The Niantic Project seemed to be a government projectstudying the effects of Exotic Matter (XM). Dr. Devra Bogdanovich was asked to head the project, Misty Hannah was one of the project sensitives being studied to see how XM affected people, ADA the project's AI. Devra and others fled the project as they learned the darker secrets of XM. Misty catches up to Devra in her new lab.