The original plan for Assassin's Creed – back when the whole franchise was planned as a trilogy – would have seen series hero Desmond blasting off on a spaceship.
Details of the idea, originally dreamed up by Assassin's Creed co-creator Patrice Désilets, have been published by Lars de Wildt, a researcher of conspiracy theories, religion and other beliefs in digital media culture at Belgian research university KU Leuven.