Phoenix

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Phoenix
Phoenix Contractor (Left), Phoenix Operative (Center), The Freelancer (Right)
Type:	Criminal Organization
Founders:	Jackdaw Rose
Notable Members:	The Freelancer Sparrow Rivera Rose
Goals:	Destroy Halcyon Obtain Project Onyx Files
Enemies:	Halcyon Steel Cove Law Enforcement
Allies:	Ryan Ross

"Tell him I haven't forgotten"
"Tell him Phoenix is coming"
― Jackdaw

Phoenix is a criminal organization created by Jackdaw with the exclusive goal of destroying the organization he was almost assassinated by, Halcyon. They are located primarily in the United States, as opposed to Halcyon which is primarily based in Canada.

Overview

Phoenix is a splinter organization off of Halcyon first introduced in Black Dawn, where Jackdaw ambushes a returning Halcyon van.

The organization is run from Chicago and possesses an extensive arsenal of weapons and equipment together with several trained operatives. Most major operations are coordinated by Jackdaw himself, usually with The Freelancer as their on-field operative.

In Storyline

2011

• A train derailment orchestrated by Jackdaw kills Halcyon's Lead Operations Coordinator. Wren is promoted to the position soon after.

2012

• Black Dawn - Jackdaw intercepts a team of Halcyon operatives returning from a mission and kills both Pathfinder and Updraft, but leaves Rose alive.

2014

• The Financier - Halcyon infiltrates the home of Ryan Ross, one of Phoenix's financial investors. Successfully capturing or killing him and stealing a hard drive with vital intel.
• Ashes - A distraction by Rose allows Jackdaw to hold The Freelancer at gunpoint, who instructs them to relay a message to The Director for him.

2015

• The Deposit - A Phoenix asset stored in a bank in Cincinnati, Ohio is stolen by Halcyon.
• The Lakehouse - The Freelancer infiltrates a Phoenix safehouse in Michigan to retrieve the Project Onyx files. The mission was intercepted by Steel Cove but Halcyon retrieves the files regardless.
• Dedication - Halcyon attempts an assassination of The Freelancer carried out by Wren, however, Jackdaw saves them and Wren is killed.
  • On the same day, Halcyon discovered that Rose was a double agent working for Phoenix, and thus Halcyon sent out Falcon to kill her near Lake Erie.
• The Withdrawal - Phoenix robs one of Halcyon's banks in San Francisco.
• The Cache - After Ryan Ross's disappearance, Phoenix was not able to obtain the money on his offshore accounts so they set up a connection in the bank in Cincinnati, Ohio to recover the funds.

2016

• The Scientist - Phoenix infiltrates a Halcyon safe house in Canada to extract Celeste Rivera, a defecting scientist/consultant who was likely involved in Halcyon’s development of Project Onyx.

2017

• The SCRS - Phoenix infiltrates a CSIS facility to obtain the schematics of Halcyon bunker they plan to attack.
• Jackdaw (Cutscene) - Phoenix prepares for their final strike at Halcyon.
• In a coordinated strike occurring in 12 countries, Phoenix carries out bombings and strikes against Halcyon, which operatives claim is the end of the organization.
  • Black Dusk - In one of the bombings, The Freelancer goes to one of their main, fortified bunkers and destroys it, however, they are killed in the process.
• Epilogue - Jackdaw kills The Director, claiming Phoenix's victory in the shadow war. The organization is then disassembled.

2021

• Sunset - Jackdaw transfers the millions of money left in the Phoenix accounts to Sparrow.

Trivia

• Phoenix is named after a bird in ancient Greek mythology that cyclically revives itself from the ashes of its predecessor after it burns.
  • The mythical birds Phoenix and Halcyon are commonly associated with fire and water, respectively, with both of those elements being opposites of each other, reflecting how the two organizations are at war.