Phoenix Project

The Phoenix Project was an Abstergo Industries initiative that aimed to sequence the Isu's triple-helix genome and explore the genetic memories encoded within through the Animus.
The project began in the late 2013, following the death of the Sage John Standish at the Abstergo Entertainment office in Montreal. Following the examination of his body and discovering precursor DNA, Abstergo set out to locate genetic records of Sages both past and present, in order to use their high concentration of Isu DNA as a basis for cloning the Isu back into existence. They also hope to better understand the Pieces of Eden.
==Project Goals==
The goals of this Abstergo Industries Project were to:
* Discover people with high concentrations of Isu DNA such as Sages or people with strong Eagle Vision abilities, and to extract the DNA of these people with high concentrations of Isu DNA.
* Develop and enhance molecular cloning technologies, so as to use the Isu DNA available in order to clone an entire Isu being back to life.
* Use the extracted Isu DNA to understand how Pieces of Eden worked and how to develop these kinds of technologies for themselves.
==Project Overview==
===Origins===
The inspiration behind the project can be seen in the initial model of DNA proposed by Rosalind Franklin in 1952, being an inaccurate triple-helix model that was disregarded with the latter discovery of the double helix theorem. Due to this discovery, her work was wholly ignored, aside from being an example of an inaccurate conclusion.Assassin's Creed: Unity
===Death of John Standish===
For many years, Franklin's proposition was struck down as fallacy, until Abstergo Entertainment analyzed the genome of the Sage John Standish following his death, upon which they found that he had an extremely high quantity of triple-helix DNA. This helped to elaborate Franklin's research as a correct but merely misdirected model, gathered from small traces of First Civilization DNA hidden in the human genome.
To this end, Abstergo planned to gather more samples of people like John Standish and collate the findings, promoting the top-secret discovery to investors for funding. Where possible, Abstergo also attempted to recover blood vials containing Sage DNA, as those would be the most pure samples available if they indeed had managed to preserve the samples into the 21st century.
By late 2014, the Assassins became aware of Abstergo's plans, and set out to counter them by recruiting the Initiates, led by their operative Bishop, in an aim to try to track down and find historical Sages' remains and safeguard them, therefore concealing traces of their DNA from falling into Abstergo's hands. In October 2014, Gavin Banks led an Assassin team which destroyed the Phoenix Project facility in Paris,Assassin's Creed: Rogue including all samples of Precursor DNA and the original Shroud of Eden,Assassin's Creed: Syndicate causing the initiative to suffer a major setback.
The Templars then set their eyes on another Shroud of Eden, this one located in a vault underneath Buckingham Palace. This was part of the plan to use Isu DNA to recreate a living Isu from scratch instead of just cloning one as originally intended. Sigma Team was sent to Buckingham Palace to retrieve the Shroud, but Bishop sent her team led by Shaun Hastings, Rebecca Crane, and Galina Voronina to retrieve it first. In the scuffle, Rebecca was wounded, Juhani Otso Berg was rendered unconscious, and Isabelle Ardant was killed, but Violet da Costa escaped with the Shroud. All of this was according to Juno's plan to escape from The Grey and be resurrected.
====Resurrection Day====
The Resurrection Day event took place in Abstergo's covert lab in Australia, where Dr. Álvaro Gramática used DNA from the captured Elijah to use in his new cloning device, which was augmented with a thread from the Shroud of Eden. Gramática succeeded in creating a new body for Juno, but the Assassin Charlotte de la Cruz killed her almost immediately, with Gramática dying in the scuffle. The Master Templar and Black Cross Juhani Otso Berg subsequently destroyed the Phoenix Project lab with a Skunkworks endgame grenade,Assassin's Creed: Uprising – leaving the project's status unresolved post-Resurrection Day and with no current plans to renew it.
== Behind the scenes ==
A is a mythical bird that was said to resurrect from its own ashes, much like how Abstergo planned to have the First Civilization be brought back through its own remains in humankind's DNA, and similar to the continuous cycle of rebirth of Sages.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag 
*Assassin's Creed: Unity 
*Assassin's Creed: Rogue
*Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
*Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia 
*Assassin's Creed: Uprising
==References==
pt-br:Projeto Fênix
zh:凤凰计划
fr:Projet Phénix
Category:Abstergo Industries projects