Apex Cybernetics

Apex Cybernetics

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Apex Cybernetics, formerly known asApplied Experimental Technologies or simplyAET, is a multinational tech megacorporation that first appeared inGodzilla vs. Kong. It serves as a rival organization toMonarch.

History[]

Formation[]

It's unknown when Apex (Formerly Applied Experimental Technologies) was founded, but after its CEOWalter Simmons became inspired by the revelation ofGodzilla's existence to the world in2014, the company became the main vehicle of his corporate conspiracy to find a way to kill Godzilla and usurp him as the apex predator. Before2015 the company operated under the name of Applied Experimental Technologies or AET and was publicly known as a company that specialized in innovation and cybernetic technology. The Company embarked on a rebranding campaign in order to improve their image and further cement the purpose of its CEO. With this new image and name, Apex Cybernetics was born.

Ostensibly operating this conspiracy under the aim of creating a more controlled and secure line of defense against Titan attacks, and enabling humanity to call itself the alpha species of Earth again; Simmons and Apex's true motivations were to satisfy their own ambitions and to ultimately usher in a new era of corporate world domination with themselves on top.^[2] To that end, Apex orchestrated the secret construction ofMechagodzilla, obtaining the skull ofGhidorah's leftover decapitated left head following the three-headed dragon's reign of terror and death in2019, and converting the skull into a bio-mechanical telepathic piloting system for the Mecha. Apex also utilized capturedSkullcrawlers as test subjects for the Mecha to kill.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters[]

Following G-Day and the revelation that monsters exist, the company Applied Experimental Technologies operated out of a facility in Seattle, Washington, under the direct supervision ofBrenda Holland. The company strived to recruit the best and brightest in the field, leading to the personal recruitment ofCorah Mateo, a freelance coder. Upon induction into the company's local headquarters, Corah inquired into a project known as the Cybernetic Neural-Interface Unit which AET had been developing. Holland merely lamented it was below her pay grade but offered her a potential future higher up should she earn it. Later Corah's curiosity drove her to breach the network's firewalls and grant herself access to the research wing where the project was taking place. She discovered that AET had been experimenting on animals such as Chimpanzees with cybernetics. Horrified by what she saw, Corah uploaded a virus into the network which wiped out all the data on the project. She then went on the run, fearful of AET's wrath. During this time, the company was attempting to rebrand itself, in order to better fit with their CEO's ideology.

30 months later following a failed deal withMonarch, Corah returned to face the company. She had been operating inTokyo,Japan, under the name of May Olowe-Hewitt. Having been roped into a conspiracy to find the missing scientistHiroshi Randa, she had been traveling with the scientist's children,Cate andKentaro. Holland chastised her on what she had done and what it had cost the company. Eventually, she gave her the choice: act as the company's spy within Monarch in order to study Godzilla or face the legal system for corporate espionage. Corah refused and made her choice. However, Cate Randa refused to work with Monarch unless they had Corah with them, forcing Deputy DirectorNatalia Verdugo to make a deal with AET. Following this, Corah was let go and Holland received a call from CEOWalter Simmons, discussing the lucrative new deal with Monarch. Holland then received the rebranding package. The name changing from AET to the new name: Apex Cybernetics.

Within two years after its rebranding, Apex Cybernetics has established a research station onSkull Island.

Godzilla vs. Kong[]

After Apex's Pensacola factory is attacked and annihilated by Godzilla, who was drawn in and aggravated by Mechagodzilla'sbioacoustic signal (which was designed to mimicGhidorah's) emanating from the facility, the corporation takes advantage of the public's ensuing bewilderment to paint Godzilla as a menace to humanity, thereby justifying Mechagodzilla's future unveiling to the world and giving Apex a chance to be hailed as heroes for killing Godzilla, instead of being blamed for the destruction they're causing. Simmons and Apex's chief technology officerRen Serizawa subsequently approachNathan Lind and convinceMonarch, through Lind, to collaborate with Apex on accessing theHollow Earth. Unbeknownst to Monarch, Apex truly desire the energy source because no manmade power source can fully power Mechagodzilla, and Apex intend to use the Hollow Earth's energy instead. To access the Hollow Earth, Apex provide Monarch with their newHollow Earth Aerial Vehicles, andMaia Simmons is assigned to represent Apex on the team and ensure that the energy source is harnessed. Meanwhile, Simmons and Ren complete Mechagodzilla at the corporation's headquarters inHong Kong, intending to secretly lure Godzilla to the city and unleash the Mecha on him once it's fully charged.

Despite interference fromMadison Russell's team in their own headquarters, and fromIlene Andrews andKong within the Hollow Earth, Apex succeeds in analyzing the Hollow Earth energy source and synthesizing a duplicate (although Maia is killed in the process) signature, and Simmons has the synthesized energy infused into Mechagodzilla immediately despite Ren's cautioning. At this point, Apex pays for its hubris and their operation becomes a disaster, with Ghidorah's subconsciousness in the skull taking over Mechagodzilla's system and merging with the artificial Titan's programming: the Mecha immediately turns against its creators, leaving both Simmons and Serizawa killed, whilst the Mecha itself breaks out of Apex headquarters and goes on a murderous rampage in Hong Kong, before being swiftly destroyed by the combined efforts of Godzilla and Kong.

Post-Godzilla vs. Kong[]

Godzilla x Kong: Titan Chasers states that Apex Cybernetics personnel have been organizing in various humanitarian missions across the Siren Isles to restore the company's reputation after Mechagodzilla's rampage.Kong: Survivor Instinct, however, instead states that Apex was officially dissolved not long after Mechagodzilla's rampage.

Notable members[]

• Walter Simmons(deceased)
• Maia Simmons(deceased)
• Ren Serizawa(deceased, implied)
• Bernie Hayes(formerly)
• Sara Hayes(formerly; deceased)
• Brenda Holland
• Corah Mateo(formerly)
• Tim

Vehicles[]

• Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle (destroyed)

Mechs[]

• Mechagodzilla (destroyed)

Targets[]

• Godzilla (Main Target)
• Kong
• Skullcrawlers

Trivia[]

• "Apex" served asGodzilla vs. Kong's working title during production.
• Godzilla vs. Kong - The Official Movie Novelization reveals multiple details about Apex not present in the final cut of the film:
  • It's confirmed that current CEO Walter Simmons founded the company as an entrepreneur.
  • It's revealed that Apex obtained Ghidorah's remains via an underground dealing between Walter Simmons and a globally wanted criminal who was heavily implied to be Alan Jonah, which occurred two-four years before the events of the film or one-three years after the events ofGodzilla: King of the Monsters.
  • When Mechagodzilla's Ghidorah-derived bio-acoustic signal instigated Godzilla's first attack on Apex's Pensacola facility, it was a genuine accident on Apex's part which they weren't expecting. Afterwards, Apex intentionally sought to repeat this incident once Mechagodzilla was completed in Hong Kong, in order to further vilify Godzilla by driving him to attack a city with eight million people.
  • Apex have been establishing a facility of their own in each location where Monarch have an established outpost with a military presence.
  • Apex, and apparently Monarch, were clandestinely involved in the U.S. military's creation of theOxygen Destroyer before the events ofGodzilla: King of the Monsters, with Apex having provided one of the bomb's components. In the aftermath of King Ghidorah's apocalyptic reign of terror which ensued as a disastrous direct result of the weapon prototype's usage at Isla de Mara, Simmons bribed the corporation out of accountability, and the U.S. government's wish to cover up their own part in the catastrophe further helped Apex to avoid legal reparations. Although Apex and Monarch's past involvement was swept under the rug, many people in Monarch who remember it regard Apex unfavorably over the disaster.
    • It's also implied that the car collision which killedBernie Hayes' wifeSara was arranged by Apex after she stumbled across their secret part in the Oxygen Destroyer's development.
  • More than half of Apex's income comes from the military-industrial complex, and the corporation also has a history of doing contract work for Monarch.
  • It remains ambiguous what precisely Apex's plans for the other Titans around the world were after usurping Godzilla and Kong as the reigning apex species: even Ren Serizawa appears to be uncertain. However, both Ren and Bernie Hayes speculate that the other Titans will be either enslaved and "repurposed for human ends", or, if Apex find they can't control them, they'll be killed instead. The former interpretation ties into the film and novelization's motifs surrounding Kong being in chains on the naval warship and surrounding the novelization's expansion on the idea of humans locking up and claiming ownership of Titans.
  • Apex have several moles loyal to them placed within Monarch and feeding them intel.

List of appearances[]

Films[]

• Godzilla vs. Kong
• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire(Mentioned)

Television[]

• Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
  • 7. "Will the Real May Please Stand Up?"
  • 8. "Beyond Logic"

Comics[]

• Monarch: The Lost Adventures

Novels[]

• Godzilla vs. Kong - The Official Movie Novelization
• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - The Official Movie Novelization(Mentioned)

Video games[]

• Godzilla x Kong: Titan Chasers
• Kong: Survivor Instinct(Mentioned)

References[]