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Daedalus was a Chimeran entity and the main antagonist in Resistance 2. An unforeseen creation of Project Abraham, Daedalus was formerly a human being known as Jordan Shepherd who was infused with Pure Chimera DNA derived from Dr. Fyodor Malikov's research. Following his escape from SRPA's captivity, Daedalus became the leader of the Chimera and was responsible for the Chimera's aggressive expansion across Earth with the goal of reactivating the dormant Chimeran towers. He was finally killed by Nathan Hale on board his flagship in the Chimeran Fleet.

Biography[]

Jordan Shepherd had an abusive childhood with his father and was consumed by his father's alcoholism and religious fervor, along with his father's extreme temper that he passed onto his son. In his adult years, Shepherd married a woman named Hannah and became a traveling bible salesman. It is during their marriage that Hannah suffered a miscarriage, pushing her into depression. When Shepherd came home to his wife, he found his neighbor, Mr. Hetterwood, comforting Hannah (only for her loss of their baby). In Shepherd's state of mind, consumed with paranoia on how close his wife was becoming with the neighbor, Shepherd murdered Hetterwood.[2] However, Shepherd became guilty and horrified at how he was more like his late father, and desperate to redeem himself, he enlisted in the U.S. Army.

Initially, Shepherd was only interested in duty, and so, he did not want the camaraderie of the other men in his unit, causing them to mock him for being solitary and otherwise distant. When Shepherd saw a notice from a confidential government project, Project Abraham, canvassing for volunteers, he eagerly put himself forward. However, Shepherd failed to mention his immune system was compromised during his childhood after wandering into a chemical testing zone in the Everglades surrounding the house he shared with his father, in which he contracted an asymptomatic viral infection.[3][4] Shepherd refused to say anything about his past illness, in the hope that the procedures he would undergo would suppress the natural anger he inherited from his father. On December 8, 1950, after being injected with the Pure Chimera DNA strain, his entire body slowly mutated into what became known as "Daedalus".[5]

Project Daedalus[]

SRPA DM177530

Daedalus's prison in SRPA Station Igloo.

Following Shepherd's slow and irreversible transformation and all of SRPA's attempts and efforts to hinder the progression of the virus failed, Shepherd was imprisoned in maximum confinement at Station Genesis in Bryce Canyon, Utah. The government covered-up Shepherd's circumstance and lied to his family that he had died fighting in Europe.[1][6]

Throughout his tenure under confinement, Shepherd, now known by the codename "Daedalus," was observed and studied by SRPA's research staff. Daedalus experienced aural and visual hallucinations, and as well displaying violent behaviors towards SRPA's patients and staff members. Most of Daedalus' violent episodes involved demands to see his wife and becoming enraged when his requests were denied.[1] Doctor Fyodor Malikov had frequently interrogated Daedalus (who mostly communicated by telepathy after he was incapable of audible speech) by proxy through infected human subjects. During these "conversations", Daedalus acknowledged the mystery behind the Chimera, including their origins and the Chimeran tower network to Malikov but refused to explain any further.[7] Then on July 8, 1951, while being berated by his attending physician, Dr. Martin Ortiz, an agitated Daedalus suddenly developed psychokinetic powers and used them to mentally attack and kill eleven SRPA personnel before being sedated by a panic team summoned by Ortiz.[1] Two days later, on July 10, SRPA deemed Daedalus too dangerous for security provisions at Station Genesis and transferred him to SRPA Station Igloo.[1]

Under Daedalus' new confinement in Iceland, he was able to contact the Chimera into attacking the facility on July 15. Coincidentally, Nathan Hale and Richard Blake arrived at the besieged Station Igloo. After Hale and Blake fought their way through Igloo, they arrived at Daedalus' detention cell where Blake attempted to input the kill code to destroy Daedalus, but ended up releasing him. Daedalus brushed aside Blake and confronted Hale, cryptically saying, "They are calling to us. Can you hear them? It is beautiful.", before making his escape.

Resistance: The Gathering Storm[]

Main article: Resistance: The Gathering Storm

In the few months after Daedalus' escape from Iceland, he was later recaptured by American forces and watched-over by the Domestic Security Agency (DSA) instead of SRPA, who had insisted on being responsible for Daedalus's incarceration, despite being rebuked for losing the creature in the first place. On November 13, as Daedalus was being transferred from Offutt Air Force Base to a maximum security lab facility in Florence, Colorado the convoy he was being transport was attacked by a Chimeran commando force and allowed Daedalus to escape again.

Three days later, U.S. President Noah Grace formulated a contingency plan to declare a truce between the Chimera and the United States, known as Project Omega. The Grace Administration, seeing that Daedalus was the only known Chimeran entity to be communicable with the human race and "speak" for the Chimera, oversaw the capture of Daedalus as a higher priority in the negotiations. The project was then led by Chief of Staff William Dentweiler and involved in capturing Daedalus. To capture Daedalus, Dentweiler planned on luring him into rescuing his wife, Hannah Shepherd whom he still cared for her, from Sheridan, Wyoming by torturing her into sending a mental signal to Daedalus. Daedalus later sent a contingent of Chimeran forces to rescue Hannah and bring her to his location. After briefly talking to, and warned by his wife, they were traced by American forces via a tracking device implanted on Hannah's person. American soldiers sedated Daedalus with harpoons containing 2000 cc of sedatives and brought him to a secret military base near Sheridan. In taking necessary security precautions, Daedalus was implanted with an electrode which electrocuted him whenever he attempted to use his power to escape. Hannah was also kept as a hostage to convince Daedalus to actively cooperate in the negotiations.

Weeks later, Daedalus began to cooperate in the truce, in which part of the negotiations involved allowing a Chimeran warship to peacefully enter Sheridan's airspace. On December 24, Noah Grace boldly confronted Daedalus and started to negotiate his intended truce by allowing the Chimera to take over Earth unimpeded so long as they left the United States in peace. Daedalus was not impressed by Grace's offer and the truce only came to an end when Nathan Hale killed Grace for his treasonous action. Before Hale could kill Daedalus, the Chimera quickly broke free of his confinement by sending out a mental blast, which killed three people and paralyzed every human being within two-hundred yards. Though his mental attack delivered a painful shock to Daedalus, it was sufficient to overload and destroy the electrode inside him. On leaving the base, Daedalus ordered the Chimeran warship to destroy Sheridan and its surroundings in retaliation for his imprisonment.

Resistance 2[]

Main article: Resistance 2

In the months after his escape from human imprisonment Daedalus quickly improved the effectiveness of the Chimera's military forces, including nullifying the Chimera's dependency on the Angel strain by creating castes equal to the Angels known as Primarchs and Overseers, and evolving Chimeran strains to adapt to warmer environments, thus limiting the need for cooling units.[8][9] The drastic change in Chimeran military tactics undermined human military forces, in which the SRPA deemed Daedalus a high priority for elimination.[10] SRPA had made several assassination attempts on Daedalus, but all ended in failure.

Between 1952 and 1953, Daedalus began excavating and activating the Chimeran towers scattered throughout the globe. During his quest, Daedalus commanded his forces in successfully conquering Africa and South America. Furthermore, Daedalus had also focus his attention on the Gray Tech artifacts in a ulterior motive in apparently assembling a doomsday weapon, known as the Prometheus Weapon.

On May 15, 1953, Daedalus led the Chimeran Fleet in a two frontal assault on America. After the fleet were within the American mainland, Daedalus began activating towers throughout the United States. Daedalus traveled to Bryce Canyon where he encountered Dr. Malikov and Nathan Hale. Daedalus then activated Bryce Canyon's tower and chastised Malikov and Hale that Earth's "birthright" belongs to the Chimera before making his leave.

Daedalus later relocated to the Holar Tower in Iceland where he was able to use the hub tower to remotely keep the tower network activated. This was evident when Echo Team managed to annihilate the Chimeran forces defending the Chicago Tower, only to discover Daedalus' control after Dr. Malikov initially deactivated the tower and finding it reactivated again. SRPA forces unleashed an all-out assault on the Holar Tower, but were devastated by the strong Chimeran presence there that attacked them in a crushing ambush. Daedalus personally stopped Echo Team, who alone were able to enter the tower, and killed Sentinels Aaron Hawthorne and Benjamin Warner. He gravely wounded Hale by impaling him with one of his tentacles; Daedalus expressed his displeasure for having to be rid of Hale, whom he considered to be "so much more." However, Hale survived his near-fatal injuries and was rescued by Joseph Capelli.

Daedalus 2

Daedalus' corpse after having been killed by Nathan Hale.

Thereafter, Daedalus led the fleet in breaching the Liberty Defense Perimeter and traveling to the Chicxulub crater to finally initiate the Chimera's ultimate plan.[11] On his flagship, Daedalus discovered SRPA's final action to destroy the fleet and himself by using a fission bomb. Daedalus commanded his forces in bringing the bomb to him, so that he can personally dispose of it. However, despite procuring the bomb, Daedalus confronted Hale again. Daedalus then battled Hale and was eventually killed by him. Upon his death, Daedalus' powers were immediately transferred to Hale upon touching his corpse. Daedalus' body was subsequently destroyed in the nuclear blast.

Despite Daedalus' death, his efforts in activating the tower network were successful in which the towers created a wormhole to the Chimera's home planet and establishing contact with the Pure Chimera.

Personality[]

Prior to becoming Daedalus, Jordan Shepherd was a taciturn and religious man. Despite his serene character, Shepherd possessed an innate feeling of intense anger and jealously due to his abusive father's treatment during his traumatic childhood.

After becoming Daedalus, as further depicted in The Gathering Storm, he is shown to have an appreciation of the Chimera and considers himself as a major part of a "great whole". Daedalus bears a strong dislike for the human race, and considers them as a sort of evolutionary dead end, due in part to their view that the Chimera are a "disease", and their refusal to recognize them (the Chimera) as "the evolution of man". He also refers to humans as "meat-things," "shadow-people," and other derogatory terms as well. However, despite his transformation into a Chimera, he still possessed his love for his wife, Hannah. He also seemed to take an interest in Hale, due to him undergoing the same treatment in Project Abraham. In nearly every encounter with Hale, he failed to attempt to convince him to give in to his infection and that saving the human race is futile, claiming that he "should be free of them."

Another aspect of Daedalus' personality was that he retained his knowledge of military tactics and developed a more efficient form of leadership in the Chimeran military chain of command.[10] His shrewd tactical skill was shown numerous times as the Chimera began to slowly overwhelm human resistance in several countries.

Description[]

Daedalus is a large, brown, Angel-like creature that has the telekinetic ability to float in the air. It is clearly visible where his old human body is, as it appears his brain has expanded enormously, and his human body has bent backwards onto it (his skull, ribcage, and upper-arms are all visible during the boss fight, and after his corpse).

When in combat, Daedalus uses mental blasts, and has razor sharp tentacles that he can impale enemies with, but his true power lay in his absolute control of the Chimera. Daedalus had an uncanny intelligence and was an effective military strategist due to his experiences as Jordan Shepherd while in the U.S. military, which was instrumental in the Chimeran evolutionary and command structural changes he instigated himself.[10] Even though Daedalus lost his capability of audible speech in his mutated form, he was able to communicate through mental telepathy to other Chimeran strains, as well as humans that are infected by the Chimeran virus. He is known to "speak" at ranges greater than 800 feet. Daedalus had claimed that it was difficult for him communicate with humans ("meat-speak" as he refers to it), and requires a great deal of concentration for him to do so. An early attempt to communicate with Daedalus ended in him spouting gibberish.[7]

It was revealed in Resistance: The Gathering Storm that Daedalus had the ability to transfer his consciousness to any Chimera type or unit on Earth while remaining linked to his body. This presumably allows him to communicate with others even when Daedalus himself is not present, allowing him a nigh omniscient level of control over his army.

Quotes[]

"They are calling to us. Can you hear them? It is beautiful"
―Daedalus' first words to Nathan Hale.[src]
"Leave now...order your men to go. This place does not belong to you."
―Heard telepathically at Bryce Canyon.[src]
"Turn back. You are too late, you are leading your men to their deaths!"
―Heard telepathically right before Hale and a detachment of Victor Company first encounter The Swarm.[src]
"Such arrogance. To think that we are a disease to be destroyed, when in fact we are the evolution of man. You think this planet is your birthright, but it was first ours. It was ours ages before you walked upright, and now it shall be once more. Soon your skies will shine with our stars, and the Earth shall tremble. Only then will you know what it means to truly suffer."
―Daedalus meets Hale again.[src]
"This matter is beyond your domain, you are a squirming larvae refusing to evolve. Cease this fruitless resistance and awaken."
―Heard telepathically as Hale and Dr. Malikov escapes Bryce Canyon.[src]
"Look through my eyes Nathan, this is the only future their kind will see."
―Heard telepathically while Hale and Echo Team search for Daedalus while Chimeran forces attack Black Ops forces.[src]
"You must be free of them."
―Heard telepathically as Daedalus prepares to kill Aaron Hawthorne.[src]
"If you understood what was coming, you would not have fought. Such a waste... you could have been so much more."
―Daedalus stabbing Hale in the stomach.[src]
"Through my will, the universe, shall be reborn."
―Daedalus said during the 'Special Delivery' cutscene.[src]
"Traitor! You fight for a race that will only betray you!"
―Daedalus during the final boss fight.[src]
"You are all coming home."
―Said during final boss fight.[src]
"They don't deserve this world, not after all they've done, not after all they've taken!"
―Daedalus during the final boss fight.[src]
"We are taking them. We are taking each and every one of them! No matter what happens to me, the skies will never be the same!"
―Said by Daedalus during towards the end of the boss fight.[src]
"They have been waiting for us, and when we cross over, there will be no more humans, no more Chimera, only the purity of our kind."
―Said by Daedalus during the final boss battle[src]
"If you could see what I have seen, if you knew what was coming, you would do anything in your power to reach the other side!"
―Said by Daedalus during the final boss battle[src]
"Lay down your weapon, stand with us. There is no greater tragedy than to die at the hands of friends"
―Chicxulub Crater (level)[src]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Daedalus was named after the mythical craftsman of Greek mythology and the father of the more well-known Icarus.[12]
  • Daedalus was voiced by Robin Atkin Downes who also voiced General Hadley in a Resistance: Fall of Man trailer, Infected Hale in Resistance 2, James Grayson in Resistance: Retribution and Joseph Capelli in Resistance 3.
  • Daedalus is, so far, one of two Chimera (the other was Raine Bouchard) that could communicate with humans on a sentient level.
  • In Chicxulub Crater, Daedalus has developed a "tail" made of vertebrae.
  • Throughout Resistance 2, Daedalus alludes to the future, such as telling Nathan Hale that his race will betray him, and stating that the "skies will never be the same." His predictions came true: Hale (after succumbing to the virus) was liquidated by Joseph Capelli; the the sky changed owing to the opening of the wormhole.
  • Nathan Hale's last words before he was killed at the hands of Joseph Capelli were "Can you hear them? They are calling to us. It's beautiful" which is similar to what Daedalus had said to Hale when they first met in Iceland, with only the order of wording being different, followed by "This is just the beginning." This, coupled with Nathan gaining new powers from touching Daedalus's corpse suggest that Nathan was about to turn into another Daedalus. 
  • During Daedalus's introduction at SRPA Station Igloo in Resistance 2, he's shown as a floating body with several tentacles. His appearance in this manner could possibly be a reference to the second form of the final boss in the 2002 video game Metroid Prime.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Intel 16
  2. ^ Resistance #0 (In the issue Jordan Shepherd apparently murdered both Hetterwood and Hannah Shepherd until it is clarified in Resistance: The Gathering Storm that Hannah wasn't murdered by her husband.)
  3. ^ SRPA file DM177533
  4. ^ Asymptomatic on Wikipedia.
  5. ^ Intel 15
  6. ^ SRPA file DM177531
  7. ^ a b Intel 14
  8. ^ SRPA Intelligence Memorandum 3
  9. ^ Chimeran Forces Spread Across Africa
  10. ^ a b c SRPA Intelligence Memorandum 5
  11. ^ SRPA Intelligence Memorandum 18
  12. ^ Daedalus on Wikipedia.
Enemies in Resistance 2
Chimera Advanced Hybrid · Chameleon · Fury · Grim · Hybrid · Leaper · Leech · Ravager · Spinner · Steelhead · Titan
Drones Attack Drone · Hellfire Turret · Hunter Drone · Patrol Drone · Stalker
Bosses Daedalus · Kraken · Goliath · Leviathan · Marauder · Mother Spinner · The Swarm


Characters of Resistance 2
Echo Team Nathan Hale · Benjamin Warner · Joseph Capelli · Aaron Hawthorne
SRPA Richard Blake · Fyodor Malikov · Lyle K. Parsons · Henry Carter · George Hopper · Anna Keegan · Martin Ortiz · Ross Schneider · Oscar Villamizar · Frederick Jean · Percy Kabeck · Willard Libby · Howard Nash · Richard P. Feynman · Julia Cathcart · J. Robert Oppenheimer · Assistant Doctor · Murray · Archibald Solomon · Cassandra Aklin
Black Ops Com One · Com Two · Foxtrot One-Twelve · India Eight-Two · Keystone Six · Victor One · Victor Two · Victor Three · Victor Four · Victor Nine · Victor Thirteen · Victor Twenty · X-Ray One · X-Ray Twelve · India Six Delta · Omaha Nine Alpha · Blue Three Foxtrot · Osborne · Phillips
Others Daedalus · Henry Stillman · Beverly Stillman · Ronald Murray · Laura Warner · Jacob Warner · Arthur Lee Henkley · Charles Emmerson · Noah Grace · Harvey McCullen · Steven Vanshyke · Hannah Shepherd · Douglas MacArthur


Characters of Resistance: The Gathering Storm
Sentinels Nathan Hale · Marvin Kawecki · Jim Jasper · Alvarez · Lang · Mike Unver · Laraby · Budry · Tim Yorba · Gaines · Pardo · Vedka · Oshi · Tanner · Cooper · Samson · Perez · Henning · Obo · Russ Dana · Jenkins · Danby · Quinn
SRPA Richard Blake · Anton Nash · Arthur L. Pratt · Robert Crowe · Fyodor Malikov · Harley Purvis · Linda Barrie · Cassandra Aklin · Alan McKenzie · Bo Richards · Perko · Echo-Three
Freedom First Susan Farley · Spook · Ralf · Sam Jacoby · Homer Munger · Anthony Puzo · Carty
U.S. Army Jack Hawkins · Murphy · Guthrie · Yano
U.S. Government Noah Grace · Harvey McCullen · Henry Walker · William Dentweiler · Larry Farnsworth · Lasky · Harold Moody · Hanson · Homer Clowers · George Seymore · Tom Ridley · Keyes · Gregory Issen · Milt Wasowitz · Mack Stoly
Civilians Frank Farley · Mary Farley · Mark · Tina · Jack Peavy · Potter · Crowley · Henry Stillman · Abe Bristow · Arthur Norton · Twitch Saunders · Norma Collins · Harley Burl · Hannah Shepherd · Fuller · Porter · Marcus Tolly · Edith · Elsie · Larthy
Others Daedalus · Stephen Cartwright · Myra Walker · Winther · Pimm


Characters of Resistance
Sentinels Joseph Capelli · Benjamin Warner · Murphy · Campbell · Waldron · Hank Leavitt · Nathan Hale
SRPA Welles · J. Robert Oppenheimer · Wallace · Cassandra Aklin · Martin Ortiz · Bravo One · McAlister · Dunbar
British Army Johnny Grayson · James Grayson · Stephen Cartwright · Rachel Parker · Diggle · Pete · Ryan · Derek · Morgan
Graterford Prison Herbert Sawicki · Mick Cutler · Dick · Darryl · Ned
Others Roland Mallery · Jordan Shepherd · Hannah Shepherd · Hetterwood · Marcus · Blakely · Luke


Chimera
Characters Chrysalis · Daedalus · Pure Chimera
Strains Advanced Hybrid · Abomination · Alpha Grim · Angel · Boiler · Brawler · Brute · Carrier · Chameleon · Cocoon · Crawler · Executioner · Fury · Gray Jack · Grim · Hag · Hardfang · Howler · Hybrid · Impaler · Kraken · Leaper · Leaper Pod · Leech · Leaper Pod · Leviathan · Longlegs · Marauder · Mother Spinner · Menial · The Mother · Queen Leaper · Ravager ·Roller · Satan · Siren · Slipskull · Spinner · Steelhead · The Swarm · Titan · Widowmaker
Vehicles/Machines Burrower · Chimeran Dropship · Chimeran Fighter · Chimeran Fleet · Chimeran Shuttle ·Chimeran Transport Walker · Drone · Earth Mover · Goliath · Hammer · Stalker
Weapons Arc Charger · Atomizer · Auger · Brute Minigun · Bullseye · Bullseye Mark II · Chimeran AA Turret · Chimeran Mine · Chimeran Mortar · Deadeye · Hedgehog Grenade · Hellfire Turret · Hunter · Mauler · Reaper Carbine · Sentry Gun · Sixeye · Spire Missile · Splitter · Wildfire
Structures Conversion Center · Chimeran Gun Tower · Chimeran Tower · Terraformer
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