Salvation Council

The Salvation Council is an organization founded for the purpose of uniting efforts against the Corrugenic Outbreak and its effects on the world's population.
== Notable Events ==
=== Founding ===
The Salvation Council was established during a period of relative stability following rapid population decline, breakdown of essential infrastructure, supply lines and the global economy, as well as new wars waged by countries over resource scarcity, all caused by the Corrugenic Outbreak.
=== Construction of Sanctuaries ===
During the reign of the Salvation Council, a Japanese-tabled proposal titled "The Global Cooperative" was submitted for consideration. The proposal was later adopted by the Salvation Council and effectively became the blueprint for the sanctuaries that came after. Just 4 years following the proposal's acceptance, the construction of the world's first sanctuaries began across the globe.
=== Plasma Sentinel Development ===
The Salvation Council covertly ordered the world's sanctuaries to research & develop defensive technologies that could be used to defend & protect politicians and influential citizens targeted by global riots. The sanctuaries' efforts to complete this order resulted in the creation of the Plasma Sentinel, a stationary sentry capable of shooting ionized gas particles at targets from afar. The information related to the Plasma Sentinel and the Salvation Council's secrecy on its development leaked however and further intensified global unrest as a result of rioters believing that sanctuaries were being used by the ruling class for their own protection as opposed to the benefit of everybody. Ironically, the intensified riots as a result of the leaked Plasma Sentinel information further justified the need to build and install them for the protection of high profile individuals.
=== 22nd Century Sub-Clone Ruling ===
During the 22nd Century Riots, sanctuaries from across the globe petitioned the Salvation Council for the approval to develop Sub-Clone defenses. The Salvation Council's ruling on this petition denied sanctuaries their request, exacerbating the growing rifts between sanctuaries and Salvation Council leadership. sanctuaries and their researchers chose to covertly research and develop the world's first sanctuary-developed Sub-Clone the "Upholder" against the wishes of the Salvation Council, and distributed its genetic sequence to other sanctuaries for protection.
=== Invasion of the Khashuri Tribe ===
The Salvation Council initiated an invasion against the wasteland's Khashuri Tribe in an effort to eradicate super-spreader colonies. The invasion initially proved effective in exterminating the tribe members, but their efforts were eventually challenged when the Khashuri Tribe's leader donned a stolen ATA-1 Fortalis Suit from a slain Salvation Council soldier. Ironside as the Kashuri Tribe Leader came to be known quickly turned the tides of the invasion, escalating the conflict into a drawn out and bloody war with high casualties on both sides. Ironside was eventually killed by the Salvation Council, but not before demonstrating to the world that as powerful as the Salvation Council was, it still had exploitable weaknesses.
== Legacy & Global Impact ==
* The Salvation Council was largely deemed ineffective in quelling the problems it was founded to solve, as society continued to collapse further into famine and warfare despite their best efforts.
* Developed the first Fortalis Suits designed for combat. Initially branded the "ATA-1", it would later come to be known as "Ironside" following the Salvation Council's invasion of the Khashuri Tribe. These suits are currently utilized by the Custodians of the modern world to assist with the completion of the Chimera Project in the sanctuaries the Salvation Council had constructed.
== Trivia ==
* Whether the Salvation Council still exists in any capacity after the initiation of the The Chimeric War is unknown, however the Building Drone Codex in-game mentions the "total collapse of Earth's governments". This collapse is likely, but not certain to include the Salvation Council as well.
* Although the Salvation Council is directly responsible for the creation of the world's sanctuaries, it is unknown whether the Chimera Project's inception and subsequent development was requested by the Salvation Council in the same way that the Plasma Sentinel was, or if the project was started by sanctuaries on their own initiatives. As evidenced by the development and subsequent distribution of the first sanctuary-developed Sub-Clone the "Upholder" against the wishes of the Salvation Council, the world's sanctuaries appear to have maintained a level of autonomy that would allow them to begin work on research assignments like the Chimera Project without the direct approval of the Salvation Council.
* The "Upholder" Sub-Clone developed in the 22nd Century is the predecessor to the Enforcer Sub-Clone used for modern Outpost defenses.