Nathan Hale (character)

infobox VG character
name = Lieutenant Nathan Hale


series = "Resistance" series
firstgame = ""

Lieutenant Nathan Hale (was in ' a Sergeant) is a fictional character and the main protagonist as well as the player character of ' and "Resistance 2". The character was created by Insomniac Games.

Biography

Hale was born on November 30, 1922, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.cite web|url = http://www.projectabraham.com/dossiers/hale.htm|title = Project Abraham.com Hale dossier|accessdate=2008-10-05 |work=Insomniac Games |publisher=SCE |] He joined the army in 1945 were he started his training at Camp Wolters, Texas. In 1946, he gets promoted to Private First Class and is cited for lack of reasonable effort because he is, according to a rapport, consistently drives tanks beyond speed limits. Two years later he gets promoted to the rank of Sergeant. In February 1949, he is transferred to a military camp in Achnacarry, Scotland were he goes trough the Ranger Orientation Program which he passes later in May 1949. Two months later he is transferred to 1st Ranger Regiment in Fort Benning, Georgia and wounded in a live fire exercise.

In December 1949, the attacks Europe, but the American government does not reveal the truth for the Americans but says that an influenza is going on in Europe. An governmental project called "Project Abraham" starts, which purpose is to find a cure for the Chimera virus. Hale hear of the project and volunteers for it in December 1, 1950. He said in a induction interview that he thought that something else is going on in Europe than the government is telling them. He also said that he thinks that someone like him volunteer for the project. [cite video |month2=August |year2=2008 |title=Project Abraham.com N.Hale Induction video |url=http://www.projectabraham.com/videos.htm?vidid=18 |format=Video |medium= |publisher=SCE|accessdate=2008-10-05 ] During his time at the project base in Alaska, he gets to know Doctor Cassandra "Cassie" Aklin. Aklin falls in love with Hale during the time he's there. Hale was injected with the anti-virus in December 6 the same year, and falled then into a coma, but woke up from it a few days later.

One half-year later, the American government decides to enter the war against the Chimera, and Hale is one of the 5,000 soldiers that is shipping out. The Americans' mission is to help the British survivors to liberate the city of York and to retrieve a secret weapon that the British claim can be used against the Chimera. However, the force is quickly wiped out by a Chimeran spire attack, which infects all of the soldiers with the Chimeran virus, soon after landing in York. Hale survives thanks to the injection he received at Project Abraham and does not turn into a Chimera. He does tough receive some of the traits that the Chimera have, which is; increased metabolism and limited regeneration, and that his irises have become gold/yellow.

Hale continues on his mission, along the way meeting with and rescuing Captain Rachel Parker while escaping from a Chimeran conversion center in Grimsby. Parker assists Hale over the radio for the rest of his mission. Hale and the British forces eventually manage to deliver the secret weapon to one of the Resistance's headquarters, only for it to be attacked by Chimeran forces shortly afterward. It is revealed that the "secret weapon" is actually an "Angel", a Chimeran creature that British Intelligence was able to capture. The Angels are the most powerful form of Chimera creature, and British Intelligence theorizes that they control the rest of the Chimera forces through some form of telepathy. The Angel attempts to enter into Hale's mind, but he manages to resist the mind-meld and shoots the creature in the head with one long burst from his assault rifle.

Hale continues with the war effort, assisted by Lieutenant Stephen Cartwright, a British Royal Marines Commando. The two of them eventually discover that the Chimera have established a series of metallic Towers throughout Britain, all inter-connected by a series of underground power conduits. They also finds out that the Towers were excavated, not constructed. Hale enters the underground Chimeran tunnels and discovers that the Chimera's main Tower in Britain is in London. Through his connection to the Chimera, Hale comes to the conclusion that destroying the central Tower will somehow result in the total defeat of the Chimera in Britain.

The British and American forces launch one final, desperate attack against the main Tower in London. Hale manages to reach the top of the Tower and destroy its central nuclear fission reactor, resulting in a massive explosion that demolishes the main Tower. The reaction propagates along the Chimera conduit network, destroying all the Towers in Britain and killing all of the Angels inside. With the Angels dead, the remaining Chimera forces quickly die off.

Hale is presumed to have been killed in the explosion of the main Tower, and the Americans list him as Killed in Action. Hale has though survived, as the final sequence of "Resistance: Fall of Man" shows when he is walking through the rubble and snow, armed with only a single grenade. He is then captured by a squad of soldiers that is a form of special forces. Hale briefly contemplates killing them as well as himself with the grenade, but ultimately decides against it. He drops the grenade and allows himself to be taken into custody by the soldiers. The group of soldiers transports Hale to the Dan Aric Johnson Air Force Base in Iceland. When they land at the base the U.S. Black Ops Soldiers attempt to subdue Hale. When Hale willingly gives in and goes with the soldiers he is once again subdued, this time in the aircraft. Hale resists this time until one of the soldiers pulls out a pistol and is told to relax. Hale arrives at the base and discovers that there are others like him that are resistant, or at least semi-resistant, to the Chimeran virus. These men have been collected here from around the world, by SRPA, to help protect one of the few safe remaining countries. These men are called the "Sentinels", a highly trained task force. At some point the base comes under attack by the Chimeran Forces. On May 15, 1953, the Chimera launch a full scale invasion of the United States, [http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.php?playlist_id=13547] attacking with their huge aerial fleet of battleships, transports, and fighters on both the East and West coasts.

Hale has now been promoted to Lieutenant and is the leader of Echo squad. Further information is yet to come when Resistance 2 is released.

Personality

Hale seams to be in the first game, "Resistance: Fall of Man", like a very quiet and withdrawn person as he only says a few words in the game. However, in trailers for "Resistance 2" as well in rapports and videos at the Project Abraham site, Hale shows a more aggressive and accessible behavior. The reason why he is more withdrawn in Resistance: Fall of Man could be of several reasons. Either, he is shocked of what he has found out what going on in Europe, some adverse effect from the injection he received at Project Abraham or simply modesty.

References

External links

* [http://www.projectabraham.com/dossiers/hale.htm Hale dossier at Project Abraham.com]