Project Scientists

Project Scientists
Apearance(s):	Manhunt 2
Name:	Project Scientists
Also Known As:	Dixmor Scientists (unofficially)
Type:	Project Staff
Front(s):	Project Laboratories Dixmor Asylum
Weapons:	Tranquilizer Gun Hacksaw
Allies:	Dr. Pickman Watchdogs
Enemies:	Leo Kasper Daniel Lamb
Voiced by:	John Zurhellen Walter Houser

"No before my time, it doesn't pay to ask questions around here. Keep this to yourself." - Project Doctor

The Project Scientists are the staff that operate on experiments for the Project in Manhunt 2. They are the staff other than the key characters Dr. Deborah, Judy Sender, Dr. Whyte, Michael Grant, Dr. Pickman and Daniel Lamb himself. They appear in the missions "Awakening" and "Origins".

Description

They aren't actually in the hunt themselves, all they do is operate on subjects by putting them on harmful medications and operating on them with harmful treatment. During the level "Awakening", only a Project nurse can be briefly seen in the intro video.

In "Origins", Daniel Lamb will meet four of them at the Project Laboratories during his search for Dr. Pickman:

• The first is a bloodied surgeon with a hacksaw and goggles. It's easily possible to lure and kill him with the Liquid Nitrogen environmental execution, but unnecessary. The player must kill him in order to proceed, though.

• The second is a nurse with a tranquilizer gun. The nurse appears overweight and of African-American descent. In the intro of the game's first mission, he has a bit of hair and a mask.

• The third is an unarmed and completely unhostile scientist, talking to a Watchdog, after Daniel Lamb is caught by the "fail safe words" spoken by Dr. Pickman. He speaks with a pompous, Transatlantic accent. He will cower and beg for his life, and the player can either spare or kill him.

• The last Project Scientist is another nurse assisting Dr. Pickman to erase Danny's mind. The player must kill him, get his tranquillizer and then use it to shoot Dr. Pickman.

According to a therapy session record in the official website for Manhunt 2, Leo Kasper also killed a Project scientist in his murderous rampage before being caught by the Project and taken to Dixmor's, but this is not featured in any of the flashback levels. That's because this would happen in the original version of the level Domestic Disturbance (see below), but was scrapped during the development.

Some pages describing atrocities committed by the Project staff can be viewed in the official website for Manhunt 2. According to those pages, there are a few more Project Scientists that Daniel killed. For example, one page mentions that the Project has at least two surgeons, while Daniel killed only one during Origins. This is also implied in the final cutscene of "Release Therapy" (when Dr. Whyte says she will gather the staff).

Beta

The project scientists would have had a much larger role in Manhunt 2. In "Domestic Disturbance", Danny was tasked with eliminating three project scientists. Leo mentions that a project scientist lives in the house with the speedboat outside.

Also, a Project surgeon would be the person heading the slide session in the flashback of the level "Origins", rather than Dr. Whyte in the retail release.

Gallery

Official media

The Project nurse running in the intro for Awakening.

Early screenshot

Early screenshot.

Official screenshot of the Tranquilizer Gun execution.

Leo's flashback of a Project surgeon.

Daniel's flashback of a Project surgeon.

Daniel's flashback of a Project surgeon standing near Pickman.

First trailer for Manhunt 2

First trailer for Manhunt 2, operating on monkeys.

Easter egg in the first trailer for Manhunt 2. This frame can be only seen if the video is slowed.

First trailer for Manhunt 2.

Other

Surgeon.

Nurse.

The unhostile Project Scientist.