Darpan Xeno-Station, the scenery pack of Operation Blackwind

 Darpan (दर्पण, “mirror”) Xeno-station is one of the many secret research facilities hidden deep in the jungles of the Durgama region, on Concilium Prime. It’s a joint-initiative put forward by O-12 and the Darpan Corporation, a PanOceanian company dedicated to food-related and genetic research. Although these kind of joint-initiatives are commonplace for O-12's research programs, the work conducted in Darpan is distinctive in that they are being carried out under the patronage and supervision of ALEPH.

The purpose of the research done at Darpan is to make use of the knowledge on alien biology gathered from the many Paradiso Offensives in order to develop innovative technologies that could prove beneficial for the human race. Its main goal is improve agricultural yield through the introduction of species hailing from systems outside the Human Sphere, both the ones brought here by Combined Army troops and those provided by allied Tohaa forces.

 However, these genetic studies appear to have a much greater depth and reach than what the official documents would lead us to believe. Darpan Xeno-station has a very strict extra layer of security: it’s believed that genetic research aimed at developing biological weapons coded specifically for alien DNA is also being conducted. In this regard, a connection seems to exist between the failed operation known as Massive Filter in occupied territory on Paradiso and the research being carried out by the Iatromantis Pandora of the SSS. Some sources indicate possible infiltration by the techno-terrorist group Equinox among the scientists of the Xeno-station. It’s worth noting that the Darpan Company is reportedly owned by the MagnaObra Corporation through various shell companies. Also noteworthy is the fact that a possible link between MagnaObra and the Equinox group has been suggested more than once by several intelligence agencies across the Human Sphere.