History
Niantic began handing out Bio cards / Niantic Dossier Cards featuring images and information about Niantic Project participants. The Ingress g+ account has used the tag #NianticDossier on some posts.
Post from Brandon Badger about the Bio Cards series.
Post from Bill Kilday about the Bio cards.
Post from Olga Garcia about the bio cards.
It appears that there may be 13 cards released based on this image posted.
2017 Edition
Magnus Reawakens
First Edition
Dossier 01 - Dr. Devra Bogdanovich
Release Date: June 21, 2014
The first card handed out. It was first handed out at the Gettysburg Interitus Anomaly by Devra herself as well as other Niantic employees.
Back of Card Information
Title: Quantum Biologist, Lead XM Researcher
Alignment: Resistance
Description: Lead Researcher on the Niantic Project, Devra “escaped” with Roland Jarvis following Epiphany Night. She subsequently joined the Visur Corporation to continue her XM Research (portion redacted) Following ethical disagreements with Visur founder Ilya Pevtsov, she left Visur and is now pursuing a controversial strategy to inoculate the world's population against XM. (portion redacted)
Niantic Project Symbol Stamp: NIA Status: Valued Target
Dossier 02 - Dr. Oliver Lynton-Wolfe
November Lima post 1
November Lima post 2
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Back of Card Information
Title: XM Researcher & Engineer
Alignment: Enlightened
Description: Dr. Lynton-Wolfe was a key member of the Niantic Project team and developed much of the XM technology currently being used today, including Resonators, XMPs & Power Cubes. Following the shuttering of the Niantic Project, he eagerly moved to the private sector to capitalize on his knowledge. During Operation Cassandra his plan to undermine Jarvis and become the new leader of the Enlightened backfired. He sunsequently aligned himself with the Hulong Corporation & used dark XM to attack Jarvis directly. That attack fragmented Jarvis into 13 “Shards” which were reunited to resurrect Jarvis during OPeration 13Magnus.
Triangle pointing down Stamp: Declassified
Niantic Project Symbol Stamp: NIA Status: UNSTABLE
Dossier 03 - Dr. Martin Schubert
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Initial Ingress g+ post “Available this week only, Agents can retrieve Dossier 03: +Martin Schubert from Niantic Labs Operatives on Sat July 26 in Dublin, San Diego, and Philadelphia.”
Back of Card Information
Title: Physicist
Alignment: unaligned
Description: One of the original scientists of the Niantic Project, Martin was originally highly skeptical of the research into XM, but following his first-hand observations of its effects, began to see it in a new light (portion redacted). Recently appeared on Hank Johnson's Nomad, where he explained his theory of 13Magnus and XM powered resurrection. (portion redacted)
Niantic Project Stamp: NIA Status: Surveil
Dossier 04 - Carrie Campbell
thanks agent C.H. for the images
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Front of card has a red stamp labeled: Deceased
Back of Card Information
Title: Semiotics Expert and Linguist
Alignment: Resistance
Description: Carrie was an extreme “sensitive” to the influence of XM. Inspired by the events of Epiphany Night, she discovered hidden messages being transmitted through XM. (portion redacted). She kept a diary of symbols inspired by XM which came to be referred to as “Shaper Glyphs” and later collaborated with Hank Johnson & Stein Lightman to translate them. During the events of “Operation Cassandra” she used glyphs to thwart a Shaper attack, sacrificing herself in the process. (portion redacted).
Niantic Project Stamp: NIA Status: File Closed
Dossier 05 - Enoch Dalby
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Back of Card Information
Title: Musician and XM Sensitive
Alignment: Enlightened
Description: Referred to the Niantic Project by Carrie Campbell, with whom he had a relationship, Enoch proved to be highly tuned to the influence of XM. Following Epiphany Night, Enoch began creating a series of new compositions inspired by what he had experienced. (redacted portions) His embrace of XM came at the price of his friendship to Carrie Campbell. Following her death, he created music in her honor. (redacted portion)
Niantic Project Stamp: NIA Status: Controlled
https://soundcloud.com/enoch-dalby
Some media documented by agents in the field
Dossier 06 - Dr. Yuri Alaric Nagassa
Back of Card Information
Title: Astrophysicist
Alignment: Unaligned
Description: Nagassa was recruited into Niantic based on his discovery of ordered data in what was first believed to be gamma rays, but was later found to be XM radiation. (portion redacted) His theories, as well as a personal friendship with Hank Johnson, led to a collaborative effort to pinpoint XM concentrations, resulting in the discovery of the first confirmed XM portal. His current whereabouts are unknown, though he is believed to be in hiding.
Niantic Project Stamp: NIA Status: Unknown
Triangle pointing down Stamp: Freigegeben (Released)
Dossier 07 - Dr. Ezekiel Calvin
Back of Card Information
Note - Calvin's name is misspelled on the card, it is listed as Eziekiel “Zeke” Calvin
Title: Former NIA Operations Director & current Director of IQ Tech Corporation
Alignment:Resistance
Description: While at the NIA, Zeke Calvin initiated the Niantic Project to study the effects of XM. When it became clear that the project was spinning out of control, Calvin jumped ship to IQ Tech, a private firm with close ties to both the military and to covert agencies. (redacted) Under his direction, IQ Tech has become a major player in the development of XM-based technologies. (portion redacted).
Niantic Project Stamp: NIA Status: Active
Dossier 08 - Dr. Victor Kureze
Ingress g+ post
November Lima post and release post
Ingress Twitter post
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Back of Card Information
Title: Physicist
Alignment: Resistance
Description: Kureze was the scientist who originally posited that XM and the Shapers existed in our dimension as well as their own. A dedicated researcher, he was known to go to the extreme in search of answers, (portion redacted). Following the shuttering of the Niantic Project lab, he continued to study XM. (portion redacted) Believed to have been killed while attempting to conduct research on the body of Roland Jarvis.
Niantic Project Stamp: NIA Status: File Closed
Dossier 09 - Hank Johnson
Ingress g+ post
November Lima post and NL post
Ingress Twitter post
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Back of Card Information
Title: Adventurer, Historian and Documentary Filmmaker
Alignment: Enlightened
Description: One of the first individuals to identify what would become known as XM, Hank Johnson was a member of the Niantic Project, bringing to it his knowledge of ancient civilizations and the influence of what he termed “power spots.” (portion redacted) He has long been a defender of the positive influence of XM. Hank may have been recreated as a synthetic XM construct following a visit to a 13Magnus “nest” in Afghanistan, even before the Niantic Project began. (portion redacted)
Niantic Project Stamp: NIA Status: Unknown
Ingress Stamp: Freigegeben (Released)
Dossier 10 - Misty Hannah
Back of Card Information
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Dossier 11 - Dr. Stein Lightman
Back of Card Information
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