Robert Chamberlain was the National Security Advisor of the United States and a Consortium associate during the Oil Crisis.[1]
Biography[]
Robert Chamberlain served as the National Security Advisor to President Baldwin and was involved in the creation of a direct action military unit called the Task Force Talon. He chose Jason Richter as the unit's commander for his loose cannon personality.[2]
Chamberlain also had connections in the oil industry. He was friends with TransGlobal CEO Harold Kingman, and secretly had ties to the Consortium.
The Oil Crisis[]
Following the attack on the TransGlobal refinery in Houston, Chamberlain authorized Task Force Talon to protect the attendees at the World Energy Forum in London. When Consortium terrorists began to attack the area and fired into the crowd of protestors, Chamberlain demanded that Jefferson's team move out, protect the civilians, and eliminate the threat. After Kingman was rescued from the terrorists, Chamberlain in a masked voice angrily complained to Zakharov, saying that the Consortium's mission in London was intended to be a subtle abduction of Kingman. Zakharov dismissed Chamberlain's plan, cutting his personal ties with him and began to organize his own plans to strike back at TransGlobal.
During the attack on San Francisco, Richter requested Chamberlain to authorize the use of the experimental S.H.I.E.L.D units. Despite initial rejections from Chamberlain, he reluctantly granted Richter the secret prototypes to eliminate the Consortium forces and the cargo ships from the city.
While Operation Hedgehog was being issued by President Baldwin, Task Force Talon was deployed to Egypt to protect a TransGlobal refinery without knowledge from the National Security Advisor. Right after airstrikes from the USS Truman wiped out most of the Consortium's positions, Chamberlain learned about the unauthorized operation and was infuriated with Richter and General Kelly for their disobedience of his orders. Regardless, he allowed the operation to continue and ordered Richter to secure funds.
During Operation Red Viper, after Task Force Talon's and the 1st Armored Division's first engagement against the renegade 11th Armored Corps in Vologda, Chamberlain notified Richter that the the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant was seized by the 11th Corps, threatening a nuclear meltdown that would be catastrophic for US forces on Russian soil. Chamberlain ordered Task Force Talon to retake the facility, while General Kelly sent the 1st Armored Division to assault the 11th Corps main base.
When Consortium terrorists and the renegade elements of the 81st Armored Brigade began occupying Washington D.C. in response to Zakharov's capture, Chamberlain and Baldwin attempted to escape with the Secret Service via Marine One, but their helicopter was shot down by Zakharov himself. The President was evacuated by the Secret Service from the crash site, but an unconscious Chamberlain was left behind. Chamberlain was then captured by Zakharov and taken to the Consortium's stronghold in the city.
After Task Force Talon had secured the White House from the 81st, Zakharov personally contacted Richter, telling him his plan to activate the Falling Star superweapon with Chamberlain's unwilling help. Despite President Baldwin's pleas for him to not go through, Chamberlain activated the weapon as he was held at Zakharov's gunpoint. After taunting Chamberlain that he had finally done something useful for him, Zakharov executed the disgraced National Security Advisor on the spot.
Task Force Talon eventually discovered the location of Zakharov's stronghold in D.C. from tracking Chamberlain's watch, allowing them to target and obliterate the enemy compound with Wolverine missiles.
Behind the scenes[]
Robert Chamberlain is portrayed by Nick Mihalovits in Act of War: Direct Action.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Eugen Systems, Atari, Act of War: Direct Action. March 15, 2005.
- ↑ Act of War UK site (archived). Archived from the original on 2004-12-05.
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