Following a a drop in military recruitment numbers, the decision to focus on smaller numbers of highly trained and well equipped teams supported by an assortment of un-manned robotic ground and air units was made. The ultimate goal however, was to create the perfect soldier. A one-off initially to serve in ‘special operations’ requested by the governments allocated handlers. Candidates were selected to undergo a rigorous selection process and then divided up and sent to various PFT branches around the world. Each branch would focus on a different area that would later be combined to create the final Talos soldier system.

The Talos Soldier System has two main parts. the soldier and the suit. The suit is still undergoing additional upgrades and new features but revolves around a combination of a reactive liquid armour over an assistive synthetic endo-skeletal-muscular system allowing for increased strength, endurance and speed. Specific details on the technology are not available to the general public but it is believed the synthetic muscles to be a polymer based approach rather then the carbon nano-tube technology originally considered.

There have been rumours that in the pursuit of improved performance, somatic cell gene therapy had been used on the candidates that resulted in many side-effects including behavioural changes and mental health disorders such as paranoia. Despite several claims being made, sources tended to lack credibility or vanish entirely.