

Those who were unable to pay were enrolled into the so-called "Work Away Debt" program. The provision of unlimited energy drove many people into debt with C.E.L.L. exploited this monopoly and soon gained control over most of the world's population. recovered from its losses in New York by constructing Nanodomes across the world to contain and eradicate the Ceph infestation and establish a monopoly on the recovery of Ceph technology in order to develop a system that could provide unlimited energy. took credit for the victory over the Ceph and subsequently become more powerful and influential over the U.S. that their "employee duties are terminated."įollowing the eradication of the Ceph incursion in New York, C.E.L.L.

During the chaos, a computerized PA announced to C.E.L.L. units still loyal to Hargreave were given the order to aid Alcatraz's ex-filtration after the Ceph attacked the island as it prepared to self-destruct. However, Alcatraz was freed by Tara Strickland and terminated Commander Lockhart. was headquartered in the Prism on Roosevelt Island, where they attempted to capture Alcatraz with an E.M.P. units were placed under military arrest at Grand Central Terminal, where three C.E.L.L. forces, loyal to Commander Lockhart and the Board of Directors, splintered from Jacob Hargreave's control and were intent on hunting down Alcatraz. The United States Marine Corps were deployed in C.E.L.L.'s place under the command of Marine Colonel Sherman Barclay. authority was later rescinded by the Department of Defense. Commander Lockhart ignored Hargreave's orders to assist and protect the wearer of the Nanosuit.Ĭ.E.L.L. Eventually, Alcatraz was targeted after lethally engaging C.E.L.L. pursued Prophet's successor, mistaking him for Prophet. When Prophet gave the Nanosuit to Alcatraz, C.E.L.L. operators were sent to pursue and engage Prophet in an attempt to return the Nanosuit 2.0 to CryNet founder Jacob Hargreave. operatives were witnessed of killing Force Recon Marines, and assisting in the "sanitation" of infected civilians. was considered to be a brutal and corrupt organization, whose soldiers were increasingly trigger-happy and unprofessional in their handling of New York.

Despite C.E.L.L.'s asserted purpose, the P.M.C. came under contract from the United States Department of Defense and were deployed to New York City to police the evacuation in place of the military, who were currently fighting the Ceph invasion.
