Zachariah Trench

**Zachariah Trench** was a American scientist who served as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Control. Before being hired by the Foundation, Zachariah Trench was regarded as one of the top pioneers of physics. Trench was responsible for discovering Time Travel through Quantum Physics, while nobody had believed his thesis. The Foundation recruited him as a means to make his time machine. Following this, Zachariah Trench disappeared from the public eye. Conspiracy theories began spreading online regarding his disappearance. Some of these theories suggested he was kidnapped by the Soviet Union or he got lost in time.

# History

## Career

In his thirties, Zachariah Trench was widely known as one of the smartest physicists alive. Having graduated from the top universities, Trench was famous for founding his own think tank. Trench was the best in his field. However his public reputation would shatter when people called him insane for claiming he discovered time travel. This was true and because of this the Foundation recruited him into their ranks.

## Foundation Career

Before being accepted into the Foundation, Trench underwent a Foundation training course. It was here where Trench discovered his passion for anomalies. All though Trench passed all of his classes, he frequently acted disobedient when he was curious. Often asking questions and talking back to his instructors. After his course, Trench was transferred to Site-19 where be began testing on Class Ds.

Trench frequently tested the boundaries of various SCPs, over time Trench became known for his thirst for knowledge and his immense curiosity. Trench would later have a hidden affair with Amelia Granger. He and Granger’s sexual and romantic affair would be kept hidden from her father who was a Head of Research at the time. Even though Granger was extremely close to her father since her mother’s passing, she still lied about her love for Trench.

Trench would later be tasked with developing a time travel machine for the Foundation. All though he was successful in doing so, an horrible accident occurred and Amelia Granger’s father was almost sent back in time. To prevent a catastrophe in the timeline, the MTF killed Granger’s father before he travelled back in time.

All though It was an accident, this event would strain the relationship between Trench and Granger. Granger believed Trench was responsible, to which he wasn’t. Because he knew he would never gain Granger’s trust and respect again, Trench resigned because he couldn’t forgive himself for letting her father die.

## The Bureau

Upon his exit from the Foundation, Trench would be sought after by the Federal Bureau of Control for his knowledge of time travel and the Foundation. Hoping to get an advantage over the Foundation. Trench would be recruited by the FBC where he and a younger Casper Darling would work on various anomalous and paranatural projects. Upon the completion of his time travel project, Trench would be unexpectedly promoted as the new Director.

He would later be responsible for funding the panopticon project. Zachariah Trench would later unexpectedly find a pregnant Amelia Granger she had claimed that Trench had accidentally impregnated her. Trench would run away in fear and bury this moment forever.

That child would be raised by Amelia Granger and Daniel Faden and grow up to be Jesse Faden. After being reluctant to raise his child and feeling bad for abandoning Granger. He aimed to make the world a safer place with the FBC. After his work on his time machine, Trench would fund dozens of state of the art projects utilizing human experimentation.

In 1982 a diplomatic visit was made to a US Air base in West Germany regarding the transfer of an anomalous item, Trench would meet Oberon Shroeder here working on experimental aircraft. Impressed by Shroeders work, Trench would take Shroeder back to America. Becoming a mentor to Shroeder, after Trench returned to the Oldest House Shroeder would become a scientist for DARPA and reverse engineer various technologies in 1986. Such as the vocal cord parasite and the Skull unit’s Parasite Serum. Shroeder would later work with a kidnapped Huey Emmerich to develop various Metal Gears.

In 1987, Trench would secretly fund organizations such as the Chaos Insurgency and Marshal Carter & Dark. Trench would become a leading member of the Chaos Insurgency and ensured it would become a CIA puppet to obtain and weaponize anomalies. Through the market firm known as Marshal Carter & Dark, Trench would purchase dozens of anomalies for the FBC.

In 1988 Trench would join the Ark Society and meet Soviet General Dreykov where they developed a fierce rivalry.

In 1998, Trench would make his first appearance in the public with various meetings with President Clinton. In 2001 Trench would witness 9/11 from his office in the Oldest House, this mortified him. Trench was relocated to a bunker afterwards. In 2004, Trench would solidify a diplomatic alliance between the FBC and the Foundation.