Colony of Autumn



The Colony of Autumn is a clandestine North American weapons/genetic research and development organization led by Nathaniel Silex. The Colony is a business partner of NERI and its purpose is to aid the corporation in gaining total control of the Verge.

Background

Composed of some of the world's most brilliant international minds and keen business strategists, the Colony's sights were originally set on the secretive conception of more advanced weaponry and warfare technology - however, with the discovery of Osiris came an almost infinite amount of new possibilities, and opportunities. Although they retained their purpose, their focus shifted much from technology to genetic research and modification.

Scientists at the Colony observed how organic cells multiply, strengthen and even mutate when directly imbued with Osiris; the Colony adopted a seperate program with the objective of making this pseudo-fantasy a terrifying reality. The program eventually gave way to a new, experimental substance that made the re-writing of common soldiers' DNA codes much easier by simply injecting it, a sort of liquified Osiris derivative, into their bloodstream. Silex identified the Colony's primary task as using this to their advantage in order to eliminate the threat that the SCPD posed against NERI's campaign.

Involvement with Kishra

While searching through the United States Census Bureau's records and studying Tobias Ward's file, Silex took note of his history as a professional contract killer and knew that he was already beginning to teach his son, Kishra, the ways of the assassin. Realizing the then-child's potential for combative prowess, in 2007 he issued the order for several of his henchmen to deliver the Osiris in a very small amount contained within a vial, to an area near Kishra's home where he would locate it. Silex then waited until Kishra was of a legal age to join the military without parental consent, and in 2010, Silex anonymously exposed information about Travis' assassin career to the authorities. He was arrested, leaving Kishra with nowhere to go and motivating him to join the USMC in order to free his father. While he served his tour, in the year 2012, the Colony was able to covertly enter Afghani airspace and deliver several troops to the battlefield where they were able to confine him to an experimentation room, sedate him and inject him with the Osiris that he had kept with him the entire time; Silex personally oversaw this operation in person. However, before the Colony managed to reprogram his thought process to locate and destroy the Paradigm, Kishra broke free of his restraints and killed his way out of the facility, Silex escaping unharmed. Although Kishra ran free and the mission was ultimately deemed a failure, the Colony adjusted quickly to the situation by focusing on an entirely different objective - and one far more insidious.