Gaia's Vengeance: The Disciples of Anu claim that the Pandoravirus is both a way to purify the Earth from toxic pollution and a way for humanity to transform into new lifeforms capable of living in the new ecosystem.Cult: Disciples of Anu, transhumanist worshippers of the Dead God.Cool Airship: Unlike the other factions, the Disciples prefer the Tiamat, an semi-organic dirigible that has the highest capacity and range of all transport at the cost of being the slowest.For better or worse, they're not entirely deluded the Harbinger short story is told from the point of view of an infectee for whom the pandoravirus acted as a Cure for Cancer rather than a monster-maker. Plus, while they claim the procedures safely make sure the subjects retain their human soul and conscience, it often does not end up this way. Blue-and-Orange Morality: Despite being described as a neutral and mostly friendly faction, their practices include using the black mist infesting Earth to transform themselves into the same monsters the Phoenix Project is trying to fend off.Surprisingly, she's also a Pro-Human Transhuman. Big Bad / Big Good: The Exalted is a Humanoid Abomination and Time Abyss herald of Anu who leads the Disciples and has inspired several different cults throughout history.The Anti-Nihilist: The Disciples do not believe humanity matters in the overall scheme of the universe, but this is irrelevant human existence matters to humans and the Earth.Which fits with the idea that Phoenix Project being created as humanity's defense from world peril.Ī religious order believing the virus was sent by the Dead God as divine punishment, the Disciples of Anu are interested in controlling the virus, seeing it as a potential tool. Multinational Team: They have hired people from different nationalities.It's also about helping humanity rebuild after horrible disasters. Meaningful Name: Like the phoenix it's named after, the Project has died out only to revive in another form many times.Also, a Phoenix Operative in a story is described using a P90 in 2046. Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better: Start with conventional firearms, and have to aquire more exotic ones by allying with or stealing from other factions.Gas Mask Mooks: A customization style for their units.While no one's happy with what they did, they tell themselves it was the only way to ensure humanity survived. Phoenix Project then takes over the world and leads humanity to start rebuilding. but also a significant portion of what's left of humanity, and wiping out the other three factions as well. I Did What I Had to Do: One of their endings results in them not allying with any of the factions, and releasing a virophage that kills the Pandoravirus.Fragile Speedster: Their units are less armored, but more mobile than ones from New Jericho.Cool Plane / Future Copter: The Manticore is a tilt-jet VTOL which serves as the initial aircraft available in the campaign, and is a well-balanced transport.Cassandra Truth: The Phoenix Project was revealed to and promptly ridiculed by the public for years before the infamous "Big Egg Incident", along with having been regarded as a waste of taxpayer money by the US in the 1970's.
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Ancient Tradition: The Phoenix Project has existed in various forms throughout much of recorded human history, although it hasn't been very successful, with quite a few periods where it went offline for a long time before being imperfectly revived.The player controls one of these cells, which lost contact with the others. An organisation designed to activate whenever the world is in peril, the Phoenix Project is composed of many cells gathering the world's best.
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