Rex Research Institute

Rex Research Institute is a fictional organization in Counter-Strike Online.

Background

The Rex Research Institute is an organization of doctors and scientists who were creating various types of medicine to try to extend life. Gradually, they changed their objective into trying to find a way to make humans immortal. Due to their continuous experiments on living things, their plans backfired and had instead created a dangerous virus, dubbed the Rex Virus. This caused humans to turn into the undead, the zombies. The zombies managed to escape from the lab, during the chapter Chaos, and started infecting other people. This was also the place where Jennifer was captured and kept alive as a human experimental subject.

Structure

There are several maps showing this institute:

• Rex - The main laboratory where experiments take place, the Terrorists threaten to destroy the lab for political purposes. (gradually managing to destroy it)
• Roof - The rooftop battle, Counter-Terrorists were dispatched by the government to engage the Terrorists that were escaping from the institute after the bombing in the main lab. There are no signs of any zombies yet.
• Abyss - Rex Research Institutes first view after the bombing incident, showing the basement of Rex.Zombies were found. Having no choice, the Counter-Terrorists must combine their forces with the Terrorists to survive the zombie apocalypse.
• Abyss2 - The 'Rex search-and-rescue unit' was dispatched to find and rescue the survivors (the players).They helped by sending their weapons to help the survivors combat the evoluted zombies.
• Chaos - The survivors must find a way out of the maze-like Rex basement by following orders from the 'Rex search-and-rescue unit' team leader.
• Cube - The humans were forced to play a game of death which was planned by Doctor Rex in a simple lab. They were separated into two teams, red team and blue team, and have a race of killing zombies. The humans will try to be the survivors by whatever means.

Products

Rex Research Institute has developed these weapons and products after the zombie incident:

Dual Desert Eagle

Dual Desert Eagle

Main article: Dual Desert Eagle

Freely supplied to humans in supply boxes in Zombie battlefields except the first battle and give high damage to zombies.

Dual MP7A1

Main article: Dual MP7A1

Freely supplied to humans in supply boxes in Zombie battlefields, having light weight and has high rate of fire although it has weak penetration power.

AK-47 60R

Main article: AK-47 60R

Freely supplied but rarely found to humans in supply boxes in Zombie battlefields, very powerful against any zombies. It also has high rate of fire and high magazine capacity for an assault rifle.

SL8 Rex Edition

Main article: HK SL8

A modified version of the German made SL8 sporting rifle.

M134 Predator

Main article: M134 Minigun

A modified version of the Minigun which could reduce the static time.

Skull-7

Main article: Skull-7

The first weapon chambered with the 5.56mm Anti-zombie cartridge, anti-zombie upgrade version of the FN Minimi.

Skull-5

Main article: Skull-5

A sharpshooter marksman sniper rifle designed for engaging zombies, based on the M14 EBR.

Skull-9

Main article: Skull-9

A battleaxe made with special metal.

Skull-1

Main article: Skull-1

A break-frame double-action revolver designed for anti-zombie purposes, seems to be based with the MP412 REX.

Skull-3

Main article: Skull-3

A sub-machine gun based on the .45 caliber HK UMP45 which designed for anti-zombie purposes.

Skull-11

Main article: Skull-11

A automatic combat shotgun designed for anti-zombie purposes, based with the USAS-12.

• 5.56 AZ (a cartridge based on the 5.56mm which for engaging zombies. It is chambered in Skull firearms only)
• .50 AZ (a high-caliber pistol cartridge based on the .50 AE which designed for anti-zombie purposes,it's used by the Skull-1)
• .45 AZ (a pistol caliber based on the .45 ACP, it's the cartridge used by the Skull-3)
• 12 Gauge AZ (a shotgun cartidge used by the Skull-11)

Trivia

• It is rumoured that the Rex Research Institute is located somewhere in Cuba. The players could see posters that are written in Spanish in the Lost City map. Also, the map Dead End takes place in Havana.