ADVENT

ADVENT is an organization that features in X-COM.

History

The ADVENT was a global government and organization created on Earth following the arrival of the Aliens when they conquered the planet.

The Commander was then placed in stasis with an Alien Biotech implant placed in his brain that allowed the Aliens to tap into his expert strategic and tactical knowledge. Whilst in stasis, the implant was used to transmit his experience through the Psionic engineered network of the ADVENT. This knowledge came into the minds of ADVENT Officers who in turn directed their subordinates allowing for rapid tactical deployment which the Aliens used to put down resistance.

This was until the year 2035 when X-COM resistance forces managed to uncover the facility that was holding the Commander with them staging an assault to rescue him. Once X-COM freed the Commander, his link to their Psionic network was believed to had gone down. However, it was expected that the Alien's had placed contingencies in place to compensate for the loss.

At some point, they had secretly created the Avatar Project that they were developing at their clandestine blacksite facilities.

With the destruction of the Network Tower, ADVENT's response slowed down with them no longer being as unified. This forced the Ethereal Elders to attempt to control their forces with this believed to be placing a great strain on them. In addition, X-COM began to publically reveal over information networks the extent of ADVENT's crimes against mankind and the Alien's true nature. This caused planet wide riots as the citizens began turning against the Aliens and ADVENT in a large scale uprising. In response, ADVENT deployed their forces en masse to put down the rebellions though a number of their own troopers began to surrender due to lacking guidance from the Network Tower. In the mean time, X-COM staged an assault at the Alien base on Earth where they infiltrated the installation through the Psionic Gateway.

Overview

With their victory on Earth, the Aliens built an elaborate new society consisting of a government structure and a system of careful manipulation in order to rule the planet. It was this chain of events that led to the creation of ADVENT that became the public face of the Aliens.

The propaganda from ADVENT was noted to be particularly powerful that it kept the ordinary citizens unaware of the Alien's true sinister nature. This was seen through media reports that promoted the Aliens as being allies to mankind and the production of numerous statues that showed them aiding humanity.

The ADVENT did not consist of pure human collaborators but actually alien-human hybrids with physiological changes made to their tissue along with the addition of a neurochip. Originally, they were once entirely human but had some gradual genetic enhancement made to them without concerns over rejection that normally plague such experiments. The body remained typically human with the more crucial changes made to the cranial structure with them receiving their orders and being controlled directly through a Psionic link engineered as part of the genetic modification process. Their eyes were also noticeably larger that was believed to be an unintended side-effect and provide limited improvements to visual acuity.

Captain with Troopers.

There were numerous types of ADVENT soldiers that included:

• Trooper :
• Stun Lancer :
• Shieldbearer :
• Officer : physically larger and more tactically capable than subordinate troopers who had more developed mental acuity that provided tactical directives to ADVENT forces.
• Avatar : a genetically engineered hybrid organism of Human and Ethereal that were designed to be the new physical forms of the Elders with the Avatars possessing vast psionic powers.

For support, they made use of a number of mechanical units that included:

• MECH : these mechs were entirely robotic entities that lacked pilots and were deployed into combat.
• Sectopod :

Their infantry made extensive use of magnetic gauss weaponry that was a superior type of projectile weapon. They had developed Magnetic Weapons that were magnetic projectile dispersion systems. A genetic-verification technology was integrated into the weapons to prevent them from functioning by any species whose DNA who was not pre-encoded. These exerted a lethal force on unauthorised users that attempted to make use of them. Weapons used included:

• Magnetic Rifle : these were part of the ADVENT's magnetized projectile tech which created rifle-style slugthrowers and were a substantial improvement in power relative to conventional assault rifles.

ADVENT made of of flying gunship styled transports designed to rapidly deploy their ground troops. They also receive support from the Aliens own craft such as Hunter UFOS that were responsible for downing larger enemy craft.

With their establishment as the world government, ADVENT began creating a number of gene therapy clinics staffed by human scientists. Their military forces gained a variety of genetic enhancements with more senior officers being augmented further that included biomechanical implants. The use of implants was believed to be a means of communication with the alien hierarchy. ADVENT made use of a Psionic link Network that was augmented by mechanical implants. Psionic control was specifically engineered to allow for rapid deployment of tactical information that was drawn directly from the subconscious mind. The hierarchy allowed for the use of tactical knowledge drawn from experienced individuals with this being processed and transmitted to ADVENT Officers who in turn directed their Troopers.

They had established a number of secret research facilities known as blacksites. From their forge facility, they were created large number of Alien modified human troopers that operated in their military forces. A primary facility was the Network Tower that was responsible for linking their forces to one another.

One of the devices that the ADVENT gained from the Aliens was the use of psionic gates that allowed travel across worlds.

Members

• Speaker : a seemingly human appearing senior member of ADVENT that operated as the spokesperson for the Aliens who promoted a positive image for them to mankind.

Notes

• ADVENT appeared as the antagonists in the sequel to the rebooted X-COM game.

Appearances

• X-COM 2:

External Links

• X-COM Wiki Entry

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