Global Relief Effort

> Finally, mankind had prevailed against the diesease. But, people always want more... despite a promise to shutter it's labs, the GRE continued its research in secrecy for military purposes.
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The **Global Relief Effort** (also referred to as **GRE**) is a organization in Dying Light. They were first introduced at the start of dying light, being one of the main factions, they re-appeared as a posthumous faction in Dying Light 2 Stay Human, then soon became more relevant in the story once again.

They are one of the main antagonistic factions, the others being; the Renegades and the Peacekeepers.

## Overview

The Global Relief Effort are a medical and military research organization, who orchestrated the viruses for military purposes, which inevitably back fired. It was stated by Lawan in the cutscene at the start of Dying Light 2, that the GRE had "promised" civilization to shutdown it's labs for good, but they continued their research and a new virus broke out into the world. This shows yet again the trend that the GRE are heartless liars and do not show much care for their actions.

## Members, Divisions & Locations

* Known Members
* Locations
* Divisions

### Leadership

 Marcus Ryan | **NO IMAGE** | The head of the GRE Security Division, notable to a lot of GRE personnel as the "Guardian of GRE".

### Low-Level Soldiers

 Zorov | ***No Image Added Yet*** | A low-ranked agent, assigned as a hitman to kill deserters from the **GRE**.

### Major

 GRE Technology Manufacturing Facility | ***No Image Added Yet*** | A facility that was used by Marcus Ryan as his base of operations after The Fall.

### Minor

 GRE Research Sites | ***No Image Added Yet*** | Research sites used by the GRE to gather data for a cure and intel on THV.

### Known

 Security Division |  | An executive department of the Global Relief Effort, headed by Marcus Ryan.

## History

### Harran Virus

In the early days of the Harran Virus, the GRE created a poster for the Harran City Website on how to combat flu symptoms, as the government of Harran believed the virus to have been a flu. When infection rates continued to increase, the GRE was among the international specialists invited to the extraordinary congress of doctors in Harran, in part because of its experience in dealing with viral outbreaks. Later research by Dr Jonathan Barto of the GRE led to the belief that the virus may have come into Harran through the food supply, as the person believed to have been Patient Zero for the virus failed to infect other people before his death. Because of the low numbers of early infected, air or water contamination was considered unlikely. In contrast, some people instead believed that the GRE itself was responsible for the outbreak of the Harran Virus, or at least was involved with the people responsible for its existence.

A few weeks after the virus had caused an epidemic in Harran, a field hospital was established at the Harran Stadium, where those showing symptoms were treated with medication by the GRE which would later become Antizin. As infection levels kept rising, and new centers of the disease kept appearing, the Ministry of Defense placed the Old Town district of Harran under quarantine, with the operation being carried out by a combined GRE- and military effort. After the quarantine was established, only patients and medical personnel remained in Old Town, with the GRE also establishing a laboratory in the district, which would become the Forever Foundation.

When the military took control over Harran under the command of Kadir Suleiman, the army gained full power to execute directives given to them by the Global Relief Effort. A strict curfew was enforced, with severe punishments also being put in place for those showing sign of disobedience. When the GRE failed to evacuate Suleiman's brother, Suleiman's moral compass broke as he started abusing his authority, showing monstrous behavior and failing to protect the GRE scientists he was supposed to look after. After the city was largely lost to the infected, the GRE kept dropping airdrops with Antizin into Harran to keep the survivors alive, while the military insisted on a more radical action to take out the virus, as they planned to annihilate the city instead. The GRE also started publishing the GRE Support tv broadcast, aimed to inform and warn the people of the virus. Eventually it was decided to prevent the virus from spreading out of Harran to seal all passages through the quarantine wall and isolate the city.

#### Antizin Development

Antizin development started rather quickly after the outbreak, with patients already being administered its prototype at the field hospital of Harran Stadium only a couple weeks after the epidemic in Harran was announced. Despite the short timeframe, development of the medicine was already nearing completion. After the Old Town district of Harran was placed under quarantine, the GRE established a laboratory inside the Forever Foundation, where the final tests of Antizin were to be carried out.

After passing the initial laboratory tests, the GRE needed test subjects to further their research for a cure. To promote volunteering, the Ministry of Defense of Harran offered financial rewards and medical treatment for those who participated. Participation would take place through volunteers registering at the Global Relief Effort website. When Antizin development was finally completed, Harran itself was plunged into chaos. Shortly after its completion, the GRE cooperated with several pharmaceutical manufacturers to ramp up production of Antizin so it could meet the needs of the Harran populace. The previous-sent airdrops would from this point onward also contain Antizin and detailed instruction for proper dosage of the suppressant. The GRE recommendation to amputate limbs to prevent the onset of the virus was now also no longer recommended. As over usage of Antizin was not more effective than using it in the recommended dose, the GRE emphasized using the recommended dose in their support broadcasts.

#### Events of *Dying Light*

Some time after the outbreak and quarantine of the city of Harran, the GRE sent out Kyle Crane as a field agent to retrieve a sensitive file from Kadir Suleiman which, according to the GRE, held cure research data as well as a full description of the virion structure. The data, if published in its incomplete state, could have been extremely toxic according to the GRE. To prevent Suleiman from publishing the data the GRE instituted a city-wide communication jam.

After Crane was bitten, he met Dr. Imran Zere, who worked on his own cure research. Upon reporting this to the GRE, Crane obtained a secondary objective to obtain all of Zere's research data, while the priority remained on the stolen file. Not long thereafter, the GRE concluded that, based on Crane's reports, the warlord "Rais" may have been their contact Suleiman. Since Crane was cooperating with Harris Brecken, a leader of a survivor group, the GRE ordered Crane to destroy an Antizin shipment to force an interaction with Rais on which Crane could go as an ambassador. Hesitant to comply because the people of Brecken's Tower were in desperate need of Antizin, Crane complies with the GRE and destroys the shipment.

After some strained and forced cooperation with Rais, the GRE learns that Rais is definitely Suleiman. The contact between the GRE and Crane deteriorated shortly thereafter, as the GRE prioritized everything on the file and refused to resume airdrops with Antizin because of political motivations. After Crane finds out that Rais has captured Imran Zere, he goes to his headquarters to find the man, only to discover that the position of the GRE has been diminished and that the Ministry of Defense has taken over their position. When Crane is later ambushed by Rais's men after attempting to rescue Imran Zere, Rais orders the publication of the file, something which became possible because Crane activated the antennas of Harran during his cooperation with Rais. Rais reveals that the file itself did not contain any cure data, but instead plans to weaponize the virus, indicating that they were only interested in profit and not in saving lives.

Not long after the GRE file was published did the file reach newscasts. It was reported that the file, if verified as belonging to the GRE, would implicate them in a far-reaching criminal conspiracy. The file's publishing resulted in world-wide backlash against the GRE. In an attempt to save face, the GRE contacted Crane again after he had made a broadcast to the world that there were still survivors in Harran. They tried to get Crane to deliver Zere's research to them, but Crane was hesitant. While Crane was busy working with Allen Camden, Rais made contact with the GRE and promised them the part of Dr. Zere's research that he was able to obtain in return for extraction, forcing Crane to go after him in order to prevent the Ministry from bombing Harran.

#### Cure Research

Doctors Imran Zere and Allen Camden were originally employed by the GRE to perform research on the cure, being paid quite handsomely. After being seperated, Zere continued his research from the Slums district of Harran while Camden continued research in the Forever Foundation. Zere had been running tests on both Antizin and infected tissue and concluded that a cure was definitely possible. Following a test on some Bolter tissue, Imran Zere concluded that some experimental bait he left out for the infected had an effect and may have played a part in cure research.

An unspecified amount of time after the outbreak of the Harran Virus, the world's greatest minds came together and together with the GRE found a vaccine against the Harran Virus, saving mankind from the disease.

### THV development and outbreak

Despite the success of the vaccine and the promises of the GRE to shutter its labs, some of their laboratories remained operational in secret. Here, the GRE continued their research on weaponizing the Harran Virus for military purposes. It didn't take long for a new strain of the Harran Virus, known as Tachytransmissive Harran Virus (THV), to be released into the world from a Level 4 GRE Laboratory near Geneva. Research on this variant may have been ongoing as early as 2015 - only a year after the original outbreak of the Harran Virus - as the GRE worked in collaboration with the Big Pharma group Vitaminn to find a deadly biological weapon.

The first cases of the new variant were reported in Zurich (Switzerland) and Paris (France) on the 20th of October 2021, after which the plague spread like wildfire. Because THV was deadly and highly transmissible, the Head Doctor of the GRE, Dr. Kobayashi Katsumi, recommended immediate action in the form of closing borders and suspending civilian air- and rail services. It was also recommended to isolate suspected infected individuals, to place those they had come in contact with under quarantine, and to incinerate the bodies of the dead. The GRE had already started working on a new vaccine in cooperation with private sector companies.

As of the 19th of December of 2021, it had turned out that the THV strain turned out to be more contagious than previously known. Antizin had, much like during the original virus outbreak, proven to be reliable in stopping the spread of the virus. In contrast to the original variant, however, the spread of THV was also preventable by using UV Light, though it did not eliminate the virus from the body. Despite these discoveries, Dr. Katsumi believed that at its rate, the THV variant would have infected half of humanity in only a few weeks. As such, the GRE recommended the outlawing of any business not deemed an essential service, gatherings of more than four people not from the same household, and the outlawing of free movement by any civilians barring first responders or essential workers.

On the 24th of January, 2023, the GRE reported that the pandemic was getting worse, as the rates of infected individuals kept climbing and the mortality rate increased. The GRE had to start making immediate and radical decisions, so they started operating at the very heart of events. One year later, in 2024, the sole city left standing was Villedor. The GRE continued research on THV there in controlled circumstances.

### Events of *Dying Light 2 Stay Human*

Aiden Caldwell is informed by Spike that there is a former GRE Doctor, Dylan. Has information that can lead him to Vincent Waltz, also a former GRE Doctor. Aiden radios Dylan at dusk on frequency 240.000MhZ, Dylan tells him, to meet him at the metro tunnel outside of Old Villedor. As Aiden reaches the rendezvous point he is attacked by a Volatile and is bit during the attack. Fortunately, Dylan flashes his UV Flash light on the creature sending it off giving Aiden enough time to get to Dylan.

Later on after Aiden defeated the Renegades torturing Dylan, he is given the GRE key. Which is what Waltz is after. Dylan helps Aiden escape, he's then left in shock as he watches Dylan get killed by Waltz.

#### Veronika (Story Mission)

Depending on who you gave the VNC Tower to, either Frank, Jack Matt or Juan will tell Aiden there is a former GRE Doctor, who is Veronika Ryan in Old Villedor that could help him find his sister by accessing a GRE database. After Aiden finds her, he asks if she can help him, which she can and agrees to, Veronika tells Aiden he will have re-start the power in order for her to enter the observatory by the elevators. He enters the old GRE observatory surrounded by a field of chemicals, Veronika provides Aiden with a blocker to protect him from the chemicals for a short amount of time. After Aiden reaches the generator, moments later the power cuts trapping Veronika in the elevator, she then reveals she is extremely claustrophobic. She begs Aiden to restart the power, which drives her into a panic, as she pleads him to not leave her inside the elevator. Aiden, successfully restarts the power and reaches Veronika. They descend deeper into the lab and reach the database, however Aiden is unable to find any information on Mia. Soon after Renegades arrive and block their way out. Aiden successfully eliminates all the Renegades, while Veronika returned to the surface in the elevator, which Aiden then follows, when he returns Waltz is chocking Veronika and demanding her to tell him where the GRE key is, Aiden saves Veronika and tells her to run and leave. Waltz then begins to chase Aiden out of the facility. He reaches the hatch he entered through but so does Waltz. He is thrown to the other observatory sphere. Veronika comes to his aid, but Aiden begins to have another episode of his transformation in an infected. His infection takes over him completely for short amount time, he viciously attacks Veronika and kills her, taking off her left arm and leg. When Aiden wakes up he sees Veronika's lifeless body which terrifies him to what he had done, Waltz turns over her lifeless body and takes the GRE key, Aiden then attacks Waltz and asks him what he did to him. He then tells him he showed him the truth, a missile then blows up a near by building knocking out Aiden again.

### Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Bloody Deception

After Aiden Caldwell left the city and was outside of Villedor, while roaming he noticed a GRE Helicopter flies right over him, he then follows it and sees it land seeing a research exit the chopper. Aiden sneaks into the landing zone and follows the research, who is named Pattinson. She talks about stats and evolution of the virus in Infected subjects in which Aiden eavesdrops on, Pattinson then mentions a man named Marcus Ryan, who is their second commanding officer. Aiden then realizes that Marcus could potentially be the husband of Veronika Ryan, who was a former GRE head doctor that worked in Villedor, now deceased. After the research team leaves, Aiden informs Lawan of his findings also telling her that he may have found Veronika's mysterious partner, Lawan tells Aiden to not invest into the GRE's operations, especially if they aren't helping survivors, he brushes her advice off and continues to attempt to find Marcus.

Shortly after, Aiden intercepts a GRE radio conversations, in which a GRE soldier is conversing with Marcus Ryan as they fly to their landing zone, and eventually the chopper flies right over Aiden, and then he follows it. After the chopper lands, Marcus and his soldiers begin a recon of their landing zone and observe Villedor from a distance. Aiden eventually reaches Marcus and corners him and attempt to ask him questions but before he can, a GRE soldier knocks Aiden out, and then they take him back to the GRE National Laboratory for questioning.

1. ↑ Flu attacks again
2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `CongressDoctors`
3. ↑ *Note 28*
4. ↑ *Note 30*
5. ↑ *Note 31*
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Field Hospital at Stadium
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Official Announcement: Harran under Quarantine
8. ↑ Harran under military protection
9. ↑ Conversations between Kyle Crane and Yilmaz
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Quotes of Allen Camden during "The Clinic"
11. ↑ Introduction of *Dying Light*
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 GRE broadcasts on Brecken's TV in The Tower
13. ↑ *Newspaper Article - October 11th, 2015*
14. ↑ Cure Search: Volunteers needed!
15. ↑ I'm all alone here
16. ↑ *Note 16*
17. ↑ Events of "Awakening"
18. ↑ Events of "First Assignment"
19. ↑ Events of "Airdrop"
20. ↑ Events of "Pact with Rais"
21. ↑ Evens of "The Pit"
22. ↑ Events of "Higher Education"
23. ↑ Events of "Broadcast"
24. ↑ Conversations between Kyle Crane and Kadir Suleiman during "The Clinic"
25. ↑ Events of "Extraction"
26. ↑ Conversations between Kyle Crane and Imran Zere during "Awakening"
27. ↑ Events of "Siblings"
28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Introduction of *Dying Light 2 Stay Human*
29. ↑ *Newspaper Article - December 23rd, 2021*
30. ↑ *Newspaper Article - March 7th, 2021*
31. ↑ *GRE Head Doctor Dr. Katsumi Report #1*
32. ↑ *GRE Head Doctor Dr. Katsumi Report #2*
33. ↑ *GRE Head Doctor Dr. Katsumi Report #3*
34. ↑ *GRE Head Doctor Dr. Katsumi Report #4*