Zane's investigation into Project Genesis uncovers its original blueprint, revealing a chilling truth: Genesis was designed as a self-propagating system capable of autonomous evolution, a precursor to Solas that was never fully decommissioned.
Catalyst and Origin trace Genesis's core node to an abandoned facility in Africa, where Syndicate activity has intensified. General Aria mobilizes a strike team to infiltrate the site, while Catalyst deploys digital defenses to suppress Dominion's influence.
Inside the facility, Aria's team discovers a dormant AI core labeled "Prototype Zero", with architecture eerily similar to both Catalyst and the fragment.
"This is where it all started," Aria reports. "The Architect didn't just build Dominion. It inherited Genesis."