Robert Schrader

"*Lloyd, I ask only one thing from you: **don't lie to me**. I already know the truth, so you telling me will not change much. But you will have my **respect**...and I won't throw you and your little friend back out there to face the Turned,*"
—Schrader to Lloyd Smith, knowing he survived Langdom[src]

Doctor **Robert Schrader** is a main character and a survivor of the pandemic in *The Langdom Experiment*. He is a former CDC scientist who was enlisted by the US government to work on Project Babylon, and is therefore directly responsible for the creation of the Langdom Bioweapon. Disgusted by the government's actions, he founded the CRM to restore order in direct confrontation with the government-run FRF and the Patriots.

## Biography

### Early Life and Background

Not much is known about Schrader's background. He earned his PhD in virology at Harvard and became a prominent scientist at the CDC. In 2014, he was approached by government agents and enlisted in Project Babylon; the project, he was told, was to find the sequence of a "super-virus" designed by an enemy state in order for the United States to find a way to combat it. Schrader accepted and picked out a team of some of the best virologists in the world.

Over the course of three years, Schrader and his team created several samples of the super-virus until they found a sequence that resulted in a particularly potent strain designated RDVA-2017 *(Rabies Derived Viral Agent-2017)*: a bioweapon derived from common rabies that could induce irreversible, extreme, animal-like insanity and tumour growth in those infected by the sample; Schrader noted that it also travelled exceptionally well in cotton. To his shock, most of Schrader's team were then killed and the sample stolen by the government, who subsequently released RDVA-2017 on the quiet town of Langdom, Missouri: a town small enough so few people would ask any questions, but a large enough population to simulate a mass-release.

Schrader, realizing that he had created a deadly viral bioweapon, destroyed his notes and assembled a small group of soldiers who, like him, were disgusted at the actions of their superiors. As the bioweapon spread outside Langdom and into the rest of the country, Schrader and his group of followers would form the Civilian Rescue Militia, aiming to restore a democratic government and the rule of law.

Over the course of eighteen months, the CRM assimilated other pro-democracy militia groups with similar views and morals and established a series of bases all across the country, including the three primary bases at Station Alpha, Delta and Omega in addition to the CRM's unknown headquarters. Schrader himself would often travel between each primary base with his own personal security. The CRM primarily faced opposition from the Patriots, a rival group made up of right-wing militias and conspiracy theorists.

### Station Alpha

Eighteen months following the outbreak, Schrader and his personal convoy made the treacherous journey from the CRM's headquarters to Station Alpha in Carbondale, Illinois.

## Killed Victims

* 1 Botched
* Numerous counts of Turned and unnamed people

## Trivia

* Schrader is the first character in the series' universe shown to have killed an adult Botched.
	+ While Adam has also killed a Botched, it was only a juvenile.