The Council of Humanity, sometimes referred to as the moon,[5] is an organization that commands the Army of Humanity, including the Resistance, YoRHa, and androids fighting in the Kingdom of Night.[6][7]
YoRHa soldiers are prohibited from making individual contact with the Council and require Commander White to approve any communications. An operator in the Bunker provides information updates to the Council.[8]
Background[]
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After the extinction of the Gestalts in 4198,[9] it was determined to keep the incident as a closely-guarded secret. However, rumors of the humanity's extinction began to spread, resulting in a sharp decline of android morale.[10] In response, an android named Zinnia designed the basis for Project YoRHa, an extensive confidential project intended to restore androids' will to resist the alien and machine invaders.[1][10][Note 2]
Sometime between 11928 and 11937,[Note 1] an announcement was made to all androids that humanity was still alive and that the last survivors managed to escape to the moon.[10] To convince skeptics, a server was secretly established to broadcast regular transmissions under the guise of a "Council of Humanity" operated by living humans.[1][11]
The server was stationed within an existing, unmanned moon base that was previously only used to store information on humanity.[1] The server was designed to be operated by as few maintainers as possible, and while most YoRHa members were not aware of the lunar server's existence, certain operational staff were informed of the full scope of Project YoRHa and were instructed to operate and protect the server.[10]
Trivia[]
- During "Data on the Old World", the Commander explains that the usage of nuclear weapons is restricted by the Council of Humanity.[12]
- In NieR:Automata Ver1.1a the Council of Humanity is voiced by:
- Hiroki Yasumoto (JP)
- Matthew Mercer (EN)
- Mauro Castro (PT-BR)
- It is possible that current humanity's council is actually Red Girl.
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Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The creation of the Council of Humanity is discussed by Zinnia in the third scene of the Project YoRHa voice drama.[1] Both the second and third scenes include the existence of Black Boxes, which were created in 11928.[2] However, in the fourth scene, No.9 mentions the already-enacted plan of telling androids that humans escaped to the moon. The same scene sees the destruction of the setting, experimental facility "Labo", which occurred in 11937.[3][4]
- ↑ In NieR:Automata, it is stated that Command designed Project YoRHa.[10] However, this was specified to be Zinnia in a voice drama as part of NieR Music Concert: The Memories of Puppets.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Scene 3: Constellations", "Project YoRHa - May 4th, daytime". NieR Music Concert: The Memories of Puppets.
- ↑ "11928." NieR:Automata World Guide Volume 2, Dark Horse, p280
- ↑ "Scene 4: Project YoRHa", "Project YoRHa - May 4th, daytime". NieR Music Concert: The Memories of Puppets.
- ↑ "11937." NieR:Automata World Guide Volume 2, Dark Horse, p280
- ↑ "Ours is a solitary existence that has long since been abandoned by the moon. No matter how they cried, mourned, or struggled, the voices of our departed comrades went unanswered." — Anemone: Understanding (NieR:Automata)
- ↑ "Q7." NieR:Automata World Guide Volume 2, Dark Horse, p282
- ↑ "Q45." NieR:Automata World Guide Volume 2, Dark Horse, p287
- ↑ "Only the Commander can approve communications with the Council of Humanity. YoRHa soldiers aren't allowed to make individual contact. For the most part, I'm the operator in charge of communicating with the Council. They don't contact us much, so most of my job is just keeping them up-to-date on the latest Earth happenings. They must really trust us, huh?" — Operator (NieR:Automata)
- ↑ "4198." NieR:Automata World Guide Volume 2, Dark Horse, p280
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 (Top Secret) Project YoRHa (NieR:Automata)
- ↑ "In truth, humans never went to the moon at all. Any transmissions received from the moon are just dummy signals we set up in advance. The only thing there is a small bit of data relating to the human genome." — Commander White (NieR:Automata Route B)
- ↑ "Nuclear armaments, is it? As you're likely aware, by order of the Council of Humanity, our use of nuclear weapons is restricted." — Commander White (NieR:Automata)
