Colonel Nathan Hardy

Colonel Nathan Hardy is a character in the 2013 film Man of Steel. 
He is a United States Air Force officer attached to the operations of United States Northern Command. He was tasked with leading a defense against the Alien invasion that occurred in the town of Smallville. He fell into the Phantom Zone during the Battle of Metropolis, taking Faora-Ul and the rest of the hostile aliens with him. It is unknown what his fate after this was.
He was portrayed by Christopher Meloni, who also played Elliot Stabler in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Organized Crime, and voiced James Gordon in the adult animated TV series Harley Quinn.
==Biography==
===Alien discovery===
Colonel Hardy was leading the military along with Emil Hamilton after picking up an alien signal on Ellesmere Island, Canada. Due to international jurisdiction, reporter Lois Lane was able to get access to the site and find out what they were looking for. Hardy then showed Lois to her basic quarters.
===Alien threat===
When General Zod threatened the Earth in a message, Hardy along with the FBI tracked Lois and brought her in for questioning.
Hardy is present when the Alien being Kal-El surrendered himself to custody in response to the worldwide threat of Zod to the planet Earth. As Superman sat in an interrogation room with Lois Lane, Hardy along with General Swanwick and Emil Hamilton spoke with Kal-El who said that he is not their enemy.
Kal-El hands himself over to Zod's 2nd in command Faora-Ul who also requests that Lois come along. Hardy tells her that she isn't taking a Human but Lois agrees to go.
==Trivia==
*Colonel Hardy's codename "Guardian", could be a reference to the character Jim Harper from DC comics.
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