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'''Lieutenant Nathan Hale''' (was a '''Sergeant''' in '']'') is a ] and the main protagonist/] of '']'' and '']''.

==History==
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===Early History & Career===
Hale was born on November 23, 1922, in ].<ref name="Project Abraham">{{cite web|url = http://www.projectabraham.com/dossiers/hale.htm|title = Hale dossier|accessdate=2008-10-05 |work=] |publisher=] |}}</ref><ref> from ''PlayStation: The Official Magazine'' verifies much of the character's fictional biography and demonstrations the extent of coverage he has received in previews of the game.</ref> He joined the ] in 1945 where he started his training at ], ]. In 1946, he was promoted to ], and was cited for lack of reasonable effort because he, according to a report, consistently drove tanks beyond speed limits.<ref name="Project Abraham"/> Two years later he was promoted to the rank of ]. In February 1949, he was transferred to a military camp in ] where he went through the ] Orientation Program which he passed later in May 1949.<ref name="Project Abraham"/> Two months later he was transferred to the 1st Ranger Regiment in ] and wounded in a ].<ref name="Project Abraham"/>

In December 1949, the ] attacked ], but the ] did not reveal the truth to the American citizens, covering it up by saying that an ] epidemic was going on in Europe. A government project called '']'' starts, whose purpose is to find a cure for the Chimera virus. Hale heard of the project and volunteered for it on December 1, 1950. He said in an induction interview that he thought that something else is going on in Europe that the government isn't telling them. He also said that he thinks that someone like him should volunteer for the project.<ref>{{cite video |month2=August |year2=2008 |title=Project Abraham.com N.Hale Induction video |url=http://www.projectabraham.com/videos.htm?vidid=18 |format=Video |medium= |publisher=SCE|accessdate=2008-10-05 }}</ref> During his time at the project base in ], he gets to know Doctor Cassandra "Cassie" Aklin. Aklin falls in love with Hale during the time he is there. Hale was injected with the anti-virus in December 6 the same year, and fell into a ], but woke up from it a few days later.

===Resistance: Fall of Man===
Half a year later, the American government decides to enter the war against the Chimera, and Hale is one of the 12,000 soldiers that is shipping out. The Americans' mission is to help the ] survivors to liberate the city of ] and to retrieve a secret weapon that the British claim can be used against the Chimera. However, the force is quickly wiped out by a Chimeran spire attack, which infects all of the soldiers with the Chimeran virus, soon after landing in York. Hale survives thanks to the injection he received at Project Abraham and does not turn into a Chimera. He does receive some of the traits of Chimera which include: increased metabolism and limited regeneration, and gold/yellow irises.

Hale continues on his mission, along the way meeting with and rescuing ] Rachel Parker while escaping from a Chimeran conversion center in ]. Parker assists Hale over the radio for the rest of his mission. Hale and the British forces eventually manage to deliver the secret weapon to one of the Resistance's headquarters, only for it to be attacked by Chimeran forces shortly afterward. It is revealed that the "secret weapon" is actually an "Angel", a Chimeran creature that British Intelligence was able to capture. The Angels are the most powerful form of Chimera creature, and British Intelligence theorizes that they control the rest of the Chimera forces through some form of telepathy. The Angel attempts to enter into Hale's mind, but he manages to resist the mind-meld and shoots the creature with his carbine.

Hale continues with the war effort, assisted by ] Stephen Cartwright, a British ] Commando. The two of them eventually discover that the Chimera have established a series of metallic Towers throughout Britain, all inter-connected by a series of underground power conduits. They also find out that the Towers were excavated, not constructed. Hale enters the underground Chimeran tunnels and discovers that the Chimera's main Tower in Britain is in ]. Through his connection to the Chimera, Hale comes to the conclusion that destroying the central Tower will somehow result in the total defeat of the Chimera in Britain.

The British and American forces launch one final, desperate attack against the main Tower in London. Hale manages to reach the top of the Tower and destroy its central nuclear fission reactor, resulting in a massive explosion that demolishes the main Tower. The reaction propagates along the Chimera conduit network, destroying all the Towers in Britain and killing all of the Angels inside. With the Angels dead, the remaining Chimera forces quickly die off.

Hale is presumed to have been killed in the explosion of the main Tower, and the Army lists him as ]. Hale has survived however, as the final sequence depicts Hale walking through rubble and snow, armed with only a single grenade. He is captured by a squad of soldiers, a form of ]. Hale briefly contemplates killing them as well as himself with the grenade, but ultimately decides against it. He drops the grenade and allows himself to be taken into custody by the soldiers.

===Resistance 2===
Upon boarding the VTOL, Hale is subdued and sedated, though resists until a pistol is used to "convince" him to relax. En route to the base, SRPA's Director of Advanced Tactical Operations; Major Richard Blake, reveals he has been extracted to aid in the mission of his team infiltrating SRPA Station Igloo in Iceland; currently under attack and poised to be overrun by Chimera, and killing "Daedalus", the Leader of the Chimera, who is somehow kept in containment. Hale agrees, though, while enduring many hardships (beginning when the VTOL is shot down as they arrive by a Goliath), "Daedalus" escapes. Hale evacuates with Blake and Doctor Fyodor Malikov. Hale then agrees to join "The Sentinels"; a top-secret mobile strategic reserve fighting task force designed and created by the SRPA, consisting of other soldiers resistant to the virus, for the purpose of resisting the Chimera during the inevitable invasion of the United States.

2 years later, Hale is now a Lieutenant and head of Sentinel Team Echo. The Chimeran invasion finally begins, and Hale is able to get Fyodor and his viral inhibitors out of SRPA-Defensive Station III, the base he has resided in since his departure from Britain, before it is overrun and ultimately collapses.

Hale leads several Sentinel operations across the United States, eventually forsaking his scheduled inhibitor treatment for the sake of saving the LDP safe zone. These efforts are, sadly, also futile, as he once again battles "Daedalus", in which half his squad is killed, "Daedalus" and the Chimera penetrate the safe zone and kill most of its surviving population, and Hale is rendered comatose for 6 weeks.

Hale does indeed wake up, only to find he is only hours away from converting into a Chimera. Regardless, Hale, Blake and the surviving SRPA forces launch a final, desperate attack on "Daedalus" at the assembled Chimeran fleet over the Gulf of Mexico. Hale and the only other survivor of Echo Squad and a fellow Project Abraham survivor; Corporal Joseph Capelli (who is seen to gradually distrust Hale over the prospect of him turning into a Chimera) infiltrate "Daedalus"' command ship and plant a fission bomb to destroy the fleet in a massive explosion. The operation succeeds, with Hale killing "Daedalus" and setting the bomb to detonate after Capelli and Hale escape in a stolen Chimeran shuttlecraft, which is forced to crashland in Mexico due to the explosion's shockwave. With the destruction of the fleet, the Chimeran's hold on the United States is broken and the country liberated.

===Supposed death===
After the crash, it is revealed Hale has finally succumbed to the virus, and has near-dominant Chimeran traits and is in mental contact with the surviving Chimera. Capelli finds him outside staring at the sky, and immediately realizes Hale's personality has been lost (as Hale echoes the same words "Daedalus" spoke to him upon their first meeting, and then states ''"This is just the beginning,"'' strongly implying the Chimera will continue to fight). Capelli, consumed with remorse, entirely contrary to his earlier attitude towards his superior officer, whispers ''"Forgive me sir, it was an honor"''. Capelli shoots Hale in the head with his pistol, supposedly killing him, althought this is not yet confirmed.

==Creation==
The character of Nathan Hale was created by ]. Insomniac President & CEO Ted Price, one of the game developers, once discussed Hale with Jason Hill in an interview; where he added "Internally we wanted to know more about Hale, and focusing on him provided the opportunity to answer questions about him.

Instead, however, Hale was portrayed, in the first game, as being a very quiet and withdrawn person and rarely speaks, though with time and battles with his Chimeran enemies, does he begin to show a more aggressive and accessible behavior. Despite his lack of social grace, Hale is seen to be a capable and brilliant soldier, his tough resiliance inspiring the men under his command. Hale has also been seen as very romantically successful; having formed a relationship with Cassandra Aklin, a medical practitioner from Project Abraham.

==Reception==
''PTOM'' states that "The ''Resistance 2'' story is all about Nathan Hale and his role in this great conflict.<ref name="David Kaye">"''Resistance 2'': Getting To Know Nathan Hale," ''PlayStation The Official Magazine'' 13 (November 2008): 62.</ref> ''Playstation Universe'' lists Hale among the top five Playstation 3 characters thus far.<ref>Dave Wales, "Top five PlayStation 3 characters thus far," ''Playstation Universe'' (March 16th, 2008): http://www.psu.com/Top-five-PlayStation-3-characters-thus-far--a0003095-p0.php</ref>

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