ARD Lore

==Lore==
===ARD: Creation===
In the year 2023, AEGIS needed a research and development division to reinforce its position in the technological sector. ARD was just that. The Chairman hired 50 researchers from all specialized fields; virologists, radiologists, engineers and biological engineers. ARD began developing technologies to advance the world and put AEGIS in a major place in its military and humanitarian operations. Without ARD, AEGIS wouldn’t have been able to withstand the Resource War.
===ARD: Resource Wars Era===
During the year 2023, AEGIS was one of the leading superpowers on Earth, being a global icon of hope and prosperity. During the major resource wars of the 21st century, the AEGIS Research Division was used to insource AEGIS’s development of weaponry, equipment, and machinery but also innovate production. Years were spent developing sustainable crops, creating technology to produce nanobots to combat and eradicate all known pathogens. ARD was AEGIS’s stepping stone to world domination.
The AEGIS Research Division had made many feats to secure AEGIS’s place in the world, creating the AEGIS Human Development Program, or AHDP; a program used to advance the future of humanity, which included disease prevention.
After extensive research into energy production, ARD stumbled upon the holy grail of energy sources, a substance of unknown origin that has the potential of powering entire cities for millenia. They called it Fedoralite, using it to create the most powerful element on the planet: Fedorium. AEGIS then began building military outposts near major Fedoralite deposits. ARD then started major full scale mining operations and controlled the resource. Large power plants were built to provide sustainable energy to places all over the world. It seemed like the resource wars could possibly come to an end.
===ARD: Height of the War===
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The discovery of Fedoralite did not go unnoticed by world governments. Everyone wanted to get their hands on the fuel of the future, but few could afford the AEGIS Corporation's asking price, and even fewer were willing to pay it. AEGIS wanted to retain its monopoly on this resource, but it was going to have to fight tooth and nail for it. A war was brewing, everyone knew it. The substance that was at first rumored to bring about the end of the resource wars, was about to start the biggest resource war yet.
The ARD created Direct Energy Weapons using Fedoralite. DEWs were weapons of extreme ferocity that gave AEGIS the upper hand in any combat situation. Wherever they fought, AEGIS personnel may have been outnumbered, but never outgunned.
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Many governments that had fallen during the resource wars were picked back up by the AEGIS Corporation. It was clear that the global monopoly of AEGIS was growing and many people saw AEGIS as a threat. The growing terror organization known as VRAXIS started targeting Fedoralite refinery plants. They would steal the resource and use it further their war effort. ARD had begun the development of Project Flare and prototypes of Project Enhancement. The war needed to end and ARD deployed the first biological weapon of fully activated CZ-129-B upon a VRAXIS encampment. The result was as expected full annihilation of the targeted area. The heat of the war was supposed to come to a close when the war took a turn. One year later, CZ-129-B mutated which required an immediate ARD response. CZ-130-B was found at a second deployment site, and all ARD personnel were deployed for search and destroy operations soon after. It was clear that soon after the war needed to end. VRAXIS then launched a Fedorium powered nuclear device at the ARD headquarters building destroying it and parts of AEGIS’s infrastructure. All personnel except those in the lower facilities were killed instantly. AEGIS soon responded. The resource wars were over, but the nuclear holocaust had begun.
===ARD: Present Day===
In the current days after the fallout, ARD strives to rebuild what remains. They focus on the maintenance and development of the Last City. ARD’s current effort is to eradicate infection and allow humanity to get back onto its feet. ARD strives in its viral research and weapons development. The creation of many weapons and the finalization of Project Enhancement trace back to ARD; however, it is in the shadow of its forefathers, weakened and bruised; it uses dated pre-war technology, and the infrastructure could use some improvement.
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