Control Dead In Its Tracks

Welcome to the Bureau, FBC agents! This page is designed to provide a simple and in-depth agreement of the lore of Control for those who may feel a little bit lost in the wiki, or want a good springboard into our other pages. The language used in this page will be a flake simpler than that of the wiki, to aid in agreement and comprehension. Enjoy!

What is Control?

Out on Baronial 27, 2019.

"	Discover a world unknown.	"
–Control tagline

Command is a third-person action-adventure video game created past Remedy Entertainment, a Finnish game studio all-time known for other projects of theirs such as Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Alan Wake and Alan Wake's American Nightmare, and Quantum Suspension. Control was released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox 1, and Microsoft Windows on August 27, 2019. On PC, information technology was exclusive to the Ballsy Games Store until August 27, 2020.

There are ii downloadable story expansions available for Control: The Foundation and AWE. The Foundation takes Jesse on a journeying into the long-sealed Foundation of the Oldest Firm, where she will discover secrets of the Bureau's past and finish a disaster in the making that threatens the time to come of the unabridged world. Meanwhile, AWE takes Jesse to the abased Investigations Sector, where she encounters a shadowy presence that echoes back to the enigmatic Brilliant Falls AWE, a phone call-back to the events of Alan Wake.

Control Ultimate Edition was released on Baronial 27, 2020. Information technology contains Control and all of its expansions, equally well as various graphical updates.

What is Command Near?

The FBC'southward logo. Check out that Black Pyramid!

Command revolves around a secret U.Southward. regime organization called the Federal Bureau of Control, or FBC. The goal of this arrangement is to contain, study, and ultimately gain control over the paranatural - phenomena which defy the known laws of physics and reality. The FBC operates on an international scale to notice paranatural objects and events, and perform cover-ups to make certain the public remains unaware of the beingness of these things.

The FBC has been described as morally ambiguous, if not downright amoral, so they're not e'er the "good guys" in every situation. Yet, they're humanity's best and just line of defense force against paranatural threats.

What is the Oldest House?

Sure looks normal from the outside, doesn't it? Simply wait. It gets weird.

"	Once we became aware of information technology, it was there. For the remainder of the population, it was hiding in plainly sight - a slippery blind spot, seemingly discouraging observation. It's a Place of Power. An ongoing AWE of its ain, seemingly adhering to its physical outer constraints, and yet constantly breaking the known boundaries of reality. It's unstable, shifting.	"
–Casper Darling, Multimedia: The Oldest Business firm

The Oldest Firm is the nickname for the headquarters of the FBC. It's an enormous, featureless skyscraper located in New York City. The Oldest House is a Identify of Power, a special type of location that has been acted upon by paranatural forces. Considering of its paranatural nature, the Oldest Business firm breaks the laws of spacetime, so while it's only the size of an average skyscraper on the outside, information technology goes on perhaps forever on the within.

Not only is it space in size, but the Oldest House besides constantly shifts, meaning information technology's very dynamic in nature. In an effort to command the building, the FBC has created "Control Points" which use special supernatural rituals to stabilize the building. Using these Control Points, the FBC has divided the building into a variety of different sectors, such equally the Executive Sector (where the FBC'south administrative bureaucracy works), the Maintenance Sector (where the building'southward power and plumbing are controlled), the Research Sector (where paranatural phenomena are studied), the Containment Sector (where paranatural objects are contained in special cells), and the Investigations Sector (where external Bureau operations are headed).

The Oldest House is a very unique place, even by the FBC's standards. At that place are rooms called Thresholds which are connected to other dimensions entirely, through which mysterious forces enter our reality. The FBC chose to make the Oldest Firm its headquarters in society to continue the ordinary globe condom from the forces they contain there.

Control takes identify entirely inside the Oldest House. The game is designed in an open, Metroidvania format that allows y'all to explore the edifice'due south various sectors as y'all progress in the master story.

What are the paranatural things the FBC deals with?

The Benicoff Idiot box, one of a number of bizarre Objects of Ability.

"	There is something unique in the states, in our dreams, in the conceptual reality nosotros ability with our minds. What'south the crusade, and what'due south the result? Are we the starting bespeak, or simply a necessary evil in this? A byproduct, a reflection? A projection?	"
–Casper Darling, Multimedia: Contradistinct Globe Events

The FBC is responsible for dealing with all kinds of paranatural phenomena. Among these are Altered World Events, or AWEs, in which mysterious forces from other dimensions intrude upon perceived reality. Altered Earth Events are capable of creating Places of Power like the Oldest Firm, but they as well create Contradistinct Items. These are normal objects that have special abilities and properties due to exposure to supernatural forces. In that location are likewise Objects of Ability (OoPs), which are a type of Altered Item. OoPs are unique because they can grant special abilities to those who bind to them; in the game itself, they're of import because they requite our protagonist, Jesse, new special abilities when she interacts with them.

The paranatural forces in Command are affected past the mind, which is why they tend to gravitate to ordinary, archetypal objects. The nature of this connexion is unknown, and non even the Bureau is certain whether it means paranatural forces begin with united states of america, or if we but affect them. The FBC's researchers have many competing interpretations of how the paranatural works, and there aren't articulate answers to any of these things. It may be the case that the paranatural is utterly unexplainable. Nonetheless, the FBC is on a mission to find those answers... or die trying.

Who is Jesse Faden?

Only an ordinary girl in an ordinary world...

"	The room's non the earth, the globe... is much bigger, and much stranger. There's a hole hidden behind that poster that leads to the real earth.	"
–Jesse Faden during Welcome to the Oldest Firm

Jesse Faden is the main protagonist of Control and the new Director of the Federal Agency of Control. She'south your eyes and ears as yous explore the bizarre and shifting world of the Oldest Business firm, and your superpowered weapon against the forces of evil that reside there.

Seemingly a newcomer to the world of the FBC, Jesse stumbles upon the Oldest House in search of her brother Dylan, who was taken by the Bureau years prior in an Altered Globe Event in their hometown of Ordinary. She finds the Oldest Business firm in the midst of a crisis, the entire building under attack past an evil force Jesse refers to as "the Hiss." Jesse is guided throuhgout her journey by her unseen "imaginary friend," whom she refers to only as Polaris.

Jesse inherits the function of the FBC's leader from Zachariah Trench, the previous Director, who has died in a series of cluttered events that Jesse has stumbled across. The Managing director of the FBC is determined by an Object of Power called the Service Weapon, which chooses its wielder much similar Thor's hammer or the Sword in the Stone from Arthurian fable. The Service Weapon itself is a shifting gun that can have on a diverseness of forms, and acts as Jesse'south main firearm. Along with the Service Weapon, Jesse also possesses a variety of supernatural powers. She can gain new abilities throughout the game by binding to Objects of Power.

You lot tin can expand upon and enhance Jesse'south abilities in Control using a combination of skill trees and special perks found throughout the Oldest Business firm. In addition to this, y'all can as well customize Jesse's outfit - a very cool bonus.

What is the Hiss?

Hiss-possessed agents, hanging ominously overhead.

"	Under the conceptual reality behind this reality yous must desire these waves to drag you lot abroad. After the song, fourth dimension for applause. This cliché is death out of time, breaking the first the second the third the 4th wall, fifth wall, floor; no flooring: you fall!	"
–A portion of the Hiss incantation

The Hiss is the main antagonist of Control, a hostile strength that has invaded the Oldest Business firm. The Hiss has no body, and is instead equanimous of "resonance," spreading like a virus throughout the building. The Hiss can possess objects and organisms alike, and turns the Bureau's own agents against it, making them its slaves. The possessed agents of the Bureau are the main enemies y'all'll fight throughout Control.

The actual origins of the Hiss are very mysterious, but if information technology escapes from the Oldest House, it volition spell the end of mankind. Your duty every bit Director of the FBC is to take out the Hiss before information technology can overrun the FBC, breach containment, and invade New York and the world. No force per unit area, or annihilation.

Who are the other characters in Control?

Dr. Casper Darling, a friendly face in the Agency.

Jesse isn't lone in her battle against the Hiss. Other surviving agents of the FBC are scattered beyond the building, doing their all-time to combat the threat. These agents are equipped with special devices called HRAs, which protect them from Hiss infection.

Among the most meaning individuals in the FBC are Zachariah Trench'south onetime direction team, including Head of Enquiry Casper Darling and Head of Operations Helen Marshall. Other characters include Research Specialist Emily Pope, Security Chief Simon Arish, Contract Threshold Specialist Raya Underhill, Panopticon Supervisor Frederick Langston, and the friendly if offbeat janitor Ahti. Trench himself is also lingering effectually the Oldest Business firm, a ghostly presence who relays to Jesse clues and hints about her new role as Director.

What is the Board?

< epitome / symbol / bubblegum >

"	< We are at War/Hostile Takeover > < The Hiss is the Opposing Force/Foreign Power > < Nosotros will provide > < Countermeasures/Strategy > < Accept/ingest them >	"
–The Board, Hotline: Board Countermeasures

The Board is a mysterious entity from the alternate dimension known as the Astral Aeroplane. The Board is < undefined / undercover > and its nature is < understood / misunderstood > by the Federal Bureau of Control. The Board < ordains / controls > the Managing director through the Service Weapon, and is the < friend / puppeteer > of the Bureau equally a whole. It broadcasts its telepathic messages from the < Pyramid / Other > that hangs overhead in the Astral Plane, and is < connected / in charge > to all Objects of Power.

How can I go involved?

If y'all want to be a part of Control's growing fandom, in that location are plenty of good places to start:

• The Command official Twitter page (https://twitter.com/ControlRemedy)
• The Command official Discord server (https://discord.gg/38r8wFx)
• The Federal Agency of Control customs Discord server (https://discord.gg/QCVm47S)
• The Control Wiki customs Discord server (https://discord.gg/3v4YKNrVmZ)
• The Command subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/controlgame/)

- - - I promise this quick beginner'south guide has been useful to you in getting started with Control'southward earth. We hope to encounter yous on the front lines of the unknown with Control! Best regards, Holly Nightmare

Wiki Directory
Primary Pages	Home • Beginner'due south Guide
Control	Control • Expansion 1: The Foundation • Expansion 2: AWE • Project Condor
Organizations	Federal Bureau of Command • "Blessed" Arrangement • "Midwest" System
Locations	Oldest House • Astral Plane • Oceanview Motel • Executive Sector • Maintenance Sector • Research Sector • Containment Sector • The Foundation • Quarry Threshold • Mold Threshold • Ashtray Maze • Slidescape-36 • Ordinary
Cardinal Characters	Jesse Faden • Dylan Faden • Zachariah Trench • Casper Darling • Ahti • Emily Pope • Simon Arish • Frederick Langston • Raya Underhill • Helen Marshall • Alberto Tommasi • Lin Salvador • William Kirklund • Kevin Horowitz • Rupert Wells • Phillip Philson • Broderick Northmoor • Theodore Ash, Jr. • Theodore Ash, Sr. • Alan Wake • Emil Hartman
Paranatural Phenomena	Altered Item • Object of Ability • Contradistinct World Event • Threshold • Service Weapon • Place of Power • Hedron Resonance Amplifier • Hotline • Slide Projector • Mold
Paranatural Entities	The Board • The Hiss • Polaris • Hedron • Astral Fasten • Former • Clog • Mold-1 • Fra • Not-Mother • esseJ • Dark Presence
Events	Hiss invasion • Altered Globe Events (Ordinary AWE • Bright Falls AWE)
Miscellaneous	Collectibles (List of Collectibles) • Materials • Clearance Level • Outfits
Missions	Mission 1: Welcome to the Oldest House • Mission 2: Unknown Caller • Mission three: Directorial Override • Mission 4: Old Boys' Club • Mission 5: Threshold • Mission vi: My Brother's Keeper • Mission 7: The Confront of the Enemy • Mission 8: Finnish Tango • Mission 9: Polaris • Mission 10: Take Control
Developers	Remedy Entertainment • Sam Lake • Mikael Kasurinen • Thomas Puha
Bandage	Courtney Hope • James McCaffrey • Matthew Porretta
Remedy Connected Universe	Alan Wake • Alan Wake's American Nightmare • Breakthrough Intermission • Control • Alan Wake 2
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