Lewis Carpenter

General Lewis Carpenter: He is not a pivotal character in the story, but is a big portion of the back story. He is ordered by the Director to send Major Kendall and his squad on a doomed suicide mission to Outpost 5A to recover the scientific research located there else it fall into the hands of raiders or outer planet rebels. He is also ordered by the Director to lie to Major Kendall. He tells Major Kendall that the scientists are being held hostage at Outpost 5A by outer planet rebels. He is not a deceitful person, but merely feels that the recovery of the research and the termination of the viral AI is extremely important to not only the survival of the species living on Hope, but everywhere in general. He is killed in the first attempts to fight off the viral AI and the Husks, just days after the failed asset recovery mission of Major Kendall. At his time of death, he is 51 years old.