Anders Larsen

Anders Larsen
General Information
Culture	Old Ones
Position	Alpha of AETHER
Status	Deceased
Biological Information
Birth	Prior to 2036
Death	February 2, 2066 GAIA Prime, King's Peak, Utah, USA
Cause of death	Suffocation caused by Ted Faro
Production
Appears in	Horizon Zero Dawn (recordings only) Remastered (recordings only)

Anders Larsen was a member of Project Zero Dawn, serving as the Alpha in charge of the AETHER subordinate function.

History

Project Zero Dawn

During the early stages of the Faro Plague, Anders Larsen was recruited as part of Project Zero Dawn as the Alpha in charge of the development of AETHER, which was responsible for restoring Earth's atmosphere.

As the Faro Plague overran humanity's remaining strongholds before the subordinate functions were complete, Larsen and the rest of the Alphas were evacuated to the GAIA Prime facility, where they would spend the rest of their lives perfecting their respective subordinate functions.

Almost a month later on February 2, 2066, Larsen and the other Alphas were gathered into a meeting by Ted Faro. They were shocked to learn that Ted had not only locked them out of all the systems, but had purged all copies of the APOLLO database, believing it to be a disease that he wanted to keep from the new humans Zero Dawn would create. Ted then vented the room's atmosphere, killing Larsen, along with the other Alphas.

Legacy

Larsen's efforts resulted in the restoration of of the atmosphere, which paved the way for the re-introduction of flora, fauna, and eventually humanity.

Associated Quests

Horizon Zero Dawn

• The Mountain That Fell (hologram only)

Horizon Forbidden West

• The Eye of the Earth (mentioned in a datapoint only)

Associated Datapoints

Horizon Zero Dawn

Hologram Datapoints

• #22 Emergency Recording

Horizon Forbidden West

Text Datapoints - Quests

• #10 The Subordinate Functions (mentioned only)

Identity

While Larsen, as well as Ayomide Okilo, Catalina Garcia Fernandez, and Tanaka Naoto, are all present in the Emergency Recording hologram (three sitting between Margo Shĕn and Travis Tate, with the fourth between Tate and Charles Ronson), they are all represented with randomized individuals on each playthrough, making it impossible to determine which of these is Tanaka. See below for all documented appearances and their sitting positions.

One of the unidentified Alphas in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, sat between Travis Tate and Charles Ronson.

One of the unidentified Alphas in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, sat between Travis Tate and another unidentified Alpha.

One of the unidentified Alphas in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, sat between two other unidentified Alphas.

One of the unidentified Alphas in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, sat between Margo Shĕn and another unidentified Alpha.

Gallery

Screenshots

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered

The Alphas finding themselves locked out of core control by Omega Clearance.

Ted explaining that he needs the Alphas to listen.

Ted telling Charles to stop trying to access the system.

Ted telling Charles again to stop trying to access the system.

Ted explaining that he can't stop thinking about the innocent people who will be born from Zero Dawn.

Ted explaining that he can't stop thinking about the innocent people who will be born from Zero Dawn.

Ted explaining that those people are the cure and that they can't spread their disease to them.

Ted stating that he purged APOLLO.

Charles berating Ted while Patrick and Margo go to comfort a crying Samina.

Charles berating Ted while Patrick and Margo go to comfort a crying Samina.

Ted apologising for his actions.

"But sometimes, to protect innocents... innocents have to die."

Ted venting the room's atmosphere, suffocating the Alphas.

Ted venting the room's atmosphere, suffocating the Alphas.

Ted venting the room's atmosphere, suffocating the Alphas.

The Alphas unconscious.

The Alphas dead.

Trivia

• Larsen's names are both Scandinavian in origin, indicating that Larsen was likely of Scandinavian origin.

References

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