The Project

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BUSINESS
The Project
CEO	Doctor Pickman
Type	Conglomerate Secret Organization
Appearance(s)	Manhunt 2
Locations	Cottonmouth

The Project, also referred to as The Pickman Project, is a top secret organization in Manhunt 2. They are funded by the United States government for defensive biological weapons development, hiding behind the guise of a powerful conglomerate and pharmaceutical corporation that manufactures a wide array of medications. They control several areas of Cottonmouth in the Southeastern United States.

Description

Little is known about The Project's background. Dialogue from Leo Kasper's therapy sessions conducted by Dr. Laura Whyte indicates that The Project is an assume name for a secret intelligence branch of a unidentified government agency. In-game files also mentions the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for provisional episode titles; however, it is never specified through in-game dialogue if this is true to the established lore.

The head scientist for The Project is Doctor Pickman, known for his Pickman Bridge invention.

Project Creations

Medications

• Cortexa – Brain stimulant created by Daniel Lamb. Not released for market purposes.
• Vitamin X – Health supplement created in 1984.
• H4PP1 – Anti-depressants.
• Hingmyralgan – Painkillers.
• Chill Pills – Anxiety drug.

Inventions

• Pickman Bridge – Brain personality implant.
• Mk-Cut-N-Shut – "Search and destroy" brain tool

Project Properties

• Project Laboratories – Main research facility.
• Dixmor Hospital for the Criminally Insane – Mental asylum for failed experiment subjects.
• Le Papillon Rouge – Recruitment area.
• Bright Shire Alliance – Offices desguised as an insurance company headquarters
• Cortex Storage – Warehouses
• TV-MK Studios – TV station used as a cover for research projects, including the Pickman Bridge experiment.

History

Events of Manhunt 2

Circa 2001

Main article: Pickman Bridge § Malfunction

Circa 2007

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Inspiration

The Project appears to be inspired by the real-life CIA's defunct Office of Scientific Intelligence division, while The Project's background appear to be inspired by the Project MKUltra, a code name for a mind-control research and illegal human experimentation program conducted by the aforementioned CIA division that began in the 1950s.

The organization also share some similiarities with the fictional Parallax Corporation from the 1974 American political thriller film The Parallax View, whose business is political assassination. A scene of the same movie appears to have inspired Daniel Lamb's mind control session scene.

Known Experiments and Tests

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Archived files from the promotional website, containing information on six previous experiments conducted by The Project.

Main article: Manhunt2.com § Patient Files

FR32

Main article: FR32

Cavus

Main article: Cavus

Eminus

Main article: Eminus

Milton IV

Main article: Milton IV

Pravitas

Main article: Pravitas

Revera 7

Main article: Revera 7

Trivia

• The Project bears some similarities with the both the Zaibatsu Corporation and Sex and Reproductive Systems (SRS) from the 2D Universe canon of the Grand Theft Auto series.
  • The Zaibatsu Corporation is a powerful conglomerate who controls most of Anywhere City including radio stations, also involved with manufacturing drugs and medications.
  • The SRS Scientists are involved with illegal human experiments and human cloning.