Susan Abernathy

Susan Abernathy
Type	Side Character

Susan Abernathy is the director of special operations at Arasaka's American headquarters. She is unusually cruel even by corporate standards and betrays or removes anyone who stands in the way of her ambitions. Just saying her name makes Arasaka employees flinch. She is the rival whose fall Arthur Jenkins plans with a Corpo V, and the plan ends V's corporate career.

Biography

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The Director

Abernathy won her post as director of special operations, a job her rival Arthur Jenkins also wanted. To get it, she smeared Jenkins and his whole counter-intelligence division before Arasaka's board, and he never forgave her. She also tried to poach top people from rival corporations.

The Plot

Jenkins plans to remove Abernathy with the help of his most trusted agent, a Corpo V. But Carter Smith, an operative in Jenkins's own division, warns her of the plan. She sends Arasaka security to intercept Jenkins's agent and turns on the rest of his division, firing or getting rid of its people. This is the betrayal that throws a Corpo V out of Arasaka at the start of the game.

Personality

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Abernathy is paranoid, ruthless and ambitious. She trusts no one and strikes first. Her reputation alone keeps her subordinates in line.

Relationships

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Arthur Jenkins is her rival. Carter Smith is the informer who warns her. A Corpo V is one of her victims.

Jobs

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Abernathy is part of The Corpo-Rat and returns in Last Caress, near the end of the Arasaka ending.

Name	Type
The Corpo-Rat	Main Job
Last Caress	Main Job

Endings

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Abernathy remains director for a time and continues purging staff, but she is said to take her own life some time before the final assault on Arasaka Tower.

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