Alpha Ceph (Collective hivemind)

Alpha Ceph's History

The Alpha Ceph is the main antagonist and final boss in Crysis 3. The Alpha Ceph is the center of the Ceph's collective hivemind on Earth; without it, the other Ceph are mindless animals.

During Crysis, the nanosuits called to the sleeping Ceph populace within the mountains of Lingshan islands, which officially commenced the procedure of the creation of the Alpha Ceph. By the end of Crysis, the nuke dropped on the islands by the United States of America provides the Ceph with enough energy to successfully give birth to the Alpha Ceph.

While not mentioned during Crysis or Crysis 2, the Alpha Ceph plays an important role throughout the awakened existence of the Ceph, carrying the load of the entire hivemind and directing the Ceph to adapt to Earth, and to the combat tactics used by the human species to counter attack.

Some time after Prophet's personality fully assimilates itself into Alcatraz's body, the Alpha Ceph directly starts to influence Prophet by showing him visions and glimpses of the future, causing Prophet to go on a hunt for the Alpha Ceph. Before the beginning of Crysis 3, C.E.L.L manages to find the Alpha Ceph and trap him in order to obtain and distribute it's energy.

The Alpha Ceph becomes an imprisoned power source for CELL up until the events of Crysis 3, when Prophet unknowingly frees it and watches it wake the rest of the sleeping Ceph units. After waking up the remaining Ceph units, the Alpha Ceph goes on to open a portal to the M33 Galaxy right above Earth, in order to allow Stage 3 Ceph units to enter. At the end of Crysis 3, Prophet and the Alpha Ceph battle head to head, before Prophet successfully kills it with an explosive arrow.