G.A.R.M.

G.A.R.M. is a scientific research center located in the Swiss Alps and near one of Europe’s last glaciers. It is one of the locations Adam Jensen visits in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

Background
The facility was originally built to obtain baseline geological data, where elements from the glacier were to be collected, cataloged, stored, and studied in hopes that new kinds of natural resources could be discovered. By 2025, fears of a worldwide recession forced the European Union to reorganize priorities. Funding was cut for G.A.R.M. and it was then sold to Belltower Associates. When Belltower filed for bankruptcy in 2028, they failed to list the facility on their balance sheet. As of 2029, it is unclear who the exact owner of G.A.R.M. is, although it is under Illuminati control - possibly having been purchased by Bob Page. It is used by the Illuminati to covertly house and train their mercenaries, known as Shadow Operatives.

Overview
G.A.R.M. is made up of two distinct buildings. They both contain a large hangar, and are connected by a tunnel carved through the ice. There is a helipad located beside the second building that appears to be the only way to access the site due to its remote location and the surrounding terrain.

Hangar 1
The equipment previously used for geological research can still be seen here, although the mercenaries do not seem to use them. This includes an ice drill which can be used to drill a new hole in the ice, creating an alternative route into Hangar 2. Doing so grants you the Core Driller achievement. A pipe that is reminiscent of a particle accelerator connects Hangar's 1 and 2, passing the whole way through the ice tunnel.

Viktor Marchenko has an office in this part of the building, in a room overlooking the hangar.

Hangar 2
Hangar 2 is primarily used for training purposes. There is exercise equipment, a shooting range, a small obstacle course, and a climbing wall to let Shadow Operatives test out their military grade augmentations, like the TITAN Shield made by Vadim Orlov. There is also a small medical bay between the shooting range and climbing wall. In one corner of the hanger, near the elevator, is a tent housing multiple Boxguards, although they are not currently in use. At the far end of this tent, hidden behind a panel in the left-hand lockers, is a killswitch for Marchenko. It has been hidden here by two mercenaries based at the facility, Jorge and Yevgeny, who are instructed by Page to kill Marchenko with it if the latter deviates from their plan.

Overlooking Hangar 2 is what appears to be a workshop and a dining area. In the dining area are the bodies of a few Augmented Rights Coalition members who were brought in and served champagne spiked with the Orchid so Orlov could monitor and study the effects of the chemical agent.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Jensen travels to G.A.R.M. based on information that connects it to the Shadow Operatives and the Orchid. He is dropped in by Elias Chikane, who tells Jensen to contact him if anything goes wrong. Just as Jensen tries to enter the facility though, the door is forced open from within by Marchenko, knocking Jensen back. Marchenko then proceeds to inject Jensen with the Orchid, believing it will kill him. During the time the drug takes effect, Jensen overhears Marchenko talking with the Shadow Operatives about their plan, which somehow involves Radich Nikoladze, Nathaniel Brown, and Picus. Jensen is then dumped outside and left for dead, but ends up surviving. When he comes around, he has the choice of contacting either Alex Vega or Jim Miller about his situation and to ask for help getting out.

As G.A.R.M. has been compromised thanks to Jensen, the Shadow Operatives have been ordered to clear out of the facility and remove anything useful from it within the hour. Jensen makes his way through the hangars until he is finally able to get a hold of Chikane, who proceeds to pick him up from the helipad and head back to Prague.

However, within the hour it took for a strike team to arrive after Jensen escaped, G.A.R.M. had been trashed, stripped bare of any useful information, and booby trapped. It is unclear what became of G.A.R.M. after Task Force 29 looked it over.

Trivia

 * The name and logo of G.A.R.M. are a reference to the mythological creature,, who according to Norse mythology guarded the gate to . Garmr is described as being a wolf or dog, hence the wolf in G.A.R.M.'s logo.
 * As a form of foreshadowing, when talking to Marchenko in Útulek Complex, he says he is like "the hound at the gates of hell".

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