Strategic Focus, shortened to Stratfo (misrendered as Stratfor in the original localization), is an antagonistic group present in Steins;Gate 0 that takes up a role analogous to that of SERN in the original story. A private intelligence agency, nicknamed the "Shadow CIA" by conspiracy theorists, is well-renowned among them for its crucial and under-documented role in recent world politics, most notably in the Gulf and Iraq wars.
Stratfo's very existence is unknown to the player throughout most of the story; however, depending on the route taken by the player in the visual novel, they are eventually revealed to either be after Kagari Shiina, as she is a potential receptor of or has already acquired a copy of Kurisu Makise's memories, or after patients of "New Encephalitis" which is actually widespread Reading Steiner. Both operations are shown to be led by Dr. Alexis Leskinen, and both aim to reconstruct a working time travel theory and sell it to governments around the whole world, which eventually results in World War III. During the War, Stratfo will fight against the Valkyrie.
They possess a secret base in the basement of Tokyo Denki University.
Trivia[]
Much like SERN is an orthographical modification of the real-world CERN, Strategic Focus is the in-game equivalent of real-life Strategic Forecasting; hence the short name "Stratfo". In Japanese, the latter is pronounced "Suturatofou".
Known Members[]
- Alexis Leskinen
- Kagari Shiina (unofficially)