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Dalton Fiske

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Dalton Fiske is a hitman with Australian accent working for Gideon Enterprises who gained a considerable powerful position in the company with the help of Big Jim Slade whom he had helped break out of prison.

He was responsible for abducting Chelsee Bando and Tex Murphy after their date at the Golden Pagoda. He later started working for Charles Johansson, together with Slade.
Chris Jones

Christopher Jones is a video game designer and founder of Big Finish Games. He is mostly famous for the Tex Murphy game franchise. The game's main protagonist, a hard-boiled out-of-his-time gumshoe with a big heart Tex Murphy is played by Jones himself.

## External links

* *The Official Tex Murphy Website*
* *The Unofficial Tex Murphy Website*
* *Big Finish Games Official Website*
* *Big Finish Games Youtube Channel*
Old San Francisco

**Old San Francisco** is a part of San Francisco that remains as they were before World War III. It is mostly inhabited by Mutants since most of their kind are forced to live there. Tex Murphy lives in Chandler Avenue which is part of Old San Francisco (even though he's a Norm).

## Trivia

Although not mentioned so in dialogue, OSF seems to correspond to the NE areas of SF. As many of the destinations mentioned in the games are not specifically mentioned to belong to either NSF or OSF, it's possible that some of these also belong to OSF.
Bash Dagot

Bash Dagot (Mission District, NC4657) is a lowlife scumbag and friend of Blaze Wiener. He told Steve Clements that he saw Carl Linsky jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.

Dagot's name is given by Lee Chin when asked about Wiener and given $200. However Clements gives his name for free.

Dagot needs to be bribed or threaten before he shares any information.

Dagot gives Wiener's location at Candlestick Park for $200 but Wiener is actually a red herring.

Dagot gives a brief description of Law and Order for $200. He simply says they're a goon squad, dedicated to forcing the freaks out of town.
Jackson Cross

A high ranking NSA agent, Cross serves as the primary antagonist of The Pandora Directive. He is shown to be both ruthless aggressive in his work. Unbeknownst to Tex, he secretly forms a partnership with Thomas Malloy's daughter, Regan and the two aim to sell off the anti-hydrogen found in the dormant spacecraft found in the Mayan jungle at the climax of 'The Pandora Directive'. Cross is killed when Gordon Fitzpatrick locks him and Regan in the spaceship's reactor core and destroys the ship to prevent it being found. Cross is portrayed by actor Barry Corbin.In 2050 Tex finds Jackson Cross's ID card strewn on the streets of Chandler Avenue but is suprised as he expected to find it in the Andes Mountains.
Dag Horton

**Dag Horton** (played by Aaron Conners) is an N.S.A. agent posing as the Black Arrow Killer as part of a secret plan known only to Dag and Jackson Cross. The murders he commits baffle the authorities, because the real Black Arrow Killer supposedly hung himself in a Nevada jail cell years ago. Dag had killed Sandra Collins and raided her room because he believed she was given a box from Malloy.He does however steal her locket.When he discovers the identity of Malloys wife he puts surveillance equipment in the water tower on Rusty's funhouse so he can easily spy on Emily's dressing room at the Fuschia Flamingo from there.After investigating Malloys room at The Ritz Tex is knocked out by Dag and eventually misses out on a dinner date with Chelsee.When he receives the key to Rusty's funhouse he enters it after seeing someone on the roof after talking to Lucia Pernell.Here Tex finds a link to AUTOTEC in the form of a ripped up photo and a cufflink with the initials "D.H." in a jacket.After infiltrating AUTOTEC Tex finds Dag's office and finds surveillance photos of Emily and a key to the water tower on the roof of the funhouse .When he finds a post-it-note with the Gary Lee,Tex discovers that Crazy Gary is working as an informant keeping track on any boxes going in and out of the Fuschia Flamingo.Tex after briefly seeing him on the roof of Rusty's Funhouse discovers the surveillance equipment hidden there and discovers that Dag is about to attack Emily.Tex tracks down the man and depending on his actions will save Emily or let her die.Either way Dag takes her puzzle box and hides it in the sewers with a tracker set on it and a proximity mine next to it.Murphy eventually tracks down and cornered Dag waiting for a speeder on the rooftop of Rusty's Funhouse and after a scuffle kills him when he throws him off the roof.Tex takes off his mask to reveal his face.Later on after recounting the events with MacMulden Tex finds the tracking device that was dropped on the roof during the fight,locates the box and deactivates the mine.When Jackson Cross apprehends Tex he steals the box and puts it in the safe room at AUTOTEC and also states there cover story:that Dag was investigating illegal drug trafficking at the Fuschia Flamingo and that Emily wasnt in any real danger.
Sanchez

Colonel Sanchez, who is not officially a colonel, but uses the title himself, is the chief 'police' authority of a village at the end of the Amazon jungle.

When a team of Allister Research came to investigate reports of uncanny vegetation regrowth he wanted to spy them and offered to send his men for protection.

He knew about Allen Roberts having the documents concerning the Eyes of the Jaguar and his brother and had sent agents to ransack Jason's apartment in USA.
Zack Williams

By 2043 Zack Williams had become the clerk at the Electronics Shop and had extensive ties to the criminal underworld.When Tex first met him Zack took out a shotgun and held  Tex at gunpoint where he forced him to take out his Electronic Shop credit card which he then shot and destroyed .He informs Tex that he is 120 days late for payments from his last case and forces him to pay $1,230(including $623 in interest) for late payments. this includes $399 for the fax machine,$29 for the laser blade $179 for the photo developing kit and also $623 in interest. He also states that from now on Tex can only pay in cash and that he will only talk to him about products for sale and nothing else.Tex buys the Visual Analyzer Apparatus from him for $70 which allows him to determine the address of both the AUTOTEC building and the post office that Thomas Malloy had sent the boxes from.He determines this from both the picture of the AUTOTEC building he reassembles from the jacket found on the roof of Rusty's Funhouse and also the brown paper covering that Gus directs him to that had covered the puzzle box sent to Emily.As a resuly of this Tex is able to infiltrate the AUTOTEC building to first determine the identity of the "Black Arrow Killer" and later retrieve the puzzle box when it is stolen from him(alongside some other items such as the EUPHORIA files for Lucia Pernell.He is also able to locate the apartments at Garden House that Malloy is currently residing in and thus track him down to the private warehouse that he meets him in before his death.After Malloys death Tex returns to the warehouse and using a Robco Safe Buster he buys from Zack is able to open a safe containing notes regarding Item #186 and the containment chamber in Roswell as well as a key to the locked closet in the Garden House Apartment.This allows Tex to gain access to a book called "Messages From Outer Space" by JI Thelwitt aka Elijah Witt which inevitability leads Tex to gaining access to Elijahs contact details via a password to a CD belonging to Malloy which comes in the form of an anagram to the books title as well  as a picture of the Gate of the Sun. When Tex gets the phone number of Elijah Witt he decides to lure him out and sneak into his apartment.To do this he uses a phone tracer he buys from Zack allowing him to determine his address thus securing his puzzle box.
Plan 10 from Outer Space

“Plan 10” features the first onscreen appearance of detective Tex Murphy.
Originally, Chris Jones & Doug Vandegrift got together to create a very serious movie to debut for
Halloween 1989. What was supposed to be a cinematic masterpiece quickly devolved into truly terrible
“B” movie cinema due to numerous production problems including cameras breaking, film stolen, cameras
stolen, lost sound, bad edits, outdated equipment, multiple formatting disasters, and – of course – bad acting.

Beside Tex Murphy, characters like Sylvia Linsky and Sonny Fletcher appears in the amateur movie. The events are not canon.
Jen Lee

Her file from New San Francisco Police Department states her as missing as of November 2048. It also reads:

*Surveillance video shows suspected extortionist Jen Lee leaving the Golden Pagoda with Tex Murphy. Never seen again. Case remains unsolved.*

## Behind the scenes

The name *Jen Lee* can be seen several places throughout Tesla Effect, including a cryo-cell in Sesen. While the photo is of actor Julia Ling, the character is named after real life fan and backer Jen Lee (fan).
Lisa Loomis

***Countdown***
*This article or section refers to elements in the game Countdown, which is created by Access Software, but not part of the Tex Murphy universe.*

Lisa Loomis was an ambitious agent of the Company, and former fiancee of Mason Powers but things did not work out as Mason did not share her aggressiveness.

When Mason escaped from the Sanctuary, he tried to arrange a meeting between him and Jack Quinn.

After Mason located Scorpio, she sent him a message to meet her at Rome. There, she told him where to find Jack Quinn, and to bring back Hakeem Ababash.
Electronics shop

The **Electronics Shop** opened around December 2042 on Chandler Avenue. Its manager was Hamm Underwood. Its door opened only by members who owned its credit card and sold overpriced junk, such as a Rodent Tracker 8000 and Plasma Balls. The owners of a Blue Card could buy only from the Blue Light Special Box.

Tex Murphy had received a pre-approved credit card application, addressed to the previous occupant of his apartment. Nonetheless he posted the application and received the Blue Card the next day.

On Day 2 Tex visited the shop. By coincidence, Tex always needed only what the Blue Light Special Box contained every time. He bought a "new" fax machine to replace his broken one, and then a Laserblade 2000 to break into Knickerbocker, a PhotoMatic Pro to develop Sal Lucido's private photographs.

Because he talked too much, Underwood was "removed" and replaced by Zack Williams.
Oliver Edsen

Oliver Edsen is a researcher and associate of Thomas Malloy. In 2043 he resided in Sak Pakal Hotel doing

   field work in Chiapa, Mexico. He corresponded with Malloy as Edsen helped him with his deciphering work. He also were fluent in Yucatec.

Malloy had sent him a letter with some symbols which had some similarities to Mayan codices Edsen had found.Edsen met an ancient local who drew for him ancient Mayan hieroglyphs. The local told him that he got them from the Birthplace, a holy ground which had been empty for centuries.Malloy also had a package sent to him but the owner of the Sak Pakal Hotel had it sent back to his apartment at Garden House as Oliver had gone missing recently and despite the fact that a search team was formed to find him he was never found and presumed dead.While navigating the labyrinth in the Mayan Temple Tex finds his body under a pile of boulders.Its is likely he fell victim to one of the traps there.
New San Francisco

**New San Francisco** is the part of the city built by the Norms of San Francisco after it was destroyed by the World War III. Most Norms are to be found there.

## Locations

* New San Francisco Interplanetary Spaceport
* Imperial Lounge
* Genetic Research Systems
* Land Mine
* Lowell Percival Enterprises
* New San Francisco Convention Center
P.I. rules

There is a set of P.I. rules that every gumshoe must adhere to. The Big P.I. in the Sky will remind dead P.I. of where they failed.

## List

* 3: Unspecified, but something about asking the right question (when Tex asks Franco Franco an irrelevant question, missing his only opportunity)
* 4: Don't get caught (when caught by a GRS security probe)
* 17: Never antagonize an idiot (when Tex fails to pass by Ardo Newpop)

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Cooper Bradbury

A childhood friend of Bradley Ericson. He has a huge concave forehead with tiny holes where green fungus grows.

He became the militant leader of the mutant faction on Mars. He lives at the mutant side of Marinaris City.

Deacon Hawke sent Tex Murphy to him, as he would know the whereabouts of Alexis Alexander. He gave him the location where Tex cold find Thomas Dangerfield.
Martian Memorandum

***Martian Memorandum*** is a dystopian cyberpunk/noir PC adventure game that was originally released in 1991 for PC. It was developed and published by Access Software. The game is the second in the series of Tex Murphy mysteries; its immediate sequel is *Under a Killing Moon* (which featured the return of a character introduced here, Lowell Percival). It is notable for its increased use of digitized human voices and digital "video" of human actors, playable even through a PC's internal speaker. The game play style is in the point-and-click adventure game style similar to that used in games made by Sierra Entertainment and others at the time.

## Gameplay

Unlike the more experimental Mean Streets, Martian Memorandum adheres to the genre conventions of the point-and-click adventure game. The gameplay style is based on interrogations, gathering information which "unlocks" new destinations and interrogation options. A verb bar at the bottom of the screen allows players to select different ways to interact with their environment. Certain objects can be collected and placed in an inventory and then used at a later point in time. It also introduced dialog trees to the series. Conversations feature voice and small video clips, elements that were greatly expanded in later games in the series. The game is notable for its increased use of digitized human voices and digital "video" of human actors, playable even through a PC's internal speaker.

## Plot

Tex Murphy is hired by business mogul Marshall Alexander, founder of TerraForm Corporation, to locate his missing daughter, Alexis. As in the first game, Tex travels between destinations and interrogates characters associated with the subject such as Alexander's attorney, his wife, and Alexis's roommate and business partners. Interrogations are menu-based and dialogues open up additional destinations and dialogue options. The investigation will reveal to Tex that the girl's disappearance is linked with an item in Alexander's possession.

Alexis will be traced on planet Mars, whose exploitation is mostly owned by Alexander's company. Tex will find out that Alexander was actually Collier Stanton, a scientist and explorer of Mars, infamous for killing mutant colonists to obtain the "Oracle Stone". With this stone, Alexander foresaw the future and read antagonists' minds and built his corporate empire. Alexis's good will was used to lure her into stealing the Stone and bring it to Mars, only to fall into the hands of Thomas Dangerfield, the original discoverer of the Stone.

The character of Larry Hammond, who appeared in Mean Streets, returns to this game, giving information to the player. Lowell Percival who is introduced here, also appears in Under A Killing Moon, as does Mac Malden, who appears in both Under A Killing Moon and The Pandora Directive.

## External links

* *Martian Memorandum at* MobyGames
* *Martian Memorandum* at *GOG*
* *Martian Memorandum* at *Steam*
Jorge Valdez

## Mean Streets

Jorge Valdez (Oakland, NC 4931) lives in a tract housing project in Oakland. He wears his security badge from MTC.

He was surprised to see Law and Order officials from Los Angeles in the office of MTC and he shared his concerns with Sandra Larsen.

## Overseer

Jorge Valdez is working at the Rank and File Chess Shop in Freaktown. As a mutant he has visible deformations in his face. He is ranked as the 124th best chess player in the world.
Blaze Wiener

A student of the University of San Francisco studying advanced psychology under Carl Linsky. He received an E in that course and sent him an angry note. He is good friend with Bash Dagot. He is a groundskeeper for the Giants at Candlestick Park.

When Tex Murphy came to talk with him, he found him eating a red herring.

His countpart in Tex Murphy: Overseer is Blaine Werner.
Maldonado's office

Carlos Maldonado has opened a rival P.I. office in Chandler Avenue. It's rather small, and very messy by the time Tex enters the building. Tex finds a key to the Llama Club, as well as a photo of an unknown woman. There are also quite a few unimportant items there, such as a Playbub image of Luci Luv, a business card of Larry Hammond, and several movie posters.
List of question topics in Tex Murphy: Overseer

This is a list of possible question topics in Tex Murphy: Overseer

Carl Linsky
Robert Knott
J. Saint Gideon
Frank Schimming
Gideon Enterprises
Jorge Valdez
Poisoned Pawn
Wanda's letter
Linsky's photo
STG
John Klaus
Linsky's passcard
Val Davis
Sonny's criminal record
Law and Order Party
C.A.P.R.I.C.O.R.N.
Insurance Policy
S.F.
Overlord
Wanda Peck
Rona Morgan
Arnold Sternwood
Linsky's life insurance
North Hill Clinic
Linsky's Will
'Dear Jane' note
Delores Lightbody
Chess
Blaine Werner
Dominoes
Linsky's suicide note
Sylvia Linsky
Tex Murphy
Gideon Enterprises

## Mean Streets

Gideon Corporation (NC4650) is a large local San Francisco company involved with the development of high tech computer and electronic surveillance equipment, and also high tech secret work for the government.

It was founded in 1997 by J. Saint Gideon alongside a group of humans and mutants including Greg Call. After he retired, he turned the reigns over to Executive Vice President Frank Schimming as President and Chairman of the Board after a coup d'état of sorts.

Vanessa faxes a newspaper article stating:

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> Gideon Enterprises, a local San Francisco Corporation <NC4650> has announced that they have received a 500 million dollar government contract to develop 3 new surveillance satellites for the government. Gideon specializes in the development of high tech computer and electronic surveillance equipment. The company was founded in 1997 by J. Saint Gideon. Mr Gideon is now retired and has turned the reign over to Mr. Frank Schimming, who is president and chairman of the board.
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## Overseer and Tesla Effect

Gideon Enterprises were incorporated in 2027 by Company President J. Saint Gideon. It specialized in developing and installing high-tech security systems. It went live April 12, 2045.

Years later Dalton Fiske became the manager, after he had freed Big Jim Slade from prison. The company spearheaded the research into the Tesla Cache done primarily by Margaret Leonard. When she refused to revive Charles Johansson, the company hired Mason Bauers to do it.
Alexis Alexander

Alexis Alexander is the daughter of Marshall Alexander and heiress to TerraForm Corp. She never went along well with her stepmother.

At one time she met Chantall Vargas and Wiener World and stayed with her in her apartment. Through her she met Jocques Sparrow and briefly worked with him. She went to work for Galactic Pictures and had a speaking role in The Red Planet Mangler Part 4. She met Rick Logan while filming Ozark Mutants vs. The Red Planet Mangler. At first Logan was indifferent but then inexplicably showed interest and the two became inseparable. The company closed and Alexa was left unpaid by Guy Callabero.

Eventually her relationship with Chantall deteriorated because of her addiction to rush and she left.

When she learned that her father was actually the criminal Collier Stanton, she turned against him. With Rick they decided to steal the Oracle Stone, go to Mars and return it to a legitimate heir. However Rick was actually hired by Thomas Dangerfield to seduce her and deliver the Stone to him.

When Alexa stole the stone from her father, she went to Mars and stayed at Jane's waiting for Rick. However he notified Alexa that he changed his mind and he would rather sell it to the highest bidder. This made Alexa angry and left for her brother, Bradley Ericson.

Meanwhile her father was alerted and when Mac Malden found no leads to her abduction, he hired Tex Murphy to investigate. However her stepmother was happy with her absence as she remained the only heiress of TerraForm Corp.

Alexa was found by Dangerfield and kept prisoner in his laboratory.

She was joined by Murphy who finally reached her. He helped her to escape but they were soon trapped by Dangerfield who was about to use the Oracle Stone, but Tex (using her bra) broke Dangerfield's mechanisms and left the laboratory as its exploded to pieces.

Tex and Alexa arrived at the Martian Temple where they decided to deliver the stone to Deacon Hawke.
Allen Roberts

Allen Roberts is the brother of Jason Roberts. A powerfully built man with ruggedly handsome face, and age beyond his years. His junior brother sees him as a father figure.

He is a top research scientist with endless curiosity and travels around the world to conduct work for Allister Research. He also arranged a job for his brother after he graduated.

He was at the Amazon River Basin to investigate unusual forest regeneration in slashed and burned areas for the Brazilian authorities. His team were hampered by Colonel Sanchez who insisted to send his men along for protection (actually espionage). They reached Sitio Maldito, an outpost that had been attacked by 'evil specters' with a small pool of radioactive liquid, which increased the speed of regrowth.

They camped on the 1st August and were harassed by eerie figures. More and more men deserted the camp. On August 10, at 2:06 AM the Allister camp was raided by strangers. Carlos was shot with an arrow in his heart and fell through Allen's tent. Allen slid through the back but also received an arrow on his shoulder but managed to fall in the river. Maya rescued him some days later and tended him in a hut.

Allen sent a letter to his brother Jason with instructions to find him. Maya met him in Rio Blanco and brought him to his brother to whom he recounted his story. After some days when he regained his health, the team walked to find Hans Stroheim.

The team was ambushed by a platoon of Sanchez' death squad near a gorge above Rio Dulce. Allen fended some of them off as Jason and Maya passed across the ancient rope bridge. When Allen was on the bridge, he was shot. To save his people and hold the adversaries away, he cut off the bridge and fell in the river.
Louie LaMintz

Louie LaMintz is a friend of Tex Murphy and the owner of the Brew & Stew diner. He has a sister and he sees her son, Dalton, as a son. He also has a goddaughter. It was a big dilemma for him when Dalton graduated from Berkley on the same day his goddaughter was married.He was liked by everyone around Chandler Avenue or anyone who would meet him, both for his character and his cooking. Every national Feed A Bum day he would bring Clint one of his award-winning chocolate pies.

He is also famous for his house coffee blend aka Armageddon for which he uses rain gutters; 3 cups were stronger than a fifth of bourbon that would make Juan Valdez cry for mercy. Louie said the secret ingredient was love.He'd keep Murphy a tab for three months during his harsh times after his divorce from Silvia Linsky , and would not remind it to him.Seeing that Tex had failed to pay his vid-phone bill, Louie paid for him anonymously. He claimed he was ignorant but Tex was sure it was Louie's job.During his investigation into the robbery at Rooks Pawn Shop he gives Tex a piece of his award winning chocolate pie which he gives to Clint to get information on the perpetrator.Louie also directs Tex to Sals coded note that he left in the trashcan.With this Tex is able to uncover Sals infidelity,hand the evidence to Francesca who then gives Tex information that leads him to Pug and thus the Colonel whose life he saves and then reveals the existence of CAPRICORN and their investigations of GRS.

When he noticed that an old man approached Murphy, he bet Rook 20 bucks that he hired Tex to do some work for him. While Tex was investigating the whereabouts of Thomas Malloy, Louie told him to get some help from Clint to help him translate Yucatec.This led to a dead end but when Louie was shown the scarf found by Tex in Thomas Malloys room Louie informed him that it was worn by a young blonde woman who was in their with an older man and identified the woman as Emily.When investigating the "Black Arrow Killer" Louie gives Tex information that the story was covered by the Bay City Mirror and directs him to Rooks garbage bin where there is a copy of the newspaper with an article written by Lucia Pernell after interrogating Rook he is able to contact her.Louie also reveals to Tex that Crazy Gary's real name may indeed Gary Lee when he finds a note in Dag Horton's office regarding him.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Under a Killing Moon novelization
Rusty the Clown

Rusty was a Clown that presented a kid's show. As a young girl Chelsee watched the show but it gave her the creeps.

After that he moved to Chandler Avenue and opened a Novelty Shop. The shop went out of business within a couple of months. He was working with petty criminal Mick Flemm when he was arrested for illegally importing asian novelty items.

In 2042 Flemm killed Rusty, supposedly to get revenge for letting him take the fall. Beek Nariz believed so after seeing Flemm imagining Rusty's ghost hunting him. Tex Murphy found his remains in a barrel full of acid.

Rusty had published the *Rusty the Clown Fun Book*. The only pop-out book for 18 or older.
Mutant Leage

The **Mutant League** awarded Tex Murphy a certificate and a check of $10,000 after the destruction of the Moon Child.

Tex used the money to expand his office and pay off his debts, leaving him $4.12.

There is also a sports team Mutant League (unclear if it is the same group). According to Tex "you never know what's going to end up on the ground" during each game.

## References

1. ↑ *Under a Killing Moon: The Official Stratey Guide*, p. 18
Broken Skull Bartender

The **bartender**( played by Margot Kidder) at the Broken Skull. She keeps a pistol hidden behind the bar for whoever gets on her bad side, or at best she calls to Bluto to escort nosy people out. Being a member of the Brotherhood of Purity, she introduces other cultists who visit the Waystation to Ferrel Pus in order to gain access to the Moon Child.

Tex Murphy managed to fool her, pretending he is an associate of Chameleon, and redirected him to Pus. However he did not fool Pus. Once the bartender was asked the "house special" (as Pus instructed him), she poured him a potion which incapacitated Tex and was taken as a hostage on board the Moon Child.
Danwicz

The new lieutenant of New San Francisco Police Department, **Lt. Danwicz** has had his eye on Tex for a very long time and treats Tex as a notorious vigilante of sorts. He replaced Mac Malden, and has made sure that crime in Old San Francisco is prioritized just as much as crime in New San Francisco.

## Tesla Effect

Tex Murphy is arrested and interrogated by Danwicz when found together with the body of Carlos Maldonado. A few days later they meet again when he is found in another crime scene: The headless body of Margaret Leonard. At this time he installs some software on Tex's Smart Alex. He also arrests Tex after he solves the tesla case, but his success depends on what game path the player is on.

## Trivia

Lt. Danwicz is played by actor Larry Thomas, who is known for his role as The Soup Nazi in Seinfeld.
Coit Tower

* Coit Tower in Mean Streets
* Historical landmark
* From the top of Coit Tower looking down on Chandler Avenue.

*Coit Tower* also known as *Lillian Coit Memorial Tower* is located at the end of Chandler Avenue. It is a Historical Landmark in San Francisco. It opened in 1933 and is 64 m / 210' tall.

Tex visits the location during his first case, where he finds Ron Meat.
Nexus

Nexus is a network of computer terminals given by the MTC to scientists working on Overlord. It was designed by Larry Hammond, consisting of a central computer and 8 terminals. He also made a failsafe mechanism which would cause the whole system (and the satellite) to self-destroy.

Access to the Nexus requires a passcard and password. All terminals also had the game Pong installed, which loaded with the use of password *pong*.

Carl Linsky believed there were 8 other scientists working on the system and hired Sonny Fletcher to discover the rest.

Fletcher discovered several possible passwords: isbpho, ueqne, lasentolw, nodgar, gnop, nikg, oork, napw, ehcetmack, bmgtai, etsaelmatslctae, niktgh, clbak, tewih.

These mean: bishop, queen, stonewall, dragon, pong, king, rook, pawn, checkmate, gambit, stalemate, castle, knight, black, white.

List of scientists and their accesses
 Sam Jones | yellow | queen
List of companies and items

1. Johnson & Johnson assorted edible bandaids: at Linsky's warehouse.
2. Non-corrosive stainless steel Sink & Drain. (Cal Davis)
3. Precious Metal Inc. galium arsenide bars
4. Zippy's 12-inch pizza (Ron Morgan)
5. Doctor Don's 100% non-radiated orange juice
6. Rolex 'Submariner' watch
7. Lazy-Boy comfort recliner 2000
8. women's lingerie from Fredericks of Hollywood
9. Samsonite Travel Master suitcase
10. Rope Burn post-nuclear piece of art
11. Inflatable Companion the loser's friend
12. Serta #717A circular 'Love' bed
13. G.E. Fusion generator model FG/200B 200-MW output
14. Panasonic model 3416 answering machine
15. Sears Craftsman tool box and turbo-power drill

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* Recycled Chrysler Cordoba
* Glass window by Frances Klein
* Nice Flowers by Renoir
* Koch and Love Sterling silver accent lamps
* Wiener World
* Royal Cannon hand towel
* American Standard Watermiser toilet
* Fisher "Ultimate" remote room control
* Victoria's Secret business suits
* World of Beauty skin care
* Cartier diamond necklace
* Sea Dragon sculpture by Llardo
* Wilson-Clark glass and aluminum display case
* Bonne Bell paint scents
* L'Air du Temps bath and shower gel
* Toyota Pickup truck
* Goodyear truck tire
* Volkswagen bug
* Union Pacific boxcar
* 1998 Hyundi
* Dr. Mike's deluxe cat food
* Lennox B-210 radiation removal and recycling vent
* Kenmore "Positron" power generator
* Glen Fiddich Scotch
* Grundig 12" wall safe
* '59 Buick Roadmaster
* Jose Cuervo
* Dodge Daytona speeder
* Zephyr Wind passenger train
* Michelin tire
* Kmart
* Craftsman steel nose shovel
* Builders Mart wooden cabinet
* Kraft cheese and cracker
* Honeywell Security Master
* GE 1000 Watt spotlight with "Energy Miser" bulb
* McDonalds
* IBM 24860 Personal Computer
* Toxyco
* EZ Glider XXII
* Compumatic R-22 Lifebike
* Xxxtra Dry Deodorant
* Gucci bag
* Sony
* Avia Cross training shoes with equalizing gravity pumps
* Honeywell security controls
* Sears
* Martian R-24 Loctite safe
* McDonnel Douglas Personal Jetpack
Gaslight Lounge

Gaslight Lounge is a joint near Oakland. It seemed to be a degraded version of its glorious former self with patched and dull silver-sheened wallpaper. It was dark and stinky under dim, smoky light. In a morning one could see a dozen people drinking in books or at tables and college kids playing pool.

Denny works there as a bartender. Louise is a patron.

After visiting Melahn Tode, Tex Murphy visited the joint in the morning and studied Colonel Roy O'Brien's notebook, and found a code which would lead him to The Land Mine.
Berry

Dr. Berry was a doctor at the Brownsville Regional Hospital. With Nurse Chase they tended Tex Murphy when assaulted outside the Post-Nuclear Café.

Berry was beside Tex when he awoke up 2 days later, checking his vital signs. He told him that his backpack was absent (but he could buy a new cheap one at Z-Mart).
Crusade for Genetic Purity

Crusade for Genetic Purity was an organization which begun as a radical right-wing rec room full of anti-Mutant extremists. The president was Reverend Claude Shepherd, a man of mysterious past.The group had either formed within or had infiltrated the Law and Order Party by 2037 and manged to capatilise on its destruction at the hands of C.A.P.R.I.C.O.R.N.

By 2042 it grew into a mainstream organization with lobbyists and PR people. Their headquarters were a temple-like building in downtown Phoenix and eventually become merged with the Brotherhood of Purity.

The organization had a process of initiation for those willing to join the crusade. Aspiring members had to pass a genetic screening to prove they are Norms. Then they had to follow 16 degrees of indoctrination. The final stage was visiting the orbital resort station *Moon Child*, made for the spiritually elite. There, the final rites took place. The official statement said that the Moon Child had been funded by private contributions.

They were suspected for the bombing which obliterated the headquarters of CAPRICORN.
Martin Reese

Senator Martin Reese (R-New Mexico) had been in Congress for many years but he was long considered one of the most mentally sound figures on Capitol Hill.

He called a press conference, assumedly to announce his intentions to leave politics to join
but he just started to shout "Texas is just too \*\*\* big! Run for your lives before it eats us all!". He was restrained with a makeshift straightjacket and led away to asylum where he would be examined by psychiatrists, believing in a complete recovery.Lolanna Elwich (D-Texas) professed complete ignorance to Reese's accusations, while House Speaker Bob Brogge (D-Maine) commented that he was a wached-out thumb-sucking piece of \*\*\*\*".
Chameleon

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**Chameleon** was a Native American shaman who masters the ability of shapeshifting. He was an agent of the Brotherhood of Purity.

## History

He is seen at the end of Day 1 in the Bastion of Sanctity, talking with an unseen Lowell Percival.

As Countess Renier he hired Tex Murphy to steal the crystal bird from Eddie Ching. However when he was ready to deliver it to the Countess, Chameleon showed up and hit him, stealing the statuette. Pug witnessed the event and told Tex about it.

On Day 4 the Chameleon killed Pug and stuffed his head into Tex's office cooler and left a warning message to him and stand away from their plans.

On Day 5, Chameleon took the form of Tex Murphy and kidnapped Alaynah Moore who was hiding at the Roadside Motel. He took her at the Bastion of Sanctity. However Tex managed to poison him with a viral powder, the same one with which the Brotherhood planned to annihilate life on Earth.

Chameleon was expected at the Broken Skull bar to meet Ferrel Pus. Tex claimed to come in his place.
Loogie Trundle

An author and columnist in the Bay City Mirror. He criticised genetic discrimination and considered that the Crusade for Genetic Purity is a hate group that should be stopped.

He is also the author of the Toxic Taste novel. His is the only mutant popular enough to make it to the New York times bestseller list.
Regan Madsen

Thomas Malloy's beautiful and seductive daughter, Regan will go to any lengths to get what she wants in life. She serves as another love interest for Tex in 'The Pandora Directive'. She was born and raised in China and was close to Thomas especially after her mother died.When he retired they returned to America but had a falling out when he began dating Emily.Regan first appears at Mac Mauldens office to let Tex go and informed them that the NSA wanted to see them.When Jackson drops him off at her office she is seen waiting at his desk and attempts to seduce him and gain his trust.When Tex confronts her at The Imperial Hotel he informs of her fathers death.She is shocked and once given her fathers notes realises that the contents would be priceless.She is hesitant to give Tex her box and work with Fitzpatrick even though she remembers him from her childhood.Her investigations into the notes come up short as she is only able to decipher the initials:OE(Oliver Edsen) EW(Elijah Dewitt) AE(Archie Ellis).She is later present when Gordon has gathered Tex and Elijah Dewitt to combine the pieces found in the boxes to show a holographic message left by Malloy and states that she going no mater what.Dewitt doesn't trust Regan and so warns Tex to leave her behind.Later that night she attempts to once again seduce Tex and if successful leads Tex down the evil path.When navigating the Mayan temple Tex falls down a chute that leads into the basement where he meets Regan.She states she wasnt going to let anyone control here and she wanted to find the ship.She and Tex escape by activating a stone dais elavator. Despite early claims that she wants to find out more about her father's work, Tex is suspicious that she is more interested in financial gain than the good of humanity, a fact proven when she is shown to be in a partnership with NSA agent Jackson Cross in order to ensure Tex finds the location of the boxes and opens them thus leading the NSA to the spaceship and thus bring Tex to their side. She is killed in the spaceship explosion at the climax of 'The Pandora Directive'. Regan is portrayed by Tanya Roberts

* Regan as a child
* Regan saves Tex's skin from the police
* Regan Madsen
* Regan's first attempt to seduce Tex
* *That's Greek to everyone*
* Regan discloses the nature of the boxes
* *I think we make a perfect fit*
* Regan reacts to the news of her fathers death very badly
* Regan makes a first attempt to decipher fathers notes
* Regan hands over the boc from her father to Tex
* Regan expresses her concerns over the spaceship and it financial possibilities
* *"I dont know what kind of woman you think i am but if you think im going to sit around here like a delicate flower you got another thought coming!"*
* Regan attempts to seduce Tex a second time
* If she is successful Tex will lose Chelsee
* Tex discovers that Regan had entered the Temple before him
* Regan escapes with Tex on a escalating stone dais
* Regan leads Jackson Cross to Tex to the spaceship
* Regan and Cross are locked in the spaceships generator room minutes beofore they die

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Rachel Akure

***Countdown***
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Works closely with U.S. Agents on gathering covert data on middle eastern terrorist groups.

Rachel Akure is an Israeli agent of Mossad. With her full mouth, high cheek bones and rich auburn hair She is notoriously sexy aong the field. She receives visitors holding her Uzi on her lap. She collaborated with US agents such as Frank McBain concerning terrorist groups such as the Black December and intercepted some messages concerning Operation Thunderbolt.

She accepts Mason Powers if he shows her McBain's dossier. She also sells him a dart of truth serum (sodium thiopental) to use against Etienne Fontaine.
Marshall Alexander

* Alexis Alexander (daughter)

The husband of Nora Desmond Alexander and father of Alexis Alexander and Bradley Ericson. Ashamed of his son, he gave him to a foster family of mutants.

He founded TerraForm Corp in 2019 and with the Oracle Stone which allowed him to see the future and read thoughts, he managed to boost his exploits. This made some mutants who worked for TerraForm, angry with the mistreatment. Fortune magazine lists him as the richest man of the world.

His life changed when a package arrived for him. Since then, he and Alexis had several major altercations.

He is fat and sickly and the last years became increasingly paranoid, adding more security to his staff. His condition worsened when his daughter went missing and employed Tex Murphy.

Nathan Bloodworth notified him that he recovered the Oracle Stone and he came to a railroad around 3:00AM. Bloodworth then killed him by slashing his throat with a Jose Cuervo bottle and then cut his ears.

The Police found him dead on a railway while Murphy was investigating Johnny Fedora's junkyard. Mac Malden and Scoop Mitchell came to the site.
Galactic Pictures

A third rate film company specializing in cheap exploitation thrillers. Their offices are at a dingy, run-down 2-story building at 1770 Hollywood Blvd, a very ugly part of the city. The owner and studio chief was Guy Callabero (who started as a sideshow act of a traveling carnival).

Movies included The Red Planet Mangler, Return of the Red Planet Mangler and The Red Planet Mangler vs. Benji.

They came up with Joltovision. In 2038, 20 viewers were fried in Los Angeles and G.P. had some legal problems.

Jocques Sparrow did some publicity work for them. Rick Logan and Alexis Alexander met while worked there. Alexis had a speaking role in The Red Planet Mangler Part 4. During Ozark Mutants vs. The Red Planet Mangler the two were leaving together.

However the company closed down and Alexa did not get paid, despite the efforts of Rhonda Foxworth.
Ardo Newpop

Ardo is a mentally-challenged mutant, a giant of 400 pounds and 8 feet he is like an overgrown kid. He gets furious when confused. He works the front desk at the Golden Gate Hotel.

He is a fan of the Inspector Burns Fire Safety Show, which he watches wearing his fire hat, and the Inspector Burns Fire Safety Manual he buys from Chelsee Bando. Once he asked Rook Garner if he had any Inspector Burns action figures and because Rook did not know this character, Ardo looked at him as if tearing his head off. He visits the Slice O'Heaven pizza for the all-you-can-eat buffet but since he almost eats everything they got, Francesca Lucido kicks him out.Ardo regularly eats at Louies Brew 'n' Stew and would eat steak and chocolate milk.He used to bother Clint but when he got Clint chocolate syrup the two started to get along.

Ardo is paid by Sal Lucido to prevent Tex from ever entering any of the rooms at the hotel but he is easily tricked by Tex impersonating Inspector Burns, and allows him access to the Regency Escort Service Love Suite and collect evidence of Sal's infidelity.

Despite Ardo's obsession with Inspector Burns, the Hotel shuts down for inadequate fire safety measures.By 2050 he has become a state senator in California winning on a campaign based on fire safety.
Ferris Collett

Ferris Collett, a graduate of MIT, is the manager of the TerraForm Corp power plant on Mars. He's been sending reports to Marshall Alexander about growing dissatisfaction among the plant employees who were mainly mutants.

He is known to be a hard drinking womanizer, and also fiery tempered, perfectionist and an arrogant technocrat who has fired many men from his work.
Elijah Witt

Witt (played by Sterling Brimley) is a cantankerous old writer who was close with Thomas Malloy and Gordon Fitzpatrick. He is the author of 'There are Messages from Outer Space', a book seen practically as a bible for Ufologists. He receives one of Malloy's boxes and after learning the full details of Malloy's research, is firmly in the camp of destroying the hidden second spacecraft. In the novel, Witt has a much more significant role. After anonymously providing hints and difficult to obtain equipment to Tex throughout the story, it is revealed that he has numerous connections reaching as far up as the NSA and the government, enabling him to pull various strings.
Rio Blanco

Rio Blanco is a dirty village in the Amazon jungle. It was once a place of traveling rubber barons and coffee plantation owners. A flea bag hotel was hosting them but now it's owned by El Loco, the gigantic town bully. It has a plaza with a water well made of adobe bricks, a crumbling cantina and a deserted Catholic mission.

Maya waited for a signal from Jason Roberts to lead him to his brother.
Majestic-12

**Majestic-12** was a top secret research and development/intelligence operation and group. It reports directly only to the President of the USA who at that time was Dwight D. Eisenhower. Operations of the project were carried out under control of the Group.

Members of the group were recommended by Dr. Vannevar Bush and Secy. James Forrestal and established by special classified executive order of President Harry S. Truman.

The Group was composed of:
Adm. Roscoe H. Hollenkoetter, Dr. Vannevar Bush, Secy. James V. Forrestal, Gen Nathan F. Twining, Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Dr. Detley Bronk, Dr. Jerome Hunsaker, Sidney W. Souers, Gordon Gray, Dr. Dnald MEnzel, Gen. Robert M. Montague and Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner
Thomas Dangerfield

An archaeologist, member of the Stanton Expedition, who informed Collier Stanton about the existence of the Oracle Stone. He advised Stanton to purchase the Stone from the colonists of Valles Marinaris.

When the colonists denied, he took no part to the massacre, and threatened to inform the authorities of the event, and he was shot. However he survived and spent his life looking for the Stone and Stanton

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He discovered that the Stone acts as a conductor between solid matter and the electromagnetic impulses of the brain. Humans however have only been able to generate too little cerebral energy which would operate the Stone on dangerous levels.

He found a way to pass the interlocking Martian mechanism in the caves near the Terraform Corp and built a machine there that would magnify the impulses of his brain and would allow him to use the Stone
Stanton Expedition

An expedition led by Collier Stanton, to do a feasibility study on Mars for mining the pure silicon on the planet. It was the first major scientific group to explore the alien ruins. To obtain the Oracle Stone, Stanton ordered the execution of colonists of Valles Marinaris in 2016 (228 souls, 62 of them kids), which later reported to have found destroyed. However evidence showed that the Expedition themselves were responsible.
Trance Inducer

*The Trance Inducer*, also called *TI6*, was a controversial therapy developed to help traumatized victims. With the help of microscopic nanites, they could block certain memories. The treatment was developed around 2020, but outlawed worldwide a few years later. The process is reversible with the use of trance interrupter serum and a personal trance key.

## Tesla Effect

Tex experiences a huge memory loss in 2050 after being injected with a dose. Later he meets Mason Bauers, who also had his memory cleaned.
Suspicious speeder

The mysterious speeder which was used in the Abduction on Chandler had it's taillight shot out. Because of this, Tex Murphy was able to use the Vehicle Compliance Tracking database to discover the owner of the sapphire colored '48 bi-turbo XL Pandion speeder. It was registered to a company called Sesen.

## Novelization

The speeder was registered to a company called TLS, Inc..
Tex's trance key

After Tex Murphy was injected with a Trance Inducer in 2050, he experienced a memory loss. To recover his memories he needs a Trance Interrupter, as well as a Trance Key. Since Margaret Leonard is the only one who knows the key, and she is dead, Tex is unable to find his own key.

## Novelization

In Tex Murphy and the Tesla Effect Tex is able to discover his own key using several clues laid out by Margaret. The key is revealed to be the phrase *sleep no more*.
Zippy Cash

A pawn shop located at the corner of Jackson and Maple Streets. His owner is Urban Robey.

It was the ninth to be broken by Mick Flemm over three weeks (and the second not owned by a mutant). Urban thought it was a practical joke played by his friends until he reported the crime 3 days later.

Lt. Mac Malden led the investigation.