Project X-12

Project X-12 was a highly classified and experimental initiative proposed by several high-ranking officers of Red Wood Industries (RWI). The project consisted of confiscating, studying, and reprogramming drone units belonging to the Green Drone Armada (GDA). In the aftermath of the devastating Green Drone War, the defeated GDA left a substantial amount of supplies and technology behind, which RWI wanted to study. These drone units were still being studied and developed about a year after the war ended; despite this, they were decidedly ready enough to be placed aboard the RWI Prometheus, a newly built exploration starship built to investigate an unknown signal. However, when Captain Steven Dawson of the Prometheus prematurely activated the drones to assist with repairs when it was damaged by Remnant forces, the drones went rogue and caused the Prometheus to crash-land on the planet Chrome II.