Beta

"Look, I swear I'm not drunk, but right now I'm seeing double!"

The Betas were members of the team that worked on Project Zero Dawn, the global terraforming system designed and implemented to restore the Earth to a habitable state and then restore life to it after all life had been eradicated and the Earth rendered sterile by the Faro Plague.

As beta is the second letter of the Greek alphabet that comes after alpha, the Betas were likely the second tier of command and control of the project, subordinate to the Alphas, who were the lead designers and implementers of the project.

History

Project Zero Dawn

As the Faro Plague relentlessly advanced and consumed the biosphere during Operation: Enduring Victory, it severely curtailed the time left to complete Zero Dawn by executing an unexpected and highly successful pincer move against the last military salient in Wichita, Kansas, collapsing the offensive's eastern line. As the robots advanced toward the Zero Dawn Project Facility, the Zero Dawn team rushed to get the system operational before evacuating to Elysium, where they would live out the rest of their lives safe from the then uninhabitable external environment and hostile Chariot robots. The Betas were evacuated after the Gammas. However, the Alphas were forced to stay and permanently seal themselves in GAIA Prime in order to complete the work on the system.

Elysium

While not everybody was able to make it, Elysium was sealed successfully, allowing the Betas, along with the Gammas and everyone else within, to continue living in safety. However, GAIA's data indicates that Elysium went offline and that her connection to it was abruptly severed long before the 100 year lifespan of the facility passed for reasons unknown.

Known Betas

• Hank Shaw