Project V

The Venator Project, commonly referred to as "Project V", was a failed Newmerican government test program/experiment that intended to turn 10,000 voluntary subjects (mostly veterans of World War III) into biologically and spiritually enhanced peacekeepers named Venators, intended to be stationed in patrol the several sectors of Newmerica in opposition to the rising crime and vigilance following WW3. It ran from February to April in 2068.

Cybertheist extremists found out about this secular use of the spiritual power and, on the night of April 6th, placed a curse on the secret facility in New York City, killing all but 26 of the subjects, the Cobra Squadron, led by Marcus Caine and Victor Moore, one of the many subdivisions of test subjects. It is unknown why they survived while the rest of the subjects perished.

The 26 remaining subjects decided to live with this shock and all went their separate ways, being granted a large sum of money each as long as their never used their supernatural abilities or spoke of the experiment to anyone.

Brainwipe
Shortly following the morbid end of Project V, the Newmerican government used experimental neuro-technology to force a mass wave of memory loss across the country of Newmerica, specifically the memory of the existence of those who perished in the unprecedented terrorist attack. This act had several ramifications, such as a considerable percentage of people targeted by the order showing the early signs of Alzheimer's several years afterwards.

The brainwipe also partially affected the surviving Cobra Squad, as Victor and Vaughn have trouble remembering those who survived over time, marring their ability to band more of them together.

Surviving members of Project V
Test subjects:
 * #0001 (Marcus Caine)
 * #0117 (Unknown)
 * #0407 (Unknown)
 * #0709 (Victor Turner)
 * #1035 (Vaughn Porter)
 * #1060 (Vladimir Zavrahznov)
 * #1998 (Laylah Saunders)
 * #2543 (Unknown)
 * #2589 (Betty Cervantes)
 * #2766 (Lionel MacTavish)
 * #3938 (Sierra Weiss)
 * #4736 (Zhao Xià-Tián)
 * #4900 (Hoomar Allen)
 * #5104 (Aqua Brock)
 * #5309 (Unknown)
 * #5507 (Victor Moore)
 * #5561 (Unknown)
 * #5809 (Astrid Newman)
 * #6200 (Dominic Pavillion)
 * #6999 (Diego Vasquez)
 * #7471 (Melina Carballo)
 * #7712 (Unknown)
 * #8558 (Unknown)
 * #8679 (Jasmine Countach)
 * #9397 (Unknown)
 * #9620 (Zoe Winters)

Co-director Ford Thompson