Chris Dickerson

A young Sergeant in his late 20's with a very cool and laid back personality as opposed to the usual military sergeant stereotypes. He is also happily married with two kids; a boy and a girl.
For the most part Chris seems to be loved and well respected, especially by William Sterling, Justin Church, and Lynne Williams. Outside of those three Chris really didn't interact much with anyone else aside from Enrique and Victoria, although he does mention that he knows Stan isn't the instigator in any of the fights that take place on the base.

While he does not approve of Justin's actions at times he isn't overly-critical, but he also refuses to sugarcoat anything that he does say. If Chris believes Justin is acting like an asshole then he will tell him just as much; same goes for anyone else wanting to hear an honest opinion. This is probably why William never comes to Chris looking for advice, because he knows Chris is going to tell it like it is.

In Atlantech The Early Days, Chris doesn't play a really big part, but does come across like a prominent character in the scenes that he's in. He is first introduced in Chapter 8: Loss of Innocence, when Justin Church hurries into the elevator not realizing Chris is even there until he makes a comment about Justin pushing the button for the third floor and interrupting his original destination (which was the ground floor where the recreation room is located.) The exchange is brief and Justin apologizes and then takes off.

Chris makes his next unexpected appearance in Chapter 12: Early Start, where Justin sits down to join him at the table with his breakfast. Chris is seen to be reading the daily paper and enjoying his morning coffee. Justin talks about how he abandoned William, who was left to meet Victoria by himself, in which Chris remarks, "Is he still pining after her?" Justin then goes off on his own little rant about how Grace rejected him again. Chris outright tells Justin he can be quite the asshole as well as pathetic. Justin then responds by saying: "Hey, at least you're honest. And that's what counts, right?"

Chris agrees and then the next thing he knows Justin is telling him about how he agreed to start working on some top secret project with Atlantech. Justin goes on to say that he doesn't understand why he was chosen since all he does is experiment with things like appliances in his spare time. "It's just a hobby," Justin explains, and then also mentions how he sometimes even experiments with chemicals in the lab, but the last time he ended up mixing up a couple of unstable chemicals which resulted in a fire.

"You set the alarms off that day," Chris recalled then. "We were all outside standing around and waiting until they put the fire out. None of us knew who it was at the time, but I kind of suspected it was you."

Justin looks to be surprised at this answer, but also amazed that Chris didn't spill the news to their other comrades (who probably wouldn't have been the most polite about it unlike Chris.)

## Death and Legacy

During Naeem's attack on the base, Chris faces off against him but gets startled and distracted once he hears Lynne's hysterical screaming (After Abraham had been stabbed near the heart by another warrior and almost killed.) During this moment Naeem seizes the opportunity and stabs Chris right in the gut with his blade. After Chris falls to the ground bleeding out that's when Justin, William, and Dendera arrive on the scene; where Justin proceeds to hold Chris in his final moments. Before he passes away from his injuries, Chris tells Justin that he forgives him for everything. Broken by this as well as the death of a good soldier Justin snaps and then kills Naeem himself; stabbing him right in his black heart with his own knife. Prior to killing Naeem Justin had also put down another warrior that William managed to restrain in a double armlock; holding him from behind.

Even a month later the loss of Chris is still felt by everyone, but especially Justin. In Atlantech: Days of Darkness Justin is shown to struggle with the loss to the point he couldn't bring himself to attend Chris's funeral or even look at his wife and kids without feeling survivor's guilt. It isn't until William convinces Justin to visit Chris in the city mausoleum that Justin is able to begin to let go of his guilt and self hatred and start to heal.