
The first memory to really stick was that of Raymond "Ray" Garrison, a trained soldier fighting to protect his family, and that became his "real" life. This means no one, even Bloodshot, knows who he truly is, after so many fake, broken lives. This led to rampages, and the Project having to try over and over again. However, none of these memory files would "stick". Sometimes he was a prisoner on death row given a new lease on life, and other times he was a washed up former athlete.

In an attempt to avoid the emotional and mental problems previous subjects had faced, the Project used Nanites to manipulate the new Bloodshot's memories. Most of the subjects failed, but in the 21st century the Project tried again, using their recent studies in artificial intelligence and nanites to make a brand new, perfect soldier. For decades, countless men were roped into a mysterious government program run by Project Rising Spirit, in an attempt to make the ultimate super soldier. The man known today as Bloodshot is not the first of his kind.
