Area 51



Area 51 is a top secret US Air Force installation in Nevada. In Deus Ex, the underground parts of the base are maintained by Majestic 12 and store Aquinas Hub and Echelon systems.

History
In April 1955 the US Air Force decided to create a new testing facility for a high-altitude surveillance plane U-2. They picked area near Groom Lake dry bed because of nuclear testing grounds near - an ideal location for top secret projects. The new air station was called Paradise Ranch or simply The Ranch. It is confirmed that at some time the base's name was indeed Area 51, but it changed several times. The present official name is USAF Flight Test Center, Detachment 3. The most famous once-secret planes, like SR-71 Blackbird, F-117 Nighthawk or B-2 Spirit, were tested nowhere else but over sands of Nevada.

The "extraterrestrial" legend of Area 51 started at 14th October 1988 with a telecast "UFO Coverup - Live from Washington", where two people codenamed Falcon and Condor stated that it is a joint base of US military and alien civilization. At 10th November 1989 a man called Bob Lazar appeared on TV and claimed that he worked at a secret base on reverse-engineering a propulsion of a flying disk. The base's name was Sector 4 (S-4) and it was located south of Area 51, at Papoose Lake.

Deus Ex
In Deus Ex, Area 51 is Bob Page's stronghold, housing his top scientists and troops. It is also the home to the Helios AI, and all of America's communications are routed through this point. Also, it is where JC Denton was created.

When the player reaches Area 51, he or she will be challenged by traps and enemy encounters which will test most, if not all of the skills learned so far, leading up to a final confrontation with Bob Page, at which point the player can choose one of three endings, depending with whom the player would like to side.