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Area 51 The Story

The mysterious grays have studied humanity for thousands of years . Earth's remote location in the backwaters of the galaxy made it an ideal location for the alien race to conduct research that is too dangerous to preform on any of their home worlds. Embroiled in an intersteller war with an unknown enemy, the grays were desperate to develop a super-weapon that would ensure their survival. The natural resources and large population of earth, combined with the human leadership's corrupt accommdations provide the perfect facility for the grays biological warfare development.


In 1947, a gray research ship experienced a major malfunction resulting in a crash near roswell, new mexico. The united states government quickly covered up the truth, sealed off the site and recovered a badly wounded gray named "edgar" who was transported to area 51 for study. In the time that folllowed, major elements of the government were co-opted by the powerful Illuminati a secret organization of elitists dedicated to ruling the world from the shadows. The Illuminati used their influence to set a new secret agenda for Area 51. A major base was built over the initial laboratory that housed the crippled "edgar" abd the grays established a research facility 3 miles below the desert surface. Since then it served as the only secure landing site for all subsequent gray vessels.


In time, the illuminati formed a pact with the grays, granting them needed resources (including humans for experiments) in return for exclusive access to gray technology.


For the last 20 years human and gray researchers have worked in tandem to great effect, creating a creature-weapon codenamed "theta" intended for use in the distant alien conflict. One human scientist, D.r winston cray, is working with the mysterious "edgar" on perfecting a viral weapon. Cray believes mating this virus with the "theta" project will yield the super-weapon the grays have long sought.


Tipped off by "edgar", D.r cray now struggles to prevent the grays from completing their weapon and destroying earth. Since the illuminati control the laboratory or area 51 cray risks everything by calling for help. he released his viral weapon within the subterranean sections of the base with the intention of creating chaos and distraction within the illuminati, hoping to stall completion of the grays plans and prompt interference from miliatry forces on the surface. The resulting infection spread to the upper sections of the base and military commanders reacted quickly by sealing the area and calling in military hazardous materials teams. After the initial hazmat team delta went missing a second unit was dispatched. Hazmat team bravo must discover the fate of team delta and discover the source of the deadly virus.


Area 51 Characters

Specialist Ethan Cole

Ethan cole is a mission on hazmat team bravo. A trained biologist, cole's remarkable marksmanship and tactical skills have served his well in the army career. Cole's primary responsibility on hazmat team bravo is the operation of the AN/PEQ-61 "quickfix" scanner. If the team is to develop a countermeasure to a viral threat, the scanner will be the primary means of gaining information. The pragmatic son of a prominent doctor and respected college professor, cole does not seem to belive in little green men.


Major Douglas Bridges

Major bridges is tough special forces officer in charge of the dod's quick reaction force. If a sensitive military installation experiences a "situation" they cannot control, major bridges and his qrf platoons are sent in to contain the threat and employ whatever countermeasures are deemed necessary.


Mitch "Crispy" Chrisman

Crispy attended west point and almost got kicked out twice. While he barely managed to graduate with a pre-med degree, his constant practical jokes got him assigned to hazmat team bravo as a chief warrant officer. He is the team's medic and is cross-trained in communications.


Jack McCan

Jack McCan is the proud son of a military father and received a degree in biology from standford. He has repeatedly declined officer candidate school to stay in the field and remains a sergeant. An avid reader, he's never without a paperback tucked into his BDUs. He is the teams combat arm's specialist and microbiologist.


Anthony Ramirez

Captain anthony ramirez is a hard-nosed career soldier with 14 years of service in the united states army. After commanding a platoon in major bridges elite qrf, he was entrusted with command of hazmat team bravo. He is in extremely good shape (working out an extra 2 hours a day over and above his standard pt regimen) and loves his protein bars. His primary responsibility is team command and control, but he is cross-trained in demolitions.


D.r Winston Cray

D.r. Winston cray is a scientist emeritus attacked to air force flight test center, detachment 3(AFFTC det. 3) otherwise known as area 51. Originally a scientist attached to project paper clip, he was the first scientist on scene at the UFO crash-site in Roswell, New mexico. Since that event, he has been in charge of all research involved with aliens.


Area 51 Enemies

Mutant scientist

Many of the research scientist trapped in the lower levels of area 51 were exposed to an unknown mutagen. Possibly viral in nature, this mutagen triggered a rapid growth phase, greatly strengthening the skeletal and musclar systems. Similarity, the virus has caused a severe psychosis in all those infected.


Mutant Secuirty Force

The securtity component of area 51 was unprepared for a viral outbreak. Many of them were caught off guard and didn't have the time to put on a gasmask. Those infected by the release of the virus mutated rapidly. They seem to retain enough of their humanity to use fire arms in a rudimentary manner.


Mutant Leaper

As the virus continues to mutate its human host, the victim begins to completely devolve into an animalistic state. The leaper is the final phase of human mutation and has lost all humanity. Leapers use all four limbs to move and chybrids limb surfaces. They possess wicked talons that can penetrate through body armor.


M.r White

M.r white is the Illuminati's representative to the grays. Originally a scientififc peer to D.r cray, M.r white was seduced by the Illuminati and has become D.r crays nemesis. After perfecting human cloning, M.r whites research was used to create the black ops. M.r white, ever the narcissist, created several clones of himself to ensure a power base of loyal servants. M.r whites cooperation with gray's is carefully calculated to provide his the technology and weapons to eventually control the world.


Black ops

Black ops are cloned humans, result of experiments with alien/ human DNA recombination. These hybrids have excellent combat reflexes and are conditioned to obey the Illuminati and grays.


Black ops leader (Red)

Selected Blackops are given cloaking armor enhancements and specialized tactical training. Used to command squads of ordinary Blackops, the Blackops leaders are a serious threat and should be eliminated as quickly as possible.


Gray

Not much is known about the enigmatic grays. Their first contact with humankind was the result of a scout ship that experienced a malfunction ad crashed near roswell, new mexico in 1947. They communicate using gestures and telepathy. Rarely encountered, they prefer to dwell in the deep bowels of Area 51 experimenting with captive humans. The exact purpose of these experiments are known only to the grays and their Illuminati counterparts.


Theta

The theta is the ultimate biological weapon engineered by the grays to spread a mutagenic virus as quickly as possible to any carbon-based enemy. Theta can communicate and command leapers. Equipped with an electro-chemical pulse weapon, theta is an impressive killing machine. Rumors within the Illuminati elite talk of a "super theta" project.


Edgar

Edgar is a deformed and bloated gray who is imprisoned by this fellow grays and Illuminati. Edgars life, the little it encompasses, remains within a large glass container. This mechanical prison keeps edgar alive as his blood is harvested to create the viral weapon. Edgar communicates via telepathy and retains the grays ability for limited telekinesis. Edgar appears to be lifeless, but his throbbing heartbeat and the eerie fluid moving through his veins warns otherwise. Edgar and D.r cray are allies against M.r whites and his nefarious plans.


Area 51 weapons

m-11 "scorpion" pistol

Projectile type: 10mm jacketed hollow-point
dual wield: No
damage: medium
accuracy:medium
range:medium
rate of fire: high
firing mechanism: semi-auto
magazine capacity: 8 cartridges
scope: red dot, holographic
secondary ability: combat flashlight, white LED (85 lumens)


XM-32 "viper" assault rifle

Projectile type: 6.8mm full metal jacket, enhanced penetrator dual-wield: yes
damage:medium
range: medium
rate of fire: high
magazine capacity: 30 cartridges
accuracy: medium (semi-auto), low(automatic)
firing mechanism: selective fire(semi-auto,full auto)
scope: Advanced combat optic, 1.5x zoom
secondary ability: Combat flashlight white LED (86 lumens)


m-170 "hammer" combat shotgun

Army Designation: M-170 "Hammer" combat shotgun
Projectile type: 12 gauge xxx buckshot, with secondary micro pellets for maximum dispersion
Dual-wield: Yes
damage: high
range: low
Accuracy:Low
rate of fire:medium
Firing mechanism:Semi-auto
Magazine capacity: 10 shells
Scope: none
Secondary Ability: Fires 1 shell from both barrels simultaneously


SR-125 "wraith" Special purposes Rifle

Projectile type: 7.62mm SLAP Dual-wield:no
damage:high
range:high
accuracy:high
rate of fire: medium
firing mechanism:semi-auto
magazine capacity: 6 cartridges
scope: Advanced sniper optic, 2x and 10x image stabilized zoom


M-25 frag grenade

Official designation:M-25 hedp(high-explosive, dual-purpose) fragmentation grenade
Damage:medium(RDX stabilized explosive) range: medium
secondary ability: contact fused or 2 second delay


AN/PEQ-61 "quickfix" scanner

The "quickfix" is a hand-held, multifunctional device used by hazmat teams on special operations to quickly analyze, record and transmit data. 5" organic electroluminescent display. Spectrum analyzer capable of sampling airborne particles to 1012 parts per million. Interrogative super-heterodyne variable-frequency laser capable of analyzing over 1000000 known substances. Secondary ability: combat flashlight, white LED (85 lumens)


JB grenade

Army designation: XM-197 "jumpin' Bean" experimental grenade
damage:high
range:high
secondary ability: If player unlocks "expert" mode the JB will fly direct to line of sight for optimal attack profile


BBG

Alien designation: unknown
projectile type: Highly charged meson particles which cling to organic surfaces, rebound off all other materials
dual-wield:No
Damage:medium
range:high
Accuracy:high
Rate of fire:medium
Magazine capacity:50 particle impluses
Scope:None
Secondary ability: Intergrated "intelligent" LIDAR beam, predicts meson particle path, changes frequency when illuminating organic target


Meson cannon

Alien designation: unknown
projectile type: unstable(imbalanced antiquark ratio) meson particle
Dual-wield:No
damage:high
range:high
Accuracy:medium
rate of fire:low
magazine capacity: 1 particle impulse
scope:None
Secondary ability: None


Pickup items

Health

(green)
small


Large health

(green)


Small Mutagen

(Orange)


Large Mutagen

(Orange)


Weapon Pickups


(Small M-11 pistol ammo)


Small SR-125 sniper rifle ammo

Large pistol ammo

Large SR-125 sniper rifle ammo
Small M-170 shotgun ammo
Small M-25 frag grenade
Large M-170 shotgun ammo
Large M-25 frag grenade
Small XM-32 Assault rifle ammo
JB grenade
Large XM-32 Assault rifle ammo
Meson Cannon ammo

Credits


Production

San diego CA
Executive producer............................michael gottlieb
producer..........................................sach wood
associate producer.............................devin shatsky
assistant producers...............................jaime benia & john stocky
Austin, TX
producer...................................daryl allison
assistant producers............................ken anderson & rob julien
additional production support.........................jaimes grives & craig mcdonald


Engineering


Technical directors..........................andy thyssen, D michael traub, steve broumley & craig galley
Rendering leads ..............................................darrin stewart & byron hapgood
Engineers.............................................mark billington, rob brannon, jean-paul gossingly, bryon hapgood, andrew harp, jeremy howa, steven hird, jason franklin, nick nacron, mike reed, kevin safferel, darrin stewart, cary tetrick, brian watson & gary weber
Additional engineering......................sultan ansari, tomas arce, david kalina, jim molfugh, duang nguyen & chris spears


Design


creative director........................jims
design manager...........................chuck dupher
campaign designers....................daryl allison, erin anthony, tom banner, lucas davis, waff green, steven haird, jeremy howa, chuck dupher, nick macron, todd raffery, rhea sheiley & gary weber
multiplayer designers....................bey bickerson, billy browing, lucas davis, eric nava, eric seller, & d.michael drab.
Additional design..............................amy albertson, justin chin, leo lebruyn, tom hall, kent hudson, artie rodgers, john romero, brandon salinas, rand van hassan, harvey smith & watt warchia
Original story concept & script............................Bey bickerson, justin chin, jim stelmaker, & john watson
Writing and editing.....................................cyrus lum, rhea sahaley, harvey smith & jims
Additional writers....................................justin chin, tom hall & harvey smith
Dialogue script editing.............................blindlight
Dialogue editing producers..............................Watt case & andrew helm
Diaolgue editors............................Brad baker, warianne krowsky, michael trayor & monica zapeda


Art


Art director..............................pete franco
modeling/ level lead.................dave anoira
level lead........................michael mccelland
technical lead..........................aaron smishney
Animation lead.....................mookie weisbrod
Artists..............................Ben banner, carrie weade, allison rogers, lou taiamo & michael tong
Animators...............................Grayson chalmers & nick carter
Additional artists..................Billy browning, roben garza, tom heiman, trevor lemoine, cyrus lum, brad warquez, john moore, eric nava, eric seiler, jesus slate, shane tarrant & art wang
In-game cinema storyboards......................................Martin shultz


Motion capture animation


Directors...................................Jimmy almida & kevin wang
Talent casting.............................blindlight
Actors...............................Jimmy almeida, josh green, myong hang, cortland jones, "military mike" werdurio, watt walkins & benjamin nicholas


Full motion video


Blur studio


still images

vision scope interactive
Audio


Audio director.......................more shaeigan
Sound designers............................clark crawford, dylan hunt, adam ha, & marc shaeigan
Additional sound design................................eric friend
Level audio implementation............................dylan hunt
music implementation..............................hardy buck & dylan hunt
cut-scene editing & mixing........................Randy hook
localization audio engineering.......................jennifer fochon
audio support.................................Andy arthur & jennifer doorman
music composition & production .....................................chris vnenna
Additional music composition.............................rob king & clint walsh
Music editing & mixing..........................................adam ray
voice recording/processing..................................sandbox Sng
FWV sound design......................................sandbox SNG


voice actors


Ethan cole.....................................David duchovny
Major bridges................................powers boothe
Edgar........................................Marilyn manson
D.r cray....................................Ian abercrombie
Ramirez.....................................Marc rodriguez
Crispy........................................Josh keaton
Mccan.........................................Nolan north
L.t chew.....................................Bang spies
marco..........................................Sean donnelian
Victor5........................................Brian cummings
Additional voices by......................steve Bius, don magen, john verner, lori allen, brian techi, james MCcellary & Nicholas Guest


Midway QA- san diego


QA director....................................paul starngoia
QA supervisor...............................Don wagner
Lead product analyst.........................brian stangen
Co-lead product analyst................................Steve scott
Technical standards analysts........................rummel abesis, jennifer johnson, jared moitor, jason jorgan, chanel penley, rich phis, watt staples & jim storay
Asst.Lead product analysts..................................Saleem crawford & jamel funtanilla
Product analysts....................................Rogello aguliar, saleem crawford, brandon gusman, jamel funtenilla, jim fellows, jeir heiderch, mike wangle, andrew ngyugen, stacy norman, shane cruz, brian o farrell, Isaac orinuella, brk steve scott, samantha smith, rick walbel, & richard zager


QA - austin.TX


QA- manager............................Mark richards
Lead product analysts..........................Tim johnson, ray ramirez & kent railway
Product analysts.............................David bjardhi, devin dixon, valerie read, casey wendenhall, jacob prime
Technical standards analyst............................................Ray witchell
Additional testers....................................nigel gandy & russell o reily


QA- chicago


QA director..................................loren goid
Lead product analyst..........................Timothy wailer
product analyst..................................Reggie banks, dave bunvan, andy hernandez, chris Mcfaddon, greg rans, warren wilkens, & kp wolf-smith
QA - engineers.....................................robert lethan & richard virtis


Localization


giermount watton, ivan glaze & chris giggins


Localization product analysts


Rogellic aguilar, sebastian brown, leonardo gapezuto & grave sikorska


Midway studios austin


Studio general manager...........................denise fulton
studio technical director............................craig gailey
studio art director....................................cyrus lum
studio creative director...........................harvey smith
HP manager...................................renee rigga
Office admin......................carrie barcott
IT manager.........................paul vaden
System administrator.................................billy spears


marketing & FB


Steve allison, neilley breman, serene chan, tim granich, mana hamilton & natalie salsman


legal


Michael burke, debbie fulton, rob gustatson & cory telpern


Print design and production


creative services-San diego, CA


creative media


Nigo cortez, war crawford, seth smokowski & christa woss


Blur studio


Creative director................................Tim willer
CG supervisor....................................dave wilson
Animation supervisor........................jeff weisand
FX supervisor...................................kirby miller
producer...........................................sherry wallace
layout..........................................David nibbelin
Modeling.....................................Heikki antids, corey butler, sze chan, jangwoo choi, jerome denjan, fan joyer, Alexandra litchinko, don knight, kevin wargo, barrett sid noye, tuan ego, genre ozkurt, lauarnt pierot, don rice, brandon rise, jonas & laue wilson
Rigging........................................Carlos anguro, sze chan, paul hirmas, kill shin, & sung wook su
Animation..................................Davy sabbe, wim bien, bryanhilstad, makoto koyama, onur yeldan, jason talor, ruel pascal, samir patel, george shermer, gus wartenburg, & jeff weisand
Lighting and composing.....................................heikki antilla, corey butler, jerome denjen, kevin margo, brandon riza, dave wilson
FX.........................................Daniel perez ferreira, seung jae lee, kirby willer & sung wood su
Cloth simulation...................................carlos anguino & paul hormis
CG character technical supervisor................................jon jordan
Character modeling QC supervisor..............................sze chang
Mocap supervisors.......................................john bunt & eric lalumiere
Mocap....................................ryan girard
Concept design.....................................Chuck wojtkiewica & sean moNall
Story development................................paul talor
Coordinator......................................Debbie tu
Production assistant..........................amanda powell
Programming and sys admin..................................Duane powell, paul huang, watt newell, & barry robinson
Mocap talent........................................Gavin carlton, steve gibbons, james rymes, richard machowicha, elimu nelson & james silverman


Soundelux DMG


Supervising sound designer/ editor...........................R dutch hill
Voice director.......................................Kris zimmerman-salter
mixing.........................................tom ozanich
Sound design editing...............................pam aronoil & bryan celano
dialogue editing..........................................brad beaumount, david grant & justin dangley
Recording engineer...................................Elliot anders
Foley recordist............................................don givens
Foley walkers.............................................Zane bruce & jeff gunn
Production coordinator............................sara huddleston
Voice over coordinator.....................................jacquire shirver
Production assistant.............................mark camperell


Special thanks


Aysenberg, barrett foster, christian munos, darren walker, david tucker, denis ang, greg mucha, jeremy aira, jill kogut, jim gentile, john podlask, judy stubbington, kudo, mark beaumount, watt velia, nico bihary, nicole garcia, negan kerwin, russell bryd, sara moshea, steve booth, steve crane, tim corbett, trevor snowden


Music


"Also sprach zarathustra"
Written by richard strauss
published by CF peters corp. (bui)
1932 to C.F peters, leipzing


Production babies


Test subjects returned to earth during the development of area 51
05/15/2005 - paris julianne broumley
11/14/2005- julia elisabeth macron
08/24/2004- harry david billinton
10/17/2004- amelia patryoja hunt
01/09/2005- anna elise stubbington
08/15/2005- john arnold smischney



Warranty


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