G.A.R.M.

The G.A.R.M. Facility is a scientific research center, located near one of Europe’s last glaciers. It is one of the locations visited in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

Background
It was built to obtain baseline geological data. Elements uncovered from the glacier were to be collected, cataloged, stored, and studied there, in hopes that new kinds of natural resources could be discovered. But in 2025, fears of a worldwide recession forced the European Union to reorganize priorities. Funding was cut and G.A.R.M. was sold off 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 by being 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 mainly used for training purposes. There is a shooting range, a small obstacle course, and a climbing wall. These are used by the Shadow Operatives to practice using their TITAN augmentations made by Vadim Orlov. At one end, there 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 Viktor Marchenko. This has been hidden there by Jorge and Yevgeny, mercenaries based at the site who are instructed by Bob Page to kill Marchenko if he deviates from their plan.

Just above Hangar 2 is what appears to be a workshop and a dining area. In the dining area, members of the Augmented Rights Coalition are brought to drink champagne. The champagne has been poisoned with the Orchid, so their dead bodies can be found in this room.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Adam Jensen travels to G.A.R.M. based on information that connects it to terrorists and the Orchid. He is dropped here by Elias Chikane who tells Adam to contact him if anything goes wrong. Just as Jensen tries to enter the facility, the door is opened forcefully by Viktor Marchenko, knocking him back. Marchenko proceeds to inject Jensen with the Orchid which he expects will kill him. During the time it has an effect on him, Jensen overhears Marchenko's conversation about their plans to attack Nathaniel Brown's Safe Harbour convention in the Apex Centre. Adam is left for dead, but survives because the Orchid does not work on him as a poison. Jensen has the choice to contact either Alex Vega or Jim Miller about his situation, and to ask for help getting out.

The Illuminati mercenaries have been ordered to clear out of the facility, and remove useful cargo from it before the facility is burned down. This is presumably to remove any evidence of their work there. It is unknown if the evacuation of G.A.R.M. is a result of its secrecy being compromised by Adam Jensen.

Jensen travels through the facility until he is finally contacted by Chikane, who says he is there to pick him up.

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 Viktor Marchenko in Útulek Complex, he says he is like "the hound at the gates of hell".