Colonel George "Bill" Amherst was a U.S. commander operating in Bayonne, New Jersey in Resistance: Burning Skies.
Biography[]
Amherst was a close friend of John Martinez, who died in Operation Deliverance, and by extension to his daughter Ellie, and thus having a friendlier alliance with the Minutemen. He was associated with Richard Gorrell, the head SRPA director on Ellis Island, and developed a strained relationship between them due to the unethical research conducted by Gorrell.
After the Chimera launched their attack on New York City, Amherst led American forces from Military Ocean Terminal. Amherst was later introduced to fireman Tom Riley by Ellie and helped in providing information on the whereabouts of Riley's family. He was then brought to the attention of the Gray Tech components recovered by Ellie. Amherst was already familiar with the technology as they were used by Gorrell in his experiments and blatantly disregard them as "dangerous". Soon afterwards, the base came under attack by the Chimera in which Amherst directed military personnel, and Ellie and Riley among them, in defending the base. After the Chimera were repelled and the USS Puerto Rico restored to combat operations, Amherst granted Riley and Ellie VTOL transport to Ellis Island to gain access to more Gray Tech before warning to stay clear of Gorrell.
Amherst later witnessed the destruction of the conversion tower by Riley that was seen from New Jersey. He then contacted Ellie and informing her that he will send his people to collect any intact Gray Tech used by Gorrell despite his earlier warning about the devices. Unknown to Amherst, Ellie was aware of their nefarious use in Gorrell's Project Phoenix in which she quietly cut her ties with Amherst.
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- Amherst's Minutemen callsign is Checkmate One-One.
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