An Abstergo team recovering samples from Desmond's body
The Sample 17 Project is an Abstergo Industries initiative run via Abstergo Entertainment that aims to explore the ancestral genetic memories of the late Desmond Miles,[1] formerly Subject 17 of the Animus Project.[2][3]
The main goal of this project is for Abstergo Entertainment's employees to examine the lives of Desmond's ancestors for suitable material for Animus Omega programs,[4] feature films,[5] and other related material.[1] However, from Abstergo Industries' perspective, the project was aimed at locating and acquiring new Pieces of Eden and other Isu technology,[6][7][8] and drew heavily from Abstergo's research made with the Surrogate Initiative in 1980 and 1981.[9]
The project received its genetic material directly from the technicians who collected blood and saliva samples from Desmond's body while it was still in the Grand Temple after he died[10] activating the global aurora borealis device on 21 December 2012.[11] With minimal decoding,[1] the project was able to isolate at least four different ancestors—Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad,[12] Ezio Auditore,[13] Edward Kenway,[14] and Ratonhnhaké:ton[15]—from the collected DNA. Using the Surrogate Initiative's methods, the project's analysts could explore the memories of Miles' ancestors without needing a direct biological link to the subject in question.[9]
The project was first headed by Olivier Garneau[14] and then passed to Melanie Lemay[8] with Garneau's sudden disappearance[14] and murder.[16] in 2014. Its first success came in October 2014, when it finalized the memories of Miles' ancestor Edward Kenway.[14] The other three ancestors, after thorough analysis, were eventually considered risky or weak investments to develop and were dropped from the project.[12][13][15]
In 2014, Abstergo Entertainment released the film Devils of the Caribbean loosely based on Kenway's memories,[5] though it fared poorly upon release, being described as "a frightful mess of clichés, dime-store moralizing, and pandering stereotypes" according to Abstergo Entertainment's own Helix Team Virtual Entertainment eXposition Press Training document.[17]
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Appearances[]
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple (indirect mention only)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Noob's personal files – Abstergo Entertainment: "CONFIDENTIAL - Subject - RE: Potential time periods?"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed – Warren Vidic's email – Subject header: "Subject No. 16"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed – Warren Vidic's email – Subject header: "Additional Subjects?"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Noob's personal files – Abstergo Entertainment: "Age of Cutthroats"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Noob's personal files – Abstergo Entertainment: "Devils of the Caribbean Teaser"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Noob's personal files – Abstergo Industries: "Crypto-History: Artifacts"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Noob's personal files – Abstergo Industries: "Crypto-History: Locations"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Numbskull's personal files – The Phoenix Project: "New Orders"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Noob's personal files: "Subject Zero"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Noob's personal files – Subject 17: "Post-Mortem Report: Subject 17"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Modern day
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Noob's personal files: "Market Analysis: A. Ibn La'Ahad"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Noob's personal files: "Market Analysis: E. Auditore"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Modern day
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Noob's personal files: "Market Analysis: C. Kenway"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – Layla Hassan's personal files: "The Gone Files: Olivier Garneau – Chicago CCTV Footage"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity - Database: 03. "Helix" Marketing Strategy Memo