Gen II

Gen II, also known as the Gen II Corporation or Gen II Biogenetics, is a genetics company based in Lhumar, Aurlunor. It was founded shortly after the Allium-Coalition War by John Pitchardson Rex, seeing the what was considered at the time to be the 'end of the Age Of Imperialism', to gain a large profit from a new age of relative peace.

Site A - Macmar Island
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Macmar Island was the first island discovered during the Voyage Of The West, with the island being reclaimed by civilisation for the first time in over 600 years. After the Voyage Of The West was completed, Rex made a swift return to Lhumar before setting up a permanent base camp on the island. Over the next year, construction on the island resort would commence, with the island officially being conned 'Site A' by the company. In 941 ACA, Gen II revealed their plans for a fully international safari resort involving exotic animals 'from a time long ago' to select investors at the yearly investor's meeting. The project got a lot of covering, enough to cover the standing construction expenses and future expansion costs for the next 3 years. Until this point, the company had made sure to keep quiet about the project, as any form of spillage would cause a huge amount of questions, something the did not want until the prepared opening day in 947. The official map was published on the 26th December 2021 (945 ACA) and Gen II is now beginning to reveal it's plans for 'the future of science and engineering'.

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''"With your help, we can make this world the best it can be. Give the children of the future the thing of dreams. With your help, tomorrow will be a completely different world." -'' John Pitchardson Rex, Founder of Gen II Biogenetics ======

Site B - The Protozas Islands (aka The Malkkengarun)
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Initially remaining unused during the start of construction on Site A, the company realised that the required research facilities would take up too much room in the allocated building area for any other localised attractions or shopping/hospitality areas on the island floor map. So after reaching out to the descendent of the Zashit people, Gen II bought one of the islands in the archipelago for an undisclosed sum of money in late 941 ACA, conning the island 'Site B'. Construction began the same week, and facilities are already completed as of 942 ACA.

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"Simply put, Gen II is looking for covering of the standing construction expenses and expansion costs. The storm a little under 3 weeks ago, partnered with the limited space for amusement attractions on the original island floor plans, has resulted in the Board coming to a decision we did not expect to make. We bought another island." ======

The Rex Project
Establishment of the Rex Project began on August 9th 2021 (Year 938 ACA), with the creation of the Gen II List. The list contains the names of the 29 asset species that would be part of the island resort's attractions. The following year, Rex oversaw The Voyage Of The West and the beginning of construction on Macmar Island. The Rex Project would ultimately be put on hold in 945 ACA, following the Macmar Island Incident, but be restarted by new CEO Garend Blue in 946 ACA under the name 'Operation Relocation'.

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"This is a private list. Any breach in this data may result in the culprit facing further charges in a criminal court and prompt removal from all positions in the company. It is important that the data regarding the assets is not breached to ensure the survival of the assets, the company and its future projects." ======

The Macmar Island Incident
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On December 29th 2021 (945 ACA), after a storm swept through the island causing a mass power outage during a test visit by a group of palaeontologists. The incident resulted in the abandonment of Site A and a 34% share loss by the company. The incident also resulted in John Pitchardson Rex resigning as CEO of Gen II the following year, after falling into critical condition and taking responsibility for the park's failure. As a result, Gerand Blue, logistics manager, inherited the role, and began to make plans to finish what Rex started.

Operation Cleansweep
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Operation Cleansweep took place the following year after the Macmar Island Incident (946 ACA), in which Gen II mercenaries went back to Macmar Island and destroyed several millions of dollars worth of abandoned equipment to prevent rival companies, independent entrepreneurs and general poachers from being able to steal Gen II property on the island. Many of the items destroyed were from the laboratory in the Discovery Centre, but control room equipment & other park operations software was also destroyed. This would be John Pitchardson Rex's attempted prevention of the restarting of the Rex Project by any future CEO, however failed at this objective.

The legality of the operation is also highly debated, as it took place during the court procedure which regarded placing an exclusion zone surrounding the island. Charges have never been pushed regarding Operation Cleansweep, however.

Operation Relocation
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After Logistics Manager Garend Blue was made CEO of Gen II in 947 ACA, he began making plans to finish what Rex started, on a less budget-heavy scale. This plan, codenamed Operation Relocation, involved moving live assets from pre-existing locations to a new facility on the mainland instead of creating a completely new batch of animals on another island facility. The main moving operation was split into two parts, Operation Extraction I scheduled for 948 ACA, and Operation Extraction II scheduled for 952 ACA.

Operation Extraction I
Operation Extraction I began as planned during 948 ACA, with a group of 120 mercenaries heading to Site B by boat. The goal of Operation Extraction I was to safely capture all the required herbivorous assets for the mainland facility. However, despite initial success, the operation would go horribly wrong when an outbreak of Type-1 Entropomorphia, a fatal disease for humans, ravaged the mercenary team. This, alongside a storm ripping through the island at the time, forced the team to evacuate 2 days into the operation.

Operation Extraction I was eventually cancelled after an attempted reschedule to 950 ACA. This in turn forced Operation Extraction II to be postponed to 960 ACA.

Data Leaks
In 955 ACA, around 16 confidential Gen II files were leaked to the public, including yearly reports, telegrams regarding Operation Extraction I & the 938 ACA Asset Database. This was caused as a result of a rogue employee reprinting the files and handing them to newspapers across the world. Despite Gen II's best efforts, the files have remained public, although a small number of people actually know they exist.

Operation Extraction II & the Malkkengarun Incident
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Gen II returned to the Malkkengarun in 960 ACA, with the intention of rectifying the mistakes they had made in their previous attempts to ship the dinosaurs off-island and maintaining their mainland park opening day of 961 ACA. However, unbeknownst to them, a small group of researchers lead by John Pitchardson Rex had returned to the island with the intention of shutting the operation down before it even began.

Gen II mercenaries landed on the island on the 12th Heicane 960 ACA, and ransacked the nearby game trail of its worth, capturing a total of 44 live assets. However, once night fell, the research team hijacked the operation & released the dinosaurs onto the camp, destroying their equipment and leaving them stranded. However, once it was discovered that the research team had also suffered a similar fate, the two sides agreed to co-operate and find a way off the island.

Operation Extraction II ultimately only resulted in the exporting of one live asset to the mainland (which was returned to the island a month following the incident), alongside a large collection of blood vials. Following the breakout of the live asset on the mainland, CEO Garend Blue was killed. The last attempt at reviving the Rex Project had left Gen II without leadership & severely in debt.

Fallout from the Malkkengarun Incident
Following the Malkkengarun Incident, the company was forced into concession, revealing the extent of the operations that Gen II had embarked in over the years. An estimated 1300 files were declassified and released to local press. John Pitchardson Rex regained control of the company the following year, and signed the Site B Protection Agreement, finally sealing off the dinosaur-infested islands from the public eye. Rex pledged that the company would use their knowledge to embark on a 'medicinal journey' and would leave their past behind.