Majestic 12 (Deus Ex)

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This article describes the organization in the computer game Deus Ex. For the alleged real world organization see Majestic 12.

Majestic 12 is a fictional organization within the video game Deus Ex.

In Deus Ex, Majestic 12 (also known as MJ-12 and officially as The Majestic Council of the Twelve) is a splinter organization of the Illuminati, a secret society, and lead by the former Illuminati member, Bob Page. Unlike the Illuminati, Majestic 12 plans to control the world in secret through the production of the "Gray Death nanovirus" and the virus' vaccine, Ambrosia.

The organisation's public fronts include Page Industries, which controls the global banking system and is run by Bob Page, VersaLife, a division of Page Industries, responsible for MJ-12's forays into weapons and genetic technology, and UNATCO, which practically polices the globe on their behalf. Also, Bob Page's friend and partner Walton Simons runs FEMA and Majestic-12 have many contacts across the globe (e.g. Maggie Chow).

Majestic-12's plans of world domination involve using VersaLife to secretly manufacture the Gray Death virus (using Universal Constructors) while also simultaneously manufacturing the cure Ambrosia. The virus will then be spread to the public and to strategic positions of power, UNATCO and FEMA will be used to control the supply of the vaccine (providing it only to people useful or important to Majestic-12; for example, Page mentions in a dialogue sequence to Walton Simons that he has successfully blackmailed a senator into appointing Simons to FEMA via his control of the Ambrosia vaccine). Protagonist (JC Denton) eventually unravels the conspiracy and provides aid to the many other organisations and groups that oppose Majestic-12.

Majestic-12 also develops complex information-processing systems, including Artificial intelligence (such as the Daedalus and Icarus AIs) to monitor world events. Before the events in the game, Page initiated the Aquinas Protocol, allowing MJ-12 to monitor and censor all global communications. VersaLife - with the aid of nanotechnology - engineers organisms, three of which are present in the game: Greasels, Grays, and Karkians. Versalife also manufactured the nanotech Dragon's Tooth Sword. They also seem to have been responsible for the creation of the Plasma Rifle.

Apart from use of the Gray Death/ Ambrosia manipulation, military technologies and advanced surveillance networks, MJ-12 is also not averse to using divide and conquer methods, weakening their enemies and turning them against one another (this is seen when Maggie Chow orchestrates a war between the two Triad groups in Hong Kong).

Majestic-12 is based in Area 51 and also has two Ocean Labs and concealed bases in both UNATCO and Versalife Headquarters, not to mention the possibility of many more, secret bases all over the world. Majestic-12 military personnel bear the insignia XII, which is twelve in Roman Numerals. Other symbols used include a hand clutching a globe (of which a gigantic statue is present at the VersaLife Headquarters in Hong Kong), representative of the conspiracy for world domination.

It is hinted, though never explicitly confirmed, that MJ12 had been a government agency under the control of Lucius DeBeers' Illuminati all through the 20th century.

The motto of Majestic 12 is: "IPSA SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST" - Latin for "Knowledge Her/Itself Is Power."

[edit] Majestic 12 NPCs

• MJ12 Trooper

MJ12 troopers (similar to UNATCO troopers) are clad entirely in black, except for the red logo on their helmets. They are human NPCs and have equal hit points to UNATCO troopers and soldiers. Most MJ12 troopers carry assault rifles as their primary weapon and a combat knife as their backup melee weapon. This being said, MJ12 troopers can be found to carry a range of weapons, such as pistols, mini-crossbows, and rocket launchers. As noted by an in-game conversation, troops can be promoted to Commando status if they show enough strength in the field.

• MJ12 Commando

The more advanced MJ12 commando, along with being significantly larger and more muscular than human NPCs, is mechanically augmented. Their faces are masked so that human features cannot be seen. They are armed with machine guns and rocket launchers attached to their arms. With higher hit points than human soldiers, they are much more difficult to destroy, and are therefore encountered later in the game.

• MIB (Men in Black)

Like the stereotypical Men In Black they are mysterious men and women clad in black and white business suits that serve as special agents for MJ12. Each agent has a tattoo of an eye on the back of their necks. Male MIB are extremely tall, taller than the player and resemble typical FBI agents; women MIB called WIB (Women in Black) are shorter, about as tall as the player and are similarly dressed to their male counterparts - but wear skirts with heeled shoes. They all share cropped black hair and inhuman mechanised voices, and all wear sunglasses and dark clothing to conceal or mute their solid-colored eyes and albino skin. They are the series of augmented humans that follows the series the player belongs to; series P (for physiopharmaceutical) coming after series N (for nanotech). They are much tougher than MJ12 Troopers but overall less dangerous to deal with than Commandos who use rocket launchers. They are armed with mainly shotguns and assault rifles and a few carry Dragon's Tooth Swords. Their most dangerous feature however is their ability to self-destruct after death damaging or killing the player in melee forcing ranged combat. This feature can be used tactically against enemies.

[edit] Majestic 12 Fronts

Majestic 12 has various fronts posing as legitimate companies. These include:

[edit] Page Industries

Page Industries is a huge multi-national corporation. It is owned by Bob Page. It is involved in several industries including robotics manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, construction, computer hardware and software manufacturing and defense.

Deus Ex series by Ion Storm
Games	Deus Ex · Deus Ex: Invisible War
Characters	JC Denton · Paul Denton · Tracer Tong · Alex D · Major Deus Ex characters · Minor Deus Ex characters · Deus Ex: Invisible War characters
Organizations	UNATCO · NSF · Majestic 12 · X-51 · The Illuminati · The Knights Templar · The Order · WTO · The Omar · ApostleCorp
Miscellaneous	Robots in Deus Ex · The Collapse