facilities.[5] The company maintains an in-house staff of doctors and nurses in addition to HET (Human Enhancement Technologies) scientists and researchers, who are trained to work with clients to determine individual needs. The company offers clients comprehensive, pre-operational screenings free of charge, so as to better understand their personal challenges and needs.

2. #2Adam Jensen

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   He works as the Chief of Security for the biotechnology company Sarif Industries. 34 years old. 6' 1" (1.85 m) tall Occupation SWAT specialist (formerly) Sarif Chief of Security Adam Jensen was born on March 9, 1993. At a very young age, he was one of a group of infants subjected to experimental genetic therapy treatments by White Helix Labs, a subsidiary of VersaLife. All of the children, aside from Jensen, died as a result of the treatments. Two scientists in charge of Adam found out they had succeeded with him, but had grown too attached to let VersaLife continue experimenting on him. Not wanting any more children to undergo the same treatments, they burned down the facility where the experiments had taken place. They were later murdered by the Illuminati and reported as fire casualties, but their plan worked, and infant Jensen was rescued by a kind-hearted nurse named Michelle Walthers. Walthers was acquainted with a couple who desired a child and at age five he was unofficially[2] adopted by loving parents, Arthur and Margie Jensen.

   With his adopted parents, Jensen was raised in a blue-collar neighborhood in Detroit and was a B-average student with no notable youthful indiscretions[3]. In high school, he was the captain of the debate team.[4] Relying solely on Arthur's income, money was always tight for the family; Margie lacked the skills and emotional temperament needed to maintain a job.[5] When Margie lost a job she would pull Adam from school to go on "an adventure" they could not afford--these outings were some of Adam's happiest memories but were also tinged with guilt and uncertainty.[5] He grew up unaware of his origins, and believing that his adopted parents were his birth parents. His relationship with his parents and adopted family appears to have been good as, in Jensen's apartment in Detroit, an old photograph of relatives is seen hanging in the living room. While Jensen does not speak often of his parents, he does mention that his mother sometimes kept him waiting,[6] and would not want to see him in a brothel.[7]

   While Jensen had escaped White Helix Labs, its legacy had altered his life forever. Unbeknownst to Walthers, Jensen, or anyone else, the White Helix gene therapy had permanently altered Jensen's biochemistry. His body would not reject PEDOT electrodes with glial tissue buildup; if anything, the bond between tissue and electrode would strengthen with time, possibly without limit. If he were to be augmented, he would not require Neuropozyne. For the thirty years that followed the White Helix experiment, Jensen would unknowingly carry the secret of universal augmentation in his DNA.

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   Jensen (center) with the Detroit SWAT team, circa 2018

   As a young man Jensen earned a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from Phoenix University and Ferris College, according to the framed diplomas in his office. In The Missing Link DLC it is noted that Jensen received an Associates degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Phoenix, Detroit.[8] At the age of 21 he joined the Detroit Police Department. He graduated in the top ten percent of his Police Academy class.[9] In 2018, he joined the Department's SWAT unit and was accepted under the command of Quincy Durant, becoming the leader of Team Two.[9] As a gesture of camaraderie, Jensen got a tattoo of a rifle sight on his right bicep, like other Detroit SWAT members had.[10]

   During this time period Jensen met Sarif Industries scientist Megan Reed, beginning what would become one of the most important relationships of his life. As of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Jensen had known Megan Reed for ten years.[10] The two began a romantic relationship in 2019, going so far as to consider "settling down together."[11] In Megan's office in Sarif Industries can be found a small toy cop car, a joke gift from Jensen on their first date, as he picked her up in a police cruiser.[12] Jensen and Megan broke up in 2023[8] but the separation was amicable and they remained friends and shared ownership of their dog, Kubrick.[13]

   In 2020, Jensen and Durant confronted Tyrell Banks, an augmented murderer, who severely injured Durant before being killed by Jensen. Durant was saved by augmentation surgery, something he did not agree with philosophically. In the following years, Jensen witnessed and grew concerned with Durant's increasing aggression and corruption growing with his new powers.

   Jensen rose quickly through the ranks as part of SWAT Team Two, eventually becoming the commander, but his police career came to an end during an incident known as the Mexicantown Massacre. A young augmented boy was identified as dangerous, and Jensen was given the order to shoot to kill. He refused that order, and it was passed on to another member of Jensen's team, Wayne Haas. It appears that Durant was somehow involved in the incident, as Jensen confronted him just as the riots were calming down. He defeated Durant with an EMP grenade and a bullet in the head, and quit the force soon after. Haas was then promoted into Jensen's vacant slot, though he didn't last long under the pressure of guilt concerning the shooting. Sarif Industries

   During Jensen and Megan's relationship Megan discovered his unique genetic traits and began, unbeknownst to Jensen, to take genetic samples from him beginning when he was 32 years old.[14] When Jensen resigned from the police force she advised her employer, David Sarif, to hire Jensen in order to ensure continued access to Jensen's genetic material.

   Jensen working for Sarif Industries before being mechanically augmented

   Jensen joined Sarif Industries as Head of Security in 2026.[15] However, the founder of Sarif Industries, David Sarif, being a cautious individual, decided to hire a private investigator named Brent Radford to investigate Jensen's past. Radford discovered Jensen's role in the White Helix experiment and the fate of his biological parents. Sarif chose to not tell Jensen, believing that knowledge of his origins as a human test subject would be harmful to him.

   Although Sarif was impressed with Jensen's loyalty and skills, Jensen was unwittingly even more important to the company as "Patient X" in Reed's research. If Jensen's genetic quirk could be directly integrated into a new generation of biochips, then rejection would be eliminated entirely and augmentation would become as simple as plastic surgery - ushering in a new age of human enhancement and destroying VersaLife's Neuropozyne market. Megan Reed's research was completed in early 2027. Injuries and subsequent augmentation AdamJensen intro

   Jensen during the Tyrants' attack

   On the eve of a series of high-profile augmentation hearings in Washington DC, Illuminati member Bob Page responds to Sarif Industries' announcement of a Neuropozyne alternative by ordering the Tyrants, an augmented Black Ops team, to attack Sarif Industries Headquarters.

   The five key researchers - Megan Reed, Declan Faherty, Nia Colvin, Eric Koss and Vasili Sevchenko - are apparently killed in the attack, and Jensen sustained life-threatening injuries, culminating in being shot in the head with a .357 Magnum at point-blank range by Tyrants leader Jaron Namir. The Tyrants also copied and destroyed all data pertaining to the announced research breakthrough, but leave Jensen for dead at the scene, unaware that he was its source.

   David Sarif then took advantage of a clause in Jensen's employment contract to collect genetic material and resume research on the biochip - and of his genetic condition to augment him to an extent which would have been impossible for any other individual. Jensen receives the most advanced augmentations that Sarif Industries could produce. The result is, at that time, probably the single most extensive cybernetic modification that had ever been performed outside the Illuminati's Tyrants. However, the extent of Jensen's injuries meant that most of the augmentations had to be left initially inactive. Jensen is sent home to recuperate, but subsequently struggles to come to terms with his body's fusion with machines - and ends up smashing his bathroom mirror the first time he sees himself in it. Returning to work at Sarif Industries

   About six months later, Jensen is taken off sick leave by David Sarif, in order to infiltrate the compromised Sarif manufacturing plant in the Milwaukee Junction, to secure a prototype Typhoon Explosive System augmentation, and to release hostages captured by a pro-human purist organization known as Purity First, led by Zeke Sanders. Making his way through the plant, Jensen locates the Typhoon data - though he also discovers an augmented hacker, with the appearance of a member of Purity First, attempting to steal the data. The hacker urges Jensen to help him, but then immediately commits suicide by shooting himself in the head. Jensen secures the Typhoon data and proceedes through the plant - on Sarif's orders - and confronts Zeke Sanders, who had taken the plant manager Josie Thorpe hostage. Jensen attempts to discern who is behind the attacks on SI, but becomes aware that Sanders and his subordinates are simply pawns, being used by a real mastermind who had been controlling the augmented hacker.

   The personality that Jensen exhibits during Deus Ex: Human Revolution is fixed in many ways, but the player has the ability to shape it in various others. The game provides continuous opportunities for the player to decide Jensen's ethical/moral stance towards social behavior and the use of violence. The player can also shape Jensen's evaluation of his own role in events that have already taken place by the time the story begins - such as the Mexicantown Massacre.

   Jensen is described as a "working class hero" and exhibits personality traits consistent with that mentality: dependable, resourceful, curious (in a stand-offish way), and with a streak of cynicism. Jensen's childhood and experiences with his mother Margie may have impacted his life and career decisions in that it may have inclined him to a life of service and a desire to help others.[5]

   The most prominent fixed element of Jensen's personality is that he is a loner, though he was allegedly getting better before the train attack. He undertakes missions exclusively alone and rarely displays strong emotion even towards close acquaintances. He's also stoic and maybe even a bit melancholic when expressing himself, rarely showing any emotion, be it happiness, joy, sadness or anger when speaking to others. However, a few people in Jensen's life do provoke him to more emotional reactions and his inner thoughts and monologues are highly emotional, but he keeps those emotions to himself. He retains strong affection for his ex-girlfriend Megan Reed and he nearly commits suicide in an attempt to save his new friend and lover, Katrina Sutherland. Although he has a general distrust of authority— perhaps as a consequence of his experiences in law enforcement—Jensen respects and trusts his employer, David Sarif, and reacts badly when that trust is not reciprocated. He shows antipathy toward his colleague Frank Pritchard, who regards him with disdain in return, although their dislike of each other appears to be fairly superficial. Jensen can express bitterness toward Sarif early on in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. When Sarif leaves a message on Jensen's answering machine, one can simply leave the apartment and not answer. If you come back later to discuss the experimental augs, Jensen will not retract his eye shields and has quite a few unflattering things to say to Sarif.

   By Jensen's own admission, he becomes "bore-sighted" on goals, focusing on a target to the exclusion of everything else.[21] Jensen considers this "not one of my better qualities."

   When first facing Zhao Yun Ru, Jensen hesitates and is easily distracted when Zhao pretends to be a victim. It slightly suggests something about Adam's personality, possibly that he has a soft spot for women in distress.

   Despite his emotionless appearance, Adam often displays a sarcastic, sometimes ironic, sense of humor. If the player didn’t get a new biochip before Adam’s final fight with Namir, he can mock Zhao’s attempt to stop him with her own quote, claiming how “women never fail to underestimate men.”

   Many of the fixed events in the game, and especially in the comic series, describe Jensen as a professional operative with a high regard for innocent civilians in danger, but he's not above collateral damage if it'll stop further bloodshed.

   Furthermore, Jensen is both a smoker and a drinker. Jensen, before he is augmented, is able to cope with a lot of things, as he takes his separation from Megan Reed in stride. Thus, we see little evidence to provoke his indulgence in vices. However, after the attack, he loses everything that matters to him: his humanity, his lover, and his dog, among other things. The result of this pushed Jensen into a depression (he smashed his fist into his mirror), driving him to smoke and drink. We can draw from this that, regardless of the choices the player makes in the game to indicate otherwise, Adam Jensen is often given choices to perform actions that tend to his soul.

   Alongside Jaron Namir, Adam Jensen is one of the most augmented characters in Deus Ex: Human Revolution, with forty to fifty percent of his body replaced with augmentation.[22] All of his initial augmentations were produced by Sarif Industries, and were given to him as a result of the attack by the Tyrants. While Namir seems to have his head and spine implanted into a robotic body, Jensen's augmentations are grafted into his organic torso and skin.

   All of Adam Jensen's limbs have been completely replaced: his arms include nanoceramic blades that can be released at either the wrists or elbows for close quarters combat, a function that enables him to punch through walls by opening a section of his forearm, and the ability to dislocate his fingers (which he uses when grabbing a guard's helmet and spinning him in midair, causing massive spinal trauma). Other augmentations include firing stability, lifting heavy weight, and firing accuracy while running.

   Jensen's augmented legs are rarely seen, as he wears pants and combat boots to cover them. In the Deus Ex: Human Revolution comics, his legs are mechanical from just above the knee down. However, this depiction of the extent of his leg augmentation is contradicted by full body scans in The Missing Link and A Criminal Past, which show that his leg augmentation reaches his hips.[23]

   His torso appears to be biological, but is covered in dermal armor, along with bolt ports from the bar placed within his chest to support said augments. Underneath he has a variety of cardiovascular and muscular augmentations, such as an internal rebreather, a Sentinel RX health system, three types of bio-electric batteries, and the Typhoon Explosive System, its ejection ports mounted on his upper and lower arms.

   Jensen has two augmentations attached to his spinal column: a Reflex Booster and the Icarus Landing System (although the effects of the landing system appear to originate from anywhere in his body).

   Jensen uses the Glass-Shield cloaking system, which classes as a skin augmentation. The origin of the mechanism is still indeterminate.

   Jensen's head has a plethora of augmentations, most notably a variety of hacking tools and the CASIE module (allowing him to see personality traits and emotional reactions of those he converses with). Jensen bears a hexagonal scar on the left side of his forehead, the result of the insertion of the Infolink's implant module containing a neural hub server, which is paired with a communications bead bonded to his mastoid bone, allowing for subvocal communication.[24] He also has a cochlear implant within his ear cavity. Jensen's eyes have notably been replaced with cybernetic eyes (Eye-know Sarif brand) with gold irises that display various information about the environment, and can be used to record and view video,[25] as well as serve as the base layer for some rather uncommon augs, like Smart Vision and its MAGPIE upgrade, Flash Suppressant upgrade, and a complete suite of Wayfinder Radar System modules. Jensen's eyes are compatible with another Sarif Industries cybernetic eye, the "Atid" model.[26] Additionally he has an unspecified implant that allows him to cover his eyes in eye-shield lenses hidden in black comma-shaped augments around his eyes, an augmentation he shares with Ben Saxon. NPCs occasionally refer to this augment as "mirrorshades." Jensen almost always keeps the lenses activated, appearing to only retract them when sleeping, showering, or engaging in important conversations or interaction.

   Adam is the only known Neuropozyne-independent augmentee, the result of experiments performed upon him as an infant at White Helix Labs. However his augmentations post-surgery are for the most part immediately "locked" to prevent overexertion of the brain during his recovery. Over time (or with the use of Praxis kits), Jensen learns to use his augmentations effectively, one at a time.

   In a low temperature container on one side of the VersaLife Vault in the Palisade Corporate Vaults is the head and torso of a human being, who looks nearly identical to Jensen. This unknown being even shares Adam's facial hair, scars on his cheek, and scar over his eye. The only noticeable difference is that he lacks Jensen's full hair model and the eye cover (eye shield/sunglasses) augmentation (however, he has a faint scar at the locations flanking the eyes where the eye cover aug would be mounted). By using third-party tools to see through the entire container, the torso's shoulder area shows indentations corresponding to the parts of Jensen's cybernetic arms that extend onto the torso around the shoulder socket. When the final touches were made on Adam for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the character designer strongly opposed the semi-auto superspy look with silenced weapons, and made his default (if you can call it that) a big revolver, with as much bite as it has bark. This was allegedly a throwback to the old noir days of PIs using large caliber revolvers, Blade Runner's iconic pistol, and the fact that neither Clint Eastwood nor Peter Weller (Robocop) ever used tactical silencers, and in Clint's case a big gun doesn't need to be fired, as long as you're deathly afraid of the man wielding the gun. By the time of his augmentation, and even before, Jensen showed signs of being an experienced Silhouette revolver shooter, based on how he grips his 'trademark' .357 revolver, which would quality him for 'lightweight,' based on caliber alone, but even by the events of Mankind Divided, his old habits reign strong, and he holds his revolvers with the signature 'cradle,' normally reserved for .44 special and above. On the coffee table of Jensen's Prague apartment can be found a signed copy of Pritchard's Nuclear Snake screenplay, possibly indicating that Pritchard sought Jensen's opinion on it. As of the time period of Deus Ex Universe: Children's Crusade Jensen speaks and understands some German. By the time of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Jensen is attempting to teach himself Czech, as evidenced by the Czech language books on his coffee table. By the time period of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Jensen demonstrates an interest in cooking, as shown by the cookbook found in his apartment. Adam's cybernetic arms are a matched pair of the bleeding edge Sarif series 7 arms: S7 combat arm replacement 0903_93AJ. He seems to be the only character throughout the series to sport these incredibly advanced and versatile arms. Based on their production number ending in AJ, it's possible they were a one-off production specifically for Adam. Most Sarif aug owners are limited to series 5, but a handful of (formerly) very rich, influential, and successful people, like Irenka Bauer, have Sarif series 6 arms, which were considered some of the best arm replacements money could buy in 2027. His arms` serial number is #0099D56Y as seen in the Human Revolution trailer. The toy cop car Adam gifted Megan with on their first date, which can be found on Megan's desk in Deus Ex: Human Revolution, appears later on Adam's desk in the TF29 headquarters in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

   Jensen's blood type is O Negative. Jensen's weight is 182 lbs.[27] Jensen's famous quote, "I never asked for this," is only said once in Human Revolution. Jensen's surname is a homage to the Gabriel Knight series and its creator, Jane Jensen. According to developer commentary, the idea for using the surname "Jensen" came from discussion of the Gabriel Knight series and its creator in brainstorming sessions during the game's development. The full name "Adam Jensen" was proposed by lead writer Mary DeMarle.[28] No specific basis for the first name "Adam" has been given in developer commentary. However, the name "Adam" was previously used in Ion Storm concept material as the name for an AI antagonist of Majestic Revelations and as part of the proposed name "Adam Denton" for the protagonist of the cancelled Ion Storm game Deus Ex: Insurrection. Jensen was likely inspired by the character Alex Murphy, or better known as RoboCop. Both are from Detroit, both served as members of the police, and both were severely injured to the point of near (Jensen) or clinical (Murphy) death in the line of duty, only to be saved via cybernetic technology. This connection is lampshaded in the Detroit Police Station as two officers can be overheard discussing RoboCop. Jensen's character design resembles a composite of the three Denton brothers: he wears a longcoat and sunglasses at all times, speaks in a nearly emotionally-detached accent similar to that of JC Denton, his goatee resembles that of Paul Denton, and he wears his hair in a spiky hairdo akin to that of Alex Denton. According to the developers, Jensen's design guidelines were that he "...had to look like he could either walk into a posh restaurant just to talk to someone, or be dropped behind enemy line and take care of business--all within the same design."[29] He is voiced and performance captured by actor Elias Toufexis, the husband of Michelle Boback, who voices Megan Reed.

   According to this video, Elias and Michelle got into an argument on the day they were supposed to record the lines for Adam and Megan at Omega Ranch, causing them to be genuinely angry during the scene.
   Elias Toufexis also voiced Gabriel Nowak in Rainbow Six: Vegas 2. In an incident similar to Jensen's, Gabriel was disgraced after a sniper situation caused a bad situation to turn worse. But whereas Gabriel provoked the situation, Jensen walked away.
   

   In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Jensen's skin color appears paler, and his hair a darker black-brown compared to his appearance in Deus Ex: Human Revolution, due to the removal of the gold-yellow graphic filter used in said game. His face has also been made less angular and more sculpted. Jensen wears his eye-shields most of the time, even at night. In Deus Ex: Human Revolution he covers them the moment he steps into Sarif Industries and retracts them only once: when talking to Megan Reed in Omega Ranch.

   Jensen's eye-shields are presumably not tinted in the conventional sense, as they do not seem to affect his perception of light levels. However, since Jensen never removes them during gameplay, it is hard to be sure of this as the whole game has a gold tint. As this tint is apparent even before Jensen receives his augmentations though, it is more likely that the eye-shields are not tinted.
   In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Jensen tends to retract his eye-shields more often, like during personal conversations. This is heavily dependent on how much "your" Jensen actually trusts the person in question.
   The Eidos logo can be seen on the frames of his eye-shields in artwork and the trailers for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, his eye-shields are styled after the Eidos logo, as well as having the logo printed on them.
   His original set of eye-shields from Deus Ex: Human Revolution were heavily damaged during the events of Deus Ex: Black Light, being replaced by the set he wears in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
   

   If the player chooses to have Adam get the new biochip (that allows Zhao to temporarily shut down his augs), Megan Reed will inject him with a nano-augmentation that shields his biochip from the Illuminati's signal. This would make him the second character in Deus Ex to have both mechanical augmentations and nano-augmentations at the same time. An e-mail discussing Jensen's DNA reveals that his biological mother did not share the mutation that allows him to tolerate mechanical augmentations. Jensen has various vices shown throughout the game. Bottles of whiskey and packs of cigarettes are strewn around his apartment and office and in the cinematic trailers, he drinks and smokes during his recovery. It is revealed in the Deus Ex: Human Revolution comics that he took up smoking again after Megan Reed was presumed dead, yet due to his Sentinel RX Health system the negative health impacts of smoking do not affect him.

   While the player can consume alcohol within gameplay, the player has no opportunity to smoke tobacco.
   He still smokes as of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, his favorite brand apparently being Royal Hellhounds.
   

   Jensen enjoys baseball, as demonstrated by the baseball bat in both his Detroit and Prague apartments and the autographed baseball in his Prague apartment, as well as his watching a Detroit baseball game in the opening scene of the System Rift DLC. Jensen's pantry selection reveals surprisingly large quantities of sugary breakfast cereals, hinting at a personal preference for sweet food. However, seeing as his augmentations are supposed to draw bioenergy from his systems to function, the strong preference for sugary food might have been a way to adapt to his body's increased energy demands. In Mankind Divided his favorite drink is Nye's rye, a Canadian made whiskey "proudly produced in Montreal." Coincidentally, it's among the best health restoring drink items in the game. Jensen's trench coat is tailor-made to have custom Typhoon ports and blade slits that are magnetically attached to his body to allow him to perform Typhoon blasts or lethal takedowns without having to worry about the condition of his suit. These blade slits are much more noticeable in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, due to the higher detail in the coat's design and rendering.

   ACRONYM, a real-life apparel brand, collaborated with Mankind Divided artists to create a real, working version of Jensen's trench coat.
   

   In Jensen's office, there are three diplomas from three different universities for the same degree: B.S. in Criminal Justice from Ferris College, Phoenix University, and a third school whose name is illegible. In Jensen's apartment and office, there are several whiteboards with mathematical writings and mechanical schematics and an eBook in his apartment tells the story of the first mechanical clock. All this suggests that he has an interest in mechanical theory, though he also used clock-making as a method to learn to control his artificial arms during the 6 months he spent recovering.

   As of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided he continues to enjoy clock-making, as he has a work table dedicated to the hobby and he visits Nomad Staněk's watch shop often enough for the owner to comment on it when being interrogated by Jensen.
   Initially the developers intended Jensen's clock-making to indicate that he had always been a collector and simply enjoyed taking devices apart out of curiosity.[30] However during playtesting the testers perceived Jensen's crafting to be his way to learn about his augmented body rather than his being a collector. The developers preferred this interpretation to the original idea and it became canon, so much so that in Deus Ex: Black Light Jensen notes that building model clocks was part of his physical rehabilitation.[31]
   

   He is ambidextrous, although this is for gameplay reasons. Various weapons and objects in the games require Jensen's animations to use both hands. As of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided the presence of the Reflex Booster would make him ambidextrous, even if he wasn't already. In spite of this in promotional material and in general in combat, Jensen is demonstrably right-handed. Jensen's preferred beard style appears to be the "anchor beard."[32] His first name may be a direct reference to Adam, described in the Bible as being the first man created by God. This would fit with JC Denton's first initials possibly being an allusion to Jesus Christ.

   Jensen's first name may be intended to imply a parallel with Frankenstein's monster, which is also compared to the Biblical Adam. Deus Ex: Human Revolution includes a number of other allusions to Frankenstein, particularly in reference to Hugh Darrow and the technologies he has created, but couldn't control.
   

   In the Deus Ex: Human Revolution comics, it is stated that over 50% of Jensen's body has been replaced. It also shows only the bottom half of his legs have been replaced. However in the comic his eyes are blue rather than yellow.

   The comics are further contradicted in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided when it's shown that Jensen's leg augments go all the way up to his hips, instead of half-way down his thighs.
   

3. #3David Sarif

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   David Sarif is the founder and CEO of Sarif Industries, a moderately-sized biotechnology company based in North America. He is a well-preserved male in his late 50s, of average height and build, and in decent shape. His features are Mediterranean.

   The son of an immigrant family from Boston, Sarif was brought up to understand the value of hard work and dedication, and from an early age his insight into machines set the tone for the man he would become. He worked his way through university and from there to a scholarship at MIT, getting an MBA before entering the prosthetics field.

   Sarif believes in justice, progress, science and technology, civilization, human endeavor, and people. He is direct when dealing with others and unafraid to show emotion. Some find him blunt or pushy, others refreshing, even invigorating. His sense of honesty applies only to his behavior - he has no aversion to keeping secrets when appropriate.

   Founding Sarif Industries

   In 2007, David Sarif promised to revitalize his home city of Detroit by introducing a new industry of mechanical augmentation to the city. Refitting disused automobile plants for the production of mechanical augmentations for military and civilian use, Sarif had nearly single-handedly revitalized the economy of the city and prevented its collapse. During this time he became close friends with Hugh Darrow, who was a mentor of sorts to Sarif, and the father of mechanical augmentation.

   Family

   Sarif has a sister and a niece named Natalie and Nina Freeman, respectively. Nina is kidnapped in issue 1 of the Deus Ex: Human Revolution comic series, and it is there revealed that Natalie is the vice-president and a staunch supporter of the Humanity Front.

   Deus Ex: Human Revolution

   Sarif was preparing for the augmentation debate in Washington when a black-ops team, the Tyrants, attacked Sarif Industries HQ in Detroit and killed several scientists, including the company's top researcher, Megan Reed, and Adam Jensen, Sarif Industries' chief of security. Sarif opted to save Jensen and arranged for him to be mechanically augmented. While only Adam's left arm and chest cavity needed to be augmented in order to save his life, Sarif decided as Jensen's medical proxy (thanks to a convenient employment contract clause), to replace most of Jensen's body with cybernetic prosthetics.

   Six months later, he pulled Jensen out of sick leave when an extremist anti-augmentation group, known as Purity First, attacked the Milwaukee manufacturing plant just as the Typhoon Explosive System, a top-secret military augmentation, was about to enter production. He sent Jensen in to secure the data before it was made public and to rescue the hostages if possible.

   Upon Jensen's return, Sarif had him retrieve the neural hub of the augmented Purity First hacker from the Detroit Police Department morgue, implying that Adam either use old contacts to get inside or to sneak in. After this, he tasked Jensen with disabling the transmitter in Derelict Row district that kept a backdoor into the SI network open that Sarif himself had created and neither Jensen nor Frank Pritchard were aware of. Once the signal was shut down, Sarif sent Jensen to investigate where the source of the hacker's signal came from: an abandoned bot factory complex in Highland Park.

   Sarif has two main augmentations: C.A.S.I.E. Social Enhancer (which has some discreet grooves on his forehead) and a very ornate mechanical right arm. He is said to have had his arm replaced with an augmentation so he could "play better baseball at the company picnic."[3] It is fair to assume that all of his augmentations come from his own company, Sarif Industries.

   He also appears to have an EMP shield aug, as he does not react if you throw an EMP grenade at him on Panchaea. He may also have others, however this cannot be confirmed.

   Sarif wrote an article, "Building Wings: A Better Tomorrow", which highlights his personal beliefs regarding transhumanism. It can be seen as a contrast to William Taggart's "No Better: The Myth of Human Augmentation".

   The name "Sarif" was chosen because of its similarity to "Seraphim," a class of angels.[4] Šarīf (شريف) is an Arabic personal name meaning "noble" or "highborn" commonly used by Arabs and non-Arab Muslims.
   You can find Sarif's portrait in his office that pictures him with both hands augmented. In the game, however, Sarif is shown with only his right hand augmented visibly. This most likely means that the development team had Sarif's character model with 2 robotic arms when they made the painting, but later in development decided to change his character model to just 1 robotic arm and forgot about the painting.
   The chess set on Sarif's desk is actually a real chess set called the Mancini chess set.
   Sarif is a Detroit Tigers fan. The wall behind him in his office shows stats for a season. He can also be seen throwing a baseball up and down and toys with it when he is agitated or uncomfortable.
   Sarif shares similarities with Damien Knight of Ares Marcotechnology from the Shadowrun series. Both CEOs of a powerful megacorporation specializing in weapons and augmentation. Both of their headquarters are based in Detroit.
   

4. #4Eliza Cassan

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   Eliza Cassan is the celebrity-like Picus TV Network newsreader.

   The famous and mysterious Eliza Cassan is almost a celebrity in her own way, being the easily recognizable face of Picus TV. She delivers news 24/7 and seems to have an almost uncanny grasp of current events, though many remark that she seems to always deliver information with an ideological or biased slant.

5. #5Francis Pritchard

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   The head of the cyber-security division at Sarif Industries. Work for Sarif Industries

   As the head of the cyber-security division at Sarif Industries, Pritchard is responsible for the overall digital well-being and security for the company. His performance evaluations have noted him to be remarkable at "thinking outside the box" when it comes to his work ethic, but his ineffectual behavior towards co-workers has been under evaluation.

   At one point, Pritchard was arrested for "fraud and related activity in connection with access devices and computers" charges, along with four other additional unknown accomplices.[1]

   In 2027, Pritchard works with Adam Jensen and gives him advice through Jensen's Infolink on security conditions on the field. He is highly knowledgeable about security layouts, and various points of entry, tending to side with indirect, covert routes. He was the one who told David Sarif the company needed to have a physical security team for protection, but wanted Dynacore, Sharp Edge or Belltower, all top private security contractors, and not Adam.

   While he shows no physical signs of mechanical augmentation, it is suggested that Pritchard is augmented; after he contacts Jensen during the second visit to Hengsha, and the augmentation glitches are mentioned, Pritchard replies with "We've all had them," suggesting that he was experiencing the glitches as well. He also states that he will look into the new biochip more before getting it himself. Evidently he did not decide to upgrade before Hugh Darrow's signal is broadcast, since he communicates normally with Jensen over the comms at the beginning of the final mission. It can be assumed that he has cerebral hacking augmentations. This is also evident as there is a Cyberboost Energy Bar on his desk in Sarif Industries

   In Director's cut version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the first time you talk to Pritchard in his office and you have Social enchancer in New Game+, icon of C.A.S.I.E aug is displayed on your HUD like when you use passive aug (etc. rebreather), but C.A.S.I.E. doesn't affect this conversation. There is a small easter egg in Pritchard's office. If you go straight to the back wall from the door to the corkboard on the wall, then look down at the thick cables on the floor, you will notice the serial number on the cable is "NCC-1701-D". This is a reference to the registry number for the starship Enterprise in the popular 90's TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation. Pritchard has a poster in his office for Final Fantasy XXVII, a reference to one of Square Enix's long-running game series. The Deus Ex: Human Revolution Collector's Edition Guide contains concept art of Pritchard's office, where a figurine of Bender from the popular sci-fi cartoon Futurama can be seen on display. When returning the Typhoon, Pritchard will sarcastically refer to Adam as "Atilla the Hun, fresh from the killing fields" or "Mahatma Gandhi himself, come to honor us all with his life-preserving presence", depending on whether Adam handled the purists lethally or non-lethally in Milwaukee Junction. He maintains a hacker alias of "Nucl3arsnake", and was still using it as his e-mail address as evidenced by his login/password e-mail to Sarif. Also, an e-mail by Arie van Bruggen found in the Pangu says "I gotta deal with nucl3arsnake again. He's becoming a real pain in my ass." indicating Pritchard was using the alias while investigating van Bruggen. This alias may be a reference or easter egg regarding Metal Gear Solid, another stealth/action series. Hacking Pritchard's computer reveals a reason for his bitterness towards Adam. He was pestering Picus TV about his idea of a TV show with a hacker protagonist who would use his wits rather than brute force, clearly modeled after himself. The Picus editor instead suggests an ex-cop hero, who incidentally sounds like a carbon copy of Jensen, saying he's more likeable.

   In Mankind Divided, civilian NPCs may sometimes remark that Jensen looks like the main character of a movie called 'Nucl3arsnake', seemingly implying that Pritchard's script was eventually picked up, and that the main character was modeled on Jensen. If Jensen talks to them again, they will reveal this character has longer hair, no beard, and is named 'Francis', implying the character was modeled on Pritchard as well. During the first day in Prague, a tour-guide outside the closed Red Light District can be heard telling visitors that they may recognize the Red Queen nightclub from the new Nuclear Snake film.
   On Jensen's coffee table a copy of the screenplay can be found, signed by Pritchard, perhaps indicating that he sought Jensen's opinion on it. A copy can also be found in Nomad Staněk's apartment, and two in Laura Vale's apartment.
   

6. #6Megan Reed

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   the head of neuro-scientific research on augmentations at Sarif Industries and Adam Jensen's former lover

   Megan Reed was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1995, the only child of two doctors who both decided early on that family life would never interfere with their careers. As a child, Megan was often left on her own and took refuge in her intelligent imagination, developing a rich inner life at the expense of interpersonal socialization.[2]

   Around 2009-2010, Megan moved to North Carolina and then moved to France in 2012, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude in Neurology & Psychology.[3] Early in her studies she was impressed by Hugh Darrow's work and has wanted to work for him ever since.[2]

   In 2018, Megan returned to the United States and two years later she was hired by Sarif Industries as a genetic researcher. She became the head of the science team in 2023.[3]

   As the head of neuro-scientific research on augmentations at Sarif Industries, Megan is in charge of advancing the applications of cybernetic augmentations for the company. David Sarif handpicked her due to her earlier work and extensive research in the field. It was also Megan who recommended Jensen for the job as chief of security.[4]

   In 2027, she was preparing to go to Washington D.C. along with her team of scientists to defend their research once again, but not before she confesses to Jensen that this new discovery is "Rosetta Stone big" and that what really worries her is being asked how she discovered it. She further reveals her uneasiness on this topic in an e-mail with Sarif, where she explains she is afraid of possible questions concerning the first sample and Patient X.

   In her Patient X study, Reed discovered a unique genome that could tolerate augmentations without suffering from Darrow Deficiency Syndrome (DDS).

   Before Reed could present her research, the Tyrants attack the Sarif Industries Headquarters. During the attack, she is rendered unconscious by Jaron Namir as she attempts to defend the maimed Jensen. Six months later she is stated to have been killed in the attack and official autopsies have apparently been performed. However, Reed was never explicitly shown to have been killed, causing speculation on whether or not she may still be alive among some of her former colleagues. In reality, she was not killed and instead taken to a FEMA camp at Highland Park so Isaias Sandoval could remove her and her team's GPL implants. However, Sandoval was unsuccessful at removing them so he lowered the frequency instead, making Sarif think they had been killed in the attack.

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   the founder and leader of the pro-humanist group Humanity Front He is a highly successful psychologist and anti-augmentation activist and speaker, well known for his charisma and oratorical abilities.

   Bill formed the group Humanity Front in 2021, soon after Antoine Thisdale's famous court case regarding his right to amputate and augment himself to be able to compete with his augmented peers.

   In 2027, Taggart is in Geneva, Switzerland, when the Tyrants plan to assassinate him, making him a martyr for his cause and push for a UN vote on augmentation regulation. Although Ben Saxon fails to kill him, Scott Hardesty shoots and kills his secretary, which still successfully ignites anti-augmentation regulation discussion among the government. At gun point with Saxon, Taggart asks him: "Did they send you?"

   After returning from the Highland Park FEMA complex, Jensen finds Taggart in Sarif's penthouse, along with his bodyguards and personal aide, Isaias Sandoval. Taggart will confront Jensen directly, claiming he wishes to speak with him as well as condemning the violent actions of Purity First, and attempts to psychoanalyze him. Adam may either listen to his claims that augmentation is endangering the human race, or confront him about the Purity First incident, to which he will show contempt toward the player.

   In the comic series, Taggart has another meeting with Sarif in London. Together with Zhao Yun Ru, he offers Sarif an opportunity to cooperate with them. Sarif immediately dismisses the offer, accusing them of being part of the conspiracy.

   Taggart wrote a book "No Better: The Myth of Human Augmentation" which highlights his personal beliefs regarding human augmentations. This book, along with its various audio and video versions, is a top ten bestseller as reported by Picus.[2]

   Of the three manifestos that can be read throughout the Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Taggart's book is a counterpoint to David Sarif's "Building Wings: A Better Tomorrow".

8. #8Zhao Yun Ru

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   the CEO of Tai Yong Medical, a leading biotech corporation based in Hengsha, China.

   Zhao Yun Ru is a refined, sophisticated, wealthy, and successful businesswoman on the exterior. Her company, Tai Yong Medical, controls the vast majority of Hengsha, and she has substantial investments in Belltower Associates. She is a major player on the global stage, and has big ambitions for herself and her company.

   But on the inside, Zhao is a cutthroat, ruthless, and brutal woman that uses military force and corporate sabotage to drive her competitors out of business. She attempts to buy out all of her enemies, and when that doesn't work, she hires freelance hackers to steal their secrets. Despite her criminal activities, her substantial wealth and usage of Belltower as a private army renders her untouchable, legally or otherwise.

   In 2008, Zhao was slated as a gymnast to represent the Chinese Olympic team. Unfortunately, she was hit by a car mere months before the start of the Olympic Games that year, which caused severe nerve damage and effectively ended her gymnastic career.[2] Despite this, she was able to graduate from the University of Beijing on August 4th, 2010 with a degree in Biology and Nanotechnology. Some time after, she took up the sport of fencing, as evident by a photo in her modern-day penthouse.

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   are mechanical augmentation clinics first opened in 2011 by LIMB International. The name is an acronym for liberty in mind and body.

   In the early 2020s, LIMB clinics are located in many major cities across the globe, such as Detroit and Hengsha. Smaller LIMB clinics can be found outside major cities, such as the one located in Panchaea which provides its largely augmented workforce with the products they require.

   These clinics offer the surgeries to implant mechanical augmentations. They sell neuropozyne to counteract the rejection syndrome caused by mechanical augmentations, as well as other products needed by augmented people such as Praxis software, ammunition for the Typhoon and energy containers to power augmentations. It is also at LIMB clinics that augmented people are offered the new biochip.

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    90% of Americans are self-employed. In 150 years, this number will drop to about 2%.[8]

    Hugh Darrow severely damages the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee during a skiing accident during 1995. This injury leaves him with a permanent physical disability, but also acts as the inspiration for his research into mechanical augmentations.[32]

    1996: Hugh Darrow purchases and revamps a struggling prosthetics manufacturing company in England, creating Darrow Industries.[32] With his family's considerable assets at his disposal, Darrow ensures that this, as well as his claims to the importance of this event, makes front-page news.

    1997: The sovereignty of Hong Kong is handed over by the UK to the People's Republic of China. A top official of China's central law enforcement agency publicly acknowledges his acceptance of the Triad. He states that many of its members are patriotic to the motherland. It is unknown if this is a government stance or a personal opinion. The private military contractor Belltower UK is formed by Roger St. John-Ffolkes.[33]

    1998: The first brain implant capable of stimulating movement is installed in a human patient by researchers at Emory University. The device, or neurotrophic electrode, is implanted into the brain, allowing cortical cells to grow and form neural contacts. After several weeks, the cortical tissue grows into the electrode. This allows a person to interact with the world as if they were using a computer.[14] Professor Ellen Heber-Katz discovers the world‘s first regenerative mice (the MRL strain).[14]

    Early 2000s ca

    Santeau Water is now the major water treatment and supply conglomerate on the globe and controls much of the planet's fresh water.[17]

    2001: The Artificial Silicon Retina (ASR) is implanted for the first time in the eyes of three nearly blind patients. Containing approximately 3,500 microscopic solar cells that convert light into electrical impulses, the new technology works to replace damaged photoreceptors that normally convert light into electrical signals within the retina.[14] Japan renews its defense obligations with the United States and embarks on a costly rearmament program. A high-power lineman who, after losing both of his arms through severe electric shock, receives a life-changing computerized, bio-hybrid arm is dubbed as one of the first functional cyborgs, his fully robotic limb operated through a nerve muscle graft that uses micro computers instead of cables to perform a wide range of complex motions. It is also the first prototype enabling its carrier to sense pressure.[14] September 11: A terrorist attack destroys the World Trade Center towers in New York City

    2002: After six years of intense research, Darrow Industries' scientists successfully intertwine PEDOT-electrodes with live neural cells, creating a bio-compatible matrix that better enables acceptance of prosthetic materials by organic tissue.[24] Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian calls for a referendum to decide whether Taiwan should declare independence. China immediately threatens to use force should the vote occur.[24] The implementation of the Euro is complete. As a result, most of Europe and its territories are subjects to the economical control of Majestic 12. Declan Faherty works for British Ministry of Defence.[18]

    2003: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is introduced to the US market.[37] Engineers in Copenhagen fabricate diamoissonite, a revolutionary carbon-fiber material that paves the way for the creation of lighter, more durable prosthetics.[24] A U.S.-led multinational coalition of armed forces invades Iraq in search of weapons of mass destruction. Iraq falls within a month. No WMDs are found.[24]

    2004: Development begins for Project Phoenix, a new initiative implemented by the US Military inviting amputee soldiers serving in the two Persian Gulf Conflicts to volunteer for advanced prosthetic research.[14] Belltower UK becomes Belltower Associates, an umbrella group including companies such as Belltower Maritime Security, Belltower Alpha, Hack Wall Data Protection Services and Skye Secure Aviation.[24]

    2005: Building on their earlier creation of PEDOT-clusters, Darrow Industries scientists create a revolutionary bio-sensor that vastly improves the connection between the human nervous system and artificial limbs. The new technology brings researchers one step closer to thinning the line between prosthetic and organic.[14] China passes its Anti-Secession Law, authorizing immediate war with Taiwan should Taiwanese independence forces ever succeed in separating Taiwan from China.[24]

    2006: The Human Brain Project, an international scientific research project aimed at understanding and completely mapping brain functions, launches in the U.S. and Great Britain.[24]

    2007: Looking to increase the efficiency of advanced prosthetics production, David Sarif purchases and overhauls an auto factory in Detroit. Shortly after, Sarif creates a system that automates the manufacturing of advanced prosthetics, converting the newly purchased plant into the first auto-mechanical augmentation factory.[14] DARPA starts looking for research partners to help develop an artificial cognitive science program that could increase a soldier's situational awareness in the field. A number of private sector companies, including VersaLife, submit proposals. VersaLife believes a successful program can be designed -- if it can be wired directly into the soldiers' brains. DARPA declines VersaLife's proposal, not willing to go that far. VersaLife then takes the idea to its partner, a private military corporation Belltower Associates. This project, under the supervision of Illuminati, will later be known as the Hyron Project.[39] Masaaki Oshiro, aged 19, founds UNGYO, a data protection company.[27] Nina Sullivan is born.[40] Nia Colvin graduates magna cum laude from MIT with a degree in biochemstry.[18]

    2008: The controversial Omega Ranch begins to take shape with support from the United Nations and several major biotech companies, including VersaLife. Leading the development, the World Health Organization (WHO) begins construction on the new center that will pave the way for research into viral genetics and biological sciences.[14] Taiwan declares independence during the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. One month later, China launches an invasion. The U.S. and Japan do nothing. Taiwan falls in 6 days.[24] August: A cholera outbreak starts in Zimbabwe and lasts until June 2009, resulting in 4288 deaths. Conspiracy theorists believe the outbreak is man-made and is part of Illuminati's human depopulation agenda.[41] Nia Colvin is hired by Latham Systems.[18]

    2009: Zhao Yun Ru joins Tai Yong Medical as CEO.[21] Stretched thin by two Mideast conflicts, the U.S. Congress passes the Recycle Military Bill, financing free prosthetics for any wounded veteran who re-enlists. With little competition, Sarif Industries wins the lucrative prosthetic manufacturing contract and becomes the number one prosthetic manufacturer in America.[14] Wide-ranging cutbacks in the British, American, German, and Russian military put many trained soldiers out of work; Belltower cherry-picks the best of these men to bolster its own forces.[24] Capitalizing on world reaction to Taiwan's fall, Tibet declares independence. Chinese forces swoop in to completely crush the rebellion in 4 days. Photos smuggled out afterward show a large number of prosthetic-equipped soldiers amid the invading army.[24]

    Early 2010s: Construction of Hotel Novoe Rostov begins in Moscow, Russia.[42] The Acoustic Wave Theory is proposed which claims that seismic activity emits acoustic wave energy within certain frequencies that could carry the potential to trigger sympathetic quakes up to thousands of miles from the original epicenter. This theory has since been rejected by many geologists as untenable.[43] ugust 4: Zhao Yun Ru graduates from the University of Beijing with a degree in Biology and Nanotechnology.[44] German researchers publish the results of a revolutionary study suggesting how information may be coded in neural activities.[24] Taiwanese rebels make a last ditch effort to overthrow the Chinese occupation. Worldwide news reports reveal squads of augmented soldiers brutally demolishing all resistance.[24] Riots break out at the Vancouver Winter Olympics when disabled athletes arrive en mass to protest the IAAF rules.[24]

    2011: Internet 3 hub is moved to the Area 51 underground laboratories.[11] Darrow Industries publishes "Fittest XY", the first test capable of identifying if a subject suffers from a rare genetic disorder that makes acceptance of an implant not only impossible, but also deadly. As augmentations become increasingly commonplace, entrepreneur Haydon Suyong envisions the creation of healthcare clinics that cater exclusively to the specific needs of prosthetic-equipped patients. After borrowing 50 million Euros from Hugh Darrow, the dream becomes reality and the first clinic for augmented humans opens.[14] Bluewater Global, America’s largest private military organization, disbands due to a scandal that rocks the PMC industry to its core; Belltower takes advantage of the situation to fill the vacuum left in their wake.[24]

    2012: Revised Homeland Security Act is enacted in the United States, granting sweeping powers to FEMA and other government agencies. As part of their ultimate exit strategy out of Iraq, the US military sends squads of prosthetic-equipped soldiers into the heaviest conflict zones.[14] The Human Brain Project publishes a first draft map of the brain, depicting populations of neurons involved in complex phenomena like reminiscence, future simulation, etc.[24] Germany boycotts the London Summer Olympic games and sends its athletes to compete at the Paralympic Games instead. Picus Communications broadcasts the augmented competition and sweeps the ratings.[24]

    2013: Ophelia Carter publishes a conspiracy-related book "The Wheels Come Off". Supposedly demonstrated that there could have been no "Soviet-American pact" because America had already sold out to the Grays. According to this theory the polio and influenza outbreaks of the later 20th century were test runs in a larger governmental bio-warfare program.[45] A milestone in the development of augmentation is reached when the 50th healthcare clinic for mechanically augmented patients opens in New Delhi, with nearly 50,000 patients visiting the facility within its first week. At the opening ceremony Haydon Suyong calls his network of clinics "L.I.M.B. International" for the first time.[14] A year after emerging as an underground prosthetic ultimate fighting movement, the Augmented Combat Challenge (ACC) is accepted as a legal sport in 12 countries. Bets taken online and in Las Vegas turns into a multi-million dollar circuit as the sport's popularity rapidly grows.[14] The South American Economic Coalition (SEAC) is formed, headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[24]

    2014: Brian Nittle becomes the first patient with Down syndrome to successfully receive a deep-brain implant capable of stimulating portions of the brain in order to significantly increase natural cognitive functions. The implantation works better than imagined and Nittle is able to lead a near normal life.[14] The volcanic Vilama Caldera complex in Argentina unexpectedly erupts in a powerful 'supervolcanic' explosion, blanketing huge swathes of land in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia with hot ash. Over 100,000 people are killed, but the world finds hope in augmented humans as they play a major role in the region's rescue and recovery operations. Their enhanced abilities save many lives and prove to make a crucial difference in relief of this disaster.[14] A measles outbreak in Congo results in 4500+ deaths. Conspiracy theorists believe it was another man-made outbreak.[41] After having banned augmented athletes years earlier, plans to rewrite the guidelines and rules governing international athletic competitions are announced. "We can no longer ignore the [augmented] population. They are obviously a part of our world, and this is a worldwide competition," says voting board member Harris Stevenson.[14] Adam Jensen joins the Detroit Police Department.[24] Ashani Talwar and Masaaki Oshiro are two of the richest people under 30 in the world. After a chance meeting in Switzerland, they fall in love and marry.[46]

    2015: Rumors begin to circulate that countries are experimenting with new intelligence-enhancing technology by secretly implanting the device in military and counter-intelligence officers. As leaked intelligence from Asia and Europe begins to corroborate the story, a fear of falling behind these imposing advancements accelerates global bio-technical research to new levels.[14] Terrorist attacks against Saudi Arabian oil fields decimate the country's infrastructure and plunge the world into a major energy crisis. In response, an emergency session of the US Congress passes the Green River Energy Bill, opening protected oil shale deposits in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming to development. Seeing the challenges and dangers of drilling in the areas, oil companies begin quietly recruiting augmented war veterans to work at unusually high salaries. Fallout from the enactment of the Green River Bill also opens up new emergency powers for FEMA and the NSA, created in preparation for the possibility of civil unrest in the wake of the looming energy crisis.[24] China secretly begins implanting deep-brain intelligence-enhancing implants in its military and counter-intelligence officers.[24] An incident on Earth orbit resulting in the death of the crew of a corporate space shuttle takes place; the accident is blamed on pilot error, but exact details are never released. Rumors of a Chinese military presence in space are rife.[24]

    2016: A Chinese pilot equipped with a deep-brain intelligence-enhancing implant defects to a U.S. base in the Philippines. The U.S. Military immediately attempts to reverse-engineer the chip.[24] The Singularity Faith of the Machine God (SFMG), a quasi-religious pro-augmentation group, is formally recognized as a church. Augs originally formed the SFMG in 2011 in response to being shunned for going against religious scripts that declare it unholy to biologically 'desecrate' their bodies.[14] New elections in the Russian Federation herald sweeping changes across the region as a series of newly elected officials take power in a bloodless coup d‘etat; the re-named Russian Federated States take a firm stance in the global political arena.[24] In the Arctic and several other oceans across the globe, construction begins on the Panchaea Project, a vast geo-engineering experiment funded by the United Nations and a consortium of corporate interests in order to combat global warming through iron seeding.[24]

    2017: Australia declares independence, becoming the Republic of Australia. New Zealand becomes an associate state six months later.[24] In an attempt to catch up to the rapid advancements of rival nations, the US military awards Sarif Industries a top secret, no-bid contract to manufacture intelligence-enhancing chips.[14] Dallas becomes a self-declared “protected city-state”, paving the way for several other so-called fortress cities to come into being over the next decade.[24] US Congress pass the Corporate Sovereignty Act.[47] Tai Yong Medical invests into the construction of Hengsha Island's two-tiered city on the Yangtze River.[21] The company will build its corporate headquarters in the center of Hengsha. Palisade Bank is founded, with headquarters in the Czech Republic.[48] First documents surface referring to a "Project Aquinas".[11] Canada enacts the Paulsen Program, a gradual strengthening of its borders and military capacity, in the face of economic pressure from its southern neighbor. The most contentious element of the program is the radical decision to force the nationalization of Canada's rich oil sands deposits, securing the country's energy bounty for itself. US-Canadian tensions intensify from this point.[24]

    2018: Paul Denton is born.[24][10] Adam Jensen joins the DPD's SWAT team, under the command of Captain Quincy Durant.[49] A containment breach occurs in Omega Ranch, allowing a modified variant of the H5N1 avian flu virus to escape into the atmosphere, killing hundreds of thousands of people. VersaLife and its corporate partners subsequently cut all ties with the facility.[24] The International Space Station is formally transferred to the control of the United States Air Force's Space Command; in response, China's scientific Shenlong space platform is immediately militarized.[24] The Picus Group launches its 400th communications satellite and opens a new virtual channel serving the Chinese Bloc, effectively giving it the longest global reach of any entertainment and news channel on the planet.[24] Žofie Růžička is elected President of the Czech Republic in a landslide election, becoming the country's first female president.[50] Under her leadership, the Republic experiences an economic boom, turning Prague into one of the world's leading metropolitan cities. Declan Faherty moves to the United States and is hired by Sarif Industries.[18] Japan's economy enters a serious downturn; over the next three years, the nation goes through radical changes within its governmental and corporate structures in an attempt to stop the encroaching collapse.[24]

    2019:The NuChrist Initiative emerges as a US based coalition of forward-looking Christian group that embraces and encourages cloning, augmentation, and the furtherment of biotechnology. Traditionalist Christians hold protest, but cannot stop the membership of the NuChrist Initiative from growing 300% in one year.[14] Belltower Associates, an umbrella group of private military contractors, institutes their new augmentation program, Plan Infinity. The Program offers soldiers immediate augmentations while deferring payment for as long as they remain active employees of Belltower.[14] Omega Ranch is closed down and sanitized. It is then quietly placed into the stewardship of a United Nations committee.[24] Haydon Suyong repays the last million Euros of his original debt to Hugh Darrow while simultaneously opening the 125th L.I.M.B. International clinic in Utah.[24] Scandal rocks the world when a contestant on the highest rated game show in history is caught using an intelligence-enhancing brain implant. He is later revealed to have been fired by Sarif Industries in 2018.[24] The HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) facility in Alaska is active again.[51]

    2020: Mechanical augmentations are just becoming widespread. Early 2020s: Work on nano-augmentations begins. The Majestic 12 scientists assigned to the project (including Bob Page) have a number of difficulties. A self-replicating nanite that can interact with biological material has to be developed. The nanites must be able to interpret commands directly from the mind, and send information back to the mind in a form that can be interpreted. This will take years to develop. A test subject matching MJ12's selection criteria is needed, as young as possible.[10] Early 2020s: A hacker named "Eli" posts a call-to-arms-type message on the Darknet, inviting those "dis-elushuned with the stranglhold 1 purcentors have on R world" to join him in attacking, exposing, and "spoiling their plots." This event is considered the beginning of the Juggernaut Collective.[52] The Californian Secessionist Movement is narrowly defeated in a public referendum.[24] In the United States, Antoine Thisdale — a completely healthy man unable to find work in Utah's increasingly lucrative oil shale industry — sues for the right to amputate himself. Neuropozyne (DXMD) A bottle of Neuropozyne Darrow Industries sell the patent to Neuropozyne, an anti-augmentation rejection drug, to VersaLife.[53] Hugh Darrow fires his entire research staff and begins to sell off branches of Darrow Industries.[24] Speculations regarding his plans for an early retirement abound. Quincy Durant is severely injured during an encounter with an augmented criminal. Having moral objections against it, he voluntarily submits to extensive augmentation. Durant is later put in charge of a new unit of augmented SWAT officers; Adam Jensen is given command of Durant's old unit.[49] Megan Reed joins Sarif Industries.[54] Francis Pritchard joins Sarif Industries.[55] Nia Colvin is fired after Tai Yong Medical's hostile takeover of Latham Systems and is subsequently hired by Sarif Industries.[18] The Royal Canadian Mounted Police come under investigation when they use lethal force to deter a horde of American economic refugees (nicknamed "snowbacks") from crossing the Montana/British Columbia border near the town of Roosville. The RCMP officers are later cleared of any wrong-doing, further inflaming existing tensions between the US and Canada.[24]

    2021: Hugh Darrow purchases Omega Ranch and reopens it with a new team of researchers by Christmas.[24] Quincy Durant's SWAT unit massacres the entire Kowalski Bros. Gang at the El Diablo Lapdancing Club.[49] The United Arab Front (UAF) launches a massive invasion of Israel - triggering the Six Month War.[56] China's Upper City construction project is completed in the Shanghai region. Chonming's trio of islands – Hengsha Island, being one of them – become a corporate fiefdom, with Tai Yong Medical free to be a law unto itself.[24] Belltower Associates is now regarded as the world‘s number one private military contractor.[24] The Czech Republic’s economic boom, combined with its policy of offering tax breaks to augmented laborers, transforms Prague into a hub for transient contract workers passing back and forth between Eastern Europe and the E.U. nations. At the same time, the lack of housing for these short-term inhabitants becomes an issue. In a last-ditch attempt to stave off economic disaster, Japanese prime minister Ataru Moroboshi institutes a new policy of 'neo-sakoku', all but closing the country‘s borders to outsiders in an echo of events in the 17th-19th centuries. Japan turns inward in an attempt to heal itself.[24]

    2022: Antoine Thisdale, an un-augmented oil rig worker sues for the right to have both of his fully functional natural arms amputated and replaced with cybernetic arms in an effort to compete with mechanically augmented workers in his profession. The Supreme Court rules in his favor, clearing the way for elective augmentation. In response to the ruling, William Taggart creates Humanity Front, a political organization that opposes augmentation. After the Pan-Arab coalition invades Israel, Illuminati control of the region becomes total.[10] LIMB International opens the first clinic in Brazil (and the 359th clinic in the world).[14] This amid a gathering of Humanity Front protesters, members of a group who believe the human body is sacred and should not be tampered with. In Central America, an epidemic of tubercular parotitis leaves 100+ dead and 25000+ sterile. Conspiracy theorists believe it was yet another man-made epidemic.[41]

    2023: Five year old Paul Denton is chosen as a test subject and cloned.[10] Quincy Durant's now corrupt SWAT unit has violently taken down half of the organized crime groups in the city, taking over their operations for themselves.[49] Border skirmishes on the outskirts of El Paso between the Texas National Guard and the Mexican Army create a tense stand-off that lasts for several months. Mexico eventually backs down, but the Mexican government's pride is dented. Taking advantage of the situation, representatives of the Russian Federated States make overtures to Mexico City.[24] Utulek Complex advert Útulek Complex poster

    Pressed by an ever-increasing influx of temporary workers on one side, and a lack of adequate housing on the other, the Czech government hires The Santeau Group, a European-based construction giant, to build a massive, one-of-a-kind, temporary housing project on the outskirts of Prague. It will be named the Útulek Complex.

    2024: An investigative news report reveals that a high-profile contestant on a popular American game show had been implanted with an intelligence-enhancing chip prior to his appearance on the program. The scandal causes a significant upswing in popular opposition to the largely unregulated augmentation industry. Humanity Front's membership grows sizably as a result. Sir Roger St. John-Ffolkes officially steps down as CEO of Belltower Associates, giving joint control of the company to his sons Luther and Andrew; in reality, he has served only as a figurehead in this post for the last decade.[14] Eric Koss moves to the United States and is hired by Sarif Industries.[18]

    2025: Australia discovers a large underground reserve of fossil fuel off the coast of Antarctica. With the fossil fuel crisis worldwide, tensions between north and south Australia rise, with privatization vs. nationalization becoming the core issue. Australian Civil War begins, as the northern Free States of Australia secede from the South Australia Federation.[57] The Juggernaut Collective makes their debut on the hacker scene when they hijack atmospheric processors used by a popular weather artist in Paris, trashing an event sponsored by Page Industries.[24] Quebec begins agitating for a referendum on independence, but the Canadian parliament are resistant; with public interest in this issue lost, the separatist movement falls apart.[24] Rising Nigerian pop star Ny'ashia Akim is critically injured during a terrorist attack in Lagos. Her songs about growing up poor in war-torn, plague-ridden Nigeria had captured the heart of fans all over the world; many stage candlelight vigils.[14] The Mexicantown Massacre occurs. Adam Jensen refuses the order to shoot an augmented teenager. The order is passed on to Wayne Haas. The boys death provokes the worst riots Detroit has seen since the 1960's. In the aftermath of the riots, a shootout ensues between Jensen and Quincy Durant's teams. In a final confrontation, Durant is badly wounded by Jensen. He is retrieved by Jake Dredger; whom Jensen had approached, with info on Durants criminal activities, two days before the incident. Acting on orders from the illuminati, Durant is further augmented. The incident is covered up to save the Detroit Police Department of the embarrassment. Jensen resigns, and is blamed for the entire incident by his superiors. He is hired as the new Chief of Security at Sarif Industries soon after. Automated defenses inside one of the Palisade Bank's data storage facilities killed an engineer. Her death drew international attention until it was proven she had been trying to access a client's accounts.[58]

    2026: Construction of Rabi'ah begins in Oman deserts, but is plagued by technical problems. 582 significant international terrorist attacks occur this year.[60] In the wake of ongoing terrorist atrocities, the United Nations begin a series of evaluation studies, considering the future creation of a new trans-national anti-terror force.[24]

    2027: Death of investigative reporter Casey Bradshaw. She is officially listed as a casualty of the Australian Civil War. Conspiracy theorists, however, allege that she was killed for exposing government sanctioned nuclear proliferation in Australia.[61] Britain's Queen's augmentation sparks outrage.[62] VersaLife announces they have successfully cured AIDS in laboratory mice using nanites.[63] Nadine Stollock escapes custody in New York when a law enforcement 80-X Boxguard robot opens fire on the police.[64]Heaven Photo of Heaven space station

    Lee Hong murders his pregnant girlfriend, Evelyn Carmichael. LIMB International, heavily invested by Hong's family, falsifies the autopsy report. 2nd World Enhanced Games scheduled for Summer 2028 in Asia. 9300 augmented athletes expected to compete.[65] Ny'ashia Akim, now fully augmented, sweeps the PlanetMusic Awards in Los Angeles, winning in six categories.[66] Joshua Korbin, a member of the New Sons of Freedom, bombs the Capitol building of the state of Washington in Olympia. Simultaneously, his organization calls for the Pacific Northwest to secede from the US.[67] According to the United Nations Terrorism Task Force, the number of serious international terrorist incidents grew to 1285, up from 582 last year.[60] Belltower Associates 12th Regiment brings the Australian Civil War closer to an end by quelling an uprising in the northern territories of the continent.[68] Lack of funding for national space agencies limits space exploration, with only the chinese and american militaries fielding regular flights. As Moon Base Omega is planned for slow expansion, and corporations operate automated orbital factories and satellites, Page Industries speeds up its plans to build the first permanent commercial space station, named "Heaven".[69]

11. #11Belltower Associates

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    Belltower Associates is the main component and subsidiary of the Belltower Group, an umbrella group of private military companies who provide a maximum spectrum private military/security solution in the year 2027.

    The precursor company, Belltower UK, was founded by Roger St. John-Ffolkes, a British Army officer. The creation of the company was a result of dissent, that dated back to events during the Falklands war, in 1982. It was incorporated in 1997 beginning life as a security consultant and close protection agency. Originally operating in minor hotspots, primarily handling low-level corporate security, kidnapping, retrieval, and close protection, the company rapidly grew. By the early 2000s, it became the Belltower Associates, and a core element of the Belltower Group.[1]

    In the aftermath of the 2014 scandal involving the previous leader in private security, Bluewater International, caught dealing with Afghan insurgents and subsequently disbanded, Belltower filled the vacuum of the need for private security and set a new and highly regarded standard for the business. Belltower, with several sub-divisions, grew considerably and became the world's largest private security company.[2]

    2020s Sir Roger St. John-Ffolkes officially stepped down as CEO in 2024, giving joint control of the company to his sons Luther and Andrew; in reality, he had served only as a figurehead in this post for the last decade. Belltower's influence is considerable, and it is a vital participant in many conflicts worldwide, providing both regular and specialized troops and services. The Australian Civil War is a notable example, with Belltower units being a significant part of the SAF army, including Ben Saxon's Strike Team Six in 2026.

    Beside their legal activities, Belltower also managed a comprehensive smuggling network in cooperation with XNG Shipping. The company undertook illegal jobs with corporate clients, and cooperated with players in organized crime, to conduct human trafficking, goods and weapons smuggling. These operations were supervised by particularly tainted officers, like Narhari Kahn, Pieter Burke and John Trent. Belltower also conducted black operations and projects through their special operations forces, including specially enhanced teams like that of Michael Zelazny and the Tyrants.

    2027 By 2027, Belltower units were embedded in conflicts across the globe. In Australia, despite setbacks, the Belltower 12th Commando Regiment was instrumental in quelling a Chinese-backed insurgency in the Northern Territory.[3]

12. #12Zenith

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    The Zenith is a 10mm polymer framed semi-automatic compact pistol developed by Steiner-Bisley GmbH.

    The Zenith is a modern, fully ambidextrous and ergonomic pistol. It's very modular, equipped with a Picatinny rail system and can also accept a sound suppressor. The magazine holds only 10 rounds but its capacity can be increased. The Zenith features orange tritium-illuminated iron sights.

    It is in extremely common use, so ammo will never be an issue, and its penchant for taking upgrades means it can eventually be a formidable backup weapon. The silencer and laser sight, along with the aforesaid upgrade capacity, also make it a surprisingly good main weapon for a non-pacifist player who wishes to be stealthy, though it is not suitable for full-scale combat situations unless (almost) fully upgraded. A silenced Zenith is a useful tool even for pacifists, as it may be used to lure enemies into locations away from their patrol path so that they can be disposed of discretely; when a shot is fired, enemies will investigate by walking to where the shot hit.

    The armor-piercing upgrade ignores all armor bonuses, meaning headshots from the pistol are exceptionally lethal and as such, should be considered even by Pacifists (for bosses). Most non-boss human opponents will be killed with a single headshot from a Zenith with the armor-piercing upgrade, even without any damage upgrades; heavy troopers will take two. Because of this, one might upgrade it with the armor-piercing, silencer, and laser sight mods, and reserve the other upgrades for alternative weapons. Ammunition stacks are 2x1, with each stack holding up to 50 rounds.

    The pistol is one of the most common weapons in enemy hands, and is not particularly threatening when used by them; while no enemy should be underestimated, the player will only really find themselves in trouble if they are surrounded by several enemies with these weapons. Pistols are typically limited to lower-level enemies such as street thugs, security personnel and lightly armored soldiers.

13. #13Steiner-Bisley GmbH

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    Steiner-Bisley GmbH, also called Steiner-Bisley Industries, is a German weapons and robotics manufacturing company based in Düsseldorf. Their logo is a stylized letter S, which is the first letter of the company's name. Steiner-Bisley products are common in the 2020s.

    Steiner-Bisley produces weapons, weapon attachments, and armed robots. Its products have designs that suggest high manufacturing quality.[2] Hefecrocken beer, produced by Hefecrocken Brauerei, a division of Steiner-Bisley.

    Weapons Pistols Zenith PPD 10mm Service Pistol 10mm Cartel Special Zenith CA-4 Zenith ZAP

    Rifles
        FR-27 series
            FR-27 S.F.R. (Sanction Flechette Rifle)
            BT F-28 Sanction Combat Rifle
            F-29 S.C.R. Spetsnaz
            FR-27 S.F.W. (Sanction Flechette Weapon)
            Elite Edition Combat Rifle
            Côte d'Azur‎
        Model 762 Battle Rifle
        Longsword Whisperhead
        TRQ 203-C Longsword Tranquilizer rifle
        Longsword 202 ERASER
        Longsword II 203 ERSR
    Launchers
        229-Series MUPRS
        240-Series BMRS
        241-Series MRS
        329-Series MPRS
        Linebacker G-87 MSGL
    Munitions
        M-28 Remote explosive
        EMP grenade
        Mark 87 Tactical Munition Mine Template
    

    Weapon attachments

    Laser Sight
    NS-X20 Silencer
    Reflex Holoscope
    4x Scope
    

    Robots and automated devices

    SB-71 bot
    80-X Boxguard
    Drone
    Turret (DXMD)
    

14. #14Brass Royals

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    Produce 10mm pistol ammunition

15. #15Osprey

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    Produce Combat rifle flechettes

16. #16VersaLife

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    The VersaLife Corporation is a large multinational company active since the 1970s. It specializes in pharmaceuticals, bioengineering and nanotechnology. VersaLife is a subsidiary of the mammoth firm Page Industries, whose owner is Bob Page.[1] Its headquarters is located in Hong Kong[2], and has other major facilities such as in Roccasecca Beach, off the coast of San Francisco, USA. The company was founded in 1976 as Versatile Life Solutions. The years prior to 2000 were described as VersaLife's "golden age", until it went into a sharp decline. Despite this, however, in 2008 it was one of several major biotechnology companies to participate in biotech research at the controversial Omega Ranch. VersaLife was eventually delisted from the NYSE as it continued to fall in value. This all changed in 2016 when the failing pharmaceutical giant was purchased by the holding company, Page Industries. VersaLife did not start making a profit until it had been acquired by the larger conglomerate.

    In 2020, Darrow Industries sold the patent to produce the anti-rejection drug Neuropozyne exclusively to VersaLife.[1] Due to the rise in popularity of mechanical augmentations up to the mid 2020s, VersaLife made billions of credits through sales of the drug.

17. #17Neuropozyne

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    is a drug used by the mechanically augmented. It helps prevent neuroprosthesis rejection syndrome, a build-up of scar tissue that blocks electrical signals between augmentation electrodes and human tissue, ultimately resulting in rejection. It was created by Darrow Industries and is now manufactured exclusively by VersaLife.

    Mechanical augmentations are sophisticated pieces of machinery that require a human-machine interface to function, as designed. The standard design is Darrow Industries' PEDOT-cluster array, where polymer electrodes bridge augs and the host's neurons, acting as a neuroprosthetic junction. PEDOT clusters connect to a biochip, which in turn interfaces with the host's brain directly. Unlike conventional, non-cybernetic implants, the invasive nature of the augmentations causes the body to identify them as a foreign object and triggers an immune response: Glial tissue begins to form around PEDOT clusters, leading to what's best described as nerve scars. The glial tissue buildup eventually shuts the augs down and culminates in an extremely dangerous implant rejection, identified as the Darrow Deficiency Syndrome. Neuropozyne is a drug developed to control the body's rejection response, breaking down glial tissue build-ups and preventing further build up of the tissue until Neuropozyne is metabolized. A standard dose is enough for one week of protection.

    Neuropozyne is typically delivered through injection, and delivered in 20 ml vials containing 10 000 mcg of the drug. A standard package contains nine vials, securely packed together. Single vials may also be stored and delivered in protective "bottles", and such method of transportation became standard outside clinics and bulk packages by 2029. The actual dose needs to be tailored to each augmented person, depending on their gender and weight class (i.e. amount of augmentations).

    In rare cases, augmented humans may exhibit a resistance to Neuropozyne, requiring higher dosage and imposing higher costs.

    Neuropozyne was created by Darrow Industries, in order to address the aforementioned rejection syndrome, made more severe in the wake of the PEDOT revolution ushered in around 2010. Darrow sold his exclusive patent for Neuropozyne to Bob Page's VersaLife in 2020, which used its monopoly to turn Neuropozyne a multi-billion dollar source of revenue. As Neuropozyne was not manufactured using rare chemicals, the monopoly was upheld by strictly monitoring distribution and jealously protecting trade secrets surrounding its synthesis.

    Exploiting the fact that augmented humans were reliant on Neuropozyne, VersaLife artificially inflated prices and reduced availability, engineering a shortage of Neuropozyne. VersaLife claimed that this was due to various setbacks it has experienced. During this shortage, a competitor drug known as Riezene emerged. The high price of Neuropozyne drove some people to experiment with Riezene, despite no proof of its safety, while others moved to acquire it by illegal means. Sarif Industries employees Brian Tindall and Tim Carella even stole Neuropozyne from the company's Detroit labs, to distribute it for free to people who could not afford it.

    To further increase its role in corraling and limiting augmentation, Neuropozyne remained a controlled substance available via prescription only, and a single dose was effective only for a week, necessitating frequent purchases. Even global pop stars, like Ny'ashia Akim, noted how expensive it was.

18. #18Tai Yong Medical

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    Tai Yong Medical, often abbreviated TYM, is a large multinational mechanical augmentation manufacturer and biotechnology corporation. In 2027, its corporate headquarters is located in Hengsha, China. The name "Tai Yong" (from the Chinese word 太阳, tàiyáng) means the sun.

    By 2027, Tai Yong Medical is one of the largest biotechnology companies in the world, with over 9,500 employees worldwide. TYM has branches in fifteen countries including China, the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, and Japan.

    The Tai Yong Medical corporation was founded in Shanghai in 1977. It began as a designer and manufacturer of silicon-based prosthetic limbs. During the 1980s, TYM acquired two factories in China and established a network of clients in Southeast Asia. In 2009, the company became famous worldwide thanks to the work of its young leader Zhao Yun Ru. She started a collaboration with the military of China by providing prostheses to veteran amputees. In 2017, the corporation was invited to participate in the ambitious Hengsha Island project, which would later become the location of the company's headquarters

    One of the world's fastest-growing biotech corporations, TYM has a reputation for aggressive expansion and for absorbing competitors in hostile takeovers. CEO Zhao Yun Ru typically accomplished this through a combination of preemptive strikes, including extortion, cyber warfare, and espionage, stealing company secrets and tech. Since 2025, Tai Yong has taken over three corporations which each controlled an important section of the global marketplace. The boldest of these takeovers was N-Pro Tech, whose CEO was framed for embezzling money prior to selling out to TYM.

    Tai Yong's products are used by people all over the world. They range from prosthetic eyes to full arm augmentations. Despite how widespread they are, TYM's products are not the most high-tech on the market. In particular, they cut corners when it comes to choosing the materials to create their augmentations. They are thus inferior to competing brands such as prosthetics made by Sarif Industries. In fact, Tai Yong steals the blueprints for one of Sarif's products, the Typhoon Explosive System. However, their own scientists are not capable of overcoming the backblast problem previously solved by Sarif Industries. This is evidence of Tai Yong's lesser skill in the area of augmentation research. TYM's products are regarded as being among the most cost-effective on the market. This is due to the fact that they are sold at close to their production cost.

19. #19Picus Group

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    The Picus Group is a multinational entertainment and media corporation based in Montreal, Canada. Its many subsidiaries such as Picus TV, Picus Web, and The Picus Daily Standard make it a ubiquitous company by the 2020s. As of 2029, Picus controls 94% of the world's media, making it the world's largest communications provider. It has over one thousand offices operating in more than one hundred countries. Globally, Picus has almost a million people working for it, including bloggers, movie directors, and music stars. Its headquarters is known as Picus Communications and is located in Montreal's Olympic Stadium.

    Picus was founded by Martin Darrow in 1985 through the amalgamation of Dazzle Me Magazine, T-K Records, and Roque Publishing. It rose in the global media scene over the next decade as it acquired multiple smaller companies in film and television production, video games, advertising, marketing, public relations, and internet service provision. In 2010, Picus established its headquarters in Montreal, Canada. It purchased the unused Olympic Stadium and transformed the tower section into facilities for Picus TV and Picus Web. Unbeknownst to the public, an underground sub-basement acts as the base of operations for Picus Confidential. Here, Picus' well known journalist Eliza Cassan resides.

    The Picus Group is composed of numerous subsidiaries and subdivisions. These include advertising agencies, public relations firms, media and entertainment studios, market research companies, communication satellite facilities, and web service providers. Some of these, like Picus TV, are universally known, while others are kept secret such as Picus Confidential. One of the original companies that merged to create Picus, Dazzle Me Magazine, continues to publish its celebrity-oriented magazine in the 2020s.

    Picus TV is one of the most well known subdivisions of Picus Group. Its news program, Picus News Network, is aired all over the world and its primary news anchor, Eliza Cassan has gained international fame.

    Picus TV uses its influence to sway the opinions of its viewers on issues such as human augmentation, the SpaceNet project and the Australian Civil War. At times, the biased view presented by Picus is barely concealed. This almost led to an official investigation in the past, which they managed to buy their way out of.

    The Picus Web division is involved in creating and maintaining numerous websites. As well has having news sites, Picus Web hosts gaming forums, web comics, search engines, and social networking sites. Picus Web has received awards for some of its online work including an award for Best Webisode and Best Visual Design.

    Picus Web staff have an approved set of terms and vocabulary that they are allowed to use on their websites and forums. In addition to this, they are encouraged to take on a certain angle in their journalism such as using the term "pro-human" rather than "anti-augmentation". One employee interprets these rules as restricting the freedom of the press and accuses the company of having an agenda. However, Picus maintains that they are ensuring that news is reported "responsibly" to the public.

    The Picus Daily Standard is a newspaper distributed by the Picus Group. It reports on both regional and international news. The Picus Daily Standard, although distributed physically, is viewable digitally on a tablet-like device. The contents of the newspaper appear to be loaded in real-time from the internet.

20. #20Big Bro Surveillance

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    Big Bro Surveillance is a multinational robotics manufacturing corporation established before 2027. They make cameras.

21. #21National Security Agency

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    National Security Agency was a United States federal agency tasked with maintaining domestic security. The agency's power increased tremendously in the 21st century, with the suspension of Posse Comitatus in the wake of the 2015 oil crash and the Green River Energy Bill. It also operated the Echelon surveillance system, although it vehemently denied this fact.

22. #22Green River Energy Bill

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    The Green River Energy Bill was passed in 2015 by the US Congress, in order to contain the economic fallout from the terrorist attacks on Saudi air fields that same year, that sent the world into an energy crisis. The Bill opened up oil shale deposits in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming to development. The expected social and environmental fallout also prompted the enactment of new emergency powers for FEMA and the NSA, in preparation for the possibility of civil unrest in the wake of the energy crisis.

23. #23Recycle Military Bill

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    The Recycle Military Bill was legislation signed into United States law in 2009.[1] The act provided any wounded US veteran with free mechanical augmentations in exchange for reenlistment. This benefit, coupled with a similar deal by private security contractor Belltower Associates, was mostly responsible for the widespread augmented population by the late 2020s.

24. #24Revised Homeland Security Act

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    Revised Homeland Security Act (RHS-2012) was enacted in the United States in 2012, granting sweeping powers to FEMA and other government agencies. The RHSA introduces a system of security clearances, allowing arbitrary withholding of evidence, and regulates federal agencies.

25. #25Bobson Synthetics Group

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    The Bobson Synthetics Group is a company that specializes in various types of power sources ranging from industrial to military applications.

26. #26Navig

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    In 2027, the only vehicle known to be manufactured by Navig is a relatively small 4-door hatchback/minivan, commonly seen on the streets of Detroit. Due to the relatively uncommon appearance of their brand name in Detroit, it appears Navig is the third most popular auto-maker in the city, behind Redline and Motokun. However, there are a few appearances in Hengsha, where Redline is unheard of.

27. #27Redline

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    Redline is an automotive industry manufacturer in the 2020s. Redline's logo appears as a stylized display of the letters "CD". Redline is in direct competition with other automotive manufacturers such as Motokun, and could also be competing with Navig.

    In 2027, there are two known vehicles manufactured by Redline, both seen on the streets of Detroit and Panama City. The first is a widely available civilian car that appears to be a sporty coupe. The second is a utility sedan used as a police vehicle by Detroit police and Panama City police.

28. #28Motokun

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    Motokun is a manufacturer of vehicles and industrial equipment. Motokun is in competition with Redline and Navig in the area of commercial cars. Motokun also produces industrial utility vehicles and military vehicles, including trucks and forklifts.

    In 2027, Motokun cars of a civilian vehicle model may be found in cities such as Detroit, Hengsha, and Panama City. Although this is their most seen product, Motokun is also the makers of a light military truck, widely used for cargo and personnel transportation by civilians, the Detroit Police, and FEMA. Motokun also constructed the staff shuttle from the Daigong district to the Tai Yong Medical Headquarters.

29. #29Maglev Train

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    A maglev train (a combination of magnetic and levitation) is a type of train that does not use wheels like traditional trains but rather, by using magnets, is able to levitate off a track while simultaneously being propelled forward. By eliminating contact with rails, a maglev train reduces its friction and therefore allows it to move at extremely high speeds, covering long distances in a fraction of the time it takes a traditional train.

    As of 2027, there is a maglev line between Panama City and Costa Rica.

30. #30Ny'ashia Akim

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    Ny'ashia Akim is a mechanically augmented Nigerian pop star and an activist in the 2020s.

    In 2025, Ny'ashia Akim was severely injured during a terrorist attack in Lagos, Nigeria. The accident led to multiple candlelight vigils across the world by her fans.

    Akim writes music primarily about growing up in war-torn, plague-ridden Nigeria. Her album "Yoruba" is about her struggles with discrimination, poverty, and augmentations. In 2027, she attends the PlanetMusic Awards in Los Angeles and receives six awards across multiple categories. This was the first time she appeared at the award show since the terrorist attack in 2025.

31. #31Australian Civil War

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    In 2020s, Australia discovered a large underground reserve of fossil fuels off the coast of Antarctica. By this time, fossil fuels were in short supply, which led to conflicting interests between northern Australians, who wished to provide oil for China and for their own benefit, and parts of the south, which would form into the South Australia Federation. Disagreements devolved into warfare by 2025.

    As the war raged, private military contractors played an increasingly important role. By 2027, over one-third of forces on both sides of the conflict were not governmental soldiers, often taking grevious losses. By 2027, the Northern Territory has been placed largely under SAF control. The North's government has evacuated abroad and set up a government-in-exile. Meanwhile, any major uprisings were quelled by mercenary units on SAF's payroll, including one notable incident in which the 12th Commando Regiment of Belltower Associates shut down a revolt in the Northern Territory.

32. #32Moon Base Omega

    Keys: Omega, Moon Base

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    Moon Base Omega is a lunar base near the crater Clavius[1], which itself is near the Moon's South Pole.

    In 2027, there are plans for Moon Base Omega to be expanded. According to Picus TV, the expansion does not go ahead due to doubts by its investors about the value of Omega's studies.

33. #33Palisade Bank Corporation

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    The Palisade Bank Corporation, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Prague, is a secure corporate archiving company, and is both the largest and most prestigious one in the world.

    In Prague, Palisade operates the Palisade Property Bank, which features secure vaults for physical items, as well as a multitude of data-storage facilities know as the Palisade Blades. Information stored in the Palisade Blades are beyond the reach of any country's legal jurisdiction. Palisade uses various methods to ensure the security of their clients' information, including firewalls, encryption, biometric password encoding, and automated defenses inside the data storage facilities.

    Palisade was founded in 2017 by billionaires Ashani Talwar, heir to a prominent banking empire, and Masaaki Oshiro, founder of a data protection company. Palisade rose to prominence as the premiere vault for countless private individuals, corporations, and nations, due in part to their technological innovations in protecting data against hackers. Palisade's clients include enterprises such as Tai Yong Medical, Santeau Group, Picus Group, and VersaLife, as well as private clients such as the British Royal Family, billionaires and world leaders.

    The Palisade Blades have become a symbol of the "new" Czech Republic's pro-corporate legislation. Palisade claims that its cultural impact has helped the Czech Republic lock in its image as the "Switzerland of Data Banking.

34. #34Humanity Front

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    In 2020, Antoine Thisdale, a shale rig worker in Utah, loses his job as the demand for stronger and better augmented workers makes unaugmented workers obsolete. Thisdale, a completely healthy yet unaugmented man, sues for the right to amputate himself to have the same advantages his augmented competition would have.

    In 2021, following the victorious Thisdale case, the U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling declaring it constitutional for individuals to have the right to mechanically augment themselves. In direct opposition to the groundbreaking ruling's controversial implications, Bill Taggart forms the anti-augmentation group known as the Humanity Front. It is legally incorporated in Utah.

    In 2022, a group of protesters gathered in Brazil to protest the opening of a new LIMB clinic; the 359th in the world. In spite of this, the clinic proves to be a highly welcomed establishment for the South American country.

35. #35Augmented Combat Challenge

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    Augmented Combat Challenge (ACC) is a martial arts competition for people with mechanical augmentations that got popular in the early 21st century as mechanical augmentations became widespread.

    ACC started in 2013 as an underground movement in Asia. Within a year, it was accepted as a legal sport in 12 countries, with bets taken online and in Las Vegas. The sport's popularity grew rapidly and it became a multi-million dollar circuit with the ACC World Championship being broadcasted and re-broadcasted on Picus Sports channels.

36. #36Il Metamorfoso

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    Il Metamorfoso is the name of an opera that is performed at the Detroit Opera House and the Panama City Opera House.

37. #37Picus TV News Reports

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    the Picus Communications Group regularly update citizens with news reports through their TV broadcast network, Picus TV. The Picus News Network is hosted by Eliza Cassan and is broadcast from the Picus Communications building in Montreal.

38. #38Diamond Back .357

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    The Diamond Back .357 is a revolver chambered in .357 Magnum Special made by Mustang Arms Ad-Tech Ltd. This revolver is rather innovative, using a revolving cylinder magazine and a hybrid cartridge system to combine reloading speed with reliability and accommodate multiple ammo types.

    The Diamond Back uses telescopic ammunition, in which the projectile is completely enveloped in the case by the propellant. This revolver can also use heavyweight .357 Magnum Special explosive rounds. It can accept 5, 6 or 7-round cylinders. This weapon uses a side break-action rather than a conventional swing-out cylinder for reloading. Prior to speed upgrades, the Diamond Back reloads rather slowly, but once adequately invested in, an entire cylinder can be changed within mere moments.

    Even without damage upgrades, the Diamond Back offers great stopping power and a tremendous bullet damage, capable of dropping heavy troops and bots in a single shot.

    When upgraded with the explosive round modification, it becomes even more powerful, killing all non-boss enemies with 1-2 shots and bosses with 3-7 depending on whether they are a direct hit near a critical area. Given its availability in the environment or on downed enemies, and its raw power-to-size ratio in the inventory, the revolver is an economical choice for players who prefer combat to stealth in boss fights or enemy encounters. A single cylinder of reserve ammunition can hold up to 50 rounds while using only two slots of inventory space, far exceeding the same explosive power and storage of grenade launcher ammunition or frag grenades.

    A major drawback to using this weapon is its somewhat low accuracy. Firing the Diamond Back without aiming will almost always cause the bullet to hit off-target, unless a Laser Aiming Module is attached, after which it becomes greatly more accurate. Its heavy recoil also contributes to its high miss rate, but this can be circumvented with the right augmentations.

    Ammunition is very rare at the start of the game, but after locating Isaias Sandoval, it becomes vastly more common.

    Pieter Burke owns a custom model with a golden finish given to him by the CEO of Mustang Arms after Burke saved his life during a close-protection mission early in Burke's Belltower career. [1]

39. #39Mustang Arms

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    Mustang Arms Ad-Tech Ltd. is a weapons manufacturer. Their logo features a stylized black unicorn above the company name.

    Mustang Arms products include:

    Buzzkill TND
    Diamond Back .357
    Mustang Arms .357 Magnum
    M404 Heavy Rifle
    M1-A Frag
    

40. #40Hurricane TMP-18

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    The Hurricane TMP-18 (Tactical Machine Pistol 18) is a fully-automatic machine pistol made by Stasiuk Arms Inc. Characteristics

    This weapon possesses standard iron sights, a retractable stock and a vertical foregrip that curves outwards. This light submachine gun uses special 123 grain 9mm Parabellum jacketed hollow point bullets, which provide greater stopping power than the conventional 9mm bullet. The Hurricane is compatible with several upgrades: the 30 round magazine increases in capacity by 10 rounds for every ammo capacity upgrade applied, a Laser Targeting System increases shoulder-firing accuracy, a suppressor renders the weapon virtually silent, and a Target-Seeking System allows bullets to home in on their intended target in a somewhat wide arc.

41. #41Stasiuk Arms

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    Stasiuk Arms Incorporated is a weapons manufacturer.

    Products

    Hurricane TMP-18 – A 9mm submachine gun that is widely popular among military factions, most notably Belltower Associates, but also common in the hands of gangs and other criminals.
    Huntsman Silverback – A double-barrel shotgun.
    HawkEye Xbow XH-II - A crossbow that can be upgraded with a specialized Target-Leading System.
    

42. #42Stun gun

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    Buzzkill TND (Threat Negation Device)

    The Buzzkill TND instantaneously knocks individual targets unconscious at close range. Also useful on bots and electronic devices to confuse them temporarily, the stun gun is made by Mustang Arms Ad-Tech Ltd. As both are ranged, non-lethal firearms which can only load one shot at a time, both the stun gun and its cousin the PAX-22 fill a similar niche, albeit at different ranges. The small stun gun is only useful at short-shorter medium ranges, but can affect non-human targets. With its scope, the PAX-22 is best used at sufficient range for the scope to not interfere with aim.

    After stunning enemies, the player has to watch the bodies to be either not found by other enemies or not revived, which can be done quickly.

    Enemies that will awake by themselves (machines, bosses) need to be taken care of during their sleep (carried away into corner, obstruct view, passed by or, with bosses: heavy fire while they are down).

    It should be noted that, unlike the PAX-22, the Stun Gun is NOT silent.

43. #43HawkEye Xbow XH-II

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    The P.E.P.S. (Pulsed Energy Projection System) is a modern non-lethal weapon made by Connaught, an Asian company. This weapon is slightly larger than a pistol. It does not use bullets, but rather a form of directed energy. Characteristics

    It emits an invisible laser pulse which, upon contact with the target, ablates the surface and creates a small amount of exploding plasma. This produces a pressure wave that stuns the target and knocks them off their feet, and electromagnetic radiation that affects nerve cells causing a painful sensation. The magazine appears to be a double tank like a printer cartridge in two colors. One magazine allows one shot, and is inserted at the top of the weapon. Later in the game a P.E.P.S. with 3-round magazine (initial only; still a 1 round version) can be found.

44. #44Connaught

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    Connaught Technologies is a weapons and electronic manufacturer based in Hong Kong.

    Weapons

    Pulsed Energy Projection System (P.E.P.S.) – A non-lethal energy weapon that fires plasma instead of solid projectiles.
    P.E.P.S. augmentation – An augment version of the P.E.P.S. It is concealed within the user's arm until ready to fire. It can be fired quickly for a low intensity, but wide spread blast, or charged for a more intense and narrower shot.
    Hi-NRG Plasma Lance – A high-power directed-energy weapon that fires superheated plasma down an ionized path toward its target.
    Hi-NRG2 Plasma Lance – A successor to the Hi-NRG, the Hi-NRG2 boasts a higher rate of fire, reload speed, and ammo efficiency, at the cost of less powerful shots. Its shots also have a smaller blast radius, allowing for safer use in close-range and medium-range engagements.
    Hi-NRG3 Plasma Lance – A custom model commissioned by Belltower Associates. Its projectile damage and splash radius have been dramatically increased, at the cost of less efficient energy consumption and slower rate of fire to prevent from overheating.
    

45. #45New Sons of Freedom

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    The New Sons of Freedom, abbreviated as NSF, was a small militant constitutionalist and secessionist organization operating in the United States around 2027, particularly strong in the Pacific Northwest states of the country.

    Juan Lebedev founded the group because of dissatisfaction with the corruption in the United States government. According to Lebedev, the group is waiting for the day when they will be able to secede from the corrupt government running the country.

    2027 The group has been able to fly under the radar of most intelligence agencies, thanks to its close ties and history with the cyberterrorist organization known as the Juggernaut Collective.

46. #46Derelict Row Ballers

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    The Derelict Row Ballers are a major street gang in Detroit in 2027.

    The Derelict Row Ballers are one of the two warring gangs in Detroit, along with the Motor City Bangers. Their gang color is red, and they control the area of Derelict Row.

    The Ballers are pro-humanists who despise augmentation, and for this reason they especially loathe the Motor City Bangers, who are typically augmented. While gangs are traditionally organized around ethnicity and/or nationality, this does not seem to be the case with either gangs, as they both seem to be multi-ethnic. The line seems to go between augmented and non-augmented.

    Though they outnumber the Bangers by a considerable amount, they lack the augmented firepower of the Bangers, and thus have been unable to drive them out.

    Most of the Ballers are low-ranking street thugs armed with pistols or machine pistols. They wear red bandanas and do-rags as identification. Though primarily based in Derelict Row, the Ballers can also be found in the sewers. Each commits a murder as the final stage of their initiation into the gang.

    Because of the Ballers' pro-humanist bent, Yune was able to hide out in their territory. He was able to use their television antenna to set up a covert backdoor into Sarif Industries' network.

    There appears to be a growing schism in the Ballers - despite having more people than the Motor City Bangers, the Ballers have been unable to defeat them due to their augmented, and thus superior, firepower. Some of the Ballers are considering augmentation, which would allow the Ballers to defeat the Bangers once and for all.

47. #47Derelict Row

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    Derelict Row is an abandoned construction site located within the Detroit. it serves as a stronghold for the Derelict Row Ballers, a street gang hostile to many, augmented people in particular.

48. #48Motor City Bangers

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    The Motor City Bangers (MCB) are a major street gang in Detroit The Motor City Bangers are one of the warring gangs in Detroit, along with the Derelict Row Ballers (DRB).

    Although massively outnumbered by the DRB, the MCB are heavily mechanically augmented and thus possess far superior abilities. They are much better equipped than the DRB, with many of their members using shotguns and combat rifles.

49. #49Foxon

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    Foxon Audio and Video is an consumer electronics company A number of Foxon Audio and Video shops can be found in Detroit. Foxon Video shops appear to sell television sets, and Foxon Audio shops sell radios and music systems. Foxon advertisements can be found in Hengsha, which could imply Foxon is an international company.

50. #50Soloto

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    Soloto appears to manufacture, or at least brand, a variety of consumer electronics and entertainment device in the 2020s. Soloto-branded products include, for example:

    Televisions
    Audio systems
    Household appliances
    e-readers for The Picus Daily Standard in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
    Video game consoles and controllers
    Holographic display tables
    

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