Santiago Alejandro

Doctor **Santiago Alejandro** is a brilliant scientist currently on the run from the Atlas Coalition alongside his colleagues. His whereabouts are currently unknown, but it is confirmed that he has kept his workers close-by through their loyalty to him. He is known to be good friends with Adamantine Guard leader Diego Torres.

## History

Santiago was born in Seville in Southern Spain in 2009. Santiago was noticably gifted at a young age, and was sent through multiple school and University programmes to earn his Doctorate in Engineering at the young age of 24. He originally began a company called Skybreaker Engineering, specializing in the design of Power Armour and Shield Technology.

### Shift to Atlas

At 26 years old, Santiago sold Skybreaker to begin a new business in the Atlas Coalition, as he had been contacted by many investors in the country who had been interested by the technology coming from Skybreaker. So in 2035, Santiago moved to Atlas and began Alejandro Technologies Inc.

### Rise to Power

Backed by immense monetary might, Dr Alejandro's company was built nearly overnight through the work of his investors, chiefly Robert Wigram's holding company. Dr Alejandro was able to spend most of his time creating new designs and working on new contracts.

His main focus was on the creation of weapons, and he was able to reverse engineer many technologies that had previously been unworkable, such as EU Power Swords. He spent a year and a half designing and perfecting many weapons, along with his new colleagues that he hired to work alongside him.

### Vehicle Accident

In November 2036, Dr Alejandro was driving his sports car back from a party celebrating the success of the ML1 Laser Rifle when his vehicle was struck side-on by a large cargo truck. The truck had no driver, and as of yet no Resistance Group has claimed responsibility. Santiago's legs were crushed in the footwell of his car, rendering him unable to walk.

### Augmentations and Power Armour

Santiago then dedicated himself to designing and furthering Cybernetics and Military Grade Power Armour. 2 months after the accident, Santiago walked out of a hospital in Arlington on a new set of legs designed by himself. He began reshaping his company to hire young engineers who specialized in augmentation and protection, as he wanted to ensure accidents like his could be either prevented or solved afterwards.

### Gwen Williams

Dr Alejandro hired young engineer Gwen Williams in January 2037 after being impressed by her work on previous Cybernetic projects. She quickly became one of his more respected colleagues, before they eventually entered into a... slightly unprofessional relationship. Gwen decided to postpone finishing her doctorate in order to work more with Dr Alejandro, and eventually this love for her work would spell disaster.

### Project Metaenium

Dr Alejandro made a breakthrough on a revolutionary alloy he named 'Metaenium' in late 2037. Metaenium was extremely durable to near impossible proportions, and he was able to use it to complete several of his more far-fetched designs. One such design was the so-called 'MA2 Armour,' a set of power armour that could augment the strength of the wearer to biblical proportions. The basics were sorted and the remainer of the design was passed to Williams.

### A Cruel Twist of Fate

Gwen Williams was unable to finish the suit to meet the Wigram Company's deadline. She had done her best effort, but the suit was uncalibrated and was extremely dangerous for the wearer. She attempted to try and push for an extension, but Wigram had many investors waiting and laid down an ultimatum.

*"I want a demonstration of that suit tomorrow or this company isn't going to like the results. It would be a shame for Doctor Alejandro to take so much time out of his schedule to focus on new Cybernetic augments."*

Gwen Williams decided to attempt to test the armour. She forbade Tyson Collins- the original test pilot- from testing the suit, instead opting to risk herself instead. She donned the suit and proceeded with the demonstration.

It seemed to be going well enough despite the obvious lack of control over the suit's power until Williams was asked to turn around by Wigram. When she tried to, the suit twisted 180 degrees at the waist immediately, shattering her spine. Despite this, Wigram was pleased with the advancements and made a further investment in Alejandro Technologies.

### Retribution

Dr Alejandro was heartbroken at the heinous injuries sustained by his partner, and he immediately began working behind the scenes on vengeance against Robert Wigram. He spread out as many connections as possible, finally making contact with a major Resistance Group called the Adamantine Guard. After meeting with them in person, and earning their trust by explaining his story, Dr Alejandro returned to his company with a plan in mind.

Dr Santiago Alejandro called his trusted colleagues together for a meeting, in which they agreed that something *must* be done, and that Wigram and his associates would pay for their hubris.

### Operation Lightswitch

Dr Alejandro and his company began Operation Lightswitch, a brutal plan that involved changing his blueprints to include a killswitch. He continued under this manner for 6 months, even calling back previously sold firearms in a continent-wide recall in order to replace them with Killswitch Rifles. Even in 2039, there are still many Killswitch Rifles in active use despite the Coalition's best attempts to replace them.

### The Fall of Alejandro Technologies Inc

> *"Well... You thought you could use **my** weapons against me just like that? Typical Atlan tactics... Sorry, 'mi amigos,' but this isn't going down the way you assumed." -* Dr Alejandro laying down his winning hand.
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In mid-2038, the Atlas Security Force finally figured out that Dr Alejandro's behaviours were highly suspicious and they eventually traced his contact with the Adamantine Guard. They organised a lightning raid on his headquarters, and after a short confrontation they had Alejandro and his allies at gunpoint. Then their weapons all simultaneously turned off, and Alejandro revealed with a smile that he'd been expecting them to try their usual tactics. He then revealed a hidden group of Adamantine Guard revolutionaries that opened fire on the response team. Dr Alejandro, Gwen Williams and all of their associates made their escape with the Adamantine Guard.

### Present Day

As of 2039, Dr Alejandro remains a sore subject in the Atlas Coalition. It is still unknown just how far reaching Operation Lightswitch truly was, and the Atlas Security and Defense Forces are still finding hidden traps and built-in weaknesses to this day. Robert Wigram was genuinely surprised by Dr Alejandro's backbone, and an insider has quoted him as saying *"I suppose he did have a bit of a backbone, shame his lady friend doesn't."*

Dr Alejandro and his allies travelled with the Adamantine Guard to their main base of operations, which is theorized to be somewhere in Northern Canada. The AIA- Atlas Intelligence Agency- has reason to believe that he is the reason why Northern Resistance groups like the Adamantine Guard and the Canadians have gained access to increased amounts of high-tech weaponry and armour. For this reason alone, Dr Santiago Alejandro is on the AIA's Most Wanted list, and there is a reward offered for information leading to his arrest or his death.

## Designs

Dr Alejandro has designed a large amount of weaponry for the Atlas Coalition across a large variety of different categories, including Power Weapons, Augmentations, Armour and many types of Firearms.

Current users of Dr Santiago Alejandro's technology include:

* Atlas Defense Force
* Atlas Security Force
* The Adamantine Guard
* The Canadians