Project Imagine

**Project Imagine** is the main influential group as well as the primary cause for all the major events featured in **Terror Man**. It is a research project that started from a sinkhole in Saudi Arabia which gave rise to various different superpowered beings from Russia to Korea.

From the outside, it was marketed as a "World Peace Project" that would predict and suppress conflicts involving such individuals to prevent unnecessary harm and suffering on regular humans. However, in reality, Project Imagine was a brutal series of biological experiment.

## Background

The project began with Violet Francesca Lima, who fell into a crater located in Saudi Arabia. When she found her way out, Violet discovered that she now possessed supernatural abilities, which sparked the creation of Project Imagine when an American research facility was set up in Saudi Arabia to studying the crater. This project was originally funded by the United States to bring about "*world peace*" by "*suppressing greed, jealously and misfortune through prediction of the future"*. However, in reality, it was a cruel project with the purpose of biologically re-engineering the human species. They scouted the most brilliant researchers from around the world and started analyzing Violet's DNA. The lives of many children were lost in human trials, 80% being around Lilia’s age during Terror Man Season 2.

In the end, the project was a failure, most likely because Seokyoung Min destroyed much of the research; although some of the genetic data was still intact, with Bratva purchasing half of it. However, it still needed to be retrieved from Turkey, which is why they declared truce Stary Phaeton to smuggle in the codes.

The true source of the abilities is the creature known as Atrahasis who resided in the sinkhole. For some reason, he rejected Violet Francesca Lima and sent her back to the surface, but also gave her the abilities of which the research was based on.

## Common Abilities

In certain cases, the user may gain more abilities when fatally wounded.

The root of these abilities comes from the sense of vision. Thus, if the eyes are taken out, it can decrease the effects of the abilities (E.g. the healing from Tardigrade); that is why, in the battle with Father Boris, Seokyoung Min tells the duo to take out the eyes.

All Project Imagine users send out a unique brain wave called "**G wave**". It is said that this wave can detect what's happening in surrounding area or read other people's minds. However, if both parties are users, the brain waves will interfere with each other or distort the waves, which is why when Hyunseong Lee's stage was closer to completion, Jungwoo was having trouble predicting his movements and so could only fight physically without depending on his eyes. However, if a user is incomplete (such as Seonghyeon Kang) then he/she would be unable to read the mind of a complete user (like Jungwoo) while they would still be able to do so to them.

**Project Imagine Labs**

* USA Lab - The only lab in operation during Terror Man Season 2, as the Saudi Arabia Lab closed down after Seokyoung Min destroyed most of the project's data. Furthermore, after Hayeon Yeon was killed by the failed Tardigrade projects, Y&Y pretty much collapsed; leaving the US with the only lab in the world currently working on Project Imagine.
* Saudi Arabia Lab - The American Research Facility in Saudi Arabia that was studying the large crater where Violet Lima emerged from. It was eventually shut down after Seokyoung Min destroyed almost all of the data involving Project Imagine.
* Korea Lab - The labs in Korea are all run by Y&Y Group under Hayeon Yeon. However, the only model being developed was the Tardigrade Model.

## Models

In Terror vs Revival, Mukho Baek mentions how, at one point in time, Jungwoo Min was able to use all nine known abilities, implying there's nine possible models. It also seems that if you have Violet, you could progressively attain the abilities of the other models, especially when fatally wounded. This seems to be true regardless of if the user is incomplete (Kira) or complete (Boris).

Furthermore, it seems the abilities progress in a particular order (as seen with Boris), but the exact order of which is unclear. From Boris' example, the confirmed order of the first three are: Complex Systems, Hyper Meta, and Tardigrade. After that, it is unclear if Boris attained Sarpa Salpa (*as he's seen creating illusions*) or if that was Twins. What is certain is that he did attain Twins as he was able to control Leonid. Also, there are two different types of models: "**Natural**" and "**Artificial**". Natural models were given by Atrahasis himself while the artificial ones were created in labs. In addition, Complex Systems and Hallucination are independent of each other as the former is needed to activate the latter.

In summary, there are nine models: Complex Systems (Violet), Hyper Meta, Tardigrade, Twins, Sarpa Salpa, Illusion, Neuromancer, Psychokinesis (Telekinesis), and Teleportation.

### **Complex Systems**

Also often referred to as the "*Eyes of Misfortune*" or "*Violet*", Complex Systems grants the ability to predict future calamities. It is the first ability that Boris attained and is the first ability that Jungwoo Min uses.

It allows the brain to analysis the potential danger, labelling it as purple-colored fog, enabling the user to essentially see into the future, as demonstrated when Jungwoo was able to use it to foresee potential natural or man-made disasters.

* Jungwoo Min
* Priest Boris
* Mukho Baek
* Kira Ivanova (Unsuccessful)

### **Hyper Meta**

An ability that grants the user invisibility.

**Users:**

* Jungwoo Min (Temporarily)
* Priest Boris
* Kira Ivanova (Potentially?) - Due to there being an order of the models, Kira might've also had Hyper Meta as she acquired Tardigrade after her first death.

### **Tardigrade**

Based on the microscopic animal of the same name, this model bestows the user with transcendental regenerative abilities, granting them unparalleled vitality and making them nearly impossible to kill; however, as a side effect, this model negatively impacts the user's ability to retain his/her memories, causing them to suffer from varying degrees of memory loss.

It is referred to as model "No.7" and, somewhere down the line, was discontinued. Since the abilities of come from vision, thus impairing the user's vision can help decrease the healing speed of Tardigrade.

**Users:**

* Hyunseong Lee - Hayeon Yeon was able to purchase it on the black market and implements it into Hyunseong. However, since the core part of the animal stem cell could not be identified, nanomachines were used to assist the regenerative process.
* Priest Boris
* Jungwoo Min (Temporarily)
* Junwoo Han
* Kira Ivanova - After she was defeated by Lilia at the All-Hands Bratva meeting, it seems Tardigrade activated last minute and she was able to come back from the dead only to be fully destroyed by Veronica's "*True Strike*".
* Telekinesis Cyborg
* Failed Experiments (Unsuccessful)
* Red Swan - Sasha was mostly likely revived using the Tardigrade Model, though it was not explicitly mentioned.
* Project Sky - During the events of Distant Sky, recipients of the Project Sky reagent were able to attain the same abilities as the Tardigrade Model, as it was the base/foundation on which Dr. Kang built his reagent.

### **Twins**

This model grants the user various mind-related powers, such as mind reading and controlling the thoughts of others.

**Users**:

* Father Boris
* Seonghyeon Kang
* Kai Edward
* Jungwoo Min (Temporarily)
* Reema

### **Sarpa Salpa**

This model allows one to freely change his/her own appearance to resemble whomever they desire. While never outright stated, the Sarpa Salpa Model may involve use of mind-related abilities as it's often packaged with the Twins Model.

**Users:**

* Father Boris (?)
* Giorgio
* Jungwoo Min (Temporarily)

### **Hallucination**

As the name suggests, this Model allows one to cause anyone within a 30m radius to hallucinations.

When paired with Complex Systems, it creates a new sub-ability called "**Illusions**" which is capable of affecting multiple targets at once. However, while it's stated to have a weakness, it's unclear as to what it actually is as it was never directly stated.

**Users:**

* Mukho Baek
* Jungwoo Min (Temporarily)

### **Neuromancer**

An ability that can assimilate oneself to a machine. However, it is said that 'if it was brainwashed, it would be Twins or a Neuromancer', so it is speculated that it has more abilities; most likely the ability to assimilate one's consciousness with another object, machine or otherwise. Imagine Project No. 4 Neuromancer (discontinued model).

**Neural Swap** - It is a side project that branched-off from Neuromancer attained from the Saudi Lab that was planned to be sold to leaders around the world. With it you can swap your conscience with another person. Nikolai I used it to swap with his son before dying of pancreatic cancer. However, it seems there was a problem in that the original conscience in the body does not disappear, thus a body would have two consciences coexisting at the same time, switching between each other.

**Users:**

* Victor Vasarely
* Jungwoo Min (Temporarily)

### **Psychokinesis/ Telekinesis**

An ability that use telekinesis and move objects at will. It seems that to activate it, a Violet Model was required as a catalyst, which is the why the US lab needed to retrieve Kira's head and integrate it with the Telekinesis Cyborg. However, it turns out that Kira's conscience remained, most likely because Tardigrade was activated last minute.

**Users:**

* Telekinesis Cyborg
* Jungwoo Min (Temporarily)
* Changhyuk Yoo
* Heesoo Cha
* Tsurara Fuyuki (?)

### **Teleportation**

The ability to transport immediately into another location. Jungwoo Min used it twice: The ability was used once when appearing in front of the Telekinesis Cyborg after awakening, and once more in the illusion of Atrahasis.

**Users:**

* Jungwoo Min (Temporarily)

## Timeline

1. Violet Lima accidentally falls into a sinkhole in Saudi Arabia, returns back in California, having lost her mind.
2. US government begins to secretly experiment on her and Project Imagine is developed.
3. Project Imagine is marketed as a World Peace Project that could predict and suppress conflicts and human misery in advance, thus gaining UN funding.
4. Top scientists are recruited to do research on Lima including Jaehan Shin, Seokyoung Min, and Seungah Yoon.
5. After various experiments, Lima finally dies.
6. After seeing countless brutal experiments, especially on children, Seokyoung and Seungah destroy the data and escape the lab. Project Imagine is temporarily put on hold.
7. Y&Y attempts to revive the tardigrade research and hire Jaeshin Shin as well as Euicheol Kang.
8. Seokyoung sends Seonghyeon Kang to take care of the Y&Y labs and research, including Hyunseong Lee.
9. Jaeshin Shin disappears and Euicheol Kang takes over, but cannot stand the immoral research and destroys the data on Project Imagine.
10. US develops a new model, the Telekinesis Cyborg, merging Gargarin and Kira. It is sent to Korea on missions.
11. After the failure of the President's capture, Suho Jin tells Seokyoung that the US is trying to revive the project.

## Plot Overview

### Terror Man Season 2 (Past)

Violet Lima accidentally falls into a sinkhole in Saudi Arabia. She appears back home in California having lost her mind. The US government begins to secretly experiment on her and Project Imagine is developed.

Scientists are recruited to do research on Lima including Jaehan Shin, Seokyoung Min, and Seungah Yoon. However, after seeing countless experiments, Seokyoung and Seungah can take it no longer and escape the lab with all the data. Project Imagine is temporarily put on hold. However, shortly after, the US branch begins to resume Project Imagine, sending the triad to track down Seungah Yoon.

During a conference for the Bratva Executioners in the East, Petrov (Bratva's Chief Executive) explains about how Bratva will be making a truce with Stary Phaeton in order to secure a pathway to retrieve the genome code of **Project Imagine**, as Bratva needs to transport it from Turkey through the North Caucasus (Stary Phaeton's terrirtory). It turns out that Bratva had purchased half of the code, but because it was under the table, the code was still in turkey. Furthermore, it is seems that Victor was the first to tell Petrov about and that he himself was experimented using Project Imagine.

### Terror Man Season 1

Hayeon Yeon had been searching for Seungah Yoon's research and even going to her funeral to find any clues. Ever since, it is implied that she has been doing some sort of clinical trials through Y&Y and Jeoungduk Church (selling believers with miracle water). Eventually at one point, Hayeon Yeon is able to purchase the Tardigrade Model from the Black Market and has Jaehan Shin implant it on Hyunseong Lee. Though this model had not gone through any clinical trials, they just proceeded with it as Hyunseong Lee was on the verge of death anyway.

At the end of season 1, Seokyoung Min deletes all the information about Project Imagine from Y&Y's Research Labs.

### Terror Man Season 2 (Present)

Suho Jin tells Seokyoung that the US is trying to revive the project.

### Reawakened Man Season 0

It turns out Mukho Baek is also a Project Imagine user and during the fight with the Bishop, the Bishop clearly states that her sect of White has no relationship with Project Imagine and that they should leave her alone.

### Distant Sky

Dr. Kang continues the research on the Tardigrade model and through the Disaster Preparatory Committee, release a study on stem cells and Project Sky begins to be put into action.

## Trivia

* Out of all of the users, Tsurara Fuyuki is the only user with an unspecified Project Imagine Model. Judging from her ability, it could likely be psychokinesis. However, if it's another model that wasn't part of the original nine, then this is either an error or a plot hole.
* Jungwoo Min is the only user who has used all 9 abilities, albeit temporarily.
* Mukho Baek is the only current user that can use 2 abilities at once.

## Gallery

Kira's Head in a Jar at the US LabGargarin Being Experimented On.
## References

1. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 16
2. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 18
3. ↑ Terror Man, Season 1, Ep. 39
4. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 16
5. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 18
6. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 16
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 166
8. ↑ Terror Man, Season 1, Ep. 74
9. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 16
10. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 93
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 67
12. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 16
13. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 74
14. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 167
15. ↑ Terror Vs. Revival, Ep. 61
16. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 162
17. ↑ Terrorman, Season 2, Ep. 67
18. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 74
19. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 75
20. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 94
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Terror Man, Season 1, Ep. 100
22. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 109
23. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 15
24. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 16
25. ↑ Terror Man, Season 2, Ep. 109
26. ↑ Reawakened Man, Season 0, Ep. 76