Allison Stanek

Allison Beatrice StanekHer middle name is included in the credits of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. is the "Mother" of Prague's sect of the Singularity Church of the MachineGod. She is also the daughter of Nomad Stanek, a watchmaker in Prague.
==Biography==
Allison was a member of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) team in the Czech military, where she was injured while on duty. To save her life and to make her better at her job, she received mechanical augmentations.Conversation with Nomad Staněk. Her work as part of the EOD gave her experience not just in bomb disposal, but in bomb-making as well. During the Aug Incident, Allison was one of the people to suffer from psychotic hallucinations. Soon afterwards, she was dishonorably discharged from the military.Loading screen in Mankind Divided.
=== Church of the MachineGod ===
Following the Aug Incident, Allison suffered from depression, but soon had a revelation relating to the so-called "MachineGod." She came to believe that during the Incident, she experienced something called "Singularity" - when the minds of augmented people transcend their bodies and merge with the MachineGod. This belief led her to either join or create a splinter group of the Singularity Church of the MachineGod.
By , Allison is the "Mother" of Prague's Church and runs her group from an apartment complex in Prague. The role of the Mother is to lead the other members, and to be the first along with a chosen few to take part in the Ascension. The term "Ascension" refers to the process by which Allison and other cult members will attempt to merge their minds with the MachineGod, killing themselves in the process. The beliefs of Allison's group, however, are more extreme than those of the proper Singularity Church of the MachineGod. The official Church does not endorse Allison's splinter group.Fair warning - an e-mail on Allison's computer.
One member of the church, Josef Severn, constructed a machine, described as a "consciousness collector,"As described by Brian Rourke. intended for this purpose. However, when Severn had doubts as to the whether the machine will work as intended, Allison expelled him from the church for lacking faith.Josef Severn's computer
===Involvement with the Růžička Station bombing ===
After the Aug Incident, Allison became resentful of non-augmented people. She believes that those who have oppressed the augmented should be punished. She is asked by Viktor Marchenko to create a number of bombs to be used to do exactly this, and was proud to help Marchenko. Some of these bombs are used during the bombing of Růžička Station.Dialogue during the debate with Allison.
===Task Force 29 investigation ===
Task Force 29's investigation of the bombing traces the timing mechanism of the bombs detonated at the Růžička Station to Alison's father, watchmaker Nomad Stanek, and discovers bomb-making tools in Nomad's apartment. When Nomad is interrogated by Adam Jensen, Nomad reveals that these bomb-making tools were not his, but were Allison's. Nomad also tells Jensen that Allison sent a messenger to tell Nomad that she was saying "goodbye."
Later, Nomad contacts Jensen to tell him that Allison is about to be killed, and begs Jensen to get to the Church to intervene. Allison is about to undergo the "Ascension." However, contrary to Nomad's portrayal of Allison as a victim of the cultists, it is Allison who wanted the Ascension. Upon receiving Nomad's call, Jensen is presented with the dilemma of whether he should pursue Allison to learn more about her involvement with the bombing, or instead learn more about the Orchid by breaking into VersaLife's vault in the Palisade Property Bank. 
==Interactions ==
===Missions===
*M11: Confronting the Bomb-Maker: If Jensen decides to meet with Allison (instead of breaking into VersaLife's vault), he will learn from Allison that Marchenko has moved his base to a research center in the Swiss alps called G.A.R.M., providing Jensen with a valuable clue. Jensen will also have the opportunity to persuade Allison to forego the Ascension. If Jensen succeeds in persuading Allison not to go through with the Ascension, she will instead let herself be arrested; additionally, if the persuasion level was high, she will give Jensen a signal jammer to defuse the remaining bombs she made for Marchenko.
=== Outcome ===
*If Allison is dissuaded from the Ascension, she will be transferred to one of the holding cells in the Task Force 29 Headquarters, where she seems to finally be at peace. She is only staying there temporarily, however, as she is to be transferred to a special prison called "the Grave."
*If Jensen fails to show up at the Church or fails to persuade Allison not to go through with Ascension, then Allison steps into the consciousness collector, supposedly killing herself. Afterwards, Nomad will confront Jensen if approached in front of the Church, accusing Jensen of leaving Allison to die.
==Personality and traits==
===CASIE summary===
During Confronting the Bomb-Maker (if you chose this mission over The Heist), you will have to debate Allison. Her CASIE summary is as follows:
Personality traits:
*Desperate
*Defiant
*Volatile
Psychological profile:
*Hides despair behind denial and vanity. Needs nurturing, but not over-indulgence.
*Struggling against depression. Requires realistic, non-patronizing inspiration.
*Expresses frustrations with rage. Will relent when confronted.
== Notes==
*Even if Allison stepped in the consciousness collector, Allison can later be seen on Picus News. This appears to be a bug or oversight.
==Trivia==
*According to the character's voice actor, Allison had a sincere desire to follow through with what she believed was the ultimate reality.Actor Commentary - Allison Stanek by Sonja Ball (official commentary video posted Feb. 24, 2018)
*Stanek is a Polish gender-neutral surname. The Czech-language variants of this surname are written with diacritics: Staněk (masculine) and Staňková (feminine).
==See also==
*Allison Stanek's computer
==Gallery==
Allison Stanek loading.png|Allison's loading screen image
Allison Stanek TF29 holding cells.jpg|Allison in TF29 holding cells
Allison arrested.jpg|Allison being arrested (if successfully talked to)
Allison model1.jpg|Allison model
Allison clothes.jpg|Closeup of Allison's clothes
Allison concept.png|Allison Stanek concept
AllisonStanekConcept.png|Allison Stanek concept (from mini artbook)
frederic-bennett-allison-stanekb.jpg|Allison Staněk
Allison Stanek profile.png|Interpol profile on Allison (seen in the TF29 headquarters if Allison was confronted)
Stanek zbrush.jpg|ZBrush model of Allison
Allison Stanek clothes zbrush.jpg|ZBrush model of Allison's clothes
Allison Stanek boots zbrush.jpg|ZBrush model of Allison's boots
==References==
ru:Элисон Станекова
Category:Deus Ex: Mankind Divided characters
Category:Mechanically augmented characters