Alex Jacobson

Alex Jacobson is the UNATCO communications technician, coordinating of its security and cyberspace operations from UNATCO HQ on Liberty Island. 
==Biography==
=== Background ===
A self-taught hacker, Jacobson lacks a college degree but honed his inherent computer talents by becoming a self-styled "hacker vigilante" in his late teenage years. With methods the authorities could only envy, Jacobson ferreted out all sorts of on-line criminals and anonymously turned the evidence over to the police. UNATCO eventually located him and made him an offer he couldn't and wouldn't refuse, providing him with a position in which he feels he's on a team, fighting the good fight in the best way he can.Deus Ex: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, "Alex Jacobson: Communications Tech": "When you try to imagine a gregarious loner, think of Alex and you'll get the right idea. Always secluded in a dark room, surrounded by candy bars and cans of soda, Alex spends his entire work day talking to people: agents in the field, the folks in UNATCO's data division, civilian librarians and record-keepers, etc.
Unusual in that he doesn't have a college degree, Alex hones his inherent computer talents by becoming a self-styled "hacker vigilante" in his late teen-age years. With methods the authorities could only envy, Alex ferreted out all sorts of on-line criminals and anonymously turned the evidence over to the police. UNATCO eventually located him and made him an offer he couldn't (and wouldn't) refuse. He's been happily jacked in, supplied with an endless variety of free sugar, ever since. He enjoys feeling like he's on a team, fighting the good fight in the best way he can." 
As a communications technician, Jacobson handles the team's IT requirements and serve as its primary cyber-security officer. His gear includes an occipital jack implant. In his spare time, he corresponds with the Oracle, a nascent Internet AI, researching topics he comes across in his work such as the SH-187 and Majestic 12, and competes with other hackers from around the world, such as cRakS.Alex Jacobson's computer
===Working with JC and the resistance===
When JC Denton first arrives at Liberty Island, Jacobson is tasked with supplying JC with information, geographical details, schematics, structural layouts, and enemy positioning details to assist him in the completion of his objectives. Jacobson communicates with JC, as well as Paul Denton, via the "Infolink," a piece of augmentation technology capable of providing a direct internal link to the brain of an agent. Jacobson sees everything JC sees, and he hears everything JC hears.Alex Jacobson (conversation with JC): "JC! I've been watching through your infolink." As a result, he is privy to all information made known to JC throughout his missions.
Much like his colleague Jaime Reyes, Alex later finds his loyalty to UNATCO tested by the behavior of its agents and leaders. Becoming severely disillusioned with his employer, Alex accepts JC's offer to join Tracer Tong in Hong Kong to help uncover the truth behind the Majestic 12 conspiracy. Tong then sends Alex to the residence of Morgan Everett, former head of the overthrown Illuminati, in an attempt to verify Everett's alleged intentions to assist the resistance's war with Majestic 12.
==Personality==
Alex has a casual and easy-going personality, and is apparently not overly interested in the administrative and political machinations of UNATCO's day-to-day operations. He also serves as field advisor to the augmented agents during combat operations, although this position is not actually official as of yet, due to the fact that augmentation technology is still undergoing field-testing.
== Quotes==
*"Like leading a mouse to cheese."
* "You're certainly quicker on the up-take than your brother Paul ever was."
*"I don't believe what I just saw. Those were innocents; you can't go in and just shoot everywhere." 
*"They'll have you killed. They won't even blink an eye."
*"When you believe in something, you've just got to do it."
==Trivia==
*Alex Jacobson is based on Warren Spector's own nephew, Alec Jacobson."RPS Exclusive: Warren Spector Interview". Rock Paper Shotgun (Feb. 13, 2008). In the interview, Spector stated, "Alec Jacobson is my nephew, who's been in a bunch of my paper-game stuff and was in Deus Ex."
==Gallery==
AlexJacobsonEarlyRender.png|Alex Jacobson early render
Alex early concept art.jpg|Early Alex Jacobson concept
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AlexJacobson infolink.jpg|Alex Jacobson's infolink icon
==References==
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ru:Алекс Джейкобсон
Category:Deus Ex characters
Category:UNATCO characters