Resistance: The Gathering Storm - Plot Development

Plot Development

The book expands details on key characters; most notably Nathan Hale (and others being Noah Grace and Jordan Shepherd, and the people they are). Other storylines are expanded upon as well, and some unanswered questions are revealed. Revelations include;

• Hale is one of the original Sentinels.
• Hale is famous throughout SRPA, despite his attempts to keep a low profile, not only due to him being the only survivor of the American force sent to Britain, but because of what happened to him and what he did to liberate the country in Fall of Man.
• Aklin and Hale's relationship during Project Abraham (hinted at during the website videos) was strictly and clinically professional, but there was underlying tension between them. When they meet up in the general public, eventually Hale and Aklin become (secret) lovers
• Aklin holds tremendous guilt over what Hale endured, and is still enduring, as a result of Project Abraham, where she was responsible for him involved in the first place.
• Richard Blake is revealed to be a Sentinel.
• Blake is a member of the SRPA leadership; and so, while other officers are technically senior, he is generally the head of military operations.
• Fyodor Malikov is one of the three co-founders of SRPA, and was the head of Project Abraham.
• Operation Overstrike was mentioned: it confirms its official purpose was to destroy the hub tower in Paris, which doing so disrupted Chimera throughout Western Europe, but un-officially was to implement the virus to kill the Carriers and shut down the Conversion Centers, which succeeded as seen in Resistance: Retribution.
• Cartwright's name is mentioned as being "Stephen Cartwright" rather than "Steven Cartwright".
• SRPA's designation is officially given as "Special Research Projects Administration".
• Jordan Shepherd is welcomed into the Chimera due to the shared belief that Shepherd is in control of, and can even manipulate, the Chimeran virus. He has the ability to sent his consciousness to any Chimera type or unit on Earth; while remaining linked to his body. Furthermore, he still possesses his human memories, primarily those of people who have significance to him (specifically his wife and Hale).
• Jordan did not murder his wife; Hannah, as was implied in the comic book series. Instead, Jordan (because he did have blood on his hands later on) only murdered his neighbor Mr. Hetterwood, after mistaken him for being too close to his wife.
• Hannah, like every other family member of soldiers drafted into the SRPA, was informed her husband was dead. She was informed of the truth, initially in a limited capacity - she discovered the true scope of it when she met Jordan as "Daedalus". She accepted it, however, having never lost her feelings for him.
• The Chimera are still using Angels - but in an increasingly diminished capacity.
• The Chimera species is explored - they describe their species as being part of a "great whole"; in which lesser units serve the larger ones. They also refer to themselves as "Chimera" (as well as the names given to them by humans e.g. Hybrids, Titans, Steelheads etc.) The Chimera, also, have a strong thirst for human blood.
• The Chimera hub tower in Holar, Iceland; next to SRPA Station Igloo, is described as being the Chimera's headquarters on Earth.