Nathaniel Taylor
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Actor: Stephen Lang, Ref: Terra Nova
Concept
Badass Benevolent Dictator
Tropes
Father To His Men; Commanding Coolness; Old Soldier; Screw The Rules! I'm Doing What's Right; Well-Intentioned Extremist
Details
In the Show
- Taylor enlisted in the military and trained under General Richard Philbrick.
- Taylor later married Ayani and the two had a son named Lucas. Taylor and his family later fought in the war in Somalia and Ayani was killed in August of 2138 when she, Nathaniel and Lucas were captured. Lucas hated him from that moment, and/or Nathaniel hated Lucas, depending on which one is asked.
- Taylor was the first human sent through to Terra Nova, leading the First Pilgrimage, which departed in 2142, but he arrived ahead of his team for unknown reasons. Taylor spent 118 days alone, surviving the savage jungle of Terra Nova, before the rest of the people in his group arrived. It is said that he lived in Pilgrim's Tree during his time alone, but this could just be part of his legend.
- Lucas came to Terra Nova on the Second Pilgrimage, and was assigned to the science division. Some time before the Third Pilgrimage.
- Taylor found out Lucas was trying to make the Portal allow two-way transmission, allowing an unidentified group/sponsor to plunder this world. Taylor destroyed his son's research, and later, followed his son to the portal, where Gen. Richard Philbrick emerged to assume command of Terra Nova. When Taylor refused to step down, guns were pulled, and Gen. Philbrick was killed. Taylor banished his son, and listed him as missing, hoping that he would one day repent and return.
- Lucas returned just before the Eleventh Pilgrimage, having completed his calculations. He reversed the portal and returned to Homeline, bringing back corporate management, and their hired PMC, Phoenix Group, to take over the colony. The colony fought back, until Jim Shannon returned through the portal with a bomb, which severed the connection and stranded Phoenix Group Backline, at which point they retreated to the Badlands.
In the Campaign
- Strict, but usually fair. He will make sure he gets things his way, as long as they help Terra Nova, in his eyes
- Chews wooden matches sometimes
- “Green” true-believer, conservationist (but not to the point of total-idiocy)
- Hand-picked by former Pres Washington & given total authority over Backline operations
- Pissed off corp(s) that wanted to strip-mine by utterly refusing to allow it, resulting in some covert attempts to remove him from authority
- Extra-suspicious of military types after the takeover incident
Traits
Notes
- Popular movie at Homeline: 118 Days: The Nathaniel Taylor Story, a sensationalized "propaganda" account of Taylor's experience before the remainder of P1 arrived.
